Apples are from Kazakhstan : the land that disappeared
(2008, original release: 2007)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
915.845/ROBBINS,C
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Ashland, OH : Atlas Books, 2008
DESCRIPTION
296 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0977743381, 9780977743384, 0977743381
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Previously published under the title In search of Kazakhstan (London : Profile Books, 2007)
Travel writer Christopher Robbins relates a story by turns hilarious and grim as he finds Eminem-worship by a shrinking Aral Sea, hears the Kazakh John Lennon play in a dusty desert town, joins nomads hunting eagles, eats boiled sheep's head (a delicacy), and explores some of the most beautiful, unspoiled places on earth. Meet the country that gave the world apples, trousers, and possibly King Arthur. --From amazon.com