The Golden Journey to Samarkand

The Golden Journey to Samarkand
Title The Golden Journey to Samarkand PDF eBook
Author James Elroy Flecker
Publisher
Pages 88
Release 1913
Genre English poetry
ISBN

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The Golden Road to Samarkand

The Golden Road to Samarkand
Title The Golden Road to Samarkand PDF eBook
Author Wilfrid Blunt
Publisher
Pages 288
Release 1973
Genre History
ISBN

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Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan
Title Uzbekistan PDF eBook
Author
Publisher National Textbook Company
Pages 0
Release 1997
Genre Uzbekistan
ISBN 9780844248523

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Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan
Title Uzbekistan PDF eBook
Author
Publisher Odyssey Publications
Pages 380
Release 2008
Genre History
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Hassan

Hassan
Title Hassan PDF eBook
Author James Elroy Flecker
Publisher
Pages 198
Release 1922
Genre English drama
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Walking to Samarkand

Walking to Samarkand
Title Walking to Samarkand PDF eBook
Author Bernard Ollivier
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 341
Release 2020-04-14
Genre Travel
ISBN 1510746919

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Acclaimed journalist Bernard Ollivier continues his epic journey across Persia and Central Asia as he walks the length of the Great Silk Road. Walking to Samarkand is journalist Bernard Ollivier’s stunning account of the second leg of his 7,200-mile walk from Istanbul, Turkey, to Xi’an, China, along the Silk Road--the longest and perhaps most mythical trade route of all time. Picking up where Out of Istanbul left off, Ollivier heads out of the Middle East and into Central Asia, grappling not only with his own will to continue but with new, unforeseen dangers. After crossing the final mountain passes of Turkish Kurdistan, Ollivier sets foot in Iran, keen on locating vestiges of the silk trade as he passes through Persia’s modern cities and traditional villages, including Tabriz, Tehran, Nishapur, and the holy city of Mashhad. Beyond urban areas lie deserts: first Iran’s Great Salt Desert, then Turkmenistan’s forbidding Karakum, whose relentless sun, snakes, and scorpions pose continuous challenges to Ollivier’s goal of reaching Uzbekistan. Setting his own fears aside, he travels on, wonderstruck at every turn, borne by a childhood dream: to see for himself the golden domes and turquoise skies of Samarkand, one of Central Asia’s most ancient cities. But what Ollivier enjoys most are the people along the way: Askar, the hospitable gardener; the pilgrims of Mashhad; and his knights in shining armor, Mehdi and Monir. For, despite setting out alone, he comes to find that walking itself—through a kind of alchemy—surrounds him with friends and fosters fellowship. From the authoritarian mullahs of revolutionary Iran to the warm welcome of everyday Iranians—custodians of age-old, cordial Persian culture; from the stark realities of former Soviet republics to the region’s legendary bazaars—veritable feasts for the senses—readers discover, through the eyes of a veteran journalist, the rich history and contemporary culture of these amazing lands.

The Road to Samarcand: An Adventure

The Road to Samarcand: An Adventure
Title The Road to Samarcand: An Adventure PDF eBook
Author Patrick O'Brian
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 270
Release 2008-12-17
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0393333167

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Setting out with his rough seafaring uncle and an elderly archaeologist cousin after the deaths of his missionary parents, 1930s American teen Derrick joins a culturally lavish search for a cache of priceless Asian jade.