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Apples are from Kazakhstan : the land that disappeared / Christopher Robbins.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ashland, OH : Atlas Books, c2008.Description: 296 p. : ill., map ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 0977743381
  • 9780977743384
Uniform titles:
  • In search of Kazakhstan
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 915.845
LOC classification:
  • 338 DK 904 R632a 2008
Summary: 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.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 338 DK 904 R632a 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000101292
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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.

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