TY - BOOK AU - Robbins,Christopher TI - Apples are from Kazakhstan: the land that disappeared SN - 0977743381 AV - 338 DK 904 R632a 2008 U1 - 915.845 PY - 2008/// CY - Ashland, OH PB - Atlas Books KW - Robbins, Christopher, KW - Kazakhstan KW - Description and travel N1 - Previously published under the title In search of Kazakhstan (London : Profile Books, 2007) N2 - 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 ER -