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

By:

Robbins, Christopher, 1946-

Material type: Text

TextPublication 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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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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

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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