Extreme Continental: Blowing Hot and Cold Through Central Asia

by Giles Whittell

Book Overview

Following nearly a century of Soviet rule, Central Asia, surrounded by Russia, Iran and China, and sealed off by mountain ranges, is comparatively little-known in the West. When the USSR broke up in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0575054964
• ISBN13: 9780575054967
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Victor Gollancz
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

For the adventurous only!

Really enjoyed the book alot. It went somewhat to inspiring me to do the same. I have now travelled extensively throughout Central Asia and now have my own similarly wild and exotic tales (although I never got the chance to see a rocket taking off!). If you desire to travel here the book will give you a taste of the surrealness of this part of the world.