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A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road

Christopher Aslan Alexander - 2010

"Most travelogues chart a journey, but in this case it is the author's decision to stay put that lifts his book out of the ordinary."--"Lonely Planet Magazine"Accompanied by a large parrot, a ginger cat, and his adoptive Uzbek family, Christopher Aslan Alexander recounts the sheer magic of Uzbek culture alongside his efforts to rediscover the lost arts of traditional carpet making and establish a self-sufficient carpet workshop offering employment to local women and disabled people.Christopher Aslan Alexander was born in Turkey and grew up in war-torn Beirut.

He now lives in the Pamir Mountains.

1587: A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline

Ray Huang - 1981

1587, a Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline (Chinese: 萬曆十五年; pinyin: Wanli Shiwunian) is Chinese historian Ray Huang's most famous work.

First published by Yale University Press in 1981,[1] it examines how a number of seemingly insignificant events in 1587 might have caused the downfall of the Ming empire. The views expressed in the book follow the macro history perspective.

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1587: A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline

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