Author: Nicolas Righetti
Publisher: Trolley Press
ISBN: 9781904563914
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of photographs depicting the surreal reality of Turkmenistan whilst under the harsh dictatorship of Saparmurat Niyazov.
Love Me Turkmenistan
Author: Nicolas Righetti
Publisher: Trolley Press
ISBN: 9781904563914
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of photographs depicting the surreal reality of Turkmenistan whilst under the harsh dictatorship of Saparmurat Niyazov.
Publisher: Trolley Press
ISBN: 9781904563914
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A collection of photographs depicting the surreal reality of Turkmenistan whilst under the harsh dictatorship of Saparmurat Niyazov.
Sovietistan
Author: Erika Fatland
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643133799
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the Soviet Union in 1991. But though they are new to modern statehood, this is a region rich in ancient history, culture, and landscapes unlike anywhere else in the world. Traveling alone, Erika Fatland is a true adventurer in every sense. In Sovietistan, she takes the reader on a compassionate and insightful journey to explore how their Soviet heritage has influenced these countries, with governments experimenting with both democracy and dictatorships. In Kyrgyzstani villages, she meets victims of the tradition of bride snatching; she visits the huge and desolate nuclear testing ground "Polygon" in Kazakhstan; she meets shrimp gatherers on the banks of the dried out Aral Sea; she travels incognito through Turkmenistan, as it is closed to journalists, and she meets German Mennonites that found paradise on the Kyrgyzstani plains 200 years ago. We learn how ancient customs clash with gas production and witness the underlying conflicts in new countries building their futures in nationalist colors. Once the frontier of the Soviet Union, life follows another pace of time. Amidst the treasures of Samarkand and the brutalist Soviet architecture, Sovietistan is a rare and unforgettable travelogue.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1643133799
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the Soviet Union in 1991. But though they are new to modern statehood, this is a region rich in ancient history, culture, and landscapes unlike anywhere else in the world. Traveling alone, Erika Fatland is a true adventurer in every sense. In Sovietistan, she takes the reader on a compassionate and insightful journey to explore how their Soviet heritage has influenced these countries, with governments experimenting with both democracy and dictatorships. In Kyrgyzstani villages, she meets victims of the tradition of bride snatching; she visits the huge and desolate nuclear testing ground "Polygon" in Kazakhstan; she meets shrimp gatherers on the banks of the dried out Aral Sea; she travels incognito through Turkmenistan, as it is closed to journalists, and she meets German Mennonites that found paradise on the Kyrgyzstani plains 200 years ago. We learn how ancient customs clash with gas production and witness the underlying conflicts in new countries building their futures in nationalist colors. Once the frontier of the Soviet Union, life follows another pace of time. Amidst the treasures of Samarkand and the brutalist Soviet architecture, Sovietistan is a rare and unforgettable travelogue.
Magtymguly
Author: Magtymguly
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Magtymguly, the great poet and thinker of the Turkmen people, has brought glory to the Turkmen people for almost three hundred years due to his name and unmatched literary heritage. Our high respect for him as a poet, and for his role in the history of the Turkmen people and its socio-political, cultural and literary life, is everlasting. -- Introduction.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Magtymguly, the great poet and thinker of the Turkmen people, has brought glory to the Turkmen people for almost three hundred years due to his name and unmatched literary heritage. Our high respect for him as a poet, and for his role in the history of the Turkmen people and its socio-political, cultural and literary life, is everlasting. -- Introduction.
Badass
Author: Ben Thompson
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061959170
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The badasses populating the pages of Badass are the most savagely awesome historical figures to ever strap on a pair of chain mail gauntlets and run screaming into battle. Author Ben Thompson—considered by many to be the Internet’s foremost expert on badassitude—has gathered together a rogues’ gallery of butt-stomping rogues, from Julius Caesar and Genghis Khan to Blackbeard, George S. Patton, and Bruce Lee. Their bone-breaking exploits are illustrated by top artist from the fields of gaming, comics, and cards—DC Comics illustrator Matt Haley and Thomas Denmark, illustrator for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. This is not your boring high school history—this is tough, manly, unrelentingly Badass!
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061959170
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The badasses populating the pages of Badass are the most savagely awesome historical figures to ever strap on a pair of chain mail gauntlets and run screaming into battle. Author Ben Thompson—considered by many to be the Internet’s foremost expert on badassitude—has gathered together a rogues’ gallery of butt-stomping rogues, from Julius Caesar and Genghis Khan to Blackbeard, George S. Patton, and Bruce Lee. Their bone-breaking exploits are illustrated by top artist from the fields of gaming, comics, and cards—DC Comics illustrator Matt Haley and Thomas Denmark, illustrator for the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. This is not your boring high school history—this is tough, manly, unrelentingly Badass!
Sacred Horses
Author: Jonathan Evan Maslow
Publisher: Random House (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Few Westerners have ever laid eyes on these marvelous creatures, but the author was determined to see and ride them, and to spend time with their breeders and trainers.
Publisher: Random House (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Few Westerners have ever laid eyes on these marvelous creatures, but the author was determined to see and ride them, and to spend time with their breeders and trainers.
Ruhnama
Author: Saparmyrat Turkmenbasy
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781507782231
Category : Turkmenistan
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Translated as "The Book of the Soul" this is the manifesto of Saparmyrat Niyazov Turkmenbasy - the leader of the Turkemen. In this book, volume one of Ruhnama, Turkmenbasy lays out the history and the expected conduct of the Turkmen people. This book had become a cult book in Turkmenistan, leading daily life from schools to job interviews. Dive into the mind of the Turkmen people under the rule of Niyazov in the book- Ruhnama
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781507782231
Category : Turkmenistan
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Translated as "The Book of the Soul" this is the manifesto of Saparmyrat Niyazov Turkmenbasy - the leader of the Turkemen. In this book, volume one of Ruhnama, Turkmenbasy lays out the history and the expected conduct of the Turkmen people. This book had become a cult book in Turkmenistan, leading daily life from schools to job interviews. Dive into the mind of the Turkmen people under the rule of Niyazov in the book- Ruhnama
Tradition and Society in Turkmenistan
Author: Carole Blackwell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136842659
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This unique study of Turkmen women and their folk songs looks at religion, ritual and family as seen through the eyes of the women and their songs.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136842659
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This unique study of Turkmen women and their folk songs looks at religion, ritual and family as seen through the eyes of the women and their songs.
The Top 10 Ways to Ruin the First Day of School
Author: Ken Derby
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615974194
Category : Fame
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Follows the humorous attempts of fifth grader Anthony "Tony Baloney" Madison to become a guest on his favorite television show, "The Late Show with David Letterman."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615974194
Category : Fame
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Follows the humorous attempts of fifth grader Anthony "Tony Baloney" Madison to become a guest on his favorite television show, "The Late Show with David Letterman."
Birds of Central Asia
Author: Raffael Ayé
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408142708
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Birds of Central Asia is the first field guide to include the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, along with neighbouring Afghanistan. This vast area includes a diverse variety of habitats, and the avifauna is similarly broad, from sandgrouse, ground jays and larks on the vast steppe and semi-desert to a broad range of raptors, and from woodland species such as warblers and nuthatches to a suite of montane species, such as snowcocks, accentors and snowfinches. This book includes 141 high-quality plates covering every species (and all distinctive races) that occur in the region, along with concise text focusing on identification and accurate colour maps. Important introductory sections introduce the land and its birds. Birds of Central Asia is a must-read for any birder or traveller visiting this remote region.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408142708
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Birds of Central Asia is the first field guide to include the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, along with neighbouring Afghanistan. This vast area includes a diverse variety of habitats, and the avifauna is similarly broad, from sandgrouse, ground jays and larks on the vast steppe and semi-desert to a broad range of raptors, and from woodland species such as warblers and nuthatches to a suite of montane species, such as snowcocks, accentors and snowfinches. This book includes 141 high-quality plates covering every species (and all distinctive races) that occur in the region, along with concise text focusing on identification and accurate colour maps. Important introductory sections introduce the land and its birds. Birds of Central Asia is a must-read for any birder or traveller visiting this remote region.
Chai Budesh? Anyone for Tea?: A Peace Corps Memoir of Turkmenistan
Author: Joan Heron
Publisher: PublishAmerica
ISBN: 1456045822
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
She was a sixty-two-year-old California grandmother, retired program director and college professor when she joined the Peace Corps. Within months, Joan Heron found herself in Turkmenistan, a small, impoverished country born out of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Using meager resources, a beginner’s grasp of the Russian language, tremendous trust in friendship and a can-do will, Ms. Heron embarks on a two-year adventure in an alien, male chauvinist, often obstructionist environment. Her compelling true story, told with humor and immense compassion for the people and their plight, reaches across borders, cultures and politics to illuminate the strength and riches of the human spirit.
Publisher: PublishAmerica
ISBN: 1456045822
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
She was a sixty-two-year-old California grandmother, retired program director and college professor when she joined the Peace Corps. Within months, Joan Heron found herself in Turkmenistan, a small, impoverished country born out of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Using meager resources, a beginner’s grasp of the Russian language, tremendous trust in friendship and a can-do will, Ms. Heron embarks on a two-year adventure in an alien, male chauvinist, often obstructionist environment. Her compelling true story, told with humor and immense compassion for the people and their plight, reaches across borders, cultures and politics to illuminate the strength and riches of the human spirit.