Journeys on the Silk Road : a desert explorer, Buddha's secret library, and the unearthing of the world's oldest printed book / Joyce Morgan and Conrad Walters.
Publication Info.
Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, 2012.
2011.
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Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department
viii, 325 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Note
Originally published: Sydney : Picador, 2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-315) and index.
Contents
The Great Race -- Signs of wonder -- The listening post -- The moon and the mail -- The Angels' Sanctuary -- City of sands -- Tricks and trust -- Key to the cave -- The hidden gem -- The thieves' road -- Affliction in the orchard -- Frozen -- Yesterday, having drunk too much -- Stormy debut -- Treasure hunters -- Hangman's Hill -- Facets of a jewel -- Shifting sands -- Scroll forward.