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of a habitable Arctic criss-crossed by densely connected networks of Inuit routes
The Long Hangover is a book about a lost generation: the millions of Russians who lost their country and the subsequent attempts to restore to them a sense of purpose
Red Sands: Reportage and Recipes Through Central Asia, from Hinterland to Heartland by Caroline Eden norton Forebodings of failure and catastropheFollow Caroline Eden across Central Asia from the Caspian shores to Uzbekistans Fergana Valley in Red Sands, a travel cookbook that reveals Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan through its market stalls, bountiful orchards, shared loaves, fragrant tea and the lives of people in this vibrant part of the world. In a quest to better understand this vast heartland of Asia, Caroline navigates a course from the shores of the