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Shadow of the Silk Road
— published 1989 — 24 editions |
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In Siberia
— published 1999 — 19 editions |
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To a Mountain in Tibet
— published 2011 — 17 editions |
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The Lost Heart of Asia
— published 1994 — 15 editions |
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Behind the Wall: A Journey Through China
— published 1987 — 9 editions |
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Among the Russians
— published 1983 — 12 editions |
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A Cruel Madness
— published 1984 — 5 editions |
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Mirror To Damascus
— published 1967 — 8 editions |
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Journey Into Cyprus
— published 1975 — 7 editions |
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Where Nights Are Longest: Travels by Car Through Western Russia
— published 1984 — 2 editions |
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“Once, at the dreaming dawn of history -- before the world was categorized and regulated by mortal minds, before solid boundaries formed between the mortal world and any other -- fairies roamed freely among men, and the two races knew each other well. Yet the knowing was never straightforward, and the adventures that mortals and fairies had together were fraught with uncertainty, for fairies and humans were alien to each other.”
― Colin Thubron, Fairies and Elves
― Colin Thubron, Fairies and Elves
“Just as the roads at Moscow's heart flow out in concentric ripples from the Kremlin, so this tension too seems to radiate from those secret and formidable walls, lapping outward to the suburbs and to the farthest confines of the Soviet Union itself, in ever-weakening but pervasive rings.”
― Colin Thubron
― Colin Thubron
“As the track bends north-east, the ethereal sandstone disappears. The slopes turn black with granite, and the mountain's lower ridges break into unstable spikes and revetments. Their ribs are slashed in chiaroscuro, and their last outcrops pour towards the valley in the fluid, anthropomorphic shapes that pilgrims love. The spine and haunches of a massive stone beast, gazing at Kailas, are hailed as the Nandi bull, holy to Shiva; another rock has become the votive cake of Padmasambhava.”
― Colin Thubron, To a Mountain in Tibet
― Colin Thubron, To a Mountain in Tibet
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