- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Profile Books; illustrated edition edition (24 May 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1861978685
- ISBN-13: 978-1861978684
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having been to Kazakhstan half a dozen times on business I found this an entertaining and fascinating description of the country, its people & history. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It's marketed as a travel book but it's much more than that. It gives a very good insight into Kazakhstan past and present including the political/economic developments. The author spent days talking to and traveling around with President Nazarbayev. The president comes across as a very smart guy who has done really well given the appalling situation he inherited. The author obviously liked the country but the book doesn't come across as propaganda.
It contains the inside story on how the USSR really worked, what the gulag was like from people who survived it, how and why the new currency (the tenge) was secretly planned, how arab countries offered to pay them to keep their SS18 ICBMs, and how Iran and Iraq tried to buy weapons grade material.
This book is a serious bit of writing and impressed me a lot. If you want to know more about a country which is in the news because of oil then I recommend this book highly.
It contains the inside story on how the USSR really worked, what the gulag was like from people who survived it, how and why the new currency (the tenge) was secretly planned, how arab countries offered to pay them to keep their SS18 ICBMs, and how Iran and Iraq tried to buy weapons grade material.
This book is a serious bit of writing and impressed me a lot. If you want to know more about a country which is in the news because of oil then I recommend this book highly.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Christopher Robbins has written an excellent travel book about his trip to Kazakhstan. It is beautifully described with interesting anecdotes. A very readable volume on a part of the world that few people know. However, be careful this is the same book as Apples are From Kazakhstan.
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haphazard but gets a pass
Those who know nothing about Kazakhstan stand to learn quite a bit from this book. However, those familiar with the country (and I probably have a more intense interest in this... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Boris
An enjoyable read
As someone planning to visit Kazakhstan myself next year, I was looking for anything I could lay my hands on to get some background info on the country. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Andy Cunningham
A great review of a fascinating country
Of course I'd heard of Kazakhstan - I couldn't tell you much about it though despite it being the 8th largest country in the world and the size of western Europe. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Joe
Impossibly exotic - the last unknown?
The cover of this book belies the scholarship and erudition contained therein - the cover looks like it heralds a humorous, frivolous, sarcastic travelogue by a satirical,... Read more
Published 11 months ago by SAP
Far too cosy
Not a bad book, and good holiday reading for people that have never come in to contact with the country and find it somehow 'exotic'. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Christopher Rickleton
Good fun book
Enjoyable, easy read. Not done in the "look at the funny foreigners" stance. Not the most in depth book but good for a brief insight
Published 16 months ago by Quick reviews!
a bit dissapointing
It is entertaining and really easy to read. However, I must say that many things that were described in the book (hotel, disco etc)changed long ago. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Asekesh
Great supplement to a travel guide
This is a great book on Kazakhstan, its history and people. The book hillariously written and informative. Read more
Published 23 months ago by biomax2000
Brilliant!
We had no idea what Kazakhstan was like when we heard that our granddaughter was going there for two years. This book has told us. Read more
Published on 17 May 2010 by Jeremy Hutchinson
Good background for a visit to K
I bought this book before going on a holiday in Kazakhstan birdwatching. It's an easily readable book that gives a lot of information about the history and politics of the country;... Read more
Published on 16 May 2010 by W. Jump
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