Aisholpan, Nurgaiv
Summary: "Eagle huntress Aisholpan Nurgaiv shares her story"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 AISCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People NurgaivWeatherford, J. McIver.
Summary: A history of the ruling women of the Mongol Empire, this work reveals their struggle to preserve a nation that shaped the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 KHAN, GENGHIS WEADeng, Sally
Summary: "An empowering and informative picture book biography about Khutulun, the great-great-granddaughter of Genghis Khan, and how she defied the expectations of her time to become commander of the Khan's army"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KHUSummary: In the Gobi Desert, a family of nomads, who assist in the birth of its camel herd, face a crisis when one white calf is rejected by its mother. With all hope lost, the family sends its two young boys on a journey to a far-off village to fetch a musician capable of performing a magical ceremony.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2005
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN STOMan, John.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.173 MANMeinhardt, Olaf.
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Publisher / Publication Date: C.J. Bucher Verlag Gmbh 2007
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 915.1704 MEIBjorklund, Ruth
Summary: Situated directly between China and Russia, the country of Mongolia long had close ties to its larger neighbors. However, since the early 1990s it has become increasingly independent, and many Mongolians have worked to rediscover a national culture that existed long before Chinese or Russian rule. Readers will explore this Mongolia's amazing history and find out what makes its culture so...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 951.7 BJODavis, Matthew.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.7 DAVLeonard, Dion
Summary: While racing through the Gobi Desert in China and Mongolia, the author, a seasoned ultramarathoner, encounters a stray dog who, keeping pace with him for nearly 80 miles, gives him a new perspective on life, causing him to fight to bring her home with him with the help of strangers and a viral outpouring of assistance on the internet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LEONARD, DION LEOWarmbrunn, Erika.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mountaineers Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.104 WARSeverin, Timothy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.7 SEVSummary: Mongolia, sandwiched between Russia and China, was part of the Soviet bloc for more than 60 years. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, it has been a free and democratic country. Ian Wright takes a train from Beijing, China, to Ulaan Baatar or "Red Hero", Mongolia's present day capital. He travels north-west to Karakorum then across the Gobi desert before returning to Ulaan Bataar in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DVD Masters 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 915.17 MONWeatherford, J. McIver
Summary: "Reveals how Genghis Khan harnessed the power of religion to rule the largest empire the world has ever known. By the New York Times best-selling author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 950 WEACussler, Clive.
Summary: When an oil survey team is abducted after a suspicious accident, Dirk Pitt follows leads to Mongolia, where he learns about a megalomaniac's plot to supply oil to China and to undermine global oil markets.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CUSSummary: Follows four babies from different parts of the globe as they navigate their first year of life. Features Ponijao from Namibia, Bayarjargal from Mongolia, Hattie who lives in San Francisco, and Mari from Tokyo.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD BABCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BABCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Nonfic BSummary: A cargo plane on a routine flight suddenly hits a high-turbulence storm, forcing a crash landing hundreds of miles off course in the barren Gobi desert. Among the survivors, one eccentric passenger leads the crew to build a new plane - against all odds, against all hope, and sometimes - against each other.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Flight 2006Fatland, Erika
Summary: "The acclaimed author of Sovietistan travels along the seemingly endless Russian border and reveals the deep and pervasive influence it has had across half the globe."--Book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books, Ltd. 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.7 FATRidley, Daisy
Summary: Follows Aisholpan, a thirteen-year-old girl in Mongolia training to become an eagle hunter, a tradition usually passed from father to son.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Enter 2017
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC EAGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EAG RATED GFay, Sandra
Summary: "In this funny story, we meet the Mongolian Death Worm family: Beverly, Trevor, Neville and Kevin. In spite of their deadly reputation, they're determined to make nice and win over the other animals. Their overtures of friendship are . . . not reciprocated. But when disaster strikes, it's the Mongolian Death Worm family to the rescue!"--Amazon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FAYMedina, Nico
Summary: Named Temujin at birth by his nomadic family in early Mongolia, the great Genghis Khan used his skill and cunning to create the Mongol Empire and conquer almost the entire continent of Asia. As ruler of the largest empire in human history, he was as respected as he was feared.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET KHANMarquis, Sarah
Summary: Using her wits and skills as a hunter to get by, the author describes her solo ten-thousand-mile trek across the Gobi Desert where she encountered mafiosos, drug dealers, thieves on horseback, temperature extremes, dehydration, and illness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MARQUIS, SARAH MARSepahban, Lois.
Summary: Introduces readers to Mongol warriors, including their history and famous battles, uniforms and weapons, and training and tactics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Childs World Inc 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J932 CHIFavereau, Marie
Summary: "The Mongols are universally known as conquerors, but they were more than that: influential thinkers, politicians, engineers, and merchants. Challenging the view that nomads are peripheral to history, The Horde reveals the complex empire the Mongols builtand traces its enduring imprint on politics and society in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 950 FAVWilcox, Charlotte.
Summary: Discusses the last truly wild equine species, which has been extinct in the wild since the 1960s but was recently reintroduced into its native habitat in Mongolia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 1997