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Guided by a Kazakh aphorism--"To understand the wolf, you must put the skin of a wolf on and look through its eyes"--adventurer Tim Cope undertook a journey not successfully completed since the days of Genghis Khan: he traveled by horseback across the entire length of the Eurasian steppe, from the ancient capital of Mongolia to the Danube River in Hungary. It was an incredible six-thousand-mile, three-year-long trip across formidable landscape--and into the heart of the nomadic way of life that dominated this region for thousands of years, transforming Western Europe through its conquering armies. Cope's trek takes him through wolf-infested plateaus, over glaciers and the subzero "starving steppe," the scorching Kazakh desert, and the deep forests and treacherous mountains of the Carpathians. Alone except for a trusty dog (and a succession of thirteen horses, many stolen from him along the way), he encounters incredible hospitality from those who welcome him alo...

Casey Quinn has got to dance. It's in her bones. She's got more grace in her pinkie toe than all those prissy ballet-school girls put together, though you'd never guess it from her skinny white chicken-legs and her hand-me-down ballet shoes. When Casey shuts her eyes, she sees the bright lights of the New York City stage. She's going to get there. Somehow.... A funny, fantastic story about a young girl with high hopes who is determined to live her dreams, from debut novelist Sarah Rubin. Product details Format CD-Audio Dimensions 133 x 171 x 13mm ...