Table of Contents: “…Mystery mummies -- A man with ten hats -- Plus three women and a baby -- The "beauty of Loulan" -- The early explorers -- Tokharians and other hairy barbarians -- Hami and Hallstatt -- The oasis hoppers and their kin -- Pulses in the heart of a continent -- Sands of the silk road, sands of time.…”

Table of Contents: “…The gamble and the lost rights -- Mayer and Thalberg -- The place -- To be in an audience -- Charlie -- By a nose -- The man in the hat ... a woman in gloves -- Stroheim and seeing money -- The frenzy on the wall -- Respect -- At the paradise -- The factory -- Viable business -- Golden? …”
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