Joanna Lillis: Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan [2022] paperback CUSTO and Jacob Lawrence

and Jacob Lawrence

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Joanna Lillis: Dark Shadows: Inside the Secret World of Kazakhstan [2022] paperback CUSTO and Jacob LawrenceDark Shadows is a compelling portrait of Kazakhstan, a country that is little known in the West. Strategically located in the heart of Central Asia, sandwiched between Vladimir Putin's Russia, its former colonial ruler, and Xi Jinping's China, this vast oil rich state is carving out its place in the world as it contends with its own complex past and present. Journalist Joanna Lillis paints a vibrant picture of this emerging nation through vivid