What We Are Reading Today: ‘Central Asia’ by Adel Khalid

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Updated 28 October 2023
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Central Asia’ by Adel Khalid

Central Asia is often seen as a remote and inaccessible land on the peripheries of modern history.

Encompassing Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and the Xinjiang province of China, it in fact stands at the crossroads of world events.

Adeeb Khalid provides the first comprehensive history of Central Asia from the mid-18th century to today, shedding light on the historical forces that have shaped the region under imperial and Communist rule.


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Physics of the Tropical Atmosphere and Tropical Cyclones’ by Kerry Emanuel

Updated 18 February 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Physics of the Tropical Atmosphere and Tropical Cyclones’ by Kerry Emanuel

“Physics of the Tropical Atmosphere and Tropical Cyclones” provides readers with a firm grounding in the observations, theory, and modeling of tropical weather systems and tropical cyclones.

How and why do tropical cyclones form? What physics underpins their genesis, intensification, structure, and power?

This authoritative and accessible book tackles these and other questions, providing a unifying framework for understanding most tropical weather systems.