IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE
Hopkirk, Kathleen. Central Asia: A Traveller's Companion. John Murray, 1993.
A book of excerpts from travellers' accounts of journeys through Central Asia.

 Kazakhstan (Then and Now). Lerner Publications, 1993.
A well-illustrated book for young readers with information about Kazakhstan before and after independence.

 Moorhouse, Geoffrey. Apples in the Snow: A Journey to Samarkand. Hodder and Stoughton, 1990.
A compelling account by a well-known travel writer of a journey through the former Soviet republics of Central Asia, just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

 Whittell, Giles. Central Asia. Cadogan Books, 1996.
A travel guide to Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, with information on history, culture, and language.

 WEB SITES

http://www.kazakinfo.com
http://www.kz/firsteng.html
http://www.kazakhstan.com