John Man is a historian and travel writer with a special interest in Mongolia. After reading German and French at Oxford, he did two postgraduate courses, one in the history of science at Oxford, the other in Mongolian at the School of Oriental and African Studies. His Gobi: Tracking the Desert was the first book on the subject in English since the 1920s. He is also the author of Genghis Khan, Attila and Kublai Khan. Visit his library for a list of his books. Mr. Man will be discussing his book on Genghis Khan in the Orient's Symposion, from Sunday, November 29 through Saturday, December 5, 2009. Visit his courtyard to read his publisher's brief introduction. Sources Author's bio from Random House Avatar: photo of bronze statue of Dschingis Khan in Ulan Bator by Brücke-Osteuropa "Genghis Khan" traditional Mongolian script (Wikimedia Commons)