Here are links to a few books, films and other resources that help explain Mongolia's endlessly fascinating culture. Be sure to check back as we'll add more information now and then. And please send us an email with your ideas at acm-us@q.com.

Popular books

Academic books

Films

E-Resources

Popular books

Stewart, Stanley. In the Empire of Genghis Khan. Guilford, Connecticut: The Lyons Press, 2002.

Thayer, Helen: Walking the Gobi. Seattle: The Mountaineers Books, 2007.

Weatherford, Jack. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World. New York: Crown Publishers, 2004. 

Weatherford, Jack. The Secret History of the Mongol Queens. New York: Crown Publishers, 2010.

Academic books

Atwood, Christopher. Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire. New York: Facts on File, 2004.

Levin, Theodore with Valentina Suzukei. Where Rivers and Mountains Sing. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2006.

Films

Babies (2010) Thomas Balmes, director.

The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005) Byambasuren Davaa, director.

Khadak (2006) Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth, directors and writer.

Passion (2010) Byamba Sakhya, director and writer.

Remote Control  (2013) Byamba Sakhya, director and writer.

The Story of the Weeping Camel (2003) Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni, directors.

E-Resources

Documentation of Mongolian Monasteries, an ACM-US supported project.

American Center for Mongolian Studies and their ACMS E-Resource list.