This is the black-and-white paperback edition of Crossing the Sands of Time, Jack Churchward's well-sourced study of the Great Uighur Empire of Inner Asia and the Taklamakanians, ancestors of today's Uyghurs. Built on his exchanges with Uyghur scholars, the book sets the region's real history against both modern social-media myths and the claims of his great-grandfather, James Churchward, with appendices collecting all of the elder Churchward's Uighur references. The black-and-white printing keeps this edition affordable while preserving the full text, maps, and analysis, and each copy is signed by the author. A reader-friendly, budget-conscious option for students of Silk Road and Central Asian history.