这是一部向外国朋友介绍新疆的图文书（英文图书）。由新华社记者采写并摄影，用30余篇小故事，从保存传统、新疆味道、草原之歌、日常英雄、生于风沙、创造梦想、拥抱现代等方面，立足平民百姓的生活、工作、故事等等，向世界介绍一个激情与传承并存的，神秘而又真实的新疆。

CHAPTER 1 PRESERVING TRADITIONS
A Tajik Wedding on the Pamir Plateau
A Potter Breaks the Rules to Save His Tradition
A Tuvan Youth Band and Their Love of Music
Kalak, a Kirgiz Woman's Proud Headwear
CHAPTER 2 A TASTE OF XINJIANG
The Man Who Roasts Golden Goose Eggs
When Russian Khleb Meets Xinjiang Lamb
An Old Kashgar's Secret Recipe for Kebabs and Life
Happy Days at a Small Town lce Cream Stall
The Unbearable Sweetness of Being
Kashgar's Signature Food Is Far from Being Half-baked
CHAPTER 3 SONGS FROM THE PASTURES
Migrant Melon Farmers Reap What They Sow
Good Shepherds and Lost Lambs
Saving Lives on the Winter Pasture
Summer in the Wakhan Corridor
Love on the Bawzader Pasture
CHAPTER 4 EVERYDAY HEROES
A Four-generation Promise to Guard China's Border
Granny Pan's After-school Club
Making Sounds out of Silence
An Unmarried Mother's Selfless Love for Orphans
CHAPTER 5 IN THE WIND AND SAND
Life in the "Sea of Death"
Building a Highway Across the "Sea of Death"
Fishing for Fortune in the Gobi Desert
The Guardian of the Great Green Wall
CHAPTER 6 DREAMING BIG
Passing on the Football Dream
Rowing to the Arctic Ocean
An Amateur Football Team's Manchester United Ambition
Lights! Camera! Sheep?! A Very Xinjiang Comedy
CHAPTER 7 EMBRACING MODERNIZATION
Xinjiang Herders Embrace E-commerce Convenience
The Last Steam Train Drivers
Farewell, Karakoram Mountains!
Xinjiang's Hearts and Minds Open up on the Silk Road