Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Quicksand! -- "The New Conquest of Central Asia" -- The Real "Indiana Jones"? -- Osborn and Granger -- Into the Gobi Desert -- 2 Giant Hunters -- Pilgrim's Progress -- Forster Cooper's Finds -- Borissiak and the Russian Giants -- Monsters of the Middle Kingdom -- The Giant Hunting Continues -- 3 Lands of the Giants -- Beasts of Baluchistan -- Monsters of Mongolia -- Mysteries of Kazakhstan -- Talking Turkey -- 4 Rhino Roots -- Rhinos without Horns -- Rhino Radiation -- Hyracodonts and Indricotheres -- 5 What's in a Name? -- Systematics and Taxonomy -- Rules of the Road -- How Many Different Kinds of Giants Were There? -- 6 Building a Giant -- Dry Bones -- Putting Flesh on the Skeletons -- Constraints on Giants -- Weight Problems -- 7 Paradise Lost -- Greenhouse of the Dinosaurs -- The Big Chill -- La Grande Coupure -- Remodeling Mongolia -- Where Have All the Giants Gone? -- Bibliography -- Index.