Meine Reise nach Palästina
ISBN: 9783864448836 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 610 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ein eindrucksvoller Reisebericht aus der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts nach Palastina. Ursprunglich in zwei Banden, hier in einem Band. Nachdruck des Originals von 1862.
Ein eindrucksvoller Reisebericht aus der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts nach Palastina. Ursprunglich in zwei Banden, hier in einem Band. Nachdruck des Ori...
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478,60 zł |
To-Day in Syria and Palestine
ISBN: 9783861959670 / Angielski / Miękka / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reprint of the original from 1903.
Reprint of the original from 1903.
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487,32 zł |
Travels to Jerusalem and Mount Athos
ISBN: 9781463204181 / Undetermined / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This account by Archpriest Petre Konchoshvili of his travels to Jerusalem and Mount Athos in 1899, was first published in Georgian in 1901. The book's main interest is the relations between the Georgians, Greeks and Russians in the Holy Land and his comments are particularly enlightening in view of the historical events of the period. It will be of interest to history students, scholars interested in travellers and pilgrims, as well as those interested in Orthodox liturgy. This volume provides an English translation prepared by John Wilkinson and Mzia Ebanoidze.
This account by Archpriest Petre Konchoshvili of his travels to Jerusalem and Mount Athos in 1899, was first published in Georgian in 1901. The book's...
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499,85 zł |
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque: Muscat Oman
ISBN: 9781998997046 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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517,36 zł |
Tourism Planning and Development in the Middle East
ISBN: 9781789249125 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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520,78 zł |
Der Kampf um die Cheopspyramide
ISBN: 9783846069769 / Niemiecki Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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522,15 zł |
Mosul and Its Minorities
ISBN: 9781593331078 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The city of Mosul in Northern Iraq witnessed the misfortunes of war on many occasions in the past 100 years, and its minorities have always been ignored during difficult times. In Mosul and Its Minorities, Harry Charles Luke, once an Assistant Governor of Jerusalem for the British Mandate government, hopes "to make these singularly interesting peoples better known to English readers, and to win for them, if possible, some additional measure of sympathy in the difficult times through which they are passing." H. C. Luke was referring to the political status of Mosul after World War Two, but his...
The city of Mosul in Northern Iraq witnessed the misfortunes of war on many occasions in the past 100 years, and its minorities have always been ignor...
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540,80 zł |
The Land of Frankincense - Dhofar Oman: The guide to the History, Locations and UNESCO Sites of Frankincense
ISBN: 9781998997053 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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546,11 zł |
Iraq and Rupert Hay's Two Years in Kurdistan
ISBN: 9780739125632 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Detailing two years in the life of a British political officer charged with establishing and maintaining British rule in the Kurdish district of Arbil in Iraq, this personal account provides a thorough discussion of Kurdish society from the viewpoint of Captain William Rupert Hay.
Detailing two years in the life of a British political officer charged with establishing and maintaining British rule in the Kurdish district of Arbil...
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548,18 zł |
Leg Over Leg: 4-Volume Set
ISBN: 9781479897544 / Angielski / Twarda / 1920 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Leg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of 'the Fariyaq, ' alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the intellectual and literary history of the modern Arab world. The always edifying and often hilarious adventures of the Fariyaq, as he moves from his native Lebanon to Egypt, Malta, Tunis, England and France, provide the author with grist for wide-ranging discussions of the intellectual and social issues of his time, including the ignorance and corruption of the Lebanese religious and secular establishments, freedom of conscience, women's...
Leg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of 'the Fariyaq, ' alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure i...
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560,84 zł |
Der Kampf Um Die Cheopspyramide
ISBN: 9783864449536 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 854 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Geschichte und Geschichten aus dem Leben eines Ingenieurs. Nachdruck des Originals.
Die Geschichte und Geschichten aus dem Leben eines Ingenieurs. Nachdruck des Originals.
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565,70 zł |
Canoe Cruise in Palestine Egypt: The Rob Roy on the Jordan
ISBN: 9780710307378 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Of all the travels of an adventurous age, none have been more quirky and colorful than this Victorian traverse of the Middle East by canoe. Transported to the Suez Canal by steamer, the Rob Roy -- an oak and cedar one-man kayak canoe -- slipped into the water at Port Said and began a six-month voyage from Egypt to the Bay of Acre, a trip brimming with incident and hazards recounted with relish by the intrepid paddler. Stalked by jackals, shadowed by bandits, and attacked by crocodiles, MacGregor battles on to be rewarded with the adventure of a lifetime. This is the Middle East seen from a...
Of all the travels of an adventurous age, none have been more quirky and colorful than this Victorian traverse of the Middle East by canoe. Transporte...
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575,86 zł |
Behind Turkish Lattices: The Story of a Turkish Woman's Life: New Introduction by Carolyn Goffman
ISBN: 9781593331054 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hester Donaldson Jenkins (1869-1941), a professor at the American College for Girls in Constantinople from 1900-1909, wrote enthusiastically about the Young Turks, who in 1908 established a constitutional monarchy in the Ottoman Empire. They seemed to Jenkins to promise new freedoms for Ottoman women. In this book Jenkins uses her own observations of Constantinople, her students, and their families to construct an account of a "typical" Turkish Muslim woman's life cycle at this turning point in Ottoman history. She intends her comments on childhood, education, marriage, polygamy, and divorce...
Hester Donaldson Jenkins (1869-1941), a professor at the American College for Girls in Constantinople from 1900-1909, wrote enthusiastically about the...
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600,89 zł |
Lady Anne Blunt in the Middle East : Travel, Politics and the Idea of Empire
ISBN: 9781784531379 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lady Anne Blunt was a woman ahead of her time. After marrying the poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt in 1869, the pair travelled extensively in the Middle East, developing an especial fondness for the region and its people. In this book, Lisa Lacy explores the life, travels and political ideas of Lady Anne. With a broad knowledge of the Arab world, she challenged prevailing assumptions and, as a result of her aristocratic heritage, exerted strong influence in British political circles. Her extensive journeys in the Mediterranean region, North Africa, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, Iraq and Persia formed the...
Lady Anne Blunt was a woman ahead of her time. After marrying the poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt in 1869, the pair travelled extensively in the Middle East...
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600,89 zł |
Christians under the Ottoman Turks: French and English Travellers in Greece and Anatolia (1615-1694)
ISBN: 9781593339227 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 17th century, only the most intrepid and passionate travellers ventured into the faraway lands of the Ottoman Empire. Their narratives provide a valuable but also entertaining testimony on the everyday life of Orthodox Christians in Greece and Anatolia.
In the 17th century, only the most intrepid and passionate travellers ventured into the faraway lands of the Ottoman Empire. Their narratives provide ...
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615,98 zł |
Sunshine and Storm in the East, or Cruises to Cyprus and Constantinople
ISBN: 9781593333041 / Angielski / Miękka / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this diary recording two voyages to Constantinople, Lady Annie Brassey demonstrates her keen eye for human interest and narrative detail. The modern reader will glimpse natural wonders and cultural distinctions of Portuagal, Spain, Moroco, Italy, Greece, and Turkey during the mid-1870s.
In this diary recording two voyages to Constantinople, Lady Annie Brassey demonstrates her keen eye for human interest and narrative detail. The moder...
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623,24 zł |
From Constantinople to the Home of Omar Khayyam
ISBN: 9780971598645 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jackson gives an account of his travels in 1907 and 1908, from Constantinople, along the shores of the Black Sea and the Caspian, across Northern Persia, and into Russian Asia. More than 250 photos.
Jackson gives an account of his travels in 1907 and 1908, from Constantinople, along the shores of the Black Sea and the Caspian, across Northern Pers...
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630,93 zł |
Travellers to the Middle East from Burckhardt to Thesiger: An Anthology
ISBN: 9781843317920 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Travellers to the Middle East from Burkhardt to Thesiger' is a compendious anthology of travellers' writings produced during the high tide of Britain's involvement in the Middle East. The anthology contains extracts from many of the canonical travel texts of the period, including passages by T. E. Lawrence, Gertrude Bell and Robert Byron, as well as many more extracts from both female and male writers. The anthology is also enlivened by the broad geographical span covered, including descriptions of territories in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Arabia and Persia. Geoffrey Nash's... 'Travellers to the Middle East from Burkhardt to Thesiger' is a compendious anthology of travellers' writings produced during the high tide of Brit... |
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634,36 zł |
A Turkish Woman's European Impressions: New Introduction by Reina Lewis
ISBN: 9781593332075 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born into the Ottoman Muslim elite, Zeyneb Hanoum and her sister Melek Hanoum were given a Western-style education by their progressive father, who expected them subsequently to live the segregated lives of Ottoman ladies. Rebelling, the sisters arranged to meet the French author Pierre Loti and collaborated with him on his famous book Les Desenchantees/The Disenchanted in the hope that harnessing European intellectual support would speed up Ottoman social reform. Fleeing Istanbul in 1906 for fear of imperial reprisals, the sisters traveled in disguise to Europe, hoping to find "freedom" in...
Born into the Ottoman Muslim elite, Zeyneb Hanoum and her sister Melek Hanoum were given a Western-style education by their progressive father, who ex...
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635,94 zł |
Persian Days
ISBN: 9781593336080 / Angielski / Twarda / 316 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fascinating travelogue through southern and central Iran, this early nineteenth-century account is written with wit and insight; the polymathic Copley Amory Jr. proves an able tour guide. The reader is taken from Tehran to Kerman and back, along a trail that highlights ancient sites of historical importance. Along the way, the culture of "tribes and tents" is described, as well as a plucky misadventure involving encounters with camel caravans and excessive automobile troubles. Written in a witty and engaging style, this account of a classic journey contains an education in the history and...
A fascinating travelogue through southern and central Iran, this early nineteenth-century account is written with wit and insight; the polymathic Copl...
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645,96 zł |