Few Westerners have succeeded in identifying themselves so completely with Arabian life as the author of this volume, which was first published in 1928. He went to Arabia for no political, humanitarian, or reasonable purpose but purely for the joy of it.
Few Westerners have succeeded in identifying themselves so completely with Arabian life as the author of this volume, which was first published in 192...
Real estate activity across national boundaries (investment, development and asset management) is firmly established as a major component of global economic activity. International Real Estate provides the understanding of real estate strategies and transactions that cross national boundaries. International organizations lament the narrow perspective of professionals in the real estate field, which stems from training that takes a parochial rather than international view of the practices and processes of real estate markets.
This book takes an explicitly international perspective to...
Real estate activity across national boundaries (investment, development and asset management) is firmly established as a major component of global ec...
"Perhaps the most honest and haunting accounts of the struggle for mental health in literature." -- Observer This dramatic memoir recounts an eight-month stay at a Westchester mental hospital in the early 1930s. William Seabrook, a renowned journalist and explorer, voluntarily committed himself to an asylum for treatment of acute alcoholism. His sincere, self-critical appraisal of his experiences offers a highly interesting look at addiction and treatment in the days before Alcoholics Anonymous and other modern programs. "Very few people could be as honest as Seabrook is...
"Perhaps the most honest and haunting accounts of the struggle for mental health in literature." -- Observer This dramatic memoir recount...
-The best and most thrilling book of exploration that we have ever read ... an] immensely important book.- -- New York Evening Post -A series of excellent stories about one of the most interesting corners of the American world, told by a keen and sensitive person who knows how to write.- -- American Journal of Sociology -It can be said of many travelers that they have traveled widely. Of Mr. Seabrook a much finer thing may be said -- he has traveled deeply.- -- The New York Times Book Review This fascinating book, first published in 1929, offers firsthand...
-The best and most thrilling book of exploration that we have ever read ... an] immensely important book.- -- New York Evening Post -A seri...
