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Dispatches from Kilimanjaro
ISBN: 9781425106102 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nyraka kwa Kilimanjaro, or Dispatches From Kilimanjaro is a series of thirty emails sent to family, friends and colleagues between 1996-2000. It depicts the adventures and life of the author and his wife, in their mid fifties, who left the comfort and security of their privileged Boston lifestyle to serve in Tanzania. The story depicts the beauty and one of Africa's most peaceful and beautiful nations and the sharing of language, culture, and lifestyle of its gracious people. It shares in the sadness of the HIV-AIDS pandemic, poverty, the founding of the country's second medical school, and...
Nyraka kwa Kilimanjaro, or Dispatches From Kilimanjaro is a series of thirty emails sent to family, friends and colleagues between 1996-2000. It depic...
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An African Expedition: Cairo to Cape Town-1947-1949
ISBN: 9781425935375 / Angielski / Miękka / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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485,96 |
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Travels with Fortune - an African Adventure
ISBN: 9781590482131 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the amazing tale of Christina Dodwell's first adventure: a three-year journey through Africa. She was twenty-four when she and three companions crossed the Sahara by Landrover. But the two men of the party took the car and left her and her friend Lesley stranded in the middle of Nigeria. Recounted with modesty and good humour, it is a story of great tenacity and incredible courage. Christina travelled by horse, camel, on foot, hitching lifts from time to time--even hailing passing airplanes out of the sky The author shared meals with cannibals, was treated by witch-doctors, learned...
This is the amazing tale of Christina Dodwell's first adventure: a three-year journey through Africa. She was twenty-four when she and three companion...
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Winters in Algeria
ISBN: 9781593335991 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1870s, American painter Frederick Bridgman traveled from his home in Paris to Algiers. Although he traveled to paint, his journeys so impressed him that he produced a written account that appeared in "Harpers Monthly." That account became the basis of this book. His travelogue describes the people and customs, the layout of the towns, the celebration of the Muslim religion, the black community in an Islamic context, and the legends of the people of historic Algeria.
In the 1870s, American painter Frederick Bridgman traveled from his home in Paris to Algiers. Although he traveled to paint, his journeys so impressed...
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Egypt
ISBN: 9781844011162 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many have traversed the Nile, and witnessed the splendour of Ancient Egypt and its legacy. Not all, however, are able to express these experiences in words... For those who have visited the wonders of the Egyptian deserts, this travelogue will revive treasured memories. And, for those who have yet to encounter the breathtaking sights of the Aswan High Dam and Tutankhamen's tomb, EGYPT is the best possible advertisement for doing so. At times poignant, and often humorous, this book puts into words what is so difficult to describe - sheer wonderment.
Many have traversed the Nile, and witnessed the splendour of Ancient Egypt and its legacy. Not all, however, are able to express these experiences in ...
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Tangier Twilight
ISBN: 9781844012589 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sometime in the seventies, two young men - a writer and a doctor - spend 'a winter residence at Tangier'. They do indeed 'bring introductions' and are soon 'meeting the English and American colony': an assembly of rampant originals, eccentrics and down-at-heel refugees - from the weather; from a Britain about to exchange the dying threnody of Empire for meretricious Thatcherite Renaissance; from merely the high price of gin. The two are quickly caught up in the hectic expatriate round, as well as the vibrant and contradictory life of Tangier itself, classic crossroads of East and West, where...
Sometime in the seventies, two young men - a writer and a doctor - spend 'a winter residence at Tangier'. They do indeed 'bring introductions' and are...
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African Game Trails
ISBN: 9781931839587 / Angielski / Miękka / 724 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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280,15 |
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A Woman in the Sahara
ISBN: 9781931956772 / Angielski / Miękka / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A fascinating travel journey through the Sahara that began in 1912, by one of the most well- travelled women of the early 20th century. Gordon paints the picture of the Sahara and its inhabitants through the eyes of a woman (ca. 20 illustrations).
A fascinating travel journey through the Sahara that began in 1912, by one of the most well- travelled women of the early 20th century. Gordon paints ...
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Kenya Coast Handbook: Culture, Resources and Development in the East African Littoral
ISBN: 9783825839376 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kenya Coast Handbook is dedicated to the Kenya Coast and its hinterland. The region, a popular tourist destination, is considered by many to be relatively undeveloped, despite the presence of Mombasa, the country's second largest town and a key East African seaport. This book explores developmental possibilities in the region taking into account physical resources and environment, ethnicity, politics, tourism, education and nutrition. Its twenty-five chapters detail the region's history, economy, human resources, and prospects for development. The book, which contains a large bibliography and...
Kenya Coast Handbook is dedicated to the Kenya Coast and its hinterland. The region, a popular tourist destination, is considered by many to be relati...
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220,50 |
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Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas
ISBN: 9783836426268 / Angielski / Miękka / 540 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817 - 1911) is the most important British botanist of the nineteenth century. He wrote several scientific papers and monographs - often describing his journeys to different countries. In 1847, Hooker undertook a 3-year-long expedition to the Himalayas, where he became the first European to collect plants in the area. Also, he travelled to the South Pole and Palestine (1860), Morocco (1871), and the United States (1877). Through these expeditions, he quickly built up an impressive reputation at home. In 1855, Hooker was appointed assistant director of the Royal Botanic...
Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817 - 1911) is the most important British botanist of the nineteenth century. He wrote several scientific papers and monographs...
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Around and about Abuja
ISBN: 9789780295257 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a welcome and important contribution to the travel literature on Abuja, Nigeria's official capital city. Presenting the city of Abuja in a positive and endearing light, the book provides details on the history, people, cultures, landscape and languages of the city and surrounding area. It provides much information on aspects of practical and social life - dress, food, drink, hotels, restaurants and bars; travel, transport and driving in Abuja. Whole sections are dedicated to the ex-pat experience: from finding from somewhere to live; getting connected, hooked up and down to business;...
This is a welcome and important contribution to the travel literature on Abuja, Nigeria's official capital city. Presenting the city of Abuja in a pos...
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Race To Dakar
ISBN: 9780751538175 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2004 Charley Boorman completed his astonishing round-the-world bike trip with his friend, Ewan McGregor. The journey left him exhausted, exhilarated and hungry for a new challenge. And what greater challenge than the Dakar rally? Beginning in Lisbon and ending in the Senegalese capital of Dakar, the rally covers 15,000 kilometres of treacherous terrain, and is widely regarded as the most dangerous race on earth. With his team-mates Simon Pavey and Matt Hall, Charley faced extreme temperatures, rode through shifting sands and stinging winds, and faced breakdowns miles from civilisation....
In 2004 Charley Boorman completed his astonishing round-the-world bike trip with his friend, Ewan McGregor. The journey left him exhausted, exhilarate...
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Fountains in the Sand - Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia
ISBN: 9781605973524 / Angielski / Miękka / 140 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Norman Douglas is best known for his travel books. After being jailed in England for inappropriate behavior with young boys, Douglas decided an extended trip to the Mediterranean would be in order. Fountains in the Sand tells the story of the oasitic people of Tuinsia and their way of life. Douglas had an eye for finding the unusual about the people he met. His not so flattering opinion of them was of a shiftless people who had little of offer.
Norman Douglas is best known for his travel books. After being jailed in England for inappropriate behavior with young boys, Douglas decided an extend...
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The Danakil Diary
ISBN: 9780006387756 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The earliest and most influential expeditions of the man now considered to be the greatest living explorer. The Danakil Diary is the account of two journeys Thesiger made into the Danakil country in Abyssinia, now Ethiopia, in 1930-34 at the age of 24 - which, today, he still regards as the most dangerous he undertook. It was an extraordinary journey and a remarkable achievement. Thesiger succeeded in penetrating country that had wiped out two Italian expeditions and an Egyptian army before him, discovered what happened to the Awash River (one of the area's last geographical... The earliest and most influential expeditions of the man now considered to be the greatest living explorer. The Danakil Diary is the account ... |
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Congo Journey
ISBN: 9780140121391 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Features an adventurous travel to Congo, one of the most dangerous and inhospitable jungle in the world.
Features an adventurous travel to Congo, one of the most dangerous and inhospitable jungle in the world.
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Coomassie and Magdala: The Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa
ISBN: 9781905748037 / Angielski / Miękka / 578 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Henry Morton Stanley is one of the most celebrated and controversial figures in the story of the 19th century 'scramble for Africa'. Originally a journalist working for US newspapers, this book is from an early stage of Stanley's career, recounting not his own expeditions, but those of two other heroes of British Imperial history, Sir Garnet Wolseley and Lord Napier, which Stanley accompanied as a war correpondent. in, respectively, east and west Africa. The two campaigns were similar in being Imperial punitive expeditions, albeit carried out in very different terrain. The campaign in...
Henry Morton Stanley is one of the most celebrated and controversial figures in the story of the 19th century 'scramble for Africa'. Originally a jour...
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A Passage To Africa
ISBN: 9780349120782 / Angielski / Miękka / 319 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. * George Alagiah's personal testament about Africa, updated in a new Abacus edition
* George Alagiah's personal testament about Africa, updated in a new Abacus edition
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Love and Butterflies: A Collection of Memories
ISBN: 9780595510221 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Freshly minted with an undergraduate degree from Cornell University, Taylor joins the Peace Corps hoping to put her skills and knowledge to use for the good of others. She soon learns, however, that this is easier said than done. Through language and cultural barriers, loneliness, and insecurities, she develops a newfound sense of self and a deeper understanding of others. Like a butterfly, Taylor emerges from her own chrysalis, and in doing so, she finds the love of a man to whom she dedicates this book.
Originally published as a wedding gift for her husband, Stephen, Taylor's first book... Freshly minted with an undergraduate degree from Cornell University, Taylor joins the Peace Corps hoping to put her skills and knowledge to use for th...
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Sierra Leone: 2008
ISBN: 9781553413967 / Angielski / Mapa, składana Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scale = 1/560 edition = 2008.
Scale = 1/560 edition = 2008.
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To the Sun
ISBN: 9780955852503 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In July 1881, having established himself as a writer of great pedigree and potential and at the beginning of a ten-year period that would see him become one of the most popular authors of his age, Maupassant embarked on a dangerous journey to the troubled colony of Algeria, believed to be on the verge of an Arab insurrection. In To the Sun Maupassant describes a land and populace vanquished by the twin powers of the sun and French colonialism, he bows down before the former, finding a personal absolution in the light, heat and space of the desert. But he stands up to the latter, pointing out...
In July 1881, having established himself as a writer of great pedigree and potential and at the beginning of a ten-year period that would see him beco...
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