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Although the Arabian Peninsula is the heartland of Islam and of the Arab world, for decades it did not receive the attention it deserves from scholars and writers. The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and the Middle East Centre of St Antony s College, Oxford, jointly organized a series of seminars, culminating in a conference at which the papers in this volume (first published in 1972) were discussed. Together they constitute an authoritative statement of our present knowledge of several areas of the Peninsula, with particular emphasis on the Gulf States. Three...

Invoking a spiritual as well as a physical journey to an exotic, distant land, The Land of Gods features a collection of photographs by Patrice Delmotte. The works capture the beliefs, ceremonies, and rituals of Bali.

The photos awaken the senses, presenting a photographic promenade--capturing the smell of the incense, the music of the gamelan, and the smiles and gestures of friendship the Balinese are proud to extend.

Influenced by SebastiAo Salgado, Delmotte offers an aesthetic research of light and more particularly of the light of his youth, the clear-obscure so popular...

For many the story of this small Arabian state begins and ends with the wealth that has accrued from its vast oil deposits. But the real fascination of Kuwait lies in its geological and archaeological history; in its long struggle for survival among powerful neighbours; in its ambitious plans for industrial and economic development. This book, first published in 1972, shows the effects of the new material wealth opened up by oil in relation to the country's remote past and its Islamic background.

In the later 1970s and up to 1982, Michael E. Stone conducted a number of expeditions to the Sinai peninsula, searching for ancient inscriptions and Armenian pilgrimage routes. The book describes the process of his search, crowned by the discovery of the most ancient Armenian inscriptions known. However, the focus of his interest and travel was much broader, and the book is replete with information about the Sinai, its denizens, its past and present, its human inhabitants, its flora and fauna, and its history.

In the later 1970s and up to 1982, Michael E. Stone conducted a number of expeditions to the Sinai peninsula, searching for ancient inscriptions and Armenian pilgrimage routes. The book describes the process of his search, crowned by the discovery of the most ancient Armenian inscriptions known. However, the focus of his interest and travel was much broader, and the book is replete with information about the Sinai, its denizens, its past and present, its human inhabitants, its flora and fauna, and its history.

The Black Sea, hostile and hospitable by turns, a land of towering mountain peaks, green tea plantations and thick forests, has always attracted civilisation to its shores: Hittites, Greeks and Romans, Seljuks and Ottomans, Georgians and Armenians, Genoese and Venetians, have all left their traces here. This scholarly and intrepid guide visits all the provinces of the Turkish Black Sea region, delving into their history and discovering all the present-day reasons for a traveller to go there. There are many.