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Indo-China
ISBN: 9780710310279 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Prepared by the British Naval Intelligence Division of the Admiralty during World War II and released in 1943, this handbook is now an important geographical and historical reference work, documenting the region's environment and natural resources as they were before the developments of recent decades, and describing traditional culture, infrastructure, administration and the extent of foreign influence as it then was. It covers the areas of the present-day countries of Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. Unrivalled in the scope and the quality of information current at the time of first publication,...
Prepared by the British Naval Intelligence Division of the Admiralty during World War II and released in 1943, this handbook is now an important geogr...
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437,16 |
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Reisen an der Russisch-Persischen Grenze
ISBN: 9783864443893 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 470 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nachdruck des Originals von 1886.
Nachdruck des Originals von 1886.
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438,62 |
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Die preußische Expedition nach Ostasien in den Jahren 1859-1862
ISBN: 9783864442575 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 446 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, e...
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438,62 |
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Inside the Hermit Kingdom: The 1884 Korea Travel Journal of George Clayton Foulk
ISBN: 9780739120965 / Angielski / Twarda / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Navy ensign George Foulk made a 900-mile journey through southern Korea during which he kept a detailed record of everything he observed and experienced. This travel diary, part of the George Clayton Foulk collection in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, has been almost entirely overlooked by scholars and yet is of inestimable value. First, it is an account of a trip no Westerner had ever undertaken before or would ever experience again: a long-distance sedan chair journey in the manner of a Choson-dynasty government official. Containing his private thoughts,...
Navy ensign George Foulk made a 900-mile journey through southern Korea during which he kept a detailed record of everything he observed and experienc...
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446,92 |
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Peking: A History and Intimate Description of Its Chief Places of Interest
ISBN: 9780710311764 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work does not simply list points of interest like a guidebook or comment with scholarly pretension, but guides the reader along as if they were visiting this ancient city with a knowledgeable friend. It is the author's opinion that Peking is best seen through a well rounded lens; one that includes archaeology, history, and the people's lives of work, prayer and play. As an added point of interest, an appendixes list the dynasties of China, and the principle festivals and fairs in Peking. Twenty chapters make up this work, and it is fully illustrated with photographs and maps.
This work does not simply list points of interest like a guidebook or comment with scholarly pretension, but guides the reader along as if they were v...
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460,22 |
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American Geisha
ISBN: 9780710312167 / Angielski / Twarda / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Come and be my geisha'. Responding to her solider husband's invitation, an American woman arrives in 1950's Japan and encounters something very different to the world of Madame Butterfly and Lafcadio Hearn she is expecting. Entertaining and insightful, this memoir captures the challenge and mutual incomprehension she experiences as she strives to learn about another culture and people, while they struggle to understand her. Written with tremendous zest and good humour, American Geisha is a timeless example of how to live abroad successfully in an increasingly global world, as well as a...
'Come and be my geisha'. Responding to her solider husband's invitation, an American woman arrives in 1950's Japan and encounters something very diffe...
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461,44 |
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Asia
ISBN: 9783111316468 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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467,22 |
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The Life of Reginald Heber, D.D., Lord Bishop of Calcutta: With Selections from His Correspondence, Unpublished Poems, and Private Papers; Together wi
ISBN: 9781108046466 / Angielski / Miękka / 712 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reginald Heber (1783 1826), had for a long time been interested in the Church of England's overseas missions when he was appointed second Bishop of Calcutta in 1823. The diocese had been established only in 1814, and included India, Southern Africa and Australia; Heber's short episcopate involved much travelling around his scattered flock. His widow, Amelia published his Sermons and Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India (also available in this series), before writing this two-volume biography, published in 1830 and also containing previously unpublished writings by...
Reginald Heber (1783 1826), had for a long time been interested in the Church of England's overseas missions when he was appointed second Bishop of Ca...
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470,10 |
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Travels in Palestine, Through the Countries of Bashan and Gilead, East of the River Jordan: Including a Visit to the Cities of Geraza and Gamala, in t
ISBN: 9781108042178 / Angielski / Miękka / 606 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Cornish-born writer, traveller and controversialist James Silk Buckingham (1786 1855) spent much of his early life as a sailor in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and went on to publish accounts of his extensive travels to India, Palestine and Persia. His criticisms of the East India Company and the Bengal government led to his expulsion from India in 1823. In the 1830s he became a Member of Parliament and campaigned for social reforms and for the promotion of the temperance movement. He founded several journals, including the periodical The Athenaeum, covering a wide range of topics from...
Cornish-born writer, traveller and controversialist James Silk Buckingham (1786 1855) spent much of his early life as a sailor in the Atlantic and the...
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470,15 |
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The Treaty Ports of China and Japan: A Complete Guide to the Open Ports of Those Countries, Together with Peking, Yedo, Hongkong and Macao
ISBN: 9781108045902 / Angielski / Miękka / 866 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As trade between the East and the West grew in the mid-nineteenth century, increasing numbers of Westerners travelled to China and Japan, and in 1867 this guide to the key port cities such as Hong Kong and Nagasaki was published in both Hong Kong and London. Its editor, Nicholas Belfield Dennys (?1813 99) claimed it was the first such comprehensive handbook printed for public distribution. Intended for visitors and new residents, the guide was originally typeset in China, allowing place names and other words to be printed in Chinese characters. The specially commissioned maps were also...
As trade between the East and the West grew in the mid-nineteenth century, increasing numbers of Westerners travelled to China and Japan, and in 1867 ...
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470,15 |
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Quer durch Borneo
ISBN: 9783861950295 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 610 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In den Jahren von 1894 bis 1900 unternahm der niederlandische Naturforscher Dr. A. W. Nieuwenhuis drei viel beachtete Reisen durch die Insel Borneo, deren Ergebnisse er 1903 prasentierte. Nachdruck des Originals der deutschen Ubersetzung.
In den Jahren von 1894 bis 1900 unternahm der niederlandische Naturforscher Dr. A. W. Nieuwenhuis drei viel beachtete Reisen durch die Insel Borneo, d...
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478,53 |
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Quer durch Borneo
ISBN: 9783861950288 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In den Jahren von 1894 bis 1900 unternahm der niederlandische Naturforscher Dr. A. W. Nieuwenhuis drei viel beachtete Reisen durch die Insel Borneo, deren Ergebnisse er 1903 prasentierte. Nachdruck des Originals der deutschen Ubersetzung.
In den Jahren von 1894 bis 1900 unternahm der niederlandische Naturforscher Dr. A. W. Nieuwenhuis drei viel beachtete Reisen durch die Insel Borneo, d...
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478,53 |
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Auf verbotenen Wegen
ISBN: 9783864448614 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Landor berichtet von seiner Reise nach Tibet. Aufgrund seiner abenteuerlichen Berichte wurde Landor von der Wissenschaft nicht ernst genommen, versuchte dies aber durch zahlreiche Zeugenaussagen und andere Bestatigungen zu widerlegen. Nachdruck des Originals von 1898.
Landor berichtet von seiner Reise nach Tibet. Aufgrund seiner abenteuerlichen Berichte wurde Landor von der Wissenschaft nicht ernst genommen, versuch...
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478,53 |
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China und Japan
ISBN: 9783846060902 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 690 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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478,53 |
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Japanese Tourism: Spaces, Places and Structures
ISBN: 9781782380757 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The changing patterns of Japanese tourism and the views of the Japanese tourist since the Meiji Restoration, in 1868, are given an in-depth historical, geographical, economic and social analysis in this book. As well as providing a case study for the purpose of investigating the changing face of global tourism from the 19th to the 21st Century, this account of Japanese tourism explores both domestic social relations and international geographical, political and economic relations, especially in the northeast Asian context. Socio-cultural and geographical analysis form the research... The changing patterns of Japanese tourism and the views of the Japanese tourist since the Meiji Restoration, in 1868, are given an in-depth histori... |
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505,22 |
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Footprints in Paradise: Ecotourism, Local Knowledge, and Nature Therapies in Okinawa
ISBN: 9781785333866 / Angielski / Twarda / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Footprints in Paradise explores how sense of place in Okinawa is transformed as language, landscapes, and wildlife are reconstituted as treasured and vulnerable resources.
Footprints in Paradise explores how sense of place in Okinawa is transformed as language, landscapes, and wildlife are reconstituted as treasured and ...
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505,22 |
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My Journey Of Discovery
ISBN: 9781482841411 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Having got disillusioned with life in mega cities - teeming millions, utter poverty co-exist with super rich, the falsehood, the cheating, lying, the total lack of honesty, the author decides to leave all that behind and head into the Himalayas hoping to find truth, peace, contentment, compassion, lack of greed, lust of power, etc. His journey takes him through the lush green cedar forest of Himachal Pradesh to the tribal belt of Lahaul, Spiti and Kinnaur with its raw, dry, barren and rocky landscape bereft of any vegetation. He meets and interacts with these tribals living in the harshest...
Having got disillusioned with life in mega cities - teeming millions, utter poverty co-exist with super rich, the falsehood, the cheating, lying, the ...
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511,08 |
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Reise auf dem caspischen Meere in den Kaukasus
ISBN: 9783941842687 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 494 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der Zoologe Eduard Eichwald bereiste in den Jahren 1825 und 1826 das kaspische Meer und den angrenzenden Kaukasus. Was er dabei erlebte und erforschte, schrieb er in einem viel beachteten Werk nieder, das hier verdientermaen wieder aufgelegt wird.
Der Zoologe Eduard Eichwald bereiste in den Jahren 1825 und 1826 das kaspische Meer und den angrenzenden Kaukasus. Was er dabei erlebte und erforschte...
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518,44 |
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Unser Vaterland Japan
ISBN: 9783864446313 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 772 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ein "von Japanern" geschriebenes Quellenbuch zu "unserem Vaterland Japan". Ein einzigartiger Einblick in das Japan vom Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Nachdruck des Originals von 1904.
Ein "von Japanern" geschriebenes Quellenbuch zu "unserem Vaterland Japan". Ein einzigartiger Einblick in das Japan vom Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Na...
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518,44 |
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Central-Asien
ISBN: 9783846009611 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 724 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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518,44 |