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Travels in Syria: A Love Story
ISBN: 9781492371458 / Angielski / Miękka / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Freelance writer and photographer Carol Miller confirms herself a dedicated historian in "Travels in Syria." After years of painstaking research, Miller offers readers a front-row seat to an ancient world with recovered court records, ancient household items, and the documentation of Anna Komnene, one of the first female historians, who wrote of her Byzantine father's reign. Behind Miller's work is a less weighty, but equally appealing travel narrative as the author and her husband-companion move among modern civilizations juxtaposed against the remains of an earlier time. "It's a... Freelance writer and photographer Carol Miller confirms herself a dedicated historian in "Travels in Syria." After years of painstaking research, M... |
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89,96 zł |
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Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, in the Years 1843-1845: To Ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly
ISBN: 9781108069243 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born in Franconia, the son of a rabbi, Joseph Wolff (1795 1862) was baptised in 1812, moved to England in 1819, and became a Christian missionary. He travelled widely in the Near East, Middle East and Central Asia, enduring shipwreck, robbery and disease. His Researches and Missionary Labours among the Jews, Mohammedans, and Other Sects (1835) and the miscellaneous Travels and Adventures (1861) are also reissued in this series. First published in 1845 and reissued here in the revised second edition of that year, this two-volume work records Wolff's journey to the Emirate of Bukhara (in...
Born in Franconia, the son of a rabbi, Joseph Wolff (1795 1862) was baptised in 1812, moved to England in 1819, and became a Christian missionary. He ...
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279,81 zł |
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Narrative of a Mission to Bokhara, in the Years 1843-1845: To Ascertain the Fate of Colonel Stoddart and Captain Conolly
ISBN: 9781108069250 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Born in Franconia, the son of a rabbi, Joseph Wolff (1795 1862) was baptised in 1812, moved to England in 1819, and became a Christian missionary. He travelled widely in the Near East, Middle East and Central Asia, enduring shipwreck, robbery and disease. His Researches and Missionary Labours among the Jews, Mohammedans, and Other Sects (1835) and the miscellaneous Travels and Adventures (1861) are also reissued in this series. First published in 1845 and reissued here in the revised second edition of that year, this two-volume work records Wolff's journey to the Emirate of Bukhara (in...
Born in Franconia, the son of a rabbi, Joseph Wolff (1795 1862) was baptised in 1812, moved to England in 1819, and became a Christian missionary. He ...
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279,81 zł |
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Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia: With a Narrative of a Residence in China
ISBN: 9781108070850 / Angielski / Miękka / 370 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Irish-born adventurer in Russian service, Peter Dobell (1772 1852) embarked in 1812 on a long journey from Kamchatka across Siberia to Tomsk. This two-volume work, first published in 1830, contains a detailed and idiosyncratic account of his journey, painting an affectionate picture of the region and its people. The narrative includes ethnographic observations, descriptions of nights spent with local families, notes on the wildlife encountered, and discussion of the problems caused by the weather. Dobell also lived in China for many years, and his remarks on the experience are incorporated...
An Irish-born adventurer in Russian service, Peter Dobell (1772 1852) embarked in 1812 on a long journey from Kamchatka across Siberia to Tomsk. This ...
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279,81 zł |
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Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia: With a Narrative of a Residence in China
ISBN: 9781108070867 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Irish-born adventurer in Russian service, Peter Dobell (1772 1852) embarked in 1812 on a long journey from Kamchatka across Siberia to Tomsk. This two-volume work, first published in 1830, contains a detailed and idiosyncratic account of his journey, painting an affectionate picture of the region and its people. The narrative includes ethnographic observations, descriptions of nights spent with local families, notes on the wildlife encountered, and discussion of the problems caused by the weather. Dobell also lived in China for many years, and his remarks on the experience are incorporated...
An Irish-born adventurer in Russian service, Peter Dobell (1772 1852) embarked in 1812 on a long journey from Kamchatka across Siberia to Tomsk. This ...
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279,81 zł |
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Amurath to Amurath
ISBN: 9781108068369 / Angielski / Miękka / 498 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Traveller, archaeologist, mountaineer and diplomat, Gertrude Bell (1868 1926) poured her extraordinary talents into a series of adventures through Europe and the Middle East. Addressing her experiences in Persia and Syria respectively, Safar Nameh (1894) and The Desert and the Sown (1907) are both reissued in this series. The present work, first published in 1911 and among Bell's most acclaimed, describes her recent expedition to Mesopotamia. She recounts her outward journey to the Abbasid palace of Ukhaidir and her return via Baghdad and Asia Minor. Notably discussing changes in the region...
Traveller, archaeologist, mountaineer and diplomat, Gertrude Bell (1868 1926) poured her extraordinary talents into a series of adventures through Eur...
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354,07 zł |
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Amazing North East - Assam
ISBN: 9789380177243 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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279,14 zł |
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Amazing North East - Sikkim
ISBN: 9789380177304 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This small but comprehensive and compact book on this northeastern state, offers all information, within one cover. Hopefully, it would serve all those working on or interested in knowing about northeastern India, be they scholars, researchers, journalists, students or general readers. This is in fact, Knowledge in Nutshell "
This small but comprehensive and compact book on this northeastern state, offers all information, within one cover. Hopefully, it would serve all thos...
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279,14 zł |
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Beirut Focus Guide
ISBN: 9781909268913 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Go for an early morning walk along the Corniche Beirut's seaside promenade and watch as the Mediterranean Sea laps against the rocks while the summits of Mount Lebanon dominate the horizon to the east. Enjoy a strong black coffee here before hitting Hamra to experience Beirut's bustling commercial side or the old Central District to admire the elegantly restored Ottoman and French-colonial buildings a demonstration of Beirut's determination to become the 'Paris of the East' once again. Footprintfocus Beirut features practical advice on getting to and around this up-and-coming city, along with...
Go for an early morning walk along the Corniche Beirut's seaside promenade and watch as the Mediterranean Sea laps against the rocks while the summits...
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46,52 zł |
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Journey to the North of India: Overland from England, Through Russia, Persia, and Affghaunistaun
ISBN: 9781108069236 / Angielski / Miękka / 456 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Great Game, a coinage credited to the British officer Arthur Conolly (1807 42), refers to the nineteenth-century rivalry between Britain and Russia as each power sought supremacy in Central Asia. In a climate of tension and suspicion that the Russians might attempt to invade India via Afghanistan, Conolly, returning from sick leave in England, embarked in 1829 on an expedition through the region. His narrative provides observations on the various Asiatic peoples he encountered, including the social, religious and political aspects of their cultures. He describes also the many dangers he...
The Great Game, a coinage credited to the British officer Arthur Conolly (1807 42), refers to the nineteenth-century rivalry between Britain and Russi...
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319,80 zł |
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Journey to the North of India: Overland from England, Through Russia, Persia, and Affghaunistaun
ISBN: 9781108069229 / Angielski / Miękka / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Great Game, a coinage credited to the British officer Arthur Conolly (1807 42), refers to the nineteenth-century rivalry between Britain and Russia as each power sought supremacy in Central Asia. In a climate of tension and suspicion that the Russians might attempt to invade India via Afghanistan, Conolly, returning from sick leave in England, embarked in 1829 on an expedition through the region. His narrative provides observations on the various Asiatic peoples he encountered, including the social, religious and political aspects of their cultures. He describes also the many dangers he...
The Great Game, a coinage credited to the British officer Arthur Conolly (1807 42), refers to the nineteenth-century rivalry between Britain and Russi...
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319,80 zł |
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The Travels of Marco Polo
ISBN: 9781479201273 / Angielski / Miękka / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Marco Polo (September 15, 1254 - January 9, 1324) was a Venetian merchant traveler whose travels are recorded in Il Milione ("The Millions," now known as "The Travels of Marco Polo"), a book which did much to introduce Europeans to Central Asia and China. He learned about trading whilst his father and uncle, Niccolo and Maffeo, travelled through Asia and apparently met Kublai Khan. In 1269, they returned to Venice to meet Marco for the first time. The three of them embarked on an epic journey to Asia, returning after 24 years to find Venice at war with Genoa; Marco was imprisoned, and...
Marco Polo (September 15, 1254 - January 9, 1324) was a Venetian merchant traveler whose travels are recorded in Il Milione ("The Millions," now known...
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58,58 zł |
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A Voyage to the East Indies: Containing an Account of the Manners, Customs, Etc of the Natives, with a Geographical Description of the Country
ISBN: 9781108028219 / Angielski / Miękka / 498 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After a six-month voyage, the Carmelite missionary Paolino da San Bartolomeo (1748-1806) arrived in Malabar in India towards the end of July 1776. Later acclaimed as an orientalist, he was among the first to note the relationship between Sanskrit and European languages, and the present work gives a valuable account of the geography and culture he observed over the course of thirteen years. Returning to Rome in 1789, he wrote many books under the patronage of Cardinal Stefano Borgia, including one of the first works on Sanskrit grammar. Here he uses his impressive knowledge of Indian dialects...
After a six-month voyage, the Carmelite missionary Paolino da San Bartolomeo (1748-1806) arrived in Malabar in India towards the end of July 1776. Lat...
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354,07 zł |
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Bonneville Go or Bust: On the Roads Less Travelled
ISBN: 9781890623432 / Angielski / Miękka / 466 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. She had no money. No time. No motorbike. But she had a clear vision. With gritted determination, she went all out to realize her dream of riding a Bonneville solo across North America on lesser-known roads. This is an inspiring story written with passion to succeed, a true lesson in believing in yourself.
She had no money. No time. No motorbike. But she had a clear vision. With gritted determination, she went all out to realize her dream of riding a Bon...
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148,45 zł |
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The Travels of Marco Polo
ISBN: 9781497441422 / Angielski / Miękka / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, af...
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67,59 zł |
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Udane wakacje. Hongkong i Makau Wyd. I
ISBN: 9788324686209 / Polski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hongkong i Makau to metropolie o światowym znaczeniu, zaliczane się do najbogatszych w świecie. Obie stanowią Specjalne Regiony Administracyjne Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej, choć jeszcze do niedawna pozostawały w rękach Europejczyków. W Hongkongu, którego nazwa oznacza „port o korzennym zapachu”, wciąż daje się odczuć – nietypowy w sercu Azji – angielski klimat. Jego mieszkańcy wciąż praktykują feng shui, taoizm i buddyzm, nadające mu posmak dawnych czasów. Natomiast Makau, zwane często „Monte Carlo Orientu”, jest przede wszystkim wielkim centrum hazardu. Za...
Hongkong i Makau to metropolie o światowym znaczeniu, zaliczane się do najbogatszych w świecie. Obie stanowią Specjalne Regiony Administracyjne Ch...
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18,90 zł |
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An Englishwoman in Angora
ISBN: 9781108074216 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Grace Ellison (d.1935) was a journalist with an enthusiasm for Turkish culture. She had previously published works on life in a liberal Turkish family, and on the experiences of two modern Turkish women in Europe, which have also been reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. In this 1923 book, she recounts what she found on revisiting Turkey in the aftermath of the First World War and the war between Turkey and Greece which had arisen after the dismemberment of the Ottoman empire. Passionately pro-Turk, Ellison was dismayed at the peace treaties' punitive effect on Turkey. This work...
Grace Ellison (d.1935) was a journalist with an enthusiasm for Turkish culture. She had previously published works on life in a liberal Turkish family...
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285,53 zł |
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Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia
ISBN: 9781108071529 / Angielski / Miękka / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Bell (1691-1780) trained as a physician, but preferred a life of travel and diplomacy. He entered the service of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, and had already taken part (as the expedition's doctor) in a government mission to Persia in 1715-18 when he was asked to join a further embassy to China. This two-volume work, published in 1763, describes both these journeys. The first part of Volume 1 contains an account of the Persian expedition, and the second a narrative of the journey across Siberia to the walls of Beijing. It includes fascinating anecdotes of the peoples encountered, and...
John Bell (1691-1780) trained as a physician, but preferred a life of travel and diplomacy. He entered the service of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, ...
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279,81 zł |
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Travels from St Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia
ISBN: 9781108071086 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. John Bell (1691-1780) trained as a physician, but preferred a life of travel and diplomacy. He entered the service of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, and had already taken part (as the expedition's doctor) in a government mission to Persia in 1715-18 when he was asked to join a further embassy to China. This two-volume work, published in 1763, describes both these journeys. Volume 2 takes up the story with the embassy's reception in Beijing, with accounts of the Chinese emperor and his court, and the return journey. It also includes the journal of Lorenz Lange (c.1690-1752), a Swede in...
John Bell (1691-1780) trained as a physician, but preferred a life of travel and diplomacy. He entered the service of Tsar Peter the Great of Russia, ...
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319,80 zł |
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Auf der sibirischen Bahn nach China
ISBN: 9783957383952 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der deutsche Schriftsteller und Journalist Eugen Zabel ist einer der Begrunder der modernen Reiseliteratur. Im Jahre 1903 bereiste er unter anderem mit der transsibirischen Eisenbahn Russland, die Mandschurei und China. Hiervon erzahlt er lebendig und packend in diesem 1904 erstmals veroffentlichten Werk, das Land und Leute, fremden Sitten und Gebrauche, aber auch alltagliche Dinge beschreibt. Ein besonders buntes Kapitel widmet Zabel China, das ihm ans Herz gewachsen ist. Heute taucht man bei der Lekture dieses Buches tief in eine vergangene Zeit ein, die anders kaum noch erlebbar ist....
Der deutsche Schriftsteller und Journalist Eugen Zabel ist einer der Begrunder der modernen Reiseliteratur. Im Jahre 1903 bereiste er unter anderem mi...
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131,95 zł |
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