Theo of Arabia - A teacher's diary from Ar'ar
ISBN: 9781503144279 / Angielski / Miękka / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) A European English language teacher gets a job in a small town called Ar'ar in the north of Saudi Arabia and in the middle of the desert. It is a diary of a trip into the desert, to a town in the Northern Border Region, close to the Iraqi border. This alone promises to be an adventurous trip. What will it be like to live in a town with almost no white people? What will it be like to live in the Kingdom? In a muslim country with five prayer times and fully veiled women? It is the story of a white man within the local Arab community. It's full of adventure, colourfully and detailed narrated. It...
A European English language teacher gets a job in a small town called Ar'ar in the north of Saudi Arabia and in the middle of the desert. It is a diar...
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45,05 zł |
Tausend und ein Tag im Occident
ISBN: 9783846097632 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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360,29 zł |
Kultur- und Sittenbilder aus dem Sultanat des Westens
ISBN: 9783846098875 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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270,10 zł |
Arabic in 10 Minutes a Day: Language Course for Beginning and Advanced Study. Includes Workbook, Flash Cards, Sticky Labels, Menu Guide, Software,
ISBN: 9781931873321 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Whether you're planning a trip to Morocco, Egypt, or any of the 25 exotic countries where Arabic is spoken, you'll want to bring along your language skills and "ARABIC in 10 minutes a day" is just the ticket With a focus on practical words and phrases which every traveler needs, the book and interactive software provide an easy, step-by-step approach together with useful study tools and fun, computer activities and games. Perfect for students, travelers and international executives worldwide
The "10 minutes a day" Program Whether you're planning a trip to Morocco, Egypt, or any of the 25 exotic countries where Arabic is spoken, you'll want to bring along your language s...
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150,10 zł |
Travels to Jerusalem and Mount Athos
ISBN: 9781463204181 / Undetermined / Twarda / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This account by Archpriest Petre Konchoshvili of his travels to Jerusalem and Mount Athos in 1899, was first published in Georgian in 1901. The book's main interest is the relations between the Georgians, Greeks and Russians in the Holy Land and his comments are particularly enlightening in view of the historical events of the period. It will be of interest to history students, scholars interested in travellers and pilgrims, as well as those interested in Orthodox liturgy. This volume provides an English translation prepared by John Wilkinson and Mzia Ebanoidze.
This account by Archpriest Petre Konchoshvili of his travels to Jerusalem and Mount Athos in 1899, was first published in Georgian in 1901. The book's...
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517,35 zł |
Leg Over Leg: Volumes Three and Four
ISBN: 9781479813292 / Angielski / Miękka / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Leg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of -the Fariyaq, - alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the intellectual and literary history of the modern Arab world. The always edifying and often hilarious adventures of the Fariyaq, as he moves from his native Lebanon to Egypt, Malta, Tunis, England, and France, provide the author with grist for wide-ranging discussions of the intellectual and social issues of his time, including the ignorance and corruption of the Lebanese religious and secular establishments, freedom of conscience, women's rights,... Leg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of -the Fariyaq, - alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the ... |
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83,25 zł |
An Istanbul Anthology: Travel Writing Through the Centuries
ISBN: 9789774167218 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) For centuries following its reestablishment as Constantinople in AD 330, Istanbul served as the capital of three great empires: Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman. The city's maze-like streets and high balconies, its steep alleys, flower gardens, and forested hillsides remain soaked in the vestiges of that imperial past, and it is to that past and to Istanbul's unearthly moods and waters that so many writers and diarists journeyed in search of escape, knowledge, happiness, or sheer wonderment. An Istanbul Anthology takes us on a nostalgic journey through the city with travelers' accounts of the...
For centuries following its reestablishment as Constantinople in AD 330, Istanbul served as the capital of three great empires: Roman, Byzantine, and ...
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65,72 zł |
A Nile Anthology: Travel Writing Through the Centuries
ISBN: 9789774167232 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The stretch of the longest river in the world that nurtured the world's first great civilization has drawn and impressed visitors since ancient times. The Greeks were fascinated by the mysterious annual flood of the Nile that brought both water and nourishing silt to the lands along its banks, while nineteenth-century travelers were amazed by the magnificent tombs and temples of Upper Egypt.
A Nile Anthology brings together the accounts and reflections of visitors and travelers to the Nile between Luxor and Aswan through the ages, from Herodotus in the fifth century BC, and the Arab... The stretch of the longest river in the world that nurtured the world's first great civilization has drawn and impressed visitors since ancient times....
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65,72 zł |
Leg Over Leg: Volumes One and Two
ISBN: 9781479800728 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Leg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of -the Fariyaq, - alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the intellectual and literary history of the modern Arab world. The always edifying and often hilarious adventures of the Fariyaq, as he moves from his native Lebanon to Egypt, Malta, Tunis, England, and France, provide the author with grist for wide-ranging discussions of the intellectual and social issues of his time, including the ignorance and corruption of the Lebanese religious and secular establishments, freedom of conscience, women's rights,... Leg over Leg recounts the life, from birth to middle age, of -the Fariyaq, - alter ego of Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq, a pivotal figure in the ... |
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83,25 zł |
Lady Anne Blunt in the Middle East : Travel, Politics and the Idea of Empire
ISBN: 9781784531379 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Lady Anne Blunt was a woman ahead of her time. After marrying the poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt in 1869, the pair travelled extensively in the Middle East, developing an especial fondness for the region and its people. In this book, Lisa Lacy explores the life, travels and political ideas of Lady Anne. With a broad knowledge of the Arab world, she challenged prevailing assumptions and, as a result of her aristocratic heritage, exerted strong influence in British political circles. Her extensive journeys in the Mediterranean region, North Africa, Egypt, Arabia, Syria, Iraq and Persia formed the...
Lady Anne Blunt was a woman ahead of her time. After marrying the poet Wilfrid Scawen Blunt in 1869, the pair travelled extensively in the Middle East...
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624,83 zł |
Orient Express: A Travel Memoir
ISBN: 9781504011488 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Before John Dos Passos enjoys fame as a chronicler and critic of American society, he wins recognition for command of aesthetics. Orient Express, a memoir of the author's travels through Eastern Europe, the Near East, and the Middle East, focuses on sights, sounds, and smells rather than plot or character. Dos Passos applies his instincts as a painter to mountain ranges and grimy alleyways, finding beauty everywhere.
His tour extends from Tiflis, Georgia, to Erivan, Armenia, and Marrakesh, Morocco; from Kasvin, Iran, to Baghdad, Iraq, and Damascus, Syria. He crosses the... Before John Dos Passos enjoys fame as a chronicler and critic of American society, he wins recognition for command of aesthetics. Orient Express
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47,20 zł |
Conversational Arabic Quick and Easy: Palestinian Arabic; the Arabic Dialect of Palestine and Israel
ISBN: 9781514797792 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) THIS BOOK DOESN'T CONTAIN ANY ARABIC LETTERS ALL ARABIC WORDS IN THIS BOOK WERE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH-TRANSLITERATION
Have you always wanted to learn how to speak the Palestinian Arabic Dialect but simply didn't have the time? Well if so, then, look no further. You can hold in your hands one of the most advanced and revolutionary method that was ever designed for quickly becoming conversational in a language. In creating this time-saving program, master linguist Yatir Nitzany spent years examining the twenty-seven most common languages in the world and distilling from them the three... THIS BOOK DOESN'T CONTAIN ANY ARABIC LETTERS ALL ARABIC WORDS IN THIS BOOK WERE WRITTEN IN ENGLISH-TRANSLITERATION
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63,08 zł |
Tausend und ein Tag im Occident
ISBN: 9783846082522 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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360,29 zł |
Tramping to Jerusalem
ISBN: 9781632930514 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Walking in the proverbial shoes of Arabs, Jews and misfits the world over, the author immerses himself in the "Holy Land" like no other walker/writer before him. Sailing to Israel with his wife, perennial innocents abroad, and broke, they become volunteers on various communes and kibbutzim in the Occupied Territories. "Kibbutz hopping" from the snows of Mt. Hermon on the Syrian border, to the troubled waters of Aqaba, they encounter every strata of scenery and society, discovering a certain unexpected and controversial reality as they go. Soon they evolve from being gung-ho volunteers to...
Walking in the proverbial shoes of Arabs, Jews and misfits the world over, the author immerses himself in the "Holy Land" like no other walker/writer ...
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107,15 zł |
Die Reise des Kaisers und der Kaiserin nach Palästina: Drei Vorträge
ISBN: 9783846088296 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 118 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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256,58 zł |
A House in Damascus
ISBN: 9781614175858 / Angielski / Miękka / 366 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) As Syria confronts an uncertain future, A House in Damascus seeks to balance the Western view with the lives and views of the everyday people living in the world's oldest continuing capital city
Drawn from the author's experiences occurring immediately before the 2011-2012 social and political upheaval, each story traces the Old City of Damascus and its people's present through the past, capturing the universal human element often missing from the strategic and political accounts. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Brian Stoddart is an Emeritus Professor of La Trobe University in Melbourne. Trained... As Syria confronts an uncertain future, A House in Damascus seeks to balance the Western view with the lives and views of the everyday people living i...
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86,53 zł |
Anton Prokesch-Osten: Ein Oesterreichischer Diplomat Im Orient
ISBN: 9783631446812 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Zum ersten Mal wird hier die Bedeutung des osterreichischen Diplomaten Anton Prokesch-Osten als Beobachter und Schilderer des zeitgenossischen Orients untersucht. Der Biographie folgt eine ausfuhrliche Zusammenstellung der antiken und neuzeitlichen Quellen, die Anton Prokesch-Osten fur seine Beschreibungen heranzog. Das dritte Kapitel bildet eine Darstellung seiner Reisen in chronologischer Abfolge. Anhand ausgewahlter Beispiele wird die Umsetzung der vielfaltigen Eindrucke in die literarischen Formen des Briefes, des Tagebuches und der zum Druck bestimmten, ausgearbeiteten Reisebeschreibung...
Zum ersten Mal wird hier die Bedeutung des osterreichischen Diplomaten Anton Prokesch-Osten als Beobachter und Schilderer des zeitgenossischen Orients...
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387,79 zł |
In Mesopotamia
ISBN: 9781530320646 / Angielski / Miękka / 56 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) |
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27,01 zł |
Dubai, 1 City 2 Different Tales: Chilling true short story collections set in the Middle East tell the dazzling city's beastly wicked side.
ISBN: 9781511644877 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) You will instantly be taken to the other side of the world because this book offers an extraordinary glimpse into unjust, cruelty and suffering in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. These factual short story collections allow you to witness the torment, sexual assault, bizarre murders, abandoned babies and life in the Middle East, besides unusual and humorous ones. The narratives you are going to read gives you a rare chance to see how each compelling true story unfolds. I compiled these incredible accounts for 31/2 years while living there with my spouse. I'm passionate about sharing this insight...
You will instantly be taken to the other side of the world because this book offers an extraordinary glimpse into unjust, cruelty and suffering in Dub...
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54,06 zł |
Speedy Motor: Travels Across Asia and the Middle East in a Morgan
ISBN: 9781784537265 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) In the summer of 1974, against the backdrop of the Lebanese Civil War, ceramics expert and Morgan sports car enthusiast John Carswell set off with his young family from their home in Beirut on an expedition across Asia and the Middle East. Their mode of transport was their beloved motor car, a Morgan 4/4 four seater, named Speedy . Following in the steps of Ibn Battuta, their destination was the Maldives, where Carswell hoped to find evidence of the Chinese blue and white pottery which he was researching. The family travelled via Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, from where they sailed...
In the summer of 1974, against the backdrop of the Lebanese Civil War, ceramics expert and Morgan sports car enthusiast John Carswell set off with his...
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286,39 zł |