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Iran Back in Context
ISBN: 9781465376008 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,66 zł |
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A Tight Wide-Open Space: Finding Love in a Muslim Land
ISBN: 9781460910436 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2003, when the shockwaves of 9/11 still echoed through the US and the country was fighting two wars in Muslim countries, Matt Krause met a beautiful Turkish woman on an airplane and decided to follow her to Turkey. This is the story of what happened there. Matt figured adjusting to life in Turkey would entail some challenges, and he certainly wasn't disappointed. He survived bomb attacks, lost his cool around beggar kids, drove a jewelry business into the ground, and got into fistfights over parking. Along the way though, he saw beauty in ruins older than the Roman Empire, was... In 2003, when the shockwaves of 9/11 still echoed through the US and the country was fighting two wars in Muslim countries, Matt Krause met a beau... |
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40,31 zł |
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A Traveller's Tales - Illustrated - A Journey to Damascus
ISBN: 9781460992357 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a journey through Jordan, Syria and includes a short dash to Beirut. The illustrated narrative looks at both the present day and historical events that have contributed to the way the people are, how they seem themselves and how they see others. A more recent context is the turmoil in the Arab nations across the Middle East and the progressive removal of yesterday's tyrants and dictators.
This is a journey through Jordan, Syria and includes a short dash to Beirut. The illustrated narrative looks at both the present day and historical ev...
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144,26 zł |
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A Traveller's Tales - Crossroads From The Past
ISBN: 9781461092445 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Egypt and Turkey each have a surfeit of grand archaeological sites that have excited travellers over the millenia. Being as they are at the crossroads of Europe, Asia and Africa the sites reflect a myriad of influences and the consequences of competing invaders and civilisations that have put their stamp on what remains. But there is a constant across the ages and that is the people and the need for them to survive and make their way in the social and economic environment that prevailed at the time. True travellers have a curiosity about the local perspective of common issues, how people...
Egypt and Turkey each have a surfeit of grand archaeological sites that have excited travellers over the millenia. Being as they are at the crossroads...
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80,70 zł |
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East of the Jordan
ISBN: 9781850770893 / Angielski / Twarda / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1881, East of the Jordan recounts the results of an archaeological expedition organised by the American Palestine Exploration Society in 1875-77.
First published in 1881, East of the Jordan recounts the results of an archaeological expedition organised by the American Palestine Exploration Socie...
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338,95 zł |
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Travels in Syria & the Holy Land
ISBN: 9781850771890 / Angielski / Twarda / 712 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A masterpiece of descriptive and scholarly travelgoue, it describes author's journeys between 1810-1816. He records detailed aspects of the inhabitants' lives, religion, culture as well as topography, natural history and archaeology.
A masterpiece of descriptive and scholarly travelgoue, it describes author's journeys between 1810-1816. He records detailed aspects of the inhabitant...
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338,95 zł |
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Journey Into Cyprus
ISBN: 9780099570257 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beautifully packaged reissue of Colin Thubron's classic which bring the whole of his backlist into Vintage,
The people, their history and the beauty of an island on the brink of tragedy. This is the account of a unique journey -- a six-hundred-mile trek on foot around Cyprus in the last year of the island's peace. Colin Thubron intertwines myth, history and personal anecdote in a quest from which the characters and places, architecture and landscape all spring vividly to the reader's eye. Beautifully packaged reissue of Colin Thubron's classic which bring the whole of his backlist into Vintage,
The people, their history and the beau... |
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65,53 zł |
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Beyond Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781475270143 / Angielski / Miękka / 78 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Includes original 1970 photographs A first hand account of the 1970, 1971 journey made by two British Art Students, who travelled and lived in a kombi van for five months driving overland from England through Europe, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, then on by public transport through Burma, Malaysia, Singapore, New Guinea to Australia. With minimal money, little food and less knowledge together with no experience of the countries they would visit, they departed with unreliable maps and the confidence of the young to countries only briefly imagined previously. The matter of...
Includes original 1970 photographs A first hand account of the 1970, 1971 journey made by two British Art Students, who travelled and lived in a kombi...
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39,95 zł |
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Where Angels Travel There's Laughter and Trouble
ISBN: 9781479741007 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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75,38 zł |
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Coming of Age in the Middle East
ISBN: 9780710302083 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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438,05 zł |
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Travels in Arabia: Comprehending an Account of Those Territories in Hedjaz Which the Mohammedans Regard as Sacred
ISBN: 9781138986114 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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228,74 zł |
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The Urban Sea: Cities of the Mediterranean
ISBN: 9780957568501 / Angielski / Miękka / 364 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the crossroads of continents, the Mediterranean is an urban sea. Across its waters have come ideas as well as people, trade as well as war. This title explores the importance of this sea by drawing on the findings of recent visits to 15 cities as well as specially commissioned photographs.
At the crossroads of continents, the Mediterranean is an urban sea. Across its waters have come ideas as well as people, trade as well as war. This ti...
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142,19 zł |
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Palestine Incidentally
ISBN: 9781484066546 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An intimate 'on-the-road' tale of attempts to get aid to Palestine - by sea as well as land; the travellers learning to cope with each other as well as troubles from without, and how one man's passing interest in another country became a passion.
An intimate 'on-the-road' tale of attempts to get aid to Palestine - by sea as well as land; the travellers learning to cope with each other as well a...
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48,43 zł |
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Pilgrimage in the Holy Land: Israel
ISBN: 9781481733380 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A pilgrimage to the Holy Land (Israel) is the ultimate goal of every Christian and Jewish pilgrim. The Holy Land is the setting of most of the stories in the Scriptures. To enter the Promised Land and see the sites of familiar Bible stories is like traveling back in time. Pilgrim Tours provides the pilgrim with the opportunity to journey back to the time of Abraham, Elijah, Jesus and many other sacred luminaries of Biblical history. The most notable places on the tour are: (1) Caesarea, the famous port city; (2) Mount Carmel, where the prophet Elijah demonstrated the preeminence of his God;...
A pilgrimage to the Holy Land (Israel) is the ultimate goal of every Christian and Jewish pilgrim. The Holy Land is the setting of most of the stories...
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416,12 zł |
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Fun Runs and Guns - Trips and Trails through Yemen and Saudi Arabia: Second Edition
ISBN: 9781480236745 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What would "you" do if someone shoots at "you"? This is the dilemma faced by the author, not once, but several times while working in the Middle East. Andrew Musgrave focuses on the impact that a gun culture has on the feelings of a peace-loving teacher living in Yemen and Saudi Arabia. As well as peering into daily life in Sana'a and Jeddah, we are taken on a succession of adventures through impoverished villages and incredible landscapes into the sparse and threatening mountainous heart of Queen of Sheba's realm. Encounters with gunmen, bad-tempered eagles, and homeless cats, his... What would "you" do if someone shoots at "you"? This is the dilemma faced by the author, not once, but several times while working in the Middle Ea... |
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39,95 zł |
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An American Woman in Pakistan: Memories of Mangla Dam
ISBN: 9781604949810 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1962, Irene Aylworth Douglass's husband burst in the door with incredible news. His company had won a bid to build Mangla Dam ... in West Pakistan This would be the world's largest compacted earth dam, in a remote location far from the source of supply. With images of exotic locales and visions of travel in her head, Irene welcomed the opportunity to embark on an adventure. Nothing could have prepared her for the reality of life in Pakistan. Most of the women covered themselves with burqas and did not appear in public. Male superiority and male dominance were so ingrained that Irene...
In 1962, Irene Aylworth Douglass's husband burst in the door with incredible news. His company had won a bid to build Mangla Dam ... in West Pakistan ...
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81,56 zł |
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Mirror To Damascus: 50th Anniversary Edition
ISBN: 9780099532293 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mirror to Damascus is a unique portrait of a city now obscured by recent upheavals, by one of the most indefatigable and popular of travel writers.
Described by the author as simply "a work of love," Mirror to Damascus is an enthralling and fascinating history of Damascus from the Amorites of the Bible to the revolution of 1966, as well as being a charming and witty personal record of a city well-loved. In explaining how modern Damascus is rooted in immemorial layers of culture and tradition, Thubron explores the historical, artistic, social and religious inheritance of... Mirror to Damascus is a unique portrait of a city now obscured by recent upheavals, by one of the most indefatigable and popular of travel writ...
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65,53 zł |
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The Road to Oxiana
ISBN: 9780141442099 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1933, the author began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. In this title, he presents a record of his adventures.
In 1933, the author began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancie...
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65,53 zł |
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Mirrors of the Unseen : Journeys in Iran
ISBN: 9780330486576 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The country - its culture, its history and its people - behind the headlines
The country - its culture, its history and its people - behind the headlines
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81,93 zł |
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Persia
ISBN: 9780955010552 / Angielski / Miękka / 403 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The land of the Iranians, known to European travelers for centuries as Persia, is a land of mountains, deserts, plains, and forests. The author adds to our understanding with his selection of three thousand years of descriptive writing. He allows us to visit the courts of Cyrus and Xerxes, to ride out with the Parthians and Sassanians.
The land of the Iranians, known to European travelers for centuries as Persia, is a land of mountains, deserts, plains, and forests. The author adds t...
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75,62 zł |