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Seeing Egypt and the Holy Land
ISBN: 9781593339111 / Angielski / Twarda / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the characteristic compelling photographs that accompany his work, E. M. Newman here presents his unique outlook on Egypt and the Holy Land. Written with the competence of a professional travel writer Newman takes the reader through his arrival in Egypt by ship and on a virtual tour of the noted wonders of that land. His impressions of Egypt, Palestine, the Arabian Desert and the Sinai are all dutifully recorded. Finishing up with the accounts of his main New Testament sites, Nazareth, the Jordan River, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem, this travelogue contains a wealth of impressions and...
With the characteristic compelling photographs that accompany his work, E. M. Newman here presents his unique outlook on Egypt and the Holy Land. Writ...
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724,87 |
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Three Journeys in the Levant: Jordan, Syria, Lebanon
ISBN: 9780936315171 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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40,47 |
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A US Feminist in Saudi Arabia: 1980-1982
ISBN: 9781450224826 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The book describes the experiences of a single American woman teaching in a university in Saudi Arabia between 1980 and 1982, just as the Islamic world was experiencing a reversal of previously achieved steps toward women's rights. The loosening of restrictions on women which had occurred during the 1970s was overturned when the fear of the rulers was heightened after the attempted take-over of the Grand Mosque in Mecca. The author takes us there with her while the Epilogue brings us up to today in Saudi Arabia.
The book describes the experiences of a single American woman teaching in a university in Saudi Arabia between 1980 and 1982, just as the Islamic worl...
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61,47 |
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Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples
ISBN: 9780330517874 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. V.S. Naipaul revisits the countries that featured in his 1981 book, 'Among the Believers', to survey the development of these Islamic states. He combines the ability to write great travel literature with a sharply original political mind.
V.S. Naipaul revisits the countries that featured in his 1981 book, 'Among the Believers', to survey the development of these Islamic states. He combi...
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65,37 |
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The Desert and the Sown
ISBN: 9781108021593 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Athletic, intellectual and sensitive, even in her youth, Gertrude Bell was an ideal chronicler for a public fascinated by the Orient. Blending descriptions of customs, communities, archaeology, agriculture, The Desert and the Sown (1907) recounts a dramatic portion of her expedition across Syria. Enriched by over three hundred photographic illustrations, Bell's prose leads readers from the Mosque of 'Umar to the shores of the Dead Sea, the Castle of Salkhad and the dramatic landmarks of Kanaw t. Notwithstanding the inclusion of such picturesque sites, the author never allows the spectacular...
Athletic, intellectual and sensitive, even in her youth, Gertrude Bell was an ideal chronicler for a public fascinated by the Orient. Blending descrip...
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271,64 |
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Travel Letters from an American Living in the Middle East-Bahrain: And Other Travel Tales
ISBN: 9781426938603 / Angielski / Miękka / 104 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. .Bahrain .Egypt .Italy .Turkey .Greece .Thailand .Cyprus .Amsterdam .Oman .Dubai .Belgium .South Africa .France .England .Scotland .Wales .Bahrain .Egypt .Italy .Turkey .Greece .Thailand .Cyprus .Amsterdam .Oman .Dubai .Belgium .South Afric... |
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123,59 |
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In the Southern Seas
ISBN: 9783861951452 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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352,01 |
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Nineveh And Its Remains
ISBN: 9781446044018 / Angielski / Miękka / 530 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republ...
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172,59 |
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Among the Turks
ISBN: 9781607243175 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Part travelogue, part missionary account, this book recounts the experiences of a nineteenth-century traveler in the Ottoman Empire. Indeed, Hamlin's account begins with a description of the origin and extent of the Ottoman Empire, including a consideration of the social issues it faced. An encounter with Islam, with a sympathetic reading of the Quran, leads Hamlin to conclude with the misrepresentation of the Ottomans that he has discovered to be problematic. An intimate glimpse into the Ottoman world of the nineteenth century, this historic travelogue will be welcomed by students of...
Part travelogue, part missionary account, this book recounts the experiences of a nineteenth-century traveler in the Ottoman Empire. Indeed, Hamlin's ...
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695,48 |
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Four Ancient Lands - Iran, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan
ISBN: 9781460947456 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This was a journey across a diverse social, economic and physical landscape. It encountered people who had suffered every imaginable iniquity and still survived. The single beacon was the strength of the human spirit and the inability of those who thirst for power to extinguish that burning light.
This was a journey across a diverse social, economic and physical landscape. It encountered people who had suffered every imaginable iniquity and stil...
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80,92 |
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A Traveller's Tales - A Journey to Damascus
ISBN: 9781461097358 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The journey encompasses travel in 2008 to Jordan, Syria and a short diversion to Beirut. This was through a region that has ostensibly achieved some form of social balance after periods of great uncertainty and conflict. However, as events unfold, they reveal an undercurrent of dissatisfaction with the status quo and a desire for a more equitable balance between social freedom, honest governance and social order. Only time will tell whether the aspirations of the people are achieved.The narrative extends to the implications of events in 2011 surrounding the civil disobedience and violence...
The journey encompasses travel in 2008 to Jordan, Syria and a short diversion to Beirut. This was through a region that has ostensibly achieved some f...
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80,92 |
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To-Day in Syria and Palestine
ISBN: 9783861959670 / Angielski / Miękka / 568 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Reprint of the original from 1903.
Reprint of the original from 1903.
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452,77 |
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Summer of '65 : The Adventures and Misadventures of a Teenage World Traveler
ISBN: 9781625168306 / Angielski / Miękka / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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61,47 |
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Arabian Oasis City: The Transformation of 'Unayzah
ISBN: 9780292785182 / Angielski / Miękka / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Vast social change has occurred in the Middle East since the oil boom of the mid-1970s. As the first anthropological study of an urban community in Saudi Arabia since that oil boom, Arabian Oasis City is also the first to document those changes. Based on extensive interviews and participant observation with both men and women, the authors record and analyze the transformation that has occurred in this ancient oasis city throughout the twentieth century: the creation of the present Saudi Arabian state and of a new national economy based on the export of oil and the... Vast social change has occurred in the Middle East since the oil boom of the mid-1970s. As the first anthropological study of an urban community in... |
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107,70 |
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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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80,88 |
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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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40,43 |
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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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144,65 |
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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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80,92 |
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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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339,87 |
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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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339,87 |
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