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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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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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40,06 |
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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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75,58 |
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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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440,75 |
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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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230,14 |
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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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142,58 |
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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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48,55 |
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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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417,25 |
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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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40,06 |
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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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81,78 |
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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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65,37 |
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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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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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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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Twelve Days in Persia : Across the Mountains with the Bakhtiari Tribe
ISBN: 9781845119331 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A year after Vita Sackville-West first travelled to Iran - a journey described in the classic Passenger to Teheran - she returned to the land that had so captured her imagination. For twelve days, with her husband and three friends, she embarked on a difficult and often dangerous journey through the rugged and wildly-beautiful Bakhtiari Mountains of south-western Iran. It was a landscape that affected Sackville-West profoundly, inspiring what is arguably some of her most lyrical prose; in the same year she wrote her acclaimed poem, The Land. Interwoven with her magical...
A year after Vita Sackville-West first travelled to Iran - a journey described in the classic Passenger to Teheran - she returned to the land t...
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The Monuments of Syria : A Guide
ISBN: 9781845119478 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Syria is home to some of the world's richest historical and archaeological remains dating from the Bronze Age through biblical and Byzantine times to the early Islamic and Ottoman periods. Yet even in an age of mass tourism these magnificent monuments are little known and rarely visited--in other words, ripe for discovery by independent-minded and adventurous travellers. The Monuments of Syria is organized as a gazetteer of all Syria's historical sites, with complementary sections on history and architectural influences and comprehensive chronologies and glossaries. This fully... Syria is home to some of the world's richest historical and archaeological remains dating from the Bronze Age through biblical and Byzantine times ... |
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Understanding the Arab Culture, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781845282004 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Understanding the Arab Culture is a thoroughly practical crosscultural guide to working with Arab cultures, written with theWesterner in mind.The book focuses more on the key differences than similarities, issues that Westerners will find puzzling, unusual or difficult to cope with. It is based on years of experience of lecturing to Westerners and a long list of frequently asked questions. It addresses Western perceptions and misconceptions of Arabs, Islam and the Arab world as well as some key Arab perceptions of the West. Many practical tips are given on a variety of issues, from... Understanding the Arab Culture is a thoroughly practical crosscultural guide to working with Arab cultures, written with theWesterner in mind.The b... |
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Travels with a Tangerine: A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah
ISBN: 9781848546752 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The bestselling first volume of Tim Mackintosh-Smith's masterful journey in the footsteps of fourteenth-century traveller Ibn Battutah
The bestselling first volume of Tim Mackintosh-Smith's masterful journey in the footsteps of fourteenth-century traveller Ibn Battutah
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65,37 |
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Sultan in Oman
ISBN: 9781906011178 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1955 the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, southeast of Saudi Arabia on the Arabian Sea, was a truly medieval Islamic State, shuttered against all progress under the aegis of its traditionalist and autocratic ruler. But it was also nearly the end of an imperial line, for in those days the British Government was still powerful in Arabia. Rumors of subversion and the intrigues of foreign powers mingled with the unsettling smell of oil to propel the sultan on a royal progress across the desert hinterland. It was an historic journey--the first crossing of the Omani desert by motorcar. Jan Morris...
In 1955 the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, southeast of Saudi Arabia on the Arabian Sea, was a truly medieval Islamic State, shuttered against all prog...
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65,37 |
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In the Levant
ISBN: 9781931956826 / Angielski / Miękka / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A travel through the Holy Land, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Rhodes, and the Aegean Islands; with many illustrations. The author is "the most likable of all the later American essayists" (Cambridge History of American and English Literature).
A travel through the Holy Land, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Rhodes, and the Aegean Islands; with many illustrations. The author is "the mo...
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