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Gulliver's Travels
ISBN: 9781850771951 / Angielski / Twarda / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1817), the great Swiss Orientalist, devoted his regrettably short life to travels and explorations in Africa and the near east, under the aegis of the African association. Under the name of Shaikh Ibrahim Ibn Abdullah and wearing local dress, he gained a profound knowledge of Islamic Law and Customs, and a mastery of both contemporary and classical Arabic of the Qur'an seldom equalled by a European. Burckhardt arrived in Cairo from Syria in 1812. Later he travelled up the Nile and thence eastward through Shendi and Suakin to make the pilgrimage to Mecca and...
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784-1817), the great Swiss Orientalist, devoted his regrettably short life to travels and explorations in Africa and the ne...
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336,18 |
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Bible Places; or The Topography of the Holy Land
ISBN: 9781593331429 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Bible Places, H. B. Tristram aimed to provide a brief yet very informative description of every Holy Land site mentioned in the Bible. Tristram intended this book for a popular audience, especially "such as have neither time nor opportunity to refer to larger treatises on the geography of Palestine." Relying on the extensive research of the Palestinian Exploration Fund, Tristram's work afforded many a new and vividly descriptive perspective on the Holy Land and a new awareness of the geographical and topographical accuracy of the Bible.
In Bible Places, H. B. Tristram aimed to provide a brief yet very informative description of every Holy Land site mentioned in the Bible. Tristram int...
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342,48 |
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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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348,18 |
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Travellers to the Middle East from Burckhardt to Thesiger: An Anthology
ISBN: 9781843317920 / Angielski / Twarda / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Travellers to the Middle East from Burkhardt to Thesiger' is a compendious anthology of travellers' writings produced during the high tide of Britain's involvement in the Middle East. The anthology contains extracts from many of the canonical travel texts of the period, including passages by T. E. Lawrence, Gertrude Bell and Robert Byron, as well as many more extracts from both female and male writers. The anthology is also enlivened by the broad geographical span covered, including descriptions of territories in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Arabia and Persia. Geoffrey Nash's... 'Travellers to the Middle East from Burkhardt to Thesiger' is a compendious anthology of travellers' writings produced during the high tide of Brit... |
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358,68 |
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Vom Kreml Zur Alhambra
ISBN: 9783864440373 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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359,78 |
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Reise in den Orient
ISBN: 9783861958727 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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359,78 |
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Reise nach Persien und dem Lande der Kurden
ISBN: 9783864443497 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Nachdruck des Originals von 1852 uber eine Reise nach Persien und Kurdistan.
Nachdruck des Originals von 1852 uber eine Reise nach Persien und Kurdistan.
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359,78 |
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Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor, During the Years 1817 and 1818
ISBN: 9781108076197 / Angielski / Miękka / 620 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The preface to this work describes how its authors, Charles Irby (1789-1845) and James Mangles (1786-1867), both officers in the Royal Navy, left England in 1816 for a tour of the continent. 'Curiosity at first, and an increasing admiration of antiquities as they advanced, carried them at length through several parts of the Levant.' On their return to England, interest in Egypt being at its height, they were persuaded to compile this book from their letters to friends and family at home, and had it privately printed in 1823. Their account begins in Cairo, whence they made a journey down the...
The preface to this work describes how its authors, Charles Irby (1789-1845) and James Mangles (1786-1867), both officers in the Royal Navy, left Engl...
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359,92 |
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Anton Prokesch-Osten: Ein Oesterreichischer Diplomat Im Orient
ISBN: 9783631446812 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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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362,52 |
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Behind Turkish Lattices: The Story of a Turkish Woman's Life
ISBN: 9781593333072 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jenkins uses her own observations of Constantinople, her students, and their families to construct an account of a "typical" Turkish Muslim woman's life cycle at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Jenkins uses her own observations of Constantinople, her students, and their families to construct an account of a "typical" Turkish Muslim woman's li...
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cena:
369,96 |
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Nach Dem Griechischen Orient
ISBN: 9783955803766 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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375,80 |
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Alep dans la littérature de voyage européenne pendant la période ottomane (1516-1918): Tome III: Répertoire des voyageurs européens passés à Alep aux
ISBN: 9782956789338 / Francuski / Miękka / 670 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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380,19 |
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Alep dans la littérature de voyage européenne pendant la période ottomane (1516-1918): Tome II: Répertoire des voyageurs européens passés à Alep aux X
ISBN: 9782956789321 / Francuski / Miękka / 818 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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380,19 |
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Alep dans la littérature de voyage européenne pendant la période ottomane (1516-1918): Tome I: Analyse et bibliographie, répertoires géographique et i
ISBN: 9782956789314 / Francuski / Miękka / 642 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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380,19 |
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Reise in den Orient
ISBN: 9783846080092 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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399,81 |
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Wanderfahrten und Wallfahrten im Orient
ISBN: 9783846063965 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 556 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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399,81 |
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Crossing the Kingdom: Portraits of Saudi Arabia
ISBN: 9780520290280 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For many people, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia evokes images of deserts, camels, and oil, along with rich sheikh in white robes, oppressed women in black veils, and terrorists. But when Loring Danforth traveled through the country in 2012, he found a world much more complex and inspiring than he could have ever imagined.
With vivid descriptions and moving personal narratives, Danforth takes us across the Kingdom, from the headquarters of Saudi Aramco, the country s national oil company on the Persian Gulf, to the centuries-old city of Jeddah on the Red Sea coast with its population of... For many people, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia evokes images of deserts, camels, and oil, along with rich sheikh in white robes, oppressed women in blac...
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409,92 |
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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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412,70 |
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Christians under the Ottoman Turks: French and English Travellers in Greece and Anatolia (1615-1694)
ISBN: 9781463205911 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 17th century Britons left their country in vast numbers - explorers, diplomats, ecclesiastics, merchants, or simply “tourists.” Only the most intrepid ventured into the faraway lands of the Ottoman Empire. Their travel narratives, best-sellers in their day, provide an entertaining but also valuable testimony on the everyday life of Orthodox Christians and their coexistence with the Turks. Greek Christians, though living under the Ottoman yoke, enjoyed greater religious freedom than many of their brothers in Christian Europe. The travelers’ intellectual curiosity about Greece...
In the 17th century Britons left their country in vast numbers - explorers, diplomats, ecclesiastics, merchants, or simply “tourists.” Only the mo...
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413,76 |
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Reise durch Palästina und über den Libanon
ISBN: 9783864441035 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 538 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
cena:
439,82 |