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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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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90,18 zł |
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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504,58 zł |
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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122,04 zł |
Iran Back in Context
ISBN: 9781465376008 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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90,14 zł |
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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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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161,21 zł |
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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90,18 zł |
@Home in Dubai - Getting Connected Online and on the Ground
ISBN: 9781904881599 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From getting a work permit to finding a WiFi hotspot... or even connecting with a fun sport or social group, @Home in Dubai... Getting Connected Online and on the Ground has the inside scoop on how to get it done. Knowing the drill is half the battle and author, Anne O'Connell, and other expats who weigh in with their advice and experiences, are happy to share a few 'how tos' with any and all newcomers. "Reading Anne O'Connell's @Home in Dubai is like sitting down with a friend over a cup of coffee and having all your questions answered." Zvezdana Rashkovich, author, Dubai Wives http:... From getting a work permit to finding a WiFi hotspot... or even connecting with a fun sport or social group, @Home in Dubai... Getting Connected On... |
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76,91 zł |
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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378,78 zł |
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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378,78 zł |
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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44,65 zł |
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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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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432,37 zł |
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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218,70 zł |
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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157,83 zł |
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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54,11 zł |
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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465,00 zł |
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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44,65 zł |