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Author: D. Marion Wilkinson Publisher: New Harbinger Publications Incorporated ISBN: 9780965187923 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 301
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On an oil rig in Saudi Arabia, which is worked by cheap Indian labor supervised by a motley crew of international whites, two American foremen play out old animosities. A tale of brutal race relations and a tragic blowout.
Author: D. Marion Wilkinson Publisher: New Harbinger Publications Incorporated ISBN: 9780965187923 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 301
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On an oil rig in Saudi Arabia, which is worked by cheap Indian labor supervised by a motley crew of international whites, two American foremen play out old animosities. A tale of brutal race relations and a tragic blowout.
Author: George Steinmetz Publisher: Harry N. Abrams ISBN: 9780810983816 Category : Photography Languages : en Pages : 0
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This title features striking, unique aerial photography of the one of the largest--and harshest--sand deserts in the world: the RubĘ» al-Khali in the heart of the Arabian Desert.
Author: Abdulla Alshehi Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1483434486 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 166
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This Book offers out of the box ideas and the most innovative techniques in Water Harvesting & Saving technologies to help transform the Empty Quarter Desert into blooming Gardens. Chief Executive Officer to a leading environmental company in the UAE. A strong advocate of Environment issues. Received many awards related to his environmental achievements. Saved over 500 Million Liters of Water wasted in the car wash business. Inventor of "AL-Maa" concept which shall revolutionize the water harvesting science.
Author: Bertram Thomas Publisher: Hesperides Press ISBN: 1406722057 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 444
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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.
Author: David L. Robbins Publisher: ISBN: 9781477824023 Category : Kidnapping Languages : en Pages : 0
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Every member of the Special Ops US Air Force pararescue jumpers, the PJs, swears by the motto "That Others May Live." A top-secret mission to save a kidnapped Saudi princess will put that oath to the ultimate test. With a force of armed men, a former mujahideen chases across the desert of Yemen to recover his Saudi wife, kidnapped by her powerful father, a prince of the Kingdom. The kidnapping turns violent, she is badly wounded, and the PJs are dropped into the vast sere badlands to rescue the princess and a young American diplomat swept up in the plot. The mission becomes a minute-by-minute race between the pursuing husband's band of tribal allies and the PJs rushing to the rescue, as the princess's life seeps away. The Empty Quarter is a pulse-quickening tour de force featuring the tactics and men of modern combat search-and-rescue and the complex politics of today's Arabian peninsula. It's a moving tale of desperate love and sacrifice set in the wastes of the Rub' al Khali, the world's largest and harshest sand desert.
Author: Donald Powell Cole Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351314629 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 253
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This volume describes Bedouins, a tribal pastoral people in eastern Saudia Arabia. This volume documents changes in their way of life, beginning in the 1930s and continuing to the 1960s, when this book originally appeared. The Empty Quarter described here is a place inhabited by a people so thoroughly devoted to their pastoral pursuits that they are referred to as nomads of the nomads. To the Al Murrah and other camel-keeping pastoralists, theirs is a rich and rewarding life. For either to survive, men and camels must live in close symbiosis. The camels provide food, fiber, and transport; man provides knowledge of available resources, of which the most precious are water and the grasses that grow where rains have fallen. In this work, Donald Powell Cole shows us that this existence more complex and intricate. There is the complex knowledge of the desert itself, its varieties, moods, and resources. Next, there is the knowledge of the camels, their needs, capacities, and the peculiarities of each animal. These different kinds of knowledge must be brought together to fully use, yet carefully conserve, scarce resources. As important is the structuring of social life. The tribesmen must have a flexible social system that enables the individual household to operate alone when the environmental situation requires. This necessitates a pattern of independence and equality. The Al Murrah live according to ancient traditions, but life is not unchanging. In 1932, Saudi Arabia became a nation and intertribal raiding and warfare was brought to an end. Cole highlights the adaptability of the Al Murrah as the desert became increasingly invaded by motor transport and oil rigs. He sees their experience as prototypical: man everywhere must attune his life to the requirements of his economy. In a place like the Arabian Desert these adjustments are most insistent. This work shows that even when these demands of the external world pervade behavior, life can remain rich and rewarding.
Author: D. Marion Wilkinson
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