Author: Jonathan Raban
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780671250577
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Arabia, a Journey Through the Labyrinth
Author: Jonathan Raban
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780671250577
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher: Touchstone
ISBN: 9780671250577
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
An Arabian Journey
Author: Levison Wood
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 080214733X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The acclaimed author of Walking the Americas shares his epic journey through the war-torn Arabian Peninsula in this fascinating travelogue. Following in the footsteps of famed explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer Levison Wood brings us along on his most complex expedition yet: a circumnavigation of the Arabian Peninsula. Starting in September 2017 in a city in Northern Syria, a stone’s throw away from Turkey and amidst a deadly war, Wood set forth on a 5,000-mile trek through the most contested region on the planet. Wood moved through the Middle East for six months, from ISIS-occupied Iraq through Kuwait and along the jagged coastlines of the Emirates and Oman; across Yemen—in the midst of civil war—and on to Saudia Arabia, Jordan, and Israel, before ending on the shores of the Mediterranean in Lebanon. Like his predecessors, Wood travelled through some of the harshest and most beautiful environments on earth, seeking to challenge our perceptions of this part of the world. Through the people he meets—and the personal histories and local mythologies they share—Wood examines how the region has changed over thousands of years and what it means to its people today.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 080214733X
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
The acclaimed author of Walking the Americas shares his epic journey through the war-torn Arabian Peninsula in this fascinating travelogue. Following in the footsteps of famed explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, British explorer Levison Wood brings us along on his most complex expedition yet: a circumnavigation of the Arabian Peninsula. Starting in September 2017 in a city in Northern Syria, a stone’s throw away from Turkey and amidst a deadly war, Wood set forth on a 5,000-mile trek through the most contested region on the planet. Wood moved through the Middle East for six months, from ISIS-occupied Iraq through Kuwait and along the jagged coastlines of the Emirates and Oman; across Yemen—in the midst of civil war—and on to Saudia Arabia, Jordan, and Israel, before ending on the shores of the Mediterranean in Lebanon. Like his predecessors, Wood travelled through some of the harshest and most beautiful environments on earth, seeking to challenge our perceptions of this part of the world. Through the people he meets—and the personal histories and local mythologies they share—Wood examines how the region has changed over thousands of years and what it means to its people today.
Arabia
Author: Jonathan Raban
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330300582
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
‘A wonderful, rushing, crowded, enlightening voyage . . . A book which, in its ingenious understanding, its acceptance of a very imperfect world, and its energetic and constant fascination with human variety, should do a great deal to dispel the easiest and therefore the most prolific paranoid deception which the Western imagination has now fabricated in its desperate attempt to avoid facing reality’ Angus Wilson, Observer ‘A gem of a book, full of events and people and philosophy’ Sunday Telegraph ‘With an eye for the striking scene and entertaining incident he combines a perceptiveness of deeper realities that makes Arabia more than an amusing travellers’ journal’ Daily Telegraph ‘A very enjoyable book . . . It is racy and entertaining travel writing’ Cosmopolitan ‘The advent of a new travel writer of the first rank is an occasion to celebrate. Such a discovery is Jonathan Raban, whose Arabia is a tour de force’ Yorkshire Post
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330300582
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
‘A wonderful, rushing, crowded, enlightening voyage . . . A book which, in its ingenious understanding, its acceptance of a very imperfect world, and its energetic and constant fascination with human variety, should do a great deal to dispel the easiest and therefore the most prolific paranoid deception which the Western imagination has now fabricated in its desperate attempt to avoid facing reality’ Angus Wilson, Observer ‘A gem of a book, full of events and people and philosophy’ Sunday Telegraph ‘With an eye for the striking scene and entertaining incident he combines a perceptiveness of deeper realities that makes Arabia more than an amusing travellers’ journal’ Daily Telegraph ‘A very enjoyable book . . . It is racy and entertaining travel writing’ Cosmopolitan ‘The advent of a new travel writer of the first rank is an occasion to celebrate. Such a discovery is Jonathan Raban, whose Arabia is a tour de force’ Yorkshire Post
Arabia Through the Looking Glass
Author: Jonathan Raban
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arab countries
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Combines travel commentary and historical and cultural observation in a sweep look at the Arab states of the Middle East, describing social levels, landscapes, cities, attitudes, traditions, and rapid changes.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arab countries
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Combines travel commentary and historical and cultural observation in a sweep look at the Arab states of the Middle East, describing social levels, landscapes, cities, attitudes, traditions, and rapid changes.
Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia
Author: William Gifford Palgrave
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63)
Author: William Gifford Palgrave
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-1863)
Author: William Gifford Palgrave
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Arabia
Author: Levison Wood
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
ISBN: 9781473676305
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Following in the footsteps of great explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, Arabia is Levison Wood's account of his most complex expedition yet: circumnavigating the Arabian Peninsula. Travelling through some of the harshest and most beautiful environments on earth, he seeks to challenge our perceptions of an often misunderstood part of the world, seeing how the region has changed and examining the stories we don't often hear about in the media.
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
ISBN: 9781473676305
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Following in the footsteps of great explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, Arabia is Levison Wood's account of his most complex expedition yet: circumnavigating the Arabian Peninsula. Travelling through some of the harshest and most beautiful environments on earth, he seeks to challenge our perceptions of an often misunderstood part of the world, seeing how the region has changed and examining the stories we don't often hear about in the media.
Narrative of a Year's Journey through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63)
Author: William Gifford Palgrave
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3375082169
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1865.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3375082169
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1865.
Personal Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63)
Author: William Gifford Palgrave
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description