Author: Walter Spencer-Stanhope Tyrwhitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cairo (Egypt)
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Excursions to Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Balbec
Author: George Jones
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
In 'Excursions to Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Balbec' by George Jones, readers are taken on a captivating journey through various Middle Eastern cities. Jones intricately weaves together vivid descriptions of the landscapes, cultures, and people he encounters, inviting readers to immerse themselves in the exotic settings. Written in a detailed and engaging style, the book offers a unique glimpse into the Middle East during the 19th century, providing historical and cultural insights that are still relevant today. The blend of travelogue, personal reflection, and historical commentary makes this book a valuable literary work for those interested in the region's rich heritage. George Jones, a well-traveled and keen observer, brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to his writing, adding depth and authenticity to his accounts. His passion for exploration and understanding shines through in the meticulous details and thoughtful insights he provides in each chapter. 'Excursions to Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Balbec' is a must-read for anyone fascinated by the Middle East's history and culture, offering a compelling and informative reading experience that will leave a lasting impression.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
In 'Excursions to Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Balbec' by George Jones, readers are taken on a captivating journey through various Middle Eastern cities. Jones intricately weaves together vivid descriptions of the landscapes, cultures, and people he encounters, inviting readers to immerse themselves in the exotic settings. Written in a detailed and engaging style, the book offers a unique glimpse into the Middle East during the 19th century, providing historical and cultural insights that are still relevant today. The blend of travelogue, personal reflection, and historical commentary makes this book a valuable literary work for those interested in the region's rich heritage. George Jones, a well-traveled and keen observer, brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to his writing, adding depth and authenticity to his accounts. His passion for exploration and understanding shines through in the meticulous details and thoughtful insights he provides in each chapter. 'Excursions to Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Balbec' is a must-read for anyone fascinated by the Middle East's history and culture, offering a compelling and informative reading experience that will leave a lasting impression.
Excursions to Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus, and Balbec from the United States Ship Delaware, During Her Recent Cruise
Author: George Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Excursion to Cairo, Jerusalem, Damascus and Balbec, from the United States Ship, Delaware, during her recent cruise. With an attempt to discriminate ... the sacred places, of the holy city
Author: George JONES (Chaplain, U.S. Navy.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus
Author: Walter Spencer-Stanhope Tyrwhitt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cairo (Egypt)
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cairo (Egypt)
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Cairo to Damascus
Author: John Roy Carlson
Publisher: Carlson Press
ISBN: 1443728780
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
CAIRO TO DAMASCUS by JOHN ROY CARLSON. PREFACE: IT seems to me there are two ways, generally speaking, to pre pare a book, take a trip, or, for that matter, to live a life. One may go at it dilettante fashion, as a tourist nibbling at ex perience, titillating the emotions yet emotionally starved, stimulating oneself with ambition yet forever tortured by frustration. Circumstances and temperament, however, may conspire together so that, with the freedom of a nomad, one can escape the straightjacket of everyday boredom, hurdle fences of space and time, and consume life at its sources. Prop erly directed, such an earthly life may give wing to one's imagination, clarity to one's thinking, strength to one's convic tions, and even bring one nearer to the simple, eternal truths of God and spirit This book, I feel, belongs in the second category the cate gory of the primitive. I left my country quite as uninformed, I am afraid, as are most Americans with respect to other peoples and other shores. But everywhere I went I sought to touch reality always honestly, and always at first hand. Everywhere I clung close to the smells, the flora and fauna of native existence. In that spirit I have written of the Arabs among whom I lived. I found much good and much evil evil acquired through a feudal order that, in rny opinion, remains the Arab's greatest enemy and his greatest barrier to emergence from the dark ages. I am grateful for Arab hospitality and the kindness I was shown, but a reporter, like a physician, must not remain blind to the ills plaguing his subject. With no desire to attribute to myself or my writings any viii Preface exaggerated importance, it is my fervent hope that the manyArmenians living in the Arab Middle East will not suffer at the hands of fanatics because an American of Armenian descent happened to write this book. To them I can only say that I have told the story honestly, as I saw it. And to my Arab friends who asked only that I tell the truth/' I can say in all conscience that I have told the truth. Let me assure them that I speak in this book as an American, and purely in an individual capacity, with no ties to or membership in any Armenian-American body save the church into which I was born. Any retribution against the Armenians a minority island in a Moslem sea would be an unwarranted and senseless cruelty. I have written this book with the hope that it will bring both Arabs and Jews into truer focus for the reader; that it will help reveal what they are and what they are not, what may be ex pected of them and what is impossible. I pray that these ancient Semitic peoples will reconcile their differences, that Palestine refugees who, in the main, left their homes because Arab leaders urged them to do so expecting a short war and a quick victory will be resettled. The only alternative to peace is disaster for Arab, Jew, and Christian, for none may hope to prosper alone. Together they may ultimately build a prosperous and democratic Middle East. To remain apart, at dagger's point, means only that Communism and anarchy can be the ultimate victors.
Publisher: Carlson Press
ISBN: 1443728780
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
CAIRO TO DAMASCUS by JOHN ROY CARLSON. PREFACE: IT seems to me there are two ways, generally speaking, to pre pare a book, take a trip, or, for that matter, to live a life. One may go at it dilettante fashion, as a tourist nibbling at ex perience, titillating the emotions yet emotionally starved, stimulating oneself with ambition yet forever tortured by frustration. Circumstances and temperament, however, may conspire together so that, with the freedom of a nomad, one can escape the straightjacket of everyday boredom, hurdle fences of space and time, and consume life at its sources. Prop erly directed, such an earthly life may give wing to one's imagination, clarity to one's thinking, strength to one's convic tions, and even bring one nearer to the simple, eternal truths of God and spirit This book, I feel, belongs in the second category the cate gory of the primitive. I left my country quite as uninformed, I am afraid, as are most Americans with respect to other peoples and other shores. But everywhere I went I sought to touch reality always honestly, and always at first hand. Everywhere I clung close to the smells, the flora and fauna of native existence. In that spirit I have written of the Arabs among whom I lived. I found much good and much evil evil acquired through a feudal order that, in rny opinion, remains the Arab's greatest enemy and his greatest barrier to emergence from the dark ages. I am grateful for Arab hospitality and the kindness I was shown, but a reporter, like a physician, must not remain blind to the ills plaguing his subject. With no desire to attribute to myself or my writings any viii Preface exaggerated importance, it is my fervent hope that the manyArmenians living in the Arab Middle East will not suffer at the hands of fanatics because an American of Armenian descent happened to write this book. To them I can only say that I have told the story honestly, as I saw it. And to my Arab friends who asked only that I tell the truth/' I can say in all conscience that I have told the truth. Let me assure them that I speak in this book as an American, and purely in an individual capacity, with no ties to or membership in any Armenian-American body save the church into which I was born. Any retribution against the Armenians a minority island in a Moslem sea would be an unwarranted and senseless cruelty. I have written this book with the hope that it will bring both Arabs and Jews into truer focus for the reader; that it will help reveal what they are and what they are not, what may be ex pected of them and what is impossible. I pray that these ancient Semitic peoples will reconcile their differences, that Palestine refugees who, in the main, left their homes because Arab leaders urged them to do so expecting a short war and a quick victory will be resettled. The only alternative to peace is disaster for Arab, Jew, and Christian, for none may hope to prosper alone. Together they may ultimately build a prosperous and democratic Middle East. To remain apart, at dagger's point, means only that Communism and anarchy can be the ultimate victors.
Cairo, Jerusalem, and Damascus
Author: David Samuel Margoliouth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
The Department of State Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Cairo, Jerusalem, & Damascus: three chief cities of the Egyptian Sultans
Author: David Samuel Margoliouth
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849649687
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The book itself is intensely interesting both in its historical account and its description of these three great cities and is profusely illustrated with most beautiful pictures and drawings of the famous places in them. The difference of "atmosphereā€¯ of Cairo and Jerusalem which, though both so distinctly Eastern, are yet in many ways so unlike, is wonderfully conveyed. The pictures in this book make you long to go there and, indeed, this delightful volume must give almost equal pleasure to those who have been in the places and those who have not, for it seems to take back those who have been there and it brings the scenes and places to those who have never actually seen them.
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN: 3849649687
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
The book itself is intensely interesting both in its historical account and its description of these three great cities and is profusely illustrated with most beautiful pictures and drawings of the famous places in them. The difference of "atmosphereā€¯ of Cairo and Jerusalem which, though both so distinctly Eastern, are yet in many ways so unlike, is wonderfully conveyed. The pictures in this book make you long to go there and, indeed, this delightful volume must give almost equal pleasure to those who have been in the places and those who have not, for it seems to take back those who have been there and it brings the scenes and places to those who have never actually seen them.
Anthropology of Color
Author: Robert E. MacLaury
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027291705
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
The field of color categorization has always been intrinsically multi- and inter-disciplinary, since its beginnings in the nineteenth century. The main contribution of this book is to foster a new level of integration among different approaches to the anthropological study of color. The editors have put great effort into bringing together research from anthropology, linguistics, psychology, semiotics, and a variety of other fields, by promoting the exploration of the different but interacting and complementary ways in which these various perspectives model the domain of color experience. By so doing, they significantly promote the emergence of a coherent field of the anthropology of color. As of February 2018, this e-book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027291705
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
The field of color categorization has always been intrinsically multi- and inter-disciplinary, since its beginnings in the nineteenth century. The main contribution of this book is to foster a new level of integration among different approaches to the anthropological study of color. The editors have put great effort into bringing together research from anthropology, linguistics, psychology, semiotics, and a variety of other fields, by promoting the exploration of the different but interacting and complementary ways in which these various perspectives model the domain of color experience. By so doing, they significantly promote the emergence of a coherent field of the anthropology of color. As of February 2018, this e-book is freely available, thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched.
Littell's Living Age
Author: Eliakim Littell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description