Author: Charles Montagu Doughty
Publisher:
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Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Travels in Arabia Deserta
Author: Charles Montagu Doughty
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
Travels in Arabia Deserta
Author: Charles M. Doughty
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 716
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Travels in Arabia
Author: James Raymond Wellsted
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Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Camels in the Sky
Author: V. Muzafer Ahamed
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199095256
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Journeying from the green, rain-soaked Kerala into the amphitheatre of the Sun, our traveller-journalist finds that there is no better metaphor than the desert to instil the lessons of life and death, love and hatred, thirst and water. From a single shower of rain which brings the gaaf tree back to life after a decade to the ever-shifting dunes of gold and thousand-year-old sand palaces, the mysterious poetry of the desert is everywhere on display, if one but has the eye and heart to see it. As the deserts of Nafud, Dahna, and Rub’ al Khali in Arabia both embrace and trap the travellers, the outpouring of the landscape’s longing for rivers recalls a past filled with water. This narrative describes the history, prehistory, archaeology, legends, folklore, and travails of the émigré Asian work force that tames the harsh desert as never before.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199095256
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Journeying from the green, rain-soaked Kerala into the amphitheatre of the Sun, our traveller-journalist finds that there is no better metaphor than the desert to instil the lessons of life and death, love and hatred, thirst and water. From a single shower of rain which brings the gaaf tree back to life after a decade to the ever-shifting dunes of gold and thousand-year-old sand palaces, the mysterious poetry of the desert is everywhere on display, if one but has the eye and heart to see it. As the deserts of Nafud, Dahna, and Rub’ al Khali in Arabia both embrace and trap the travellers, the outpouring of the landscape’s longing for rivers recalls a past filled with water. This narrative describes the history, prehistory, archaeology, legends, folklore, and travails of the émigré Asian work force that tames the harsh desert as never before.
Wanderings in Arabia
Author: Charles Montagu Doughty
Publisher:
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Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Publisher:
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Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Arabian Sands
Author: Wilfred Thesiger
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Travels in Arabia
Author: Bayard Taylor
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Camels in the Sky
Author: V. Muzafer Ahamed
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199489428
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A unique tour of the largest sand desert in the world. The name Rub 'ul Khali (Empty Quarter) belies the immense diversity and life it harbours, says the author who lived and toured the Arabian deserts for over thirteen years as a journalist. A compulsive traveler since his student days, Ahamed describes in lyrical prose the history, pre-history, archaeology, legends, folklore and travails of the emigre Asian work force that tames the harsh desert. The book is perhaps the first Arabian travelogue by an Indian which takes a comprehensive view of Arabia beyond the Hajj to Mecca, which is guided anyway. It is probably witnessing the swansong of the fabled Bedouin culture in the wake of the oil tide that is distorting the Arab culture alongside the changing landscape. A valuable guide for the Saudi-bound.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780199489428
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A unique tour of the largest sand desert in the world. The name Rub 'ul Khali (Empty Quarter) belies the immense diversity and life it harbours, says the author who lived and toured the Arabian deserts for over thirteen years as a journalist. A compulsive traveler since his student days, Ahamed describes in lyrical prose the history, pre-history, archaeology, legends, folklore and travails of the emigre Asian work force that tames the harsh desert. The book is perhaps the first Arabian travelogue by an Indian which takes a comprehensive view of Arabia beyond the Hajj to Mecca, which is guided anyway. It is probably witnessing the swansong of the fabled Bedouin culture in the wake of the oil tide that is distorting the Arab culture alongside the changing landscape. A valuable guide for the Saudi-bound.
Wanderings in Arabia ...
Author: Charles Montagu Doughty
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arabian Peninsula
Languages : en
Pages : 356
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Empty Quarter
Author: George Steinmetz
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810983816
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This title features striking, unique aerial photography of the one of the largest--and harshest--sand deserts in the world: the Rubʻ al-Khali in the heart of the Arabian Desert.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9780810983816
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This title features striking, unique aerial photography of the one of the largest--and harshest--sand deserts in the world: the Rubʻ al-Khali in the heart of the Arabian Desert.