Made famous in the West by the Venetian adventurer Marco Polo, the ancient Silk Road spanned one-quarter of the circumfe......more
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An updated edition was published in 2000 and the third edition in 2010. My greatest joy is when people who are not histo......more
From the author of India: A Portrait, Patrick French’s Tibet, Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land has been acclaime......more
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Don t sound dumb in Dubai--here s a fast-and-easy way to learning everyday Arabic Build Your Arabic Vocabulary helps you......more
Amelia Edwards English translation of the Manual of Egyptian Archaeology by the renowned French Egyptologist Gaston Cam......more
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increas......more
Before Russians crossed the Urals Mountains in the sixteenth century to settle their "colony" in North Asia, they heard ......more
Described by The Morning Post as exhibiting ’facilities of observation never before possessed by a European lady’, Anne ......more
Thoroughly revised and updated new edition Features one of the most detailed histories of Tibetan culture and geography ......more
First published in 1877, this book recounts the author’s travels from Tripoli in present-day Libya to the city of Kairou......more
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This book features complete annotated translations of Narushima Ryuhoku’s two most widely read and influential texts, bo......more
After years of diplomatic isolation Syria is emerging from the cold. Its government is a key Middle Eastern player, and ......more
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An interest in places of pilgrimage is very much a part of the life of many people in the modern world. For Christians, ......more
It is said that when a man has lived seven years in Damascus, Damascus lives in him. Damascus was Rafik Schami s home fo......more
Yes, I Would... comprises a series of imaginary letters written to Lady Mary Montagu, whose famous Embassy Letters were ......more
Following the author’s landmark decision to quit his job on Wall Street and become a martial arts student, this chronicl......more
In 1792, a British embassy headed by Earl Macartney travelled from Peking (Beijing), China, to Canton (Guangzou) with th......more
The volume contains the following accounts, edited, with an introduction: Narrative of the voyage of Abd-er-Razzak, Amba......more
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From the 1588 black-letter edition, after the 1586 Madrid edition. The supplementary material includes the 1852 annual r......more
From the 1588 black-letter edition, after the 1586 Madrid edition. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the......more
The original volume was first published in 1905. The writer who was a sailor, but who has hidden his identity under init......more
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Rick has visited traditional family-run restaurants, street vendors, floating markets, night markets, fishing villages, ......more
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To most of the world, North Korea remains a secretive and mysterious nation, one that has tightly controlled the outflow......more
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Top 100 Sports Books of All Time, Sports Illustrated Those who have never seen the Himalayas, those who never care to r......more
An engrossing blend of travel writing and history, Drinking Arak off an Ayatollah’s Beard traces one man’s adventure-fil......more
Armed with a map, a motorcycle, an infectious sense of humor, and a dim understanding of Sri Lanka s war, author, artis......more
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One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains and flows west across northern India an......more
Syria is the Middle East s best kept secret. With its many site plans and maps, readable text and 96 color photos, this ......more
Nick Lantz explores the transformative power of tragic and miraculous experiences, through these poems that illuminate n......more
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This volume, edited by Joan Piggott (University of Southern California, Los Angeles), includes fourteen essays, original......more
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Sanliurfa, or Urfa for short, has been renowned as a centre of trade and culture for centuries, situated at the crossroa......more
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The Silk Road conjures images of the exotic and the unknown. Most travellers simply pass along it. Brit Chris Alexander ......more
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YOSHIDA KENKO (1283-1352) was a Buddhist priest, a reclusive scholar and poet who had ties to the aristocracy of medieva......more
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