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Author : Wilfred Thesiger
Release : 2017
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Book Synopsis Arabian Sands by : Wilfred Thesiger
Download or read book Arabian Sands written by Wilfred Thesiger. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wilfred Thesiger
Release : 2008-01-02
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Synopsis Arabian Sands by : Wilfred Thesiger
Download or read book Arabian Sands written by Wilfred Thesiger. This book was released on 2008-01-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arabian Sands is Wilfred Thesiger's record of his extraordinary journey through the parched "Empty Quarter" of Arabia. Educated at Eton and Oxford, Thesiger was repulsed by the softness and rigidity of Western life-"the machines, the calling cards, the meticulously aligned streets." In the spirit of T. E. Lawrence, he set out to explore the deserts of Arabia, traveling among peoples who had never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill Christian infidels. His now-classic account is invaluable to understanding the modern Middle East.
Author : Alexander Maitland
Release : 2010-07-08
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 258/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Wilfred Thesiger in Africa by : Alexander Maitland
Download or read book Wilfred Thesiger in Africa written by Alexander Maitland. This book was released on 2010-07-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique collection of essays accompany Wilfred Thesiger’s own personal photographs of the Africa he experienced as one of the world’s most celebrated explorers.
Author : Wilfred Thesiger
Release : 1999
Genre : Arabian Peninsula
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Book Rating : 286/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Crossing the Sands by : Wilfred Thesiger
Download or read book Crossing the Sands written by Wilfred Thesiger. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wifred Thesiger describes his journeys in the Empty Quarter and the Arabian Peninula during the late forties. At that time few Europeans travelled in those areas and occasionally their presence was not welcome. From these journeys he emerged with a great respect for the Bedu who were his travelling companions. His writing style is masterly as he describes his journeys in a plain language which is at the same time eloquent. He shows a great understanding of and a fondness for the Bedu people and their now vanished way of life. Theiseger is also a photographer of exceptional ability and this volume contains a large number of the photographs he took on his expeditions. These and the text create a stunning picture of the land and its peoples. The author is considered the last of the great explorers and this book is an exquisite record charting his memorable adventures with travelling companions bin Kabina and bin Ghabaisha across the Arabian Empty Quarter. He was a skilled photographer and was unique among travel writers of the past in having had the opportunity to take photographs that complement his formidable writing.
Author : H. Stewart Edgell
Release : 2006-07-21
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 700/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Arabian Deserts by : H. Stewart Edgell
Download or read book Arabian Deserts written by H. Stewart Edgell. This book was released on 2006-07-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive survey of all the deserts of Arabia, based largely on the author’s 50 years of experience there. The text deals with every kind of desert in the region, from vast sand seas to clay pans and stony plains to volcanic flows. Along with dune types unique to the region the author outlines climatic changes, current ecology and human influence on desertification.
