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  • WANDERINGS IN THREE CONTINENTS
    BURTON, RICHARD
    This posthumous volume of essays, first published in 1901, reveals Burton “in the aspect in which he was known best to the world – as a traveler and explorer”. Spanning the period from 1853 to 1870, the most active years of Burton’s life, the book includes chapters on Burton’s controversial pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina, his travels to the city of Harar (in present-day Ethiop...
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    37,50 €

  • HOW TO STAND UP TO A DICTATOR
    RESSA, MARIA
    How to Stand Up to a Dictator is confronting, even terrifying - but feels vital... This book lays bare how big tech companies are allowing democracy to be eroded through the dissemination of disinformation, and the devastating effects it can have on a nation...Ressa spends her days on bail awaiting her next court hearing. The rest of us should be watching with bated breath. In ...
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    16,00 €

  • 07 - HONG KONG [ENG] -ALTAÏR MAGAZINE
    Travel to Hong Kong with the unique point of view of Altaïr Magazine's local contributors. Discover a new perspective on the art, culture, gastronomy, history and architecture of this city of a thousand cities where nothing lasts forever. ...
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    19,00 €

  • AMONG THE TIBETANS
    BIRD, ISABELLA
    Isabella Bird was the greatest travel writer of the late nineteenth century and she undertook her journey into western Tibet in the early summer of 1889, when she was already in her late fifties. But she was not the slightest bit fazed at the prospect of discomfort and possible death. And nearly die she did, at least once, before the trip was over. Isabella travelled over sever...
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    24,00 €

  • SYRIA. THE DESERT AND THE SNOW
    BELL, GERTRUDE
    "You may rely upon one thing - I'll never engage in creating kings again; it's too great a strain."Gertrude Bell - traveller, scholar, archaeologist, spy - was one of the most powerful figures in the Middle East in the 20th century. With T.E. Lawrence, she was a significant force behind the Arab Revolt and was responsible for creating the boundaries of the modern state of Iraq,...
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    18,00 €

  • IN SEARCH OF KINGS AND CONQUERORS
    COOPER, LISA
    At the height of her career, Bell journeyed into the heart of the Middle East retracing the steps of the ancient rulers who left tangible markers of their presence in the form of castles, palaces, mosques, tombs and temples. Among the many sites she visited were Ephesus, Binbirkilise and Carchemish in modern-day Turkey as well as Ukhaidir, Babylon and Najaf within the borders o...
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    30,00 €

  • RICKY ROUSE HAS A GUN
    TITTLE, JORG / AGGS, JOHN
    Rick Rouse is a US Army deserter who, after running away to China, gets a job at Fengxian Amusement Park, a family destination heavily "inspired" by Western culture, featuring Rambi (the deer with a red headband), Ratman (the caped crusader with a rat's tail), Bumbo (small ears, big behind) and other original characters. The park's general manager is convinced that Rick was des...
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    22,50 €

  • I. BEST OF ENEMIES. 1783-1953
    FILIU, JEAN-PIERRE / B., DAVID
    It was an American who first described the Barbary lands of the Mediterranean basin as "the Middle East" – a region by which America, ever since its own revolutionary foundation, has always measured its power. Acclaimed historian Jean-Pierre Filiu and award-winning artist David B. here tells the story of the blockades, broadsides, and betrayals of this foreign affair – a wary c...
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    22,50 €

  • FULL TILT
    MURPHY, DERVLA
    When Dervla Murphy was ten, she was given a bicycle and an atlas, and within days she was secretly planning a trip to India. At the age of thirty-one, in 1963, she finally set off and this book is based on the daily diary she kept while riding through Persia, Afghanistan and over the Himalayas to Pakistan and India. A lone woman on a bicycle (with a revolver in her trouser pock...
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    19,50 €

  • CAMBODIAN DANCE
    HEYWOOD, DENISE
    In Cambodia, classical dance is the quintessence of the country's identity. An art form that was religious in origin, its traditions date back more than a thousand years to the great Khmer empire. Dancers performed in temples at Angkor and were the living embodiment of those celestial dancers carved on the temple walls. The history of Cambodian dance, the relationship with Siam...
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    24,95 €

  • IN SEARCH OF EDEN
    WEIR, JAMES
    IN SEARCH OF EDEN ...
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    21,45 €

  • AN AFGHAN JOURNEY
    WILLEMSEN, ROGER
    AN AFGHAN JOURNEY ...
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    33,00 €