Author: Wilfred Thesiger
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Pages: 223
Pages: 223
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Pages: 347
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Pages: 592
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
Language: en
Pages: 224
Pages: 224
'One of the very few people who in our time could be put on the pedestal of the great explorers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries' David Attenborough An exquisite pictorial record, charting the career and outstanding achievements of one of the country's most distinguished travel writers and photographers, and
Language: en
Pages: 256
Pages: 256
“Five thousand years of history were here and the pattern was still unchanged.” During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq, Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. Travelling from village to village by canoe,
Language: en
Pages: 252
Pages: 252
The appearance of an ancient Koran-one of the original twelve transcribed after Mohammed's death-sparks questions about the authenticity of current Islamic practices and teachings. A deadly race begins as the American who inherited the historic text works to keep it safe while being hunted by the CIA, Islamic terrorists, and
Language: en
Pages: 220
Pages: 220
Abu Dhabi—an obscure Middle Eastern principality that happens to be the richest city in the world. This book tells the story of Abu Dhabi’s ambitions to transform itself from a sleepy sheikhdom into a thriving international metropolis and a hub of business and leisure. It traces Abu Dhabi’s boom years
Language: en
Pages: 528
Pages: 528
It was on 6 June 2004 that BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner and cameraman Simon Cumbers were ambushed by Islamist gunmen in a quiet Riyadh back street. Simon was killed outright. Frank was hit in the shoulder and leg. As he lay in the dust, a figure stood over him
Language: en
Pages: 96
Pages: 96
Dedicated to the spirit of the ancestors in the UAE, Oman as well as the spirit of the eternal leadership which well maintained the nation, and overcome all the difficult circumstances as well as the ruthless of the desert, despite the minimalism of their potentials. These spirits who struggle and