Colorful Adventures in the Orient
Author | : Anna Fink |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1930 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Anna Fink |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1930 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Library of Congress. Copyright Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 992 |
Release | : 1931 |
Genre | : Copyright |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Olivier Roy |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 301 |
Release | : 2017-09-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0231542038 |
Olivier Roy is one of the world's leading experts on political Islam. But he is not only a scholar—he is also a traveler. Roy's keen and iconoclastic insights emerge from a lifetime of study combined with intrepid exploration through Afghanistan and Central Asia. In this book-length interview, Roy tells the lively and colorful story of his many adventures and discoveries in a variety of social and political settings and how they have come to shape his understanding of the Islamic world and its complex recent history. In Search of the Lost Orient is a candid, personal account of the experiences that led Roy to challenge his youthful ideas of an untouched, romanticized East and build a new intellectual framework to better understand and cohabit with the religions, politics, and cultures of the East, West, North, and South. In conversation with Jean-Louis Schlegel of the French magazine Esprit, Roy offers insight into the key themes of his career. Roy's immersion in the complexities of many Central Asian territories started him on his critique of the idea of an essentialized Islam. Alongside tales of backpacking from Paris to Kabul, his Afghan decade during the Soviet invasion, and official travel to post-Soviet Central Asia in the 1990s, Roy reflects on the nature of political and humanitarian engagement in this part of the world. He recounts his formative years, education, and developing political commitments and speaks to his evolving place within France's shifting intellectual and religious cultures. This book outlines Roy's lifelong practice—a combination of deliberate research goals and chance encounters—that examines Islam, immigration, and, more broadly, the future of cultures, religions, and secularism in the face of globalization. Both a significant intellectual autobiography and a compelling travelogue through some of the world's pivotal places, In Search of the Lost Orient offers a striking testimony to the many facets of an exceptional thinker.
Author | : Sam Sedgman |
Publisher | : Pan Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 65 |
Release | : 2022-02-17 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1529098998 |
From Adventures on Trains author and British Book Award 2021 winner Sam Sedgman comes a beautiful and fact-filled book encapsulating the excitement and wonder of adventure and travel – all seen through the world's most epic train journeys. So climb on board and travel across six continents, 34 countries and numerous cities via twelve of the world's most awe-inspiring railways. Bestselling author Sam Sedgman brings to life these astonishing feats of railway engineering, including the Eurostar (London to Amsterdam), Orient Express (Paris to Istanbul), the first Transcontinental Railroad (Chicago to San Francisco) and the Rejuvenation Express (Beijing to Hong Kong). Each locomotive adventure reveals some of the rich history, culture, landscape and wildlife of the countries travelled. Take in the safari sights of Southern Africa, wrap up warm in the Arctic Circle, cross scorching deserts on the California Zephyr, and taste tea in India whilst on a toy train – there's a whole world to discover when travelling by train! Detailed, colourful illustrations by Sam Brewster bring the facts and journeys to life. Epic Adventures will appeal to culture-, travel-, locomotive-fans of all ages.
Author | : Thomas Wallace Knox |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 706 |
Release | : 2024-03-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3385397448 |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.
Author | : Harriet Whitehorn |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2014-08-28 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1471118967 |
Meet Violet Remy-Robinson, an amateur Sherlock Holmes in the making... When a new family move in next door, Violet is sure there's something strange about them. Then her eccentric, but lovely neighbour, Dee Dee Derota, has a precious jewel stolen. Could the new family be to blame? Violet is on the case to uncover the truth… With a beautiful hardback package complete with two colour illustrations throughout by emerging talent, Becka Moore, everyone is bound to fall in love with Violet and the colourful characters that make up her world. Perfect for fans of Dixie O'Day, Ottoline, Goth Girl and Darcy Burdock. Praise for the Violet series: 'Whitehorn's debut is pacey and imaginative and Becka Moor's illustrations a delight. Perfect for readers who liked the Ottoline books by Chris Riddell.' The Times 'Effortlessly gorgeous' Moontrug 'An adventure brimful of charm, told with brio and a good deal of panache…Young readers, particularly fans of Lauren Child, will be very taken with Violet and her world' Books for Keeps 'A great heroine, an intriguing mystery, and brilliant use of language… Hugely recommended' YAyeahyeah 'Sherlock better watch out, 'cos Violet's about!' Wondrous Reads
Author | : Irving Chellis Story |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jean Fritz |
Publisher | : Grosset & Dunlap |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 1992-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780399221132 |
Describes Columbus's first journey to the New World and the voyage's purpose and lengthy preparations
Author | : Library of Congress. Copyright Office |
Publisher | : Copyright Office, Library of Congress |
Total Pages | : 2934 |
Release | : 1932 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Marion Harland |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2009-05 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9781104517779 |
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.