The Greater Middle East: Travelogue & Reflections, H. K. Chang
Автор: Sharon Hartman Strom, Frederick Stirton Weaver Название: Confederates in the Tropics: Charles Swett`s Travelogue of 1868 ISBN: 1617038326 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781617038327 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 31410.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Charles Swett (1828-1910) was a prosperous Vicksburg merchant and small plantation owner who rallied behind the Confederate cause. After the war some of Swett`s peers invited him to explore the possibility of settling in British Honduras. Confederates in the Tropics uses Swett`s 1868 travelogue to explore the motives of would-be Confederate migrants` fleeing defeat and Reconstruction.
Автор: Sieberson Stephen C. Название: The Naked Mountaineer: Misadventures of an Alpine Traveler ISBN: 0803248792 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780803248793 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 18290.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
The Naked Mountaineer recounts a series of solo journeys to some of the world’s most exotic peaks in places such as Switzerland, Japan, and Borneo. However, it is far from the typical heroic mountain-expedition book. Although Steve Sieberson did reach many summits, in most cases his travels were more memorable for what he encountered along the way than for the actual climbing. His real adventures involved peculiar people, strange foods, and tropical diseases, rather than pitons, ice axes, and carabiners. On the Matterhorn he met an English alpinist who reveled in naked selfies, he stumbled into a cockfight in a Balinese village, and on a volcano in Italy he was mistaken for a famous singer by an insistent fan.
The Naked Mountaineer offers mountain-themed travel stories with a wide-eyed view of the world, while presenting irreverent commentary on climbers and their peculiar sport. These are rollicking tales, filled with the unexpected.
In 1869, Hayyim Habshush, a Yemeni Jew, accompanied the European orientalist Joseph Hal vy on his archaeological tour of Yemen. Twenty years later, Habshush wrote A Vision of Yemen, a memoir of their travels, that provides a vivid account of daily life, religion, and politics. More than a simple travelogue, it is a work of trickster-tales, thick anthropological descriptions, and reflections on Jewish-Muslim relations. At its heart lies the fractious and intimate relationship between the Yemeni coppersmith and the "enlightened" European scholar and the collision between the cultures each represents. The book thus offers a powerful indigenous response to European orientalism.
This edition is the first English translation of Habshush's writings from the original Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew and includes an accessible historical introduction to the work. The translation maintains Habshush's gripping style and rich portrayal of the diverse communities and cultures of Yemen, offering a potent mixture of artful storytelling and cultural criticism, suffused with humor and empathy. Habshush writes about the daily lives of men and women, rich and poor, Jewish and Muslim, during a turbulent period of war and both Ottoman and European imperialist encroachment. With this translation, Alan Verskin recovers the lost voice of a man passionately committed to his land and people.
Автор: Shibli Numani Название: Turkey, Egypt, and Syria: A Travelogue ISBN: 0815636547 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815636540 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 36030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Vividly captures the experiences of prominent Indian intellectual and scholar Shibli- Nu`ma-ni- (1857-1914) as he journeyed across the Ottoman Empire and Egypt in 1892. A professor of Arabic and Persian, Nu`ma-ni- took a six-month leave from teaching to travel to the Ottoman Empire in search of rare printed works and manuscripts.
Автор: Shibli Numani Название: Turkey, Egypt, and Syria: A Travelogue ISBN: 0815636563 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815636564 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 62700.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Turkey, Egypt, and Syria: A Travelogue vividly captures the experiences of prominent Indian intellectual and scholar Shibli? Nu‘ma?ni? (1857–1914) as he journeyed across the Ottoman Empire and Egypt in 1892. A professor of Arabic and Persian at the Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental (MAO) College at Aligarh, Nu‘ma?ni? took a six-month leave from teaching to travel to the Ottoman Empire in search of rare printed works and manuscripts to use as sources for a series of biographies on major figures in Islamic history. Along the way, he collected information on schools, curricula, publishers, and newspapers, presenting a unique portrait of imperial culture at a transformative moment in the history of the Middle East. Nu‘ma?ni? records sketches and anecdotes that offer rare glimpses of intellectual networks, religious festivals, visual and literary culture, and everyday life in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt. First published in 1894, the travelogue has since become a classic of Urdu travel writing and has been immensely influential in the intellectual and politicalhistory of South Asia. This translation, the first into English, includes contemporary reviews of the travelogue, letters written by the author during his travels, and serialized newspaper reports about the journey, and is deeply enriched for readers and students by the translator's copious multilingual glosses and annotations. Nu‘ma?ni? 's chronicle offers unique insight into broader processes of historical change in this part of the world while also providing a rare glimpse of intellectual engagement and exchange across the porous borders of empire.
In 1869, Hayyim Habshush, a Yemeni Jew, accompanied the European orientalist Joseph Hal vy on his archaeological tour of Yemen. Twenty years later, Habshush wrote A Vision of Yemen, a memoir of their travels, that provides a vivid account of daily life, religion, and politics. More than a simple travelogue, it is a work of trickster-tales, thick anthropological descriptions, and reflections on Jewish-Muslim relations. At its heart lies the fractious and intimate relationship between the Yemeni coppersmith and the "enlightened" European scholar and the collision between the cultures each represents. The book thus offers a powerful indigenous response to European orientalism.
This edition is the first English translation of Habshush's writings from the original Judeo-Arabic and Hebrew and includes an accessible historical introduction to the work. The translation maintains Habshush's gripping style and rich portrayal of the diverse communities and cultures of Yemen, offering a potent mixture of artful storytelling and cultural criticism, suffused with humor and empathy. Habshush writes about the daily lives of men and women, rich and poor, Jewish and Muslim, during a turbulent period of war and both Ottoman and European imperialist encroachment. With this translation, Alan Verskin recovers the lost voice of a man passionately committed to his land and people.
Автор: Fidan Giray Название: Chinese Witness: Of the Young Turk Revolution Kang Youwei`s Turk Travelogue ISBN: 6058069742 ISBN-13(EAN): 9786058069749 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 30010.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: The dawn of the 20th century changed the world irreversibly. In those days, the two sick men of the East, the Ottoman Empire and Chinas Qing Dynasty, were each facing a major crisis. Kang Youwei, a prominent Chinese philosopher and reformer, arrived in the Ottoman capital in 1908. His work reflects how the Ottoman Empire was viewed from a Chinese philosophers inimitable perspective. This book comprises a full translation of Kang Youweis unique travelogue of the Ottoman Empire during the Young Turk Revolution of 1908.
Автор: Liu, Winnie Название: Moshi moshi: a travelogue ISBN: 1646045513 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781646045518 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 24290.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Ruckman Tracy Название: Go West, His Momma Said: A #LeapFrogs Travelogue ISBN: 1948026570 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781948026574 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 45970.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Faced with life-changing circumstances, Tim and Tracy Ruckman decided their only choice was to chase their dreams. Go West, His Momma Said chronicles their 189-day road trip as they tent-camped their way around the United States, discovering and exploring as much as they could on a limited budget.
Автор: Brooke John Название: The North Cape ISBN: 152893962X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781528939621 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 8230.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: This is the account of a summer journey of over four thousand kilometres by motorbike from Nice, on the Mediterranean coast of France, to the North Cape of Norway, Europe's most northern extremity, a headland surrounded by the Arctic Ocean. Equipped with a small tent, the author camped until he had crossed the Arctic Circle, using thereafter the wooden cabins that are to be found in the north of Scandinavia. The author has tried to convey the pleasures of this form of exploration and has given his thoughts to those who may wish to follow, whether on a motorbike or other form of transport, or from the comfort of their own home.
Автор: Rosemary O`Brien Название: Gertrude Bell: The Arabian Diaries, 1913-1914 ISBN: 0815606478 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815606475 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 23100.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Gertrude Bell lived an extraordinary life. Her adventures are the stuff of novels. Bell numbered among her friends T.E. Lawrence, St. John Philby, and Arabian sheiks. In this volume of three of her notebooks, Rosemary O`Brien preserves Bell`s elegant prose, and presents her as a brilliant tactician fearlessly confronting her own vulnerability.
Автор: Tim Hauserman Название: Going It Alone: Ramblings and Reflections from the Trail ISBN: 1647790654 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781647790653 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 24950.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Tells the story of Tim Hauserman`s conflict between wanting to be alone in the wilderness, and finding himself with deep feelings of fear and loneliness once he`s gets there. The story combines self-deprecating humour, Stupid Tim Tricks and delightful descriptions of the natural surroundings.
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