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Egypt
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Jane Dunford (Editor), Joann Fletcher (Editor), Carole French (Editor)
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The White Nile
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Alan Moorehead
The story of the Nile, from the Mountains of the Moon to the Mediterranean. The tale starts with Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke setting out to find the sources of the Nile. It continues with Baker of the Nile and his wife struggling with malaria, and of the famous greeting between Stanley and Livingstone. The book examines the results of ...
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Down the Nile: Alone in a Fisherman's Skiff
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Rosemary Mahoney, M.A.
When Rosemary Mahoney, in 1998, took a solo trip down the Nile in a seven-foot rowboat, she discovered modern Egypt for herself. As a rower, she faced crocodiles and testy river currents; as a female, she confronted deeply-held beliefs about foreign women while cautiously remaining open to genuine friendship; and, as a traveller, she experienced ...
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Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea and the Holy Land
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John Lloyd Stephens
Classic 19th-century account by explorer who discovered Mayan ruins. Pyramids, temple of Karnak, Petra, other locales, also much of Middle Eastern life and culture. 38 illustrations.
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Egypt - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
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Jailan Zayan
"Culture Smart! Egypt" explains how to avoid cultural gaffes when out and about in the country. Giving the historical, political and cultural background, the guide reveals how to read body language and be aware of potential pitfalls in communication, and at the same time provide the cultural essentials business travellers need to successfully ...
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Travels in Arabia deserta
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Charles Montagu Doughty
Rare masterpiece of travel literature and English prose, called by T. E. Lawrence "a great record of adventure and travel (perhaps the greatest in our language.)" Fold-out map.
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The Rough Guide to Egypt
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Dan Richardson, Daniel Jacobs, Lizzie Williams (Contributions by)
"The Rough Guide to Egypt" is your indispensable guide to the oldest tourist destination on earth. The full- colour introduction highlights 'what not to miss', from jeep or camel safaris in the Western desert to the pyramids and Sphinx at Giza. This fully-updated 7th edition includes expanded coverage of Nile cruises and diving in the Red Sea and ...
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Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources
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Sir Samuel White Baker
The quantity of ivory in camp was so large that we required 700 porters to carry both tusks and provisions, for the five days' march through uninhabited country. Kamrasi came to see us before we parted; he had provided the requisite porters. We were to start on the following day; he arrived with the Blissett rifle that had been given him by Speke. ...
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A Search in Secret Egypt
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Paul Brunton
This book offers an inward journey of initiation into the first great secret of spiritual awakening: our home is not the body, but the soul. The book presents the reader with a uniquely focused exploration of ancient and modern Egypt; Paul Brunton goes in search of the secret hinted at by the mysterious Sphinx and deepened by his visions during ...
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Lonely Planet Egypt
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Matthew D Firestone, Zora O'Neill, Anthony Sattin
Includes colour chapters on Cruising the Nile and Diving the Red Sea.
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Lonely Planet Egypt
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Virginia Maxwell, Mary Et Al Fitzpatrick, Siona Jenkins
Authors include novelist, critic and broadcaster Anthony Sattin. Special chapter on Pharaonic Egypt by world-renowned Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher. Packed with information for the tourist and tips on how to escape the crowds and enjoy the country's archaelogical heritage in peace.
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Flaubert in Egypt: A Sensibility on Tour
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Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller (Editor)
At once a classic of travel literature and a penetrating portrait of a 'sensibility on tour', Flaubert in Egypt wonderfully captures the young writer's impressions during his 1849 voyages. Using diaries, letters, travel notes, and the evidence of Flaubert's travelling companion, Maxime Du Camp, Francis Steegmuller reconstructs his journey through ...
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Scotch and Holy Water
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John D Tumpane
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Cairo: The City Victorious
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Max Rodenbeck
A biography of Cairo, the city which the Arabs call "The Victorius". This book traces the life of Cairo from birth - the Ancient Egyptians believed Creation itself took place there - through the heights of medieval times and down to the present day.
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Letters from Egypt: A Journey on the Nile, 1849-1850
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Florence Nightingale
Letters From Egypt is Florence's only publication not concerned with nursing. The letters reveal her as an energetic and sympathetic young woman with her life before her---but in places it is difficult not to read more into her observations, as when she described the hardships of the nun with whom she travelled to Alexandria.
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Flight Into Egypt
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Professor Amos Elon
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Egypt
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Jane Ewart (Editor), Dorling-Kindersley (Creator)
A comprehensive guide to Egypt with over 1,000 full color photographs, of major sights, easy-to-use maps and plans. Plus advice on exploring the Pyramids and Ancient Tombs, boat tours on the Nile and diving in the Red Sea. Photos.
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The Nile: The Life Story of a River
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Emil Ludwig
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Frommer's Egypt
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Matthew Carrington
This is America's number 1 bestselling travel series. Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, "Frommer's Complete Guides" help travelers experience places the way locals do. It includes more annually updated guides than any other series. It features a 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides. It offers ...
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The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia and the Sword Hunters of the Hamran Arabs
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Sir Samuel White Baker
This being a concise summary of the Nile system, I shall describe twelve months' exploration, during which I examined every individual river that is tributary to the Nile from Abyssinia, including the Atbara, Settite, Royan, Salaam, Angrab, Rahad, Dinder, and the Blue Nile. The interest attached to these portions of Africa differs entirely from ...
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River in the Desert: Modern Travels in Ancient Egypt
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Paul William Roberts
The cultural hub of the Middle East, Egypt is the world's oldest country and home to the world's grandest, most enigmatic monuments. This eloquent observation explores the teeming crossroads of both ancient and modern Egypt, revealing its magnificent, bizarre, and ever-captivating aspects.
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Thebes in Egypt: A Guide to the Tombs and Temples of Ancient Luxor
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Professor Nigel Strudwick, Helen M Strudwick
After reviewing the topography of the site, the Strudwicks recount the history of Thebes from the city's rise in the late Old Kingdom to the peak of its power in the New Kingdom and to its gradual decline in the Greco-Roman period. They discuss the central role played by the gods in the community's religious life, and take us on a tour of the ...
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Garden of the Brave in War: Recollections of Iran
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Terence O'Donnell
When Terence O'Donnell, an American who lived in Iran for fifteen years in the 1960s and 1970s, was asked what he was doing there, he replied, "The conviction of all Iranians, of most of my compatriots, and indeed of the Russians, was that I was engaged in intelligence work. I was, and what is more I filed a daily report. My employer was myself ...
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The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt
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John Ray
The Rosetta Stone is one of the world's great wonders, attracting awed pilgrims by the tens of thousands each year. This book tells the stone's story, from its discovery by Napoleon's expedition to Egypt to its current status as the single most visited object on display in the British Museum.
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Kayaks Down the Nile
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John Goddard
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