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 eBook Title: Travels in Arabia Author: ohann Ludwig Burckhardt (aka John Lewis) eBook Description: First published in 1829 One of the first narratives by a European to travel in the lands of Arabia. This edition features the original two volume text by the Swiss explorer, enhanced with hyperlinks and biographical notes, and illustrated with period prints and maps of Arabia. | ||||
Price: 3.45 Date: 2006-03-14 Visits: 1333 | ||||
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 eBook Title: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah Author: Sir Richard Francis Burton eBook Description: Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah by Captain Richard F. Burton Edited by Isabel Burton (Originally published by the notorious Leonard Smithers, friend and patron of Aubrey Beardsley and Oscar Wilde) The original text from Volumes 1 and 2 of this fascinating travelogue by the famous and erudite Victorian soldier, linguist and explorer, who travelled Arabia in disguise, often posing as a doctor; seventy years before Lawrence of Arabia. Filled with colorful characters :"kayf"or hasish-smoking policemen, fakirs, slaves, courtesans, strange ceremonies, constant aphrodisiac and drug-taking. It has lost none of its power over the years. With period illustrations, maps, and annotated with biographical notes. Sir Richard Francis Burton | ||||
Price: 6.75 Date: 2006-03-14 Visits: 2236 | ||||
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 eBook Title: The Voyage Of The Beagle Author: Charles Robert Darwin eBook Description: The Voyage of the Beagle, by Charles Darwin, first published 1839 Highlights from the journal Darwin kept during the five year round-the-world voyage he took on HMS Beagle, between 1831 and 1836. Not simply the record of a 19th century voyage of exploration. The animal and plant species that he encountered in South America, the Galapagos Islands and the Pacific inspired him to formulate his theory of natural selection, as set out in the Origin of the Species - one of the most influential watersheds in modern science and philosophy. Everyone should read this classic travelogue! This ebook edition features the original text, set in typographical fonts, illustrated with 19th century engravings (many on colour) and maps, plus biographical notes. PDF version features | ||||
Price: 4.99 Date: 2006-03-16 Visits: 1172 | ||||
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Category: Travel eBook Title: Michael Brein's Travel Guides to Sightseeing by Public Transportation Author: Michael Brein eBook Description: I have 14 current e-book titles in my travel guide series to sightseeing by public transportation: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Chicago, Honolulu, London, Madrid, Munich, Paris, Prague, Sydney, Vienna & Washington, DC. Each of my travel guides (13 going on 18 soon) is a PDF file of 19 or 20 pages. It is the world's first and only travel guide series specifically designed to show travelers how to sightsee the top 50 visitor attractions in a variety of the world's most visited cities. | ||||
Price: 8.00 Date: 2006-05-30 Visits: 653 Ebook Type: PDF | ||||
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 eBook Title: AFTER THE TSUNAMI - The Photographs of Thorsten Overgaard Author: Thorsten Overgaard eBook Description: Danish photographer and feature writer Thorsten Overgaard traveled 12,000 miles throughout South East Asia after the tsunami, a virtual fly-on-the-wall, documenting the day-to-day lives of the Scientology Tsunami Relief Team Volunteers. "After The Tsunami" presents in detail a behind-the-scenes look at relief work when everyday western people - from the a real estate agent from Germany to a student from Los Angeles - leave behind families, studies, careers and businesses to help strangers in crisis, whom they only know from media reports. It is a heartwarming story of the spiritual bonds between religions, ordinary western world people engaged in dangerous but important work that will change their lives forever and daily miracles. It is a story in pictures | ||||
Price: 0 Date: 2006-11-28 Visits: 1321 | ||||
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 eBook Title: Secrets of a Pro Tour Golf Club Builder Author: Dan Boe eBook Description: Master club builder breaks his silence! I have built custom golf clubs for: It doesn't matter if a pro plays Callaway, Taylor Made, Ping, Titlest, Cobra or any of the other major brands. The pros clubs are not only custom fit, they are custom made, and in some cases raw heads are ground down to form the specs of the respective tour players, frequencies of shafts are dialed in and specific bounce angles are formed. In most cases the same modifications can be made to your clubs. For years and years and years I worked with the top pros on the PGA, SPGA, EPGA and LPGA Tours. Arnold Palmer's leather wrap grips are by far the best feeling | ||||
Price: 19.00 Date: 2010-11-21 Visits: 261 | ||||
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Category: Adventure, History, Travel eBook Title: Travels in West Africa (Congo Francais, Corisco and Cameroons) Author: Mary H. Kingsley eBook Description: In her breathtaking, edifying and hilariously entertaining autobiographical report Mary Kingsley tells about her expedition into the deepest West African jungle, an unheard-of undertaking for a 19th century British woman travelling on her own. It was an adventure full of life-threatening episodes, from sudden lone encounters with crocodiles and leopards to staying for the night in a cannibal village - and, "convinced that it was almost as safe and far more amusing to be born lucky than wise," she loved every moment of it. Mary Kingsley was also a keen and unprejudiced observer, and her book provides us not only with entertainment, but also with exceptional insights into 19th century African tribal societies, as well as into the mentality and the lives of the | ||||
Price: 0 Date: 2009-11-21 Visits: 990 Ebook Type: TXT | ||||
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Category: Travel eBook Title: The Free Orlando Guide For Brits Author: James Starling eBook Description: www.UsaTips4Brits.co.uk Free Orlando Guide Ebook For Brits. Beat the travel agent and make the arrangement for yourself; you will save a FORTUNE and be able to tailor your holiday to your exact needs. Get the tickets you want, the car you want, the hotel you like and save money at the same time. Great Tips for your Disney World & Universal Orlando. Cheap theme park tickets, car hire, flights, shopping, eating out, tipping, orlando weather, hotels, villas and more...Also check our website, www.usatips4brits.co.uk for park maps for Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot, Universal Studios Orlando, Islands Of Adventure, Sea World, Aquatica, Typhoon Lagoon...and more! A must have free guide for all you UK travelers heading to Florida - the best part is it's | ||||
Price: 0 Date: 2010-03-16 Visits: 482 Ebook Type: PDF | ||||
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