Queen of the Desert, Paperback - Georgina Howell

The story of archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author, poet, photographer, mountaineer and nation builder, Gertrude Bell, who, though born int...

A portrait in her own words of the female Lawrence of Arabia, the subject of the major motion picture Queen of the Desert, starring Nicole Kidman, ...

New book by a master Iraqi calligrapher, considered to be the greatest living calligrapher, his work has influenced a generation of artists and is ...

Reducere. Did you know that camels were imported to Texas to serve the U.S. Army in the 1850s? They carried supplies and mail to isolated forts and settlers....

The Burden of the Desert is fast-paced and gripping, and asks questions that will linger long after the last page is turned. Via the lives of a fas...

DescriptionExistential and curiously hypnotic, Pablo d'Ors evokes the sharp stylized prose of Bola o, Bernhard, and DeLillo in this strange tale of...

Reducere. The hermits of Screte who turned their backs on a corrupt society remarkably like our own had much in common with the Zen masters of China and Japa...

Povestea a trei dansatori travestiti care infrunta uriasa si necizelata parte centrala a Australiei.

Reducere. Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. Brandon Shimoda's THE DESERT, a sequel to his William Carlos Williams Award-winning book EVENING ORACLE, gu...

'You could become the greatest living painter. Your paintings would be treasured for ever.' Those were the words Lilias Trotter heard from John Rus...

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In 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham swept through the Middle East, threatening the lives of women, children, and millions of people alr...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Rebecca L. JohnsonIllustrator: Phyllis V. SaroffTake a walk through the desert. This hot, dry biome of the southwest is ful...

Reducere. How can you tell if something is living or nonliving in the desert? Children reading this book explore a stunning desert habitat while learning how...

Publisher: Panoma PressAuthor(s): Mindy Gibbins-KleinNumber of pages: 252Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 127 x 204 x 40Cover type: Paperback / so...

Reducere. Tucson Charlie is a happy dog. That is, until a trip to the desert finds him lost in this fascinating but unfamiliar environment. As he searches fo...

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Reducere. T.E. Lawrence is often credited with bringing diplomacy to the Middle East; in the shadows of every great man you will often find an even greater w...

Reducere. Tap-tap, tap-tapA woodpecker welcomes morning to the Sonoran Desert, and with it, award-winning author/illustrator Caroline Arnold starts the clock...

NOW AVAILABLE IN A REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION FOR 2016 Edna is a precocious trouble-maker wreaking havoc at her Beverly Hills school. Her therapis...

LOST IN THE DESERT!It's the Second World War and Biggles is in the desert, defending the vital air-route from the West coast of Africa to the Middl...

Now available in translation, Mendel Mann's stories follow his life in reverse, from Israel in the 1950s to his childhood in Poland. With a focus o...

Reducere. DescriptionAn epic account of the Great War in the Middle East T. E. Lawrence-Lawrence of Arabia-needs no introduction. His renowned work about his...

Deserts, the Red Land, bracket the narrow strip of alluvial Black Land that borders the Nile. Networks of desert roads ascended to the high desert ...

DescriptionThe desert biome can be found all around the world. Land in this biome is dry and often hot. How do animals in deserts find water? And w...

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Orthopraxy instead of orthodoxy in an anarchist kibbutz.Publisher: CENTRAL BOOKSAuthor(s): MERLIN BECSKEYNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2022...

Reducere. "Trouble I asked for. Trouble I owed. Trouble I'm glad I had."This is Hanaway speaking. Hanaway-a new kind of hero for the Old West. A big man with...

Reducere. DescriptionThe adventures of The Reading Pig continue. In this story, Cole and his classmates suit up and head out for a day long trek in a nearby ...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Nic FieldsIllustration(s): Colour illustrations throughout, including battlescene artworks, maps, 3D...

DescriptionAndy Singleton has been modelling and painting most of his life and has been a professional commission figure painter for some years now...

The incredible true story of the greatest illusionist of modern times and the man who altered the course of the second world war. Soon to be a majo...

With Rommel in the Desert features 450 captioned images together with a carefully researched introduction. The majority of photographs used in this...

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Qatar s successful bid for the World Cup shocked the football world. We only knew that it was hot, home to rich people and hardly the home of democ...

Reducere. When Sir Ray hears that the hero who raised him is dead and returns with Prince Martin to his homeland, he uncovers his shocking family history and...

Find out about the world with these fun, interactive first non-fiction books

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Long ago, in Puerto Rico, all the animals did was eat, sleep, and snack. The parrot, queen of the forest, grew worried and challenged them all to a...

Reducere. Detective Inspector Sara Nayar is a goddess. Literally. A Hindu goddess accidentally brought to England during Queen Victoria's reign. Working now ...

The arrangements for the dinner party were overseen by Queen Quenevere herself. She selected the apples with her own hands. And before the evening ...

Reducere. Editie in limba engleza. Contents: • Explanatory note • Take This Walz • October, and Then November, and Then December • Another September, and The...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Reducere. In this invigorating mix of natural history and adventure, artist-naturalist Ellen Meloy uses turquoise--the color and the gem--to probe deeper int...

Description Boy Bands and the Performance of Pop Masculinity provides a history of the boy band from the Beatles to One Direction, placing the mode...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Rubina (Professor of Classical Archaeology, Professor of Classical Archaeology, Aarhus University,...

Throwing open the doors of the closed world of ballet, Swan Dive does for dancers what Kitchen Confidential did for professional chefs.Publisher: P...

Reducere. DescriptionLIONS OF THE DESERT is the true story of the WWII 1941-1942 Desert War in North Africa and Operation Condor, a story that has captivated...