The Race for Timbuktu: In Search of Africa's City of Gold, Paperback - Frank T. Kryza

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Reducere. Description*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading"From the far reaches ...

Aru her sisters must find their mentors Hanuman and Urvashi in Lanka, the city of gold, before war breaks out between the devas and asuras. Aru has...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Len DeightonNumber of pages: 352Collection: Penguin Modern ClassicsPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 199 x 1...

In the latest instalment in the }Treasure Hunters{ series, join the Kidd family for a new adventure, from the internationally acclaimed and bestsel...

Reducere. When above-the-knee amputeeswalk, we generate seven to nine times the force of our body weight right into the point where the prosthesis meets our ...

Reducere. I am not trying to tell the entire story of what happened in Sadr City, Baghdad during the surge of 2008: that will be saved for another day. Rathe...

DescriptionAbout two things, Sue Harper was absolutely certain. Paris was the most exciting city in the world and retirement was supposed to be a t...

Reducere. DescriptionMonumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation's ...

Reducere. You are about to embark on the most monumental journey of all archaeological discoveries. The mother lode that would make the likes of Indiana Jone...

Reducere. Gear up for an exciting new adventure with the thrill-seeking Kidds as they search for a missing city in South America made entirely of gold When B...

Beginning with the adventures "Tarzan in the City of Gold" and continuing with "Tarzan and the Boers, " Hogarth and writer Don Garden hit the groun...

Reducere. During the hot summer of 1906, anger simmered in Atlanta, a city that outwardly savored its reputation as the Gate City of the New South, a place w...

Reducere. Dora, o tanara exploratoare, porneste, insotita de cativa prieteni, intr-o aventura In cautarea parintilor ei. Adolescenta nu doar ca vrea sa-si sa...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Tanya HartNumber of pages: 336Collection: Culture, Labor, HistoryPublication date: 2015Dimensions: 1...

Reducere. Percy Fawcett was a mapmaker and an adventurer. In the early 1900s, he spent years mapping out the jungles of South America. Fawcett became obsesse...

Reducere. When gold was found in Northern California, news of it spread like a wildfire during the spring and summer of 1848. At first, most people thought t...

Reducere. In the tradition of Wild and Tracks, one woman's story of how she left the city and found her soul. Disillusioned and burnt out by her job, Claire ...

Reducere. While Washington, D.C., is still often referred to as "Chocolate City, " it has undergone significant demographic, political, and economic change i...

"The need for realism in reform of its monetary system is what makes Bernstein's story of the Power of Gold so timely. It is a compelling reminder ...

Reducere. Band of Gold is the exciting story of singer and actress Freda Payne. While she is best known for her 1970 Number One hit "Band of Gold", and her 1...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Eric H. ClineIllustration(s): 51 b/w illus. 3 tables. 2 maps.Number of pages: 432Publication date: ...

Reducere. We all dream about it, but Wade Rouse actually did it. Discover his journey to live the simple life in this hilarious memoir. Finally fed up with t...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Log Cabin Mine was once the largest gold-producing mine in California. It was state-of-the-art and could both extract and process th...

Reducere. Dora, o tanara exploratoare, porneste, insotita de cativa prieteni, intr-o aventura In cautarea parintilor ei. Adolescenta nu doar ca vrea sa-si sa...

Reducere. A young boy waves at passing cars on a dusty rural road in Upper Michigan, and dreams of the wide world. Then step by step he follows his dream, be...

DescriptionIn Black on the Block, Mary Pattillo--a Newsweek Woman of the 21st Century--uses the historic rise, alarming fall, and equally dramatic ...

Reducere. Award-winning journalist Jim Krane charts the history of Dubai from its earliest days, considers the influence of the family who has ruled it since...

Sean and Annie have one chance to escape the potato famine in Ireland, and after surviving a shipwreck they land safely in America in search for th...

From the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth centuries, Saint Elizabeths Hospital was one of the United States' most important institutions for th...