Crossing The Sands

Author : Wilfred Thesiger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Arabian Peninsula
ISBN : 1860630286

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Crossing the Sands by Wilfred Thesiger Pdf

Wifred Thesiger describes his journeys in the Empty Quarter and the Arabian Peninula during the late forties. At that time few Europeans travelled in those areas and occasionally their presence was not welcome. From these journeys he emerged with a great respect for the Bedu who were his travelling companions. His writing style is masterly as he describes his journeys in a plain language which is at the same time eloquent. He shows a great understanding of and a fondness for the Bedu people and their now vanished way of life. Theiseger is also a photographer of exceptional ability and this volume contains a large number of the photographs he took on his expeditions. These and the text create a stunning picture of the land and its peoples. The author is considered the last of the great explorers and this book is an exquisite record charting his memorable adventures with travelling companions bin Kabina and bin Ghabaisha across the Arabian Empty Quarter. He was a skilled photographer and was unique among travel writers of the past in having had the opportunity to take photographs that complement his formidable writing.

Author : Steve Donahue
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-04-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781609943875

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Shifting Sands by Steve Donahue Pdf

How to stop thinking about life’s inevitable transitions as goals to reach and learn how to navigate through times of unpredictability and uncertainty. We live in a culture, Steve Donahue writes, which loves “climbing mountains.” We want to see the peak, map out a route, and follow it to the top. Sometimes this approach works, but not always, particularly when we are enduring a personal crisis—divorce, job loss, addiction, illness, or death. We may not know exactly where we are going, how to get there, or even how we’ll know we’ve arrived. And it’s not just in times of crisis. There are many deserts in our lives, situations with no clear paths or boundaries. Finding a job is usually a mountain, but changing careers can be a desert. Having a baby is a mountain, especially for the mom. But raising a child is a desert. Battling cancer is a mountain. Living with a chronic illness is a desert. In the desert, we need to follow different rules than we follow when conquering a mountain. We need to be more intuitive, more patient, more spontaneous. Donahue outlines six “rules of desert travel” that will help us discover our direction by wandering, find our own personal oases, and cross our self-imposed borders. Shifting Sands shows us how to slow down, reflect, and embrace the changes of life graciously, naturally, and courageously.

Author : Ariane Audouin-Dubreuil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-02
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1854432222

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Crossing the Sands by Ariane Audouin-Dubreuil Pdf

Author : Wilfred Thesiger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1230042689

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Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger Pdf

Author : Jack Churchward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1733056602

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Crossing the Sands of Time by Jack Churchward Pdf

The Great Uighur Empire ruled Inner Asia in the 8th and 9th centuries and their descendants, the Taklamakanians, created a thousand years of unforgettable history. Crossing the Sands of Time provides the true story of Inner Asia and the Uyghur people and contrasts their history with depictions peddled by some authors and social media today.

Author : Alwyn Hamilton
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780698410428

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Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton Pdf

The New York Times bestselling novel by the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Debut Author of 2016, published in 15 countries! Mortals rule the desert nation of Miraji, but mythical beasts still roam the wild and remote areas, and rumor has it that somewhere, djinn still perform their magic. For humans, it’s an unforgiving place, especially if you’re poor, orphaned, or female. Amani Al’Hiza is all three. She’s a gifted gunslinger with perfect aim, but she can’t shoot her way out of Dustwalk, the back-country town where she’s destined to wind up wed or dead. Then she meets Jin, a rakish foreigner, in a shooting contest, and sees him as the perfect escape route. But though she’s spent years dreaming of leaving Dustwalk, she never imagined she’d gallop away on mythical horse—or that it would take a foreign fugitive to show her the heart of the desert she thought she knew. This startlingly original Middle-East-meets-Wild-West fantasy reveals what happens when a dream deferred explodes—in the fires of rebellion, of romantic passion, and the all-consuming inferno of a girl finally embracing her power.

Author : Tyson Yunkaporta
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780062975638

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Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta Pdf

A paradigm-shifting book in the vein of Sapiens that brings a crucial Indigenous perspective to historical and cultural issues of history, education, money, power, and sustainability—and offers a new template for living. As an indigenous person, Tyson Yunkaporta looks at global systems from a unique perspective, one tied to the natural and spiritual world. In considering how contemporary life diverges from the pattern of creation, he raises important questions. How does this affect us? How can we do things differently? In this thoughtful, culturally rich, mind-expanding book, he provides answers. Yunkaporta’s writing process begins with images. Honoring indigenous traditions, he makes carvings of what he wants to say, channeling his thoughts through symbols and diagrams rather than words. He yarns with people, looking for ways to connect images and stories with place and relationship to create a coherent world view, and he uses sand talk, the Aboriginal custom of drawing images on the ground to convey knowledge. In Sand Talk, he provides a new model for our everyday lives. Rich in ideas and inspiration, it explains how lines and symbols and shapes can help us make sense of the world. It’s about how we learn and how we remember. It’s about talking to everyone and listening carefully. It’s about finding different ways to look at things. Most of all it’s about a very special way of thinking, of learning to see from a native perspective, one that is spiritually and physically tied to the earth around us, and how it can save our world. Sand Talk include 22 black-and-white illustrations that add depth to the text.

Author : Alexander Maitland
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780007325252

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Wilfred Thesiger in Africa by Alexander Maitland Pdf

A unique collection of essays accompany Wilfred Thesiger’s own personal photographs of the Africa he experienced as one of the world’s most celebrated explorers.

Author : James Churchward
Publisher : Adventures Unlimited Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 193188272X

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The Lost Continent of Mu by James Churchward Pdf

This classic book on the theory of a lost continent in the Pacific imparts the fascinating travel stories and theories of James Churchward.

Author : Robert N. Spengler
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520379268

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Fruit from the Sands by Robert N. Spengler Pdf

"A comprehensive and entertaining historical and botanical review, providing an enjoyable and cognitive read.”—Nature The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. From almonds and apples to tea and rice, many foods that we consume today have histories that can be traced out of prehistoric Central Asia along the tracks of the Silk Road to kitchens in Europe, America, China, and elsewhere in East Asia. The exchange of goods, ideas, cultural practices, and genes along these ancient routes extends back five thousand years, and organized trade along the Silk Road dates to at least Han Dynasty China in the second century BC. Balancing a broad array of archaeological, botanical, and historical evidence, Fruit from the Sands presents the fascinating story of the origins and spread of agriculture across Inner Asia and into Europe and East Asia. Through the preserved remains of plants found in archaeological sites, Robert N. Spengler III identifies the regions where our most familiar crops were domesticated and follows their routes as people carried them around the world. With vivid examples, Fruit from the Sands explores how the foods we eat have shaped the course of human history and transformed cuisines all over the globe.

Author : Laura Cumming
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501198724

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On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming Pdf

NOMINATED FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NONFICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Velazquez shares a riveting true story “with as many twists and turns as any mystery” (Los Angeles Times) describing her mother’s mysterious kidnapping as a toddler in a small English coastal village—“an incredible and incredibly unusual book about family secrets” (Nick Hornby, The Believer). In the fall of 1929, when Laura Cumming’s mother was three years old, she was kidnapped from a beach on the Lincolnshire coast of England. There were no screams when she was taken, suggesting the culprit was someone familiar to her, and when she turned up again in a nearby village several days later, she was happy and in perfect health. No one was ever accused of a crime. The incident quickly faded from her memory, and her parents never discussed it. To the contrary, they deliberately hid it from her, and she did not learn of it for half a century. This was not the only secret her parents kept from her. For many years, while raising her in draconian isolation and protectiveness, they also hid the fact that she’d been adopted, and that shortly after the kidnapping, her name was changed from Grace to Betty. “Both page-turning and richly absorbing” (The Providence Journal), On Chapel Sands (originally titled Five Days Gone) unspools the tale of Cumming’s mother’s life and unravels the multiple mysteries at its core. Using photographs from the time, historical documents, and works of art, Cumming investigates this case of stolen identity w​ith the toolset of a detective and the unique intimacy of a daughter trying to understand her family’s past and its legacies. “Brilliant” (The Guardian) and “a story told with such depth of feeling and observation and such lyrical writing I couldn’t put it down” (Anna Quindlen), On Chapel Sands is a masterful blend of memoir and history, an extraordinary personal narrative unlike any other.

Author : Alwyn Hamilton
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780698411715

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Hero at the Fall by Alwyn Hamilton Pdf

The breathless finale to the New York Times bestselling Rebel of the Sands series will have you on the edge of your seat until the dust from the final battle clears! When gunslinging Amani Al'Hiza escaped her dead-end town, she never imagined she'd join a revolution, let alone lead one. But after the bloodthirsty Sultan of Miraji imprisoned the Rebel Prince Ahmed in the mythical city of Eremot, she doesn't have a choice. Armed with only her revolver, her wits, and her untameable Demdji powers, Amani must rally her skeleton crew of rebels for a rescue mission through the unforgiving desert to a place that, according to maps, doesn't exist. As she watches those she loves most lay their lives on the line against ghouls and enemy soldiers, Amani questions whether she can be the leader they need or if she is leading them all to their deaths.

Author : Pamela Sherrod
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595337767

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Crossing the Burning Sands by Pamela Sherrod Pdf

What really happened in Washington? friends asked. Unable to return to those disturbing days, Pamela Sherrod dodged the question for several years, letting her past remain a secret. Initially, she thought her strange habit of stumbling into bizarre incidents was merely coincidental. How else could one explain it? She'd camouflaged her troubled life with the trappings of success. She endured hazing to pledge the right sorority; secured the right internship at the Capitol for a closer view of power; and when she landed a job at ABC News, she put her life in jeopardy for an assignment on the right show. She dated a Saudi Arabian diplomat, befriended the children of powerful officials, and even hung out with Senate staffers who were investigated for involvement with Soviet and Cuban spies. When she married an engineering student from Asia, they looked like a contemporary version of The King and I. But, who knew the true motives of a strong-willed, middle-class, Afro-American woman, and a privileged preppie from one of Sri Lanka's highest castes? Why me? she asked of God, after the fairy tale crumbled and the dust finally settled. Why did I have to experience these things? journey toward truth, and the stunning secret that she eventually discovered.

Author : Jorge Luis Borges
Publisher : Dutton Books
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015035341034

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The Book of Sand by Jorge Luis Borges Pdf

Thirteen new stories by the celebrated writer, including two which he considers his greatest achievements to date, artfully blend elements from many literary geares.

Author : E E Oakey
Publisher : E E Oakey
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780987644138

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Across the Sands of Aurinko by E E Oakey Pdf

Zafe’s new home is a desert planet, so why is the welcome so cold? A "must read" for fans of Artemis Fowl, the Mysterious Benedict Society and Gonzales the snail, Across the Sands of Aurinko will crash-land intrepid readers (9 years and up) on a distant and very strange planet. While getting to grips with helter-sheltering and learning to love lixorish, the spaceboy must survive school camp, find out what that smell is at the bottom of Adamant Well and work out who would want to kidnap a kidnapper? On the trail of the Blue Man, Zafe and his friends learn more about the mysterious Puffbirds, discover the thrill of gliding and realise the spider harvest isn’t as fiddly as it sounds. The second book in the Goats in Space Saga is a sci-fi adventure set in a future world of flower bombs, cactus kebabs and badger-riding bandits. Recommended for intrepid readers, 9 years and up.