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  • Malta

    A Traveller's Anthology

    Deborah Manley’s selection of extracts reveals how generations of writers have viewed the landscapes of Malta and Gozo, the people of the islands, the splendours of Valletta and its famous harbour, and the celebrated festas, the village festivals that celebrate the island’s Catholic identity. An introduction places these extracts in context, while the anthology also considers how Maltese writers ... Leer más

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  • The Trans-Siberian Railway

    A Traveller's Anthology

    No railway journey on Earth can equal the Trans-Siberian between Moscow and Vladivostock. It is not just its vast length and the great variety of the lands and climes through which it passes. It is not just its history as the line that linked the huge territories which are Russia together. It is a dream which calls countless travellers to the adventure of the longest railway in the world.From the ... Leer más

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  • For the Love of Grief

    For the Love of Grief is a raw and honest account of personal grief. Anecdotes from the authors own experiences pepper the book, and Manley offers insight into the generally-accepted stages of grief. Having lost close friends and relatives herself, the author shares stories from her own journey and offers practical advice readers may find surprising yet helpful in coping with the storms they face. ... Leer más

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  • Traveling Through Egypt

    From 450 B.C. to the Twentieth Century

    "Egypt is one of the two wings of the world, and the excellences of which it can boast are countless. Its metropolis is the dome of Islam, its river the most splendid of rivers." al-Muqaddasi, c. 1000 To travelers, Egypt is a place of dreams: a country whose lifeblood is a mighty river, flowing from the heart of Africa. Along the fertile fringe of its banks an astonishing civilization raised ... Leer más

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  • Saddling the Dogs

    Journeys Through Egypt and the Near East

    In the absence of horses, saddle the dogs. This Arab proverb, suggesting the uncompromising determination of nomads to keep moving, whatever the obstacles, epitomizes also the travelling ethos of many early visitors to the 'exotic East'. The journeys examined here are linked by the light they shed on the experience of travel in Egypt, Greece and the Ottoman Balkans, and the Near East from the 17th ... Leer más

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  • Violent States and Creative States (2 Volume Set)

    From the Global to the Individual

    This is a provocative collection exploring the different types of violence and how they relate to one another, examined through the integration of several disciplines, including forensic psychotherapy, psychiatry, sociology, psychosocial studies and political science. By examining the 'violent states' of mind behind specific forms of violence and the social and societal contexts in which an ... Leer más

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  • Traveling through Sinai

    From the Fourth to the Twenty-first Century

    Sinai has long attracted travelers to its ancient caravan routes and haunting landscapes, and visitors have frequently left written accounts of their experiences. In this wide-ranging anthology, Deborah Manley and Sahar Abdel- Hakim have collected dozens of accounts and observations from travelers who have written about Sinai, its people, its sights, and its historical and biblical landmarks. ... Leer más

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  • Women Travelers on the Nile

    An Anthology of Travel Writing through the Centuries

    Edición de Deborah Manley ...
    "Relentlessly entertaining"—Michelle Green, The New York TimesWomen travelers in Egypt in the nineteenth century saw aspects of the country unseen by their male counterparts, as they spent time both in the harems of Cairo and with the women they met along the Nile. Some of them, like Sarah Belzoni and Sophia Poole, spoke Arabic. Others wrote engagingly of their experiences as observers of an ... Leer más

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  • Women Travelers in Egypt

    From the Eighteenth to the Twenty-first Century

    Edición de Deborah Manley ...
    Until late in the nineteenth century, few guide books acknowledged the presence of women as travelers - although women had been traveling around the world for centuries. Women's accounts of their journeys, distinct from those of male travelers, began to appear more frequently in the early nineteenth century, and Egypt was a popular destination. Women had more time to watch and describe and they ... Leer más

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    I Have Desired To Go (Unabridged)

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    In the depths of Victorian England, a young Jesuit priest named Gerard Manley Hopkins grapples with the complexities of faith, doubt, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. Through his exquisite and enigmatic poetry, Hopkins explores the tension between his religious vocation and his passionate love for the natural world. "I Have Desired To Go" is a collection of Hopkins' most ... Leer más

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  • Life, Death, and Community in Cairo's City of the Dead

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    THE CITY OF THE DEAD is a mysterious area of Cairo that many Egyptians are aware of but not intimately connected too. This book provides a historical evolution of a residential cemetery more than four centuries old. Beneath a modern multilane highway lies a vast intricately connected ancient necropolis that stretches over three kilometres.The primary focus of the book is to analyze, understand, ... Leer más

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