Author: Mas'udi

Allows readers to travel both around the planet and back through the centuries - and also back into ideas and worlds frightening, ruthless and cruel in different ways from our own.

Author: Richard Burton

Disguised as a Persian dervish, Sir Richard Burton (1821-1890) set out to become the first Christian to penetrate the Muslim shrines of Medina and Mecca - a reckless stunt that would have resulted in his being executed i ...

Author: Wilfred Thesiger

Restless, gripped by an overwhelming wish to make a name for himself in a world ever more hemmed in by progress and 'civilization', Thesiger (1910-2003) embarked on his amazing journeys across Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarte ...

Author: Al Braithwaite & Henry Hemming

On 3 September 2002, three artists set off on a year-long journey across the Middle East, their aim to transmit through their art their immediate experience of the Islamic world. The result is Off Screen. Tactile reflect ...

Author: Raja Shehadeh

Over two decades of turmoil and change in the Middle East, steered via the history-soaked landscape of Palestine. This new edition includes a previously unpublished epigraph in the form of a walk. When Raja Shehadeh firs ...

Ideal for business and leisure, the Istanbul CityPack is succinct with all the practical information you need. The guide has been completely revamped with new content design and layout. There are four main sections: Esse ...

Author: Michael Haag

Alexandria has had a checkered history since its foundation by Alexander the Great in 331 B.C. From its glorious days as the intellectual center of the Hellenistic and early Christian world, it declined into a near-forgo ...

Author: Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq

A native of western Flanders, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq served in several posts as diplomatic representative for the Habsburg ruler Ferdinand I (King of Bohemia and Hungary, 1526-64, and Holy Roman Emperor, 1556-64). Bus ...

Author: Frommer's Travel Guides

This is America's number 1 bestselling travel series. Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer's Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do. This title contains more ...

Author: Huw Francis

Turkey is increasingly attractive as a place to live and work. It has a dynamic economy, a young population, and a fascinating, diverse landscape offering beautiful Mediterranean beaches, ski resorts and antiquities to r ...

Author: Frommer's Travel Guides

This is an America's #1 bestselling travel series. Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer's Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do. These are more annually upda ...

Author: Frommer's Travel Guides

This is America's number 1 bestselling travel series. Written by more than 175 outspoken travelers around the globe, Frommer's Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do. They are more annually up ...

Author: Vintage Departures

This unique guide features seductive, colorful, and in-depth articles that illuminate the dazzling treasures of Istanbul, from the Grand Bazaar to the Sultans' palaces, the delights of Turkish cuisine, and the people and ...

Author: Simone Nowell

Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These ...

Author: V. Sackville-West

A year after Vita Sackville-West first travelled to Iran - a journey described in the classic Passenger to Teheran - she returned to the land that had so captured her imagination. For twelve days, with her husband and th ...

The Dubai Twin Pack provides unrivalled coverage of this popular holiday destination and includes a separate fold-out sheet map of Dubai in a clear plastic wallet. The Top 25 sights are listed, plus a summary of the 'bes ...

Author: Wilfred Thesiger

Wilfred Thesiger was born in Addis Ababa and educated at Eton and Oxford. In the spirit of TE Lawrence, Thesiger spent five years exploring the deserts of Arabia. This book narrates his stories, including two crossings o ...

Author: Robert Byron

In 1933, Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana - the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya. This book offers not only a record ...

Author: Afshin Molavi

Afshin Molavi, born in Iran, but brought up in America, and fluent in Farsi, travelled his homeland for over a year, meeting with students of the right and left, bazaar merchants, Islamic clerics, pro-democracy writers a ...

Author: Diana Darke

Focusing on the needs of both the traveler and the expatriate worker, this new guide is the definitive book on travel to and within Oman, providing the most in-depth and up-to-date information possible. The modern coasta ...