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Tim MacKintosh-Smith
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Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land |
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English |
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Paperback |
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304 |
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2007-12-13 |
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0719597404 |
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John Murray |
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0.53 pounds |
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0.75 x 5.12 x 7.8 inches |
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1 brezova (Belgium) |
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1 DubaiReader (United Arab Emirates) |
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HardCover. Pub Date: December 2007 Pages: 304 Publisher: John Murray Publishers Our ideas of the the Arabian Peninusula have been hijacked: by Images of the desert by oil. the Classical by the Gulf War but there is available Another Arabia.For. geographers Yemen was a fabulous land where flying serpents guarded sacred incense groves. Medieval Arab visitors told of disappearing islands and menstruating mountains. Vita Sackville-West found Aden 'precisely the most repulsive corner of the world'. Arguably the most fascinating but least known country in the Arab world. Yemen has a way of attracting comment that ranges from the superficial to the wildly fictitious. In Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land. Tim Mackintosh-Smith writes with an intimacy and depth of knowledge gained through over twenty years among the Yemenis . He is a travelling companion of the best sort - erudite. wi...
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