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Wilfred Thesiger

Across the Empty Quarter

Across the Empty Quarter


by Wilfred Thesiger

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES

Intrepid British explorer Thesiger (Arabian Sands, The Marsh Arabs) trekked across Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter -- one of the last unmapped regions of the earth -- to prove to the world and himself that he could. This is the heroic tale of his 650-mile journey across the desert with the Bedu who guided him. (GEN559, $8.25)

Among the Mountains, Travels through Asia

Among the Mountains, Travels through Asia


by Wilfred Thesiger

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 174 PAGES

A classic account of intrepid British explorer Wilfred Thesiger's travels through the mountain ranges of Iraqi Kurdistan, the Karakorams, the Hindu Kush, and Ladakh. (ASA28, $17.99)

Arabian Sands

Arabian Sands


by Wilfred Thesiger

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

The last of the great British traveler-explorers, Thesiger (1910-2003) journeyed among the nomadic camel-breeding peoples of Southern Arabia in the late 1940s, falling in love with the desert and ways of life of the Bedouin. This eloquent book is his tribute to them. (ARB15, $16.00)

The Marsh Arabs

The Marsh Arabs


by Wilfred Thesiger

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Thesiger's masterful account of the distinctive customs, traditions and way of life of the Ma'dan, a once isolated, ancient people of the watery marsh and reeds of Southern Iraq. (IRQ19, $16.00)

 

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