Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Spain, DP42 .H55 1931
Main Heritage Shelves General DP42 .H55 1931 Book Item-ID: i10147184 BIB-ID: 1016354 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DP42 .H55 1931 Book Item-ID: i10147184 BIB-ID: 1016354 Show less
by Oscar Wilde. Main Heritage Shelves General PR5820 .W564 1916 Book Item-ID: i10045326 BIB-ID: 1006335 Show moreby Oscar Wilde. Main Heritage Shelves General PR5820 .W564 1916 Book Item-ID: i10045326 BIB-ID: 1006335 Show less
ʻUthmān Abū Bakr Diqnah , ca. 1840-1926, History, History, History, History, DT108.15 .J33 1926, 962.4 O83Yj
by H. C. Jackson; with an introduction by General Sir Reginald Wingate, bt. ... Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-220) and index. Show moreby H. C. Jackson; with an introduction by General Sir Reginald Wingate, bt. ... Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-220) and index. Show less
by Colonel Sir T. Hungerford Holdich...With twenty-two illustrations and a map. "Appendix: A short chapter on the history of Afghanistan": p 377-397. Show moreby Colonel Sir T. Hungerford Holdich...With twenty-two illustrations and a map. "Appendix: A short chapter on the history of Afghanistan": p 377-397. Show less
Introduction. Résumé of central Asian exploration -- The plan and objects of my journey -- Across Russia to Orenburg -- Across the Kirghiz Steppes... Show moreIntroduction. Résumé of central Asian exploration -- The plan and objects of my journey -- Across Russia to Orenburg -- Across the Kirghiz Steppes -- From Lake Aral to Tashkend -- From Tashkend to Margelan -- The Syr-Daria -- A winter journey over the Pamirs. Up the Isafaïran Valley -- Over the Tenghiz-Bai Pass -- Up the Alaï Valley -- Over the Trans-Alaï -- Lake Kara-Kul -- Population of the Russian Pamirs -- Geographical summary -- Fort Pamir -- The Mus-Tagh-Ata and its glaciers. From the Murghab to Bulun-Kul -- Mus-Tagh-Ata -- An attempt to climb Mus-Tagh-Ata -- Reminiscences of a Kashgar -- A Chinese dinner-party -- From Kashgar to Ighiz-Yar -- Through the Gorge of Tenghi-Tar -- The plain of Tagharma -- Among the Kirghiz -- Little Kara-Kul Lake -- Little Kara-Kul Lake (continued) -- Amongst the glaciers of Mus-Tagh-Ata -- My second attempt to ascend Mus-Tagh-Ata -- My third attempt to ascend Mus-Tagh-Ata -- Moonlight on Mus-Tagh-Ata -- To Fort Pamir and back -- Boating adventures on the Little Kara-Kul -- Life among the Kirghiz -- Return to Kashgar -- Across the Takla-Makan Desert. To Maral-Bashi -- An excursion to the Masar-Tagh -- The Shrine of Ordan Padshah -- On th threshold of the desert -- The start from Merket -- Skirting the desert -- An earthly paradise -- In the ban of the desert -- The camels break down -- No water left -- The camp of death -- The crisis comes -- A desperate march -- Human beings at last -- With the shepherds of the Khotan-Daria -- A rescue party -- Down the Kotan-Daria -- From Ak-Su to Kashgar. A summer trip to the southern Pamirs. Over the Ullug-Art Pass -- With the Anglo-Russian Boundary Commission -- Festivities on the Roof of the World -- Over the mountains to the Yarkand-Daria and to Kashgar -- Across the Desert of Gobi to Lop-Nor. From Kashgar to Kargalik -- Alongside the desert to Khotan -- City and oasis of Khotan -- Borasan and its archæological remains -- History of Khotan -- The buried city of Takla-Makan -- A curious shepherd race -- Down the Keriay-Daria -- Where the wild camel lives -- Where is the Tarim? -- Through the forests of the Tarim -- At Korla and Kara-Shahr -- The Lop-Nor problem -- A boat excursion on the northern Lop-Nor -- Along Przhevalsky's Lob-Nor by boat -- The return to Khotan -- The sequel of my desert journey -- Through northern Tibet and Tsaidam. Over the Kwen-Lun Passes -- My caravan : its several members -- We enter uninhabited regions -- Amongst the spurs of the Arka-Tagh -- Searching for a pass -- The deceitful Taghliks -- Over the Arka-Tagh at last -- The wild ass -- Hunting the wild yak -- Lakes without end -- Tibetan storms -- Discoveries of inscribed stones -- Inhabited regions again -- Among the Mongols of Tsaidam -- Through the Desert of Tsaidam -- Among the Mongolian lakes -- An encounter with Tangut robbers -- From Tsaidam to Peking. Through the country of the Tanguts -- Koko-Nor -- From Koko-Nor to Ten-Kar -- The temple of ten thousand images -- Si-ning-Fu and the Dungan Revolt -- From Sin-Ning-Fu to Liang-Chow-Fu -- Through the Desert of Ala-Shan -- Wang-Yeh-Fu and Ning-Sha -- To Peking and home. by Sven Hedin ; with nearly three hundred illustrations from sketches and photographs by the author. Translated from the Swedish by J.T. Bealby. Includes index. Main Heritage Shelves General DS8 .H44 1898 Book vol. 2 Item-ID: i10230592 BIB-ID: 1024695 Show less
Dürer, Albrecht , 1471-1528, Artists, Artists--Germany--Biography, N6888.D8 A45 1903, 760/.092/4
by L. Jessie Allen ; with forty illustrations. Main Heritage Shelves General N6888.D8 A45 1903 Book Item-ID: i10050589 BIB-ID: 1006694 Includes... Show moreby L. Jessie Allen ; with forty illustrations. Main Heritage Shelves General N6888.D8 A45 1903 Book Item-ID: i10050589 BIB-ID: 1006694 Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-200) and index. Show less
by Donald Stuart. With a frontispiece and map. Also issued online. Show moreby Donald Stuart. With a frontispiece and map. Also issued online. Show less
Islamic painting--History, Islamic painting--History--12th-17th century, ND198
by E. Blochet; translated from the French by Cicely M. Binyon; with an introduction by Sir E. Denison Ross. Main Heritage Compact General ND198 Book It... Show moreby E. Blochet; translated from the French by Cicely M. Binyon; with an introduction by Sir E. Denison Ross. Main Heritage Compact General ND198 Book Item-ID: i10149855 BIB-ID: 1016621 Show less
Description and travel, DT346.S7 V54 1933, 964.8 V667cX
Edited, with introduction and epilogue by Jean Vieuchange ; with a preface by Paul Claudel ; translated from the French by Fletcher Allen. Also... Show moreEdited, with introduction and epilogue by Jean Vieuchange ; with a preface by Paul Claudel ; translated from the French by Fletcher Allen. Also issued online. Show less
by Edward Hutton. With 24 ill. by A. Wallace Rimongton and 20 other ill. Show moreby Edward Hutton. With 24 ill. by A. Wallace Rimongton and 20 other ill. Show less
H.S. Cowper. "A list of works of especial interest relating to this part of Tripoli": p. [313]-315. Show moreH.S. Cowper. "A list of works of especial interest relating to this part of Tripoli": p. [313]-315. Show less
by Harold Speakman ; eight illustrations in color from paintings by the author. Show moreby Harold Speakman ; eight illustrations in color from paintings by the author. Show less
Description and travel, DR427 .B36 1898, 914.96 B37
Autobiography of a British consul at Constantinople, Damascus, Cairo, and other postings in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Hulme-Beaman... Show moreAutobiography of a British consul at Constantinople, Damascus, Cairo, and other postings in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Hulme-Beaman discusses the difficulties faced in his career--international tensions, legal troubles, extralegal executions, cultural misunderstandings, disease outbreaks, etc.--as well as friendly episodes with the people he lived and worked with. His topics range from class conflict in Serbia, to bear hunting, warfare in Crete, publishing his own newspaper (the Times of Egypt), English foreign policy, and trout fishing. by Ardern G. Hulme-Beaman ... Show less
by Annie A. Quibell ; with sixteen illustrations and a map. "Books recommended": p. xi. Show moreby Annie A. Quibell ; with sixteen illustrations and a map. "Books recommended": p. xi. Show less
by Captain F.H. Mellor. With 8 plates and end-paper map. Map on lining-papers. "First published in 1939." "Books on Spain and Morocco consulted": p.... Show moreby Captain F.H. Mellor. With 8 plates and end-paper map. Map on lining-papers. "First published in 1939." "Books on Spain and Morocco consulted": p. 253-254. Show less