Download or read book Adventures In Arabia written by W.B. Seabrook and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1928, few Westerners have succeeded in identifying themselves so completely with Arabian life as the author of this volume. He went to Arabia for no political, humanitarian or reasonable purpose but purely for the joy of it.

Download or read book Adventures in Arabia written by William B. Seabrook and published by Marlowe & Company. This book was released on 1994-04-01 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's account of his travels in the Middle East in the 1920s, his life among the various desert tribes, and the colorful personalities he encountered

Download or read book All Strangers Are Kin written by Zora O'Neill and published by HMH. This book was released on 2016-06-14 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American woman determined to learn the Arabic language travels to the Middle East to pursue her dream in this “witty memoir” (Us Weekly). The shadda is the key difference between a pigeon (hamam) and a bathroom (hammam). Be careful, our professor advised, that you don’t ask a waiter, ‘Excuse me, where is the pigeon?’—or, conversely, order a roasted toilet . . . If you’ve ever studied a foreign language, you know what happens when you first truly and clearly communicate with another person. As Zora O’Neill recalls, you feel like a magician. If that foreign language is Arabic, you just might feel like a wizard. They say that Arabic takes seven years to learn and a lifetime to master. O’Neill had put in her time. Steeped in grammar tomes and outdated textbooks, she faced an increasing certainty that she was not only failing to master Arabic, but also driving herself crazy. She took a decade-long hiatus, but couldn’t shake her fascination with the language or the cultures it had opened up to her. So she decided to jump back in—this time with a new approach. In this book, she takes us along on her grand tour through the Middle East, from Egypt to the United Arab Emirates to Lebanon and Morocco. She’s packed her dictionaries, her unsinkable sense of humor, and her talent for making fast friends of strangers. From quiet, bougainvillea-lined streets to the lively buzz of crowded medinas, from families’ homes to local hotspots, she brings a part of the world thousands of miles away right to your door—and reminds us that learning another tongue leaves you rich with so much more than words. “You will travel through countries and across centuries, meeting professors and poets, revolutionaries, nomads, and nerds . . . [A] warm and hilarious book.” —Annia Ciezadlo, author of Day of Honey “Her tale of her ‘Year of Speaking Arabic Badly’ is a genial and revealing pleasure.” —The Seattle Times

Download or read book Adventures in Arabia Among the Bedouins Druses Whirling Dervishes Yezidee Devil Worshipers written by William Seabrook and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Abominable Mr Seabrook written by Joe Ollmann and published by Drawn & Quarterly. This book was released on 2021-04-29 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daring and destructive life of the man who popularized the word "zombie" In the early twentieth century, travel writing represented the desire for the expanding bourgeoisie to experience the exotic cultures of the world past their immediate surroundings. Journalist William Buehler Seabrook was emblematic of this trend – participating in voodoo ceremonies, riding camels cross the Sahara desert, communing with cannibals and most notably, popularizing the term “zombie” in the West. A string of his bestselling books show an engaged, sympathetic gentleman hoping to share these strange, hidden delights with the rest of the world. He was willing to go deeper than any outsider had before. But, of course, there was a dark side. Seabrook was a barely functioning alcoholic who was deeply obsessed with bondage and the so-called mystical properties of pain and degradation. His life was a series of traveling highs and drunken lows; climbing on and falling off the wagon again and again. What led the popular and vivid writer to such a sad state? Cartoonist Joe Ollmann spent seven years researching Seabrook’s life, accessing long neglected archives in order to piece together the peripatetic life of a forgotten American writer. Often weaving in Seabrook’s own words and those of his biographers, Ollmann posits Seabrook the believer versus Seabrook the exploiter, and leaves the reader to consider where one ends and the other begins.

Download or read book Adventures in Arabia Among the Bedouins Druses Whirling Dervishes Yezidee Devil Worshipers written by William Seabrook and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Beyond the Veil written by Seymour Jerome Gray and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1983 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experiences and observations of a Boston doctor who spent two years as the head of Saudi Arabia's most modern hospital.

Download or read book Travels in Arabia Deserta written by Charles M. Doughty and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adventures in Arabia written by William B. Seabrook and published by Gorgias PressLlc. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with drawings and photographs, this travelogue of William Seabrook contains his reminiscences among several Middle Eastern cultures. As a writer and would-be traveler, Seabrook was particularly drawn to the Middle East, the "Arabia" of his book, an area not always safe for non-Muslims to travel in his day. Written with all the voice and presence of an adventurer, he narrates his time with the Bedouins, the Druses, Dervishes, and Yezidees. Always with a penchant for the unusual, he chronicles the exotic and unexpected during his exciting journey; the golden calf among the Druses and the devil worship of the Yezidees make fine examples. As a period piece and a snapshot of early twentieth-century Arabic culture, this travel book still has a draw for those interested in the Middle East.

Download or read book The Magic Island written by William Buehler Seabrook and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adventures in Arabia Among the Bedouins written by William Seabrook and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book What Happens in Saudi Arabia Stays In Saudi Arabia Except For This Book written by Liz Stanton and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Happens In Saudi Arabia, Stays In Saudi Arabia, Except For This Book. Is a candid account of my almost 3 years as a single American Nurse in Saudi Arabia. I was fascinated, and often disturbed by the very conservative Muslim Culture. I met people from all over the world, there to work as I was. The difference was, I was there for the adventure, while most everyone else was there due to financial hardships in their home countries. After friends & family told me how much they enjoyed hearing my "Saudi" stories, I decided to share them with a bigger audience. You will laugh out loud more than once!

Download or read book Amanda in Arabia written by Darlene Foster and published by Central Avenue Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Be prepared to learn a lot about the culture while you follow Amanda on her adventure.”—Laura Best, author, Bitter, Sweet “What a great way for a young person to learn about a culture and to be inspired to experience other countries themselves."—Irene Butler, author, Trekking the Globe with Mostly Gentle Footsteps Amanda Ross is an average twelve year old Canadian girl. So what is she doing thousands of kilometres from home in the United Arab Emirates? It's her own fault really, she wished for adventure and travel when she blew out those candles on her last birthday cake. Little did she know that a whole different world awaited her on the other side of the globe, one full of intrigue, mystery and folklore. A world with a beautiful princess, a dangerous desert and wonderful friends. Join Amanda on her first adventure as she discovers the secrets behind The Perfume Flask. Be sure to read all the books in this exciting Amanda Travels series! 1. Amanda in Arabia: The Perfume Flask 2. Amanda in Spain: The Girl in the Painting 3. Amanda in England: The Missing Novel 4. Amanda in Alberta: The Writing on the Stone 5. Amanda on the Danube: The Sounds of Music 6. Amanda in New Mexico: Ghosts in the Wind 7. Amanda in Holland: Missing in Action 8. Amanda in Malta: The Sleeping Lady

Download or read book The Adventures of Arab written by Louis Slobodkin and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magical wooden horse escapes from the carousel and has many adventures.

Download or read book The Magic Island written by William Seabrook and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1929 volume offers firsthand accounts of Haitian voodoo and witchcraft rituals. Author William Seabrook introduced the concept of the walking dead to the West with this illustrated travelogue.

Download or read book Where s Sharawrah A Truck Driver s Adventure Across the Arabian Desert written by Gordon Pearce and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three articulated trucks load in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: two Volvo 4X2 European road artics and a Mercedes 6X6 desert artic. Their destination is Sharawrah, somewhere south of The Empty Quarter. Seven days to travel a thousand kilometers, a third of which are open desert. Seven days that will turn into seventy.... This is the true story of Gordon Pearce, an English truck driver determined to get the job done. With the help of Bedouins, he crossed three hundred kilometers of unpredictable desert in the height of the summer of 1978. Aside from the physical challenges, he also has to battle bureaucracy and begins to dread hearing the word bukkera (tomorrow). Told in an ironic modest style and illustrated with photos from that time, Where's Sharawrah? is a captivating book for vehicle enthusiasts and anyone who is passionate about truck adventures. [Subject: Memoir, Transportation]

Download or read book The Book of Travels written by Ḥannā Diyāb and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Book of Travels is Ḥannā Diyāb's remarkable first-person account of his travels as a young man from his hometown of Aleppo to the court of Versailles and back again"--