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020			_a9780141442075 (pbk.)
020			_a0141442077 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)141379770
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050		4	_aDS208 _b.T48 2007
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100	1		_aThesiger, Wilfred, _d1910-2003.
245	1	0	_aArabian sands / _cWilfred Thesiger.
250			_a[New ed.] / _bwith an introduction by Rory Stewart.
260			_aLondon : _bPenguin, _c2007.
300			_axvii, 347 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill., maps, ports. ; _c20 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0	0	_tIntroduction / _rRory Stewart -- _tList of maps -- _tPreface -- _tPreface to the 1991 reprint -- _tForeword -- _tPrologue -- _g1. _tAbyssinia and the Sudan -- _g2. _tPrelude in Dhaufar -- _g3. The _tsands of Ghanim -- _g4. _tSecret preparations at Salala -- _g5. The _tapproach to the empty quarter -- _g6. _tOn the edge of the empty quarter -- _g7. The _tfirst crossing of the empty quarter -- _g8. _tReturn to Salala -- _g9. _tFrom Salala to Mukalla -- _g10. _tPreparations for a second crossing -- _g11. The _tsecond crossing of the empty quarter -- _g12. _tFrom Sulaiyil to Abu Dhabi -- _g13. The _tTrucial coast -- _g14. A _tholiday in Buraimi -- _g15. The _tquicksands of Umm al Samim -- _g16. The _tWahiba sands -- _g17. The _tclosing door -- _tArabic and botanical names of plants mentioned in the book -- _gA _tlist of the chief characters on the various journeys -- _tIndex.
520	1		_a"Born in Addis Ababa in 1910 and educated in England, from 1945 Wilfred Thesiger spent five years exploring in and around the vast, waterless desert, the 'Empty Quarter' of Arabia. Travelling amongst the Bedu people, he experienced their everyday challenges of hunger and thirst, the trials of long marches beneath the relentless sun, the bitterly cold nights and the constant danger of death if it was discovered he was a Christian 'infidel'. He was the first European to visit most of the region, and just before he left the area the process that would change it forever had begun - the discovery of oil. Thesiger saw Arabian Sands as 'a memorial to a vanished past, a tribute to a once magnificent people'." "This edition includes an introduction by Rory Stewart discussing the dangers of Thesiger's travels, his unconventional personality and his insights into Bedu life."--BOOK JACKET.
600	1	0	_aThesiger, Wilfred, _d1910-2003 _xHomes and haunts _zArabian Peninsula.
650		0	_aBedouins.
651		0	_aArabian Peninsula _xDescription and travel.
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