One of the greatest journey's ever; Caillie was the first European to reach and return alive from this fabled city.
Professor G. Derek West has devoted much of his time to the summer game, having contributed numerous articles to cricket magazines and journals as well as compiling indexes to several books and acting as a consultant cricket historian.
Twelve unique biographical essays on professionals of the mid-Victorian era. Extensive and painstaking research has produced portraits of players selected for their cricketing... Læs mere
A fascinating record of Lybian Jewish life written by a Talmudic scholar, teacher, itinerant peddler and amateur anthropologist named Mordechai Hakohen.
This is a wonderful portrait of a land at which, as S.G.W. Benjamin has said, 'the cultivated imagination kindles'.
When C.B. Klunzinger left Europe in 1863 he had it in mind to make a zoological investigation of the Red Sea and its environs.
Written at the beginning of the century, this work retains the ability to life the reader upon a magic carpet ride into the wonder of the orient. As the author informs us it is a 'tale of adventures, exploits and love.'
The Afghan Wars of 1839-1842 and 1878-1880 were the direct result of Russian and British Imperial designs for the expansions of the respective spheres of influence. Archibald Forbes' book is a recognised scholarly history of those wars.
Leila is the new girl in Max's class in rural Germany, and they soon become close friends. She has fled Syria with her family, having left her grandmother and father behind. Her most... Læs mere
A collation of the author's extensive writings made during his travels and studies in Spain from 1826 to 1829 dealing with the foundations of the Islamic faith.