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Across the Empty Quarter by Wilfred Thesiger
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Journeys
Restless, gripped by an overwhelming wish to make a name for himself in a world ever more hemmed in by progress and 'civilization', Thesiger (1910-2003) embarked on his amazing journeys across Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter to test himself and to show what could still be done. The result was a monument bo ...Show more
Arabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger; Rory Stewart (Foreword by, Introduction by)
Category: Travel
Wilfred Thesiger charts the time he spent living with the Bedu, including his legendary traverses of the Empty Quarter. Wilfred Thesiger is the last of the great British eccentric explorers, a legendary figure renowned for his travels though some of the most inaccessible places on earth. Arabian Sands w ...Show more
The Marsh Arabs by Wilfred Thesiger
Category: Travel | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
During the years he spent among the Marsh Arabs of southern Iraq Wilfred Thesiger came to understand, admire and share a way of life that had endured for many centuries. Travelling from village to village by canoe, he won acceptance by dispensing medicines and treating the sick. In this account of his t ...Show more
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