Items related to Dubai: The Story of the World's Fastest City
Synopsis
ABC
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Jim Krane, an award-winning journalist, was the Associated Press' Persian Gulf Correspondent for two and a half years, covering all six Gulf Arab countries. He has also written about Dubai for the Economist and the Financial Times. Previously, he was the AP's Baghdad Correspondent and New York-based Business Writer.
Review
Packed with detail and colour, Dubai explores the city's remarkable history, bringing it to life and confronting its controversies. -- Dr Christopher Davidson, author of 'Dubai: The Vulnerability of Success' Full of engaging anecdotes * Daily Telegraph * Jim Krane's breathless style complements his subject: Dubai is a city that has arisen impetuously and incoherently, its shape shifting as incessantly as the desert sands on which it is built. * Times Literary Supplement * Engagingly written and sympathetic to its subject... Dubai will be a welcome addition to the cabin baggage of the many western visitors to the Emirates * Guardian * A well researched and gripping tale of how... the city was transformed from a pre-modern hideout for smugglers and pirates * Sunday Telegraph * Jim Krane traces the fascinating and long overlooked history of this city... in prose as spare and enchanting as a desert fairy tale. * The Times * Dubai examines this small emirate with admirable even-handedness and good humour... Krane also writes movingly of the conditions of the Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi workers who have built Dubai. -- James Drummond * Financial Times *
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherGARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1782397604
- ISBN 13 9781782397601
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages368
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 15.75
Shipping:
US$ 5.54
From United Kingdom to U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Dubai: The Story of the World's Fastest City
Seller: Open Books, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books. Seller Inventory # mon0000607942
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Dubai: The Story of the World's Fastest City
Published by
GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006, 2015
ISBN 10: 1782397604
ISBN 13: 9781782397601
Used
Paperback
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.31. Seller Inventory # G1782397604I3N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Dubai: The Story of the World's Fastest City
Published by
GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006, 2015
ISBN 10: 1782397604
ISBN 13: 9781782397601
Used
Softcover
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 0.77. Seller Inventory # 1782397604-2-3
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Dubai: The Story of the World's Fastest City
Published by
GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006, 2015
ISBN 10: 1782397604
ISBN 13: 9781782397601
Used
Softcover
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within 0.77. Seller Inventory # bk1782397604xvz189zvxgdd
Quantity: 1 available
Seller Image
Dubai : The Story of the World's Fastest City
Published by
GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006, 2015
ISBN 10: 1782397604
ISBN 13: 9781782397601
Used
Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition. Seller Inventory # 23731728
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Dubai
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. Seller Inventory # F6-9781782397601
Quantity: 10 available
Seller Image
Dubai : The Story of the World's Fastest City
Published by
GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006, 2015
ISBN 10: 1782397604
ISBN 13: 9781782397601
New
Softcover
Seller: GreatBookPrices, Columbia, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 23731728-n
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Dubai (Paperback)
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Today, Dubai is a city of shimmering skyscrapers attracting thousands of tourists every year. Yet just sixty years ago Dubai's population scraped a living by picking dates, diving for pearls, or sailing in wooden dhows to trade with Iran and India. Dubai is everything the rest of the Arab world is not. Until recently it was the fastest-growing city in the world, with an economy whose growth outpaced China's while luring more tourists than all of India. The city has become a metaphor for the lush life, where the wealthy mingle in gilded splendour and luxury cars fill the streets, yet it is also beset by a backwash of bad design, environmental degradation and controversial labour practices. Dubai tells its unique story. A bestselling exploration of the fascinating city-state. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781782397601
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
Dubai
Published by
GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006, 2015
ISBN 10: 1782397604
ISBN 13: 9781782397601
Used
Softcover
Seller: medimops, Berlin, Germany
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages. Seller Inventory # M01782397604-V
Quantity: 2 available
Seller Image
Dubai: The Story of the World's Fastest City by Jim Krane [Paperback ]
Seller: booksXpress, Bayonne, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9781782397601
Quantity: 3 available