motivate publishing dubai uae (15 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Paperback. 164pp, index, bibliography, bw & col ills, frontis map. Or card covers. Light even toning to page edges/margins, very slight esge wear to covers. The Arabian Peninsula has always held an intense fascination for travellers and using first hand accounts the author evookes the hardships they endured and explores their motivation. Includes Richard Burton, Charles Doughty, the Blunts, TE Lawrence, Gertrude Bell, Harry St John Philby, Bertram Thomas, Wilfred Thesiger, and Ranulph Fiennes. Size: 8vo.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Reprint. 103pp,checklist, map, hundreds col photographs. Or pictorial card covers. Near new. Stunning photosand text cover nearly 200 species of indigenous and migratory bird species to be found in the southern Arabian Gulf. Size: 4to.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 2nd Edition. Hardback bound in brown paper-covered boards with gilt titles. Only defect to note on the book is a gift inscription on the first end page. Dust jacket has light edge wear with a couple of tiny tear (now protected in archival jacket cover). A history of the discovery of Oil along the Trucial Coast and Oman. The effect it had on the area and ultimately the formation of the United Arab Emirates. Author own experiences. There is a section of black and white photos. 242 pages including the Index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine condition Hardcover black boards with gilt lettering on the spine and cover. Includes numerous color and b/w photographs, 168 pages. The DJ is in Fine condition. Oversize: 9 3/4" x 12 1/2".

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Octavo, 194 pages. Green illustrated cloth boards with silver lettering. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and dust jacket with minimal use and wear.

Third Printing. 306 pages and a lot of plates with illustrations. Black hardcover and an illustrated dustjackert. 25x17 cm * Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger KBE, DSO (* 3. Juni 1910 in Addis Abeba; 24. August 2003 in London) war ein britischer Forscher und Autor von Reiseberichten. Sein arabischer Name war Mubarak bin London (Der Gesegnete von London"). Er entstammte einer adligen Familie: Sein Großvater Frederic Augustus Thesiger, 2. Baron Chelmsford war Teilnehmer der Äthiopienexpedition von 1868 und später Oberbefehlshaber im Zulukrieg gewesen; sein Onkel Frederic John Napier, 3. Baron Chelmsford, war Vizekönig von Indien 19161921. Er wurde in Addis Abeba, im damaligen Abessinien, als Sohn des britischen Gesandten Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger geboren und genoss eine Ausbildung am Eton College, dem sich ein Studium an der University of Oxford in Geschichte anschloss. Ab 1930 boxte Thesiger in der Universitätsmannschaft und war 1933 deren Kapitän. Thesiger besuchte 1930 auf Einladung von Kaiser Haile Selassie zu dessen Krönung wieder Äthiopien. 1933 nahm er an einer Expedition der Royal Geographical Society zur Erforschung des Awash-Fluss teil. Während dieser Expedition war er der erste Europäer, der das muslimische Aussa-Sultanat des Volkes der Afar erreichte und den Abbe-See besuchte. Ab 1935 arbeitete er im britischen politischen Dienst im Sudan und war in Darfur und am oberen Nil stationiert. Er nahm dabei an mehreren Unternehmen der Sudan Defence Force (SDF) teil, in der er mit Beginn des Zweiten Weltkriegs ebenso wie Siegfried Ferdinand Nadel diente. 1941 nahm er mit der von Orde Wingate gegründeten Gideon Force an den Kämpfen im Ostafrikafeldzug gegen die italienischen Truppen im besetzten Äthiopien teil. Für die Gefangennahme der italienischen Garnison von Agibar wurde er mit dem Distinguished Service Order (DSO) ausgezeichnet. Im weiteren Verlauf diente er als Agent der Special Operations Executive in Syrien sowie unter Major David Stirling in der Long Range Desert Group in Nordafrika. Thesiger wurde dann als Verbindungsoffizier der aus griechischen Offizieren gebildeten Spezialeinheit Heilige Schar eingesetzt. Er erreichte den Dienstrang eines Majors. Nach 1945 führte er Expeditionen auf der arabischen Halbinsel in der Rub al-Chali für die Desert Locusts Research Organisation durch. Einer der Gründe" für diese Expeditionen war die Suche nach dem Brutgebiet der Heuschrecken, die immer wieder Afrika heimsuchten. Seine Reisen führten ihn in den Irak, nach Persien, Kurdistan, Abessinien, den Sudan, Französisch-Westafrika, Pakistan und Kenia, wo er ab 1968 hauptsächlich lebte. 1994 kehrte er nach England zurück. 1995 wurde er zum Ritter geschlagen. Thesiger ist für seine Reiseberichte bekannt. Arabian Sands (1959), in Deutschland unter dem Titel Die Brunnen der Wüste erschienen, handelt von seinen Reisen in der Wüste Rub al-Chali zwischen 1946 und 1950 und beschreibt die sich auflösende Kultur der Beduinen. The Marsh Arabs (1964) dreht sich um das traditionelle Leben der Marsch-Araber im Süden des Iraks. Thesiger fotografierte ausgiebig während seiner Reisen und spendete dem Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford seine Sammlung von 25.000 Negativen. Im Al Jahili Fort in Al Ain befindet sich eine permanente Ausstellung mit dem Titel "Wilfred Thesiger and the freedom of desert". (Quelle Wikipedia) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 950.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. Softcover, reprint, 410g, 78pgs. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Photographed by Alex Jeffries over three years in a portfolio of stunning shots, Doors of Al Ain showcases the quaint doors and doorways of old villas, forts and palm farms in Al Ain, in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. These tell a tale of the times, the people and their heritage. Includes a glossy full-color foldout poster which is still bound to the book. 112 pages. 7.25" by 11.75". Illustrated wraps are in NEAR FINE condition. Corners are sharp. Spine has black lettering and is square and firm. Binding is tight. Interior is in NEAR FINE condition. Poster is present and fully intact. Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks. Book may exhibit additional minor signs of age or wear. Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. If actual shipping cost is less than the AbeBooks estimate, it is our practice to REFUND the difference to the buyer.

Paperbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. pict. paper covers, 84 pages : illustrations (some color), Includes bibliographical references (p. 81), very good cond. black and white hotography by Wilfred Thesiger.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Third Printing. PAPERBACK 1990. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref PJ47.

Hard Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Gulf Edition. 2004 Gulf edition. Hardback in jacket. 24x23cm. 223 pages. Clean & tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Jacket has only a little edge wear. Dispatched Royal Mail First Class with tracking next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref HM. Wilfred Thesiger A Life in Pictures by Alexander Maitland. Published in 2004 by Motivate Publishing, Dubai, UAE (Gulf edition).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Henderson, Margaret. (illustrator). First Premier Edition. 96pp, num col & bw ills. Or pictorial boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket. SIGNED, inscribed (to Melissa) and dated (1990) by author/artist on title page. Very scarce in hard cover. Beautifully illustrated with sections of the people of Arabia, the souk, the shoreline, mountains, desert, the camel, a day at the races. Volume in the Arabian Heritage Series. Size: 4to. Signed & Inscribed by the Author.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2009). 2009 1st edition. Large landscape format (317 x 280mm). Pp304. Colour photographs throughout. Pictorial laminated boards. Slightly shaken. Very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. This beautifully illustrated account of modern falconry with something of the sport's history includes examples of falconers and their birds from many countries across the world, North and Southern Africa, the Middle Eastand Arabia, the Americas, China, India and Pakistan and elsewhere. A large and lavish work produced in Dubai by the sponsors of the 2nd International Festival of Falconry to coincide with that event. .