Yemen: The Unknown Arabia
by Mackintosh-Smith, Tim
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 1585670014
- ISBN 13
- 9781585670017
- Seller
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Synopsis
Arguably the most fascinating and least understood country in the Arab world, Yemen has a way of attracting comment that ranges from the superficial to the wildly fantastic. A country long regarded by classical geographers as a fabulous land where flying serpents guarded sacred incense groves, while medieval Arab visitors told tales of disappearing islands and menstruating mountains. Our current ideas of this country at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula have been hijacked by images of the terrorist strongholds, drone attacks, and diplomatic tensions. But, as Mackintosh-Smith reminds us in this newly updated book, there is another Arabia. Yemen may be a part of Arabia, but it is like no place on earth.
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- Bookseller
- Garnet Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001183
- Title
- Yemen
- Author
- Mackintosh-Smith, Tim
- Illustrator
- Yeoman, Martin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 1585670014
- ISBN 13
- 9781585670017
- Publisher
- Overlook
- Place of Publication
- Woodstock
- Date Published
- 2000
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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