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1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 58 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Laurence Kennedy. |
| Summary |
Arabian Sands is Wilfred Thesiger's stunning account of five years spent crossing the Arabian Peninsula by foot and on camels, with nomadic Bedouin tribesmen as guides. Traveling between 1945 and 1950, the British explorer treks through Yemen, The Empty Quarter, Oman and parts of the then Trucial States, crossing and re-crossing around 250,000 miles of this most inhospitable terrain. He was the first European ever to set eyes on the dunes and wadis of these deserts. Faced with constant challenges and trials beneath the punishing sun, his journey is also spiritual and enriching, as it requires the utmost courage, patience, generosity and humor. In clear and evocative prose, Thesiger documents a journey of unimaginable hardship and startling beauty, as well as a time, place and people on the cusp of change. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Thesiger, Wilfred, 1910-2003.
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Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel.
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Rubʻ al-Khali -- Description and travel.
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Deserts -- Middle East.
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Bedouins -- Arabian Peninsula.
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Travelers' writings, English -- Arabian Peninsula.
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| Added Author |
Kennedy, Laurence.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781781981894 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1781981892 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12058130 |
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