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39 reviews
Wilfred Thesiger

Penguin Classics, 2008

archetypal saga of exploration and adventure
Not only a magnificent travelogue chronicling travels in in a harsh, surreal landscape, here we see the age-old yearning of the explorer to discover the things which cannot be found among the comforts and conveniences of civilization,chief of which is a knowledge of what kind of man he will prove to be when tested to his utmost. Though Thesiger never promotes his undertakings as spiritual ...

The Marsh Arabs (Penguin Classics)

4 reviews
Wilfred Thesiger

Penguin Classics, 2008

Another fascinating picture of a vanishing way of life
Wilfred Thesiger led an amazing life. He was one of those Englishmen who are happiest when living far away from the comforts of modern life in dangerous surroundings with seemingly "primitive" people. Following many years living with the Bedu of the Empty Quarter, Thesiger traveled to Iraq to immerse himself in the life and culture of the Marsh Arabs. What he found was a fusion of ...

My Life and Travels: An Anthology

1 review
Wilfred Thesiger

Flamingo, 2003

A great book
Wilfred Thesiger was one of the great explorers of the age of the British Empire, perhaps the last great explorer. This book is a great collection of the most interesting articles describing his travels in Imperial Ethiopia, Darfur, the Sahel, Arabia, Kurdistan, the Hindu Kush and more, that will delight the reader who doesn't have the time to read the books from which the articles are ...

Across the Empty Quarter (Penguin Great Journeys)
Wilfred Thesiger

Penguin Books, 2008

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 both to his resilience and to the Bedu who guided him and who emerge as the book's real heroes. "Great Journeys" allows readers to travel both ...

Wild : Stories of Survival From The World's Most Dangerous Places (Adrenaline)

7 reviews
Norman MacLean, Wilfred Thesinger, ...

Adrenaline Audiobooks, 2000

Take This One With You On Your Next Adventure
I really enjoyed this collection of stories that deals with the travails of adventurers in the wild. The stories take place all around the world in some of the most remote, inaccessible, or infrequently traveled places in the on earth. The travelers in the stories deal with everything from elusive inhabitants of the rain forests of South America to extreme temperatures and lack of water. This was ...

The Life of My Choice

6 reviews
Wilfred Thesiger

W. W. Norton & Company, 1988

Do such men walk among us today?
Wilfred Thesiger, I'm ashamed to admit, is a new discovery to me. After reading "Arabian Sands" a few days ago, I felt I had to learn more of his life. "The Life of My Choice" has many parallels to "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" and was so captivating that I had to read it in one sitting. T.E. Lawrence noted that "self-knowledge unfitted me for leadership." Thesiger puts that same sharp sword of ...

A Vanished World

4 reviews
Wilfred Thesiger

W. W. Norton & Company, 2002

Fabulous book on the roots of Arabic culture
Wilfred Thesiger lived an amazing life; he was born in Africa, educated in England, and lived most of his life among the Arabs whom he loved, respected, and emulated. This book features many of his unique and thought-provoking photographs of tribes members in Africa and the Middle East. I spent many years as a portrait photopher and find his compositions, lighting, and photo subject integrity to ...

Home from the Hill

2 reviews
Hilary Hook

The Sportsman's Press, 1987

Quality
Great book. Now, when is the video/dvd of the accompanying documentary going to be released ? By Molly Dineen, made in 1985 and shown on the BBC at the time. It's listed as no. 45 in the 50 best documentaries of all time ( a UK survey - check Wikipedia for the entry ) But nowhere is it possible to find a copy to watch....come on Amazon, your fat tail profits from hard-to-find videos ...

Seven Pillars of Wisdom
T. E. Lawrence

The Folio Society / Doubleday, 2000

Arabian Sands
Wilfred Thesiger

E.P. Dutton & Co., 1959

The Mammoth Book of Explorers (Mammoth Books)

Running Press, 2002

During the golden age of exploration in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when the intrepid travelers emerged from the jungles, deserts, and ice caps of the world's remotest locations, they were greeted by an awestruck public as though they had returned from the dead or other worlds. The Mammoth Book of Explorers recaptures the thrill of the unknown with first-hand accounts of expeditions across all seven continents. In Africa, there is ...

Danakil Diary
Wilfred Thesiger

Flamingo, 1998

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