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The Lost Oasis

Author : Saul Kelly
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0786747242
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Oasis written by Saul Kelly and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Oasis tells the true story behind The English Patient. An extraordinary episode in World War II, it describes the Zerzura Club, a group of desert explorers and adventurers who indulged in desert travel by early-model-motor cars and airplanes, and who searched for lost desert oases and ancient cities of vanished civilizations. In reality, they were mapping the desert for military reasons and espionage. The club's members came from countries that soon would be enemies: England and the Allied Forces v. Italy and Germany. When war erupted in 1939, Ralph Bagnold founded the British Long Range Desert Group to spy on and disrupt Rommel's advance on Cairo, while a fellow club member, Hungarian Count Almasy, succeeded in placing German spies there. Ultimately, the British prevailed. Saul Kelly's riveting history draws on interviews with survivors and previously unknown documentary material in England, Italy, Germany, Hungary, and Egypt. His book reads like a thriller -- with one key difference: it's all true.

The Lost Oasis

Author : Lester Dent
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Oasis written by Lester Dent and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-09 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While seeking to solve the mystery of "the trained vampire murders," Doc Savage and his amazing crew suddenly find themselves prisoners of Sol Yuttal and Hadi-Mot aboard a hijacked Zeppelin. Their deadly destination is a fabulous lost diamond mine guarded by carnivorous plants and monstrous, bloodsucking bats.We are happy to announce this classic book. Many of the books in our collection have not been published for decades and are therefore not broadly available to the readers. Our goal is to access the very large literary repository of general public books. The main contents of our entire classical books are the original works. To ensure high quality products, all the titles are chosen carefully by our staff. We hope you enjoy this classic.

The Lost Oasis

Author : Saul Kelly
Publisher : Westview Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813341033
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Oasis written by Saul Kelly and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the adventures of the desert explorers known as the Zerzura Club, noting their efforts to map the desert for espionage and military purposes and citing how their origins in subsequently warring nations caused club members to work against each other. 35,000 first printing.

Lost Oasis

Author : Robert Twigger
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0297863878
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (978 download)

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Download or read book Lost Oasis written by Robert Twigger and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-05-27 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author of ANGRY WHITE PYJAMAS, BIG SNAKE and VOYAGEUR enters into the desert in search of a lost oasis 'Last night my son wanted to appease me because of some annoyance he had caused. "Show me your desert things," he said, "show me your crystals and stones." However tired and grumpy I might be, he knew how to revive me. I unwrapped everything from its newspaper roll. The chipped flint knives, the silica glass arrowheads, ancient porous pottery shards I'd found in the Gilf, fossils, the jawbone of a gazelle, palm nuts so desiccated they were like stone . . .' Robert Twigger's latest journey is in search of paradise: a desert adventure in the footsteps of seasoned explorers such as Theodore Almasy (the Inspiration for THE ENGLISH PATIENT) who tried to locate the lost oasis of Zezura, reportedly home to hoards of treasure, flocks of birds and a lush, verdant valley. The Egyptian Sahara is one of the most arid and hostile environments on earth. But it is also a wonder of desolate beauty, where in the ultra-clear light of the desert you can see for miles. Armed with plenty of water and a homemade wooden trolley (his Lada being too heavy for the sand), Twigger embarks on a desert trip ilke no other . . .

The Last Oasis

Author : Sandra Postel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134161581
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book The Last Oasis written by Sandra Postel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades now we have wasted and mismanaged the world?s water supplies. Today, 27 countries are short of water, a quarter of the world?s population has no safe water, 46 per cent have no proper sanitation and each year four million children die of water-borne diseases. As most of the world?s major river systems cross several national boundaries, the scope disputes and the threat to international security is becoming more and more real. In The Last Oasis, Sandra Postel examines the economic, ecological and political factors affecting fresh water supply. She confronts the issues of mismanagement and profligacy and analyses and dangers of confrontation, both between nations and between rural and urban users. She also emphasises that the technology and know-how for effective water husbandry does exist. With methods already in use, farmers could cut their demand for water by 40-90 per cent, and cities by one-third, without sacrificing economic output or quality of life. Investing in water efficiency, recycling and conservation help meet rising demands and stave off disaster. But the priority is a common recognition of the gravity of the position, and with that a widespread push for institutions to manage sustainable use of water.

The Hidden Oasis

Author : Paul Sussman
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802145078
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Hidden Oasis written by Paul Sussman and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the help of her dead sister's friend, Flin Brodie, mountain climber Freya Hannen sets out in search of the legendary lost oasis of Zerzura in Egypt, which supposedly houses a mythic stone, and could help Freya find out the truth behind her sister Alex's mysterious death. By the author of The Last Secret of the Temple. Reprint.

New Waw, Saharan Oasis

Author : Ibrahim al-Koni
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477308954
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Download or read book New Waw, Saharan Oasis written by Ibrahim al-Koni and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, National Translation Award, American Literary Translators Association, 2015 Upon the death of their leader, a group of Tuareg, a nomadic Berber community whose traditional homeland is the Sahara Desert, turns to the heir dictated by tribal custom; however, he is a poet reluctant to don the mantle of leadership. Forced by tribal elders to abandon not only his poetry but his love, who is also a poet, he reluctantly serves as leader. Whether by human design or the meddling of the Spirit World, his death inspires his tribe to settle down permanently, abandoning not only nomadism but also the inherited laws of the tribe. The community they found, New Waw, which they name for the mythical paradise of the Tuareg people, is also the setting of Ibrahim al-Koni’s companion novel, The Puppet. For al-Koni, this Tuareg tale of the tension between nomadism and settled life represents a choice faced by people everywhere, in many walks of life, as a result of globalism. He sees an inevitable interface between myth and contemporary life.

Oasis

Author : Katya de Becerra
Publisher : Imprint
ISBN 13 : 1250220858
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Oasis written by Katya de Becerra and published by Imprint. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this young adult thriller for fans of Lost and The Twilight Zone, a group of teens are saved when they come across a mysterious oasis. But who will save them from the oasis? Alif had exciting summer plans: working on her father’s archeological dig site in the desert with four close friends ... and a very cute research assistant. Then the sandstorm hit. Their camp wiped away, Alif and the others find themselves lost on the sands, seemingly doomed ... until they find the oasis. It has everything they need: food, water, and shade—and mysterious ruins that hide a deadly secret. As reality begins to shift around them, they question what’s real and what’s a mirage. The answers turn Alif and her friends against each other, and they begin to wonder if they’ve truly been saved. And while it was easy to walk into the oasis, it may be impossible to leave ... An Imprint Book “Will stick to readers’ skin long after the final page is turned.” —Booklist (starred review) “de Becerra successfully builds a fraught tension throughout the book that mirrors the characters’ feelings as reality leaves them behind . . . well worth the payoff.” —The Bulletin

The Lost Oasis

Author : Kenneth Robeson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Oasis written by Kenneth Robeson and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Hunt for Zerzura

Author : Saul Kelly
Publisher : John Murray Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780719561672
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book The Hunt for Zerzura written by Saul Kelly and published by John Murray Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a study of the true story behind The English Patient, one of the least known and most extraordinary episodes of World War II. In the 1930s, the Zerzura Club (named after a lost oasis in the Libyan desert) met once a year for dinner at the Cafe Royal in London. Ostensibly, its members were cosmopolitan adventurers indulging a craze for desert travel by motor car and aeroplane, and searching for the lost oases and ancient cities of a vanished civilization. In reality they were mapping the desert for military reasons, marking vital wells and checking terrain. The Club's members were drawn from countries that would soon be enemies, and fellowship masked a vicious rivalry. Mussolini hoped to make Egypt the centrepiece of a new Italian empire, but the British - for whom the Suez Canal was strategically vital - were determined to hold onto that country. When war broke out in 1939, Ralph Bagnold founded the Long Range Desert Group to spy on and disrupt the Axis powers' advance on Cairo under Rommel, while his fellow club member Count Almasy tried to spirit the Egyptian Chief of Staff out of Cairo, and succeeded in inserting German spies. Both of them were using knowledge and desert craft drawn from the hazardous hunt for the Zerzura Oasis, where each had deceived the other about his true purpose. In telling this story, Saul Kelly draws on interviews with survivors as well as previously unknown documentary material in Britain, Italy, Germany, Hungary and Egypt. His book reads like a thriller by John Buchan or Frederick Forsyth - with one key difference: it is true.

Lost Landmarks of Orange County

Author : Chris Epting
Publisher : Santa Monica Press
ISBN 13 : 1595807764
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Lost Landmarks of Orange County written by Chris Epting and published by Santa Monica Press. This book was released on 2024-04-16 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since forming in 1889, Orange County, California has become famous all over the world for being home to such popular attractions as Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, and some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. But there are also many other places that helped establish the county as not just a popular tourist destination, but also home to countless cultural landmarks that served the local communities for generations. Stretching across the 34 cities that comprise “The OC,” Lost Landmarks of Orange County brings back fabulous memories of music venues, restaurants, theaters, theme parks, attractions, and more. Everybody knows the aforementioned Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm, but Orange County was also home to Lion Country Safari, the California Alligator farm, the Buffalo Ranch, Japanese Deer Park, Movieland Wax Museum, the Orange County International Speedway, and many other large-scale attractions. Concert venues including the Golden Bear, Irvine Meadows Amphitheater, and the Cuckoo’s Nest, which all featured some of the biggest names in rock and roll and popular music. Tiki bars, airports, drive-in movie theaters, themed restaurants . . . these were the places where generations of OC natives and visitors from around the world created memories that would last a lifetime. Today, all of these locations are gone, but utilizing firsthand accounts, rare photos, artifacts, and other resources, Lost Landmarks of Orange County keeps the colorful memories of Orange County’s past alive.

McCracken and the Lost Oasis

Author : Mark Adderley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (265 download)

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Download or read book McCracken and the Lost Oasis written by Mark Adderley and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-16 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autumn, 1919. At last, the Great War is over. McCracken and his family are safe to take a vacation on the Nile, hoping to see their friend Cristofero Campo di Serpenti the archaeologist. But the calm waters of the Nile seem more and more deceptive, as the McCrackens encounter Egyptian revolutionaries, find themselves trapped in an underwater tomb, captured by Bedouin tribesmen, chasing international jewel thieves, and facing the dangers of the Sahara Desert. In this latest McCracken adventure, you will find yourself catapulted into a world of ancient and mysterious ruins, singing sand dunes, mythological creatures and, above all, the elusive lost oasis, land of wonder and riches beyond imagining . . .

The Lost Oasis - 2

Author : W.E.Johns
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788128614644
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Oasis - 2 written by W.E.Johns and published by . This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Lost Message of Paul

Author : Steve Chalke
Publisher : SPCK
ISBN 13 : 0281079412
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Message of Paul written by Steve Chalke and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2019-06-20 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have misunderstood Paul, badly. We have read his words through our own set of assumptions. We need to begin with Paul's world view, to see things the way he saw them. - What if 'original sin' was never part of Paul's thinking? - What if the idea that we are saved by faith in Christ, as Luther argued, was based on a mistranslation of Paul's words and a misunderstanding of Paul's thinking? 'Over the centuries,' writes Steve Chalke, 'the Church has repeatedly failed to communicate, or even understand, the core of Paul's message. Although Paul has often been presented as the champion of exclusion, he was the very opposite. He was the great includer.' Steve Chalke MBE is a Baptist minister, founder and leader of the Oasis Charitable Trust, and author of more than 50 books.

From Lake to Sand. The Archaeology of Farafra Oasis Western desert, Egypt

Author : Barbara E. Barich
Publisher : All’Insegna del Giglio
ISBN 13 : 8878145203
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (781 download)

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Download or read book From Lake to Sand. The Archaeology of Farafra Oasis Western desert, Egypt written by Barbara E. Barich and published by All’Insegna del Giglio. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume presents all the data collected during the cycle of research conducted by the Italian Archaeological Mission in the Farafra Oasis between 1990 and 2005. The 29 multidisciplinary essays contained in this book provide a detailed picture of the population of the Farafra Oasis, hitherto one of the least well known within the Western Desert. Farafra became particularly important during the middle Holocene, the period when climate conditions were most favourable, with later brief humid episodes even in the historic periods. The results of the long-term research cycle presented here, combined with data from the survey of the whole Wadi el Obeiyid still in progress, allow the authors to identify changes in the peopling of the oasis and to define various occupation phases. The new chronology for the Wadi el Obeiyid is one of the main achievements of the book and, as demonstrated in the final chapter, is in complete agreement with the main cultural units of other territories in the Western Desert. On this chronological basis, the contacts between the latter and the populations established on the Nile are brought into sharper focus. The importance of the archaeological documents discovered at Farafra and, at the same time their fragility due to the deterioration of the physical environment and the uncontrolled human activities, make us fear for their conservation. We hope that this book, with its complete documentation of the precious nature of the Farafra Oasis landscape and its archaeological heritage, may help to promote more effective policies for its safeguard.

Lost Oasis

Author : Doug Hiser
Publisher : Booksurge Llc
ISBN 13 : 9781588987525
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Lost Oasis written by Doug Hiser and published by Booksurge Llc. This book was released on 2002-06-26 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost Oasis is a collection of poetry that ranges from intense emotion, erotic imagination, to far reaching metaphoric animalistic description and stirs the soul into compelling absorption.

Opal's Greenwood Oasis

Author : Quraysh Ali Lansana
Publisher : Calliope Group
ISBN 13 : 9781733647458
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Opal's Greenwood Oasis written by Quraysh Ali Lansana and published by Calliope Group. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A beautiful and poignant reminder of the industry, joy and resilience of Black people in America."-Trey Ellis, Peabody and Emmy winning producer of King in the Wilderness andTrue Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality The year is 1921, and Opal Brown would like to show you around her beautiful neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Filled with busy stores and happy families, Opal also wants you to know that "everyone looks like me." In both words and illustrations, this carefully researched and historically accurate book allows children to experience the joys and success of Greenwood, one of the most prosperous Black communities of the early 20th Century, an area Booker T. Washington dubbed America's Black Wall Street. Soon after the day narrated by Opal, Greenwood would be lost in the Tulsa Race Massacre, the worst act of racial violence in American history. As we approach the centennial of that tragic event, children have the opportunity through this book to learn and celebrate all that was built in Greenwood.