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Desert Of Death
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Author : Leo Docherty
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2008
Desert Of Death written by Leo Docherty and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Afghan War, 2001- categories.
This book is set to be a timebomb under the British military presence in Afghanistan, criticising tactics, strategy, implementation, equipment and the wisdom behind the operation.
Crossing The Desert Of Death
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Author : Charles Blackmore
language : en
Publisher: John Murray Pubs Limited
Release Date : 2000
Crossing The Desert Of Death written by Charles Blackmore and has been published by John Murray Pubs Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Travel categories.
For centuries, the Silk Road skirted the edge of the Taklamakan desert to north and south, following the lines of the isolated oasis towns. The Taklamakan was to the Chinese, the desert of death, which you go in but you never come out. This volume retraces the adventures of Charles Blackmore and his companions as they cross the Taklamakan, overcoming both scorching heat and bitter cold, surviving dysentry and water shortages and relentlessly attacking the endless and intimidating sand dunes.
Conquering The Desert Of Death
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Author : Charles Blackmore
language : en
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Release Date : 2008-02-15
Conquering The Desert Of Death written by Charles Blackmore and has been published by I.B. Tauris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02-15 with Travel categories.
The ferocious Taklamakan desert in Central Asia, one of the largest sandy deserts in the world and the harshest on earth, is known by the Chinese as the "desert of death" or the "place of no return." Its unknown depths are said to be haunted by demons and spirits and legend has it that ancient cities filled with treasure lie lost and buried beneath its dunes. The only certainty is that no human being in history had ever crossed it from end to end. But, after five years of planning, in 1993, Charles Blackmore together with a team of British, Chinese and Uyghurs and a caravan of thirty camels, set out to accomplish the seemingly impossible: they would cross the Taklamakan, west to east, directly through its unmapped, untrodden centre. Conquering the Desert of Death is at once a deeply personal journey and the story of an adventure that will go down in history as one of the great achievements of exploration.
Death Of The Desert
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Author : Christine Luckritz Marquis
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2022-03-22
Death Of The Desert written by Christine Luckritz Marquis and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-22 with Religion categories.
In the late fourth century, the world of Christianity was torn apart by debate over the teachings of the third-century theologian Origen and his positions on the incorporeality of God. In the year 400, Archbishop Theophilus of Alexandria convened a council declaring Origen's later followers as heretics. Shortly thereafter, Theophilus banished the so-called Tall Brothers, four Origenist monks who led monastic communities in the western Egyptian desert, along with hundreds of their brethren. In some accounts, Theophilus leads a violent group of drunken youths and enslaved Ethiopians in sacking and desecrating the monastery; in others, he justly exercises his episcopal duties. In some versions, Theophilus' violent actions effectively bring the Golden Age of desert monasticism to an end; in others, he has shown proper respect for the desert fathers, whose life of asceticism is subsequently destroyed by bands of barbarian marauders. For some, the desert came to be inextricably connected to violence and trauma, while for others, it became a site of nostalgic recollection. Which of these narratives subsequent generations believed depended in good part on the sources they were reading. In Death of the Desert, Christine Luckritz Marquis offers a fresh examination of this critical juncture in Christian history and brings into dialogue narrative strands that have largely been separated in the scholarly tradition. She takes the violence perpetrated by Theophilus as a turning point for desert monasticism and considers how monks became involved in acts of violence and how that violence came back to haunt them. More broadly, her careful attention to the dynamic relations between memory practices, the rhetorical constructions of place, racialized discourse, and language and deeds of violence speak to us in our own time.
Death In The Desert
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Author : Paul Iselin Wellman
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 1987-01-01
Death In The Desert written by Paul Iselin Wellman and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-01-01 with History categories.
The author covers conflicts from 1837 through 1886 in Arizona, New Mexico, and California. Important chiefs covered include Mangas Coloradas, Cochise, Victorio, Geronimo, and Captain Jack. Army officers covered include George Crook and Nelson Miles.
The Desert Of Death
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Author : Luis Senarens
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
The Desert Of Death written by Luis Senarens and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
Death In The Desert
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Author : Paul I. Wellman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Death In The Desert written by Paul I. Wellman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with categories.
Near Death In The Desert
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Author : Cecil Kuhne
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2011-06-08
Near Death In The Desert written by Cecil Kuhne and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-08 with Travel categories.
A travel anthology that gathers the best adventure stories from the world's most barren landscapes. Ranging from 19th-century explorers to modern-day journalists, these desert trekkers deal with everything from deserting men, corrupt armed soldiers, and Nigerian bush taxis to suspicious natives, stubborn camels, and debilitating sunburn. These thirteen tales are more than suspenseful; they also show how life can survive in the most punishing climates. “The night was heavy with foreboding. The rain, which had been spitting down on us during the late afternoon, grew heavier. It hurled into our faces, borne by a wind that was now gusting between the dunes at full force. . . . It was the worst storm we had encountered and Ned was out in it alone.” —Justin Marozzi, South from Barbary Also featuring: Robyn Davidson's Desert Places-Robyn Davidson follows the Rubari people across the Thar as she tries to adapt to a difficult-but fascinating-way of life. Michael Asher's Two Against the Sahara-Newlyweds embark upon a nine-month, 4500-mile journey across the world's largest desert, traveling from Morocco to Sudan. Bayle St. John's Adventure in the Libyan Desert-In 1847, a team of four trek deep into Libya in search of an oasis. But what they find is even more astounding…
Death In A Texas Desert
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Author : Carlton Stowers
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2003
Death In A Texas Desert written by Carlton Stowers and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Crime categories.
True crime stories from THE DALLAS OBSERVER.
Death Valley Desert
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Author : William B. Rice
language : en
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Release Date : 2005-06-01
Death Valley Desert written by William B. Rice and has been published by Teacher Created Materials this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Experience the sweltering heat of California's Death Valley and learn about the different species of plants and animals that are able to survive on almost no water. Readers will make language arts connections as they practice vocabulary related to desert climates and their characteristics.