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Riddles of the Gobi Desert
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About the author has made a noble attempt to unravel the truth behind the expedition through the Gobi Desert, the home of howling storms and oppressive silences, with new conquests in the service of exploration for our goal. Enigmatic, shrouded in mist, the horizon stretched its curves around us. Dizzy distances must be conquered by the slow, sure tread of the camels. From Peking in the east to the Caspian Sea in the west, our kingdom extended for 3,000 miles and for 1,200 from Dzungaria to the Himalayas. We laid one territory after another under our scepter; we established a system of depots from which neighbouring territories were traversed. The book is the product of extensive study of Riddles of the Gobi Desert. The subject of the book is very illuminating and delicate. There is no statement in the book to which exception may justly be taken. The 24 illustrations and a map require a word of explanation. The author has preserved these fine plates from oblivion, which he considers his duty as a well-wisher of the area and its people. So, the book is immensely beneficial to all. About the Sven Anders Hedin was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works. During four expeditions to Central Asia, he made the Transhimalaya known in the West and located sources of the Brahmaputra, Indus and Sutlej Rivers. He also mapped Lake Lop Nur, and the remains of cities, grave sites and the Great Wall of China in the deserts of the Tarim Basin. In his book Från pol till pol (From Pole to Pole), Hedin describes a journey through Asia and Europe between the late 1880s and the early 1900s. While traveling, Hedin visited Turkey, the Caucasus, Tehran, Iraq, lands of the Kyrgyz people and the Russian Far East,
Rimbaud Complete, Volume I: Poetry and Prose
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Enduring icon of creativity, authenticity, and rebellion, and the subject of numerous new biographies, Arthur Rimbaud is one of the most repeatedly scrutinized literary figures of the last half-century. Yet almost thirty years have elapsed without a major new translation of his writings. Remedying this state of affairs is Rimbaud Complete, the first and only truly complete edition of Rimbaud’s work in English, translated, edited, and introduced by Wyatt Mason.
Mason draws on a century of Rimbaud scholarship to choreograph a superbly clear-eyed presentation of the poet’s works. He arranges Rimbaud’s writing chronologically, based on the latest manuscript evidence, so readers can experience the famously teenaged poet’s rapid evolution, from the lyricism of “Sensation” to the groundbreaking early modernism of A Season in Hell.
In fifty pages of previously untranslated material, including award-winning early verses, all the fragmentary poems, a fascinating early draft of A Season in Hell, a school notebook, and multiple manuscript versions of the important poem “O saisons, ô chateaux,” Rimbaud Complete displays facets of the poet unknown to American readers. And in his Introduction, Mason revisits the Rimbaud myth, addresses the state of disarray in which the poet left his work, and illuminates the intricacies of the translator’s art.
Mason has harnessed the precision and power of the poet’s rapidly changing voice: from the delicate music of a poem such as “Crows” to the mature dissonance of the Illuminations, Rimbaud Complete unveils this essential poet for a new generation of readers.
River Cafe Cookbook Easy
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The paperback edition of the pioneering and highly successful River Café Cook Book Easy.
With the River Café Cook Book Easy Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers pioneered a new approach to cooking and eating. Knowing that people lead busy and demanding lives, they made their innovative recipes even more accessible to those who love good food but have little time to prepare it. Recognizing that the key to quick cooking is often in the ease of buying the ingredients, the recipes highlight the fresh produce you will need to shop for as well as the ingredients that are store-cupboard essentials. Rose and Ruth then take you through simplified steps to cook great dishes that are bursting with flavour and style.
To complement this new concept, the book has a fresh, dynamic design and superb photographs that will delight both new and established fans. Like River Café “graduates” — most famously Jamie Oliver — you can learn the secrets of cooking fabulous food, but now it’s even easier.
River Journeys
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Six authors describe their experiences traveling on rivers in Zaire, Papua New Guinea, Indochina, Brazil, Australia, and Egypt