{"product_id":"a-winter-in-arabia-9780755633821","title":"A Winter in Arabia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA treasure of rare distinction among travel books. * The New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eHere, for once in a very long while, is a book upon which the miser of superlatives may pour out his hoard of praise . . . To read such a book . . . is to be proud and thankful. For here is a lovely clarity and calm courage, vivid gaiety, the strong peace of truth and understanding; and quietness. * The Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003eHer writing has wit and vivacity and no little beauty . . . I found the whole book enthralling. * Christian Science Monitor *\u003cbr\u003eIt was rare to leave her company without feeling that the world was somehow larger and more promising. Her life was something of a work of art. . . The books in which she recorded her journeys were seductively individual . . . Nomad and social lioness, public servant and private essayist, emotional victim and mythmaker. -- Colin Thubron * The New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eHer books make Stark a remarkable figure under any circumstances. Having been a woman whose roamings through Middle Eastern deserts and mountains put her in the top ranks of the fabled Royal Geographical Society makes her more so. -- Richard Bernstein * The New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eFew writers have the capacity to do with words what Faberge could do with gems–to fashion them, without violating their quality. It is this extraordinary talent which sets Freya Stark apart from her fellow craftsman in the construction of books on travel. * The Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eFreya Stark remains unexcelled as an interpreter of brief encounters in wild regions against the backdrop of history. * The Observer *\u003cbr\u003eOne of the finest travel writers of our century. * The New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003eA Middle East traveler, an explorer and, above all, a writer, Freya Stark has, with an incomparably clear eye, looked toward the horizon of the past without ever losing sight of the present. Her books are route plans of a perceptive intelligence, traversing time and space with ease. * Saudi Aramco World *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by Sir Kinahan Cornwallis, K.C.M.G., C.B.E., D.S.O.\u003c\/i\u003e  1. From the Air 2. Mukalla Revisited  3. Transport and the Cook  4. The Towns of the Kathiri   \u003cb\u003eThe Diary  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Journey\u003c\/b\u003e  5. The Journey Begins 6. Wadi ’Amd 7. Sickness in ’Amd 8. Robin  9. The High Jol  10. The Drawings of Rahbe  11. Across the Watershed  12. Arrivalin ’Azzan  13. Naqb al Hajr  14. Jebel Kadur  15. The Sultan’s Caravan  16. The Site of Cana  17. A Dhow to Aden   \u003ci\u003eAppendix 1 Appendix 2 Index\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018423533911,"sku":"9780755633821","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780755633821.jpg?v=1750776824","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-winter-in-arabia-9780755633821","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}