Following in the footsteps of great explorers such as Lawrence of Arabia and Wilfred Thesiger, Arabia is Levison Wood's account of his most complex expedition yet: circumnavigating the Arabian Peninsula. Travelling through some of the harshest and most beautiful environments on earth, he seeks to challenge our perceptions of an often misunderstood part of the world, seeing how ...(展开全部)

威廉·达尔林普尔(William Dalrymple)，英国历史学家、作家、播音员、评论员，伦敦皇家学会会员，皇家地理学会会员，皇家天文学会会员，斋浦尔文学节联合创始人。著有《仙那度》《精灵之城》《王的归程》等，曾获托马斯·库克旅游文学奖、《星期日泰晤士报》年度英国青年作家奖、海明威奖、卡普钦斯基文学奖、法国星盘图书奖、沃尔夫森历史奖、苏格兰年度图书奖、达夫·库珀纪念奖、亚洲之家亚洲文学奖等诸多奖项。2012年，达尔林普尔担任普林斯顿大学人文学院惠特尼·J.奥茨客座研究员。他与妻子和三个孩子居住在德里城外的农场。

In the spring of A.D. 587, John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist embarked on a remarkable expedition across the entire Byzantine world, traveling from the shores of Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. Using Moschos’s writings as his guide and inspiration, the acclaimed travel writer William Dalrymple retraces the footsteps of these two monks, providing along the w...(展开全部)

威廉·达尔林普尔(William Dalrymple)，英国历史学家、作家、播音员、评论员，伦敦皇家学会会员，皇家地理学会会员，皇家天文学会会员，斋浦尔文学节联合创始人。著有《仙那度》《精灵之城》《王的归程》等，曾获托马斯·库克旅游文学奖、《星期日泰晤士报》年度英国青年作家奖、海明威奖、卡普钦斯基文学奖、法国星盘图书奖、沃尔夫森历史奖、苏格兰年度图书奖、达夫·库珀纪念奖、亚洲之家亚洲文学奖等诸多奖项。2012年，达尔林普尔担任普林斯顿大学人文学院惠特尼·J.奥茨客座研究员。他与妻子和三个孩子居住在德里城外的农场。

In the spring of A.D. 587, John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist embarked on a remarkable expedition across the entire Byzantine world, traveling from the shores of Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. Using Moschos’s writings as his guide and inspiration, the acclaimed travel writer William Dalrymple retraces the footsteps of these two monks, providing along the w...(展开全部)

Sandy Tolan is the author of Me & Hank: A Boy and His Hero, Twenty-five Years Later. He has writtern for the New York Times Magazine and for more that forty other magazines and newspaters. As co-founder of Homelands Productions, Tolan has produced dozens of radio documentaries for NPR and PRI. He has reported from more than twenty-five countries, especially in the Middle East a...(展开全部)

Sandy Tolan is the author of Me & Hank: A Boy and His Hero, Twenty-five Years Later. He has writtern for the New York Times Magazine and for more that forty other magazines and newspaters. As co-founder of Homelands Productions, Tolan has produced dozens of radio documentaries for NPR and PRI. He has reported from more than twenty-five countries, especially in the Middle East a...(展开全部)

芙瑞雅•斯塔克 1893-1993，Freya Stark 英国旅行家，生于巴黎，是二十世纪最伟大的女性旅行家，也是最优异的旅行作家之一。身前出版了三十多本有关中东的旅行游记，激发了整个世代起而追随她。芙瑞雅的作品博学又机智，除了刺激的冒险外，兼以独特的手法融入历史背景与当地风情习俗。本书于一九三六年刚问世就成了畅销书，还引起皇太后伊丽莎白女王的关注，两人因此成了朋友。一九七二年受封大英帝国女勋爵士。享年一百零一岁，一九九三年逝世时，伦敦《泰晤士报》赞誉她为“最后一位浪漫旅行家”，《纽约时报》则称她是“无人能望其项背的旅游家”。

In 1934, famed British traveler Freya Stark sailed down the Red Sea, alighting in Aden, located at the tip of the Arabian peninsula. From this backwater outpost, Stark set forth on what was to be her most unforgettable adventure: Following the ancient frankincense routes of the Hadhramaut Valley, the most fertile in Arabia, she sought to be the first Westerner to locate and doc...(展开全部)

In simple, mesmerizing prose, Hermann Hesse tells of a journey both geographic and spiritual. H.H., a German choirmaster, is invited on an expedition with the League, a secret society whose members include Paul Klee, Mozart, and Albertus Magnus. The participants traverse both space and time, encountering Noah's Ark in Zurich and Don Quixote at Bremgarten. The pilgrims' ultimate...(展开全部)