Author: Amin Maalouf
Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc
Keywords: fiction, world, interlink, samarkand
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 1998-04
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1566562937
ISBN-13: 9781566562935

Accused of mocking the inviolate codes of Islam, the Persian poet and sage Omar Khayyam fortuitously finds sympathy with the very man who is to judge his alleged crimes. Recognising genuis, the judge decides to spare him and gives him instead a small, blank book, encouraging him to confine his thoughts to it alone. Thus beginds the seamless blend of fact and fiction that is Samarkand. Vividly re-creating the history of the manuscript of the Rubaiyaat of Omar Khayyam, Amin Maalouf spans continents and centuries with breathtaking vision: the dusky exoticism of 11th-century Persia, with its poete

Author: Wendy Buonaventura
Publisher: Interlink Pub Group
Keywords: arab, world, dance, women, nile, serpent
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2010-06-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 1566567912
ISBN-13: 9781566567916

Newly updated and reissued in an appealing new format, this classic book is a lavishly illustrated celebration of female dancers of the Arab world and their impact on the West. "I think it is the most eloquent of female dances, with is haunting lyricism, its fire, its endlessly shifting kaleidoscope of sensual movement." With these words, Wendy Buonaventura explains her own fascination with Arabic dance and gives the reader a thorough understanding of the origins, history and development of this ancient art, which has survived in the face of commercialism, religious disapproval, and changing t

Authors:David L. Pearson, Les Beletsky,
Publisher: Interlink Pub Group Inc
Keywords: wildlife, guides, travellers, guide, thailand, traveller
Number of Pages: 472
Published: 2008-05
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1566566940
ISBN-13: 9781566566940

Thailand holds a special place in the minds of the world’s nature-lovers as a paradise of splendid tropical forests, untrammeled ocean beaches, and spectacular underwater coral grottos. Nature travellers to Thailand want to experience these stunning habitats and catch glimpses of exotic wildlife-gibbons and elephants, hornbills and storks, gliding lizards and cobras, brightly colored reef fishes and marine invertebrates. In this book is all the information you need to find, identify, and learn about Thailand’s magnificent animal and plant life. *Identifying and location informat

Authors:Charles Aithie, Patricia Aithie,
Publisher: Interlink Pub Group
Keywords: arabia, jewel, yemen
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 2009-08-20
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 1566567467
ISBN-13: 9781566567466

Combining outstanding photographic skills with assiduous research, this book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through Yemen"Absolutely gorgeous" --Sandi Toksvig, BBC Radio 4The sophisticated traveler is fast awakening to the glories and treasures of Yemen, the land of the half-mythic Queen of Sheba and the "Arabia Felix" coveted by ancient Rome. Yet the "glories and treasures" of Yemen are as much contemporary as they are ancient and historic--in the spectacular architecture of its cities, which until lately have remained beyond the ken of the outside world, the dramatic landscape of

Authors:Alick Jones, Nancy Sefton,
Publisher: Interlink Pub Group
Keywords: caribbean, natural, history, seri, macmillan, life, marine
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 2003-10-30
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0333930487
ISBN-13: 9780333930489

This well-illustrated new edition of Marine Life of the Caribbean covers a wide variety of topics ranging from mangroves to coral reefs, from species of fish to the seashore.

Author: Les Beletsky
Publisher: Interlink Pub Group
Keywords: rica, costa, guides, wildlife, travellers
Number of Pages: 414
Published: 2004-10-31
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1566565294
ISBN-13: 9781566565295

The Travellers’ Wildlife Guides are aimed at environmentally conscious travellers for whom some of the best parts of any trip are glimpses of wildlife in natural settings. The purpose of this series is to enhance enjoyment of a trip and enrich wildlife sightings by providing identifying information on the most frequently encountered animals in each of the represented countries. With stunning color illustrations and photographs of amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds, this series is unique in that it aims to aid the visitor in identifying all types of vertebrate land animals while pro

Author: Nick Caistor
Publisher: Interlink Pub Group
Keywords: focus, culture, guides, politics, people, guide, chile
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2002-01-30
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1566564379
ISBN-13: 9781566564373

Once a byword for military repression and human rights abuses, Chile’s image is now that of a dynamic economic success story. The "Chilean miracle," based on radical free-market reform and export-led growth, has been presented as a model for all developing countries. Yet this transition has also created its own social problems, challenging traditional values with the advent of extreme materialism. And with many scars left by the Pinochet dictatorship, Chile remains a country divided by its painful history.Famed for its spectacular landscapes that range from glaciers to deserts, Chile is