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Gorgias Ottoman Travelers (1946-2212): This series seeks to explore the experiences of travelers in Greece, Turkey, Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Egypt as reflected in their personal writings and memoirs and as analyzed by present-day scholars. The materials span the past two centuries and include historical studies as well as first-hand descriptions.
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| 978-1-61143-932-8 | Wigram, W. A., and Edgar T. A. Wigram. The Cradle of Mankind This work recounts the travels of a member of the Archbishop of Canterbury's Mission to the Assyrian Church throughout Syria, Northern Iraq, and Kurdistan in the early twentieth century. More... | $164.91 | Add to Cart |  |
| 978-1-4632-0157-9 | Oueijan, Naji. Lord Byron’s Oriental World The book is a collections of eleven articles written by the author about Lord Byron's personal and literary involvement in Oriental life and creativity. Byron’s genuine Oriental scholarship provides the platform upon which the articles are based. The authentic images of the East and the West in Byron’s Oriental tales and some of his major works, Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, are analyzed to expose the influences of both worlds on his personal life and career.
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| 978-1-59333-655-4 | Arapoglou, Eleftheria. A Bridge Over the Balkans: Demetra Vaka Brown and the Tradition of "Women's Orients" This book is a critical study of Demetra Vaka Brown, one of the most significant Greek American writers of the turn of the last century, framed within the fields of “Orientalism” and cultural studies. More... | $162.50 | Add to Cart |  |
| 978-1-59333-783-4 | Richardson, E. Letters from a Distant Shore The Journal of Sarah Ann Breath is an account of a trip from Boston to Oroomiah (modern Urumia) Persia in June, 1849 by the wife of missionary printer Edward Breath. Sarah describes the journey by sail, steamship, and overland caravan and the couple’s encounter with Assyrian, Kurdish and Nestorian Christian communities. More... | $80.00 | Add to Cart |  |
| 978-1-61143-375-3 | Badger, George. The Nestorians and Their Rituals The travels of an Anglican emissary to the Eastern Churches, their situation at the time of the visit, and the liturgy, creed, and offices of the Church of the East. More... | $184.00 | Add to Cart |  |
| 978-1-61143-935-9 | Eton, William, and C. Lefebvre. Tableau historique, politique et moderne de l'empire ottoman. The Ottoman Empire, its finances and army, the religion of Turkey, the history of the Osmanlis, the state of the provinces, its foreign relations and the British trade with Turkey by a British consul in Turkey; one of the first expressly Philhellene books. More... | $205.30 | Add to Cart |  |
| 978-1-59333-922-7 | Pignot, Hélène. Christians under the Ottoman Turks In the 17th century, only the most intrepid and passionate travellers ventured into the faraway lands of the Ottoman Empire. Their narratives provide a valuable but also entertaining testimony on the everyday life of Orthodox Christians in Greece and Anatolia. More... | $131.25 | Add to Cart |  |
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