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Passionate Nomad: The Life of Freya Stark (Modern Library Paperbacks)
from Modern Library
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I am a passinate traveler and this book is riveting in the description of Freya Stark's adventureous travels. It is very suspenseful and thrilling to read because of the risks that Freya took in her many travels. Jane Fletcher Geniesse, is a wonderful biographer and she has portrayed Freya Stark as... more info

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The Journey's Echo: Selections from Freya Stark (Ecco Travels)
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It is too bad that the book has gone out of print, because new generations will no longer find the experience the earthly beauty in her writing and the rare sensitivity in her perceptions of people, events and geography. As so:
"As we rode back, and the valley lay shining before us with the... more info

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A Winter in Arabia: A Journey Through Yemen
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A travel memoir written in the late 1930s - and 1000 years ago. It's a beautifully written, gentle book of a harsh land and its tribal peoples. Stark, is both poet and pragmatist. More musings and personal interactions than places and things, the book is a pleasure to read and savor. I wonder if the... more info

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The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels (Modern Library Paperbacks)
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I just finished reading this book, which concluded our 2008 book club list. Like many of the books I'm reading these days, I'm sorry to have only now read this travel classic. What a pleasure it was to share Freya Stark's long-ago journey to the wilds of Persia. Although I share other reviewers'... more info

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The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut (Modern Library Paperbacks)
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Price: $6.20

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Freya Stark is a writer of incomparable English prose. All her writing is infused with depth and sensitivity, and completely lacking in the typical bored/sniffy American or European point of view. I would recommend this book to everyone across the world who has an interest in brilliant commentary.

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Freya Stark (Lives of Modern Women)
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Alexander's Path: From Caria to Cilicia
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The perfect complement to be reading during our hiking trip in Lycia, spring, 2002. Challenged by the meagerness of the historical record of Alexander's progress along the Lycian coast, Stark set out in the 1950s to retrace and discover his most likely trail. Alexander had come to Xanthos, then... more info

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Freya Stark in Southern Arabia
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Freya Stark: A Biography
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Ionia, a quest / Freya Stark
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