Eating
the Flowers of Paradise : A Journey Through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia
and Yemen
by Kevin Rushby
Book Description Ethiopia in eastern Africa and Yemen on the
Arabian peninsula remain two of the most inviting outposts for travelers
seeking the exotic. In these two places, Qat is just one name given to
a green leafy plant that is cultivated there. When chewed, the leaves of
this plant release two substances that produce a hypnotic, reverential
"high," distinctive in the thoughtful state it induces. Kevin Rushby discovered
that the use of Qat is a way of life since it plays a pivotal role in all
facets of the...
A
History of Modern Yemen
by Paul Dresch (Author)
Book Description Yemen's modern history is unique and deserves
to be better understood. While the borders of most Middle East states were
defined by colonial powers after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, a
single Yemeni state was not formed until 1990. In fact, much of Yemen's
twentieth-century history was taken up constructing such a state, forged
after years of civil war. The book is augmented by illustrations, maps
and a detailed chronology.
Paperback: 304 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x
8.98 x 6.04
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt); ; (February 2001)
ISBN: 052179482X
Yemen
: The Unknown Arabia
by Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Martin Yeoman (Illustrator)
Motoring
With Mohammed : Journeys to Yemen and the Red Sea (Vintage Departures)
by Eric Hansen
Yemen
: The Unknown Arabia
by Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Martin Yeoman (Illustrator)
The
Road to Redemption : The Jews of the Yemen 1900-1950 (Brill's Series in
Jewish Studies, Vol 17)
by Tudor Parfitt
Yemen
by Laurence Deonna, Corinne Borel (Translator)
Yemen:
Revised Edition
by G. Rex Yemens Smith, Paul Auchterlonie (Editor)
Impressions
of Yemen
by Pascal Marechaux, Maria Marechaux (Contributor), Kathleen Guillaume
(Translator)
Passover
Haggadah: The Original Tradition of the Jews of Yemen
by Ben-Tsur Chaim
A
History of Modern Yemen
by Paul Dresch (Author)
The
History of Al-Tabari : The Sasanids, the Byzantines, the Lakmids, and Yemen
(Suny Series in Near Eastern Studies)
by C. E. Bosworth (Translator), Ehsan Yar-Shater (Preface)
'Peaks
of Yemen I Summon' : Poetry As Cultural Practice in a North Yemeni Tribe
by Steven C. Caton
Domestic
Government : Kinship, Community and Policy in North Yemen (Society and
Culture in the Modern Middle East)
by Martha Mundy
The
Flower of Paradise : The Institutionalized Use of the Drug Qat in North
Yemen (Culture, Illness, and Healing)
by John G. Kennedy
Medieval
Folk Astronomy and Agriculture in Arabia and the Yemen (Collected Studies,
Cs585)
by Daniel Martin Varisco
Studies
in the Medieval History of the Yemen and South Arabia (Collected Studies,
574)
by G. Rex Smith
Yemen
(Pallas Guide Series)
by Peter Wald
A Day Above Yemen
by John J. Nowell
Book Description: “A Day Above Yemen” gives the reader an opportunity
to view the ancient land of Yemen from a modern perspective. From above,
the deep canyons and majestic mountains of Hadramawt, seem even more dramatic
than when viewed from the land.
Yemen is a land of such contrasts and beauty that it is impossible to
capture all its facets in one book. “A Day Above Yemen” give us a fascinating
glimpse into and over many of its varied regions.
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