For the Love of Grief is a raw and honest account of personal grief. Anecdotes from the author's own experiences pepper the book, and Manley offers insight into the generally-accepted stages of grief.
Cairo has for centuries been recognized as one of the great cities of the world, and this anthology brings together travelers' descriptions of it over the centuries-from the comments of Herodotus to t
Women travelers in Egypt in the nineteenth century saw aspects of the country unseen by their male counterparts, as they spent time both in the harems of Cairo and with the women they met along the Ni
The stretch of the longest river in the world that nurtured the world's first great civilization has drawn and impressed visitors since ancient times. The Greeks were fascinated by the mysterious annu
No land on earth has been so long observed as Egypt, which was attracting awestruck travellers back in the days of Herodotus and Julius Caesar. Then came pilgrims to Sinai, crusaders and Napoleon, fol
Sinai has long attracted travelers to its ancient caravan routes and haunting landscapes, and visitors have frequently left written accounts of their experiences. In this wide-ranging anthology, Debor
This work collects short excerpts of writings of (primarily European) travelers' experiences of the deserts of Egypt. Most of the writings date from the 18th and 19th centuries, but a few date back to
