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"I have entitled this account of my summer's tour through Al-Hijaz, a Personal Narrative, and I have laboured to make its nature correspond with its n...
"First Footsteps in East Africa" from Richard Francis Burton. English geographer, explorer, pastry chef, translator, writer, soldier (1821-1890)....
(Richard Francis Burton Classics Collection)
I doubt not there are many who ignore the fact that in Eastern Africa, scarcely three hundred miles distant from Aden, there is a counterpart of ill-f...
The Gypsy and El Islam
A History of Daggers, Sabers, and Scimitars from Ancient Times to the Modern Day
โThe history of the sword,โ the author writes in his introduction, โis the history of humanity.โ For centuries, the sword has been a symbol of...
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah - Volume 2 by Richard Francis Burton AL-MADINAH contains but few families descended from the...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was ...
Richard Francis Burton's firsthand account of his pilgrimage to Mecca is a classic of travel literature. He details the challenges he faced as a non-M...
1001 Nights, Kama Sutra, First Footsteps in East Africa, Perfumed Garden, Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah and Book of Swords
Richard Francis Burton, a renowned adventurer and translator, presents readers with a comprehensive collection of his works in 'The Complete Works of ...
The Kama Sutra of Vatsayayana author: Sir Richard Francis Burton An ancient Indian text on human sexual behavior, widely considered to be the standard...
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"Man should study the Kama Sutra and the arts and sciences subordinate thereto, in addition to the study of the arts and sciences contained in Dharma ...
In this classic travelogue, 19th-century adventurer Richard Francis Burton recounts his journey to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in disguise as ...
And Across the Rocky Mountains to California
The Kama Sutra is an ancient Indian Hindu text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by Va...
(Complete Annotated Edition)
"In tide of yore and in time long gone before, there was a King of the Kings of the Banu Sรกsรกn in the Islands of India and China, a Lord of armies a...
THE HISTORY OF THE SWORD is the history of humanity. The "White Arm" means something more than the "oldest, the most universal, the most varied of wea...
By Sir Richard F. Burton
The exotic tales of the Arabian Nights have charmed and delighted readers across the world for almost a millennia. The collection features hundreds of...
City, Island, and Coast
Posing as a wandering dervish, Burton gained admittance to the holy Kaabah and to the tomb of the prophet at Medina and participated in all the ritual...
From aphrodisiacs to special touches, from orgasm-delaying techniques to the endless varieties of kisses, "The Kama Sutra" is a wellspring of erotic k...
The Perfect Bedside Companion
Written in India nearly two centuries ago, this landmark of sensuality explores the rules and commandments of love, pleasure, and mutual gratification...
His Life and His Lusiads
The Seductions of Sociobiology
Much of the evolutionary biology that has grabbed headlines in recent years has sprung from the efforts of sociobiologists and evolutionary psychologi...
The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night (1885), subtitled A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments, is a celebrated En...
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His Life and His Lusiads : a Commentary
The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings
Description: This book takes a fresh look at the earliest Buddhist texts and offers various suggestions how the teachings in them had developed. Two t...
Vikram and the Vampire: Dark Tales of Hindu Devilry
Vikram and the Vampire; or, Tales of Hindu Devilry by Sir Richard Francis Burton: First published in 1870, this collection of folk tales from India fe...