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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...
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A Literary Journey through Exotic Lands and Cultural Insights
The Complete Works of Sir Richard Francis Burton (Illustrated & Annotated Edition) is a rich collection of the literary masterpieces of the esteemed a...
"First Footsteps in East Africa" by Sir Richard Francis Burton is a captivating example of African travel literature, documenting Burton's groundbreak...
Complete Annotated Edition
The Book of the Thousand Nights and A Night is a collection of Middle Eastern, West Asian and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic du...
(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...
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...
First Footsteps in East Africa By Sir Richard Francis Burton...
By Sir Richard F. Burton
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...
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...
And Across the Rocky Mountains to California
In this classic travelogue, 19th-century adventurer Richard Francis Burton recounts his journey to the holy cities of Mecca and Medina in disguise as ...
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...
City, Island, and Coast
An Exploration of Harar
A detailed description of the author's travels into the interior of what was then unknown country. His observations and reflections provide a thrillin...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
The exotic tales of the Arabian Nights have charmed and delighted readers across the world for almost a millennia. The collection features hundreds of...
From aphrodisiacs to special touches, from orgasm-delaying techniques to the endless varieties of kisses, "The Kama Sutra" is a wellspring of erotic k...
By a F.R.G.S.
In this 1863 work, explorer Sir Richard Burton recounts life, work and death in nineteenth-century West Africa....
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...
A Personal Narrative; Volume 2
In the mid-19th century, two British explorers set out on a dangerous journey to find gold on the harsh and unforgiving Gold Coast of Africa. Richard ...
Complete Tales of 1001 Arabian Nights in One Volume. Illustrated
This book contents a complete collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English a...