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Begin a voyage through Persia and Afghanistan with renowned explorer Robert Byron in 'The Road to Oxiana'.This travelog recounts Byron's ten-month adv...
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This work presents a comprehensive history of the Byzantine Empire, from the establishment of Constantinople by Emperor Constantine around 330 AD to t...
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-The Road to Oxiana- is an account of Robert Byron's ten-month journey to Iran and Afghanistan in 1933-34 in the company of Christopher Sykes. This tr...
"Oxiana" refers to the region along Afghanistan's northern border. The book is an illustrated account of Robert Byron's ten-month journey to the Middl...
Over the course of several months during 1931 and 1932, Robert Byron journeyed to three countries teetering on the brink of change. In Russia, which w...
An Historical Perspective, A.D. 330-1453. The
An Historical Perspective, A.D. 330-1453
Travels to the Holy Mountain of Greece
In 1927, at the age of 22, Robert Byron journeyed to Athos with his friends and embarked on an adventure whose influence would remain with him for the...
Three rich young Englishmen cross pre-World War II Europe in an old car with a mixture of laugh-out-loud humor and perceptive commentary on art and ar...
Athos: Treasures and Men
The Station follows three high-spirited young men as they visit twenty monasteries on Mount Athos in 1927. They examine treasures, photograph frescoes...
First published in 1929, this highly influential study offers a historical perspective on the Byzantine Empire, from the establishment of Constantinop...
A History of Colour, Form and Iconography
First published in 1930, this book deals with Byzantine art, not as an isolated province, but as one intimately connected with the subsequent history ...
An essential cross-disciplinary reference for molecular interactions Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids offers a rigorous, comprehensive treatment ...
The Station by Robert Byron is Byron's in-depth record of his travels to Mount Athos, the spiritual heart of Eastern Orthodox Monasticism. Excerpt: "L...
This book is a supplement to the textbook Basic Technical Japanese. It introduces an additional 100 kanji that are important in building vocabulary fo...
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Even if you have had no Japanese-language training, you can learn how to translate technical manuals, research publications, and reference works. Basi...
"Of that Byzantine Empire the universal verdict of history is that it constitutes, without a single exception, the most thoroughly base and despicable...
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Athos, Treasures and Men. 1949 Reprint
A History of Colour, Form, and Iconography
Travels Through a Changing World