Search Results for ‘Iraq’ - 23 matches found

Iraq

A clear and detailed general map with relief depicted by elevation tinting and spot heights. Landscape features such as lakes, salt lakes, salt flats, water holes, swamps & deserts are distinguished...

Iraq - Kuwait

Indexed road map of Iraq with topographic and tourist information, including street plans of Baghdad and Kuwait City plus a map of ancient Mesopotamia. The map, published by Reise Know-How as part of...

Iraq: Then and Now

Bradt’s “Iraq: Then & Now” is a superb look at the history of Iraq, and the country as it is today.
Iraq’s history may be blemished by conflict and bloodshed, but during periods of serenity, splendid...

Among the Mountains: Travels Through Asia

Wilfred Thesiger, arguably last century's greatest explorer, recalls his travels among the mountain ranges of Asia. Although he originally wanted it to be a book of photographs, his diaries contained...

Arabian Sands

Arabian Sands chronicles Wilfred Thesiger’s five years of exploration in the waterless desert ‘Empty Quarter’ of Arabia, amongst the Bedu people. Thesiger’s 1945 visit was the first by a European to...

Occupational Hazards

Now available in paperback with an additional epilogue, Rory Stewart's "Occupational Hazards" is a must-read account of the first few years of the occupation of Iraq from within its governing structures...

The Marsh Arabs

The Marsh Arabs by Wilfred Thesiger. Between 1951and 1958 Wilfred Thesiger spent several months of each year living among the tribal Marsh Arabs in southern Iraq. He gradually won acceptance, as he...

Iraq Wall Map

A clear and detailed 73x67cm map with relief depicted by elevation tinting and spot heights. Landscape features such as lakes, salt lakes, salt flats, water holes, swamps & deserts are distinguished...

Flag of Iraq (2008 'God Is Great' design)

Flags are a great way to show some national pride, pay homage to a fondly remembered visit abroad, celebrate a special occasion, or simply decorate the wall of your room.
Flags measure 5’x 3’ (152.4...

Badlands - a tourist trail on the axis of evil

Tony Wheeler, founder of Lonely Planet, travelled through some of the world’s most repressive and dangerous regimes. Wheeler says, “When Mr Bush produced his ‘Axis of Evil’ list, my first thought was...

The Wars Against Saddam

SIGNED COPIES! “The Wars Against Saddam” is a startling frontline depiction of conflicts that few journalists have been as close to as John Simpson. He has spent more that twenty years reporting from...

Guide for U.S. Forces Serving in Iraq (1943)

“American success or failure in Iraq may well depend on whether the Iraqis like American soldiers or not. It may not be quite that simple. But then again it could.”
This advice for American soldiers...

Iraq & the heart of the Middle East

The principal 91x59cm map is centred on Iraq and also shows, in their entirety, the states of Jordan, Syria, Israel, Lebanon & Kuwait. The cartography is the usual NGS style of political borders clearly...

A Hundred And One Days: A Baghdad Journal

In January 2003 Asne Seierstad entered Baghdad on a ten-day visa. She was to stay for over three months, reporting on the war and its aftermath.
A Hundred and One Days is her compelling account is her...

Iraq

Indexed map of Iraq and most of Kuwait, with a plan of central Baghdad and an inset showing the main sites of ancient Mesopotamia. The map has altitude colouring, shows the country’s road and rail networks...

Misadventure in the Middle East: Travels as Tramp, Artist & Spy

British artist Henry Hemming set out in a pick-up truck called Yasmine to begin an extraordinary journey through the Middle East post-9/11.
Unsure how he’d make enough money to even stay on the road...

Ottoman Empire

Historical map of the Ottoman Empire from New Holland, that dominated territories across the Middle East, North Africa and south-eastern Europe. The map explores the steady expansion of the Empire from...

World-wide Topographic Map Series - TPC

Military topographic survey mapping covering about 80% of the world's land masses and significant islands. TPC stands for Tactical Pilotage Chart. These maps are designed primarily as flying charts...

Iraq

Somewhat cluttered by town names, this is, nevertheless, a useful map of Iraq. The individual provinces are marked in different colours. Roads, railways, airports and rivers are shown. Some limited...

World-wide Topographic Map Series - ONC

Military topographic survey mapping covering the world's land masses and significant islands. ONC stands for Operational Navigation Chart. These maps are designed primarily as flying charts for military...