Alpha Beta : How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World

Alpha Beta : How 26 Letters Shaped the Western World

By
John Man
John Man
2000 • 312 pages

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114 books

Italy

Daren
Daren
Who Wanders Alone
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
A View of the World: Selected Journalism
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
Islands Ahead
Ghosts of the Rialto

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26 books

Serbia

Daren
Daren
Through the Embers of Chaos : Balkan Journeys
Who Wanders Alone
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland
Pictures from the Balkans
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
The 8:55 to Baghdad

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133 books

Turkey

Daren
Daren
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Life on the Golden Horn
Journey Round Turkey
Corner Seat
Riding to the Tigris
Husky Be My Guide

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26 books

Bulgaria

Daren
Daren
Dragoman Pass
Corner Seat
Pictures from the Balkans
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
The Historian
Ox Travels: Meetings with Remarkable Travel Writers

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66 books

Iraq

Daren
Daren
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
Travels in American Iraq
The Marsh Arabs
Bagpipes in Babylon: A Lifetime in the Arab World and Beyond
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland

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70 books

Syria

Daren
Daren
Wanderings in Arabia
Revolt in the Desert
The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth
Middle East Journey
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland
Dust in the Lion's Paw

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49 books

Israel

Daren
Daren
Revolt in the Desert
The Splendour of Israel
Middle East Journey
Round the World in Seventy Days
In Xanadu: A Quest
The Phoenix in the Desert
Rivers of time

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124 books

Russia

Daren
Daren
Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People
All the Right Places
The Incredible Mile: Siberia - Mongolia - Uzbekistan
Siberian Dream
Off The Rails
Holy Russia: An Historical Companion to European Russia
Corner Seat

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37 books

Lebanon

Daren
Daren
Revolt in the Desert
Once Upon A Time In Beirut: A Journey To The Heart of the Middle East
Corner Seat
Middle East Journey
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland
Round the World in Seventy Days

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11 books

Cyprus

Daren
Daren
In Xanadu: A Quest
The Riddle and the Knight: In search of Sir John Mandeville
Arabia Felix: The Danish Expedition of 1761-1767
Gods of the Stones: Travels in the Middle East
The Voyages and Travels
Why Angels Fall: A Journey Through Orthodox Europe From Byzantium to Kosovo

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525 books

History

Daren
Daren
In Xanadu: A Quest
The Age of Kali
Autobiography of a geisha
The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary
Guests of Ayatollah : The First Battle in the West's War on Militant Islam
Fragmentation of the Middle East: The Last Thirty Years
Russia: A Journey to the Heart of a Land and its People

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113 books

France

Daren
Daren
The Terminal Man
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Let Them Call It Jazz
From Le Pigeonnier
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
The Sun Also Rises
A Single Swallow: Following An Epic Journey From South Africa To South Wales

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139 books

Europe Western

Daren
Daren
Death In The Afternoon
The Terminal Man
For Love and a Beetle: A Tale of Two Journeys
Through the Embers of Chaos : Balkan Journeys
Four Kiwis and a Falcon
Silk Hats and No Breakfast
From Le Pigeonnier

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74 books

Greece

Daren
Daren
The Lost Empire of Atlantis: An Ancient Mystery Revealed
Who Wanders Alone
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Corner Seat
Greece and the Islands
Islands Ahead
Captive Kiwi

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89 books

Japan

Daren
Daren
Autobiography of a geisha
Blossoms and Shadows
All the Right Places
A Bridge for Passing
Tales of Old Japan: Folklore, Fairy Tales, Ghost Stories and Legends of the Samurai
With My Back to the East
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan

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13 books

Korea South

Daren
Daren
Blue Sky Kingdom: An Epic Family Journey to the Heart of the Himalaya
A Year of Space
This One Time, In Korea...
Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles
War Trash
Colour of Asia
Holidays in Hell: In Which Our Intrepid Reporter Travels to the World's Worst Places and Asks, "What's Funny about This?"

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17 books

Czech Republic

Daren
Daren
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
The Rise and Fall of Prussia
Russia: A 1000 Year Chronicle of the Wild East
Stalin's Nose : Across the Face of Europe
Utz
New Europe
Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey

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62 books

Germany

Daren
Daren
Prince Borghese's Trail: 10,000 Miles over Two Continents, Four Deserts, and the Roof of the World in the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge
Amber, Furs and Cockleshells: Bike Rides with Pilgrims and Merchants
The Rise and Fall of Prussia
Corner Seat
Better Than Fiction: True Travel Tales from Great Fiction Writers
Husky Be My Guide
First Overland

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32 books

Mongolia

Daren
Daren
The Incredible Mile: Siberia - Mongolia - Uzbekistan
Off The Rails
Gantsara: Alone Across Mongolia
Five Months in a Leaky Boat: A River Journey Through Siberia
Lost in Mongolia: Rafting the World's Last Unchallenged River
Kublai Khan: The Mongol King Who Remade China
In Search of Genghis Khan

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121 books

Egypt

Daren
Daren
To the Holy Shrines
Revolt in the Desert
Return Ticket
The Last of the Bedu: In Search of the Myth
Middle East Journey
Egypt Painted & Described
The Phoenix in the Desert

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2,746 books

Owned

Daren
Daren
Two Under the Indian Sun
Sailing with Mohammed
Beowulf
Slowly Down the Ganges
One Lonely Night
Killer Mine
The Snake

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8 books

Korea North Dprk

Daren
Daren
Falling Off the Map: Some Lonely Places of the World
Ticket to Ride: Around the World on 49 Unusual Train Journeys
What You Don't Know about North Korea Could Fill a Book
Off The Map
North Korea Journal
The Border: A Journey Around Russia Through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, and the Northeast Passage
Pacific: The Ocean of the Future

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1,372 books

Uk Author

Daren
Daren
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
City of Djinns
In Xanadu: A Quest
The Age of Kali
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
The Baker's Boy

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2,141 books

Non Fiction

Daren
Daren
Days and Nights in Calcutta
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
In Xanadu: A Quest
Danziger's Travels: Beyond Forbidden Frontiers
Infiltrators: Guns Drugs Deception And Murder Duty Calls
Paddy O'Brien: Whistle While You Work

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136 books

Middle East

Daren
Daren
The Real "Bravo Two Zero"
Soldier Five: The Real Truth about the Bravo Two Zero Mission
In Xanadu: A Quest
Guests of Ayatollah : The First Battle in the West's War on Militant Islam
Fragmentation of the Middle East: The Last Thirty Years
Lifting the Veil: Life in Revolutionary Iran
Travels in American Iraq
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