Island Of the Blessed
by Thurston, Harry
Harry Thurston is among Canada’s most widely published freelance journalists, having written twelve books and feature articles for more than thirty of North America’s leading magazines, including Audubon, Equinox, and National Geographic. These articles have garnered six national journalism awards. He lives in Nova Scotia.
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Island of the Blessed follows the footsteps of a Canadian-led international team of archaeologists as they penetrate the Sahara to unlock the secrets of Egypt's "everlasting oasis" -- Dakhleh. This fertile island in a sea of sand has been home to humans for almost half a million years. Archaeologists are using high-tech methods to decipher humankind's prehistory and have unearthed… Read more about this item Item Price
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Doubleday Canada, 2003. 388 pp, 9 1/4" H. "(I)n the Western Desert, where decades might pass between rains, and showers often evaporate before they hit the ground, lies the 'other Egypt', where a story as old as the sands has lain for millennia. In this tiny island of green - with its shifting borders of deadly sand, verdant farms,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Doubleday Canada. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0385259697 . Tight crisp book, unmarked but for signature of the multi-talented Thurston title page; in crisp dust jacket with 3 cm repaired edgetear. ; 400 pages; Signed by Author . Item Price
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