For four months and five hundred miles Colin Thubron walked the mountains of Lebanon, following tracks and rivers. His journey was not only a survey of a remarkable country, but a quest for the gods and divinities who held the secrets of death and rebirth in the land's ancient cults. He visited almost every place of cultural importance, and lived with the people along his way, recording a country of outstanding natural scenery, rich with a unique medley of races and religions. The Hills of Adonis is both a travel book ...
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For four months and five hundred miles Colin Thubron walked the mountains of Lebanon, following tracks and rivers. His journey was not only a survey of a remarkable country, but a quest for the gods and divinities who held the secrets of death and rebirth in the land's ancient cults. He visited almost every place of cultural importance, and lived with the people along his way, recording a country of outstanding natural scenery, rich with a unique medley of races and religions. The Hills of Adonis is both a travel book and a personal journal; for the quest is the search for meaning, a reflection on faith and reason and a poem on the joy and complexity of living.
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Add this copy of The Hills of Adonis (Travel Library) to cart. $12.62, good condition, Sold by The Guru Bookshop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1987 by Penguin Books Ltd.
Add this copy of The Hills of Adonis (Travel Library) to cart. $13.92, very good condition, Sold by The Guru Bookshop rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, WALES, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1987 by Penguin Books Ltd.
Add this copy of Hills of Adonis (Transaction Large Print Books) to cart. $15.12, good condition, Sold by Goldstone Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ammanford, CARMS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1989 by ISIS Large Print Books.
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Add this copy of The Hills of Adonis to cart. $20.26, very good condition, Sold by Sixpence, ships from Edinburgh, MIDLOTHIAN, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1968 by Heinemann.
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Very Good. No Jacket. Ex-Library A very good tight clean copy of the first edition. Very few marks to page edges. Page 67 was mis-cut in printing and small "extension"to top corner still in place. Usual Library stamps with Edinburgh City Libraries sign (with open book)embossed inside back cover. The pictorial boards are very good with slight rubbing to lower corners. In protective cover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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