Nelson, by Oman, Carola, 1897-1978

Pacific Apostle : the 1920-21 diary of David O. McKay in the Latter-day Saint Island Missions / by McKay, David O. 1873-1970

Subjects: “…McKay, David O. (David Oman), 1873-1970 Diaries.…”
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Embassy to the Eastern courts : America's secret first pivot toward Asia, 1832-37 / by Jampoler, Andrew C. A., 1942-

Table of Contents: “…The first cruise, March 8, 1832-May 31, 1834 : USS Peacock and USS Boxer -- President Jackson, Secretary Woodbury, and Mister Roberts -- The Frigate USS Potomac at Kuala Batee -- Master Commandant Geisinger, Chargé d'Affaires Baylies, and Surgeon Ticknor -- Monte Video to Manila -- China, Cochin China, and Siam -- Oman, Mozambique, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, and New York -- Part 2. …”
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Umm Kulthum : A Voice like Egypt by Goldman, Michal

Foreign correspondent : a memoir / by Greenway, H. D. S., 1935-

Table of Contents: “…A different world -- Going to work for Uncle Sam and Henry Luce -- Assignments in London and Washington -- Coming into Vietnam -- Away to war, home in Hong Kong -- My luck runs out -- The South Vietnamese hold the line -- The Americans depart -- A curious coda -- The Fall of Saigon -- Returning to Saigon -- Covering Southeast Asia -- On the Opium Trail -- Laos : "The end of nowhere" -- Cambodia : between the tiger and to crocodile -- Indonesian New Guinea : stoning the Stone Age men -- Australian New Guinea : missionaries, cannibals, & cargo cults -- Muhammad Ali's holy war -- Bangladesh : birth of a nation -- The first Washington Post Bureau in Israel since 2000 years -- Sadat comes to Jerusalem -- Coming home -- Oman : a colony in all but name -- Bad days in Beirut -- The Soviet empire crumbles -- Balkan tragedy -- Saddam Hussein goes to war -- Baghdad nights -- To the Khyber Pass.…”

Voices from Hudson Bay : Cree stories from York Factory /

Table of Contents: “…David Massan -- Catherine Anderson -- Alex Ouscan -- Joseph and Amelia Saunders -- Abel Chapman -- Archelaus Beardy -- Fred Beardy -- Richard Beardy -- Albert and Amy Hill -- Elizabeth Oman -- Mary Redhead -- John Neepin.…”
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Voices from Hudson Bay : Cree stories from York Factory /

Table of Contents: “…Treaties and Treaty DaysGrandfathers and Grandmothers -- Leaving York Factory -- BIOGRAPHIES -- David Massan -- Catherine Anderson -- Alex Ouscan -- Joseph and Amelia Saunders -- Abel Chapman -- Archelaus Beardy -- Fred Beardy -- Richard Beardy -- Albert and Amy Hill -- Elizabeth Oman -- Mary Redhead -- John Neepin -- Afterword -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y…”
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Travellers to the Middle East from Burckhardt to Thesiger : an anthology /

Table of Contents: “…Jarvis : Three deserts -- Thomas Hodgkin : Letters from Palestine, 1932-1936 -- Percy Cox : 'Some excursions in Oman' -- T.E. Lawrence : Revolt in the desert -- Ameen Rihani : Ibn Sa'oud of Arabia : his people and his land -- Freya Stark : The southern gates of Arabia -- Bertram Thomas : Arabia felix -- Wilfred Thesiger : Arabian sands -- George Nathaniel Curzon : Persia and the Persian question -- E.G. …”
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Undying curiosity : Carsten Niebuhr and the Royal Danish Expedition to Arabia (1761-1767) / by Baack, Lawrence J.

Table of Contents: “…Frustration and Failure in the SinaiSailing the Red Sea -- Discovering Marine Life and Creating a Chart; Scientific Discovery in Yemen: Exploring the Tihāmah and the Coffee Mountains; A Tragic Ending in Yemen: al Mukhā -- Şan'ā' -- Bombay; Chapter Three; The Solitary Explorer The Long Journey Home: India, the Persian Gulf and Lands of the Middle East; Rejuvenation and Inspiration: A Brief Exposure to The Culture of Western India; The Voyage from Bombay to al Başrah: Oman, Persepolis and Pirates of the Persian Gulf…”
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Travellers to the Middle East from Burckhardt to Thesiger : an anthology /

Table of Contents: “…Jarvis : Three deserts -- Thomas Hodgkin : Letters from Palestine, 1932-1936 -- Percy Cox : 'Some excursions in Oman' -- T.E. Lawrence : Revolt in the desert -- Ameen Rihani : Ibn Sa'oud of Arabia : his people and his land -- Freya Stark : The southern gates of Arabia -- Bertram Thomas : Arabia felix -- Wilfred Thesiger : Arabian sands -- George Nathaniel Curzon : Persia and the Persian question -- E.G. …”
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Profiles of people in power : the world's government leaders / by East, Roger

Table of Contents: “…Patterson -- Japan / Akihito and Junichiro Koizumi -- Jordan / Abdullah II and Ali Abu al-Ragheb -- Kazakhstan / Nursultan Nazarbayev and Imangali Tasmagambetov -- Kenya / Mwai Kibaki and Daniel arap Moi -- Kiribati / Teburoro Tiito -- Korea, North / Kim Il Sung, Kim Yong Nam, Kim Jong II and Hong Song Nam -- Korea, South / Kim Dae Jung, Roh Moo Hyun and Kim Suk Soo -- Kuwait / Sheikh Jaber and Sheikh Saad -- Kyrgyzstan / Askar Akayev and Nikolay Tanayev -- Laos / Khamtay Siphandone and Bounnyang Vorachit -- Latvia / Vaira Vike-Freiberga and Einars Repse -- Lebanon / Emile Lahoud and Rafiq al-Hariri -- Lesotho / Letsie III and Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili -- Liberia / Charles Taylor -- Libya / Moamer al-Kadhafi and Mubarak al-Shamikh -- Liechtenstein / Hans-Adam II and Otmar Hasler -- Lithuania / Valdas Adamkus, Rolandas Paksas and Algirdas Brazauskas -- Luxembourg / Henri and Jean-Claude Juncker -- Macedonia / Boris Trajkovski and Branko Crvenkovski -- Madagascar / Marc Ravalomanana and Jacques Sylla -- Malawi / Bakili Muluzi -- Malaysia / Syed Sirajuddin and Mahathir Mohamed -- Maldives / Maumoon Abdul Gayoom -- Mali / Amadou Toumani Toure and Ahmed Mohamed Ag Hamani -- Malta / Guido de Marco and Eddie Fenech Adami -- Marshall Islands / Kessai Note -- Mauritania / Maaouya ould Sid' Ahmed Taya and Cheikh el-Avia ould Mohamed Khouna -- Mauritius / Karl Offmann and Anerood Jugnauth -- Mexico / Vicente Fox -- Micronesia / Leo Falcam -- Moldova / Vladimir Voronin and Vasile Tarlev -- Monaco / Rainier III and Patrick Leclercq -- Mongolia / Natsagyn Bagabandi and Nambariyn Enkhbayar -- Morocco / Mohammed VI and Driss Jettou -- Mozambique / Joaquim Alberto Chissano and Pascoal Mocumbi -- Myanmar / Than Shwe -- Namibia / Sam Nujoma and Theo-Ben Gurirab -- Nauru / Rene Harris and Bernard Dowiyogo -- Nepal / Gyanendra and Lokendra Bahadur Chand -- Netherlands / Beatrix and Jan Peter-Balkenende -- New Zealand / Dame Silvia Cartwright and Helen Clark -- Nicaragua / Enrique Bolanos -- Niger / Mamadou Tandja and Hama Amadou -- Nigeria / Olusegun Obasanjo -- Norway / Harald V. and Kjell Magne Bondevik -- Oman / Qaboos -- Pakistan / Pervez Musharraf and Mir Zafarullah Jamali -- Palau / Tommy Remengesau -- Palestine / Yassir Arafat -- Panama / Mireya Moscoso -- Papua New Guinea / Silas Atopare and Michael Somare -- Paraguay / Luis Gonzalez Macchi -- Peru / Alejandro Toledo and Luis Solari -- Philippines / Gloria Macapagal Arroyo -- Poland / Aleksander Kwasniewski and Leszek Miller -- Portugal / Jorge Sampaio and Jose Manuel Durao Barroso -- Qatar / Sheikh Hamad and Sheikh Abdullah -- Romania / Ion Iliescu and Adrian Nastase -- Russian Federation / Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Kasyanov -- Rwanda / Paul Kagame and Bernard Makuza -- St. …”
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