Christiane Bird
Autor von Neither East Nor West: One Woman's Journey Through the Islamic Republic of Iran
Über den Autor
Christiane Bird is the author of "The Jazz & Blues Lover's Guide to the U.S." & a coauthor of "Below the Line: Living Poor in America". A graduate of Yale University & former travel writer for the "Daily News", she lives in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography)
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Neither East Nor West: One Woman's Journey Through the Islamic Republic of Iran (2001) 145 Exemplare
A Block in Time: A New York City History at the Corner of Fifth Avenue and Twenty-Third Street (2022) 22 Exemplare
The Jazz And Blues Lover's Guide To The U.s.: With More Than 900 Hot Clubs, Cool Joints, Landmarks, And Legends,… (1994) 8 Exemplare
Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts, A 1 Exemplar
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- female
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- USA
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- New York, New York, USA
Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Tabriz, Iran - Ausbildung
- Columbia University (M.A. | American Studies)
Yale University (B.A. | Literature) - Berufe
- journalist
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The Sultan's Shadow: One Family's Rule at the… von Christiane Bird
Interesting, but I was never able to totally get into it. Salme really deserves a biography of her own.
Interesting, but I was never able to totally get into it. Salme really deserves a biography of her own.
A nicely written account of Zanzibar and it's rule under the Sultan's of Oman. This Island served as the staging ground for many ground breading expeditions into the heart of Africa including the ones by Dr. Livingstone and Morton Stanley in their quests to find the source of the Nile.
Also featuring in this narration are other related sideshows such as the brutal and inhuman slave trade carried on by the Arabs, Portuguese and Belgians, the scramble for Africa after the Treaty of Berlin, the various expeditions carried out by pioneers like Livingstone and Stanley, the early histories of this region and the spread of Islam and of course the centerpiece which is the life and times of the various Omani Sultans.… (mehr)
Also featuring in this narration are other related sideshows such as the brutal and inhuman slave trade carried on by the Arabs, Portuguese and Belgians, the scramble for Africa after the Treaty of Berlin, the various expeditions carried out by pioneers like Livingstone and Stanley, the early histories of this region and the spread of Islam and of course the centerpiece which is the life and times of the various Omani Sultans.… (mehr)
A nicely written account of Zanzibar and it's rule under the Sultan's of Oman. This Island served as the staging ground for many ground breading expeditions into the heart of Africa including the ones by Dr. Livingstone and Morton Stanley in their quests to find the source of the Nile.
Also featuring in this narration are other related sideshows such as the brutal and inhuman slave trade carried on by the Arabs, Portuguese and Belgians, the scramble for Africa after the Treaty of Berlin, the various expeditions carried out by pioneers like Livingstone and Stanley, the early histories of this region and the spread of Islam and of course the centerpiece which is the life and times of the various Omani Sultans.… (mehr)
Also featuring in this narration are other related sideshows such as the brutal and inhuman slave trade carried on by the Arabs, Portuguese and Belgians, the scramble for Africa after the Treaty of Berlin, the various expeditions carried out by pioneers like Livingstone and Stanley, the early histories of this region and the spread of Islam and of course the centerpiece which is the life and times of the various Omani Sultans.… (mehr)
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