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The River of Doubt, Review

The River of Doubt, Review. The River of Doubt. THE RIVER OF DOUBT: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey. Doubleday ISBN 0-385-50796-8 $26.00. He sets off into the Brazilian jungle to venture up an uncharted tributary of the Amazon, known as ‘The River of Doubt’. A journey of 400 miles took them across the Brazilian Highlands to the Amazon basin. Three years earlier, while exploring the region, Rondon had discovered a twisting foaming waterway. With no clue where it went if it went anywhere at al...

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Valverde's Gold, Review

Valverde's Gold, Review. Valverde's Gold, Review. PUBLISHER: FARRAR STRAUS GIROUX. I suspect that Valverde’s Gold will leave many an armchair explorer ruminating on the riddle of the Inca hoard. For those who want a stab at finding it themselves, Valverde’s directions to the treasure caves are reproduced as an Appendix. Written for The Washington Post). Posted by Mangorains at 3:11 PM.

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Book Reviews

The River of Doubt. Miracle in the Andes. India in Slow Motion. Posted by Mangorains at 10:36 AM.

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IN SEARCH OF KING SOLOMON'S MINES

IN SEARCH OF KING SOLOMON'S MINES. IN SEARCH OF KING SOLONON'S MINES. Taking his leads from a mixture of texts including The Septuagint, the earliest known form of the Bible, as well as using geological, geographical and folkloric sources, Tahir Shah sets out in search for Solomon's gold mines. For him the obvious place to look is Ethiopia, in the horn of Africa.

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Sorcerer's Apprentice

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SPECIAL PROJECTS

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Spectrum Guide to Jordan

Spectrum Guide to Jordan. Spectrum Guide to Jordan. Acclaimed as the most comprehensive handbook and reference guide to the Kingdom yet published, Tahir Shah's Spectrum Guide to Jordan is required reading for tourists, businessmen, scholars and history-buffs. No other work provides such a concise blend of Jordan's history and religious Faith, social fabric, cultural heritage and vision for the future. Posted by Mangorains at 7:17 AM.

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Teaching Stories

During the last three decades, the ancient philosophy of the Sufis has found its way to the West, where it has been championed for its level-headedness and its brutal simplicity. And now, at a time when many Muslims are feeling as if their religion has been hijacked by radical forces, the Sufis are finding a growing following in both East and West, for stressing moderation, and a sense of selflessness. A man went to a tattooist and told him to tattoo a ferocious tiger on his back. The tattooist began...

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Trail of Feathers, Tahir's notes

Trail of Feathers, Tahir's notes. Flight. Did it really start with the Wright Brothers? Perhaps. But the idea that ancient societies flew long before the rise of Western society, is something which transfixed me from from the day I first heard that the Incas may have flown, or at least glided, with primitive canopies. Posted by Mangorains at 3:01 PM.

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TRAIL OF FEATHERS

When the Spanish Conquistador Francisco Pizzaro arrived in Peru, in 1532, his retinue of monks reported that the Incas 'flew like birds' over the jungles. Using primitive hang-gliders, they were said to be able to complete a fifteen-day journey across jungle in fifteen minutes. The Aztecs, too, supposedly made similar gliding contraptions from stork feathers, called 'crirs'. Despite this, there are dozens of mythological and cultural records which hint at the possibility. King Solomon's kingdom was s...

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Tahir Shah

HOUSE OF THE TIGER KING. IN SEARCH OF KING SOLOMON’S MINES. BEYOND THE DEVIL’S TEETH. HOUSE OF THE TIGER KING. SEARCH FOR THE LOST CITY OF GOLD. SEARCH FOR KING SOLOMON’S MINES. SEARCH FOR THE LOST TREASURE OF AFGHANISTAN. We can all be explorers, and can all find wonderment wherever we are.". On the morning of her fifth birthday, Miki Suzuki’s aged grandfather gave her an unusual gift the fragment of a story. Feverishly excited, and exhausted after a long flight, she hit the ground running, in her despe...