Bahrain (78 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Softcover shows moderate shelf wear. Text appears unmarked with back hinge re-glued. Ships FAST!

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 112 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.26 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Dilmun Committee, 2000. Octavo. Paperback. Book is very good. Great copy of this architecture and history title.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 112 pages. French language. 9.00x6.00x0.26 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. The Kingdom of Bahrain - The Financial Capital of the Middle East.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 112 pages. Italian language. 9.00x6.00x0.26 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 112 pages. German language. 9.00x6.00x0.26 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 100 pages. German language. 8.50x5.50x0.25 inches. In Stock.

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Paperback. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Book in near very good plus condition Small crease on extreme outer edge of front soft cover Negligible making on top block edge.

Map, profuse colour photographic illustrations, 161pp, a little worn dustjacket, quarto. Covers land and history, the state, development, services and social affairs.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Photographs of the museum, library and reproductions of manuscripts. Blue cloth, titled and blocked in silver, pictorial dust-jacket. A fine copy. To Chris [Clarkson] from Samar, 25.ii.97. Inscribed by Illustrator(s).

Condition: New.

4to. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (VG). Pp. 900, illus with b&w figures (no inscriptions).

Hardcover/Pappeinband. Condition: Gut. 159 p. ; num. ill. Guter Zustand. Einband mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, Folierung des Schubers minimal gelöst. Seiten sauber. Englisch-Arabischer Paralleltext. / Good. Cover shows mild wear., foiling of the slipcase minimally detached. Clean pages. English-Arabic parallel text. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1400.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Good. In goede staat. Softcover. Rijkelijk geà llustreerd. Leesvouwen.

Gebunden. Condition: New.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - International schooling has expanded rapidly in recent years, with the number of students educated in international schools projected to reach seven million by 2023. Drawing on the author's extensive experience conducting research in international schools across the globe, this book critically analyses the concept of international schooling and its rapid growth in the 21st century. It identifies the forces driving this trend, asking to what extent this is an enterprise that meets the needs of a global elite, and examining its relationship to national systems of education. The author demonstrates how wider social inequalities around socio-economic difference, ethnicity, 'race' and gender are reproduced through international schooling and examines the theory that 'international' curricula are in fact Western curricula. Presenting research from diverse countries including Russia, Malaysia, the UAE, the UK, and Bahrain, the author explores ways in which international schools adapt to local cultural contexts and examines the views of parents, students, teachers and school leaders towards the education that they provide.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. One of the earliest locally produced modern maps of Bahrain. Colour printed on both sides of a single sheet 95x70cm titled Manama North and Manama South respectively (giving a total size of @95x140cm). This folds down into colour illustrated card wraps 13x19cm containing colour maps to its interior and a booklet with 18pp English, 21pp Arabic texts presenting background information and a detailed index. Map near fine with closed fold tear where it is bound in and a pencilled label "Aramco Office" in the Industrial Area on the Manama South side with a couple of neat pencil underlines; booklet fine with some spotting; wraps very good with closed tears and creasing. This appears to be very rare with Worldcat locating only 2 institutions (OCLC 9684791: LoC; Ohio State University), and unrecorded on Library Hub. It dates shortly after Bahrain contracted Fairey Surveys to produce an important baseline series of topographical maps on various scales (1977, with subsequent editions into the 2000s), prior to which Bahrain maps had mainly been drawn by oil companies and the British and US military. In 1978 the Ministry of Housing established its Survey Directorate to maintain these surveys. This particular map, prepared by the Directorate on a scale of approx 1/2,500, is thus based on Fairey Surveys 1/10K (1977), Ministry of Housing development plans, and information supplied by the National Addressing Project (NAP). NAP, with the motto "To save time and effort", divided Bahrain into 11 Regions, of which Manama is No.3. Each Region was subdivided into numbered Blocks (eg, Block 320 is in Manama, identifiable by the "3" prefix). It defined a Block as a group of houses, shops, roads and lanes surrounded by avenues. Streets are classified as highways, avenues, roads, and lanes, with each road or lane number prefixed by the Block number (booklet pp2-5). This detailed map, captioned in Arabic and English and featuring an alphanumeric grid and Block numbers, shows the various street types, zones, major buildings, mosques, public areas, private areas, parks or gardens, and water. One of the maps inside the wraps shows Bahrain's 11 regional boundaries. The index is arranged into several types of important places followed by avenues, roads and lanes. Worldcat shows that corresponding maps for other regions were issued during 1980-82. (Reference: mapBH, "Fairey Surveys: History of modern map-making in Bahrain", 4/9/2024).

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 4to. pp. 128. profusely illustrated in colour photos. boards. dw. First Edition.

No Binding. Condition: Good. Deckle edged colour pictorial map / postcard with divided back 104x147mm. This presents both sides of the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with labels for settlements in Muscat and Oman, the Trucial States (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah), Qatar (Doha), Bahrain, Saudi Arabia (Dhahran), Kuwait, Iraq (Basra), and Iran (including Abadan and Bushire). The images feature camel riders, dhows, date palms, mountains, derricks, airstrips, ships, etc. Undated c1969-70 prior to the creation of the UAE. The Danish Missionary Society's General Bookshop opened at the American Mission Hospital in Bahrain in 1967, having left Aden due to the unrest. Managed by Danish bookseller Jorgen Jan Pedersen, it took over the operation Dr Samuel Zwemer had established in 1892. By 1969 it was trading as The Public Bookshop with branches in Manama, Bab Al Bahrain, and Adliya. By 1973 it was trading as The Family Bookshop with branches in Oman and Kuwait. It remained a major cultural hub in Bahrain until it closed in 2004. Good, postally used with 4 Bahrain stamps and Muharraq postmarks dated 23 Sp 72, creased along the centre, rubbed and creased to the corners with minor loss. (Reference: AMH Archives Team, "American Mission Hospital History Pages", AMH website, 20 Sep 2022).

No Binding. Condition: Good. Two b/w photos from the same series, each dated 7-3-73, 30x21cm including white borders, with printed pink paper captions affixed to the backs. Unfortunately the publisher details have been lost, but these are themed as "Arab Emirates, Union of (General)" and sequentially numbered ES341-080 and 081, and RRY32989 and RRY 32991. Good, without any editing marks to the images, creased to the corners with loss to one of the corners (not affecting image). (1) "Under Siege - Time, wind and sand are the besiegers whose attacks have sculpted the ruins of this 16th century Portuguese fort, standing in the unsparing sun on Muharraq Island, Bahrain. The islands of the small Persian Gulf nation, part of the Union of Arab Emirates, abound in such ruins". / (2) "Prehistoric Graveyard - Tens of thousands of mysterious Copper Age burial mounds undulate over the main island of Bahrain, in the Persian Gulf. They are believed to mark the site of the legendary lost city of Dilmun. They certainly form the largest and best preserved historic graveyard in the world".

No Binding. Condition: Good. Seven b/w matt photos, each 120x84mm including white border. Five show the entrance and facade of the Bahrain Police Fort (Qal'ah al-Diwan) in Manama from a distance, with mounted police, brass band, and other units on parade, one of which with a child in the foreground. One shows a pair of children in front of a Bahrain Police helicopter. Another shows Bahraini locals and ex-pats mingling in the car park with minaret visible in the distance. The photos are not dated or captioned, and the photographer and others in attendance are unfortunately not identified. Possibly 1960s. The Bahrain News Agency has some similar archive views online, also undated, of a ceremony, and the helicopter (BNA, "Archival image of Police Fort, Interior Ministry", 06 Sep 2018). Six photos are about very good with some foxing and light creasing. One (the helicopter) is rubbed with surface loss to the image. Unique.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original colour illustrated wraps 21x29cm. Printed at the Government Press, Ministry of Information, Bahrain. 93, (1)pp including folding sheet, many colour and b/w photos, maps, plans, and reproductions of paintings + 1 folding plan bound in towards the end. Very good, lightly creased to the corners. This presents the story of the "slowly falling into decay" fortress of Qalat al-Bahrain, from archaeological evidence excavated by the University of Paris, Bahrain's Department of Antiquities, and Bahrain School, and scattered records consulted in libraries in Lisbon, Paris and Istanbul. In 3 parts it describes 16th Century political and military events (by Monik Kervran), the Bahrain fort (by Foucherre, Kervran, Gionata Rizzi, Margo Renisio and Axelle Rougeulle), and architect Inofre de Carvalho (by Rafael Moreira). The folding topographical survey was done by Steve Hamey at the Bahrain Ministry of Housing.

binder's cloth. Condition: Minor rubbing. VG. Textual photo illustrations. (illustrator). (480) pp, 25x17cm, This is a bound volume containing issues no. 24 through 29 of this Islamic devotional serial --"Guidance"-- published by the Ministry of Justice & Islamic Affairs of Bahrain. With original cover wrappers bound in. Each issue runs 80 pp, with separate paginations. Text entirely in Arabic.

cloth. Condition: Minor rubbing. VG. Textual photo illustrations. (illustrator). (480) pp, 25x17cm, This is a bound volume containing issues no. 36 through 41 of this Islamic devotional serial --"Guidance"-- published by the Ministry of Justice & Islamic Affairs of Bahrain. With original cover wrappers bound in. Each issue runs 80 pp, with separate paginations. Text entirely in Arabic.

binder's cloth. Condition: Minor rubbing. VG. Textual photo illustrations (illustrator). (480) pp, 25x17cm, This is a bound volume containing issues 18 through 23 of this Islamic devotional serial -- "Guidance" -- published by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs of Bahrain. With original cover wrappers bound in. Each issue runs 80 pp, with separate paginations. Text entirely in Arabic.