Lebanon – The Phoenician Pearl
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Book: Lebanon – The Phoenician Pearl (ACR Edition). Hardcover – Size: 29 x 26 cm – 288 pages – 2.5 kg.
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LebanonPostcard presents the Book: Lebanon – The Phoenician Pearl (ACR Edition).
Hardcover – Size: 29 x 26 cm – 288 pages – 2.5 kg.
Photos: Renata Holzbachova – Philippe Benet – Elie Galey. Text: Jean-Paul Planquin.
Attention: We have the last 2 books in the stock. And It has some small scratches on the hardcover.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Geography of Lebanon
– The Land of milk and honey
– Mount Lebanon
– A Gift from The Gods: Bekaa Valley
– A Dream of Eden
A Rich History
– Homo Libanicus
– The Good Fortune of the Phoenicians
– The Messiah and the Prophet
– East meets West
– The Time of the Emirs
– “Our mother, France”
– The Pain of Independence
The Good Life
– Bitter Lebanon, Sweet Lebanon
– The Faraway Princess
– Earthly Delights
Traveling to Lebanon
– Meeting Mankind
– The Time of the Adventures
– Lost Paradise
– The Beginnings of Tourism
– The Crossroads
Beirut
– The “Gambler”
– The “Spell-Binding”
– The Martyred City
– The Indomitable
– The Carefree
– The Unusual
The Chouf
– The Echo of Turmoil
– The Cradle of a Nation
– Bechir the Great
– “This bit of Grenada…”
South Lebanon
– “The Land of Crimson”
– A Terrible Fate
– The “Pearl of Phoenicia”
– God and Men
From Beirut to Byblos
– The Intractable Mountains
– The Oldest City in the World
– Traces of the Crusaders
From Tripoli to the Cedars
– The “Triple City” of the Phoenicians
– Calmer than Beirut
– Oriental Delights
– The Holy Valley
– The “Cedars of God”
North Lebanon – Aakkar
– Hidden History
– The Ghosts of the Past
Bekaa
– A Coveted Plain
– Water, Water Everywhere
– The City of the Sun
– Aanjar, Beauty struck down
Chronology – Lebanon through the Ages
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Photo Credits
