John Freely, geboren 1926 in Brooklyn, lebt in Istanbul und unterrichtet dort an der Bosporus-Universität Physik und Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Er schrieb zahlreiche Reisebücher und historische Sachbücher über Venedig, Athen, Griechenland, die Türkei und das Osmanische Reich.
24 Ebooks by John Freely
John Freely: Platon in Bagdad
Diese Geschichte des Wissenstransfers beginnt im 7. Jahrhundert v. Chr. in Ionien an der kleinasiatischen Küste. Naturphilosophen wie Thales von Milet erforschen hier Himmel und Erde. Auf Milet …
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€11.99
John Freely: Aristoteles in Oxford
Mehr als 1 000 Jahre vor Kopernikus, Galilei und Newton haben viele Gelehrte das Wissen der Antike bewahrt, Naturerscheinungen beobachtet und experimentiert. In einer glänzenden Kulturgeschichte …
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€14.99
John Freely: Kopernikus
Elegant erzählt John Freely das wechselvolle Leben eines der bedeutendsten Gelehrten der Renaissance. Dieses Buch vereinigt Biographie und spannende Wissenschaftsgeschichte. Die wohl wichtigste …
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€14.99
John Freely: Blue Guide Istanbul
Long-awaited new edition of the Blue Guide to this fascinating city, which straddles Europe and the Orient and whose history goes back to the days of ancient Greece. Superb coverage of all the major …
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€9.36
John Freely: Istanbul
Istanbul’s history is a catalogue of change, not least of name, yet it has managed to retain its own unique identity. John Freely captures the flavour of daily life as well as court ceremonial and …
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€10.99
John Freely: Before Galileo
A physicist and historian sheds light on scientific minds, breakthroughs, and innovations that paved the way for the Scientific Revolution.Histories of modern science often begin with the heroic …
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€24.80
Sumner-Boyd Hilary Sumner-Boyd & Freely John Freely: Strolling Through Istanbul
‘The best travel guide to Istanbul’ – The Times Practical and informative, readable and vividly described, this is the definitive guide to and story of Istanbul, by those who know it best.This is the …
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€18.86
John Freely: The Grand Turk
Sultan Mehmet II, the Grand Turk, known to his countrymen as Fatih, ”the Conqueror”, and to much of Europe as ”the present Terror of the World”, was once the most feared and powerful ruler in the …
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€21.41
John Freely: Grand Turk
The historian and author of Strolling Through Istanbul presents a detailed portrait of the fifteenth century Ottoman sultan, revealing the man behind the myths.Sultan Mehmet II-known to his …
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€22.53
John Freely: In serai
În serai relatează povestea Casei lui Osman, dinastia imperială care a condus Imperiul Otoman timp de mai bine de șapte secole, un imperiu care se întindea cândva din Europa Centrală până în Africa d …
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€9.55
Harvie Ferguson: Strolling Through Istanbul
First published in 2005. Long acknowledged to be the ”best travel guide to Istanbul” (Times of London) this classic of travel literature is now available in a larger format in hardback binding. The …
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€56.35
John Freely & Hillary Sumner-Boyd: Strolling Through Istanbul
First published in 2005. Long acknowledged to be the ”best travel guide to Istanbul” (Times of London) this classic of travel literature is now available in a larger format in hardback binding. The …
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€56.18
John Freely: Stamboul Sketches
Throughout the 1960s, John Freely explored the alleys, hidden corners and monuments of Istanbul, in between teaching, to create a legendary guidebook with Hilary Sumner-Boyd. But all the passages …
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€10.00
Sumner-Boyd Hilary Sumner-Boyd & Freely John Freely: Strolling Through Istanbul
‘The best travel guide to Istanbul’ – The Times Practical and informative, readable and vividly described, this is the definitive guide to and story of Istanbul, by those who know it best.This is the …
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English
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€18.96
Freely John Freely: Western Shores of Turkey
The Western Shores of Turkey is the distillation of a succession of journeys that John Freely made along this coast – an odyssey spanning a quarter of a century.The Western coast of Turkey has …
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€12.94
Freely John Freely: Ionian Islands
Legend has it that the Ionian Islands were created as Zeus’ beautiful lover, Io, raced through the Ionian Sea escaping Hera’s wrath. Rising from the waters between Greece and Italy, the Ionians – …
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€14.59
John Freely: Inside the Seraglio
This is the story of the House of Osman, the imperial dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire for more than seven centuries, an empire that once stretched from central Europe to North Africa and from …
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€11.17
John Freely: The Art of Exile
By the time he was six, John Freely had crossed the Atlantic four times. His childhood was spent on the mean streets of 1930s Brooklyn, where he scavenged for junk to sell and borrowed money for …
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€22.46
John Freely: Light from the East
Long before the European Renaissance, while the western world was languishing in what was once called the ”Dark Ages”, the Arab world was ablaze with the knowledge, invention and creativity of its …
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€14.61
John Freely: Celestial Revolutionary
In the spring of 1500, at the apex of the Renaissance, a papal secretary to the Borgia Pope, Alexander VI, wrote that ‘All the world is in Rome.’ Though no one knew it at the time, this included a …
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€21.41
John Freely: A Travel Guide to Homer
In October 1945 at the age of 19, John Freely passed the southernmost tip of Crete on his way home from the war in China, just as Odysseus did on his homeward voyage from the battle of Troy. He has …
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€22.35
John Freely: Children of Achilles
Since the days of Troy historic lands of Asia Minor have been home to Greeks. They are steeped in a rich fusion of Greek and Turkish culture and the histories of both are irrevocably entwined, …
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€25.12
