J Telfer: 4 books

This early work on the life and travels of Johann Schiltberger is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It details the conquests of Tamerlane, the politics of the Turks, the Greek religion and much more. Its 300 pages contain a wealth of information on the history of the world during...

Tourism is widely considered to be an important factor in socio-economic development, particularly in less developed countries. However, despite almost universal recognition of tourism’s development potential, the extent to which economic and social progress is linked to the growth of a country’s...

Replica of 1879 edition by the Hakluyt Society, London. This edition comes with a map available as a free download.  Johann (Hans) Schiltberger (1380 – c. 1440) was a German traveller and writer. The book not only is a very interesting sketch of various chapters of contemporary Eastern...

The book is in three parts, which consider training from the perspective of the learner, the instructor and the organization. Its intended readership includes civil and military training and senior pilots, flying instructors, check pilots, CRM facilitators, Human Factors and safety departments, and...