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missionary heroes of africa by sarah geraldina stock with seventy-five illustrations and a map second edition published by london missionary society, london, infaded stripe down the right hand side of the front covera little fore-edge foxingbinding: hardcover read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikired cloth boards with gilt and black lettering and gilt and black illustrations on the front boardour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegilt page edgesin this book there is a full-page map of africa and 22 of the 75 b/w illustrations are full-pagethis is the record of an expedition in to photograph the native tribes of the sudan as a record of "the life of primitive people who will only too probably be a mere memory in a few years' time"204 pages plus catalogue 11 pagesfrontispiece and 116 photographsgilt title block with black lettering on the spineall pages are tight and clean and the book is in very good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegari-gari the call of the african wilderness - bernatzik hugo adolf - first edition us - henry holt and company, new york - 146pp - 26,5 x 16,5 cm book description: a very good copy in brown cloth with illustrated upper board
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Jungle pilot the story of nate saint, martyred missionary to ecuador by russell t hitt (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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missionary travels and researches in south africa including a sketch of sixteen years residence in the interior of africa - livingstone david - - john murray - 22,5 x 15 x 6 cm book description: 1st ednin fine conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableix + (publisher's catalogue), illus with folding coloured panorama and 2 other tinted plates, b&w plates incl portrait with tissue-guard, 1 folding map at rear and engravings in text (some light spotting on prelims; no inscriptions)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiterebound in recent grey cloth with gilt lettered spine label and new endpapers (fine)
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David livingstone - missionary travels and researches in south africa - with map and illustrations - new edition london maclaren & company - - hardcover in red and gold - size: 20xiv + 447pp + foldout frontis and foldout map at the rear and 24pp b&w platesthe cloth is damp stained, rubbed at the corners and worn ar the head and tail of spinethe hinges have been strengthened with archival tapeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiinternally clean, sound and complete in a tight bindingin the original cloth binding, with a large map at the endcarefully packaged and shipping with tracking read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available5 cm x 15 cm a new edition of one of the most popular travel works ever published in the english language, written by british victorian hero, david livingstone, explorer extraordinairename and address of ownership stamped on the ffepictorial red cloth boardsthere are also 15 line illustrations in the textplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford paul william harris book examines the career of rufus anderson, the central figure in the formation and implementation of missionary ideology in the middle decades of the nineteenth centurycorresponding secretary of the american board of commissioners for foreign missions from to , anderson effectively set the terms of debate on missionary policy on both sides of the atlantic and indeed long after his deathsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein telling his story, harris also speaks to basic questions in nineteenth-century american history and in the relationship between american culture and the cultures of what later came to be known as the third world
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, american missionary encounters in the middle east set foundations for later ucontributors explain the distinctly american dimensions of these missionary encounters, the cultural influences they exerted on the region, and their consequences for local nationalism, print culture, education, and morethese engagements prompt larger questions about the consequences of american christian cultural projection into the wider worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremiddle eastern relationsthis is an excellent resource for specialists in history, middle eastern studies, american studies, religious studies, missiology, and anyone interested more broadly in american engagement in the middle eastthis volume focuses on regions that were once part of the ottoman empire in western asia, the balkans, and north africamissionaries presented examples of american culture to middle eastern peoples, just as they interpreted the middle east for americans back home
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Written by the missionary statesman's son and daughter-in-law, this book is intended for christians whothe answer: a fierce faith that believed god truly would fulfill the promises in his word
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Five piece travel fly rod by greysfive sections, 8’3”, rated at #5/6with original sectioned rod bag and original cordura travel caseused, but in absolutely superb condition
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As the new york times carried stories about the ""slow massacre of a race,"" public outrage over this tragedy led to an unprecedented philanthropic crusade spearheaded by near east relief, an organization rooted in protestant missionary endeavors in the near east and dedicated to saving the survivors of the first genocide of the twentieth centuryfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morein ""starving armenians,"" merrill peterson explores the american response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to president wilson from his ambassador to the ottoman empire, henry morgenthau, who described turkey as ""a place of horrorthe extensive research he embarked upon afterwards revealed not only the scope of the people's hardship and amazing resilience; it located in the american effort to help the armenians a unique perspective on our own nation's experience of the twentieth centurythe book also addresses the armenian aspirations for an independent republic under american auspices; these hopes went unfulfilled in the peacemaking after the war and ended altogether when armenia was absorbed into the soviet union5 million armenian men, women, and children died in ottoman turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the syrian desertpart of a generation who were admonished as children to ""remember the starving armenians,"" peterson went to armenia in as a peace corps volunteer and became fascinated by the country's troubled history"" the west gradually began to take notice""starving armenians"" is an eloquent narrative of an all but forgotten part of that experiencebetween and as many as 1oxfam bookshop knutsford the persecution and suffering of the armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the ottoman empire, reached a peak in the era of world war i at the hands of the turks
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Broekveld] from2nd edition - delft, woblong large 8vosewn, original decorated coverhazevoet - jaap vloog uitfine schoonevelt - lambon, het meisje uit de poeride man-sonius & mwith illustrations by menno van meeteren brouweroriginal decorated cardboard publisher's bindingvan indisch meisjesleveneen zendingsverhaal - oegstgeest, zendingsbureau [c) - in en buiten zonnelandeen verhaal uit nieuw-guinee - den haaghaskos vader - de wildernis in2nd edition - amsterdam, koninklijke vereeniging koloniaal instituut / jalbert zaaier - papoea's in de brandingvan der - kitty's leed en vreugdeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivan soest - 't stuur in handenalso remarkable is the relatively high number of titles with a christian (missionary) characteroriginal decorated cardboard publisher's binding* with a loosely inserted necrology of indra kamadjojo [= jrutten-pekelharing - verhalen over indië voor nederlandsche jongens en meisjesalbert zaaier - pioniers en papoea'smet platen en bandteekening van ahuisman-schippers - toen go bij oom en tante wasvan 't hoff, [ ppsibbelee - katjong poetih's thuisreis - amsterdam, van holkema & warendorf [ ppveenendaal - nijkerk, gcollection of 12 indonesia-related youth books, published between andcallenbach - [coriginal decorated cardboard publisher's binding with cloth spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegroningen-batavia, jalkmaar, kluitman, [ [unnumbered] ppcondition: some scattered light signs of use, but overall in good to very good conditionwith illustrations by henk poederhorst - van doorn, gerda cindra kamodjojo & wim burger (illustrations) - de avonturen van “kantjil”, het stoute dwerghertjewith illustrations by jsewn, original decorated coverwith illustrations by menno van meeteren brouwer - delft, wsizes: ranging from cm to cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableoriginal decorated cloth* exemplary and significant for the dutch perspective on the colony of the dutch east indies between cplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebinding and illustrations by hans borrebach
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No jacket, illustrated boards good, some edge and corner wearthe other was the friend and pupil of the first, and i have here written the story for his lifebut i have had to work during months of unparalleled and violent change and activity in my own life, which have given no chance of workmanship worthy of my subjectthe memory and monument of one of them is all around me in the school from which i send this forthsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelet those who read these pages see what price one man paid to follow out his lord's command, "go and make disciples of all the nationssome foxing, particularly near the front of the book and on the page edgesoxfam bookshop carlisle "two men stand out in my friendship as the best i ever knewthat i have painted such a poor picture is a sorrow to me" and the lord who gave the command fulfilled his promise and was with himpages good, moderate edge wear
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Once an insecure 16-year-old, he became a missionary statesman who has impacted the world of missions and whose unbending message has touched hungry hearts on every continentget ready-your life is about to change! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham "lord, i'll give myself to speak for youstep into his story and experience the world through his eyes" young yohannan had no idea what those words of surrender would mean for his life and for millions of others in his generationyou'll walk right into the book of actsand through his telling, you'll hear the very heart of god beating for his creationyohannan's passion is contagious and spurs you on to be all for jesushe chose to take the road less travelled many years ago, and today gospel for asia, the mission he founded, is one of the most respected organisations in our time with thousands of national workers and vibrant congregations throughout the heart of the window
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However, danger lurks everywhere, and not only from the dinosaurs but from the jealous christian missionary who has accompanied challenger and now seeks to sabotage his effortseager to explore further, he mounts a fresh expedition and returns to discover not only dinosaurs but also highly-evolved apesoxfam bookshop carlisle video still sealedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprofessor challenger (bob hoskins) has discovered an amazonian plateau where prehistoric life has continued to thrivethe bbc adaptation of sir arthur conan doyle's classic novel
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Holman ruffles more feathers when he falls in love with an american missionary (candice bergen), and as the political climate becomes more and more volatile, he begins to question the validity of the american presence on the river'the sand pebbles' () is set in china inamidst the drama of war, romance rears its head, giving the soldiers more than they can handlethe us gunboat san pablo cruises the yangtze river on a peacekeeping mission and new crew member jake holman (steve mcqueen) causes friction when he insists upon looking after the san pablo's engines himself, rather than leaving the hard labour to the chinese helpersjames mason plays rommel and the film was one of the first to use original war footage before the opening creditsthe top-ranking officer in the camp, he is initially reviled by his fellow british and american prisoners, who nickname him 'von ryan'all three characters finally meet in a confrontation outside a concentration campthe american soldiers (montgomery clift and dean martin) meet as draftees, one a young jew and the other an entertainer, and together endure boot camp and the campaign to retake francethe film was nominated for three oscarssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, ryan eventually comes to lead them in a daring escape attempt, taking over from the commanding british officer (trevor howard) and the escapees face many hazards as they commandeer a train to make their way across italy, closely followed by the nazis'the hunters' () is based on the novel by james salter'the young lions' () follows the fortunes of three soldiers, one german and two americans, from the time of their enlistment for world war two to the end of the warchristian dietl (marlon brando) is a german who starts out as a dedicated soldier but gradually becomes appalled by the nazi movementfinally, 'the desert fox' () is a biopic of field marshal rommel, from his military defeat in africa to his implication in the plot to assassinate hitlerin 'von ryan's express' (), when us pilot colonel joseph ryan (frank sinatra) is shot down and placed in a german pow camp, he is more concerned with his own survival than escapeoxfam shop newquay box set containing five popular war moviesrobert mitchum plays major cleve saville and robert wagner is lted pell, two pilots with different personalitiesmason also played rommel in the film 'the desert rats'
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Bumped and rubbed, small loss to bottom of spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hove used goodpages tanned, colour map present
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Hardback with dust coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop aberystwythotherwise good conditiondust cover is frayed around the edges, slight mould marks on cover
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe 1st edition in the original binding, complete with all (folding) illustrations and the 2 folding maps, including the often missing map (rear pocket) of the livingstone routecondition: in need of restorationbinding is damaged / loose and spine lacks a few pieces, binding threads are bad, pages / quires are loose, bookbinder's sticker on the inside of the back cover, interior is slightly discoloured / occasional foxingregistered shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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David livingstone: missionary travels and researches in south africacaptain sir richard flayard: discoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylonare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidu chaillu: explorations & adventures in equatorial africacarl bock: the head-hunters of borneobrowne: a year amongst the persiansfrederick courteney selous: travel and adventure in south-east africalaurence oliphant: a journey to katmanduour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepeary: the north polecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehenry savage landor: in the forbidden land an account of a journey in tibetsir ernest shackleton: south the story of shackleton's last exprdition cburton: first footsteps in east africa or an exploration of harar two volumesspeke: journal of the discovery of the source of the nile mdccclxiiedward whymper: amongst the alps in the yearthe fifteen books are reprints made inplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegeorge barrington: an account of a voyage to new south wales
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen biochemist christophe hardy discovers the conspiracy, he finds himself caught up in a chase which starts in beijing and ends in northumbria involving animal rights activists, a beautiful female missionary, high-society chinese assassins, and the world most innovative catering venture, the pu dong pudding companybut for britain's paranoid prime minister, fox flu is a chance to foist the ultimate in surveillance technology on an unsuspecting population: the mulberry tree system, secretly bought from the chinesein london an urgent cull is underway, spearheaded by frank smith, the young master of the hyde park huntoxfam bookshop ipswich a virulent disease carried by foxes is spreading across europe
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Oxfam bookshop st albans the heroic story of gladys aylward, a parlourmaid who became a missionarysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In the history books, mary livingstone is a shadow in the blaze of her husband's sun, a whisper in the thunderclap of his reputationshe was the first white woman to cross the kalahari, which she did twice - pregnant - giving birth in the bush on the second journeyyet she played an important role in livingstone's success and her own feats as an early traveller in uncharted africa are uniqueshe was much more rooted in southern africa than her husband: he has a tomb in westminster abbey, london; she has an obscure and crumbling grave on the banks of the zambezi in a destitute region of mozambiquein the thrall of africa, the author has travelled extensively over several years in the footsteps of mary livingstone, from her birthplace in a remote district of south africa to her grave on the zambezishe explores the places the livingstones knew as a couple and, above all, explores the detail of the life and family of this little-known figure in british - but not african - historysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher bravery, stoicism and african upbringing were critical to the early career of world-renowned explorer and missionary, david livingstoneoxfam shop dumfries this is the enthralling story of an extraordinary and courageous woman
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Hugh purcell travelled round india and recorded the memories of a dying race that will evoke the memories of thousands of people who have a family connection with the rajsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenevertheless, they remember the raj and, essentially, how their working lives passed on a british legacy which has contributed to the character of india today - its language, its christian faith, its economy and tourism, its armed forces and its ethnic minority of anglo-indiansthey have grown old with the new india; some have become indian citizens; they will not come 'home,' as they still call the uk3 billion, of whom not more than 20 or so are britishers who were born there under the raj and never went home after independence; a tea planter, a missionary, a businessman ('boxwallah'), a tiger hunter, a taxidermist, an expert on the anglo-indian language and a soldier, amongst othersthe population of india today is 1
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From christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceanswritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsin addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read moremancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this erain travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter coxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoplesincluded here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanusunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translationsaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever before
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This is a major study of the crisis in catholic belief and practicesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein chapters of the mass and the sacraments, the priesthood, the new catechisms, ecumenism, "why are catholics confused?" "the new priests," "tradition?" "the mass of all time," etc, he gives examples to support his underlying thesis: that vatican ii was used by concealed modernists as their opportunity to take the leadsome very light shelf-wear to the paperback cover, but pages are clean, white and undamaged throughoutoxfam bookshop preston archbishop lefebvre presents his apologia, and asks both friends and enemies to read what he actually saysthe archbishop writes with the authority of an outstanding missionary: superior-general, apostolic delegate to french-speaking africa, and member of the preparatory commission for the council
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Complete with frontispiece, engraving on title page, 4 engravings and map wikipedia: david livingstone (blantyre near glasgow, 19 march - chitambo on lake bangweulum, 1 may ) was a scottish missionary and one of the most famous explorers in livingstone headed north from cape town towards the makololo settlement of linyanti (now in northern botswana)in original gilt-decorated hardcoverjust like his father, he showed himself very friendly towards livingstonehere he arrived in portuguese territory (angola) and came into contact with the slave trade for the first timedavid livingstone - the life and explorations of david livingstone - london, adam & company, not dated ( pp - cm condition: goodare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin september livingstone retraced the journey back, but it took almost a year before he reached linyanti againlivingstone left upstream on the zambezi in januaryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe gave him a group of 27 makololos to accompany him on his journeycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableafter following the zambezi almost as far as the source, he headed west towards the coastit filled him with disgustafter a journey of km through largely unknown territory, livingstone reached luanda where the he was warmly received by the portuguesethere he met the new king, sekeletu, son of sebituaneplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebookblock slightly loose after first quire
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The missionary explorer - jcondition solid and firm boardsminor wear to spine ends and boards’ cornersrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstone’s deathit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societyno foxing, aside from the end papers and otherwise just occasional tanned marksare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiall pages are cleanbook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeillustrated with portrait frontispiece of drcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepublished by walter scottpublisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardplates are brightgilt title and vignette of livingstone on spinelivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe life and explorations of david livingstone, ll
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Philips, original german missionary authors were batholomaeus ziegenbalg and ernst grundlerfront board detached but presentfront free endpaper also detached but rest of text block including flyleaf and half title are bound inprefaced by a message 'to the king' from mr' philips as the glorious defender of the protestant faith that the missionaries were 'recommending to the heathens'an amazing 200 year old survivortranslated from high dutch by mr see oxfam website for delivery information read moreowners name in ink on front free endpaperleather worn, cracked to spine but binding still solid and tightinternally some tanning and foxing but overall clean and unmarked throughoutoxfam bookshop thame full leather binding, five raised bands and gilt decoration to spine
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Born into a working-class family in yorkshire, hinsley was ordained for the diocese of leeds in and proceeded to hold important posts in rome, where he restored the fortunes of the venerable english college, and africa, where he successfully promoted catholic education and missionary activityto his surprise, he was appointed archbishop of westminster in and had to deal with governments not always sympathetic to the catholic community's demand for equalitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreperhaps his most surprising initiative was support for the ecumenical sword of the spirit movement, an attempt to reach out to other christian denominations in a crusade to restore christian ideals in public lifeoxfam shop colne road in this first major biography of cardinal arthur hinsley, james hagerty traces the life and ministry of one of the most popular english churchmen of the twentieth centuryhe had also to address social and economic issues which affected his church, and lead an episcopal bench which included experienced bishops who were intensely jealous of their diocesan jurisdictionsthough a supporter of franco's spain, he ferociously condemned nazism and fascism during the second world war and castigated those italian cardinals who favoured mussolinihis time at westminster coincided with a turbulent period in european and global politics
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Lean's most important screenwriting collaborator, robert bolt, in fact wrotethe mission, which concerns a jesuit missionary (jeremy irons) who establishes a church in the hostile jungles of brazil and then finds his work threatened by greed and political forces among his superiorsroland joffé (the killing fields) directs this fuzzy effort at a david lean-like epic without david lean's sense of emotional proportion