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City Of Djinns
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Author : William Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2003-03-25
City Of Djinns written by William Dalrymple and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-25 with Travel categories.
Peeling back the layers of Delhi’s centuries-old history, City of Djinns is an irresistible blend of research and adventure. Sparkling with irrepressible wit, City of Djinns peels back the layers of Delhi's centuries-old history, revealing an extraordinary array of characters along the way-from eunuchs to descendants of great Moguls. With refreshingly open-minded curiosity, William Dalrymple explores the seven "dead" cities of Delhi as well as the eighth city—today's Delhi. Underlying his quest is the legend of the djinns, fire-formed spirits that are said to assure the city's Phoenix-like regeneration no matter how many times it is destroyed. Entertaining, fascinating, and informative, City of Djinns is an irresistible blend of research and adventure.
City Of Djinns
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Author : William Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2011-04-14
City Of Djinns written by William Dalrymple and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-14 with Travel categories.
‘Could you show me a djinn?’ I asked. ‘Certainly,’ replied the Sufi. ‘But you would run away.’
City Of Djinns
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Author : William Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
City Of Djinns written by William Dalrymple and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Delhi (India) categories.
Although New Delhi has been invaded and burned many times through the centuries, it has always been rebuilt. During his stay there, Dalrymple found a city full of relics, both architectural and human, from different periods of history, side by side. Research description is combined with tales of his travels and encounters with people from various levels of society, different religions, and numerous traditions. 1993.
Kohinoor
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Author : William Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher: Juggernaut Books
Release Date : 2016
Kohinoor written by William Dalrymple and has been published by Juggernaut Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Crown jewels categories.
This riveting tale of the Kohinoor, the worldÕs most coveted gem, unearths fascinating new information as it moves from the Mughal court to Persia to Afghanistan; from Maharaja Ranjit Singh's durbar in Punjab to the Queen of England's Crown. A thrilling tale, full of violence, drama and intrigue.
In Xanadu
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Author : William Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 1989
In Xanadu written by William Dalrymple and has been published by Penguin Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Asia categories.
In Xanadu is, without doubt, one of the best travel books produced in the last 20 years. It is witty and intelligent, brilliantly observed, deftly constructed and extremely entertaining& Dalrymple s gift for transforming ordinary humdrum experience into something extraordinary and timeless suggests that he will go from strength to strength Alexander Maitland, Scotland on Sunday
Nine Lives
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Author : William Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2010-06-07
Nine Lives written by William Dalrymple and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-07 with Travel categories.
A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself to death. Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple delves deep into the heart of a nation torn between the relentless onslaught of modernity and the ancient traditions that endure to this day. LONGLISTED FOR THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE
Djinn City
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Author : Saad Z. Hossain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Djinn City written by Saad Z. Hossain and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Bangladesh categories.
"Indelbed is a lonely kid living in a crumbling mansion in the super dense, super chaotic third world capital of Bangladesh. His father, Dr. Kaikobad, is the black sheep of their clan, the once illustrious Khan Rahman family ... When Dr. Kaikobad falls into a supernatural coma, Indelbed and his older cousin, the wise-cracking slacker Rais, learn that Indelbed's dad was in fact a magician--and a trusted emissary to the djinn world"--Amazon.com.
City Of Djinns
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Author : William Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
City Of Djinns written by William Dalrymple and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with New Delhi (India) categories.
From The Holy Mountain
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Author : William Dalrymple
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2012-10-02
From The Holy Mountain written by William Dalrymple and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-02 with Travel categories.
In the spring of A.D. 587, John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist embarked on a remarkable expedition across the entire Byzantine world, traveling from the shores of Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. Using Moschos’s writings as his guide and inspiration, the acclaimed travel writer William Dalrymple retraces the footsteps of these two monks, providing along the way a moving elegy to the slowly dying civilization of Eastern Christianity and to the people who are struggling to keep its flame alive. The result is Dalrymple’s unsurpassed masterpiece: a beautifully written travelogue, at once rich and scholarly, moving and courageous, overflowing with vivid characters and hugely topical insights into the history, spirituality and the fractured politics of the Middle East.
The Epic City
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Author : Kushanava Choudhury
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2018-01-09
The Epic City written by Kushanava Choudhury and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Shortlisted for the 2018 Ondaatje Prize Shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year A masterful and entirely fresh portrait of great hopes and dashed dreams in a mythical city from a major new literary voice. Everything that could possibly be wrong with a city was wrong with Calcutta. When Kushanava Choudhury arrived in New Jersey at the age of twelve, he had already migrated halfway around the world four times. After graduating from Princeton, he moved back to the world which his immigrant parents had abandoned, to a city built between a river and a swamp, where the moisture-drenched air swarms with mosquitos after sundown. Once the capital of the British Raj, and then India's industrial and cultural hub, by 2001 Calcutta was clearly past its prime. Why, his relatives beseeched him, had he returned? Surely, he could have moved to Delhi, Bombay or Bangalore, where a new Golden Age of consumption was being born. Yet fifteen million people still lived in Calcutta. Working for the Statesman, its leading English newspaper, Kushanava Choudhury found the streets of his childhood unchanged by time. Shouting hawkers still overran the footpaths, fish-sellers squatted on bazaar floors; politics still meant barricades and bus burnings, while Communist ministers travelled in motorcades. Sifting through the chaos for the stories that never make the papers, Kushanava Choudhury paints a soulful, compelling portrait of the everyday lives that make Calcutta. Written with humanity, wit and insight, The Epic City is an unforgettable depiction of an era, and a city which is a world unto itself.