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Flood Of Fire
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Author : Amitav Ghosh
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-07-27
Flood Of Fire written by Amitav Ghosh and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-27 with Fiction categories.
‘A triumph of storytelling’ The Hindu It is 1839. The British, whose opium exports to China have been blockaded by Beijing, are planning an invasion to force China’s hand. In Calcutta, Zachary Reid, an impoverished young sailor, dreams of his lost love and of a way to make his fortunes. Heading towards Calcutta is Havildar Kesri to lead a regiment of Indian volunteers in the upcoming war. In Mumbai, Shireen Modi prepares to sail alone to China to reclaim her opium trader husband’s wealth and reputation. In Canton, Neel becomes an aide and translator to a senior Chinese official as Beijing begins to prepare for war with Britain and the more he sees, the more worried he becomes—for the Chinese have neither the ships nor the artillery to match the British in modern warfare. The future seems clear but do the Chinese know it?
Geography Ideas In Profile
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Author : Danny Dorling
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2016-03-24
Geography Ideas In Profile written by Danny Dorling and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-24 with Social Science categories.
Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big Topics Geography gives shape to our innate curiosity; cartography is older than writing. Channelling our twin urges to explore and understand, geographers uncover the hidden connections of human existence, from infant mortality in inner cities to the decision-makers who fly overhead in executive jets, from natural disasters to over-use of fossil fuels. In this incisive introduction to the subject, Danny Dorling and Carl Lee reveal geography as a science which tackles all of the biggest issues that face us today, from globalisation to equality, from sustainability to population growth, from climate change to changing technology - and the complex interactions between them all. Illustrated by a series of award-winning maps created by Benjamin D. Hennig, this is a book for anyone who wants to know more about why our world is the way it is today, and where it might be heading next.
Sea Of Poppies
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Author : Amitav Ghosh
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2009-09-29
Sea Of Poppies written by Amitav Ghosh and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-29 with Fiction categories.
The first in an epic trilogy, Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies is "a remarkably rich saga . . . which has plenty of action and adventure à la Dumas, but moments also of Tolstoyan penetration--and a drop or two of Dickensian sentiment" (The Observer [London]). At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Her destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean shortly before the outbreak of the Opium Wars in China. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners on board, from a bankrupt raja to a widowed tribeswoman, from a mulatto American freedman to a free-spirited French orphan. As their old family ties are washed away, they, like their historical counterparts, come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais, or ship-brothers. The vast sweep of this historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, and the exotic backstreets of Canton. With a panorama of characters whose diaspora encapsulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself, Sea of Poppies is "a storm-tossed adventure worthy of Sir Walter Scott" (Vogue).
River Of Smoke
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Author : Amitav Ghosh
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-06-09
River Of Smoke written by Amitav Ghosh and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-09 with Fiction categories.
'As hypnotic as an opium dream and pretty unputdownable' Daily Mail In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When the seas settle, five men have disappeared - two lascars, two convicts and one of the passengers. Did the same storm upend the fortunes of those aboard the Anahita, an opium carrier heading towards Canton? And what fate befell those aboard the Redruth, a sturdy two-masted brig heading East out of Cornwall? Was it the storm that altered their course or were the destinies of these passengers at the mercy of even more powerful forces? On the grand scale of an historical epic, River of Smoke follows its storm-tossed characters to the crowded harbors of China. There, despite efforts of the emperor to stop them, ships from Europe and India exchange their cargoes of opium for boxes of tea, silk, porcelain and silver. Among them are Bahram Modi, a wealthy Parsi opium merchant out of Bombay, his estranged half-Chinese son Ah Fatt, the orphaned Paulette and a motley collection of others whose pursuit of romance, riches and a legendary rare flower have thrown together. All struggle to cope with their losses - and for some, unimaginable freedoms - in the alleys and crowded waterways of 19th century Canton. As transporting and mesmerizing as an opiate induced dream, River of Smoke will soon be heralded as a masterpiece of twenty-first century literature.
Drought Flood Fire
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Author : Chris C. Funk
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2021-05-27
Drought Flood Fire written by Chris C. Funk and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-27 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The latest science and compelling stories describing the impacts of droughts, floods, and fires in the context of climate change.
Flood Of Fire
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Author : Amitav Ghosh
language : en
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date : 2015-08-04
Flood Of Fire written by Amitav Ghosh and has been published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-04 with Fiction categories.
A Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Book of the Year A Guardian Best Book of the Year A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year The stunningly vibrant final novel in the bestselling Ibis Trilogy from Amitav Ghosh, Flood of Fire. It is 1839 and China has embargoed the trade of opium, yet too much is at stake in the lucrative business and the British Foreign Secretary has ordered the colonial government in India to assemble an expeditionary force for an attack to reinstate the trade. Among those consigned is Kesri Singh, a soldier in the army of the East India Company. He makes his way eastward on the Hind, a transport ship that will carry him from Bengal to Hong Kong. Along the way, many characters from the Ibis Trilogy come aboard, including Zachary Reid, a young American speculator in opium futures, and Shireen, the widow of an opium merchant whose mysterious death in China has compelled her to seek out his lost son. The Hind docks in Hong Kong just as war breaks out and opium is “pouring into the market like monsoon flood.” From Bombay to Calcutta, from naval engagements to the decks of a hospital ship, among embezzlement, profiteering, and espionage, Amitav Ghosh’s Flood of Fire charts a breathless course through the culminating moment of the British opium trade and vexed colonial history.
Fire Flood
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Author : Dawn Morris
language : en
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Release Date : 2021-07-06
Fire Flood written by Dawn Morris and has been published by Morgan James Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-06 with Fiction categories.
A gripping dual-story novel chronicling the dramatic journeys of two women who live thousands of years apart, and their experiences of God’s protection and presence in two of Earth’s most dramatic times of turmoil.
The Year Of The Flood
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Author : Margaret Atwood
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-07-27
The Year Of The Flood written by Margaret Atwood and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-07-27 with Fiction categories.
By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace The sun brightens in the east, reddening the blue-grey haze that marks the distant ocean. The vultures roosting on the hydro poles fan out their wings to dry them. the air smells faintly of burning. The waterless flood - a man-made plague - has ended the world. But two young women have survived: Ren, a young dancer trapped where she worked, in an upmarket sex club (the cleanest dirty girls in town); and Toby, who watches and waits from her rooftop garden. Is anyone else out there?
Flood Of Fire
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Author : Amitav Ghosh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-05-28
Flood Of Fire written by Amitav Ghosh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-28 with China categories.
It is 1839 and tension has been mounting between China and British India following the crackdown on opium smuggling by Beijing.With no resolution in sight, the colonial government declares war. Flood of Fire follows a magical cast of characters caught up in this maelstrom: an East India Company sepoy, an impoverished sailor and his lost love, and a determined widow. - Publishers description.
Flood Of Fire
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Author : Amitav Ghosh
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Flood Of Fire written by Amitav Ghosh and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
It is 1839 and China has embargoed the trade of opium, yet too much is at stake in the lucrative business and the British Foreign Secretary has ordered the colonial government in India to assemble an expeditionary force for an attack to reinstate the trade. Among those consigned is Kesri Singh, a soldier in the army of the East India Company. He makes his way eastward on the Hind, a transport ship that will carry him from Bengal to Hong Kong.