Hall Of A Thousand Columns
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Hall Of A Thousand Columns
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Author : Tim Mackintosh-Smith
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-12-08
Hall Of A Thousand Columns written by Tim Mackintosh-Smith and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-08 with Travel categories.
All the best armchair travellers are sceptics. Those of the fourteenth century were no exception: for them, there were lies, damned lies, and Ibn Battutah's India. Born in 1304, Ibn Battutah left his native Tangier as a young scholar of law; over the course of the thirty years that followed he visited most of the known world between Morocco and China. Here Tim Mackintosh-Smith retraces one leg of the Moroccan's journey - the dizzy ladders and terrifying snakes of his Indian career as a judge and a hermit, courtier and prisoner, ambassador and castaway. From the plains of Hindustan to the plateaux of the Deccan and the lost ports of Malabar, the author reveals an India far off the beaten path of Taj and Raj. Ibn Battutah left India on a snake, stripped to his underpants by pirates; but he took away a treasure of tales as rich as any in the history of travel. Back home they said the treasure was a fake. Mackintosh-Smith proves the sceptics wrong. India is a jewel in the turban of the Prince of Travellers. Here it is, glittering, grotesque but genuine, a fitting ornament for his 700th birthday.
The Imagery Of The Cosmological Buddha
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Author : Angela Falco Howard
language : en
Publisher: Brill Archive
Release Date : 1986
The Imagery Of The Cosmological Buddha written by Angela Falco Howard and has been published by Brill Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
The Hall Of A Thousand Columns
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Author : Tim Mackintosh-Smith
language : en
Publisher: John Murray Publishers
Release Date : 2005-01-01
The Hall Of A Thousand Columns written by Tim Mackintosh-Smith and has been published by John Murray Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with India categories.
All the best armchair travellers are sceptics. Those of the fourteenth century were no exception: for them, there were lies, damned lies, and Ibn Battutah's India. Born in 1304, Ibn Battutah left his native Tangier as a young scholar of law. He returned nearly thirty years later having visited most of the known world between Morocco and China, the Prince of Travellers for some, a blatant Munchausen for most. It was India that stretched his readers' credulity beyond the limit. In his highly acclaimed Travels with a Tangerine, Tim Mackintosh-Smith tailed the Moroccan around the old Islamic world. Now he traces in situ the dizzy ladders and terrifying snakes of Ibn Battutah's Indian career as a judge and a hermit, courtier and prisoner, ambassador and castaway. From the plains of Hindustan to the plateaux of the Deccan and the lost ports of Malabar, sleuth-work, scholarship and luck lead him through the incredible memories of a man who died ten lifetimes ago. On the way, he reveals an India far off the beaten path of Taj and Raj, where a dead Muslim poses as a Hindu deity, Jesus pops up in the pulpit of a Mosque, and the rotten tooth of a mad sultan is revered as a saint. Ibn Battutah left India on a snake, stripped to his underpants by pirates; but he took away a treasure of tales as rich as any in the history of travel. Back home they said the treasure was a fake. Mackintosh-Smith proves the sceptics wrong. India is a jewel in the Prince of Travellers' turban. Here it is, glittering, grotesque but genuine, a fitting ornament for his 700th birthday.
The Chester Guide And Handbook To Eaton Hall Second Thousand With Plates And A Map
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1860
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A Traveller S Notes Or Notes Of A Tour Through India Malaysia Japan Corea The Australian Colonies And New Zealand During The Years 1891 1893
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Author : James Herbert Veitch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
A Traveller S Notes Or Notes Of A Tour Through India Malaysia Japan Corea The Australian Colonies And New Zealand During The Years 1891 1893 written by James Herbert Veitch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Asia categories.
Gazetteer Of South India
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Author : W. Francis
language : en
Publisher: Mittal Publications
Release Date : 1989
Gazetteer Of South India written by W. Francis and has been published by Mittal Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with categories.
The Gospel In All Lands
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
The Gospel In All Lands written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Methodist Church categories.
The Illustrated Handbook Of Architecture Being A Concise And Popular Account Of The Different Styles Of Architecture Prevailing In All Ages And All Countries
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Author : James Fergusson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1859
The Illustrated Handbook Of Architecture Being A Concise And Popular Account Of The Different Styles Of Architecture Prevailing In All Ages And All Countries written by James Fergusson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1859 with Architecture categories.
1 000 Books To Read Before You Die
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Author : James Mustich
language : en
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Release Date : 2018-10-02
1 000 Books To Read Before You Die written by James Mustich and has been published by Workman Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-02 with Reference categories.
“The ultimate literary bucket list.” —THE WASHINGTON POST Celebrate the pleasure of reading and the thrill of discovering new titles in an extraordinary book that’s as compulsively readable, entertaining, surprising, and enlightening as the 1,000-plus titles it recommends. Covering fiction, poetry, science and science fiction, memoir, travel writing, biography, children’s books, history, and more, 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die ranges across cultures and through time to offer an eclectic collection of works that each deserve to come with the recommendation, You have to read this. But it’s not a proscriptive list of the “great works”—rather, it’s a celebration of the glorious mosaic that is our literary heritage. Flip it open to any page and be transfixed by a fresh take on a very favorite book. Or come across a title you always meant to read and never got around to. Or, like browsing in the best kind of bookshop, stumble on a completely unknown author and work, and feel that tingle of discovery. There are classics, of course, and unexpected treasures, too. Lists to help pick and choose, like Offbeat Escapes, or A Long Climb, but What a View. And its alphabetical arrangement by author assures that surprises await on almost every turn of the page, with Cormac McCarthy and The Road next to Robert McCloskey and Make Way for Ducklings, Alice Walker next to Izaac Walton. There are nuts and bolts, too—best editions to read, other books by the author, “if you like this, you’ll like that” recommendations , and an interesting endnote of adaptations where appropriate. Add it all up, and in fact there are more than six thousand titles by nearly four thousand authors mentioned—a life-changing list for a lifetime of reading. “948 pages later, you still want more!” —THE WASHINGTON POST
Journal
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Author : California. Legislature
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1874
Journal written by California. Legislature and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1874 with California categories.