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Robert Byron ,
Colin Thubron
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2007]
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In 1933 Robert Byron began a journey through the Middle East via Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Teheran to Oxiana—the country of the Oxus, the ancient name for the river Amu Darya which forms part of the border between Afghanistan and the Soviet Union. The Road to Oxiana offers not only... more
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Andrew Eames
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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The Danube is Europe's Amazon. It flows through more countries than any other river on Earth--from the Black Forest in Germany to Europe's farthest fringes, where it joins the Black Sea in Romania. Andrew Eames' journey along its length brings us face to face with the continent's bloodiest history and... more
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Claudio Magris ,
Patrick Creagh
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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In this acclaimed international bestseller, Claudio Magris tracks the Danube River, setting his finger on the pulse of Central Europe, the crucible of a culture that draws on influences of East and West, Christianity and Islam. In each town he raises the ghosts that inhabit the houses and monuments, from... more
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Christopher Winn
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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This glorious miscellany of good stories and fascinating facts about England, is the ultimate journey around the country, and includes history, legends, firsts, supremes, unusuals, inventions, birthplaces and gossip from each county. This irresistible miscelllany unearths the enthralling stories, firsts, birthplaces, legends and inventions that shape the country's rich and... more
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Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra ,
John Rutherford
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2010]
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Originally planned as a moral fable, using parody to attach chivalric romances, the adventures of Don Quixote and his faithful squire Sancho Panza gained depth and complexity in the course of writing. There is a note on the translation and explanatory notes on the text. Widely regarded as the world's... more
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Henry Fielding
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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With an essay by Mark Spilka. 'Kissing, Joseph, is but a prologue to a Play. Can I believe a young fellow of your Age and Complexion will be content with Kissing?' Henry Fielding's riotous tale of innocents in a corrupt world was one of the earliest English novels, blending bawdy... more
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T Hardy
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 15 selections every 1 days. Printing allowed, unlimited pages every unlimited days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. From the book: WHEN Farmer Oak smiled, the corners of his mouth spread till they were within an unimportant distance of his ears,... more
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Charles Dickens
[Ebook, Adobe pdf 2011]
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Adobe PDF eBook Rights: Copying allowed, 15 selections every 1 days. Printing allowed, unlimited pages every unlimited days. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. From the book: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was... more
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Rishad Saam Mehta
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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About the Book : On Rishad Saam Mehta’s journeys — and as a travel writer and all-round road-trip junkie, he’s been on many — there’s a particular thing he noticed. There’s not a highway, road or dirt track in India where you can’t find a cup of chai whenever you... more
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Elizabeth Gilbert
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2009]
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Its three am. Elizabeth Gilbert, a thirty-something writer, is sobbing on the bathroom floor. Her husband, whom she is contemplating leaving, is sleeping next door. Her misery drives her to do something she has never done before: pray. Hello God. How are you? Im Liz. Its nice to meet you..... more
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William Dalrymple
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2009]
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Award-winning, critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling William Dalrymple takes us to the heart of an undiscovered India. 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... more
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Suketu Mehta
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2009]
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Adobe EPUB eBook Rights: Copying not allowed. Printing not allowed. Lending not allowed. Reading aloud not allowed. Never expires. A native of Bombay, Suketu Mehta gives us an insider's view of this stunning metropolis. He approaches the city from unexpected angles, taking us into the criminal underworld of rival Muslim... more
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Jon Krakauer
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2011]
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When Jon Krakauer reached the summit of Mt. Everest in the early afternoon of May 10, 1996, he hadn't slept in fifty-seven hours and was reeling from the brain-altering effects of oxygen depletion. As he turned to begin his long, dangerous descent from 29,028 feet, twenty other climbers were still... more
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Anita Desai
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2013]
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Young lovers Sophie and Matteo are dissatisfied with their middle-class upbringing and travel to India in search of spiritual fulfillment, but the realities of life on an ashram intensify the lovers' differences, until they learn that wisdom is found in the journey itself, not its destination. Reprint. NYT. Like so... more
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Samanth Subramanian
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In a coastline as long and diverse as India s, fish inhabit the heart of many worlds food of course, but also culture, commerce, sport, history and society. Journeying along the edge of the peninsula, Samanth Subramanian reports upon a kaleidoscope of extraordinary stories. In nine essays, Following Fish conducts... more
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Charles Dickens
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'All the truth of my position came flashing on me, and its disappointments, dangers, disgraces, consequences of all kind, rushed in.' A chance encounter with an escaped convict on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the eccentric Miss Havisham, jilted some twenty years before on her wedding day... more
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Alice Albinia
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains, flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. For millennia it has been worshipped as a god; for centuries used as a tool of imperial expansion; today it is the cement of Pakistans fractious... more
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Mark Tully
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2012]
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Sir Mark Tully is one of the world's leading writers and broadcasters on India, and the presenter of the much loved radio programme 'Something Understood'. In this fascinating and timely work, he reveals the profound impact India has had on his life and beliefs, and what we can all learn... more
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Wilfred Thesiger ,
Rory Stewart
[Ebook, Adobe epub 2007]
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In the spirit of T.E. Lawrence, Thesiger set out to explore the deserts of Arabia, traveling among peoples who had never seen a European and considered it their duty to kill Christian infidels. His now-classic account is invaluable to understanding the modern Middle East. "Arabian Sands" is Wilfred Thesigeras record... more
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V S Naipaul
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Like all of V. S. Naipaul-s -travel- books, The Masque of Africa encompasses a much larger narrative and purpose: to judge the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, the foreign religions of Christianity and Islam, the cults of leaders and mythical history) upon the progress of civilization. From V. S.... more
