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Ghalib: Life & Poems
ISBN: 9781499515060 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. GHALIB: LIFE & POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Mirza Asadullah Beg (1797-1869}, known as Ghalib (conqueror), a pen-name or takhallus he adopted in the tradition of all classical Urdu poets, was born in the city of Agra of parents with Turkish aristocratic ancestry. When he was only five his father died in a battle while and his uncle Nasrullah Beg Khan took charge of him. But he lost his uncle also at the age of eight. He lived on state patronage, credit or the generosity of friends. His fame came to him posthumously. He had remarked during his life that although his age had...
GHALIB: LIFE & POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Mirza Asadullah Beg (1797-1869}, known as Ghalib (conqueror), a pen-name or takhallus he ad...
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Sufism: Lives of its Poets
ISBN: 9781539486527 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. SUFISM: LIVES OF ITS POETS Paul Smith Here are the lives of over 150 Sufi & Dervish poets from the 7th c. to the present. All the famous ones are included with more space, but there are many who will be a discovery for some. Directions to where to find translations of the poetry of each poet is given. Introduction: Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art & Use of Poetry & The Main Forms in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hindi, Kashmiri, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushtu & English Sufi & Dervish Poetry... THE POETS: Majnun, Rabi'a of Basra, Abu Nuwas, Dhu'l-Nun, Bayazid Bastami, Al-Nuri, Junaid, Mansur Hallaj,...
SUFISM: LIVES OF ITS POETS Paul Smith Here are the lives of over 150 Sufi & Dervish poets from the 7th c. to the present. All the famous ones are incl...
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Nesimi: Life & Poems
ISBN: 9781499644340 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. NESIMI: LIFE & POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Nesimi (1369-1417) is one of the greatest Sufi poets of the late 14th and early 15th centuries and one of the most prominent early masters in Turkish/Azerbaijani literary history. For Nesimi at the centre of Creation there was God, who bestowed His Light on man. Through sacrifice and self-perfection, man can become one with Him. As a direct result of his beliefs he was skinned alive. His tomb in Aleppo remains an important place of pilgrimage to this day. His work consists of two collections of poems, one in Persian and the most...
NESIMI: LIFE & POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Nesimi (1369-1417) is one of the greatest Sufi poets of the late 14th and early 15th centur...
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Hafiz: The Sun of Shiraz: Essays, Talks, Projects on the Immortal Poet
ISBN: 9781481251648 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. HAFIZ: THE SUN OF SHIRAZ Essays, Talks, Projects on the Immortal Poet Paul Smith CONTENTS: Introduction by Richard Lee; The Life of Hafiz; Hafiz's Influence on the East & the West, The English Translations of Hafiz; Hafiz and His Translator, Sufism and God; Poetry, Life and Times of Hafiz of Shiraz; UNESCO and Hafiz; Hafiz for Our Time; Preface to Original Divan. 249 pages COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'. 'It is not a joke. The two books... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished.' Dr. Mir Mohammad...
HAFIZ: THE SUN OF SHIRAZ Essays, Talks, Projects on the Immortal Poet Paul Smith CONTENTS: Introduction by Richard Lee; The Life of Hafiz; Hafiz's Inf...
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Life & Times & Poetry of Hafez of Shiraz
ISBN: 9781537086521 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. LIFE & TIMES & POETRY OF HAFEZ OF SHIRAZ Paul Smith Hafiz's life from birth in 1320 until after his passing in 1392 is told here. Shiraz is under siege by the tyrant Mubariz and Hafiz's friend the king, Abu Ishak, is on the brink of madness and despair. Hafez falls in love with the beautiful Nabat, meets his Spiritual Master 'Attar, marries and has a son. He teaches at university and befriends the liberated princess Jahan Khatun and the poet/jester Obeyd Zakani. He experiences the people of his beloved city throwing out dictators, and the wrath of the false Sufi and black magician Shaikh Ali...
LIFE & TIMES & POETRY OF HAFEZ OF SHIRAZ Paul Smith Hafiz's life from birth in 1320 until after his passing in 1392 is told here. Shiraz is under sieg...
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Roba'iyat of Nesimi
ISBN: 9781480054264 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. **ROBA'IYAT OF NESIMI** Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Nesimi (1369-1417) is one of the great spiritual poets of the late 14th and early 15th centuries and one of the masters in Turkish/Azerbaijani literary history. For Nesimi at the centre of Creation there was God, who bestowed His Light on man. Through sacrifice and self-perfection, man can become one with Him. His poems were considered heresy and he skinned alive as punishment. His tomb in Aleppo remains an important place of pilgrimage to this day. His Turkish roba'iyat consists of about 175 roba'is, 13 in Persian (most are...
**ROBA'IYAT OF NESIMI** Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Nesimi (1369-1417) is one of the great spiritual poets of the late 14th and early 15t...
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The Persian Oracle: Hafiz of Shiraz
ISBN: 9781499386981 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. THE PERSIAN ORACLE: Hafiz of Shiraz Translation, Introduction, Interpretations by Paul Smith. Hafiz's Divan of poems has been used as an Oracle successfully by millions of people from all walks of life for the past 600 years. The practice of interpreting his insightful poems has been a long tradition. Here are four hundred ghazals with insightful, clear interpretations by Paul Smith, an Introduction that includes his life, poetry, spirituality and the history of the use of his book as one of the world's great Oracles. The correct rhyme has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these...
THE PERSIAN ORACLE: Hafiz of Shiraz Translation, Introduction, Interpretations by Paul Smith. Hafiz's Divan of poems has been used as an Oracle succes...
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The Greatest Game: A novel of Sport, Comedy, Romance and Adventure (with a kick!)
ISBN: 9781480184367 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. THE GREATEST GAME A Novel of Sport, Comedy, Romance and Adventure (with a kick ) Paul Smith THE GREATEST GAME unites sport, comedy and romance with a 'lost in the wilderness' adventure. It is the story of a clash of rival codes of football (Australian and American), two sets of lovers and two cultures: the most ancient and modern. It takes up the challenge to discover... what is The Greatest Game? It is spectacular, hilarious, sexy, fast-paced and full of surprises and witty conversations. Get to know the innocent (American) youth abroad, the tough Irishman, the down-to-earth beautiful...
THE GREATEST GAME A Novel of Sport, Comedy, Romance and Adventure (with a kick ) Paul Smith THE GREATEST GAME unites sport, comedy and romance with a ...
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Clint Eastwood: A Cultural Production
ISBN: 9780816619580 / Angielski / Twarda / 1993 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book is a large extent to show concern with the way such images have resonated in and with American culture and history during the last twenty or thirty years.Clint Eastwood and his films are in part because of their popularity and their significance role in this cultural discourse.
This book is a large extent to show concern with the way such images have resonated in and with American culture and history during the last twenty or...
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Bhagavad Gita & Gita Govinda
ISBN: 9781505924442 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. BHAGAVAD GITA Revised into Modern English by Paul Smith from the original Sanskrit by Shri Purohit Swami. Introductions to Chapters by Charles Johnston The Bhagavad Gita is the single most famous poem in the ancient literature of India. It is equally celebrated as the highest spiritual philosophy and poetry. It constitutes the beginning and in a sense the end of any true knowledge of Indian mysticism. The translator refers to it as 'The Bible of India'. The Guardian said of this translation in 1935 when it was first published: "A beautiful rendering, and gives the reader a clearer and more...
BHAGAVAD GITA Revised into Modern English by Paul Smith from the original Sanskrit by Shri Purohit Swami. Introductions to Chapters by Charles Johnsto...
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Daily Reflections
ISBN: 9781365183966 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Nizami: The Treasury of Mysteries
ISBN: 9781479338931 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. NIZAMI THE TREASURY OF MYSTERIES Translation & Introduction Paul Smith "The Makhzanol Asrar (The Treasury of Mysteries), the most beautiful mystic poem in the Persian language, has both perfection of language and grandeur of thought. Every line of his Treasury of Mysteries is a living witness to his absolute certainty that piety, devotion, humility and self-forgetfulness are the corner stones of total annihilation, which in turn is necessary for unification with God and the foundation of the edifice of eternal life." G. H. Darab. Senior lecturer in Persian. University of London. Paul Smith...
NIZAMI THE TREASURY OF MYSTERIES Translation & Introduction Paul Smith "The Makhzanol Asrar (The Treasury of Mysteries), the most beautiful mystic poe...
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Bat Rocket Boogie
ISBN: 9781967289189 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Disraeli: A Brief Life
ISBN: 9780521669900 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this fresh account of Benjamin Disraeli's life, Paul Smith looks at his unique character as a fusion of Jewishness and Anglicanism, outsider and insider, nationalist and European, Romantic and Tory; and shows how this formed his "appeal as an original and a card, the most piquant joker in the pack," a faintly raffish outsider who scaled the highest peaks of public life.
In this fresh account of Benjamin Disraeli's life, Paul Smith looks at his unique character as a fusion of Jewishness and Anglicanism, outsider and in...
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The Ruba'i (Quatrain) in Sufi Poetry
ISBN: 9781507689813 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 476 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. THE RUBA'I (QUATRAIN) IN SUFI POETRY An Anthology Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Introduction includes...Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art and Use of Poetry... The Form of the Ruba'i in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Urdu & English Sufi & Dervish Poetry & a Glossary. Included with each selection of a particular poet is a brief biography plus a list of further reading. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these beautiful, mystical poems. THE POETS (in Order of Appearance) Rudaki, Mansur al-Hallaj, Shibli, Baba Tahir, Abu Said, Ibn Sina, Baba Kuhi, Ansari,...
THE RUBA'I (QUATRAIN) IN SUFI POETRY An Anthology Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Introduction includes...Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art and Use o...
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Hafez of Shiraz: Book Three, The Later Years: The Life, Poetry and Times of the Immortal Persian Poet
ISBN: 9781500348533 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 820 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. HAFEZ OF SHIRAZ The Life, Poetry and Times of the Immortal Persian Poet. BOOK THREE (THE LATER YEARS) by Paul Smith This long, historical three volume novel/biography covers Hafez's life from the age of eight in 1328 when his father dies and he goes to live with his Uncle Sadi, until after his passing in 1392. Shiraz is under siege by the tyrant Mubariz and Hafez's friend the king, Abu Ishak, is on the brink of madness and despair. Hafez falls in love with the beautiful Nabat, meets his Spiritual Master 'Attar, marries and has a son. He teaches at university and befriends the liberated...
HAFEZ OF SHIRAZ The Life, Poetry and Times of the Immortal Persian Poet. BOOK THREE (THE LATER YEARS) by Paul Smith This long, historical three volume...
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Divan of Hafiz: (Special 30th Anniversary Volume)
ISBN: 9781976403958 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 654 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Inayat Khan: Life & Poems
ISBN: 9781500326326 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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From Gangs to Gourmet: One Man's Story From Two Sides Of The Knife
ISBN: 9798323417674 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Ruba'iyat of Khayyam
ISBN: 9781479315604 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. *RUBA'IYAT OF KHAYYAM* Translation, Introduction & Notes by Paul Smith Reprint of 1909 Introduction by R.A. Nicholson Of the 900 to 200o or so ruba'is attributed to Omar Khayyam (died 1132) over 500 years, only ten to twenty percent are now considered to be his. More famous in Iran as an astronomer and mathematician... the nihilistic and hedonistic and occasionally Sufi philosophy in his ruba'is meant his poems were never really popular in his homeland, but after the work of FitzGerald the west fell in love with him. Included in the Introduction: The Life and Times of Omar Khayyam and his...
*RUBA'IYAT OF KHAYYAM* Translation, Introduction & Notes by Paul Smith Reprint of 1909 Introduction by R.A. Nicholson Of the 900 to 200o or so ruba'is...
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