Chasing the Mountain of Light: Across India on the Trail of the Koh-I-Noor Diamond
ISBN: 9780312239336 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Koh-i-Noor diamond known as the Mountain of Light, the world's largest diamond, was found in India, traveled from Golconda to the Mughal palaces in the north. Fought over, cursed at and occasionally lost, it finally reached the Sikhs in the Punjab, only to be seized by British agents eager to please young Queen Victoria. It now lies in the Tower of London where some say its curse controls the fate of the Windsor family. In Chasing the Mountain of Light, Kevin Rushby pursues the dramatic career of the Koh-i-Noor on a journey to the heart of Indian culture meeting dealers,... The Koh-i-Noor diamond known as the Mountain of Light, the world's largest diamond, was found in India, traveled from Golconda to the Mughal palace... |
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Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond
ISBN: 9780312426415 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In Temptations of the West, Pankaj Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on journeys through South Asia, and considers the pressures of Western-style modernity and prosperity on the region. Beginning in India, his examination takes him from the realities of Bollywood stardom, to the history of Jawaharlal Nehru's post-independence politics. In Kashmir, he reports on the brutal massacre of thirty-five Sikhs, and its intriguing local aftermath. And in Tibet, he exquisitely parses the situation... A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In Temptations of the West, Pankaj Mishra brings literary authority and po... |
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103,32 zł |
India in Mind
ISBN: 9780375727450 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ever since Herodotus reported that it was home to gold-digging ants, travelers have been intrigued by India in all its beguiling complexity. This superb anthology gives us some of the best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that has been written about the world s second most populous nation over the past two centuries.
From Mark Twain s puzzled fascination with Indian castes and customs, to Allen Ginsberg s awe at the country s spiritual and natural splendors, or from J. R. Ackerley s delightful recollections of his visits with an eccentric gay Maharajah, to Gore Vidal s unforgettable scene... Ever since Herodotus reported that it was home to gold-digging ants, travelers have been intrigued by India in all its beguiling complexity. This supe...
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Hima Jour V1:Sci Tra 1790-1877
ISBN: 9780415289344 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Hima Jour V2:Sci Tra 1790-1877
ISBN: 9780415289351 / Angielski / Twarda / 487 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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1351,21 zł |
Sherpas: Reflections on Change in Himalayan Nepal
ISBN: 9780520069411 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on elements of various genres--anthropological monograph, literary memoir, and photojournalism--James Fisher has devised this multivocal format to trace the impact of modern education and mass tourism on contemporary Sherpa society and to present and assess the Sherpas; views of their collective future.
Drawing on elements of various genres--anthropological monograph, literary memoir, and photojournalism--James Fisher has devised this multivocal forma...
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198,86 zł |
Outer Journey Inner Journey: Travels in India, Nepal, & Indonesia
ISBN: 9780595455744 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Experience these countries through their myths, religions and philosophies. Explore their geography. Make sense of their political challenges. Visit incredible caves, mountains, rivers and festivals in off-the-beaten-track places. Discover in detail how exploration and immersion in foreign cultures produce constant internal reflection and self re-discovery. Feast your eyes, challenge your mind, open your heart.
Experience these countries through their myths, religions and philosophies. Explore their geography. Make sense of their political challenges. Visit i...
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Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana Through India
ISBN: 9780802137333 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Anthropologist and journalist Blank gives a new perspective to the 3,000-year-old Hindu classic, retelling the ancient tale while following the course of Rama's journey through present-day India and Sri Lanka.
Anthropologist and journalist Blank gives a new perspective to the 3,000-year-old Hindu classic, retelling the ancient tale while following the course...
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77,49 zł |
Amritsar to Lahore: A Journey Across the India-Pakistan Border
ISBN: 9780812217438 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "During the course of my journey, many of the people I met in Pakistan and India expressed a curious combination of affection, indifference, and animosity toward their neighbors across the border. . . . The border divides them but it is also a seam that j
"During the course of my journey, many of the people I met in Pakistan and India expressed a curious combination of affection, indifference, and animo...
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The Hunt for the Buru
ISBN: 9780941936651 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This firsthand account of a 1948 journey to a treacherous valley in northern India in search of a mysterious creature is both a classic travel adventure and a graphic record of an amazing expedition. The book chronicles the group's movement into a remote valley in Assam, where the inhabitants had only recently given up headhunting, on a quest for the Buru--an elusive, monstrous reptile well documented by those native to the area. The Buru, like the Yeti, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness monster, has captured the imagination of adventurers around the world, and remains a popular subject of...
This firsthand account of a 1948 journey to a treacherous valley in northern India in search of a mysterious creature is both a classic travel adventu...
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85,89 zł |
Blogging Through India
ISBN: 9781425978082 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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174,13 zł |
Ramblings with Ruth
ISBN: 9781931475228 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of the missionaries Sam and Ruth Schmitthenner, who served the Telugu people in India for thirty years (1960-1990).
The story of the missionaries Sam and Ruth Schmitthenner, who served the Telugu people in India for thirty years (1960-1990).
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86,10 zł |
Our Summer in the Vale of Kashmir
ISBN: 9781931641524 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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153,44 zł |
Queen Of The Elephants
ISBN: 9780099592013 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the tiny aristocratic figure of Parbati Barua, known as queen of the elephants, Mark Shand finds his ultimate guru. He had already learned about the ways of elephants after riding his beloved Tara across India, a journey which he described in Travels on My Elephant, for which he won the 1992 Travel Writer of the Year Award. But he is no match for the daughter of India's greatest expert on the Asian elephant, the late Prince of Gauripur, who taught her everything. She lassoed her first wild elephant before she was 20.
In the tiny aristocratic figure of Parbati Barua, known as queen of the elephants, Mark Shand finds his ultimate guru. He had already learned about th...
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The Best of India for Tourists: The Ultimate Guide for India's Top Sites, Restaurants, Shopping and Beaches for Tourists
ISBN: 9781508715498 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Best of India for Tourists 2nd Edition: The Ultimate Guide for India's Top Site, Restaurants, Shopping and Beaches for Tourists
Planning a trip to India and don't know where to go? Have no idea where to start this trip in this wonderful country your about to see? Should you stay in the city or outside the city? You for sure don't want to miss seeing the Kedarnath How about the Badrinath? How about what to buy in India? Shopping? Want to know where you can bargain shop? And what to buy? ...The Best of India for Tourists 2nd Edition: The Ultimate Guide for India's Top Site, Restaurants, Shopping and Beaches for Tourists <...
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43,81 zł |
Glimpses of Bengal - Selected from the Letters of Sir Rabindranath Tagore 1885-1895
ISBN: 9781604500820 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The letters translated in this book span the most productive period of my literary life, when, owing to great good fortune, I was young and less known. From the Introduction.
The letters translated in this book span the most productive period of my literary life, when, owing to great good fortune, I was young and less known...
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Womens Travel Writing 1750-1850: Volume 4
ISBN: 9780415320382 / Angielski / Twarda / 414 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Spring, Heat, Rains: A South Indian Diary
ISBN: 9780226755762 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rocks. Goats. Dry shrubs. Buffaloes. Thorns. A fallen tamarind tree. Such were the sights that greeted David Shulman on his arrival in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in the spring of 2006. An expert on South Indian languages and cultures, Shulman knew the region well, but from the moment he arrived for this seven-month sojourn he actively soaked up such simple aspects of his surroundings, determined to attend to the rich texture of daily life choosing to be at the same time scholar and tourist, wanderer and wonderer.Lyrical, sensual, and introspective, "Spring, Heat, Rains" is...
Rocks. Goats. Dry shrubs. Buffaloes. Thorns. A fallen tamarind tree. Such were the sights that greeted David Shulman on his arrival in the South India...
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120,35 zł |
India South and North East: 2008
ISBN: 9781553410690 / Angielski / Mapa, składana Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scale = 1/2,3M edition = 2008.
Scale = 1/2,3M edition = 2008.
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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar
ISBN: 9780547237930 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Paul Theroux returns to the transcontinental expedition that made Great Railway Bazaar a classic of travel literature and realizes in rich, anecdotal detail how much the world has changed. Half a lifetime ago, Paul Theroux virtually invented the modern travel narrative by recounting his grand tour by train through Asia. In the three decades since, the world he recorded in that book has undergone phenomenal change. The Soviet Union has collapsed and China has risen; India booms while Burma smothers under dictatorship; Vietnam flourishes in the aftermath of the... Paul Theroux returns to the transcontinental expedition that made Great Railway Bazaar a classic of travel literature and realizes in ric... |
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72,98 zł |