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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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101,63 zł |
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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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106,09 zł |
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An Area of Darkness: A Discovery of India
ISBN: 9780375708350 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness is Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul's profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland and an extraordinarily perceptive chronicle of his first encounter with India.
Traveling from the bureaucratic morass of Bombay to the ethereal beauty of Kashmir, from a sacred ice cave in the Himalayas to an abandoned temple near Madras, Naipaul encounters a dizzying cross-section of humanity: browbeaten government workers and imperious servants, a suavely self-serving holy man and a deluded American religious seeker. An Area of... A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness is Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul's profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland...
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70,51 zł |
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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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524,69 zł |
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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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104,88 zł |
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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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204,03 zł |
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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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97,03 zł |
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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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79,57 zł |
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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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139,01 zł |
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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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88,19 zł |
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Blogging Through India
ISBN: 9781425978082 / Angielski / Miękka / 108 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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178,80 zł |
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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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88,41 zł |
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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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157,55 zł |
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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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44,97 zł |
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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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41,10 zł |
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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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1075,61 zł |
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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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74,93 zł |
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Chander Mohuabone
ISBN: 9781535552875 / Bengali / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Collection of travel stories. Previously published as Chander Coffee Shope from India. Videos on her books have been uploaded on Shalpial Network at www.youtube.com.
Collection of travel stories. Previously published as Chander Coffee Shope from India. Videos on her books have been uploaded on Shalpial Network at w...
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46,42 zł |
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Walking Calcutta
ISBN: 9781907211041 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This wandering odyssey through the City's pullulating backstreets and serpentine byways reveals a Calcutta rarely glimpsed by western travellers. Arranged as a series of journeys on foot through the older quarters of the City seldom trod by outsiders, the narrative chronicles the topography, social and historical background and the vibrant street life and characters which give Calcutta its uniqueness. Complete with detailed directions and street maps for the areas explored, the book provides a storehouse of indispensable information for the intrepid traveller.
This wandering odyssey through the City's pullulating backstreets and serpentine byways reveals a Calcutta rarely glimpsed by western travellers. Arra...
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66,79 zł |
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Are We Not There Yet?: Travels in Nepal, North India, and Bhutan
ISBN: 9780982354209 / Angielski / Miękka / 182 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Literary Nonfiction. Travel Writing. South Asia Studies. "Irreverent is a good word to describe this chronicle of a four-month sojourn in North India and the Himalayas undertaken by a group of California college students, teacher and novelist Rosenthal, his poet wife, and their daughter. But it merely hints at the many dimensions of Rosenthal's roguish and frank travelogue, what with its thorny detail, skepticism, and chutzpah; complex philosophical, political, and spiritual conundrums; acid humor, mystical chaos, and cosmic surrealism. It helps that Rosenthal, hailed everywhere they go as...
Literary Nonfiction. Travel Writing. South Asia Studies. "Irreverent is a good word to describe this chronicle of a four-month sojourn in North India ...
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66,31 zł |
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