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Kaleidoscope City

Author : Piers Moore Ede
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 162040558X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Kaleidoscope City written by Piers Moore Ede and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-04-21 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Situated on the left bank of the Ganges, in the state of Uttar Pradash, Varanasi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. For Hindus there is nowhere more sacred; for Buddhists, it is revered as a place where the Buddha preached his first sermon; for Jains it is the birthplace of their two patriarchs. Over the last four thousand years, perhaps no city in the world has stood witness to such a flux of history, from the development of Aryan culture along the Ganges, to invasions that would leave the city in Muslim hands for three centuries, to an independent Brahmin kingdom, British colonial rule, and ultimately independence. But what is the city like today? Home to 2.5 million people, it is visited by twice that number every year. Polluted, overpopulated, religiously divided, but utterly sublime, Varanasi is a living expression of Indian life like no other. Each day 60,000 people bathe in the Ganges. Elderly people come to die here. Widows pushed out by their families arrive to find livelihood. In the city center, the silk trade remains the most important industry, along with textiles and the processing of betel leaf. Behind this facade lurk more sinister industries. Varanasi is a major player in the international drug scene. There's a thriving flesh trade, and a corrupt police force that turns a blind eye. As with Suketu Mehta's Maximimum City Piers Moore Ede tells the city's story by allowing inhabitants to relate their own tales. Whether portraying a Dom Raja whose role it is to cremate bodies by the Ganghes or a khoa maker, who carefully converts cow's milk into the ricotta like substance that forms the base of most sweets, Ede explores the city's most important themes through its people, creating a vibrant portrait of modern, multicultural India.

Kaleidoscope City

Author : Marcellus Hall
Publisher : Bittersweet Editions
ISBN 13 : 9780989715324
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (153 download)

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Download or read book Kaleidoscope City written by Marcellus Hall and published by Bittersweet Editions. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lone man navigates the streets of Kaleidoscope City in the aftermath of a broken romance. Buoyed by his curiosity and a search for meaning, with sketchbook in hand, he finds inspiration in unexpected places, from far-flung neighborhoods to fleeting glimpses of a mysterious woman. In this deftly constructed series of postcards to an unknown reader, Marcellus Hall lays bare our universal yearning for experience.

Kaleidoscope City

Author : Piers Moore Ede
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408818493
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Kaleidoscope City written by Piers Moore Ede and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I will never forget my first sight of the river in Varanasi, from the narrowness and constriction of the alleys, thronged with activity, to the sudden release of the waterfront, the labyrinth's end . . . It seems that all of life has its assigned place on the stone steps leading down to the Ganges. Some are used for bathing, others for laundry, washing buffalo, puja (worship, ceremonial offering), and this one for the business of death. The smells are of wood smoke, buffalo dung, urine and jasmine flowers. The sounds are of rustling kites and lowing cattle, crackling wood and prayer. . .'Piers Moore Ede first fell in love with Varanasi when he passed through it on his way to Nepal in search of wild honey hunters. In the decade that followed it continued to exert its pull on him, and so he returned to live there, to press his ear to its heartbeat and to discover what it is that makes the spiritual capital of India so unique. In this intoxicating 'city of 10,000 widows', where funeral pyres smoulder beside the river in which thousands of pilgrims bathe, and holiness and corruption walk side by side, Piers encounters sweet-makers and sadhus, mischievous boatmen and weary bureaucrats, silk weavers and musicians and discovers a remarkable interplay between death and life, light and dark.

Chronopolis

Author : Joseph John Racano
Publisher : EBL Books
ISBN 13 : 1524328650
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (243 download)

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Download or read book Chronopolis written by Joseph John Racano and published by EBL Books. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Alternity... It has been said that absolute power corrupts absolutely. But that wasn"t said about the altruistic men and women of Alternitycorp, a group of science-adventurers who gained absolute power only to change key events of the past in hopes of creating a better future. This future had a name, and that name was Chronopolis, a city created using a science called Chrononomy. It all starts deep beneath Alternity Group Headquarters, where Special Time Agent Justin Nicholas Thyme enters the Chrona, an imposing time portal powered by the nuclear fusion of nearby stars. This star energy enables Justin and his protegée Infinity Staires to travel back in time to change key events, forward in time to explore mankind"s eventual fate, and even across infinite fractured dimensions. Join Justin as he fights giant centipedes in the Permian, while Infinity attempts to prevent Cortes from landing at La Paz, all under orders from a group of wildly rich scientists trying to save humanity, and the flora and megafauna of the future. Chronopolis is the home base, and the Chrona is the gateway to the past, future and beyond. Come ride along, and don"t forget to wear a protective "freeze" suit for the time jumps! Meet our agents, the aliens, the ants and the beautiful amazons of Space Station Armstrong, then take a breather at Alternity"s Miocene base, where Infinity keeps Owdy, her pet Woolly Mammoth. This is an adventure you will never forget.

Twenty-First-Century British Fiction and the City

Author : Magali Cornier Michael
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319897284
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book Twenty-First-Century British Fiction and the City written by Magali Cornier Michael and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in this edited collection offer incisive and nuanced analyses of and insights into the state of British cities and urban environments in the twenty-first century. Britain’s experiences with industrialization, colonialism, post-colonialism, global capitalism, and the European Union (EU) have had a marked influence on British ideas about and British literature’s depiction of the city and urban contexts. Recent British fiction focuses in particular on cities as intertwined with globalization and global capitalism (including the proliferation of media) and with issues of immigration and migration. Indeed, decolonization has brought large numbers of people from former colonies to Britain, thus making British cities ever more diverse. Such mixing of peoples in urban areas has led to both racist fears and possibilities of cosmopolitan co-existence.

Cities & eyes

Author : Nienke Schachtschabel
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789053567890
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book Cities & eyes written by Nienke Schachtschabel and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of images and essays originated at the acclaimed Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. Cities and Eyes Sourcebook presents the diverse work of the Academy’s artists, philosophers, scholars, architects, and photographers as they explore the world’s cities, including Amsterdam, London, New York, Paris, and São Paulo. Presented in both English and Dutch, and accompanied by an index that includes suggestions for further reading, Cities and Eyes Sourcebook will illuminate the world’s greatest cities for a new audience of art lovers and urbanites alike.

Planning Middle Eastern Cities

Author : Yasser Elsheshtawy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134410107
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Planning Middle Eastern Cities written by Yasser Elsheshtawy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did colonial influences change the urban form of the Arab capitals? The author here poses - and answers - many questions on globalisation and the Middle East.

Architecture after God

Author : Kyle Dugdale
Publisher : Birkhäuser
ISBN 13 : 3035625026
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Architecture after God written by Kyle Dugdale and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2022-12-19 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Architecture after God A vivid retelling of the biblical story of Babel leads from the contested site of Babylon to the soaring towers of the modern metropolis, and sets the bright hopes of early modernism against the shadows of gathering war. Dealing in structural metaphor, utopian aspiration, and geopolitical ambition, Dugdale exposes the inexorable architectural implications of the event described by Nietzsche as the death of God. The Exploring Architecture series makes architectural scholarship accessible, introduces the latest research methods, and covers a wide range of periods, regions, and topics. Critical reappraisal of early modernism Based on the fable The Emperor and the Architect (1924) by Uriel Birnbaum New volume in the Exploring Architecture series

Star Darlings: A Wisher's Guide to Starland

Author : Disney Book Group
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
ISBN 13 : 1484743830
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Star Darlings: A Wisher's Guide to Starland written by Disney Book Group and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is one star in the sky that shines brighter than the rest. It's where our wishes go when we send them out into the universe... and it's called Starland. This is where the Star Darlings live -- twelve girls who are chosen as an elite, secret circle of Wish-Granters. They collect, nurture and help us make wishes come true. A Wisher's Guide to Starland introduces us to the Starlings and the incredible, sparkling, positive-energy-powered world they live in. Filled with facts on Starland and it's inhabitants, this 128-page book is filled with amazing full-color art and sure to be on every tween's "wish" list!

Kaleidoscope Century

Author : John Barnes
Publisher : Tor Science Fiction
ISBN 13 : 1429970634
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Kaleidoscope Century written by John Barnes and published by Tor Science Fiction. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joshua Ali Quare wakes in 2109 at the age of 140 in a strong youthful body with no memory of his past, to find he is at the center of a vast and deadly conspiracy. The only clues to his identity are the records he has left--messages from the man he once was... As Quare journeys through his past, he discovers he has been a key figure in the history of a turbulent, violent century--soldier, criminal, assassin, spy. A century filled with killing plagues and warring cults, ruthless corporations and dying nations. A century where treachery is often the only way to survive. Now someone is looking for him. Someone from his past. And Quare must learn the terrifying secret of his history before it unleashed devastating consequences for the future of the human race. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Cities of the Mind

Author : Lloyd Rodwin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475796978
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Cities of the Mind written by Lloyd Rodwin and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Curious about the images of the city that have been evolving in the different social sciences, we did what academics often do in such a situa 1 tion: we set up a seminar on "Images of the City in the Social Sciences." From the start, we counted on the help of specialists in other fields to pursue their interests. Of the persons who agreed to participate, all but two came from the United States, and their analyses, in the main, reflect the experience of Western countries and the United States. In our formal instructions to our collaborators, we took fi>r granted that a variety of images of the city could be found or inferred in their fields of expertise. We asked them to identify these images and their functions, to explain how and why they have changed over time, and to relate these images to the distinct intellectual traditions and techniques-analytical or otherwise-in their respective fields. The definition of image was left to the judgment of the participants.

Star Darlings Collection: Volume 2

Author : Shana Muldoon Zappa
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
ISBN 13 : 1368001122
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Star Darlings Collection: Volume 2 written by Shana Muldoon Zappa and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2016-08-02 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CAN THE STAR DARLINGS SAVE THEIR WORLD? Lots of strange things are going on at Starling Academy, and some of the girls are suspicious. As they begin investigating, they wonder if there's any connection between Scarletgetting kicked out of the Star Darlings and Leona's troubled mission. When Vega gets sent to Wishworld, she is determined to solve the puzzle fast, but her Wisher is incredibly secretive. Scarlet watches from the sidelines as Ophelia, who is hopelesslyunprepared, is chosen to go on a mission. Cassie has been dreading her journey to Wishworld since she first arrived at Starling Academy, and her assignment is even harder than she feared!

Life and Light for Woman

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Life and Light for Woman written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Life and Light for Heathen Women

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life and Light for Heathen Women written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Killer Kaleidoscope

Author : J. E. Bright
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 143422628X
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book Killer Kaleidoscope written by J. E. Bright and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can FLASH race at the speed of light to outrun a weapon made of light itself?

Turkish Kaleidoscope

Author : Jenny White
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691215499
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Turkish Kaleidoscope written by Jenny White and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful graphic novel that traces Turkey's descent into political violence in the 1970s through the experiences of four students on opposing sides of the conflict Turkish Kaleidoscope tells the stories of four unforgettable protagonists as they navigate a society torn apart by violent political factions. It is 1975 and Turkey is on the verge of civil war. Faruk and Orhan are from conservative shopkeeping families in eastern Anatolia that share a sense of new possibilities. Nuray is the daughter of villagers who have migrated to the provincial city where Yunus, the son of an imprisoned teacher, was raised in genteel poverty. While attending medical school in Ankara, Faruk draws a reluctant Orhan into a right-wing nationalist group while Nuray and Yunus join the left. Against a backdrop of escalating violence, the four students fall in love, have their hearts broken, get married, raise families, and struggle to get on with their lives. But the consequences of their decisions will follow them through their lives as their children begin the story anew, skewed through the kaleidoscope of historical events. Inspired by Jenny White's own experiences as a student in Turkey during this tumultuous period as well as original oral histories of Turks who lived through it, Turkish Kaleidoscope reveals how violent factionalism has its own emotional and cultural logic that defies ideological explanations.

Kaleidoscope

Author : Cecily Wong
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593184467
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Kaleidoscope written by Cecily Wong and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-07-11 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling novel about the tumultuous relationship between two sisters, a shocking loss that changes everything, and the life-altering adventure that follows. Morgan and Riley Brighton are joint heirs to Kaleidoscope: a glittering, ‘global bohemian’ shopping empire—created in sleepy Oregon and catapulted into haute New York—sourcing luxury goods from around the world. Morgan, statuesque beauty and Kaleidoscope’s talented designer, is adored by all, especially by the Brighton parents. Yet no one loves her more than Riley, whose shy and adventurous spirit is exalted by her sister. When a catastrophic event dismantles the Brightons’ world, Riley must stand in the spotlight for the first time in her life, with questions about her family that challenge her memory, identity, and loyalty. Restless and heartbroken, she sets off across the globe with the person she least expects, to seek truths about those she thought she knew best—herself included. Kaleidoscope is at once an examination of the precious bond between sisters as well as a vibrant story of exploration and surprising love. Moving and funny, warm and wise, Cecily Wong delivers a transporting, addictive page-turner that will tempt your appetite for food and travel and change the way you imagine your place in the world.