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Author : Abie Alexander
Publisher : Infinity Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780741466983
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (669 download)
Download or read book Memories and Mirages written by Abie Alexander and published by Infinity Pub. This book was released on 2011-08-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you longed for poetry that you could understand and enjoy? Here are twenty-one such.
Author : Abu Rafique
Publisher : Brandylane Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781953021021
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)
Download or read book Of Memories and Mirages written by Abu Rafique and published by Brandylane Publishers, Incorporated. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although both time and origin separate them, this story is of lives that fate and circumstance have tied to Pakistan. Aasiya slips away from watchful eyes to meet her lover at a teashop in the same city her grandparents, Suraiya and Iqbal, once moved to after meeting amid the bloodshed of the Partition. The owner of the teashop, Salim, also finds himself refuge from Afghanistan's war in the heat of Karachi. Meanwhile, a family nearby deals with the consequences of their son eagerly leaving the city and bearing firsthand witness to the horrors of the seemingly holy war.
Download or read book MIRAGES OF MEMORY. written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : AA Books
ISBN 13 : 9781946593429
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (934 download)
Download or read book Memories and Mirages written by and published by AA Books. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you longed for poetry that can be understood and enjoyed? Here are twenty-one such. Simple, yet profound. Subtle, but not convoluted. Some amusing, others serious. But all thought-provoking. The poet combines both the heart and the mind to draw unexpected parallels out of ordinary, everyday images. In the tradition of good poetry, you will find in every poem the warmth of love and the bond of humanity. If you are multilingual you can enjoy these poems in English, French, German, and Russian.
Author : Christopher Pinney
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1780239696
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)
Download or read book The Waterless Sea written by Christopher Pinney and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mirages have long astonished travelers of the sea and beguiled thirsty desert voyagers. Traditional Chinese and Japanese poetry and art depict the above-horizon, superior mirage, or fata morgana, as exhalations of clam-monsters. Indian sources relate mirages to the “thirst of gazelles,” a metaphor for the futility of desire. Starting in the late eighteenth century, mirages became a symbol in the West of Oriental despotism—a negative, but also enchanted, emblem. But the mirage motif is rarely simply condemnatory. More often, our obsession with mirages conveys a sense of escape, of fascination, of a desire to be deceived. The Waterless Sea is the first book devoted to the theories and history of mirages. Christopher Pinney navigates a sinuous pathway through a mysterious and evanescent terrain, showing how mirages have impacted politics, culture, science, and religion—and how we can continue to learn from their sublimity.
Author : Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi
Publisher : Random House India
ISBN 13 : 8184006209
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Mirages of the Mind written by Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi’s last published work Mirages of the Mind traces an arc of nostalgia between Pakistan and India. Its main characters—Indian Muslim immigrants to Pakistan—reminisce about and long for an impossible return to their pre-Partition life in India. The book’s lightly fictionalized anecdotes, both humorous and poignantly sad, form a treasure trove of the arcana and subtle differences of twentieth-century Muslim life in the subcontinent. A cultural memoir, multi-layered biography, and anecdotal chain, Mirages of the Mind chronicles a milieu that has all but disappeared. Its narratives portray the hardships, heartbreak, and humour of colonial north-Indian Muslim life and its subsequent forms in post-colonial India and Pakistan. The book’s central character Basharat serves the role of a wise fool—equally ridiculous and full of penetrating, bizarre sense. Basharat’s tales about his friends paint a rare, and perhaps the last, authentic picture of the literary and cultural life of South Asia’s Urdu speakers. The first Urdu anthologies recalled the lives of poets exclusively in anecdotes. With Mirages of the Mind, Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi rekindles this form and briefly illuminates the beauty of a culture that is fast receding into the darkness of the past.
Author : Christopher Prendergast
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400846315
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Mirages and Mad Beliefs written by Christopher Prendergast and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-21 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcel Proust was long the object of a cult in which the main point of reading his great novel In Search of Lost Time was to find, with its narrator, a redemptive epiphany in a pastry and a cup of lime-blossom tea. We now live in less confident times, in ways that place great strain on the assumptions and beliefs that made those earlier readings possible. This has led to a new manner of reading Proust, against the grain. In Mirages and Mad Beliefs, Christopher Prendergast argues the case differently, with the grain, on the basis that Proust himself was prey to self-doubt and found numerous, if indirect, ways of letting us know. Prendergast traces in detail the locations and forms of a quietly nondogmatic yet insistently skeptical voice that questions the redemptive aesthetic the novel is so often taken to celebrate, bringing the reader to wonder whether that aesthetic is but another instance of the mirage or the mad belief that, in other guises, figures prominently in In Search of Lost Time. In tracing the modalities of this self-pressuring voice, Prendergast ranges far and wide, across a multiplicity of ideas, themes, sources, and stylistic registers in Proust's literary thought and writing practice, attentive at every point to inflections of detail, in a sustained account of Proust the skeptic for the contemporary reader.
Author : Somaiya Daud
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250126444
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Mirage written by Somaiya Daud and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A refreshing and unique coming-of-age story...a beautiful and necessary meditation on finding strength in one’s culture.” —Entertainment Weekly, Top Pick of the Month “A YA marvel that will shock breath into your lungs. If you loved The Wrath and the Dawn and Children of Blood and Bone, Mirage will captivate you.” —The Christian Science Monitor “This debut fantasy has what it takes to be the next big thing in sci-fi/fantasy.” —SLJ, starred review “Immersive, captivating.” —ALA Booklist, starred review In a world dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation; she dreams of writing poetry like the old-world poems she adores; she dreams of receiving a sign from Dihya that one day, she, too, will have adventure, and travel beyond her isolated home. But when adventure comes for Amani, it is not what she expects: she is kidnapped by the regime and taken in secret to the royal palace, where she discovers that she is nearly identical to the cruel half-Vathek Princess Maram. The princess is so hated by her conquered people that she requires a body double, someone to appear in public as Maram, ready to die in her place. As Amani is forced into her new role, she can’t help but enjoy the palace’s beauty—and her time with the princess’ fiancé, Idris. But the glitter of the royal court belies a world of violence and fear. If Amani ever wishes to see her family again, she must play the princess to perfection...because one wrong move could lead to her death.
Author : Costas Komborozos
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781978202542
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Deserts of Forgetting and Memory Mirages written by Costas Komborozos and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two travelers move through a wasteland. "The ultimate traveler lays buried here. Our names, like his, will forever be remembered." "What happens if we don't find it? We'll never make it out of here. This desert appears to be endless." "I can no longer tell where we began our journey, and I fear that I will forget what our destination is." The travelers share a look of concern. Then one of them gestures toward the distance. "We have to keep moving. Who knows, maybe finding the grave of Herodotus will restore all of our memories." The two travelers persist along their course. They observe how the wasteland appears to be same. Within moments, one of them feels a sudden wave of exhaustion. The other traveler observes him and asks, "Are you alright?" He watches as the other traveler lays on the sand now. "What is it? Speak to me!" The traveler looks around for any sign that they may be getting closer to their destination, but there is none. When he looks at his fellow traveler again, he sees that he is gone. The traveler remains firm regardless of the scorching heat. He forges ahead as he feels that the destination is near. After a few moments, he sees someone in the distance. He narrows his eyes and sees that it is his fellow traveler. "What are you doing there? You disappeared. What happened?" The traveler sees that the other traveler remains still and silent. When he approaches him, he watches him vanish into the air. "Where are you? I saw you! You were right here!" The traveler looks around in dismay. Then he decides to keep moving. The more distance he travels, the more things he forgets. The traveler fears that by the time he reaches his destination, everything he knows will simply vanish. Then he reassures himself with the possibility that finding the grave of the ultimate traveler will enable him to remember everything. His fellow traveler appears to him again. This time, the traveler instantly runs toward him. As soon as he gains a closer proximity to him, the other traveler vanishes once again. Then the traveler realizes that the other traveler guided him to his destination. He sees the grave of Herodotus a short distance away. When he arrives at the grave, he sees the words "Herein lies the unknown" at the bottom. Then memories resurface again, making him remember things that he forgot while in the deep desert. The traveler remembers that he was in this desert before, and that he got lost while trying to find his destination. The words on the grave trigger another memory: he never made out of the desert alive. Then he realizes that the other traveler was him, and that the mirage of the traveler was none other than him. The mirage led him here to discover that the desert erased all of his memories until there was nothing left of him. The unknown has already consumed him.
Author : Simon Tull
Publisher : Ultraluminal Press
ISBN 13 : 1923092014
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (23 download)
Download or read book A Mirage in the Memory written by Simon Tull and published by Ultraluminal Press. This book was released on 2023-08-30 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dogged by a digital ghost and his own murky past, he must scour the city to kill the killer … or lose the woman he loves. Earth, post-Apocalypse. Thibault Allard is determined to save his wife. After he escapes the addictive virtual reality that enslaved them both, he works as a bounty hunter for their unsavoury captor to gain inside access and search for his beloved. But when the morally flexible immortal is handed a ruthless ultimatum, he derails his plans in order to pursue the man who terminated his boss’s spouse. Getting close to the dangerous cult leader responsible for the woman’s death, he scrambles to survive after he’s captured and imprisoned. And thrown into a pit for a gladiatorial battle against a blood-lusting monster, Thibault fears he’ll die before he can rescue the bride he left behind. Can he double down on his duty without losing the rest of his soul? A Mirage in the Memory is the intriguing prequel novella to The Slip Saga science fiction fantasy series. If you like men who exist in the grey, suspenseful world-building, and engaging page-turners, then you’ll love Simon Tull’s hard-boiled detective mystery.
Author : Juliana Romano
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698168836
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)
Download or read book Summer in the Invisible City written by Juliana Romano and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen, a sparkling coming-of-age story about self-discovery, first love, and the true meaning of family Seventeen-year-old Sadie Bell has this summer all figured out: She’s going to befriend the cool girls at her school. She's going to bond with her absentee father, a famous artist, and impress him with her photography skills. And she’s finally going to get over Noah, the swoony older guy who was her very first mistake. Sadie wasn’t counting on meeting Sam, a funny and free-thinking boy who makes her question all of her goals. But even after a summer of talking, touching, and sharing secrets, Sam says he just wants to be friends. And when those Sadie cares about most hurt her, Sam's friendship may not be enough. Sadie can see the world through her camera, but can she see the people who have loved and supported her all along? Set against a glamorous New York City backdrop, this coming-of-age romance is a gorgeous summer read—one whose characters will stay with you long into the fall.
Author : Somaiya Daud
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250126479
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Court of Lions written by Somaiya Daud and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Court of Lions is the long-awaited second and final installment in the “smart, sexy, and devilishly clever” Mirage series by Somaiya Daud (Renée Ahdieh, New York Times bestselling author of The Beautiful)! On a planet on the brink of revolution, Amani has been forced into isolation. She’s been torn from the boy she loves and has given up contact with her fellow rebels to protect her family. In taking risks for the rebel cause, Amani may have lost Maram’s trust forever. But the princess is more complex than she seems, and now Amani is once more at her capricious nature. One wrong move could see her executed for high treason. On the eve of Maram’s marriage to Idris comes an unexpected proposal: in exchange for taking her place in the festivities, Maram will keep Amani’s rebel associations a secret. Alone and desperate, Amani is thrust into the center of the court, navigating the dangerous factions on the princess's behalf. But the court is not what she expects. As a risky plan grows in her mind, and with the rebels poised to make their stand, Amani begins to believe her world might have a future. But every choice she makes comes with a cost. Can Amani risk the ones she loves the most for a war she's not sure she can win?
Author : Monica Burns
Publisher : Entangled: Select Contemporary
ISBN 13 : 1640633308
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Mirage written by Monica Burns and published by Entangled: Select Contemporary. This book was released on 2017-08-21 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Viscount Blakeney has experienced prejudice from both sides of his heritage, but a promise to his dying English grandfather has forced him to divide his time between Britain and his beautiful Sahara, where he is Sheikh Altair Mazir. When he witnesses the British Museum rejecting Alexandra Talbot’s request for help finding the lost city of Per Ramesses, he’s compelled to come to her aid, but first he dons his desert robes to hide his identity. Alexandra has endured a lifetime of men dismissing her intelligence because she’s a woman. But unlike other men, the mysterious Altair doesn’t question her abilities or whether she’ll find the Per Ramesses. The only thing he questions is why she won’t give in to the temptation of untold pleasure. Desire flares under the desert stars, but murder and betrayal make for a deadly quest, and trust is the only thing that will keep them alive.
Author : Diane Ackerman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439125082
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)
Download or read book An Alchemy of Mind written by Diane Ackerman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of The Zookeeper's Wife, an ambitious and enlightening work that combines an artist's eye with a scientist's erudition to illuminate, as never before, the magic and mysteries of the human mind. Long treasured by literary readers for her uncommon ability to bridge the gap between art and science, celebrated scholar-artist Diane Ackerman returns with the book she was born to write. Her dazzling new work, An Alchemy of Mind, offers an unprecedented exploration and celebration of the mental fantasia in which we spend our days—and does for the human mind what the bestselling A Natural History of the Senses did for the physical senses. Bringing a valuable female perspective to the topic, Diane Ackerman discusses the science of the brain as only she can: with gorgeous, immediate language and imagery that paint an unusually lucid and vibrant picture for the reader. And in addition to explaining memory, thought, emotion, dreams, and language acquisition, she reports on the latest discoveries in neuroscience and addresses controversial subjects like the effects of trauma and male versus female brains. In prose that is not simply accessible but also beautiful and electric, Ackerman distills the hard, objective truths of science in order to yield vivid, heavily anecdotal explanations about a range of existential questions regarding consciousness, human thought, memory, and the nature of identity.
Author : Vibha Malhotra
Publisher : Hawakal Publishers Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9789391431594
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (315 download)
Download or read book Loveflakes written by Vibha Malhotra and published by Hawakal Publishers Private Limited. This book was released on 2022-04-13 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Loveflakes leads you through the maze of fleeting emotions one goes through while experiencing love. This collection of heartfelt reflections explores love as the prism through which we can hope to decrypt our connection with the infinity. Through its short verses and prose poems, this book celebrates love as the monad of the ever-expanding Universes - the invisible force that keeps cells, molecules, human beings, solar systems, and galaxies from falling apart.
Author : Sami Lee
Publisher : Entangled: Scorched
ISBN 13 : 1640630937
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Moonlight Mirage (A Sexy, Beach Romance Novella) written by Sami Lee and published by Entangled: Scorched. This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hayley Bryant has changed a lot in the two years since her boss’s rejection sent her running. She’s travelled the world and is now a grown woman who knows just how to get what she wants. Coming face-to-face with her former boss shouldn’t affect her at all. Except it does. Mitchell still makes her burn as hot as ever. Good thing she’s brought her sexy friend with benefits, Ty, along as a plus one to a wedding on Bandicoot Cove Island. Mitch Wood has always put business first, except for when he hired his little sister’s friend as an intern. Pushing Hayley away was the right thing to do at the time, but he can’t deny the attraction now. This time, he’ll have to come to Hayley, and her plus one might prove to be a bit of an obstacle. Fortunately, Mitch has never been one to shy away from a little competition. Each book in the Bandicoot Cove series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1 Tropical Sin Book #2 Paradise Found Book #3 Island Idyll Book #4 Sunlit Surrender Book #5 Sunset Heat Book #6 Moonlight Mirage
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Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Mirages of Memory written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
