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Download or read book Passarola Rising written by Azhar Abidi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the year 1731, Alexandre Lourenco watches as his brother Bartolomeu’s airship, the Passarola, ascends from the ramparts of St. Jorge’s Castle in Lisbon. When the brothers board the ship, they embark on a journey that will take them from the salons and bordellos of Enlightenment Paris to the desolate far reaches of the North Pole, in search of scientific truth and knowledge. As they encounter such characters as the loquacious Voltaire and the irascible King Stanislaus of Poland, and attempt to escape Russian enemy fire and the condemnation of Portugal’s Cardinal Conti, Alexandre hopes to find his calling in life, while his brother keeps his eyes on the Passarola’s next horizon. A delightful picaresque tale filled with evocative period detail, Azhar Abidi’s debut is not only a story of adventure and suspense, but a thoughtful book on the nature of truth, and a heartfelt portrait of the relationship between brothers.
Download or read book Passarola Rising written by Azhar Abidi and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Passarola Rising written by Azhar Abidi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-12-26 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inventing a peculiar airship that he uses to escape the intellectually stultifying climate of Portugal, Bartolomeu Loureno and his brother, Alexandre, travel the world in search of the truth, from the salons and bordellos of Ancien Rgime Paris to the Polish kingdom of Stanislaus. A first novel. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.
Book Synopsis Contemporary Authors by : Julie Mellors
Download or read book Contemporary Authors written by Julie Mellors and published by Contemporary Authors. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biographical and bibliographical guide to current writers in all fields including poetry, fiction and nonfiction, journalism, drama, television and movies. Information is provided by the authors themselves or drawn from published interviews, feature stories, book reviews and other materials provided by the authors/publishers.
Book Synopsis The House of Bilqis by : Azhar Abidi
Download or read book The House of Bilqis written by Azhar Abidi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refusing to join her son and daughter-in-law in their new home in Australia, Pakistani woman Bilqis Ara Begum witnesses the rising insurgency in 1980s Kashmir and observes a forbidden relationship between her servant girl and a neighbor boy.
Download or read book Eagles in the Storm written by Ben Kane and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-03-23 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AD 15. The German chieftain Arminius has been defeated, one of the lost Roman eagles recovered, and thousands of German tribesmen slain. Yet these successes aren’t nearly enough for senior centurion Lucius Tullus. Not until Arminius is dead, his old legion’s eagle found and the enemy tribes completely vanquished will he rest. But Arminius – devious, fearless – is burning for revenge of his own. Charismatic as ever, he raises another large tribal army, which will harry the Romans the length and breadth of the land. Soon Tullus finds himself in a cauldron of bloodshed, treachery and danger. His mission to retrieve his legion’s eagle will be his most perilous yet...
Download or read book 世界格局中的澳大利亚：历史、现实与未来 written by 刘树森主编 and published by BEIJING BOOK CO. INC.. This book was released on 2021-11-19 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 本书是一部澳大利亚研究中英文论文集，由40余位外专门从事澳大利亚研究的专家和学者撰写。从人类文明发展史与当今世界日益全球化的双重视角探讨澳大利亚作为亚太区域一个重要国家的发展与变化，包括中澳关系，澳大利亚的历史、政治、文学、教育、语言、新闻媒体、经济，以及生态与环保研究等诸多领域，从不同侧面探讨和研究澳大利亚及其社会特征，反映了澳大利亚研究的最新成果。
Book Synopsis New Soundings in Postcolonial Writing by : Janet Wilson
Download or read book New Soundings in Postcolonial Writing written by Janet Wilson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Soundings in Postcolonial Writing is a collection of critical and creative writing in honour of the postcolonial critic, editor and anthologist Bruce King. There are essays on topics relating to Caribbean authors (Derek Walcott, Simone and Andre Schwarz-Bart); diaspora writers in England (Zadie Smith, Andrea Levy, Michael Ondaatje), South East Asian writing in English (Arun Kolatkar, recent Pakistani fiction, Anita Desai) and New Zealand, Canadian and Pacific writers (Albert Wendt, Patricia Grace, Bill Manhire, Joseph Boyden, Greg O’Brien). The creative writing section features new work by David Dabydeen, Fred D’Aguiar, Arvind Mehrotra, Jeet Thayil, Meena Alexander, Keki Daruwalla, Adil Jussawalla, Tabish Khair, Susan Visvanathan and others, reflecting King’s pioneering work on Indian poetry in English, and his many friendships.
Book Synopsis Routledge Companion to Pakistani Anglophone Writing by : Aroosa Kanwal
Download or read book Routledge Companion to Pakistani Anglophone Writing written by Aroosa Kanwal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-10 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Pakistani Anglophone Writing forms a theoretical, comprehensive, and critically astute overview of the history and future of Pakistani literature in English. Dealing with key issues for global society today, from terrorism, religious extremism, fundamentalism, corruption, and intolerance, to matters of love, hate, loss, belongingness, and identity conflicts, this Companion brings together over thirty essays by leading and emerging scholars, and presents: the transformations and continuities in Pakistani anglophone writing since its inauguration in 1947 to today; contestations and controversies that have not only informed creative writing but also subverted certain stereotypes in favour of a dynamic representation of Pakistani Muslim experiences; a case for a Pakistani canon through a critical perspective on how different writers and their works have, at different times, both consciously and unconsciously, helped to realise and extend a uniquely Pakistani idiom. Providing a comprehensive yet manageable introduction to cross-cultural relations and to historical, regional, local, and global contexts that are essential to reading Pakistani anglophone literature, The Routledge Companion to Pakistani Anglophone Writing is key reading for researchers and academics in Pakistani anglophone literature, history, and culture. It is also relevant to other disciplines such as terror studies, post-9/11 literature, gender studies, postcolonial studies, feminist studies, human rights, diaspora studies, space and mobility studies, religion, and contemporary South Asian literatures and cultures.
Book Synopsis Tale of Two Lions by : Roberto Ransom
Download or read book Tale of Two Lions written by Roberto Ransom and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a bold new voice in Spanish fiction comes a sly and endearing novel--a mischievous story of two lions on two different continents, which Ignacio Padilla has declared, "the best Mexican literary work I have read in recent years."
Book Synopsis The Penguin Book of Migration Literature by : Dohra Ahmad
Download or read book The Penguin Book of Migration Literature written by Dohra Ahmad and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Ahmad's] "introduction is fiery and charismatic... This book encompasses the diversity of experience, with beautiful variations and stories that bicker back and forth." --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times The first global anthology of migration literature featuring works by Mohsin Hamid, Zadie Smith, Marjane Satrapi, Salman Rushdie, and Warsan Shire, with a foreword by Edwidge Danticat, author of Everything Inside A Penguin Classic Every year, three to four million people move to a new country. From war refugees to corporate expats, migrants constantly reshape their places of origin and arrival. This selection of works collected together for the first time brings together the most compelling literary depictions of migration. Organized in four parts (Departures, Arrivals, Generations, and Returns), The Penguin Book of Migration Literature conveys the intricacy of worldwide migration patterns, the diversity of immigrant experiences, and the commonalities among many of those diverse experiences. Ranging widely across the eighteenth through twenty-first centuries, across every continent of the earth, and across multiple literary genres, the anthology gives readers an understanding of our rapidly changing world, through the eyes of those at the center of that change. With thirty carefully selected poems, short stories, and excerpts spanning three hundred years and twenty-five countries, the collection brings together luminaries, emerging writers, and others who have earned a wide following in their home countries but have been less recognized in the Anglophone world. Editor of the volume Dohra Ahmad provides a contextual introduction, notes, and suggestions for further exploration.
Download or read book Twilight written by Azhar Abidi and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2008 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Karachi, Bilqis Ara Begum, Proud Custodian Of Her Family&Rsquo;S Traditions, Prepares For The Wedding Reception Of Her Son Samad. The Family Has Gathered, The Servants Have Been Given Their Instructions, The Invitations Sent To Pakistan&Rsquo;S Upper Crust. But Bilqis Is Restless&Mdash;This Is Not What She Had Planned For Her Only Son: Kate, Whom Samad Has Recently Married, Is Australian And Middle Class. While Bilqis Struggles To Reassure Herself Of Her Son&Rsquo;S Commitment To The Family, Their Customs And, Most Of All, To Herself, Pakistan Is Facing Turmoil. Having Fortified His Dictatorship Through A Sham Referendum, General Zia Is Now Set On Imposing Orthodox Muslim Law On The Country, And News From The Border Is Of An Imminent Insurgency In Kashmir. Yet, Against The Threats To The Liberal Space She Has Always Accepted As Her Privilege, Bilqis Stands Firm&Mdash;Drawing Strength From The Values Of Her Aristocratic Parents And Memories Of Her Carefree Childhood In Undivided India&Mdash;And Refuses, With Characteristic Obstinacy, To Join Samad In Australia. Then She Stumbles Upon Her Servant Girl Mumtaz&Rsquo;S Secret Affair With A Kashmiri Freedom Fighter&Mdash;A Reckless Tryst That Threatens To Destroy The Girl&Rsquo;S Honour But For Which She Claims To Have No Regrets&Mdash;And Bilqis Is Left To Examine The Convictions That Have So Long Determined Her Life And Her Faith In Those Around Her. Twilight Confirms Azhar Abidi&Rsquo;S Stunning Talent For Nuanced Storytelling And Vivid, Evocative Prose. It Is A Captivating Novel About Love And Loyalty, Exile And Conflict, And Ultimately About The Inherent Comforts And Trials Of The Mother&Ndash;Son Bond.
Book Synopsis Intelligence, Creativity and Fantasy by : Mário S. Ming Kong
Download or read book Intelligence, Creativity and Fantasy written by Mário S. Ming Kong and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The texts presented in Proportion Harmonies and Identities (PHI) - INTELLIGENCE, CREATIVITY AND FANTASY were compiled with the intent to establish a multidisciplinary platform for the presentation, interaction and dissemination of research. The aim is also to foster the awareness and discussion on the topics of Harmony and Proportion with a focus on different visions relevant to Architecture, Arts and Humanities, Design, Engineering, Social and Natural Sciences, and their importance and benefits for the sense of both individual and community identity. The idea of modernity has been a significant motor for development since the Western Early Modern Age. Its theoretical and practical foundations have become the working tools of scientists, philosophers, and artists, who seek strategies and policies to accelerate the development process in different contexts.
Download or read book The Fiction Collection written by and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2007 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of fiction by 20th century Indic English authors, published by Penguin Books, India commemorating its twentieth year in the publishing industry; includes English translation of fiction by 20th century authors of Indic languages.
Download or read book Australian Book Review written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Raven Warrior by : Alice Borchardt
Download or read book The Raven Warrior written by Alice Borchardt and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the knowing eye and fiery voice of an accomplished storyteller, Alice Borchardt takes us back to the amazing world of a re-envisioned Camelot in the continuing Tales of Guinevere. Remarkably strong, magically talented, a match for friend and foe alike, Guinevere has come into womanhood—and faces a new relationship with Lancelot that will lead to the sharp-edged triangle of legend. . . . Born of the Highlands, along Pictish shores washed by the icy North Sea, Guinevere, Queen of the Dragon People, has become a woman. She has taken the power offered to her by the Dragon Throne. Now there is no turning back. In order to protect her beloved homeland from the obscene greed of the Saxon raiders, Guinevere knows she must launch an attack. The sub-chiefs refuse to fall in line with her plans (because what does this young thing, barely a woman, know of warfare?) and give her an army of the useless, the outcast, the weakest of their young boys and girls. But the war party must proceed. If it fails, the command of both land and sea will fall to the enemy. Facing her first battle against the pirates on foreign shores, and backed only by a meager band of ill-equipped fighters, Guinevere calls upon the spirits of the dead to aid her in the attack. Diving into the dark, morbid depths, Guinevere suddenly understands more of hate, love, anger, and revenge than she has ever wanted to. But the power the dead provide comes at a severe price. If she makes it through the raid, she will be a changed woman, in more ways than she can possibly imagine. Further south, Black Leg, her childhood companion, sets out on his own. It is a quest to become a man—a man, he hopes, who will be worthy of the newly crowned Guinevere. A shapeshifter and the son of Guinevere’s adoptive man-wolf father, Black Leg (soon to be Lancelot) feels he has much to learn—and even more to prove. He discovers both his inner strength and an unmitigated passion when he meets the Lady of the Lake. But the trials of his journey— both mental and physical—turn out to be more perilous with each step. And when Lancelot and Guinevere are finally reunited, the consequences of both their ordeals will unleash a torrent of anguish and desire. With familiar names brilliantly repositioned for a new generation of Arthurian fans—evil Merlin, conniving Igrane, complex Lancelot, tainted Arthur, and of course, warrior Guinevere—Alice Borchardt’s creation stands as a testament to the power of imagination.
Book Synopsis Oh Pure and Radiant Heart by : Lydia Millet
Download or read book Oh Pure and Radiant Heart written by Lydia Millet and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millet's latest novel is a black-comic tour de force depicting the "second coming" of atomic bomb creators Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Leo Szilard. Despite being dead, these scientists are spotted in Santa Fe by a shy librarian, who joins them on a pilgrimage to Washington, D.C.
