The Golden Apple of Samarkand

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Publisher : Unicorn
ISBN 13 : 9781913491802
Total Pages : 240 pages
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Download or read book The Golden Apple of Samarkand written by Lala Wilbraham and published by Unicorn. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lala plays with her diamond ring, mesmerized as always by the distant world it conjures for her and the jewel's extraordinary trajectory from Tsarist Russia to twenty-first-century England. An unexpected invitation has arrived and, at last, she will be able to visit Lentvaris, her paternal grandmother's ancestral home, a splendid East European estate where princely art collections, spectacular jewellery, extravagant balls and performing dwarves, coexisted with philanthropy on a grand scale and a deep sense of noblesse oblige.The First World War irrevocably altered the family's privileged lives, Lala's great-uncle was forced to flee with the last of the Romanov dynasty and her great-grandfather auctioned off his art treasures. The Second World War lost Lentvaris for ever. Lala's grandfather died in a Soviet gulag. Her grandmother, aunt and father survived harsh imprisonment and afterwards crossed continents eventually finding precarious stability living as émigrés in South America. This is an epic story of dramatic escapes, concealed treasures, a lost paradise, but especially of the courage, strength and resilience shown by the female side of Lala's family, and of the power of love, humour and hope.

The Golden Peaches of Samarkand

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520341147
Total Pages : 434 pages
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Download or read book The Golden Peaches of Samarkand written by Edward H. Schafer and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the seventh century the kingdom of Samarkand sent formal gifts of fancy yellow peaches, large as goose eggs and with a color like gold, to the Chinese court at Ch'ang-an. What kind of fruit these golden peaches really were cannot now be guessed, but they have the glamour of mystery, and they symbolize all the exotic things longed for, and unknown things hoped for, by the people of the T'ang empire. This book examines the exotics imported into China during the T'ang Dynasty (A.D. 618-907), and depicts their influence on Chinese life. Into the land during the three centuries of T'ang came the natives of almost every nation of Asia, all bringing exotic wares either as gifts or as goods to be sold. Ivory, rare woods, drugs, diamonds, magicians, dancing girls—the author covers all classes of unusual imports, their places of origin, their lore, their effort on costume, dwellings, diet, and on painting, sculpture, music, and poetry. This book is not a statistical record of commercial imports and medieval trade, but rather a "humanistic essay, however material its subject matter."

Crowell's Handbook for Readers and Writers

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Total Pages : 742 pages
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Civilizations of the Silk Road

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000886271
Total Pages : 279 pages
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Download or read book Civilizations of the Silk Road written by H. K. Chang and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-02 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the interactions between various civilizations and societies along the Silk Road between 500 BCE and 1500 CE, the period from the first encounters of ancient Greek and Persian civilizations to the time when maritime exchanges between Europe and Asia exceeded those on land. Starting with the genesis and features of different civilizations, the book focuses on the history and exchange of different cultures along the Silk Road: Zhang Qian’s successful pioneering feats which inaugurated the opening stretch of the Silk Road; the origins and dissemination of Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity, Manichaeism, Nestorian-Christianity, and Islam; the westward spread of papermaking and printing; and long-distance exchanges of scripts and spoken language, music, architecture, painting, and sculpture. It also outlines the historically significant migrations of various peoples from east to west, such as the Xiongnu, Yuezhi, Han, Qiang, Hephthalites, Turkic groups, Uyghurs, Mongols, and Xibe. The author has interwoven facts, anecdotes, and his own experiences of study throughout the book, making it a fascinating history reader and cultural primer. This book thus will be an essential read for students and scholars of Eurasian Studies and Chinese History and those who are interested in the history of the Silk Road in general.

Road to Samarkand

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
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Myth-Land

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ISBN 13 : 3752394935
Total Pages : 162 pages
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Through Khiva to Golden Samarkand

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
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The Near East

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 908 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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The Reader's Enclopedia

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1292 pages
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The Golden Oriole

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0713676833
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (136 download)

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Twentieth-century Literary Criticism

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
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Book Synopsis Twentieth-century Literary Criticism by : Gale Research Company

Download or read book Twentieth-century Literary Criticism written by Gale Research Company and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpts from criticism of the works of novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers and other creative writers who lived between 1900 and 1960, from the first published critical appraisals to current evaluations.

Near East

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 904 pages
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Our Flag Number

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
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Download or read book Our Flag Number written by National Geographic Society (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Golden Labyrinth

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000530590
Total Pages : 361 pages
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Twentieth-century Literary Criticism

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ISBN 13 : 9780787652265
Total Pages : 248 pages
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Great Britain and the East

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1012 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Apple's Europe, an Uncommon Guide

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Publisher : Atheneum Books
ISBN 13 : 9780689116070
Total Pages : 292 pages
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Download or read book Apple's Europe, an Uncommon Guide written by Raymond Walter Apple and published by Atheneum Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: