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The Magic of Hobson Jobson

Author : Soyna Owley
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9351182053
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book The Magic of Hobson Jobson written by Soyna Owley and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A frightening prophecy A magical festival A boy on a quest to save A sinking island On the island of Durjipore, a place forgotten by the rest of India, live thirteen-year-old twins Floyd and Farook Foxwallah. The festival of Hobson-Jobson dawns but is marred by a series of kidnappings. When Farook becomes the next kidnapping victim, his pied-eyed twin, Floyd, considered unlucky since birth, vows to rescue him. He sets off on a journey to a mysterious world where he encounters several magical creatures, including a flying dog, the legendary forest-dwelling Ressuldars, a waterfall of faces and the evil underwater beings, the Merrows. Floyd realizes that he might just be the one destined to rescue the kidnapped children and save Durjipore. But will his bad luck get in the way? A fascinating story of an unlikely hero, The Magic of Hobson-Jobson will take you on a breathtaking journey across wondrous lands.

Hobson-Jobson

Author : Sir Henry Yule
Publisher : London : J. Murray
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 930 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Hobson-Jobson written by Sir Henry Yule and published by London : J. Murray. This book was released on 1886 with total page 930 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Magic Mountains

Author : Dane Kennedy
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520311000
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Magic Mountains written by Dane Kennedy and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perched among peaks that loom over heat-shimmering plains, hill stations remain among the most curious monuments to the British colonial presence in India. In this engaging and meticulously researched study, Dane Kennedy explores the development and history of the hill stations of the raj. He shows that these cloud-enshrouded havens were sites of both refuge and surveillance for British expatriates: sanctuaries from the harsh climate as well as an alien culture; artificial environments where colonial rulers could nurture, educate, and reproduce themselves; commanding heights from which orders could be issued with an Olympian authority. Kennedy charts the symbolic and sociopolitical functions of the hill stations over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, arguing that these highland communities became much more significant to the British colonial government than mere places for rest and play. Particularly after the revolt of 1857, they became headquarters for colonial political and military authorities. In addition, the hill stations provided employment to countless Indians who worked as porters, merchants, government clerks, domestics, and carpenters. The isolation of British authorities at the hill stations reflected the paradoxical character of the British raj itself, Kennedy argues. While attempting to control its subjects, it remained aloof from Indian society. Ironically, as more Indians were drawn to these mountain areas for work, and later for vacation, the carefully guarded boundaries between the British and their subjects eroded. Kennedy argues that after the turn of the century, the hill stations were increasingly incorporated into the landscape of Indian social and cultural life. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.

The Secret Diary of World's Worst Genius

Author : Paro Anand
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9351181855
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Diary of World's Worst Genius written by Paro Anand and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I, Arjun Bhasin, am a genius. I’ve just been diagnosed with it. Once upon a time, I was an average Joe, neither at the top nor at the bottom. Heck, I was even the middle sibling! But all it took was one test, just one, to change my life. Suddenly, I was important. I was a GENIUS. Everyone was waiting anxiously to hear the pearls of wisdom that would drop from my mouth. Only one problem I didn’t know what I was a genius at. If you think geniuses have it all, I bet you haven’t met someone like me. I’d give anything to be a normal thirteen-year-old again. At least I wouldn’t be dragged everywhere, from museums to theatre classes to horse races, to find out my ‘geniosity’. At least my best friend wouldn’t act like I’ve got a contagious disease. At least I wouldn’t be a freak . . . Still want to know more? Take a peek into this secret diary to find out what happens when an ordinary boy suddenly becomes the World’s Worst Genius.

Champs of Devgarh

Author : Aditya Sharma
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9351186288
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Champs of Devgarh written by Aditya Sharma and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up with the country's favourite sport! In Devgarh, a fictional town, the boys of the Star Eleven cricket team are the good and bad boys of the Holy Mission School. Captained by Ajay but led by Aakash, the team, both individually and together, get into one scrape after another with only one goal in sight—being the best cricketing school side in Devgarh. The R P Memorial Trophy is the most prestigious tournament in the district and the boys have a number of obstacles to overcome, not the least of which is finding a coach. Follow their antics and pranks as they go through a gamut of experiences from learning the value of money and honesty, first love, examination blues, victory and perseverance and transform into the Champs of Devgarh! Full of action and fun, this book is a charming and hugely exciting coming-of-age tale.

The Ocean of Story

Author : Somadeva Bhaṭṭa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ocean of Story written by Somadeva Bhaṭṭa and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Letters Written in a Mahratta Camp During the Year 1809

Author : Thomas Duer Broughton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Letters Written in a Mahratta Camp During the Year 1809 written by Thomas Duer Broughton and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Luzac's Oriental List and Book Review

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
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Download or read book Luzac's Oriental List and Book Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Author : Elizabeth Knowles
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191578568
Total Pages : 816 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable written by Elizabeth Knowles and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-10-12 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Dictionary is part of the Oxford Reference Collection: using sustainable print-on-demand technology to make the acclaimed backlist of the Oxford Reference programme perennially available in hardback format. What is a ham-and-egger? What are Anglo-Saxon attitudes? Who or what is liable to jump the shark? Who first tried to nail jelly to the wall? The answers to these and many more questions are in this fascinating book. Here in one volume you can track down the stories behind the names and sayings you meet, whether in classic literature or today's news. Drawing on Oxford's unrivalled bank of reference and language online resources, this dictionary covers classical and other mythologies, history, religion, folk customs, superstitions, science and technology, philosophy, and popular culture. Extensive cross referencing makes it easy to trace specific information, while every page points to further paths to explore. A fascinating slice of cultural history, and a browser's delight from start to finish. What is the fog of war? Who first wanted to spend more time with one's family? When was the Dreamtime? How long since the first cry of Women and children first? Where might you find dark matter? Would you want the Midas touch? Should you worry about grey goo?

Urban Food Culture

Author : Cecilia Leong-Salobir
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137516917
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Urban Food Culture written by Cecilia Leong-Salobir and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the food history of twentieth-century Sydney, Shanghai and Singapore within an Asian Pacific network of flux and flows. It engages with a range of historical perspectives on each city’s food and culinary histories, including colonial culinary legacies, restaurants, cafes, street food, market gardens, supermarkets and cookbooks, examining the exchange of goods and services and how the migration of people to the urban centres informed the social histories of the cities’ foodways in the contexts of culinary nationalism, ethnic identities and globalization. Considering the recent food history of the three cities and its complex narrative of empire, trade networks and migration patterns, this book discusses key aspects of each city’s cuisine in the twentieth century, examining the interwoven threads of colonialism and globalization.

The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Bungalow in Twentieth-Century India

Author : Mādhavī Desāī
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9781409427384
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book The Bungalow in Twentieth-Century India written by Mādhavī Desāī and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary era of this study - the twentieth century - symbolizes the peak of the colonial rule and its total decline, as well as the rise of the new nation state of India. The processes that have been labeled 'westernization' and 'modernization' radically changed middle-class Indian life during the century. This book describes and explains the various technological, political and social developments that shaped one building type - the bungalow - contemporaneous to the development of modern Indian history during the period of British rule and its subsequent aftermath. Drawing on their own physical and photographic documentation, and building on previous work by Anthony King and the Desais, the authors show the evolution of the bungalow's architecture from a one storey building with a verandah to the assortment of house-forms and their regional variants that are derived from the bungalow. Moreover, the study correlates changes in society with architectural consequences in the plans and aesthetics of the bungalow. It also examines more generally what it meant to be modern in Indian society as the twentieth century evolved.

The Bathhouse at Midnight

Author : William Francis Ryan
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271019673
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book The Bathhouse at Midnight written by William Francis Ryan and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title of this book refers to the classic time and place for magic, witchcraft, and divination in Russia. The Bathhouse at Midnight, by one of the world's foremost experts on the subject, surveys all forms of magic, both learned and popular, in Russia from the fifth to the eighteenth century. While no book on the subject could be exhaustive, The Bathhouse at Midnight does describe and assess all the literary sources of magic, witchcraft, astrology, alchemy, and divination from Kiev Rus and Imperial Russia, and to some extent Ukraine and Belorussia. Where possible, Ryan identifies the sources of the texts (usually Greek, Arabic, or West European) and makes parallels to other cultures, ranging from classical antiquity to Finnic. He finds that Russia shares most of its magic and divination with the rest of Europe. Subjects covered include the Evil Eye, the Number of the Beast, omens, dreams, talismans and amulets, plants, gemstones, and other materials thought to possess magic properties. The first chapter gives a historical overview, and the final chapter summarizes the political, religious, and legal aspects of the history of magic in Russia. The author also provides translations of some key texts. The Bathhouse at Midnight will be invaluable for anyone&—student, teacher, or general reader&—with an interest in Russia, magic, or the occult. It is unique in its field and is set to become the definitive study of Russian magic.

Indian Antiquary

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 976 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Indian Antiquary written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 976 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A New Account of East India and Persia. Being Nine Years' Travels, 1672-1681, by John Fryer

Author : William Crooke
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317187415
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book A New Account of East India and Persia. Being Nine Years' Travels, 1672-1681, by John Fryer written by William Crooke and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed in the form of letters and first published in 1698. This volume, edited with notes and an introduction, contains Letters I-III. Continued in Second Series 20 and 39. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1909.

Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume II

Author : Donald F. Lach
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226467139
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Book Synopsis Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume II by : Donald F. Lach

Download or read book Asia in the Making of Europe, Volume II written by Donald F. Lach and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-01-15 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praised for its scope and depth, Asia in the Making of Europe is the first comprehensive study of Asian influences on Western culture. For volumes I and II, the author has sifted through virtually every European reference to Asia published in the sixteenth-century; he surveys a vast array of writings describing Asian life and society, the images of Asia that emerge from those writings, and, in turn, the reflections of those images in European literature and art. This monumental achievement reveals profound and pervasive influences of Asian societies on developing Western culture; in doing so, it provides a perspective necessary for a balanced view of world history. Volume I: The Century of Discovery brings together "everything that a European could know of India, Southeast Asia, China, and Japan, from printed books, missionary reports, traders' accounts and maps" (The New York Review of Books). Volume II: A Century of Wonder examines the influence of that vast new body of information about Asia on the arts, institutions, literatures, and ideas of sixteenth-century Europe.

Pedro Páez's History of Ethiopia, 1622 / Volume II

Author : Isabel Boavida
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351814346
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Pedro Páez's History of Ethiopia, 1622 / Volume II written by Isabel Boavida and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-04-28 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, in two volumes, contains an annotated English translation of the História da Ethiópia by the Spanish Jesuit missionary priest Pedro Páez (Pêro Pais in Portuguese), 1564-1622, who worked in the Portuguese padroado missions, first in India and then in Ethiopia, long thought to be the kingdom of the legendary Prester John. His history of Ethiopia was written in Portuguese in the last ten years of his life and survives in only two manuscripts. The translation, by Christopher J. Tribe, is based on the new critical edition of the Portuguese text by Isabel Boavida, Hervé Pennec and Manuel João Ramos, which was published in Lisbon in 2008. They are also the editors of this English version. The History of Ethiopia is an essential source for several areas of study - from the history of the Catholic missions in that country and the relations between the European religious orders, to the history of art and religions; from the history of geographical exploration to the ideological contextualization of the Ethiopian kingdom; from material culture to Abyssinian political and territorial administration; and from an analysis of local circumstances to changes in human ecology in the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean. It is a repository of empirical knowledge on the political geography, religion, customs, flora and fauna of Ethiopia. It combines travel narrative with a historico-ethnographic monograph, and is a chronicle of the activities of Jesuit missionaries in their Ethiopian mission. It also reworks a wide variety of documents, including the first translations into a European language of a number of Ethiopian literary texts, from royal chronicles to hagiographies. It complements other early accounts of Ethiopia by Ludovico de Varthema, Francisco Alvares, Castanhoso, Bermudez, Arnold von Harff, Manoel de Almeida, Bahrey, Alessandro Zorzi, Jerónimo Lobo and Václav Prutky, all published by The Hakluyt Society.