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Download or read book Turbans and Tales written by Amit Amin and published by Unbound Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The turban is undoubtedly the most powerful and recognisable symbol of Sikh identity: worn for centuries by kings and holy men in South Asia, it took on a revolutionary meaning with the birth of Sikhism, and today it continues to signify non-conformity and style. Turbans and Tales chronicles the Sikh Project, a photography programme created by the award-winning duo Amit and Naroop. Over a period of four years, they photographed boxers, army captains, doctors, bikers, fashion stylists, musicians, temple volunteers, magicians and Sikhs from a host of other occupations. They sought out individuals – men, women and children – with inspiring stories to tell, as well as a unique approach to wearing their traditional articles of faith. The portraits, which have been exhibited in London and New York, showcase the modern Sikh identity in all its beauty and diversity.
Book Synopsis A Tale of the Ragged Mountains by : Edgar Allan Poe
Download or read book A Tale of the Ragged Mountains written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by Modernista. This book was released on 2024-07-16 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: »A Tale of the Ragged Mountains« is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, originally published in 1844. EDGAR ALLAN POE was born in Boston in 1809. After brief stints in academia and the military, he began working as a literary critic and author. He made his debut with the novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket in 1838, but it was in his short stories that Poe's peculiar style truly flourished. He died in Baltimore in 1849.
Book Synopsis Empire of Enchantment by : John Zubrzycki
Download or read book Empire of Enchantment written by John Zubrzycki and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How Indian magic descended from the realm of the gods to become a popular amusement for the masses around the globe"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Story of the Sikhs written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Beginner's Guide to R by : Alain Zuur
Download or read book A Beginner's Guide to R written by Alain Zuur and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-06-24 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on their extensive experience with teaching R and statistics to applied scientists, the authors provide a beginner's guide to R. To avoid the difficulty of teaching R and statistics at the same time, statistical methods are kept to a minimum. The text covers how to download and install R, import and manage data, elementary plotting, an introduction to functions, advanced plotting, and common beginner mistakes. This book contains everything you need to know to get started with R.
Download or read book The Tartan Turban written by John Keay and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine spending thirteen years fighting and travelling in disguise in the deserts of Inner Asia, then another thirteen years as an officer in the army of the Sikhs, the last of India's great native empires. How would you convince a disbelieving Western audience? Suppose, too, that while 'long separated from the world' you had acquired a reputation
Download or read book Zohra's Ladder written by Pamela Windo and published by Eye Classics. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poetic and richly sensual chronicle of a Westerner's unexpected love affair with Morocco Pamela Windo chronicles her love of Morocco and its people in this wondrous collection of true stories, peeling back layers of history, paint, and finely embroidered fabrics to find the truths in the mysterious and the exotic. She describes the colors, flavors, songs, and textures of an almost dream-like nation. Her stories are of snatched affairs, unforeseen warmth, and subtle eroticism in shadowed courtyards. The results are liberating and uplifting portraits of places and people, each told with an extraordinary delicacy. Behind the veils, she discovers kindness, beauty, and passion that afford her life a whole new dimension.
Book Synopsis Iran From Crown To Turbans by : Gail Rose Thompson
Download or read book Iran From Crown To Turbans written by Gail Rose Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2023-12-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran is trying to expand its diplomatic and financial ties while the majority of its citizens are tired of its cruel autocratic rule that has no care for its citizenry. Gail Rose Thompson who lived there in the 1970s during the reign of Shah Mohamed Reza Pahlavi working for the Imperial Court as the Shah's horse trainer, has many stories about life during those "Golden Years". She visited Iran in 2017 after an absence of forty years, as the first ex-employee of the Shah to return and met up with old friends as well as making new acquaintances. She found life in the Turban's twenty-first century very similar to life as it had been when she was living there under the Shah's Crown. The book paints a colorful picture of a beautiful historic country that dates to the 4th millennium BCE, when the Persian Empire was the most powerful kingdom in the world. The Iranian people are proud of their heritage, polite, hospitable and extremely family oriented. During the past five years through research and frequent conversations by telephone and internet Apps she has followed the happenings in the country which have not been covered well by the discriminatory media of the West. Iran from Crown to Turbans, Revised Edition is a fascinating book that will enlighten the reader about a country that has been ignored and misrepresented.
Book Synopsis The Storyteller's Tale by : Omair Ahmad
Download or read book The Storyteller's Tale written by Omair Ahmad and published by Viking. This book was released on 2008 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Begum&Rsquo;S Story, Her Challenge, Had Taken Him By Surprise. It Had Been So Very Long Since Somebody Had Matched Him And, Truth Be Told, Outstripped Him. He Hadn&Rsquo;T Imagined Being Bested. What A Shocking Joy It Was To Be Defeated, To Be In Love Again. It Is The 1700S And The Forces Of Ahmad Shah Abdali Have Destroyed The Glorious City Of Delhi. Abandoned By Fate And Fortune, A Storyteller Finds Himself At An Isolated Casbah A Day&Rsquo;S Ride From The City. When The Begum Of The Casbah Invites Him To Stay And Share A Story, He Tells Her The Tale Of Two Brothers, Taka And Wara&Mdash;Wolf And Boy&Mdash;A Tale Of Love And Loyalty, And The Hurt, Fear And Distrust That Come When Love Remains Unrecognized. The Begum Is Provoked Into Responding With A Story Of Her Own&Mdash;The Tale Of Aresh And Barab And A Friendship That Transcends Death. What Follows In This Many-Layered Tale Is A Duel Of Narratives, Each Reinforcing Something Different&Mdash;Love, Loyalty, Friendship, Anguish, Need, Betrayal, Sacrifice And Loss; Each Tale Drawing The Begum And The Storyteller Deeper Into A Forbidden Desire; Each Story Transporting The Reader To An Unforgettable World. Using Evocative Prose And Exquisite Imagery,Omair Ahmad&Rsquo;S The Storyteller&Rsquo;S Tale Explores The Delicate Nature Of Human Relationships, Demonstrating That There Is Always More Than One Way Of Looking At Life; That No Story Is Ever Just That, Or Ever Truly Finished. Read The Prologue Of The Storyteller&Rsquo;S Tale Here: They Had Destroyed His House. Ahmad Shah Abdali&Rsquo;S Men Had Devastated The Whole Of Delhi And His House Had Only Been A Small One. Its Destruction Would Hardly Have Registered On The Rampaging Afghans In Their Search For Loot And Pillage. It Had Not Been A Great House; Only The Fame Of His Poetry Had Led The Noble And The Rich To His Door. They Had Been Lavish With Their Praise, And Stingy With Their Purses. It Had Meant A Meagre Income, A Beggar&Rsquo;S Or A Poet&Rsquo;S, Or That Of A Beggarly Poet&Rsquo;S. But His Dwelling Had At Least Kept The Rain Off His Head, And The Sun Off His Back. Now He Had Nothing, Or He Had His Freedom. It Depended On How He Looked At It, He Supposed. He Had Tried To Find A Foothold In This City. In His Poetry He Spoke Of Friendship, Of Love, Of All Those Things That He Would Never Have Openly Admitted To In The Small Town He Came From. But In The Many Chambers Of Music And Dance In Delhi The Word &Lsquo;Love&Rsquo; Was Spoken Of In Many Ways, It Was Nothing But A Currency Of Exchange, Of Looks And Glances, And Promises That Were Never Truly What They Pretended To Be. Here, Love Was A Thing To Be Done Many Times. But When He Had Opened His Mouth To Speak, The Words Had Come Out All Wrong, All Of Them, In Every Which Way. They Had Tumbled Out Of Him, Heavy With Longing, Wrapped In A Fire That Is A Stranger To The Light Laughter Of The City. The Unexpectedness Of Speaking His Own Truth Had Stunned Him. Almost Twenty Years Had Passed, And In The End He Had Exactly What He Had When He First Arrived: His Stories, His Freedom And The Open Road Before Him. &Nbsp;&Nbsp;
Book Synopsis The Lacquered Talisman by : Laurie Dennis
Download or read book The Lacquered Talisman written by Laurie Dennis and published by Earnshaw Books Limited. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping coming-of-age epic, The Lacquered Talisman launches the story of one of the most influential figures in Chinese history. He is the son of a bean curd seller and he will found the Ming Dynasty, which ruled China from 1368 to 1644. Known as "Fortune" as a boy, Zhu Yuanzhang is part of a large and doting family who shepherd him through hardship until drought and plague ravage the countryside. Left with nothing but a lacquered necklace from his grandfather, Fortune is deposited in the village temple and is soon wandering the countryside as a begging monk. He encounters pockets of resistance to the ruling Mongol dynasty, studies the stars, and tangles with Daoists as he seeks to understand his destiny. Signs and dreams convince him that he has a special fate. Is he to be the abbot of a monastery? A general? What matters most is that he proves himself to be a filial son. Praise for The Lacquered Talisman: "Historical fiction lovers will delight in The Lacquered Talisman, which gives us a vividly-imagined, brilliantly-told story of a real-life emperor's humble origins. The first part of a biography of the first Ming Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang, it is a vivid and engaging portrayal of a young man determined to honor the love and sacrifices of his tragedy-stricken family, set against the beautifully-drawn backdrop of 14th century China." --IndieReader "This epic coming of age story is about Fortune, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, as a boy until he reached the age of twenty-three. The author writes in a literary style, and although it is fiction, it reads similar to an account told by a first-person narrator. The style is evocative of the ancient Classic style and suits this lovely novel exactly." --Discovering Diamonds
Book Synopsis Many Paths, Many Truths by : Leo Rastogi, PhD
Download or read book Many Paths, Many Truths written by Leo Rastogi, PhD and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered why there is so much religious diversity in the world? How did this story of humanity begin and what ancient wisdom has been lost along the way? Can you believe in God and not be religious? Or simply put, why do human beings have a need to believe in something… anything? This book is a journey through the genesis of faith, the evolution of ancient spiritual practices, the dawn of major world religions and an exploration of the emerging frontiers of New Age spirituality.
Download or read book Tales written by Amiri Baraka and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A clutch of early stories from the poet, playwright, and provocateur, infused with jazz and informed by racial alienation” (Kirkus Reviews). “Baraka was, without question, the central figure of the Black Arts Movement, and was the most important theorist of that movement’s expression of the ‘Black Aesthetic,’ which took hold of the African American cultural imagination in earnest in the late sixties. While known primarily for his plays, poems, and criticism of black music, Baraka was also a master of the short story form, as this collection attests. Tales first appeared in 1967 and is an impressionistic and sometimes surrealistic collection of short fiction, showcasing Amiri Baraka’s great impact on African American literature of the 1950s and 1960s. Tales is a critical volume in Amiri Baraka’s oeuvre, and an important testament to his remarkable literary legacy.” —Henry Louis Gates Jr. The sixteen artful and nuanced stories in this reissue of Amiri Baraka’s seminal 1967 collection fall into two parts: the first nine concern themselves with the sensibility of a hip, perceptive young black man in white America. The last seven stories endeavor to place that same man within the context of his awareness of and participation in a rapidly emerging and powerfully felt negritude. They deal, it might be said, with the black man in black America. Yet these tales are not social tracts, but absolutely masterful fiction—provocative, witty, and, at times, bitter and aggressive.
Download or read book The Turban written by Chris Filstrup and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2025-03-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unravel the fascinating history of the turban, from its origins to its religious uses and its appearance in contemporary fashion and culture. A turban is a strip of cloth folded and wrapped around the head; however, this description includes multifarious forms of the garment across space and time. This book follows the turban as it moves from the Arabian Peninsula through the Ottoman Empire to Europe and the Americas. It directs the reader’s gaze from traditional and religious uses of the turban into the realms of international trade, Renaissance art, and contemporary fashions. Turbans, as this book shows, have moved in and out of Western culture, at times archaic and forgotten, then noticed and reinstated as major accessories. Today Sikh men are recognized by their distinctive headwraps, and the turban remains an important part of Black culture. This book explores the turban’s many adaptations worldwide.
Book Synopsis Folk Tales from Turkey by : F.T. Weaver
Download or read book Folk Tales from Turkey written by F.T. Weaver and published by WEST AGORA INT S.R.L.. This book was released on 2024-10-29 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Enchantment of Turkey’s Most Treasured Folk Tales Step into a world where cleverness outsmarts brute strength, where love breaks the most powerful curses, and where seven brothers unite to vanquish a fearsome giant. Folk Tales from Turkey: Legends of Cleverness, Courage, and Magic is a captivating collection of Turkey's most beloved folk tales, brought together in a beautifully crafted volume that will transport readers to a land rich in history, wisdom, and wonder. In this first installment of our Folk Tales from Turkey series, readers of all ages will embark on thrilling adventures alongside unforgettable characters: the quick-witted Nasreddin Hodja, whose humor and wisdom illuminate life’s mysteries; Keloglan, the clever bald-headed boy who triumphs against all odds; and the brave seven brothers who must outwit a formidable giant to save their village. These timeless stories, steeped in the vibrant landscapes and rich cultural heritage of Turkey, offer profound lessons and insights that resonate across generations. A Treasure Trove of Timeless Wisdom More than just tales, these stories are the distilled teachings of human culture, filled with profound knowledge and timeless wisdom. They are a joy to read, with universal themes of bravery, cleverness, and the eternal struggle between good and evil. Perfect for readers of all ages, these folk tales are not only entertaining but also serve as a bridge to understanding the culture from which they originate. Folk tales are the foundation of human storytelling, offering a unique window into the values, hopes, and fears of a people. Understanding a culture is best done through the stories it tells, and in this volume, you’ll find a rich tapestry of Turkish tradition, ready to be passed down and cherished for generations to come. A Must-Have for Any Library or Bookshelf We envision this collection as a treasure that any library or bookshelf can hold and pass on to future generations—so they too can be inspired and draw teachings from our ancestors' stories. Whether you’re a lover of mythology, a seeker of adventure, or a parent wanting to introduce your children to the wonders of storytelling. Folk Tales from Turkey is more than just a book; it’s a journey into the heart of a culture, a celebration of the art of storytelling, and a preservation of a priceless cultural heritage. Add this volume to your collection today and become a part of the timeless tradition of folk tales that continue to inspire and teach us about the world and ourselves. Key Features: Epic Turkish Legends: Immerse yourself in the rich folklore of Turkey, with stories that have been passed down through generations, capturing the essence of the nation’s mythological heritage. Perfect for All Ages: With stories that are as entertaining as they are educational, this collection is suitable for readers young and old, offering something for everyone. Cultural Insight: Gain a deeper understanding of Turkish culture and values through interpretations and analyses of the folk tales that have shaped the nation’s identity. Beautifully Crafted: Designed to be a timeless keepsake, this book is a treasure that will enhance any personal library or bookshelf. A pleasure to read, filled with profound timeless knowledge and teachings, this collection is suited for all ages. Folk tales are the foundation of human storytelling, and understanding a culture is best done through the stories they tell. We see folk tales as distilled teachings of human culture—their value is unfathomable, a cultural inheritance that should be cherished and preserved. We envision this collection as a treasure that will inspire and educate future generations, preserving the wisdom and wonder of our ancestors' stories.
Book Synopsis G. A. HENTY Ultimate Collection: 100+ Historical Novels, Adventure Tales & Short Stories by : G. A. Henty
Download or read book G. A. HENTY Ultimate Collection: 100+ Historical Novels, Adventure Tales & Short Stories written by G. A. Henty and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-10 with total page 15652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In G. A. Henty's 'Ultimate Collection', readers are taken on a thrilling journey through over 100 historical novels, adventure tales, and short stories. Henty's works are known for their vivid storytelling, detailed historical accuracy, and inspiring tales of courage and perseverance. Set against the backdrop of various historical events and time periods, these stories transport readers to different eras and cultures with rich and immersive narratives. Henty's literary style combines adventure, history, and moral lessons, making his works both entertaining and educational for readers of all ages. G. A. Henty, a prolific British author born in 1832, drew inspiration from his own experiences as a war correspondent and journalist to write his historical novels. His firsthand knowledge of military campaigns and historical events shines through in his detailed descriptions and authentic portrayals of various time periods. Henty's passion for history and storytelling led him to become one of the most popular authors of historical fiction in the late 19th century. I highly recommend G. A. Henty's 'Ultimate Collection' to readers who enjoy immersive historical fiction, thrilling adventures, and tales of heroism. This extensive compilation of Henty's works offers a diverse range of stories that will captivate and educate readers about different eras in history. Whether you are a history enthusiast or simply enjoy a good adventure tale, Henty's collection is sure to entertain and inspire.
Book Synopsis Tales and Sketches: 1843-1849 by : Edgar Allan Poe
Download or read book Tales and Sketches: 1843-1849 written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. This book includes Ms Found in a Bottle, the horrific Berenice, Ligeia (which Poe considered his finest tale), The Murders in the Rue Morgue, and one of his most famous stories, The Fall of the House of Usher.
Book Synopsis Dear Old Story-tellers by : Oscar Fay Adams
Download or read book Dear Old Story-tellers written by Oscar Fay Adams and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biographical sketches of twelve famous storytellers and writers such as Homer, Aesop, Charles Perrault, Hans Christian Andersen, and Daniel Defoe.
