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The Book of Istanbul

A City in Short Fiction

by Nedim Gursel, Sema Kaygusuz, Ozen Yula ...

Featuring:Türker Armaner - Murat Gülsoy - Nedim Gürsel - Muge Iplikci - Karin Karakasli - Sema Kaygusuz - Gönül Kivilcim - Mario Levi - Özen Yula - Mehmet Zaman Saçlioglu.Istanbul. Seat of empire. Melting pot where East meets West. Fingertip touching-point between continents.Even today there are many different versions of the city, different communities, distinct peoples, each with their own ... Read more

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Featuring:Türker Armaner - Murat Gülsoy - Nedim Gürsel - Muge Iplikci - Karin Karakasli - Sema Kaygusuz - Gönül Kivilcim - Mario Levi - Özen Yula - Mehmet Zaman Saçlioglu.Istanbul. Seat of empire. Melting pot where East meets West. Fingertip touching-point between continents.Even today there are many different versions of the city, different communities, distinct peoples, each with their own
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Deep Anatolia

by Nedim Gursel, Damien GUILLAUME ...

We are part of a land that was home to many civilizations. We are part of a nation that was envied not only for its strategic location, but also for its beauty. Anatolian history was shaped with invasions and conquests from Balkans, the Caucasus and Asia Minor and it witnessed many ‘firsts’ in the world history, on its land to many civilizations. Every corner of this land, where great empires were ... Read more

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We are part of a land that was home to many civilizations. We are part of a nation that was envied not only for its strategic location, but also for its beauty. Anatolian history was shaped with invasions and conquests from Balkans, the Caucasus and Asia Minor and it witnessed many ‘firsts’ in the world history, on its land to many civilizations. Every corner of this land, where great empires were
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The Last Tram

by Nedim Gürsel, Ruth Whitehouse (translator) ...

'What I know about is absence; the endless geography of yearning...’For Nedim Gürsel, the state of exile isn’t a static condition, applying to a single person in a specific place, but an entire landscape of longing, through which he, and countless other émigrés, must travel; a mobile experience, a moveable feast.In these stories Gürsel crisscrosses modern Europe, settling in some cities — like ... Read more

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'What I know about is absence; the endless geography of yearning...’For Nedim Gürsel, the state of exile isn’t a static condition, applying to a single person in a specific place, but an entire landscape of longing, through which he, and countless other émigrés, must travel; a mobile experience, a moveable feast.In these stories Gürsel crisscrosses modern Europe, settling in some cities — like
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Travels with a Tangerine

A Journey in the Footnotes of Ibn Battutah

by Tim Mackintosh-Smith ...

Ibn Battutah set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on the pilgrimage to Mecca. By the time he returned twenty-nine years later, he had visited most of the known world, travelling three times the distance Marco Polo covered. Spiritual backpacker, social climber, temporary hermit and failed ambassador, he braved brigands, blisters and his own prejudices. The outcome was a monumental travel classic ... Read more

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Ibn Battutah set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on the pilgrimage to Mecca. By the time he returned twenty-nine years later, he had visited most of the known world, travelling three times the distance Marco Polo covered. Spiritual backpacker, social climber, temporary hermit and failed ambassador, he braved brigands, blisters and his own prejudices. The outcome was a monumental travel classic
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The Sphinx Mystery

The Forgotten Origins of the Sanctuary of Anubis

by Robert Temple ...

A book that verifies the existence of secret underground chambers beneath the Sphinx and demonstrates its origins as the Egyptian god of the dead, Anubis• Includes an anthology of eyewitness accounts from early travelers who explored the secret chambers before they were sealed in 1926• Reveals that the Sphinx was originally carved as a monumental crouching Anubis, the Egyptian jackal god of the ... Read more

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A book that verifies the existence of secret underground chambers beneath the Sphinx and demonstrates its origins as the Egyptian god of the dead, Anubis• Includes an anthology of eyewitness accounts from early travelers who explored the secret chambers before they were sealed in 1926• Reveals that the Sphinx was originally carved as a monumental crouching Anubis, the Egyptian jackal god of the
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Ireland to India with a Bicycle

by Dervla Murphy ...

When Dervla Murphy was ten, she was given a bicycle and an atlas, and within days she was secretly planning a trip to India. At the age of thirty-one, in 1963, she finally set off and this book is based on the daily diary she kept while riding through Persia, Afghanistan and over the Himalayas to Pakistan and India. A lone woman on a bicycle (with a revolver in her trouser pocket) was an almost ... Read more

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When Dervla Murphy was ten, she was given a bicycle and an atlas, and within days she was secretly planning a trip to India. At the age of thirty-one, in 1963, she finally set off and this book is based on the daily diary she kept while riding through Persia, Afghanistan and over the Himalayas to Pakistan and India. A lone woman on a bicycle (with a revolver in her trouser pocket) was an almost
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Harem: The World Behind the Veil (25th Anniversary Edition)

by Alev Lytle Croutier ...

A fascinating illustrated history of one of the strangest, and cruelest, cultural institutions ever devised. A worldwide best seller, translated into twenty-five languages.“I was born in a konak (old house), which once was the harem of a pasha,” writes Alev Lytle Croutier. “People around me often whispered things about harems; my own grandmother and her sister had been brought up in one.”Drawing ... Read more

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A fascinating illustrated history of one of the strangest, and cruelest, cultural institutions ever devised. A worldwide best seller, translated into twenty-five languages.“I was born in a konak (old house), which once was the harem of a pasha,” writes Alev Lytle Croutier. “People around me often whispered things about harems; my own grandmother and her sister had been brought up in one.”Drawing
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Istanbul

by Orhan Pamuk ...

Series series Vintage International
**From the Nobel Prize winner and acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a portrait of Istanbul by its foremost writer, revealing the melancholy that comes of living amid the ruins of a lost empire."Delightful, profound, marvelously origina.... Pamuk tells the story of the city through the eyes of memory." —The Washington Post Book World**A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, ... Read more

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**From the Nobel Prize winner and acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a portrait of Istanbul by its foremost writer, revealing the melancholy that comes of living amid the ruins of a lost empire."Delightful, profound, marvelously origina.... Pamuk tells the story of the city through the eyes of memory." —The Washington Post Book World**A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic,
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The Forgiven

A Novel

by Lawrence Osborne ...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JESSICA CHASTAIN AND RALPH FIENNES • A haunting novel exploring the reverberations of a random accident on the lives of Moroccan Muslims and Western visitors who converge on a luxurious desert villa for a decadent weekend-long party.“Surprising and dark and excellent . . . a sinister and streamlined entertainment.”—The New York TimesNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS ... Read more

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING JESSICA CHASTAIN AND RALPH FIENNES • A haunting novel exploring the reverberations of a random accident on the lives of Moroccan Muslims and Western visitors who converge on a luxurious desert villa for a decadent weekend-long party.“Surprising and dark and excellent . . . a sinister and streamlined entertainment.”—The New York TimesNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS
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Gods of Ancient Egypt

by Barbara Watterson ...

Illustrated in colour, this is an introduction for the general reader to Egyptian mythology and its mysteries. It includes a concise introduction to general aspects of Egyptian religion, followed by specific sections devoted to the most important of the gods. With sections on personal religion and temple ceremony, there are also accounts of mythological stories associated with the gods, and a map ... Read more

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Illustrated in colour, this is an introduction for the general reader to Egyptian mythology and its mysteries. It includes a concise introduction to general aspects of Egyptian religion, followed by specific sections devoted to the most important of the gods. With sections on personal religion and temple ceremony, there are also accounts of mythological stories associated with the gods, and a map
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Ancient Egypt

by Sherman Hollar ...

Series series Ancient Civilizations
The iconic pyramids and striking hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt are but a limited representation of the resplendent culture that once inhabited the Nile Valley. The ancient Egyptians developed sophisticated societies and belief systems, bestowing the world with plenitudes in the way of intellectual and cultural achievement. The vibrance of the ancient Egyptian life—from the dynasties to the masses ... Read more

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The iconic pyramids and striking hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt are but a limited representation of the resplendent culture that once inhabited the Nile Valley. The ancient Egyptians developed sophisticated societies and belief systems, bestowing the world with plenitudes in the way of intellectual and cultural achievement. The vibrance of the ancient Egyptian life—from the dynasties to the masses
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Ancient Egyptian Myths and Legends

by Lewis Spence ...

A prolific complier of mythology, Lewis Spence would author over thirty books on the legends and folklore of numerous parts of the world. As the title would suggest, in this edition we have a collection of ancient Egyptian myths and legends. Spence examines the history and culture of Egypt with particular attention to its influence on their belief systems. Various Egyptian gods including Osiris, ... Read more

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A prolific complier of mythology, Lewis Spence would author over thirty books on the legends and folklore of numerous parts of the world. As the title would suggest, in this edition we have a collection of ancient Egyptian myths and legends. Spence examines the history and culture of Egypt with particular attention to its influence on their belief systems. Various Egyptian gods including Osiris,
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