Golden Legends

Author : Nadeem Aslam
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0451493796
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Legend written by Nadeem Aslam and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When shots ring out on the Grand Trunk Road in the fictional Pakistani city of Zamara, Nargis’s life begins to crumble around her. Soon her husband—and fellow architect—is dead and, under threat from a powerful military intelligence officer, she fears that a long-hidden truth about her past will be exposed. For weeks someone has been broadcasting people’s secrets from the minaret of the local mosque, and, in a country where even the accusation of blasphemy is a currency to be bartered, the mysterious broadcasts have struck fear in Christians and Muslims alike. A revelatory portrait of the human spirit, in The Golden Legend, Nadeem Aslam gives us a novel of Pakistan’s past and present—a story of corruption and resilience, of love and terror, and of the disguises that are sometimes necessary for survival.

Author : W. B. Carnochan
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804760985
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golden Legends written by W. B. Carnochan and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the eighteenth century to the present, travellers, explorers, journalists, imaginative writers like Samuel Johnson, and legendary reggae musician Bob Marley have shared a fascination with Abyssinia. So did even earlier writers and mapmakers, who thought Abyssinia was the land of the mythical (and fabulously rich) Christian ruler, Prester John. The principal subject of this book is the allure of the exotic, as represented by Abyssinia, to the British imagination. In addition to Johnson and Marley, some others included are the eighteenth-century Scot James Bruce, nineteenth-century explorer Richard Burton, author Evelyn Waugh, Wilfred Thesiger (best known of twentieth-century British explorers), Sylvia Pankhurst (crusading journalist and daughter of the suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst), and the contemporary Irish traveller Dervla Murphy. The author also considers the beginnings of anthropology and the variations of quest narrative in modern travel writing.

Author : Lillian Lewicki
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781258521585
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Book of Christmas Tales written by Lillian Lewicki and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories About The Christmas Hawthorne, The Holy Family, The Wise Men, Shepherds, The Talking Animals, The Flight Into Egypt, And The Stories Of Saints Christopher, Nicholas And Joseph Of Arimathea.

Author : Gary Crabbe
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 161060248X
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greetings from California written by Gary Crabbe and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2011-05-13 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun, fresh tribute to the Golden State, illustrated with gorgeous color photography, fascinating historical images, and cool memorabilia. Learn anew the legends, landmarks, and lore of historic sites, such as Bodie, Point Reyes, the Knights Ferry Bridge, Mission Santa Barbara, Carson Mansion in Old Town Eureka, Death Valley, Glacier Point, and Alcatraz. Delving into the people, places, and activities that have defined California through the years, this book explores all that makes California great: the Big Sur coast, the Monterey Jazz Festival, Napa Valley’s wine country, Hollywood, the redwood trees of Muir Woods, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite Valley, big game fishing, surfing, agriculture, politics, music, sports, and much, much more. Turn the pages for a visual feast of this extraordinary state!

Author : Golden legends
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 964 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golden Legends written by Golden legends and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Stoughton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Golden Legends of the Olden Time written by John Stoughton and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Legend written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ludolph of Saxony
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0879070080
Total Pages : 1120 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Jesus Christ written by Ludolph of Saxony and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Vita Christi of the fourteenth century Carthusian, Ludolph of Saxony, is the most comprehensive series of meditations on the life of Christ of the late Middle Ages. Ludolph assembles a wealth of commentary from the fathers of the church and the great medieval spiritual writers and weaves them into a seamless exposition on the Gospel. This is the first English translation of this classic work, and it also is the first edition in any language to identify the thousands of sources used by Ludolph, both those he quotes and the many he cites without attribution. It will be of great interest to students of Christian spirituality, but it is intended, as was the original text, for ordinary believers seeking to enter more deeply into the meaning of the life of Christ. When complete, there will be 4 volumes.

Author : Glynnis Campbell
Publisher : Glynnis Campbell
ISBN 13 : 1938114116
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Native Gold written by Glynnis Campbell and published by Glynnis Campbell. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathilda Hardwicke, a rebellious artist rejected by her family and New York society, heads west to Gold Rush California as a mail-order bride. But when fate leaves her at the altar, she's drawn to Sakote--a fierce Konkow warrior whose tribe is threatened by the encroaching white men--in whose arms she discovers a savage new Paradise and a forbidden love more precious than gold.

Author : Oladele Olusanya
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1984543016
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gods and Heroes written by Oladele Olusanya and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gods and Heroes is the first volume of the Itan—Legends of the Golden Age trilogy about the thousand-year story of the Yoruba people. It starts with the establishment of Ile-Ife by Oduduwa and the great sacrifice of the heroine Moremi. The ancient gods of Yorubaland, Obatala, Orunmila, Ogun, and Olokun all play their part, as well as the great heroes and heroines of antiquity—Oranmiyan, Sango, Oya, Oba Esigie of Benin, and Obanta of Ijebuland. The author uses the genre of the historical novel in a refreshing and imaginative fashion to present the whole tableau of Yoruba history. The result is a vast and rich panorama enlivened with traditional myths and legends seen through the eyes of a single Yoruba family and the Old Woman, the fabled storyteller.