Journey To The City

Author : Mark Vanhoenacker
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473572150
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imagine a City written by Mark Vanhoenacker and published by Random House. This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pilot's love letter to the world's greatest cities from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Skyfaring 'A journey around both the author's mind and the planet's great cities that leaves us energised, open to new experiences and ready to return more hopefully to our lives' ALAIN DE BOTTON Growing up in his small hometown, Mark Vanhoenacker spun the illuminated globe in his bedroom and dreamt of elsewhere - of distant, real cities, and a perfect metropolis that existed only in his imagination. Now, as a commercial airline pilot, Mark has spent more than two decades crossing the skies of our planet and touching down in the cities he'd always longed to see. Imagine a City celebrates the metropolises he has come to know and love through the lens of the hometown his heart has never left. From the sweeping roads of Los Angeles and the old gates of Jeddah to the intricate, dream-inspired plan of Brasília, he shows us with warmth and fresh eyes the extraordinary places that billions of us call home. 'Vanhoenacker... has a near-bottomless appetite for fresh sights and guidebook curiosities... Intimate and thoughtful' PICO IYER, AIR MAIL 'A love letter to the cities he's returned to again and again... Vanhoenacker captivates when describing the silent beauty of a world glimpsed from above' Washington Post 'Eloquent... A love song to cities the world over' Wall Street Journal

Author : Steve Tinney
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 1931707170
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journey to the City written by Steve Tinney and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Penn Museum has a long and storied history of research and archaeological exploration in the ancient Middle East. This book highlights this rich depth of knowledge while also serving as a companion volume to the Museum's signature Middle East Galleries opening in April 2018. This edited volume includes chapters and integrated short, focused pieces from Museum curators and staff actively involved in the detailed planning of the new galleries. In addition to highlighting the most remarkable and interesting objects in the Museum's extraordinary Middle East collections, this volume illuminates the primary themes within these galleries (make, settle, connect, organize, and believe) and provides a larger context within which to understand them. The ancient Middle East is home to the first urban settlements in human history, dating to the fourth millennium BCE; therefore, tracing this move toward city life figures prominently in the book. The topic of urbanization, how it came about and how these early steps still impact our daily lives, is explored from regional and localized perspectives, bringing us from Mesopotamia (Ur, Uruk, and Nippur) to Islamic and Persianate cites (Rayy and Isfahan) and, finally, connecting back to life in modern Philadelphia. Through examination of topics such as landscape, resources, trade, religious belief and burial practices, daily life, and nomads, this very important human journey is investigated both broadly and with specific case studies.

Author : Mauli Shree Mishra
Publisher : COPAL Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 8195320856
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dehradoon: An Illustrated Journey of A City written by Mauli Shree Mishra and published by COPAL Publishing Group. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is remembrance to the fading memories of a city and takes its readers on a journey of 'Vale of Doon'. It tries to tell the story of Doon Valley through its narratives and illustrations, which we have often found ourself wondering about when passing by an old deteriorating structure hiding beneath green monsoon moss in a forgotten part of the city, sitting by a canal or an abandoned bridge watching the setting sun through the blue‐tangerine skies or while taking a walk through a forest bathed in wintery sunshine. Doon Valley has been nothing less than a magical land with its inhabitants of kinds who have coexisted since time immemorial, but this coexistence of man and nature is now threatened by insensitive and unscientific development. The book urges its readers to reflect and act in order to protect their valley for future generations and times to come. The book tries to put together the otherwise ignored fragments of the city heritage that still stand, awaiting to be torn apart by the insensitive developmental activity but hoping to be rescued and bring people closer to the Dehra of old times.

Author : Graeme Macqueen
Publisher : Tulika Books
ISBN 13 : 9788181461452
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journey To The City Of Six Gates written by Graeme Macqueen and published by Tulika Books. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Princess Mati awakens from a troubled sleep to find that her life has changed overnight � enemies have invaded the Land of Gold and abducted her parents, the King and Queen. Fourteen-year-old Mati and her twelve-year-old brother, Satya, are secretly spirited away by the loyal Jaya Prabhasa, the most accomplished warrior in the land. As they journey through a world they have never known in all their sheltered existence, and are put to the test by an eccentric flying sadhu, Mati and Satya acquire some extraordinary skills to survive mysterious forests and perilous swamps. But are these sufficient to help the three companions evade marauding armies and rescue their parents? This adventure fantasy set in ancient India, long before the region acquired the name, is written in the engaging style of a historical thriller. Its heroes must discover how to deal with injustice without descending to the level of their violent persecutors. Through contemplative poetic incantation and robust uncluttered prose, it also weaves into its fabric issues such as the status of women and care for the environment.

Author : Damion Lopez
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1637649681
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Knight and His Queen: Book One: The Journey to the City written by Damion Lopez and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Knight and His Queen: Book One: The Journey to the City By: Damion Lopez When Damion Lopez wrote his book, The Knight and His Queen, he strived to make it one that would spark conversation. He saw the state of the world and wanted to show the ugly parts. To show strong female characters can have dimension and depth. Lopez spent his nights writing and building characters. All through his life, his love for stories has always guided him. From history to religion, History is the story of humanity and religion is the stories that give us hope. We as humans have always looked to stories for lessons from the past. And a looking glass into the future. Now it’s time to evolve them. Stories and culture are what bring people together. From the different beliefs of how the world came to be. Lopez saw all the similarities and thought, If we all disappear, what would be left? This one question was the start. Lopez wanted to make that a story to look back on. Something that all people can see themselves in. He has constructed a tale to make the reader think, to ponder, to analyze our lives and the impact we have on each other and our planet.

Author : Ashis Nandy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Ambiguous Journey to the City written by Ashis Nandy and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the myth of the journey from the village to the city and shows how this myth and the changes it has undergone provide rich insight on India's ambivalent affair with the modern city. The first section looks at the vicissitudes of the metaphor of journey, especially the imagination of the hero as it intersects with the imagined city. The next two sections profile various heroes as they negotiate the transitions from the village to the city and back to the village. The final section focuses on the psychopathological journey from a poisoned village into a self-annihilating city, and the narrative draws parallels with the violence in 1946-8, the period which saw the birth of modern India and Pakistan.

Author : Alexandra Mack
Publisher : Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9788179360040
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Journey, Imperial City written by Alexandra Mack and published by Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rashmi Varma
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136804021
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Postcolonial City and its Subjects written by Rashmi Varma and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-08-05 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers twentieth and twenty-first century literary and cultural formations of the postcolonial city and the constitution of new subjects within it. Varma offers a reading of both historical and contemporary debates on urbanism through the filter of postcolonial fictions and the cultural fields surrounding and containing them. In particular, she presents a representational history of London, Nairobi and Bombay in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and engages three key theoretical frameworks—the city within postcolonial theory and culture (its troubled salience in the construction of postcolonial public spheres and identities, from local, rural, ethnic/"tribal", and regional to "national", cosmopolitan and transnational subjects and spaces); postcolonial fictions as constituting a new world literary space and as a site of the articulation of contending narratives of urban space, global culture and postcolonial development; and postcolonial feminist citizenship as a universal political project challenging current neo-liberal and post neo-liberal contractions and eviscerations of public spaces and rights.

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Publisher : Papilio
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Paris Unveiled - A Journey Through the City of Lights written by and published by Papilio. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ✅ Comprehensive Guide: Over 150 pages packed with detailed and essential information for exploring Paris. ✅ Always Current: Features up-to-date information, enhanced with internet and web page links for real-time updates. ✅ Indispensable for Paris Travels: An essential resource for anyone planning a memorable vacation in Paris. ✅ Valuable for General Knowledge: Even without a trip to Paris, this book serves as an enriching read for enhancing general cultural knowledge. ✅ Engaging and Informative: Skillfully presents information in an entertaining yet informative manner, avoiding dullness and engaging readers. ✅ Rich in Content: Covers a wide range of topics including historical landmarks, culinary delights, arts and entertainment, practical travel tips, and local customs and etiquette. ✅ Visually Appealing: Includes stunning and realistic images that capture the essence of Paris, making the guide not just informative but visually captivating. ✅ User-Friendly Layout: Easy-to-navigate format, ensuring readers can quickly find the information they need. ✅ Cultural Insights: Delve into the heart of Parisian culture with insights into local life, traditions, and customs. ✅ Perfect for All Travelers: Whether a first-time visitor or a seasoned traveler, this guide provides valuable insights for experiencing Paris to the fullest.

Author : Randy White
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830811298
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journey to the Center of the City written by Randy White and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 1996-11-14 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Randy White tells how he and his family left suburbia to live and minister in a disadvantaged area of Fresno, California. Their compelling story will show you God's heart for the city and help you discover how you can make a difference in today's cities.