City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi, Paperback

'Could you show me a djinn?' I asked. 'Certainly, ' replied the Sufi. 'But you would run away.'

Reducere. Set in nineteenth-century India between two revolutionary moments of change, Twilight in Delhi brings history alive, depicting most movingly the lo...

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodm...

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Reducere. DescriptionThis richly detailed ethnographic work tells the story of a period of deep civil unrest in India . In 1975 Indira Gandhi declared a stat...

Reducere. In Enduring Cancer Dwaipayan Banerjee explores the efforts of Delhi's urban poor to create a livable life with cancer as patients and families nego...

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Reducere. In The Globally Familiar Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan traces how the rapid development of information and communication technologies in India has cr...

Publisher: Stanford University PressAuthor(s): Sanjeev RoutrayNumber of pages: 368Collection: South Asia in MotionPublication date: 2022Dimensions:...

Reducere. What we know today as Chandni Chowk was once a part of one of the greatest cities of the world--the imperial city established by the Mughal emperor...

Publisher: BookBabyAuthor(s): Roberta M. GubbinsNumber of pages: 168Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Starting in the summer, then moving on to autumn, winter, and spring, each chapter of A Year in Beer: Styles for Every Season will introduce the be...

By the Wainwright-Conservation-Prize-winning author of Rebirding Spend a year in an orchard, celebrating its imperilled, overlooked abundance of life.

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

From ice skating to tadpoles and migrating birds, life in the pond changes from season to season. Discover how fish stay warm in winter. Learn why ...

From snow plows to skyscraper nests and rooftop gardens, life in the city changes from season to season. Discover what animals live in the city. Le...

Anna and Benjamin's family have just moved to a new house and can't wait to turn their messy yard into a beautiful garden, but first they must plan...

Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Prima...

Reducere. Captivating stories of how a young doctor's first year of medical practice in the Smoky Mountains shaped his practice of life and faith The little ...

Reducere. Escapist fantasies usually involve the open road, but Bernd Heinrich's dream was to focus on the riches of one small place--a few green acres along...

Author and illustrator Edward Carey presents a paean to connection at a time of isolation: a year of daily lockdown drawings posted on social media...

Celebrate a year of flowers with this book of beautiful floral designs and arrangements. The 31 stunning illustrations highlight every month with i...

From bestselling author Amanda Owen come more tales of life at Ravenseat, the remote Yorkshire hill farm she shares with husband Clive, eight child...

DescriptionNew Works I: A Year in Paintings A stunning collection of recent works by internationally acclaimed American artist, Rebecca Latham. Thi...

DescriptionThis exceptional book immerses the reader in the world of gardens and plants. Jacqueline van de Kloet takes us on a tour of the garden i...

A year in the life of the most successful darts player of all time

A photographic celebration of British wildlife and the country way of life.Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): The editors of Country Liv...

POETRY BOOK SOCIETY RECOMMENDATIONJack Underwood's debut collection, Happiness (2015), was celebrated for its unconventional and daring tone: 'conv...

1 year, 8, 500 road miles, 26 weird and wonderful British subcultures: Lucy Leonelli leaves the corporate world behind on a quest to discover her m...

The Mayor Married Who?Who would have thought that managing a city could be so funny? The Mayor Married Who? provides a fun insider's look at the da...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Christine BreenNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 161 x 241 x 28Cover type: Hardb...

Thoreau's journal of 1851 reveals profound ideas and observations in the making, including wonderful writing on the natural history of Concord. For...

Reducere. A Year in the Big Old Garden is a collection of children's stories in the spirit of beloved classics by Thornton Burgess and Beatrix Potter. These ...

Reducere. A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF UNDER MAGNOLIA A Year in the World is vintage Frances Mayes--a celebration of the allure of...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Rashmi SadanaIllustration(s): 25 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 274Publication date: 2021Dim...

Nature Tonic encourages us to connect with nature and grow our own meditative awareness every day.

Reducere. DescriptionIl Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center is a passport to the heart of Italy. Michelle Damiani chronicles how her American family o...

Publisher: Scribe PublicationsAuthor(s): Felicita SalaNumber of pages: 40Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 233 x 304 x 14Cover type: HardbackIllust...

From the acclaimed author of In Praise of Paths comes a humorous and modest Walden for modern times.As nature becomes ever more precious, we all wa...

Evan Friss traces the colorful and fraught history of bicycles-and bicyclists-in New York City. He uncovers the bicycle's place in the city over ti...

A personal investigation into the history that surrounds us, from the historian and award-winning author of The Hidden WaysPublisher: Canongate Boo...

* Wonderfully accessible travel book on an inaccessible country - Outer Mongolia.

Reducere. After writing twelve books over a period of forty years, I said I was finished. However, my life and the life around me has changed and I felt it t...

Cartography is the story of Katherine Schifani's experience as a gay woman serving as a counterterrorism advisor in Iraq in 2011, surrounded by str...

A Journal of the Plague Year is a book by Daniel Defoe, first published in March 1722. It is an account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Description"Redemption Songs" takes the reader inside the walls of a medium-security prison and offers a glimpse at how music and the arts are offe...

The Secret History of Here is the story of a single place, a farm in the Scottish Borders. The site on which Alistair Moffat's farm now stands has ...

Reducere. Born and raised in New England, the author captures what it is like to live in the great outdoors in the Northeast. Each month is written in acrost...