Shah: 410 books
by Tahir Shah
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2007
Tahir Shah’s The Caliph’s House*,* describing his first year in Casablanca, was hailed by critics and compared to such travel classics as A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun. Now Shah takes us deeper into the heart of this exotic and magical land to uncover mysteries that have been hidden...
Trail of Feathers
In Search of the Birdmen of Peru
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2011
A shrunken head from Peru and a feather with traces of blood are the clues that launch Tahir Shah on his latest journey. Fascinated by the recurring theme of flight in Peruvian folklore, Shah sets out to discover whether the Incas really were able to fly like birds” over the jungle, as a Spanish...
The Storyteller's Daughter
One Woman's Return to Her Lost Homeland
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Imagine that a jewel-like garden overlooking Kabul is your ancestral home. Imagine a kitchen made fragrant with saffron strands and cardamom pods simmering in an authentic pilau. Now remember that you were born in London, your family in exile, and that you have never seen Afghanistan in peacetime.
These...
Beyond the Devil's Teeth
Journeys in Gondwanaland
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Forty-five million years ago, the supercontinent of Gondwanaland split apart. This created what are now known as India, Africa and South America. The huge landmass was named after the Gond people of India. Meeting a Gond storyteller on a visit to Bombay, Tahir Shah heard their ancient saga. He vowed...
by Sami Shah
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
From Sami Shah comes Fire Boy, an urban fantasy set in modern-day Pakistan, where djinns roam the street alongside corrupt cops, hustling beggars, and creatures from the darkest corners of Eastern mythology. Growing up in Karachi isn’t easy. Wahid has a lot on his mind: the girl he likes, mostly,...
by Adith Jagdish Boloor, Samarth Shah, Utsav Shah
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Find out how to transform your Arduino device into an awesome secret agent gadget with this course, taking in everything from robotics to remote control cameras
About This Book
This course won't just teach you. It will help you apply your knowledge so you can get creative – quickly!
Find out...
by Jatin P. Shah, MD, MS (Surg)
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2012
Head and Neck Surgery and Oncology, by Drs. Jatin P. Shah Snehal G. Patel, and Bhuvanesh Singh, offers you authoritative, multidisciplinary guidance on the latest diagnostic and multidisciplinary therapeutic approaches for head and neck cancer. With this medical reference book, you’ll have all the...
The Making of a Gay Muslim
Religion, Sexuality and Identity in Malaysia and Britain
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
This book highlights the lived experiences of gay Muslims in Malaysia, where Islam is the majority and official religion, and in Britain, where Muslims form a religious minority. By exploring how they negotiate their religious and sexual identities, Shah challenges the notion that Islam is inherently...
In Search of King Solomon's Mines
A Modern Adventurer's Quest for Gold and History in the Land of the Queen of Sheba
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
A thrilling, modern-day quest into our ancient past to find a legendary historical site buried in memory and time.
King Solomon, the Bible’s wisest king, possessed extraordinary wealth. The grand temple he built in Jerusalem was covered in gold from the porch to the inner sanctum, where the...
Horror Stories 5
The Haunting Hours
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2019
A man's desire to survive by feeding humans to a wicked spirit eerily goes wrong (The Room). Love between a human girl and a demon brings a spine-chilling avalanche in a small town called Gantari (Devil of Gantari). The rise of the dead family proves catastrophically horrendous for Mr. Ban (The Rise...
Pandemic
Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
Scientists agree that a pathogen is likely to cause a global pandemic in the near future. But which one? And how?
Over the past fifty years, more than three hundred infectious diseases have either newly emerged or reemerged, appearing in territories where they’ve never been seen before. Ninety...
by Tahir Shah
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2006
In the tradition of A Year in Provence and Under the Tuscan Sun, acclaimed English travel writer Tahir Shah shares a highly entertaining account of making an exotic dream come true. By turns hilarious and harrowing, here is the story of his family’s move from the gray skies of London to the sun-drenched...
by Tahir Shah
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
For more than a century Henry Rider Haggard's novel King Solomon's Mines has inspired generations of young men to set forth in search of adventure. But long before Rider Haggard's classic, explorers, theologians and scientists scoured the known world for the source of King Solomon's astonishing wealth....
The Complete Collection of Travel Literature
In Search of King Solomon's Mines, Beyond the Devil's Teeth, House of the Tiger King, Sorcerer's Apprentice, Travels With Myself, Trail of Feathers
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2013
This edition brings together Tahir Shah's full collection of travel writing: from India to Africa to South America, join the author on his unusual adventures and expeditions around the world.The first and last books in the collection are of international travels. Beyond the Devil's Teeth is the author's...