Tahir Shah: 15 books
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: 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...
Sorcerer's Apprentice
An Incredible Journey into the World of India's Godmen
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
An apprentice to one of India’s greatest illusionists shares the tricks of the trade in this extraordinary travelogue through modern India.
Sorcerer’s Apprentice is the amazing story of Tahir Shah’s improbable apprenticeship to one of India’s master conjurers, Hakim Feroze, and his...
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...
Scorpion Soup
A story in a story
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2013
Inspired by a book his grandfather wrote eighty years ago, master storyteller and author Tahir Shah set about creating SCORPION SOUP, an intense experience of interlinked and overlapping tales.Having been raised on stories from both East and West, Shah believes that tales work on numerous levels, subtly...
House of the Tiger King
A Jungle Obsession
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
When the Spanish Conquistadors swept through Peru in the sixteenth century, they were searching for great golden treasure. In 1572 they stormed the Inca stronghold of Vilcabamba, only to find the city deserted, burned,a nd already stripped of its wealth. According to legend the Incas had retreated deep...
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...
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...
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...
Three Essays
Cannibalism, The Kumbh Mela, The Legacy of Arab Science
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2013
Tahir Shah's collection of three essays considers aspects of human society and culture that help us to understand both the world around us and ourselves.An extraordinary thought-provoking essay, CANNIBALISM: IT'S ONLY MEAT is certain to horrify a great many readers, and will leave all who reach the end...
by TAHIR SHAH
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
On the morning of her fifth birthday, Miki Suzuki's aged grandfather gave her an unusual gift - the fragment of a story. The tale told of a magical realm where all the women were beautiful, dressed in the finest gowns, and where the men had the looks of movie stars. The trees were covered in ivory-white...
by Tahir Shah
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Hannibal Fogg & the Supreme Secret of Man
Through a life cloaked in mystery, Edwardian polymath Hannibal G. Fogg pushed the boundaries of exploration, science and code-breaking - producing feats of unrivalled cerebral dexterity. Hailing from a landed family, Fogg was a confidant to world...
by Tahir Shah
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Being a Singular and Most Animated Account of an Illiterate American Sailor, Taken as a Slave in the Great Zahara and, after Trials and Tribulations Aplenty, Reaching London Where He Narrated His Tale* * *US Version.For centuries, the greatest explorers of their age were dispatched from the power-houses...
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