Indian Sun

Author : Oliver Craske
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780571350872

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Indian Sun by Oliver Craske Pdf

A Times, Spectator, TLS and BBC Music Magazine Book of the YearOver eight decades, Ravi Shankar was India's greatest cultural ambassador who took Indian classical music to the world's leading concert halls and festivals, charting the map for those who followed. Renowned for his association with The Beatles - teaching George Harrison sitar - Shankar turning the Sixties generation on to Indian music, astonishing the crowds at Woodstock, Monterey Pop and the Concert for Bangladesh with his virtuosity. He radically reshaped jazz and Western classical music as well as writing film scores, including Pather Panchali and Gandhi, and transformed awareness of Indian culture in the process.Indian Sun is the first biography of Ravi Shankar. Benefitting from unprecedented access to family archives, Oliver Craske paints a vivid picture of a captivating, restless workaholic, who lived a passionate and extraordinary life - from his childhood in his brother's dance troupe, through intensive study of the sitar, to his revival of the national music scene; and from the 1950s, a pioneering international career that ultimately made his name synonymous with India.

Author : Don C. Talayesva
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1963-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0300002270

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Sun Chief by Don C. Talayesva Pdf

Discusses the contrast in lifestyles of the author between his life among whites, and his life with the Hopi

Author : Sarah Roberts
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781482859850

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Under the Indian Sun by Sarah Roberts Pdf

When Annie finally gets the chance to take her dream vacation to India, she expects nothing but peace and time spent exclusively on herself. In preparation for the trip, she communicates with a knowledgeable young man from Delhi. His name is Ashok, and due to their correspondence, she now considers him her only friend in a foreign land. Annie meets Ashok upon her arrival, and hes surprisingly handsome in person. Despite an age gap and cultural differences, sparks fly and set off a fire of passionate emotions between them. Ashok not only embraces Annie, but he shows her how to embrace his homeland, taking her through a whirlpool of exotic experiences as her lover and guide. She is sure shes found her soul mate, but the trip must eventually come to an end and with her return to the United States, Ashok seems distant. Annie fears he realized their differences were just too big to overcome. Will these two lovers, meant to be, find the ability to break boundaries to be together or will their idyllic travels end in nothing but heartbreak?

Author : Raj Balkaran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000060355

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The Goddess and the Sun in Indian Myth by Raj Balkaran Pdf

In analyzing the parallels between myths glorifying the Indian Great Goddess, Durgā, and those glorifying the Sun, Sūrya, found in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, this book argues for an ideological ecosystem at work in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa privileging worldly values, of which Indian kings, the Goddess (Devī), the Sun (Sūrya), Manu and Mārkaṇḍeya himself are paragons. This book features a salient discovery in Sanskrit narrative text: just as the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa houses the Devī Māhātmya glorifying the supremacy of the Indian Great Goddess, Durgā, it also houses a Sūrya Māhātmya, glorifying the supremacy of the Sun, Sūrya, in much the same manner. This book argues that these māhātmyas were meaningfully and purposefully positioned in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, while previous scholarship has considered this haphazard interpolation for sectarian aims. The book demonstrates that deliberate compositional strategies make up the Saura–Śākta symbiosis found in these mirrored māhātmyas. Moreover, the author explores what he calls the "dharmic double helix" of Brahmanism, most explicitly articulated by the structural opposition between pravṛtti (worldly) and nivṛtti (other-worldy) dharmas. As the first narrative study of the Sūrya Māhātmya, along with the first study of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa (or any Purāṇa), as a narrative whole, this book will be of interest to academics in the field of Religion, Hindu Studies, South Asian Studies, Goddess Studies, Narrative Theory and Comparative Mythology.

Author : Ernestine Hayes
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780816525379

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Blonde Indian by Ernestine Hayes Pdf

A member of the the Wolf House of the Kaagwaantaan clan of the Tlingit Indians tells the story of her early family life, her travels as a young woman, and her return home to Juneau, Alaska as an adult.

Author : Pauline Rohatgi,Pheroza Godrej
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art, British
ISBN : UOM:39015037819573

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Under the Indian Sun by Pauline Rohatgi,Pheroza Godrej Pdf

Author : Jon AND Rumer Godden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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TWO UNDER THE INDIAN SUN by Jon AND Rumer Godden Pdf

Author : Gerald McDermott
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1977-02
Category : Folk literature, Pueblo
ISBN : 0812401026

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Arrow to the Sun by Gerald McDermott Pdf

An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth that explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men.

Author : Adolf Hungrywolf,Beverly Hungry Wolf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0688079555

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Children of the Sun by Adolf Hungrywolf,Beverly Hungry Wolf Pdf

Historical narratives describe the traditions, cultures, and experiences of native Americans growing up during the early 1900's. Includes Indian stories and legends.

Author : Sun Bear,Wabun Wind
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439146927

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Black Dawn, Bright Day by Sun Bear,Wabun Wind Pdf

A compelling and prophetic work that details the environmental future of every major landmass in the world. The sacred teacher and author of The Medicine Wheel offers a compelling and prophetic work that details the environmental future of every major landmass in the world. Through his own visions and dreams, and the visions of other Native American peoples, Sun Bear has seen the future of our Earth, and here he explicitly details which parts of the world will be most affected.

Author : Anne Walmsley
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781398319608

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The Sun's Eye by Anne Walmsley Pdf

There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society. In the vast Atlantic The sun's eye blazes over the edge of the ocean And watches the islands in a great bow curving From Florida down to the South American coast. The poems and stories included in The Sun's Eye present a selection of old favourites and new discoveries, celebrating the rich, warm, vibrant and vital life in the string of islands which curve down from Florida to the South American coast. A great celebration of Caribbean culture, and testimonial to all who have felt the warmth of the Caribbean sun and the whisper of the Caribbean breeze. Suitable for readers aged 11 and above.

Author : S. C. Gwynne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781416597155

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Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne Pdf

*Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award* *A New York Times Notable Book* *Winner of the Texas Book Award and the Oklahoma Book Award* This New York Times bestseller and stunning historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West “is nothing short of a revelation…will leave dust and blood on your jeans” (The New York Times Book Review). Empire of the Summer Moon spans two astonishing stories. The first traces the rise and fall of the Comanches, the most powerful Indian tribe in American history. The second entails one of the most remarkable narratives ever to come out of the Old West: the epic saga of the pioneer woman Cynthia Ann Parker and her mixed-blood son Quanah, who became the last and greatest chief of the Comanches. Although readers may be more familiar with the tribal names Apache and Sioux, it was in fact the legendary fighting ability of the Comanches that determined when the American West opened up. Comanche boys became adept bareback riders by age six; full Comanche braves were considered the best horsemen who ever rode. They were so masterful at war and so skillful with their arrows and lances that they stopped the northern drive of colonial Spain from Mexico and halted the French expansion westward from Louisiana. White settlers arriving in Texas from the eastern United States were surprised to find the frontier being rolled backward by Comanches incensed by the invasion of their tribal lands. The war with the Comanches lasted four decades, in effect holding up the development of the new American nation. Gwynne’s exhilarating account delivers a sweeping narrative that encompasses Spanish colonialism, the Civil War, the destruction of the buffalo herds, and the arrival of the railroads, and the amazing story of Cynthia Ann Parker and her son Quanah—a historical feast for anyone interested in how the United States came into being. Hailed by critics, S. C. Gwynne’s account of these events is meticulously researched, intellectually provocative, and, above all, thrillingly told. Empire of the Summer Moon announces him as a major new writer of American history.

Author : Rebecca Roanhorse
Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781368044257

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Race to the Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse Pdf

Lately, seventh grader Nizhoni Begay has been able to detect monsters, like that man in the fancy suit who was in the bleachers at her basketball game. Turns out he's Mr. Charles, her dad's new boss at the oil and gas company, and he's alarmingly interested in Nizhoni and her brother, Mac, their Navajo heritage, and the legend of the Hero Twins. Nizhoni knows he's a threat, but her father won't believe her. When Dad disappears the next day, leaving behind a message that says "Run!", the siblings and Nizhoni's best friend, Davery, are thrust into a rescue mission that can only be accomplished with the help of Diné Holy People, all disguised as quirky characters. Their aid will come at a price: the kids must pass a series of trials in which it seems like nature itself is out to kill them. If Nizhoni, Mac, and Davery can reach the House of the Sun, they will be outfitted with what they need to defeat the ancient monsters Mr. Charles has unleashed. But it will take more than weapons for Nizhoni to become the hero she was destined to be . . . Timeless themes such as the importance of family and respect for the land resonate in this funny, fast-paced, and exciting quest adventure set in the American Southwest.

Author : Donald A. Mackenzie
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1977-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie Pdf

Author : D'Arcy 1904-1977 McNickle
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1014744741

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Runner in the Sun; a Story of Indian Maize by D'Arcy 1904-1977 McNickle Pdf

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