Postmarked Bombay

Author : Harriet Claiborne
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798385006502

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Postmarked Bombay by Harriet Claiborne Pdf

Twenty-four-year-old Harry Witt did the unthinkable in 1937 when he left his family and sweetheart, Idie Lacy, in Houston, Texas, to take a job halfway around the world in British Colonial India. Adventurous tales of tiger hunts, rickety train rides, and a birthday with a maharajah mix with humorous anecdotes of rural village life and brokering cotton to fill Harry’s letters home, giving Idie a unique glimpse of life in a strange land with a Texas twist. Then Idie also did the unthinkable in 1939, taking a month-long sea voyage to marry Harry in Bombay. Their stories speak of learning to cope with each other and with life in a foreign culture and a faraway place. Idie was subsequently evacuated from India during World War II, while Harry stayed, working on a mission for his company and his country. His business contacts with Hindu, Muslim and English merchants helped him procure strategic materials for the Allies. Along the way, he interacted with everyone from peasants to maharajas and trekked into Nepal with a colleague, the first white men to do so.

Author : Paul Mann
Publisher : Momentum
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781760080068

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Season of the Monsoon: George Sansi 1 by Paul Mann Pdf

This was done by someone who enjoys killing ... "I've seen crimes of passion, I've seen dismemberment, decapitation and sexual mutilation before. But not like this. Not with this kind of ... wilful savagery ..." The body of a young actor is pulled out of a lake near Bombay's Film City. Before dying he had been hideously mutilated. Beyond recognition. Beyond belief. When another mutilated corpse is found, Inspector George Sansi must face the unspeakable truth. A psychopath who kills at random ... and for pleasure. The only thing Sansi is certain of is that the killer is a white man. And that he will kill again. Racing desperately against time, Sansi finds a clue in the past and uncovers a trail of gruesome murders that began over half a century before – a trail still warm with the blood of countless victims. But how could a murderer return from the past to begin killing all over again?

Author : Betsy Woodman
Publisher : Random House India
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184004939

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Love Potion Number 10 by Betsy Woodman Pdf

In the newest Jana Bibi adventure, Hamara Nagar is rocked by an espionage scandal. Now that the dust has settled and the town is safe from the threat of being flooded by a planned government dam, all eyes are on Jana and her feisty parrot, now the target of a potential kidnapping—‘birdnapping’—that puts Jana and her household on edge. Meanwhile, love is in the air and thanks to the appearance of an old flame and the intoxicating elixir Love Potion Number 10, Jana is giddy-headed with the possibilities. She sees love and connection all around her. Everyone in her bustling home, however, from her long-time ayah, Mary, to her 11-year-old errand boy Tilku, think that what’s missing from her life is a husband. A visit from Jana’s friends Lily and Cyrus, accompanied by Cyrus’s recently widowed cousin and business partner Max King, lead to hopes that Max might fit the bill. But the trio’s indulgence and hedonistic lifestyle clash with Jana’s simple existence. Set in the 1960s, Love Potion is the second book in the series which debuted with Jana’s Bibi’s Excellent Fortunes. With its eclectic cast of loveable characters, gentle wisdom and good cheer, this charming tale of love, adventure and intrigue is sure to lift the most cynical of spirits.

Author : Kristen Rudisill
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438489773

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Honeymoon Couples and Jurassic Babies by Kristen Rudisill Pdf

Honeymoon Couples and Jurassic Babies is the first in-depth study of Sabha Theater, a type of Tamil-language popular theater that started in Chennai (Madras) in the period following India's independence, thriving especially between 1965 and 1985. Breaking new ground in the study of stage and performance, this interdisciplinary book presents a complex view of a significant genre, using historical research and ethnographic information obtained through interviews with performers, writers, and audience members, as well as observations of rehearsals, performances, and television and film shootings. This careful coverage not only contextualizes Sabha Theatre historically, politically, and aesthetically within the wider history of the Tamil stage and a performance scene that includes classical dance and mass media but also reveals how its plays express a Tamil Brahmin identity that is at once traditional and modern. Analyzing what particular plays mean to the specific, urban, elite Brahmin community that produces and consumes them, Kristen Rudisill examines humor that reveals a complex Brahmin identity and surveys markers of moral superiority.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Postage stamps
ISBN : CORNELL:31924071591212

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The London Philatelist by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ho Kwon Cjan
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789814868679

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Architecture of Shame by Ho Kwon Cjan Pdf

Award-winning architect Ho Kwon Cjan has a wicked sense of humour and a keen interest in history. This book combines his passions, with a big dose of sheer cheek. In Architecture of Shame, the author ‘reveals’ little-known details about famous buildings around the world, such as how India’s Taj Mahal was intended to have two domes and that the Eiffel Tower, in France, once wore fig leaves. Some of the information is startling and unheard of, not least because they were drawn from the author’s vivid imagination. Each of the 28 chapters features a building of significant historical interest and tells an alternative background story behind its development and construction in a mischevious blend of leg-pull and tall tales. Also included are the author’s original illustrations of what might have been. This book will be of interest to architects, people with an interest in history – and anyone with a sense of humour.

Author : Auckland (N.Z.). Centennial Committee of the Bombay Anniversary Picnic and Sports Club
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Auckland (N.Z.)
ISBN : UCAL:B3915769

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They Came by Ship by Auckland (N.Z.). Centennial Committee of the Bombay Anniversary Picnic and Sports Club Pdf

Author : Prashant H. Pandya
Publisher : Baroda Philatelic Society
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-20
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Vadophil Issue No. 167-168-169 by Prashant H. Pandya Pdf

Author : Scott Eyman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982176358

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Charlie Chaplin Vs. America by Scott Eyman Pdf

"The story of Charlie Chaplin's years of self-imposed exile from the United States, when he had become a pariah during the 1950s Red Scare. While living abroad he made his last, and by general agreement, worst films, only to return home years later to a triumphant reception"--

Author : Baroda Philatelic Society
Publisher : Baroda Philatelic Society
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Vadophil by Baroda Philatelic Society Pdf

Author : Book-of-the-Month Club
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Authors
ISBN : UCAL:B2892264

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Book-of-the-Month Club News by Book-of-the-Month Club Pdf

Author : Neil Donaldson
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-16
Category : Postage-stamps
ISBN : 9781409209423

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The Postal Agencies in Eastern Arabia and the Gulf by Neil Donaldson Pdf

This volume is reproduced by kind permission of Neil Donaldson and HH Sales Ltd.. It is the central text for Arabian Gulf (Persian Gulf) States postal history and it provides the 'numbering system' used by those involved in this collecting area. If you are interested in Muscat, Oman, Guadur, Bahrain, Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar, Abu Dhabi or, more generally, the BPAEA then this volume is valuable reading.The book is, essentially, a reprint of the first edition which was published in 1975. Due to the quality and method of printing the original edition (and limitations imposed by how this version was created) some images lack detail.Time has added further information; the 'Supplement' can be acquired elsewhere.This book is the key text for those wishing to understand the postal history of this area, but it is more than a dry postal history reference book--it is also a great read!

Author : Sumit Chakrabarti,Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781443851190

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The Post-Marked World by Sumit Chakrabarti,Krystyna Kujawińska Courtney Pdf

It is a cliché now to claim that we live in a “post”-marked world, and indeed the “post-isms” are some of the most used, and abused, expressions in the language. In a general sense, the various kinds of “post-isms” are regarded as a rejection of a prevailing number of cultural certainties on which our life in the so-called Western world has been structured since the eighteenth century. Engaging with the “post-isms” can be regarded as both a philosophical and political endeavour, which demonstrates, among other things, the instability of language, meaning, narrativity and generally any formal systems. In the wake of such theoretical aporia, this volume represents an investigation in the (re)thinking of the implications of the term “post” in current theoretical parlance. Is there a politics always/already embedded within the “post”? Do we need the “post” any more? Did we, in the first place, need it at all? Is it possible to counter essentialism with the “post” prefix? These are some of the questions the volume raises and explores by examining the “post”-marked terms in the theoretical market. The essays included in this volume address different and relevant issues related to the idea of the “post,” and those that are representative of different parts of the globe. Thus a reader of the volume will not only have a bird’s eye view of the various disciplines where the concept of the “post” is used, but also an eclectic range of contributions about issues that engage with different socio-political dynamics from various parts of the world.

Author : Murray Stein
Publisher : Chiron Publications
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781630517625

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Individuation by Murray Stein Pdf

Dr. Murray Stein’s prolific career has produced a substantial body of writings, lectures, and interviews. His writings, captured in these volumes, span a wide domain of topics that include writings on Christianity, Individuation, Mid-life, the practice of Analytical Psychology, and topics in contemporary society. His deep understanding of Analytical Psychology is much more than an academic discourse, but rather a deeply personal study of Jung that spans nearly half a century. The unifying theme of the papers collected in this volume is the individuation process as outlined by C.G. Jung and adopted and extended by later generations of scholars and psychoanalysts working in the field of analytical psychology. Individuation is a major contribution to developmental psychology and encompasses the entire lifetime no matter its duration. The unique feature of this notion of human development is that it includes spiritual as well as psychosocial features. The essays in this volume explain and expand on Jung’s fundamental contributions.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : GPA NEWS
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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GPA News September 2012 by Anonim Pdf