Xanadu

Author : William Dalrymple
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Asia
ISBN : 0143031074

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In Xanadu by William Dalrymple Pdf

In Xanadu is, without doubt, one of the best travel books produced in the last 20 years. It is witty and intelligent, brilliantly observed, deftly constructed and extremely entertaining& Dalrymple s gift for transforming ordinary humdrum experience into something extraordinary and timeless suggests that he will go from strength to strength Alexander Maitland, Scotland on Sunday

Author : Julie Anne Peters
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316041157

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Far from Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters Pdf

In this fresh, poignant novel, Mike is struggling to come to terms with her father's suicide and her mother's detachment from the family. Mike (real name: Mary Elizabeth) is gay and likes to pump iron, play softball, and fix plumbing. When a glamorous new girl, Xanadu, arrives in Mike's small Kansas town, Mike falls in love at first sight. Xanadu is everything Mike is not -- cool, confident, feminine, sexy.... straight. Julie Anne Peters has written a heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful novel that will speak to anyone who has ever fallen in love with someone who can't love them back.

Author : Sharon Green
Publisher : Sharon Green Books
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780886770891

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Gateway to Xanadu by Sharon Green Pdf

Author : David G. Schwartz
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Casinos
ISBN : 0415935563

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Suburban Xanadu by David G. Schwartz Pdf

Institution. Remarkably detailed and entertaining, Suburban Xanadu tells us a great deal about popular leisure in America, and why the suburban ideal has become so dominant in our social life. Book jacket.

Author : John Man
Publisher : Random House
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781409045649

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Xanadu by John Man Pdf

**A SOURCE FOR MARCO POLO, A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES** Marco Polo's journey from Venice, through Europe and most of Asia, to the court of Kublai Khan in China is one of the most audacious in history. His account of his experiences, known simply as The Travels, uncovered an entirely new world of emperors and concubines, great buildings - 'stately pleasure domes' in Coleridge's dreaming - huge armies and imperial riches. His book shaped the West's understanding of China for hundreds of years. John Man travelled in Marco's footsteps to Xanadu, in search of the truth behind Marco's stories; to separate legend from fact. Drawing on his own journey, archaeology and archival study, John Man paints a vivid picture of the man behind the myth and the true story of the great court of Kublai Khan.

Author : Pradeep Nevatia & Rahul Nevatia
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 275 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798889358541

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Contours of Xanadu by Pradeep Nevatia & Rahul Nevatia Pdf

Author : Harshita Nanda
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781639976461

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Xanadu by Harshita Nanda Pdf

A young girl lives a simple life surrounded by nature and the love of her parents. An earthquake destroys her home and changes her life forever. A young boy struggles with the loss of his mother. As a reward for honesty, he gets a step up in life but has to leave behind all that is familiar to him. An old lady lives alone, surrounded by memories and whispers of the past. What is the link between them? Where is their Xanadu?

Author : Dori Jones Yang
Publisher : Ember
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780385739245

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Daughter of Xanadu by Dori Jones Yang Pdf

Athletic and strong willed, Princess Emmajin's determined to do what no woman has done before: become a warrior in the army of her grandfather, the Great Khan Khubilai. In the Mongol world the only way to achieve respect is to show bravery and win glory on the battlefield. The last thing she wants is the distraction of the foreigner Marco Polo, who challenges her beliefs in the gardens of Xanadu. Marco has no skills in the "manly arts" of the Mongols: horse racing, archery, and wrestling. Still, he charms the Khan with his wit and story-telling. Emmajin sees a different Marco as they travel across 13th-century China, hunting 'dragons' and fighting elephant-back warriors. Now she faces a different battle as she struggles with her attraction towards Marco and her incredible goal of winning fame as a soldier.

Author : Ruby Gupta
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789388134040

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No Illusions in Xanadu by Ruby Gupta Pdf

When the devilishly handsome, legendary Bollywood superstar Rajvir Kapoor is found dead in the thirtieth-floor study of his swanky new home, Xanadu, the entire country is aghast. Barely hours before his death, Xanadu, had been teeming with the pick of the country's elite: hot-shot celebrities, business magnates and close friends and family of the iconic actor – all of whom had come together for the grandest party Mumbai had ever seen. Investigations reveal that Rajvir Kapoor was murdered, and now everyone is a suspect. Professor Shantanu Bose, eminent nano-expert and part-time sleuth, a house-guest at the time, is willy-nilly forced to join the investigation. He finds himself in an alien world of the glitterati and their idiosyncrasies, where murky secrets are revealed and facts muddled. As Shantanu struggles to piece together the puzzle amidst the confusing moral codes adopted by the people of this starry realm, glamorous Mumbai seduces him and he finds himself irresistibly attracted to the enchanting prime suspect ... Will the professor manage the tightrope walk between emotions and justice?

Author : Harold Robbins
Publisher : RosettaBooks
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795340932

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Descent from Xanadu by Harold Robbins Pdf

A decadent billionaire pursues immortality in this raucous, raunchy, globe-hopping novel by “the dirty old man of American letters” (Hollywood Reporter). The wealthiest man in the world, Judd Crane is also ruthless, sexually irresistible, and determined to conquer man's last frontier—eternal life. A man who always gets what he wants, Judd pursues his dream on a dangerous, obsessive journey from Yugoslavia to China, from his lush private island to a secret atomic city in the Brazilian jungle. Crane is willing to spend billions, risk death, outwit foreign agents, lose his entire empire and the woman he loves . . . until, at the moment of victory, he discovers the most important secret of all.

Author : Sir Joshua L-x
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780983972921

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Xanadu's Novells Series by Sir Joshua L-x Pdf

Author : Sir Joshua L-x
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780983972914

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Xanadu's Novella Series by Sir Joshua L-x Pdf

Author : Aaron J Clarke
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781326819316

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Death in Xanadu by Aaron J Clarke Pdf

'Death in Xanadu' is a savage indictment against the movie industry, and in this world of celluloid fantasy, the ultimate power belongs to the studio mogul Carlton Hislop, who can either destroy careers or create them - on the condition that they submit themselves to him. Author Aaron J Clarke turns a jaundiced eye on Xanadu, and the result is a depiction of a chain-smoking, heavy drinking, coke snorting, megalomaniac - not to mention perverse - movie mogul, who will stop at nothing to get what he wants and likewise, prevent his abhorrent desires from being publicized. Drawn into this scandal are the producers Tiffany, Lisa and Tony, in addition to the casting director, Kathy, who nominates child actors Frank and Freddie for roles in an upcoming film. Carlton becomes fixated on the young actors the moment he sees their audition. And so the malevolent man descends down a path of depravity, which ultimately leads to his humiliating escape from America and subsequent punishment in tropical Brazil.

Author : James Irving Crump
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781938937118

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Song-Poems from Xanadu by James Irving Crump Pdf

If the title Song-Poems from Xanadu seems hauntingly familiar to the reader, it is because there is another book called Songs from Xanadu, written by the same author between 1979 and 1983, primarily as a rigorous attempt to make some sense out of the technical and prosodic questions which these songs raise about themselves. The editor at the Center for Chinese Studies noted somewhat wistfully that Songs from Xanadu would have been a perfect title for the present book. Since the author already used that title up on a somewhat stuffier work, he tried to mollify the editor by choosing a title that sounded as much like the one he preferred as possible. Being largely directed at specialists in Chinese literature, the first book differs greatly from this, its sequel, which is written for those who know next to nothing about its subject. [ix-x]

Author : Lars Gustafsson
Publisher : Copper Canyon Press
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781556592751

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A Time in Xanadu by Lars Gustafsson Pdf

Lars Gustafsson--poet, novelist, and philosopher--is one of Sweden's leading and most prolific writers.