The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye write by A. S. Byatt. This book was released on 2009-10-21. The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The magnificent title story of this collection of fairy tales for adults describes the strange and uncanny relationship between its extravagantly intelligent heroine--a world renowned scholar of the art of story-telling--and the marvelous being that lives in a mysterious bottle, found in a dusty shop in an Istanbul bazaar. As A.S. Byatt renders this relationship with a powerful combination of erudition and passion, she makes the interaction of the natural and the supernatural seem not only convincing, but inevitable. The companion stories in this collection each display different facets of Byatt's remarkable gift for enchantment. They range from fables of sexual obsession to allegories of political tragedy; they draw us into narratives that are as mesmerizing as dreams and as bracing as philosophical meditations; and they all us to inhabit an imaginative universe astonishing in the precision of its detail, its intellectual consistency, and its splendor. "A dreamy treat.... It is not merely strange, it is wondrous." --Boston Globe "Alternatingly erudite and earthy, direct and playful.... If Scheherazade ever needs a break, Byatt can step in, indefinitely." --Chicago Tribune "Byatt's writing is crystalline and splendidly imaginative.... These [are] perfectly formed tales." --Washington Post Book World
Master of the Jinn
Master of the Jinn - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Master of the Jinn write by Irving Karchmar. This book was released on 2004. Master of the Jinn available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Here is a tale set on the Path of the Heart, a beautifully written mystical adventure wherein a modern-day Sufi Master sends seven companions on a perilous quest for the greatest treasure of the ancient world - King Solomon's ring. The legendary seal ring is said to control the Jinn, those terrifying demons of living fire, and in seeking it the companions discover not only the truth of the Jinn, but also the path of Love and the infinite mercy of God.
The End and the Beginning
The End and the Beginning - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The End and the Beginning write by Hermynia Zur Mühlen. This book was released on 2010. The End and the Beginning available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First published in Germany in 1929, The End and the Beginning is a lively personal memoir of a vanished world and of a rebellious, high-spirited young woman's struggle to achieve independence. Born in 1883 into a distinguished and wealthy aristocratic family of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, Hermynia Zur Muhlen spent much of her childhood travelling in Europe and North Africa with her diplomat father. After five years on her German husband's estate in czarist Russia she broke with both her family and her husband and set out on a precarious career as a professional writer committed to socialism. Besides translating many leading contemporary authors, notably Upton Sinclair, into German, she herself published an impressive number of politically engaged novels, detective stories, short stories, and children's fairy tales. Because of her outspoken opposition to National Socialism, she had to flee her native Austria in 1938 and seek refuge in England, where she died, virtually penniless, in 1951. This revised and corrected translation of Zur Muhlen's memoir - with extensive notes and an essay on the author by Lionel Gossman - will appeal especially to readers interested in women's history, the Central European aristocratic world that came to an end with the First World War, and the culture and politics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The Road to Oxiana
The Road to Oxiana - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Road to Oxiana write by Robert Byron. This book was released on 2021-08-31. The Road to Oxiana available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Begin a voyage through Persia and Afghanistan with renowned explorer Robert Byron in 'The Road to Oxiana'.This travelog recounts Byron's ten-month adventure, immersing readers in the rich tapestry of the Middle East, from Venice to Peshawar. As Byron travels through vibrant landscapes and encounters diverse cultures, he showcases his extensive knowledge of the region's architectural wonders. From the awe-inspiring Mosque of Sheikh Lutfullah to the majestic ruins of Persepolis, his vivid descriptions transport readers to these timeless sites.
The Book on Fire
The Book on Fire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Book on Fire write by Keith Miller. This book was released on 2011. The Book on Fire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Balthazar, book thief and bon vivant, arrives in Alexandria to steal from the famous library. But once inside, he becomes obsessed with the youngest librarian, Shireen, who was born in the library and is herself more than half book.
