Author: Washington Irving
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Tales of a Traveller
Author: Washington Irving
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
A Book of Travellers' Tales
Author: Eric Newby
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330293907
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780330293907
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
Travellers’ Tales of Old Singapore
Author: Compiled by Michael Wise
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814677302
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
From the very beginning, Singapore’s promise of adventure and romance lured visitors to her shores. Travellers came from everywhere and found in Singapore so much to amaze and amuse, so much to write home about. The tales selected for this collection take the reader back to the early days of Singapore when pirates roamed the seas and tigers ate Chinamen for breakfast. It was an era of rickshaws and gharries, of pepper and gambier plantations, of secret societies and opium dens. Through the eyes of more than 60 visitors are seen glimpses of a place, a time and a way of life that is very different from today’s. First published in 1985, this classic volume is bound to entertain and inform a whole new generation of readers
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
ISBN: 9814677302
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
From the very beginning, Singapore’s promise of adventure and romance lured visitors to her shores. Travellers came from everywhere and found in Singapore so much to amaze and amuse, so much to write home about. The tales selected for this collection take the reader back to the early days of Singapore when pirates roamed the seas and tigers ate Chinamen for breakfast. It was an era of rickshaws and gharries, of pepper and gambier plantations, of secret societies and opium dens. Through the eyes of more than 60 visitors are seen glimpses of a place, a time and a way of life that is very different from today’s. First published in 1985, this classic volume is bound to entertain and inform a whole new generation of readers
Scottish Traveller Tales
Author: Donald Braid
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781934110980
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The only book that closely examines this fascinating storytelling culture of Scotland
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781934110980
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The only book that closely examines this fascinating storytelling culture of Scotland
Travellers' Tales
Author: Jon Bird
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134912978
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Most of us, at various moments in our lives, either adopt a `tourist' identity of are framed within another's tourist experience. Travellers' Tales investigates the future for travelling in a world whose boundaries are shifting and dissolving. The contributors bring together popular and critical discourses of travel to explore questions of identity and politics; history and narration; collecting and representing other cultures. Travellers' tales oscillate between the thrill of novel experiences and unexpected pleasures, and the alienation and loneliness of exile in a strange land. The contributions review recent work on the discourses of tourism, travel and cultural politics; the effects of global interactions and local resistances, and the ways in which records, memorials and signs have all been used to describe the experience of encountering the `other'.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134912978
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
Most of us, at various moments in our lives, either adopt a `tourist' identity of are framed within another's tourist experience. Travellers' Tales investigates the future for travelling in a world whose boundaries are shifting and dissolving. The contributors bring together popular and critical discourses of travel to explore questions of identity and politics; history and narration; collecting and representing other cultures. Travellers' tales oscillate between the thrill of novel experiences and unexpected pleasures, and the alienation and loneliness of exile in a strange land. The contributions review recent work on the discourses of tourism, travel and cultural politics; the effects of global interactions and local resistances, and the ways in which records, memorials and signs have all been used to describe the experience of encountering the `other'.
A Traveller in Time
Author: Alison Uttley
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 168137448X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The “superb” time travel adventure of one lonely young girl, a remarkable family, and an impossible task, set between modern and Elizabethan England (The Washington Post) "A beautiful book . . . a form of enchanting ghost story, with the ghosts drawn in with the grace of a painter on a fan." —The Observer Penelope Taberner Cameron is a solitary and a sickly child, a reader and a dreamer. Her mother, indeed, is of the opinion that the girl has grown all too attached to the products of her imagination and decides to send her away from London for a restorative dose of fresh country air. But staying at Thackers, in remote Derbyshire, Penelope is soon caught up in a new mystery, as she finds herself transported at unforeseeable intervals back and forth from modern to Elizabethan times. There she becomes part of a remarkable family that is, Penelope realizes, in terrible danger as they plot to free Mary, Queen of Scots, from the prison in which Queen Elizabeth has confined her. Penelope knows the tragic end that awaits the Scottish queen, but she can neither change the course of events nor persuade her new family of the hopelessness of their cause, which love, loyalty, and justice all compel them to embrace. Caught between present and past, Penelope is ever more torn by questions of freedom and fate. To travel in time, she discovers, is to be very much alone. And yet the slow recurrent rhythms of the natural world, beautifully captured by Alison Uttley, also speak of a greater ongoing life that transcends the passage of the years.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 168137448X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The “superb” time travel adventure of one lonely young girl, a remarkable family, and an impossible task, set between modern and Elizabethan England (The Washington Post) "A beautiful book . . . a form of enchanting ghost story, with the ghosts drawn in with the grace of a painter on a fan." —The Observer Penelope Taberner Cameron is a solitary and a sickly child, a reader and a dreamer. Her mother, indeed, is of the opinion that the girl has grown all too attached to the products of her imagination and decides to send her away from London for a restorative dose of fresh country air. But staying at Thackers, in remote Derbyshire, Penelope is soon caught up in a new mystery, as she finds herself transported at unforeseeable intervals back and forth from modern to Elizabethan times. There she becomes part of a remarkable family that is, Penelope realizes, in terrible danger as they plot to free Mary, Queen of Scots, from the prison in which Queen Elizabeth has confined her. Penelope knows the tragic end that awaits the Scottish queen, but she can neither change the course of events nor persuade her new family of the hopelessness of their cause, which love, loyalty, and justice all compel them to embrace. Caught between present and past, Penelope is ever more torn by questions of freedom and fate. To travel in time, she discovers, is to be very much alone. And yet the slow recurrent rhythms of the natural world, beautifully captured by Alison Uttley, also speak of a greater ongoing life that transcends the passage of the years.
Faerie Trails and Traveller Tales
Author: BOB. KNIGHT
Publisher: Deveron Press
ISBN: 9781910601464
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Debut collection of short stories in Scots/Doric by acclaimed Aberdonian singer/songwriter Bob Knight drawing on the rich oral history of North East Scotland.
Publisher: Deveron Press
ISBN: 9781910601464
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Debut collection of short stories in Scots/Doric by acclaimed Aberdonian singer/songwriter Bob Knight drawing on the rich oral history of North East Scotland.
Tales of a Time Traveller (Limited Edition)
Author: R M Broderick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781682410042
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
In his first collection of poetry, R.M. Broderick blends the concept of time travel with common cognitive recollection, aiming to bring the reader into a state between self-reflection and foresight. Touching on love and beyond, Tales of a Time Traveler is packed with a number of memorable epigrams that will have the reader's mind slipping in and out of the present moment.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781682410042
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
In his first collection of poetry, R.M. Broderick blends the concept of time travel with common cognitive recollection, aiming to bring the reader into a state between self-reflection and foresight. Touching on love and beyond, Tales of a Time Traveler is packed with a number of memorable epigrams that will have the reader's mind slipping in and out of the present moment.
Italy
Author: Anne Calcagno
Publisher: Travelers' Tales Guides
ISBN: 9781885211729
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This collection of the best literature on life and travel in Italy is completely revised and updated, and features articles from authors that include Tim Parks, Patricia Hampl, Mary Taylor Simeti, and others. Illustrations. Maps.
Publisher: Travelers' Tales Guides
ISBN: 9781885211729
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This collection of the best literature on life and travel in Italy is completely revised and updated, and features articles from authors that include Tim Parks, Patricia Hampl, Mary Taylor Simeti, and others. Illustrations. Maps.
Tales of a Traveller
Author: Washington Irving
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description