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Imaginary Homelands - Salman Rushdie

Drawing from two political and several literary homelands, this collection presents a remarkable series of trenchant essays, demonstrating the full range and force of Salman Rushdie''s remarkable imaginative and observational powers. With candour, eloquence and indignation he carefully examines an expanse of topics; including the politics of India and Pakistan, censorship, the Labour Party, Palestinian identity, contemporary film and late-twentieth century race, religion and politics. Elsewhere he trains his eye on literature and fellow writers, from Julian Barnes on love to the politics of George Orwell''s ''Inside the Whale'', providing fresh insight on Kipling, V.S. Naipaul, Graham Greene, John le Carré, Raymond Carver, Philip Roth and Thomas Pynchon among others.Profound, passionate and insightful, Imaginary Homelands is a masterful collection from one of the greatest writers working today.

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The Eleventh Hour - Salman Rushdie

Dazzling new short stories from Salman Rushdie that transport us around the world from Bombay neighbourhoods to elite English universitiesIf old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion, they were well into the eleventh hour. ‘Salman Rushdie is a genius’ A.M. HomesTwo quarrelsome old men in Chennai, India, experience private tragedy during national calamity. Revisiting the Bombay neighbourhood of Midnight's Children, a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire. In an English university college, an undead academic asks a lonely student to avenge his former tormentor. These five dazzling works of fiction move between the three countries that Salman Rushdie has called home – India, England and America – and explore what it means to approach the eleventh hour of life. Do we accommodate ourselves to death, or rail against it? How can we bid farewell to the places that we have made home? The Eleventh Hour ponders life and death, legacy and identity with the penetrating insight and boundless imagination that have made Salman Rushdie one of the most celebrated writers of our time. 'Rushdie’s wry sense of mischief remains undimmed' Financial Times, *Books of the Year*'One of the most important voices in contemporary ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Nůž - Salman Rushdie - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Když se světoznámý spisovatel stal v létě roku 2022 obětí vražedného útoku, tragickou událost přežil s vážnými zraněními. Nůž v rukou atentátníka však nezanechal stopy pouze na jeho těle, ale zasáhl i autorovu mysl. V pronikavé a hluboce otevřené zpovědi, jež je považována za jednu z největších literárních událostí současnosti, vypráví Rushdie o náročném fyzickém i mentálním zotavení, které by nebylo možné bez lásky nejbližších, podpory přátel i čtenářů – a víry v sílu slov. S nadhledem a také smyslem pro humor klade svůj osobní příběh do pletiva světového písemnictví a odkazuje na literární klasiky i své vlastní texty. Nůž je poutavou, intimní meditací o životě, ztrátě, statečnosti a schopnosti znovu vstát. Je to kniha, kterou Salman Rushdie musel napsat. „Statečná obhajoba svobody slova.“ – Guardian „Zčásti thriller, zčásti love story.“ - The Times Salman Rushdie – Nůž | Překlad Martina Neradová | Čte Hanuš Bor, Filip Březina | Režie Petr Mančal | Zvuk a střih Kate Hamsíková | Mastering Štěpán Škoch | Hudba Jan Šikl | Natočeno ve studiu All Senses Production s. r. o. | Grafiku podle knižní obálky upravila Jana Lhotáková | Produkce Kate Hamsíková | Supervize Kateřina Višinská | Vydala Euromedia Group, a. s. – ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Languages of Truth - Salman Rushdie

From ''Best of the Booker'' winner Salman Rushdie, an incisive and inspiring collection of non-fiction essays, criticism and speeches that takes readers on a thrilling journey through the evolution of language and culture.''One of the greatest writers of our age'' Neil GaimanAcross a wide variety of subjects, Rushdie delves into the nature of storytelling as a deeply human need and what emerges is a love letter to literature itself. Throughout, he shares his personal encounters, on the page and in person, with storytellers from Shakespeare to Toni Morrison and revels in the creative lines that can join art and life. Rushdie considers, too, the nature of truth and looks afresh at migration, multiculturalism and censorship.''Essential reading... Powerful'' Financial Times''Rushdie is vital, expansive, the critic as storyteller, championing his subjects with gusto'' TLS

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Quichotte - Salman Rushdie

Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie has created a dazzling Don Quixote for the modern age. Inspired by the Cervantes classic, Sam DuChamp, mediocre writer of spy thrillers, creates Quichotte, a courtly, addled salesman obsessed with television, who falls in impossible love with the TV star Salman R. Together with his (imaginary) son Sancho, Quichotte sets off on a picaresque quest across America to prove worthy of her hand, gallantly braving the tragicomic perils of an age where 'Anything-Can-Happen'.Meanwhile his creator, in a midlife crisis, has equally urgent challenges of his own. Just as Cervantes wrote Don Quixote to satirise the culture of his time, Rushdie takes the reader on a wild ride through a country on the verge of moral and spiritual collapse, with the kind of storytelling magic that is the hallmark of his work. The fully realised lives of DuChamp and Quichotte intertwine in a profoundly human quest for love and a wickedly entertaining portrait of an age in which fact is so often indiscernible from fiction.

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Home - Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie, a self-described ‘emigrant from one place and a newcomer in two’, explores the true meaning of home. Writing with insight, passion and humour, he looks at what it means to belong, whether roots are real and homelands imaginary, what it is like to reconfigure your past from fragments of memory and what happens when East meets West. Selected from the books Shame, Imaginary Homelands and East, West by Salman Rushdie VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.A series of short books by the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human Also in the Vintage Minis series: Love by Jeanette WintersonLiberty by Virginia WoolfRace by Toni Morrison Sisters by Louisa May Alcott

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Eleventh Hour - Salman Rushdie

If old age was thought of as an evening, ending in midnight oblivion, they were well into the eleventh hour.Two quarrelsome old men in Chennai, India, experience private tragedy against the backdrop of national calamity. Revisiting the Bombay neighbourhood of Midnight's Children, a magical musician is unhappily married to a multibillionaire. In an English college, an undead academic can't rest until he avenges his former tormentor.Following Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, Salman Rushdie's new fiction moves between the places he has grown up in, inhabited, explored, and left.In doing so, he asks fundamental questions we all one day face. How does one deal with, accommodate, or rail against entering the eleventh hour, the final stage of your life? How can you bid farewell to the places you have made home?The Eleventh Hour is the magisterial new work from one of our greatest living writers. It speaks deeply to what Salman Rushdie has come from and through, and strikes into the heart of our fractious times.

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Luka and the Fire of Life - Salman Rushdie

IMAGINEyou are Luka, a twelve-year-old boy who has to save the life of the storyteller father you adore.IMAGINEyou have two loyal companions by your side: a bear called Dog who can sing and a dog called Bear who can dance. IMAGINEyou must now embark on a journey through the Magic World to steal the Fire of Life, a seemingly impossible and exceedingly dangerous task...With Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie proved that he is one of the best contemporary writers of fables, and it proved to be one of his most popular books with readers of all ages. While Haroun was written as a gift for his first son, Luka and the Fire of Life, the story of Haroun''s younger brother, is a gift for his second son on his twelfth birthday. Lyrical, rich with word-play, and with the narrative tension of the classic quest stories, this is Salman Rushdie at his very best.

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The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[A] torrent of endlessly inventive prose, by turns comic and enraged, embracing life in all its contradictions. In this spectacular novel, verbal pyrotechnics barely outshine its psychological truths.”—NewsdayWinner of the Whitbread PrizeOne of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, The Satanic Verses is Salman Rushdie’s best-known and most galvanizing book. Set in a modern world filled with both mayhem and miracles, the story begins with a bang: the terrorist bombing of a London-bound jet in midflight. Two Indian actors of opposing sensibilities fall to earth, transformed into living symbols of what is angelic and evil. This is just the initial act in a magnificent odyssey that seamlessly merges the actual with the imagined. A book whose importance is eclipsed only by its quality, The Satanic Verses is a key work of our times.Praise for The Satanic Verses“Rushdie is a storyteller of prodigious powers, able to conjure up whole geographies, causalities, climates, creatures, customs, out of thin air.”—The New York Times Book Review“Exhilarating, populous, loquacious, sometimes hilarious, extraordinary . . . a roller-coaster ride over a vast landscape of the imagination.”—The Guardian (London)“A novel of metamorphoses, hauntings, memories, hallucinations, revelations, advertising jingles, and ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Nůž - Salman Rushdie

"Když se světoznámý spisovatel stal v létě roku 2022 obětí vražedného útoku, tragickou událost přežil s vážnými zraněními. Nůž v rukou atentátníka však nezanechal stopy pouze na jeho těle, ale zasáhl i autorovu mysl.V pronikavé a hluboce otevřené zpovědi, jež je považována za jednu z největších literárních událostí současnosti, tvypráví Rushdie o náročném fyzickém i mentálním zotavení, které by nebylo možné bez lásky nejbližších, podpory přátel i čtenářů – a víry v sílu slov. S nadhledem a také smyslem pro humor klade svůj osobní příběh do pletiva světového písemnictví a odkazuje na literární klasiky i své vlastní texty.Nůž je poutavou, intimní meditací o životě, ztrátě, statečnosti a schopnosti znovu vstát. Je to kniha, kterou Salman Rushdie musel napsat."

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Knife - Salman Rushdie

n the morning of 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was sitting onstage in upstate New York, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in black – black clothes, black mask – rushed down the aisle towards him, wielding a knife. His first thought: So it’s you. Here you are.What followed was a horrific act of violence that shook the literary world and beyond. Now, for the first time, Rushdie relives the traumatic events of that day and its aftermath, as well as his journey of healing and recovery. This an intimate meditation on life, loss, love, art – and finding the strength to stand up again

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The Cambridge Companion to Salman Rushdie

With its range of expert essays and readings, detailed chronology of Salman Rushdie's life and a comprehensive bibliography of further reading, this volume will be invaluable to undergraduates studying Rushdie and to the general reader interested in his work.

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The Satanic Verses - Salman Rushdie

Question: What is the opposite of faith? Not disbelief. Too final, certain, closed. Itself a kind of belief. Doubt.Discover Salman Rushdie’s critically acclaimed magical realist study of good and evil.''A masterpiece'' Sunday TimesJust before dawn one winter''s morning, a plane blows apart high above the English Channel and two figures tumble, clutched in an embrace, towards the sea: Gibreel Farishta, India''s legendary movie star, and Saladin Chamcha, the man of a thousand voices.Washed up, alive, on an English beach, their survival is a miracle. But there is a price to pay. Gibreel and Saladin have been chosen as opponents in the eternal wrestling match between Good and Evil. But chosen by whom? And which is which? And what will be the outcome of their final confrontation?''A great novelist, a master of perpetual storytelling'' V.S. Pritchett

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The Golden House - Salman Rushdie

**New York Times bestseller** ''One of the most vivid and convincing portraits of contemporary America I''ve read'' Observer When powerful real-estate tycoon Nero Golden immigrates to the States under mysterious circumstances, he and his three adult children assume new identities, taking ''Roman'' names, and move into a grand mansion in downtown Manhattan. Arriving shortly after the inauguration of Barack Obama, he and his sons, each extraordinary in his own right, quickly establish themselves at the apex of New York society. The story of the Golden family is told from the point of view of their Manhattanite neighbour and confidant, René, an aspiring filmmaker who finds in the Goldens the perfect subject. René chronicles the undoing of the house of Golden: the high life of money, of art and fashion, a sibling quarrel, an unexpected metamorphosis, the arrival of a beautiful woman, betrayal and murder, and far away, in their abandoned homeland, some decent intelligence work. In a new world order of alternative truths, Salman Rushdie has written the ultimate novel about identity, truth, terror and lies. A brilliant, heart-breaking realist novel that is not only uncannily prescient but shows one of the world''s greatest storytellers working at the height of ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Shame - Salman Rushdie

The novel that set the stage for his modern classic, The Satanic Verses, Shame is Salman Rushdie’s phantasmagoric epic Omar Khayyam Shakil had three mothers who shared everything. They shared the symptoms of pregnancy, they shared the son that they all claim to have borne on the same night. Raised at their six breasts, Omar's mothers teach him to live a life without shame. And it is training that proves very useful when he leaves his mothers’ fortress and makes the fateful mistake of falling in love. For he finds himself an unwitting player in an ongoing duel between the families of two men – one a celebrated wager of war, the other a debauched lover of pleasure – living in a world caught between honour and humiliation, where a moment of shame could prove fatal. ‘Shame is every bit as good as Midnight's Children. It is a pitch-black comedy of public life and historical imperatives’ The Times

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Grimus - Salman Rushdie

The extraordinary literary debut of Salman Rushdie: ‘A firework of a book, funny and endlessly surprising’ Ursula Le GuinFlapping Eagle is a young Axona Indian gifted with immortal life after drinking an elixir from his wayward sister. But after 777 years of sailing the world’s seas, he becomes weary of life, and sets out to find the mystical Calf Island, a place where his fellow immortals have gathered and created their own version of the human race. But Calf Island is a strange place – like its inhabitants, it is both blessed and cursed. Sensing a terrible darkness at the heart of the island, Flapping Eagle sets out to scale the island’s peak and confront its mysterious and potent creator, Grimus himself. 'A mixture of science fiction and folktale, past and future, primitive and present day... Grimus is a parallel form of life, and conjuring of an alternative society' Financial Times

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Victory City - Salman Rushdie

The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries - from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie.In the wake of an insignificant battle between two long-forgotten kingdoms in fourteenth-century southern India, a nine-year-old girl has a divine encounter that will change the course of history. After witnessing the death of her mother, the grief-stricken Pampa Kampana becomes a vessel for the goddess Parvati, who begins to speak out of the girl's mouth. Granting her powers beyond Pampa Kampana's comprehension, the goddess tells her that she will be instrumental in the rise of a great city called Bisnaga - literally 'victory city' - the wonder of the world.Over the next two hundred and fifty years, Pampa Kampana's life becomes deeply interwoven with Bisnaga's, from its literal sowing out of a bag of magic seeds to its tragic ruination in the most human of ways: the hubris of those in power. Whispering Bisnaga and its citizens into existence, Pampa Kampana attempts to make good on the task that Parvati set for her: to give women equal agency in a patriarchal world. But all stories ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Jazyky pravdy - Salman Rushdie

„Když Christopher Hitchens dopsal svou knihu Bůh není veliký, poslal mi ji, abych si ji přečetl, a já mu řekl, jen napůl v žertu, že má v názvu jedno slovo navíc; bylo by užitečné, kdyby vymazal ‚veliký‘.“ Touto větou otevírá známý spisovatel esej Instinkt svobody. V kolekci brilantně napsaných textů se Rushdie profiluje nejen jako oddaný obhájce svobody slova a umělecké výpovědi, ale především jako znalec světového písemnictví a kultury. Věnuje se velkým literátům 20. století z rodu Kurta Vonneguta nebo Samuela Becketta, srovnává Shakespearovo mistrovství se Cervantesovým, na příkladu Aje Wej-weje, Pussy Riot či Roberta Saviana ukazuje, jakou roli hraje v tvorbě odvaha. Nechybí ani příspěvky, které se věnují dopadení bin Ládina nebo koronavirové pandemii. Rushdie vždy píše s vášnivým zaujetím pro styl, ve kterém se prolíná přesnost pozorování s bohatou obrazností. A se smyslem pro pravdu, bez ohledu na to, jak riskantní může být.

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Shalimar the Clown - Salman Rushdie

''Rushdie''s most engaging book since Midnight''s Children'' Observer Shalimar the Clown was once a figure full of love and laughter. His skill as a tightrope walker was legendary in his native home of Kashmir. But fate has played him cruelly, torn him away from his beloved home and brought him to Los Angeles, where he works as a chauffeur. One morning he gets up, goes to work, and kills his employer, America''s former counter-terrorist chief Maximilian Ophuls, in view of the victim''s illegitimate daughter, India. The killing has its roots halfway across the globe, back in Kashmir, a ruined paradise not so much lost as shattered. And gradually it emerges that beyond this unholy trinity of Max, India and Shalimar, lurks a fourth, shadowy figure, one who binds them all together. ''This is Rushdie at his most flamboyant best'' Financial Times

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Klaun Šalimar - Salman Rushdie

Když je na prahu losangeleského domu své dcery zavražděn někdejší hrdina protinacistického odboje a velvyslanec USA v Indii Maximilian Ophuls, vše nasvědčuje politickému pozadí činu, jehož pachatelem je Ophulsův osobní řidič "klaun Šalimar", muslimský rodák z Kašmíru. Navzdory Ophulsově významné roli v protiteroristických aktivitách americké vlády se však ukáže, že motivy vraždy jsou výhradně osobního rázu: jejich ztělesněním je čtvrtá z klíčových postav, jejíž osud, úzce spojující oba muže, je spolu s nedávnou tragickou historií Kašmíru klíčem k celému příběhu. Tak jako ve svých předchozích knihách, i v Klaunu Šalimarovi vede Rushdie široce rozklenutý románový děj s charakteristickou suverenitou a jazykovou invencí až k samému závěru své "písně smutku i naděje", reagující na neklidnou tvář dnešního světa.

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Vítězné město - Salman Rushdie

Ukrytý v hliněné nádobě. Zapečetěný voskem. Pohřbený v srdci zničeného paláce uprostřed popela jedné z největších, téměř zapomenutých indických říší. Příběh, který čeká na odvyprávění. Ve čtrnáctém století našeho letopočtu na jihu území, kterému dnes říkáme Indie, devítiletá Pampa Kampana poprvé uslyší hlas bohyně. Přísahá jí, že zajistí, aby už žádnou ženu nestihl osud její milované matky. S pomocí zázraků Pampa vybuduje velké město zvané Bisnaga - "město vítězství", kde jsou ženy rovny mužům. Každé dílo se však může svému tvůrci vymknout z rukou a Bisnaga není výjimkou. Mnohovrstevnatý text nám v lecčems připomíná pohádky z Tisíce a jedné noci, propojení intrik a nadpřirozena zase současnou popkulturu, jako je Hra o trůny. Rushdie svým doposud posledním románem znovu skládá hold příběhu, který je na rozdíl od lidí a říší nesmrtelným. Řečeno s autorem: Jedinými vítězi jsou slova.

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Imaginary Friends and the People Who Create Them - Marjorie Taylor, Naomi R. Aguiar

Do you have children who create imaginary friends? Did you create imaginary friends as a child? In this expanded second edition, Marjorie Taylor and Naomi R. Aguiar provide an update on the research into imaginary friends that has taken place in the past twenty-five years.Imaginary Friends and the People Who Create Them explores how imaginary friends function in the lives of both children and adults, with rich descriptions and illustrations, and delves into the research on related phenomena, such as imaginary worlds, relationships with media characters, and the creation of characters in fiction writing. Featuring exclusive interviews with well-known fiction writers, including Philip Pullman, Sue Grafton, and Ursula Hegi, this book considers how imaginary friends are related to the development of creativity, social understanding, and the fantasy/reality distinction. It also looks ahead to address the future of research on imaginary friends, including relationships with artificially intelligent systems and the role of imaginary friends in coping with trauma, while dispelling the myths that surround the concept of imaginary friends and those who create them.If you have a child who creates imaginary friends, had an imaginary friend yourself as a child, or indeed still do, you will find this updated edition very ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Homelands - Timothy Garton Ash

'Tremendously enjoyable ... thoughtful, honest, open, self-deprecating' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times'Readers could hardly wish for a wiser guide ... panoramic ...defiantly hopeful' Financial TimesDrawing from the people who lived it, Homelands explores how Europe slowly recovered and rebuilt from World War Two. And then faltered. Timothy Garton Ash, our greatest writer about Europe, has spent a lifetime studying Europe and this deeply felt book is full of vivid experiences: from his father's memories of D-Day and his own surveillance at the hands of the Stasi to interviewing Albanian guerrillas in the mountains of Kosovo and angry teenagers in the poorest quarters of Paris, as well as advising prime ministers, chancellors and presidents.Homelands is at once a living, breathing history of a period of unprecedented progress, a clear-eyed account of how so much then went wrong and an urgent call to the citizens of this great old continent to understand and defend what we have collectively achieved. 'The right book for Europe, at the right time' Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny'A moving love letter to Europe' Lea Ypi, author of Free

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Civil Rights Stories: Refugees and Homelands - Louise Spilsbury

This book explains civil rights and the reasons why refugees flee their homelands in an accessible way for younger readers.Included is a foreword by award-winning journalist and television presenter, Nelufar Hedayat. Born in Afghanistan, she came to Britain as a refugee, which has shaped her work.A chronological selection of key civil rights moments and movements regarding refugees is explained in a child-friendly way. This book examines some of the reasons why people flee their homelands and the ways they are treated when they arrive in new lands. It looks at historical examples, such as the Huguenots and World War refugees, along with modern crises, such as Syria, refugee camps in Africa and those fleeing violence in South and Central America. Prominent civil rights campaigners and figures are featured and a timeline helps readers to see at a glance how the fight for refugee rights has evolved over time. Sensitive illustrations illuminate the text and help readers to understand some of the harder concepts. Death and violence are mentioned, but are wholly in context and are written about in a non-alarmist way with the age of the reader very much in mind. The Civil Rights Stories series is a vital resource ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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Heartstrings of the Khyber - Komal Salman, Shaherzaad Laila

Nineteen stories from the Pashto tradition. Â A stunning collection of Pashto folktales, Heartstrings of the Khyber offers a comprehensive exploration of South and Central Asian cultural and literary heritage. Knowledgeable readers and novices alike can learn about the history and traditions of Pashto culture through medieval tales never before shared with the English-speaking literary world. By translating, transcribing, and compiling stories from the oral tradition, Shaherzaad Laila and Komal Salman have curated a critical resource for preserving Pashto customs and narratives. Â Heartstrings of the Khyber features epics, fairy tales, and folk romances portraying Pashto culture through previously untranslated stories. Within this carefully curated collection, readers are able to explore themes of love, loss, longing, and honor throughout the cultural ethos of the Pashtuns. Laila and Salman have created an essential read for folklore appreciators and scholars alike.

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What We Give - Terry Salman

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” —Winston ChurchillWhat makes a soldier? What makes a business mind? What makes a philanthropist? In this rich memoir, Canadian icon of mining finance and public service Terry Salman reflects on his remarkable life, offering inspiration and mentorship for others seeking to build their own legacies.Salman traces his journey from his modest beginnings in Montreal as the son of a Turkish immigrant father and Quebec-born mother, to the traumas of the Vietnam War, to his rise up the Canadian business world, and the growing dedication to service that earned him the Order of Canada.He recounts the moments that shaped him: the brotherhood of the U.S. Marines and the lifelong duty of loyalty and community they instilled in him; the traumas he endured as a young sergeant in Vietnam; his return to Canada and the mentors who helped guide his success; and his many roles in helping others.As he climbs the corporate ladder, his deep-seated faith and commitment to social responsibility grows. He takes on leadership roles, including chairman of the Vancouver Public Library Foundation and the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation—where he helped fund a ... Unknown localization key: "more"

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MAYTONI Stropní svítidlo Imaginary 3000K 18W MOD190CL-L18G3K

Pro získání 5leté záruky na zakoupené zboží Maytoni vyplňte formulář na webu výrobce a získejte 5letý záruční list.Stropní svítidlo MAYTONI Imaginary 3000K 18W MOD190CL-L18G3KSvítidlo MAYTONI z kolekce Imaginary je dokonalým příkladem spojení moderního designu a funkčnosti. Toto stropní svítidlo je ideální volbou pro ty, kteří hledají elegantní a efektivní osvětlení do svého interiéru.Technické specifikace Výška: 300 mm Průměr: 350 mm Hmotnost: 2300 g Třída ochrany: I Ochrana IP: IP20 Úhel svícení: 120° Energetická třída: A Index podání barev Ra: 80Světelný výkon Světelný tok: 750 lm Barva světla: 3000K (teplá bílá) Stmívatelné: NeElektrické parametry Příkon sv. zdroje: 18W Celkový příkon: 18W Napětí: 220-240V Patice: LED Vč. světelného zdroje: AnoMateriál a design Materiál: Kov Barva: Zlatá Kolekce: Imaginary Počet světelných zdrojů: 1Toto svítidlo je nejen praktické, ale také stylové díky svému zlatému kovovému provedení, které dodává interiéru nádech luxusu a elegance. Je perfektní volbou pro moderní i klasické prostory, kde vynikne svým jednoduchým, ale přitom sofistikovaným designem.

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MAYTONI Stropní svítidlo Imaginary 3000K 36W MOD190CL-L36G3K

Pro získání 5leté záruky na zakoupené zboží Maytoni vyplňte formulář na webu výrobce a získejte 5letý záruční list.Elegantní stropní svítidlo MAYTONI Imaginary 3000K 36WStropní svítidlo z kolekce Imaginary od značky MAYTONI představuje harmonii mezi moderním designem a vysokou funkčností. Toto svítidlo je navrženo tak, aby se stalo středobodem každého interiéru, a to díky svému elegantnímu zlatému provedení a kvalitnímu materiálu.Technické specifikace Výška: 340 mm Průměr: 550 mm Hmotnost: 5400 g Třída ochrany: I Ochrana IP: IP20Světelné vlastnosti Úhel svícení: 120° Světelný tok: 1300 lm Barva světla: 3000K Index podání barev Ra: 80 Stmívatelné: NeEnergetická účinnost Energetická třída: A Příkon sv. zdroje: 36W Celkový příkon: 36W Napětí: 220-240VDesign a provedení Materiál: Kov Barva: Zlatá Kolekce: Imaginary Počet světelných zdrojů: 1 Vč. světelného zdroje: Ano Patice: LEDToto svítidlo je ideálním řešením pro ty, kteří si přejí dodat svému prostoru sofistikovaný a stylový vzhled. Díky svému designu a funkčnosti se hodí do různých typů interiérů, ať už jde o moderní domácnosti nebo elegantní kanceláře.

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The Imagined, the Imaginary and the Symbolic - Maurice Godelier

Lévi-Strauss held that "the real, the symbolic and the imaginary" are three separate orders. Maurice Godelier demonstrates the contrary: the real is not separate from the symbolic and the imaginary. Godelier’s book goes to the strategic heart of the social sciences, for to examine the nature and role of the imaginary and the symbolic is also to attempt to account for the basic components of all societies and ultimately of human existence. And these aspects in turn shape our social and personal identity.

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Imaginary Strangers - Minka Kent

A woman must keep her family—and her terrifying secrets—safe in a twisting thriller by Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Minka Kent.Camille Prescott has it all. A doting husband, two children, a charming home in a seaside enclave, and a beautiful, fixed smile that exudes normalcy. But behind her polished mask lurks a much different Camille—one with a padlocked vault of secrets. Raised by a vindictive and psychotic woman, Camille has gone to great lengths to bury her past and for good reason: if her mother ever finds her, she will kill her.But nothing can prepare Camille for the day her six-year-old daughter, Georgie, starts showing signs of unsettlingly familiar behavior, including an imaginary new friend who casts a disturbing influence on everything the little girl says and does. Worse than that, Georgie’s imaginary friend knows things about Camille’s childhood, things Camille has never told a soul. Is it a coincidence or is Georgie’s imaginary friend not so fictional after all?As the family’s stability cracks, so does Camille’s facade, because the past isn’t just coming for her and everyone she loves—it’s already here.

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Between Homelands in Michael Ondaatje’s Fiction

Between Homelands in Michael OndaatjeÂ’s Fiction is a comprehensive study of the novels of the Sri Lankan-Canadian author and poet, Michael Ondaatje. This survey of the Booker Prize-winning novelistÂ’s works locates him as a powerful voice that urges globalization and multiculture in a world that is closing its borders. It reconnoitres OndaatjeÂ’s search for a homeland by cracking open the core of his evocative, inventive, and innovative concepts that undergird his art of storytelling. The contributors in this volume examine themes such as literary cosmopolitanism, Sri Lankan identity, diasporic identity, race and racism, home and belonging, trauma in the Sri Lankan civil war, war games, and uncertainty theory.An important contribution to Ondaatje studies, the book is an indispensable resource for students and researchers of Sri Lankan literature, diasporic and world literatures, South Asian and Canadian studies, cultural studies, postcolonial fiction, and history.

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MAYTONI Závěsné svítidlo Imaginary 3000K 5W MOD190PL-L5G3K

Pro získání 5leté záruky na zakoupené zboží Maytoni vyplňte formulář na webu výrobce a získejte 5letý záruční list.MAYTONI Závěsné svítidlo Imaginary 3000K 5W MOD190PL-L5G3KElegantní a moderní závěsné svítidlo z kolekce Imaginary od značky MAYTONI přináší do vašeho interiéru jemný dotek luxusu. Toto svítidlo je ideální volbou pro ty, kteří hledají stylové a funkční osvětlení.Technické specifikace Výška: 1320 mm (minimální výška: 920 mm) Průměr: 80 mm Hmotnost: 800 g Materiál: Kov Barva: Zlatá Energetická třída: A Třída ochrany: I Ochrana IP: IP20Světelné vlastnosti Úhel svícení: 120° Světelný tok: 100 lm Barva světla: 3000K Index podání barev (Ra): 80 Stmívatelné: NeElektrické vlastnosti Napětí: 220-240V Příkon sv. zdroje: 5W Celkový příkon: 5W Patice: LED (včetně světelného zdroje)Toto svítidlo je nejen esteticky přitažlivé, ale také energeticky úsporné. Jeho zlaté provedení dodává prostoru sofistikovaný vzhled, zatímco teplé světlo s hodnotou 3000K vytváří příjemnou atmosféru. Díky kompaktním rozměrům a kvalitnímu zpracování je svítidlo vhodné do různých typů interiérů.

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The Imaginary - A.F. Harrold

An extraordinary tale of love, loss, imagination and not really being there, for fans of Roald Dahl and Neil Gaiman. Coming to Netflix as an animated feature film in July 2024.Rudger is Amanda’s best friend. He doesn''t exist, but nobody''s perfect. Only Amanda can see her imaginary friend – until the sinister Mr Bunting arrives at Amanda''s door. Mr Bunting hunts imaginaries. Rumour says that he eats them. And he''s sniffed out Rudger. Soon Rudger is alone, and running for his imaginary life. But can a boy who isn’t there survive without a friend to dream him up?A brilliantly funny, scary and moving read from the unique imagination of A.F. Harrold, this beautiful book is astoundingly illustrated with integrated art and colour spreads by the award-winning Emily Gravett.

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Imaginary Fred - Eoin Colfer

WINNER OF CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR, IRISH BOOK AWARDSAn extraordinary collaboration between Irish Children’s Laureate, Eoin Colfer, and picture book superstar, Oliver Jeffers!Sometimes, with a little electricity, or luck, or even magic, an imaginary friend might appear when you need one. An imaginary friend like Fred…Fred floated like a feather in the wind until a lonely little boy wished for him and found a friendship like no other.The perfect chemistry between Eoin Colfer’s text and Oliver Jeffer’s artwork make for a dazzlingly original colour gift book.

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Letters From An Imaginary Country - Theodora Goss

Roam through the captivating stories of World Fantasy, Locus, and Mythopoeic Award winner Theodora Goss (the Athena Club trilogy). This themed collection of imaginary places, with three new stories, recalls Susanna Clarke''s alternate Europe and the surreal metafictions of Jorge Luis Borges. Deeply influenced by the author''s Hungarian childhood during the regime of the Soviet Union, each of these stories engages with storytelling and identity, including her own. The infamous girl monsters of nineteenth-century fiction gather in London and form their own club. In the imaginary country of Thule. Characters from folklore band together to fight a dictator. An intrepid girl reporter finds the hidden land of Oz - and joins its invasion of our world. The author writes the autobiography of her alternative life and a science fiction love letter to Budapest. The White Witch conquers England with snow and silence.

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Modelling Historic Buildings and Imaginary Structures - David Wright

This book demonstrates the many different modelling techniques used in the creation of realistic historical buildings and convincing imaginary or fantasy structures. Aimed at the railway and diorama modeller, it includes photographs of existing structures, detailed illustrations and plans, followed by step-by-step photographs of the various stages in their creation; practical tips and constructive advice are provided alongside. Special emphasis has been placed on the use of scrap and low-cost materials. It gives guidance on modelling imaginary buildings and structures, with an example project presented from start to finish and also a complete fantasy-based model railway diorama, from concept and design through to the completed layout is covered. The author has written this book to inspire the modeller to try something innovative, and to attract new entrants to this creative hobby. Drawing on his own experience, he shares practical guidance to help the reader to produce models they will be proud of.

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Maps of Imaginary Towns - SJ Bradley

FROM THE AUTHOR OF ''BRICK MOTHER'' AND ''GUEST'' COMES A MOVING SHORT STORY DEBUT.From futuristic colonies to drab estates, SJ Bradley''s inventive stories showcase remarkable range. With lyrical prose and psychological depth, Bradley illuminates the quiet heroism pulsing through seemingly ordinary lives. Beleaguered, yet resourceful social workers battle towering workloads; a harassed elderly childminder collapses under the strain; a victim of domestic abuse strikes out for freedom and disgruntled workers in dead-end jobs dream of a brighter future.These vividly rendered tales trace hard-won solace through small acts of courage, exploring grief, ambition, and belonging. "Maps of Imaginary Towns" celebrates the resilience of the human spirit.

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The Imaginary Museum - Ben Eastham

Join the art critic Ben Eastham on a private tour of an extraordinary museum. Let him walk you through a building constructed from memory and filled with a series of bewildering art works, while he delivers a guide comprised of personal experience, professional expertise and sympathy.In this stunningly original book, an introduction to contemporary art is combined with the author''s own memories and reflections on what art means. With the help of a cast of interfering security guards, pretentious curators, sceptical visitors, angry protestors and elusive ghosts, Eastham proposes that the art of today offers a way of understanding our increasingly strange and complex times.Eastham doesn''t ask you to like the artworks in his imaginary museum, but offers the tools for you to formulate and express your own opinion of them. He argues that art should be judged by the feelings it provokes and the conversations it generates: in talking about art, we learn to talk about ourselves and the world in which we live.

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