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Chasing The Monsoon

2011-03-25 Travel
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Release : 2011-03-25
Genre : Travel
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Book Synopsis Chasing The Monsoon by : Alexander Frater

Download or read book Chasing The Monsoon written by Alexander Frater. This book was released on 2011-03-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 20th May the Indian summer monsoon will begin to envelop the country in two great wet arms, one coming from the east, the other from the west. They are united over central India around 10th July, a date that can be calculated within seven or eight days. Alexander Frater aims to follow the monsoon, staying sometimes behind it, sometimes in front of it, and everywhere watching the impact of this extraordinary phenomenon. During the anxious period of waiting, the weather forecaster is king, consulted by pie-crested cockatoos, and a joyful period ensues: there is a period of promiscuity, and scandals proliferate. Frater's journey takes him to Bangkok and the cowboy town on the Thai-Malaysian border to Rangoon and Akyab in Burma (where the front funnels up between the mountains and the sea). His fascinating narrative reveals the exotic, often startling, discoveries of an ambitious and irresistibly romantic adventurer.

Chasing the Monsoon

2005 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2005
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 136/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Chasing the Monsoon by : Alexander Frater

Download or read book Chasing the Monsoon written by Alexander Frater. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1987 Frater was able to realize his dream of witnessing firsthand the most dramatic of meteorological events: the Indian monsoon. He followed it from its "burst" on the beaches of Trivandrum, through Delhi, Calcutta and across Bangladesh. The result is an illumination of the towering influence of nature over the lives and culture of India and her people.

Tales from the Torrid Zone

2011-06-15 Travel
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Release : 2011-06-15
Genre : Travel
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Book Rating : 25X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Tales from the Torrid Zone by : Alexander Frater

Download or read book Tales from the Torrid Zone written by Alexander Frater. This book was released on 2011-06-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Frater was born to a family of Scottish expatriates on the tiny island of Irikiki in the South Seas. Following his dreams of being a writer, Frater left home, but the call of the tropics compelled him to return again and again. Join him as he dines with the Queen of Tonga; makes his way through two civil wars; visits the spots where surfing and bungee jumping originated; and expresses his love for the region where he is at once a tourist, explorer, adventurer, and native son. From Tahiti to Thailand, Mexico to Mozambique, Frater gives us a richly described, endlessly surprising picture of this diverse, feverish, languorously beautiful world.

Mina Vs. the Monsoon

2018-12 Juvenile Fiction
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Release : 2018-12
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 992/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Mina Vs. the Monsoon by : Rukhsanna Guidroz

Download or read book Mina Vs. the Monsoon written by Rukhsanna Guidroz. This book was released on 2018-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a charming story that any kid who loves a sport will relate to, soccer-mad Mina tries just about any trick to stop the monsoon clouds from raining on her game. In doing so, she shows us glimpses of her life in a village in eastern India, while challenging our ideas about the lives marginalized girls lead in a changing world.

A Fine Balance

2010-10-29 Fiction
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Release : 2010-10-29
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 381/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Fine Balance by : Rohinton Mistry

Download or read book A Fine Balance written by Rohinton Mistry. This book was released on 2010-10-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry’s stunning internationally acclaimed bestseller, is set in mid-1970s India. It tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of political turmoil soon after the government declares a “State of Internal Emergency.” Through days of bleakness and hope, their circumstances – and their fates – become inextricably linked in ways no one could have foreseen. Mistry’s prose is alive with enduring images and a cast of unforgettable characters. Written with compassion, humour, and insight, A Fine Balance is a vivid, richly textured, and powerful novel written by one of the most gifted writers of our time.

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