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Some Far and Distant Place

2010-07-01 Travel
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Release : 2010-07-01
Genre : Travel
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Book Rating : 131/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Some Far and Distant Place by : Jonathan S. Addleton

Download or read book Some Far and Distant Place written by Jonathan S. Addleton. This book was released on 2010-07-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in Pakistan to Baptist missionaries from rural Georgia, Jonathan S. Addleton crossed the borders of race, culture, class, and religion from an early age. Some Far and Distant Place combines family history, social observation, current events, and deeply personal commentary to tell an unusual coming-of-age story that has as much to do with the intersection of cultures as it does with one man's life. Whether sharing ice cream with a young Benazir Bhutto or selling gospel tracts at the tomb of a Sufi saint, Addleton provides insightful and sometimes hilarious glimpses into the Muslim-Christian encounter through the eyes of a young child. His narrative is rooted in many unlikely sources, including a southern storytelling tradition, Urdu ghazal, revivalist hymnology, and the Anglican Book of Common Prayer. The natural beauty of the Himalayas also leaves a strong and lasting mark, providing solidity in a confusing world that on occasion seems about to tilt out of control. This clear-eyed, insightful memoir describes an experience that will become increasingly more common as cultures that once seemed remote and distant are no longer confined within the bounds of a single nation-state.

The Far Distant Oxus

2008-08-01 Adventure stories
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Release : 2008-08-01
Genre : Adventure stories
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 147/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Far Distant Oxus by : Katharine Hull

Download or read book The Far Distant Oxus written by Katharine Hull. This book was released on 2008-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

There's No Such Place as Far Away

1993
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Release : 1993
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Book Rating : 303/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis There's No Such Place as Far Away by : Richard Bach

Download or read book There's No Such Place as Far Away written by Richard Bach. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Far and Away

2017-05-23 History
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Release : 2017-05-23
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 053/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Far and Away by : Andrew Solomon

Download or read book Far and Away written by Andrew Solomon. This book was released on 2017-05-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the winner of the National Book Award and the National Books Critics’ Circle Award—and one of the most original thinkers of our time—“Andrew Solomon’s magisterial Far and Away collects a quarter-century of soul-shaking essays” (Vanity Fair). Far and Away chronicles Andrew Solomon’s writings about places undergoing seismic shifts—political, cultural, and spiritual. From his stint on the barricades in Moscow in 1991, when he joined artists in resisting the coup whose failure ended the Soviet Union, his 2002 account of the rebirth of culture in Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban, his insightful appraisal of a Myanmar seeped in contradictions as it slowly, fitfully pushes toward freedom, and many other stories of profound upheaval, this book provides a unique window onto the very idea of social change. With his signature brilliance and compassion, Solomon demonstrates both how history is altered by individuals, and how personal identities are altered when governments alter. A journalist and essayist of remarkable perception and prescience, Solomon captures the essence of these cultures. Ranging across seven continents and twenty-five years, these “meaty dispatches…are brilliant geopolitical travelogues that also comprise a very personal and reflective resume of the National Book Award winner’s globe-trotting adventures” (Elle). Far and Away takes a magnificent journey into the heart of extraordinarily diverse experiences: “You will not only know the world better after having seen it through Solomon’s eyes, you will also care about it more” (Elizabeth Gilbert).

Far Far Away

2013-06-11 Young Adult Fiction
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Release : 2013-06-11
Genre : Young Adult Fiction
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Book Rating : 988/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Far Far Away by : Tom McNeal

Download or read book Far Far Away written by Tom McNeal. This book was released on 2013-06-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Book Award Finalist An Edgar Award Finalist A California Book Award Gold Medal Winner A dark, contemporary fairy tale in the tradition of Neil Gaiman. Jeremy Johnson Johnson hears voices. Or, specifically, one voice: the ghost of Jacob Grimm, one half of The Brothers Grimm. Jacob watches over Jeremy, protecting him from an unknown dark evil whispered about in the space between this world and the next. But Jacob can't protect Jeremy from everything. When coltish, copper-haired Ginger Boultinghouse takes a bite of a cake so delicious it’s rumored to be bewitched, she falls in love with the first person she sees: Jeremy. In any other place, this would be a turn for the better for Jeremy, but not in Never Better, where the Finder of Occasions—whose identity and evil intentions nobody knows—is watching and waiting, waiting and watching. . . And as anyone familiar with the Brothers Grimm know, not all fairy tales have happy endings. Veteran writer Tom McNeal has crafted a young adult novel at once grim(m) and hopeful, full of twists, and perfect for fans of contemporary fairy tales like Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book and Holly Black's Doll Bones. The recipient of five starred reviews, Publishers Weekly called Far Far Away "inventive and deeply poignant."

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