Tiffins & Chanawallahs
Tiffins & Chanawallahs

Author: Oonagh Prettejohn

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers

Published: 2023-08-18

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1398488054

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Oonagh’s story takes us on a vivid journey through her post-colonial childhood in India, full of color, vitality, and unforgettable memories. However, as she leaves her birth country in 1962 to move to England with her family, Oonagh’s cherished childhood recollections take on a surreal quality. Determined to rediscover her roots and emotional identity, she embarks on a poignant quest. From the roots of her maternal family, where ‘Staying On’ was in her grandmother’s blood, to the adrenaline-fueled excitement of gleaming gun barrels counted and stacked in pillars by the light of hurricane lamps, Oonagh’s journey uncovers both the beauty and harsh realities of her homeland. Through her Ayah Ruth’s captivating stories, she experiences the intoxicating fragrance of jasmine on the day of Rinqu’s marriage, and the deep bonds of love and loyalty that define family life in India. With rich detail and compelling prose, Oonagh’s tale takes readers on a breathtaking journey of self-discovery and a celebration of the cultural richness of India.

The Memory of Elephants
The Memory of Elephants

Author: Boman Desai

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2001-10

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780226143811

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Spurned by his first love, Homi Seervai, the Parsi genius from Bombay, creates a machine that lets him scan his brain for memories of the time he spent with her. The machine malfunctions, propelling him instead into his collective unconscious where he encounters ancestors and relatives, both dead and alive. In this wildly inventive book—available for the first time in the United States—Homi, blessed with the memory of elephants, discovers the splendor of his heritage as well as hope for the future.

Memory Stick
Memory Stick

Author: Oliver Milner

Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers

Published: 2022-02-28

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1398427020

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Crafty, cunning and certainly clever, Memory Stick is a firework display of different literary styles and genres. Crammed with detail and facts. Just like a memory stick. Book club readers have described this first volume of Oliver Milner’s entertaining autobiography as “William Boyd and Bill Bryson meet James Herriot and Sue Townsend.” Structurally Memory Stick is based around 134 footnotes, taken from opensource Wiki history references, between 1961 and 1987. The story starts in wet and windy North Yorkshire. Flies to Nigeria. Flies back again. Goes back to Nigeria. Flies back again. Neil Armstrong lands on the moon. Olly goes to Wales. Takes in Norwich, ends up in London. Tames a penguin, and then...? Just download Memory Stick, it gets rather interesting.

Tiffins & Chanawallahs
Tiffins & Chanawallahs

Author: Oonagh Prettejohn

Publisher: Austin Macauley

Published: 2023-08-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781398488045

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Oonagh's story takes us on a vivid journey through her post-colonial childhood in India, full of color, vitality, and unforgettable memories. However, as she leaves her birth country in 1962 to move to England with her family, Oonagh's cherished childhood recollections take on a surreal quality. Determined to rediscover her roots and emotional identity, she embarks on a poignant quest. From the roots of her maternal family, where 'Staying On' was in her grandmother's blood, to the adrenaline-fueled excitement of gleaming gun barrels counted and stacked in pillars by the light of hurricane lamps, Oonagh's journey uncovers both the beauty and harsh realities of her homeland. Through her Ayah Ruth's captivating stories, she experiences the intoxicating fragrance of jasmine on the day of Rinqu's marriage, and the deep bonds of love and loyalty that define family life in India. With rich detail and compelling prose, Oonagh's tale takes readers on a breathtaking journey of self-discovery and a celebration of the cultural richness of India.

In Search of Zarathustra
In Search of Zarathustra

Author: Paul Kriwaczek

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2007-12-18

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0307426351

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Long before the first Hebrew temple, before the birth of Christ or the mission of Muhammad, there lived in Persia a prophet to whom we owe the ideas of a single god, the cosmic struggle between good and evil, and the Apocalypse. His name was Zarathustra, and his teachings eventually held sway from the Indus to the Nile and spread as far as Britain. Following Zarathustra’s elusive trail back through time and across the Islamic, Christian, and Jewish worlds, Paul Kriwaczek uncovers his legacy at a wedding ceremony in present-day Central Asia, in the Cathar heresy of medieval France, and among the mystery cults of the Roman empire. He explores pre-Muslim Iran and Central Asia, ultimately bringing us face to face with the prophet himself, a teacher whose radical humility shocked and challenged his age, and whose teachings have had an enduring effect on Western thought. The result is a tour de force of travel and historical inquiry by an adventurer in the classic tradition.

In Search of Zarathustra
In Search of Zarathustra

Author: Paul Kriwaczek

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2004-03-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1400031427

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Long before the first Hebrew temple, before the birth of Christ or the mission of Muhammad, there lived in Persia a prophet to whom we owe the ideas of a single god, the cosmic struggle between good and evil, and the Apocalypse. His name was Zarathustra, and his teachings eventually held sway from the Indus to the Nile and spread as far as Britain. Following Zarathustra’s elusive trail back through time and across the Islamic, Christian, and Jewish worlds, Paul Kriwaczek uncovers his legacy at a wedding ceremony in present-day Central Asia, in the Cathar heresy of medieval France, and among the mystery cults of the Roman empire. He explores pre-Muslim Iran and Central Asia, ultimately bringing us face to face with the prophet himself, a teacher whose radical humility shocked and challenged his age, and whose teachings have had an enduring effect on Western thought. The result is a tour de force of travel and historical inquiry by an adventurer in the classic tradition.