Istanbul

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Istanbul

A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of his city is thus also a self-portrait, refracted by memory and the melancholy–or hüzün– that all Istanbullus share: the sadness that comes of living amid the ruins of a lost empire.

With cinematic fluidity, Pamuk moves from his glamorous, unhappy parents to the gorgeous, decrepit mansions overlooking the Bosphorus; from the dawning of his self-consciousness to the writers and painters–both Turkish and foreign–who would shape his consciousness of his city. Like Joyce’s Dublin and Borges’ Buenos Aires, Pamuk’s Istanbul is a triumphant encounter of place and sensibility, beautifully written and immensely moving.


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!±8± The Book of Tea (Slipcase)

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The Book of Tea (Slipcase)

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Thailand Travel Guide (Country Travel Guide)

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‘Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other’. New York TimesFriendly and fun-loving, exotic and tropical, cultured and historic, Thailand beams with a lustrous hue from its gaudy temples and golden beaches to the ever-comforting Thai smile.This eBook is Lonely Planet’s latest Tasmania guide book and includes:• 3219 km of coastline, over 150 temples, 37 weeks of in-depth research and 245 bowls of noodles consumed• Inspirational photos• Comprehensive planning tools• In-depth background• Easy-to-read layout• At-a-glance practical infoThis is the 30th Anniversary edition of the market-leading guide on Thailand! For this edition our authors have hunted down the fresh, the transformed, the hot and the happening, from new transport routes to get you to the beach faster, flights through the canopy in Ko Tao and stylish sleeps for all the hip new hotels in Bangkok.Coverage includes: • Planning chapters • Bangkok & around, Central Thailand, Ko Chang & East, Chiang Mai Province, Northern Thailand, Northeastern Thailand, Hua Hin & Southern Gulf, Ko Samui & Lower Gulf, Phuket & Andaman Coast• Understand & Survival chaptersLonely Planet’s Tasmania guide is written and researched by: China Williams, Mark Beales, Celeste Brash, Alan Murphy, Brandon Presser, Tim Brewer, Austin Bush

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Lonely Planet Thailand (Country Travel Guide)

!±8±Lonely Planet Thailand (Country Travel Guide)

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“Friendly and fun-loving, exotic and tropical, cultured and historic, Thailand beams with a lustrous hue from its gaudy temples and golden beaches to the ever-comforting Thai smile.” – China Williams, Lonely Planet Travel Writer

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You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about, each and every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage so you can rely on us to tell it like it is.

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37 weeks of in-depth research
150+ temples
245 bowls of noodles consumed
3219 km of coastline
Inspirational photos
At-a-glance practical info
Pull-out city map
In-depth background
Comprehensive planning tools
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Brave Dragons: A Chinese Basketball Team, an American Coach, and Two Cultures Clashing

!±8± Brave Dragons: A Chinese Basketball Team, an American Coach, and Two Cultures Clashing

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The wonderfully original story of a struggling Chinese basketball team and its quixotic, often comical attempt to right its fortunes by copying the American stars of the NBA—a season of cultural misunderstanding that transcends sports and reveals China’s ambivalent relationship with the West.
 
When the Shanxi Brave Dragons, one of China’s worst professional basketball teams, hired former NBA coach Bob Weiss, the team’s owner, Boss Wang, promised that Weiss would be allowed to Americanize his players by teaching them “advanced basketball culture.” That promise would be broken from the moment Weiss landed in China. Desperate for his team to play like Americans, Wang—a peasant turned steel tycoon—nevertheless refused to allow his players the freedom and individual expression necessary to truly change their games.
 
Former New York Times Beijing bureau chief Jim Yardley tells the story of the resulting culture clash with sensitivity and a keen comic sensibility. Readers meet the Brave Dragons, a cast of colorful, sometimes heartbreaking oddballs from around the world: the ambitious Chinese assistant coach, Liu Tie, who believes that Chinese players are genetically inferior and can improve only through the repetitious drilling once advocated by ancient kung fu masters; the moody and selfish American import, Bonzi Wells, a former NBA star so unnerved by China that initially he locks himself in his apartment; the Taiwanese point guard, Little Sun, who is demonized by his mainland Chinese coaches; and the other Chinese players, whose lives sometimes seem little different from those of factory workers.
 
As readers follow the team on a fascinating road trip through modern China—from glamorous Shanghai and bureaucratic Beijing to the booming port city Tianjin and the polluted coal capital of Taiyuan—we see Weiss learn firsthand what so many other foreigners in China have discovered: China changes only when and how it wants to change.

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• The Expats: A Novel
• Watergate: A Novel
• Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America's Imperial Dream

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A Short History of Russia

!±8± A Short History of Russia

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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

• A Brief History of Russia
• Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
• Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
• Lonely Planet Russian Phrasebook
• Russia - Culture Smart!: the essential guide to customs & culture

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Memoirs of a Rebellious Princess

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A combination of Princess Diana and Kim Kardashian, the bejeweled Maharani of Kapurthala, Princess Brinda Devi lived a whirlwind life in Europe even as she struggled with the demands of marriage and motherhood at home. A brilliant study of contrasts, Princess Brinda’s story revels in the luxuries of 1920s India but does not look away from the rickety shacks of its most destitute. All while she searches for true love.

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Thoroughly enjoyable and never dull. Brinda comes to life on each page in a manner seldom found in a story of a contemporary being. Elaine Williams deserves credit for an excellent job of writing. She has retained in every chapter a wealth of the maharani's charm and personality.—THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE

A moving and muted account of a life in a transitional generation where East and West met . . . Touching and strange, this memoir gives fine glimpses into the Hindu culture, of worlds apart moving together, not without grief.—THE KIRKUS BULLETIN

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Elaine Williams is a poet and travel journalist. The India Government of Tourism sent her to India several times to write about tourist sites. She did her own photography for the articles that appeared in magazines and newspapers including Travel-Holiday, The Baltimore Sun, The Atlantic Journal-Constitution, ASTA Travel News, Travel and Leisure and Conde Nast’s Traveler.

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