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In Arabian Nights : In Search of Morocco Through It's Stories and Storytellers by Tahir Shah (illus Laetitia Bermejo)
Category: History
Shortly after the 2005 London bombings, Tahir Shah was thrown into a Pakistani prison on suspicion of spying for Al-Qaeda. What sustained him during his terrifying, weeks-long ordeal were the stories his father told him as a child in Morocco. Inspired by this, on his return to his adopted homeland he em ...Show more
In Arabian Nights - In search of Morocco... by Tahir Shah
Category: Travel Literature
Steeped in history, Morocco is a kingdom of rich textures, aromatic spices and magical beliefs set against a canvas of vibrant cultural colour - a bridge between the Orient and the Occident, separated from Europe by only 8 miles of water. Arriving there can be like stepping into the world of A Thousand ...Show more
In Search of King Solomon's Mines by Tahir Shah
Category: Travel Literature
King Solomon, the Bible's wisest king, also possessed extraordinary wealth. He built a temple at Jerusalem that was said to be more fabulous than any other landmark in the ancient world, heavily adorned with gold from Ophir. The precise location of this legendary land has been one of history's great uns ...Show more
Seven League Boots - Adventures Across the World from Arabia to Abyssinia by Richard Halliburton; Tahir Shah (Foreword by)
Category: Biography
'I had been commissioned to go anywhere in the world I wished and write whatever pleased me. My only orders were to move fast, visit strange places, to meet whomever was interesting - and to start at once,' Richard Halliburton's fifth and last book, Seven League boots illustrates how he followed these o ...Show more
Sorcerer's Apprentice : A Quest for Magic across India by Tahir Shah
Category: Travel
Tahir Shah has been fascinated by magic ever since a magician visited his home in England when he was a child. Many years later, Shah embarked on a journey to India that would change his life. In search of the magic of India's legendary Godmen, Shah is taken on as an apprentice in Calcutta by Hakim Fero ...Show more
The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca by SHAH TAHIR
Category: Travel Literature
In the tradition of "A Year in Provence" and "Under the Tuscan Sun," acclaimed English travel writer Tahir Shah shares a highly entertaining account of making an exotic dream come true. By turns hilarious and harrowing, here is the story of his family's move from the gray skies of London to the sun-dren ...Show more
The Caliph's House : A year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah
Category: Travel
Look into the eyes of a jinn and you stare into the depths of your own soul... Writer and film-maker Tahir Shah - in his 30s, married, with two small children - was beginning to wilt under brash, cramped, ennervating British city life. Flying in the face of friends' advice, he longed to fulfil his dream ...Show more
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