Joseph Dixon, a seasoned traveler, is drawn to the ethereal ruggedness of the Himalayas. But it’s the turn of the millennium and the Maoist People’s War has been quietly tearing Nepal apart. As a volunteer, Joseph settles into the Myagdi district of Nepal, a good two days walk to anywhere he would consider civilization. In the tiny village of Rinrut he meets young Kunjana, a wartime orphan whose parents have been killed by Maoists. Once the violence overflows into Myagdi and Kunjana is att...

John Fowles' 1963 novel, The Collector, evolve from three sources, two of which are well known: his attendance at a performance of Béla Bartók's opera, Duke Bluebeard's Castle and his own teenage captivity fantasies. The mystery of the third source can now be resolved, and its identity is detailed in this essay.

A classic book of the Venezuelan gastronomy: Venezuelan Gastronomic Geography, including 30 culinary chronicles carefully selected, that made this book published by Diario La Esfera, in Caracas, Venezuela, between the years 1953 -1954.

Captain Mago: The protagonist, Captain Mago, is a Phoenician mariner and explorer. The story centers on his voyages and the adventures he encounters as he navigates the ancient world.Phoenician Expedition: The narrative follows Mago’s expedition, which involves traveling to various locations and engaging in activities such as trade, exploration, and possibly conflict with other civilizations.Ancient World: The book provides a depiction of the ancient Mediterranean world, highlighting the P...

I am Captain Mago, and Hiram, King of Tyre, was well aware that my experience as a sailor was very great. It was in the third year of his reign that he summoned me to his presence from Sidon, the city of fishermen, and the metropolis of the Phœnicians. He had already been told of my long voyages; how I had visited Malta; how I had traded to Bozrah, the city founded by the Sidonians, but now called Carthada by the Tyrians; and how I had reached the remote Gades in the land of Tarshish. The ...

Two family dynasties. Two different worlds. The last of each line meet in New York. In a small hotel room a retired assassin sits down to tell his story to who he believes is an aspiring author...Rectifying Chambly is a series of linked conversations between Juan Lopez in his quest to find his father's killer, and Samuel Linstrom, a retired assassin attempting to leave his legacy with the world. Past events from Montevideo to Michigan have brought these two determined men together....

At virtually all levels of the study, knowledge of many of the basic aspects and qualities of novels is assumed somehow to have entered the reader's understanding through osmosis, since they are often not discussed in the rush to cover characters and meaning. NOVEL INSIGHTS aims to acquaint the reader with basic mastery of such features as titles, epigraphs, structures, narrative voice, and styles which improve the reading experience and to increase understanding of what these features con...

The following pages pretend to no original or scientific research. It is their object to present, in a popular form, a picture of the world as it was a thousand years before the Christian Era, and to exhibit, mainly for the young, a summary of that varied information which is contained in books, many of which by their high price and exclusively technical character are generally unattainable. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.

Originally published in 1983, this volume follows others in the series. The user is provided with a Verbal Index, citing each type and its location, a Word Frequency Table, and a Field of Reference. This volume is part of a series which produced verbal indexes, concordances, and related data for all of Conrad’s works.

Originally published in 1985, as with the earlier volumes in the series, the reader of The Rover is here provided a Verbal Index, citing each type and its location, a Word Frequency Table, and a Field of Reference. Using the tables in this concordance, the reader should be better able to address the issue of style and determine on a more informed basis whether Conrad has deliberately eschewed the adjectival and even the figurative in favour of a lean, spare style, or whether he ha...

Two family dynasties. Two different worlds. The last of each line meet in a New York Hotel room for two very different reason.  Rectifying Chambly is a series of linked conversations between Juan Lopez in his quest to find his father’s killer, and Samuel Linstrom, a retired assassin attempting to leave his legacy with the world. Past events from Montevideo to Michigan have brought these two determined men together. Set against the downtrodden early nineties of New...

Culinary Biography: Christmas Stuffed Turkey; individual chapter of the classic book of Venezuelan gastronomy; Venezuelan Gastronomic Geography, with 63 culinary biographies selected from the original work; from the different states in Venezuela, which includes 10 national dishes. The chronicles that make up this book were published in weekly installments in the newspaper La Esfera, published in Caracas, Venezuela, during the years 1951-19...