The author takes us on a tour of South America, India and Africa, following in the path of the Gonds who, in ancient mythology inhabited the supercontinent of Gondwanaland...more details Format:Hardback
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...more details Format:Paperback
In a world shrunk by speedier travel, cultures impinge more readily upon alien cultures. Such impacts bring about change. The examples in this book show some societies declining as a result...more details Format:Hardback
In 1572, the Spanish Conquistadors stormed the Inca stronghold of Vilcabamba in Peru, searching for great golden treasure, only to find the city deserted...more details Format:Hardback Pages:240
In 1572, the Spanish Conquistadors stormed the Inca stronghold of Vilcabamba in Peru, searching for golden treasure, only to find the city deserted...more details Format:Paperback Pages:240
Steeped in history, Morocco is a kingdom of rich textures, aromatic spices and magical beliefs - a vibrant bridge between the Orient and the Occident. And arriving there can be like stepping into the world of A Thousand and One Nights: a place ruled by ancient codes of honour...more details Format:Paperback Pages:432
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...more details Format:Paperback Pages:256
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...more details Format:Hardback Pages:250
This volume offers a collection of Middle Eastern stories which reveal the wealth of traffic between the East and the West. For example, excerpts from Western travellers' tales are contrasted with comments by the East on the West - often with hilarious results. Format:Paperback
A quest for the Indian sub-continent's ancient magical and scientififc heritage from a young, intelligent and highly amusing travel writer, providing an insightinto India...more details Format:Hardback Pages:288
Tahir Shah set out to seek to learn first hand from the great masters of Indian tradition - masters of illusion, deception and street fraud - to investigate and come to understand the strategies behind their artifice. It details his apprenticeship to one of India's great conjurors...more details Format:Paperback Pages:323
Or was it flight of a different kind, inspired by powerful drugs? After gathering equipment in London the long quest begins, in the mountains of Peru...more details Format:Paperback Pages:288
Enthralled by the chronicle of a 16th-century Spanish monk, which said that the Incas 'flew like birds' over the jungle, and by the recurring theme of flying in Peruvian folklore...more details Format:Hardback Pages:272