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Author : Orhan Pamuk
Publisher : Vintage International
Release Date : 1998
ISBN 10 : 0375701613
Pages : 161 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (71 users)
Download The White Castle PDF Full or another Format written by Orhan Pamuk and published by Vintage International. This book was released on 1998 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The narrator looks back on his life as imperial astrologer for a Turkish sultan
Author : Orhan Pamuk
Publisher : Penguin UK
Release Date : 2015-10-14
ISBN 10 : 9788184750744
Pages : 168 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (184 users)
Download The White Castle PDF Full or another Format written by Orhan Pamuk and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the seventeenth century, a young Italian scholar sailing from Venice to Naples is taken prisoner and delivered to Constantinople, into the custody of a scholar known as Hoja—‘master’—a man who is his exact double. Hoja wonders, given the knowledge of each other’s most intimate secrets, if they could actually exchange identities. Set in a world of magnificent scholarship and terrifying savagery, The White Castle is a colourful and intricately patterned triumph of the imagination.
Author : Orhan Pamuk
Publisher : Vintage
Release Date : 2010-08-24
ISBN 10 : 9780307744043
Pages : 176 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (37 users)
Download The White Castle PDF Full or another Format written by Orhan Pamuk and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-08-24 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a Turkish writer who has been compared with Borges, Nabokov, and DeLillo comes a dazzling novel that is at once a captivating work of historical fiction and a sinuous treatise on the enigma of identity and the relations between East and West. In the 17th century, a young Italian scholar sailing from Venice to Naples is taken prisoner and delivered to Constantinople. There he falls into the custody of a scholar known as Hoja--"master"--a man who is his exact double. In the years that follow, the slave instructs his master in Western science and technology, from medicine to pyrotechnics. But Hoja wants to know more: why he and his captive are the persons they are and whether, given knowledge of each other's most intimate secrets, they could actually exchange identities. Set in a world of magnificent scholarship and terrifying savagery, The White Castle is a colorful and intricately patterned triumph of the imagination. Translated from the Turkish by Victoria Holbrook.
Author : Elizabeth Chadwick
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2013-05-21
ISBN 10 : 9781466845664
Pages : 624 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (466 users)
Download Lords of the White Castle PDF Full or another Format written by Elizabeth Chadwick and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Westminster, 1184-- in the court of King Henry, playful competition is about to turn into something far more serious. Young courtier Fulke FitzWarin would not be an obvious companion for Prince John, but the boy from the Welsh Marches is there as a reward for his family's loyalty to the crown. The FitzWarins are as proud as they are true, and when Fulke is accused by John of cheating during a game of chess, he cannot help but respond. Thus begins a bitter rivalry that will resonate throughout their lives. The FitzWarins dream of reclaiming their family estate and title, Lords of the White Castle. After this quarrel with Fulke, however, John's vindictiveness leads to Fulke renouncing his allegiance and becoming a rebel outlaw. In romance, too, Fulke is no closer to fulfilling his heart's desire. A youthful dalliance means nothing compared to his love for the spirited Maude le Vavasour, but marriage in medieval England is more about alliance than about love, and Fulke can only watch helplessly as Maude's father arranges a more suitable match. After all, what can Fulke offer Maude apart from a lifetime on the run.... With all the intrigue and pageantry that bring the twelfth century vividly to life, this award-winning novelist spins us an irresistible tale of a deadly rivalry and an impossible love.
Author : Andrew F. Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2007-05-01
ISBN 10 : 9780199885763
Pages : 736 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (199 users)
Download The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink PDF Full or another Format written by Andrew F. Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering a panoramic view of the history and culture of food and drink in America with fascinating entries on everything from the smell of asparagus to the history of White Castle, and the origin of Bloody Marys to jambalaya, the Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink provides a concise, authoritative, and exuberant look at this modern American obsession. Ideal for the food scholar and food enthusiast alike, it is equally appetizing for anyone fascinated by Americana, capturing our culture and history through what we love most--food! Building on the highly praised and deliciously browseable two-volume compendium the Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America, this new work serves up everything you could ever want to know about American consumables and their impact on popular culture and the culinary world. Within its pages for example, we learn that Lifesavers candy owes its success to the canny marketing idea of placing the original flavor, mint, next to cash registers at bars. Patrons who bought them to mask the smell of alcohol on their breath before heading home soon found they were just as tasty sober and the company began producing other flavors. Edited by Andrew Smith, a writer and lecturer on culinary history, the Companion serves up more than just trivia however, including hundreds of entries on fast food, celebrity chefs, fish, sandwiches, regional and ethnic cuisine, food science, and historical food traditions. It also dispels a few commonly held myths. Veganism, isn't simply the practice of a few "hippies," but is in fact wide-spread among elite athletic circles. Many of the top competitors in the Ironman and Ultramarathon events go even further, avoiding all animal products by following a strictly vegan diet. Anyone hungering to know what our nation has been cooking and eating for the last three centuries should own the Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink.
Author : Ray Broadus Browne
Publisher : Popular Press
Release Date : 2005
ISBN 10 : 0879728698
Pages : 394 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (728 users)
Download Profiles of Popular Culture PDF Full or another Format written by Ray Broadus Browne and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Hank Williams to hip hop, Aunt Jemima to the Energizer Bunny, scrap-booking to NASCAR racing, this volume—edited by a pioneer in the field-invites readers to reflect on a sampling of modern myths, icons, archetypes, and rituals. Ray B. Browne has mined both scholarly and mainstream media to bring together penetrating essays on fads and fashions, sports fandom, the shaping of body image, the marketing of food, vacationing and sightseeing, toys and games, genre fiction, post-9/11 entertainment, and much more.
Author : Sonja Neef
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2021-11-04
ISBN 10 : 9781350173262
Pages : 224 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (35 users)
Download The Babylonian Planet PDF Full or another Format written by Sonja Neef and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is astro-culture? In The Babylonian Planet it is unfolded as an aesthetic, an idea, a field of study, a position, and a practice. It helps to engineer the shift from a world view that is segregated to one that is integrated – from global to planetary; from distance to intimacy and where closeness and cosmic distance live side-by-side. In this tour de force, Sonja Neef takes her cue from Edouard Glissant's vision of multilingualism and reignites the myth of the Tower of Babel to anticipate new forms of cultural encounter. For her, Babel is an organic construction site at which she fuses theoretical analysis and case studies of artists, writers and thinkers like William Kentridge, Orhan Pamuk and Immanuel Kant. Her skilful interrogations then allow her to paint a portrait of art and culture that abolishes the horizon as a barrier to vision and reclaims it as a place of contact and relation. By combining the Babylonian concept of the encounter and the planetary concept of the whole-earth, Neef creates a space – an astro-culture – in which she can examine topics as varied as language, translation, media, modernity, migration and the moon. In doing so, she instigates a renewed cultural understanding receptive to the kinder forms of cultural encounter and globalisation she hopes will come.
Author : United States. National Labor Relations Board
Publisher :
Release Date : 1965
ISBN 10 : CORNELL:31924054595628
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.:/5 ( users)
Download Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board PDF Full or another Format written by United States. National Labor Relations Board and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Graham Phillips
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2005-10-12
ISBN 10 : 9781591439011
Pages : 256 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (591 users)
Download Merlin and the Discovery of Avalon in the New World PDF Full or another Format written by Graham Phillips and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-10-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to present the true identity of the mythic figure Merlin • Uncovers historical evidence that the legend of Merlin was based on the life of a real man • Reveals that Avalon, Merlin’s final resting place, was an island in the United States The legendary figure Merlin is known throughout the world as the wizard of Camelot who was counselor to King Arthur and helped that monarch create the Round Table. Through the course of a 20-year investigation Graham Phillips has uncovered evidence that this famous story was based on the life of an actual historical figure: the son of a Roman consul who became the last of the Romans to rule Britain in the fifth century A.D. Furthermore, the evidence reveals that he died and was buried in what is now the United States. According to legend, Merlin ended his life on the mystical island of Avalon. A 1500-year-old saga tells how Merlin left Britain on a boat bound for a mysterious island to the west. The places described in Merlin’s voyage, Phillips argues, would only have been seen by someone who had journeyed to the New World. For example, the island where boiling fountains bubble from the ground could be the geysers of Iceland, and the island with rivers of ice, the glaciers of Greenland. During his research Phillips discovered that a site believed to be Merlin’s grave was found by the first British settlers in North America: a secret location said to have been preserved in the works of William Shakespeare and the coded writings of the Freemasons. Phillips follows a trail of historical clues that leads ultimately to a mysterious New England tomb. Here a final encrypted message not only reveals the whereabouts of Merlin’s grave but contains evidence that Merlin’s descendants still survive and, through a merger with the Spencer family of Princess Diana, may once again ascend the British throne.
Author : David G. Hogan
Publisher : NYU Press
Release Date : 1999-11-01
ISBN 10 : 9780814735671
Pages : 218 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (814 users)
Download Selling 'em by the Sack PDF Full or another Format written by David G. Hogan and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1999-11-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of the White Castle chain tells a "truly American success story (of) luck and hard work working behind one man to create an industry so pervasive that today it's an integral part of American pop culture" ("Publishers Weekly"). 23 illustrations.
Author : Andrew F. Smith
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2008-10-15
ISBN 10 : 9781861896315
Pages : 128 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (861 users)
Download Hamburger PDF Full or another Format written by Andrew F. Smith and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc once said, “It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun.” The hamburger has been a staple of American culture for the last century, both a source of gluttonous joy and a recurrent obstacle to healthy eating. Now the full beauty of the burger in all its forms is explored in Hamburger, a debut title in Reaktion Books’ new Edible series. Andrew F. Smith traces the trajectory of hamburger history, from its humble beginnings as a nineteenth-century street food sold by American vendors, from which it soon spread to the menus of diners and restaurants. The sandwich came into its own with the 1921 opening of the first hamburger chain, White Castle, and subsequent successful food chains such as McDonald’s and Wendy’s ensured the burger’s success in the United States and around the world. The hamburger irrevocably changed American life, Smith argues, as the sandwich propelled the rise of fast food over home-cooked meals in Americans’ eating habits. At the same time, burgers were making inroads in American culture, as well as becoming a rich symbol in paintings, television, and movies. Smith also discusses the darker nutritional, economic, and cultural conflicts raised by the hamburger, such as the “McDonaldization” of international cultures. A juicy and richly illustrated read, Hamburger will stimulate the taste buds of carnivores the world over.
Author : Eric Varma
Publisher : iUniverse
Release Date : 2004-07
ISBN 10 : 9780595327096
Pages : 204 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (595 users)
Download The Orphaned Knight PDF Full or another Format written by Eric Varma and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doesn't every child dream of becoming a famous knight with an enormous kingdom to rule over? The Orphaned Knight is about two children, Alexander and Christopher, who fulfill this dream by wearing helmets, one white and the other black, that instantaneously transform them into full-grown knights. But this is not without consequences, for now they must bear the responsibilities that go along with being an adult, with being a knight, and eventually, with ruling a kingdom. But worst of all, the black helmet is transforming Christopher into a ruthless murderer. Enter Caviant. It is a world filled with comical dragons, fairies that dwell in shadows, wolves that speak and walk through walls, small towns and vast cities, abandoned castles, and a precise history that explains them all. It is a world filled with emotions that range from adult and childish love, to adult and childish hatred. Get ready for a novel that has vivid and yet simple descriptions, lively characters that mature as the pages turn, and an ending that will bring everything together and will leave you desperately yearning for book two.
Author : Alfred Montigny
Publisher :
Release Date : 1817
ISBN 10 : KBNL:KBNL03000042788
Pages : 219 pages
Rating : 4.N/5 ( users)
Download Stratagems of Chess, Or a Collection of Critical and Remarkable Situations, Selected from the Works of Eminent Masters, Illustrated on Plates, Describing the Ingenious Moves by which the Game is Either Won, Drawn, Or Stale-mate Obtained PDF Full or another Format written by Alfred Montigny and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Omid Olfet
Publisher : FriesenPress
Release Date : 2011-04
ISBN 10 : 9781770674745
Pages : 80 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (77 users)
Download The Castle PDF Full or another Format written by Omid Olfet and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devon was a five-year-old when he learned that those headaches he was having were the result of a cancerous tumor behind his eye. But thanks to his family and good doctors, he survived. Or did he? The Castle is the story of his reminiscences, especially of the crystal chess set he got as a gift after his surgery. But then one of the pieces fell to the floor and shattered. Which piece? The castle, or rook as some call it. Suddenly, Devon awakens in a strange land where he finds a real castle - and some of the same people he knew in his childhood. What is real and what is not? Is he alive or dead? It's a story that will keep you wondering....
Author : Jim Gaffigan
Publisher : Crown Archetype
Release Date : 2014-10-21
ISBN 10 : 9780804140423
Pages : 352 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (84 users)
Download Food: A Love Story PDF Full or another Format written by Jim Gaffigan and published by Crown Archetype. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A brilliantly funny tribute to the simple pleasures of eating” (Parade) from the author of Dad Is Fat Have you ever finished a meal that tasted horrible but not noticed until the last bite? Eaten in your car so you wouldn’t have to share with your children? Gotten hungry while watching a dog food commercial? Does the presence of green vegetables make you angry? If you answered yes to any of the following questions, you are pretty pathetic, but you are not alone. Feast along with America’s favorite food comedian, bestselling author, and male supermodel Jim Gaffigan as he digs into his specialty: stuffing his face. Food: A Love Story is an in-depth, thoroughly uninformed look at everything from health food to things that people actually enjoy eating.
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Publisher : Dundurn
Release Date : 2000
ISBN 10 : 1900935171
Pages : 89 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (935 users)
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Author : Erdag Goknar
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2013
ISBN 10 : 9780415505376
Pages : 314 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (415 users)
Download Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy PDF Full or another Format written by Erdag Goknar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy is the first critical study of all of Pamuk's novels, including the early untranslated work. In 2005 Orhan Pamuk was charged with "insulting Turkishness" under Article 301 of the Turkish penal code. Eighteen months later he was awarded the Nobel Prize. After decades of criticism for wielding a depoliticized pen, Pamuk was cast as a dissident through his trial, an event that underscored his transformation from national literateur to global author. By contextualizing Pamuk's fiction into the Turkish tradition and by defining the literary and political intersections of his work, Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy rereads Pamuk's dissidence as a factor of the form of his novels. This is not a traditional study of literature, but a book that turns to literature to ask larger questions about recent transformations in Turkish history, identity, modernity, and collective memory. As a corrective to common misreadings of Pamuk's work in its international reception, Orhan Pamuk, Secularism and Blasphemy applies various analytical lenses to the politics of the Turkish novel, including gender studies, cultural translation, historiography, and Islam. The book argues that modern literature that confronts representations of the nation-state, or devlet, with those of Ottoman, Islamic, and Sufi contexts, or din, constitute "secular blasphemies" that redefine the politics of the Turkish novel. Concluding with a meditation on conditions of "untranslatability" in Turkish literature, this study provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of Pamuk's novels to date.