In Xanadu

Author: William Dalrymple
Publisher: Penguin Books India
ISBN: 9780143031079
Category : Asia
Languages : hi
Pages : 354

Book Description
In Xanadu is, without doubt, one of the best travel books produced in the last 20 years. It is witty and intelligent, brilliantly observed, deftly constructed and extremely entertaining& Dalrymple s gift for transforming ordinary humdrum experience into something extraordinary and timeless suggests that he will go from strength to strength Alexander Maitland, Scotland on Sunday

Kubla Khan

Author: Samuel Coleridge
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 1443442216
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 12

Book Description
Though left uncompleted, “Kubla Khan” is one of the most famous examples of Romantic era poetry. In it, Samuel Coleridge provides a stunning and detailed example of the power of the poet’s imagination through his whimsical description of Xanadu, the capital city of Kublai Khan’s empire. Samuel Coleridge penned “Kubla Khan” after waking up from an opium-induced dream in which he experienced and imagined the realities of the great Mongol ruler’s capital city. Coleridge began writing what he remembered of his dream immediately upon waking from it, and intended to write two to three hundred lines. However, Coleridge was interrupted soon after and, his memory of the dream dimming, was ultimately unable to complete the poem. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

Daughter of Xanadu

Author: Dori Jones Yang
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0375897275
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
Athletic and strong willed, Princess Emmajin's determined to do what no woman has done before: become a warrior in the army of her grandfather, the Great Khan Khubilai. In the Mongol world the only way to achieve respect is to show bravery and win glory on the battlefield. The last thing she wants is the distraction of the foreigner Marco Polo, who challenges her beliefs in the gardens of Xanadu. Marco has no skills in the "manly arts" of the Mongols: horse racing, archery, and wrestling. Still, he charms the Khan with his wit and story-telling. Emmajin sees a different Marco as they travel across 13th-century China, hunting 'dragons' and fighting elephant-back warriors. Now she faces a different battle as she struggles with her attraction towards Marco and her incredible goal of winning fame as a soldier.

Xanadu

Author: John Man
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409045641
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418

Book Description
**A SOURCE FOR MARCO POLO, A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES** Marco Polo's journey from Venice, through Europe and most of Asia, to the court of Kublai Khan in China is one of the most audacious in history. His account of his experiences, known simply as The Travels, uncovered an entirely new world of emperors and concubines, great buildings - 'stately pleasure domes' in Coleridge's dreaming - huge armies and imperial riches. His book shaped the West's understanding of China for hundreds of years. John Man travelled in Marco's footsteps to Xanadu, in search of the truth behind Marco's stories; to separate legend from fact. Drawing on his own journey, archaeology and archival study, John Man paints a vivid picture of the man behind the myth and the true story of the great court of Kublai Khan.

The Way to Xanadu

Author: Caroline Alexander
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780297813132
Category : Exoticism in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
As a child in Florida, Caroline Alexander learnt Coleridge's masterpiece of a poem, 'Kubla Khan'. Coleridge recalled that it was composed in an opium sleep as he was reading about Kubla Khan. He awoke and wrote fifty-five lines of the poem before being interrupted. Scholars have ever since discussed the contemporary works that had influenced Coleridge. In The Way to Xanadu, a literary travel book, Caroline Alexander recounts her quest across three continents to discover the sources of Coleridge's inspiration.

Descent from Xanadu

Author: Harold Robbins
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 145204564X
Category : Immortalism
Languages : en
Pages : 314

Book Description
Judd Crane, a fabulously wealthy man, is willing to sacrifice everthing in his quest for immortality.

In Xanadu

Author: Lavie Tidhar
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 1250247810
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27

Book Description
Lavie Tidhar's space opera sci-fi tale "In Xanadu" is a Tor.com Original. Security through physicality. Security through redundancy. Security through obscurity. How do immortal artificial intelligences defend themselves? With an air gap. With a security force that has no connection to anything that can harm them. With a young woman, trained to fight and to die who, along with her cohort, must keep them safe. But in Xanadu things don’t always go as planned... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Suburban Xanadu

Author: David Schwartz G
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136757414
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Xanadu

Author: Roy Mason
Publisher: Acropolis Books (NY)
ISBN:
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description

Gateway to Xanadu

Author: Sharon Green
Publisher: Sharon Green Books
ISBN: 0886770890
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 407

Book Description