James Kirkpatrick, a British major stationed in India in the late 18th century married a well-connected and very young woman named Khair un-Nissa Begum--an unusual match in those times and one that was officially tolerated only because of Kirkpatrick's talents as an administrator. At his early death, his widow nearly married another member of the ...
In 587 a.d., two monks set off on an extraordinary journey that would take them in an arc across the entire Byzantine world, from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. On the way John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist stayed in caves, monasteries, and remote hermitages, collecting the wisdom of the stylites and the ...
At 4 p.m. on a hazy November afternoon in Rangoon, 1862, a shrouded corpse was escorted by a small group of British soldiers to an anonymous grave in a prison enclosure. As the British Commissioner in charge insisted, 'No vestige should remain to distinguish where the last of the Great Moghuls rests.' Bahadur Shah Zafar II, the last Mughal ...
The third book from the most gifted young travel writer at work today, author of the best-selling In Xanadu ('one of the best travel books produced in the last twenty years' -- Scotland on Sunday) and City of Djinns ('the best travel book I have ever read' -- George Mackay Brown). In the spring of 587 AD, two monks set off on an extraordinary ...
The fourth book from the most acclaimed and gifted young travel writer of his generation, author of the best-selling In Xanadu, City of Djinns and From the Holy Mountain. William Dalrymple, who wrote so magically about India in City of Djinns, returns to the country in a series of remarkable essays. Featured in the pages of The Age of Kali are ...
One of the most successful, influential and acclaimed travel books of recent years. At the age of twenty-two, William Dalrymple left his college in Cambridge to travel to the ruins of Kublai Khan's stately pleasure dome in Xanadu. This is an account of a quest which took him and his companions across the width of Asia, along dusty, forgotten ...
Indraprastha is the Hindu name for the first, mythical Delhi. In this book the author peels back the successive encrusting layers of Delhi's history, using both the material and the human remains of each period as a touchstone with the present. With each of the six cities of Delhi being revealed in respective chapters, the climax, the final ...
The memory of a brief visit to Burma had haunted Rory MacLean for years. A decade after the violent suppression of an unarmed national uprising, which cost thousands of lives and all hopes for democracy, he seized the chance to return. Travelling from Rangoon to Mandalay and Pagan, into the heart of the Golden Triangle, he hears stories of ...
Salesmanship is an essential skill that carries over into many industries. In "Selling", the latest text from the "Business" series in the Wiley Pathways imprint, students learn up to date information and techniques on prospecting, planning sales calls, making great presentations, and closing the sale.
A modern reenactment of a pilgrimage undertaken by two monks more than 1,000 years ago. William Dalrymple, author of "In Xanadu" and "The City of Djinns", followed the course of travel plotted out by John Moschos and his pupil Sophronius the Sophist in 587, when they crossed the Byzantine world from the Bosphorus to Egypt. Dalrymple encounters ...
The Mughal Empire, which conquered and ruled virtually all of today's India, Pakistan and Bangladesh over several centuries, created one of the richest and most colourful of all historical periods. Peoples of different cultures - including Muslims, Christians, Hindus and others, originating from Iran, Central Asia, Europe and South Asia itself ...
"Monumental India" presents breathtaking panoramic views of North India's famed monuments and sites as well as little-known architectural gems. Produced in a landscape format and including stunning multipage gatefolds, it covers many fascinating varieties of styles and periods and features sprawling Hindu and Jain temple complexes, imposing ...
Uses a comprehensive, up-to-date and practical approach to sales management. Each chapter begins with a narrative about an individual firm. Boxes highlight recent developments, topical issues and unique sales strategies. Special attention is paid to current topics on managing strategic account relationships, team development, work force diversity, ...
India boasts the world's largest Islamic population, one of the world's oldest Jewish communities and is the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism. From a humble postal worker performing "puja" for safe deliverance of a parcel to a former salesman who has renounced material life and set off on the path of self-realization, religion ...
"Sales Management" provides an introduction to the role and responsibilities of sales managers and includes 45 case studies. Intended for undergraduate level and MBA courses, the book focuses on the activities of first-line field sales managers. It provides the instructor and student with a combination of teaching and learning devices, including ...
Through seven editions, Sales Management has provided readers with a comprehensive, practical approach to sales management. This book places special emphasis on current issues of managing strategic account relationships, team development, diversity in the work force, sales force automation, and ethical issues.
En el verano de 1986, William Dalrymple, que contaba entonces 18 anos, emprendio un largo viaje a Xanadu, el antiguo palacio de Kublai Kan cuyas ruinas se hallan en la estepa de Mongolia. Nadie las habia vuelto a visitar desde la expedicion britanica que las descubriera en 1872. Dalrymple tomo el Santo Sepulcro, en Jerusalen, como punto de partida ...
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