books by Tahir Shah     books:     Tahir Shah      In Search of King Solomon's Mines Tahir Shah Arcade Publishing, 2004 Perfect for the Armchair Traveler Tahir Shah is a fabulous author. I have never been to many of the places he describes but after reading one of his books I feel like I could accurately describe life in an illegal gold mine or find the people Shah visits on his journies. In Search of King Solomon's ...             Trail of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru Tahir Shah Arcade Publishing, 2003 Adventure! This is not your typical travel book! The author describes a long journey through Peru as he searches for the origins of a myth about people flying in Pre-Columbian Peru. This search involves his discovery, and imparting to us, lots of information about textiles, ...             The Middle East Bedside Book Idries Shah Octagon Press, Limited, 1992 The Middle East Bedside Book brings the full color and spirit of this region to life through the eyes of past and present writers, observers, poets, and travelers. Dress, medicine, backgammon, psychology, politics, chess, attitudes about women, honor, music - even toothpicks and tourists - are covered. Like every good bedside book, each entry ...             The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca Tahir Shah Bantam, 2006 Great cultural story After spending time in Morocco and doing business with a Moroccan, this book and Shah's writing of his experiences has helped me to better understand some of my own experiences and appreciate my role in learning about the culture. It is a current, true to life, mostly ...             Sorcerer's Apprentice Tahir Shah Arcade Publishing, 2002 Mostly about street magic as it is done in India When I purchased this book, due to the title of the book, I expected the book to have an esoteric, occult, flavor and to describe some of the esoteric practices of India - perhaps something along the lines of the books on Aghora, given the illustration on the cover ...             Beyond the Devil's Teeth: Journeys in Gondwanaland Tahir Shah Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1997 Warm, Witty and Compassionate !! Not to be missed !! Tahir Shah devises a get rich quick scheme which brings him to India to seek his fortune. He also has other interests namely the mysterious Gond people who may have walked the earth when the earth was one joined land mass. However this book is so much more than that. ...             In Arabian Nights: A Caravan of Moroccan Dreams Tahir Shah Bantam, 2007 The power of a good story Would you like to be transported on a magic carpet ride through the mysteries and magic of Morocco? Then read In Arabian Nights. I loved Shah's last book, The Caliph's House, and was thrilled to discover he has written another. And I wasn't disappointed. I read it ...             House of the Tiger King: A Jungle Obsession Tahir Shah John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2004 Excellent read This author is an amazing writer. The words bring his stories to life in ways others cannot. You can picture the places and what he is experiencing. I have read all his books.             Trail of Feathers Tahir Shah Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2002             The Caliph's House Tahir Shah Transworld Publ. Ltd UK, 2007             Cultural Research: Papers on Regional Cultures and Culture-Mixing Octagon Press, Limited, 1993 A new approach to the 'cultural mix.' The author gives a 'lateral' approach to cultural changes, groupings. He shows that trends are both recent and yet many have occurred throughout history.             The Caliph's House Tahir Shah Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2006             Der Zauberlehrling von Kalkutta. Tahir Shah Droemer Knaur, 2004             Automata, Neural Networks and Parallel Machines: Some Emerging Principles K. Tahir Shah World Scientific Publishing Company, 2004 This book is more in the spirit of exploration of new and interdisciplinary ideas than a presentation of some specific technique or a set of techniques in a textbook form. The objective is to discover common themes and analogous mechanisms in the nervous system and computing devices. Nature uses optimality ubiquitously. Optimality, therefore, ...          products you might be interested in search for books apprentice, casablanca, culture-mixing, gondwanaland, principles, zauberlehrling      toavi.com    web we recommend Great cultural story randomly chosen book: Signing Naturally, Level 2 (Book & VHS Tape)