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Idries Shah is widely regarded as one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century, whose many bestselling books altered Occidental perceptions of Eastern society, folklore, and thought.
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Stories are all around us.
They're in the TV and movies we so adore, in the video games we play, and of course in the books we read. They're in…
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Tahir Shah
One of the most prolific writers of his generation, Tahir Shah has published scores of books in a wide range of genres - including fiction and non-fiction, fantasy, humour, belles-lettres…
A Teaching Story from the tradition of Eastern folklore, this tale by seeks to divert the mind with entertainment while allowing a deeper didactic level to be received.
Its author…
An oddball and loner, Oliver Quinn was raised by his uncle, the proprietor of Ozymandias & Son - New York's most bizarre emporium of Oriental rugs.
Through a series of…
Over the last thirty years, Tahir Shah has roamed the furthest limits of the world, and produced a stupefying body of travel literature, embracing a cornucopia of quests.
He has…
Although Tahir Shah began his writing career with travel literature, in recent years he has embraced the realm of fiction, producing groundbreaking work on an awe-inspiring scale.
His first work…
Edwardian polymath Hannibal Fogg was quite probably the most extraordinary man ever to have lived. In a life shrouded in mystery and devoted to secrecy, Fogg left a treasure trail…
As a child living in the English countryside, a constant stream of people turned up at Tahir Shah’s family home, all in search of his father - the writer and…
Enthralled by a line from the chronicle of a sixteenth-century monk which suggested that the Incas ‘flew over the jungle like birds’, and by the recurring theme of flying in…
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, rarely, if ever, seen by the…
TRAVELS WITH MYSELF is a collection of selected writings by Tahir Shah, acclaimed Anglo-Afghan author and champion of the intrepid. Written over twenty years, the many pieces form an eclectic…
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…
The wise fool of Oriental folklore, Nasrudin is known across a vast swathe of the globe - from Morocco in the west, to Indonesia in the east. Appearing under different…
During a career of thirty years, Tahir Shah has published dozens of books on travel, exploration, topography, and research, as well as a large body of fiction.
Through this extraordinary…