Stephen Alter 294902

Elephas maximus. A Portrait Of The Indian Elephant

Groothandel / BESTEL, 2004. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 320. Revered in Indian religion and culture, coveted for its ivory tusks, the majestic Asian elephant has captured the fascination of humans for more than four thousand years. In an effort to shed light on this regal animal and its unique relationship with huma. ISBN: 9780151006465. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Book number: 3454670

Catalogue: Natuur & dier

Keywords: 9780151006465

ALTER, STEPHEN

All the Way to Heaven: An American Boyhood in the Himalayas

New Delhi, Penguin Books India. 1997. (ISBN: 9780140285529). paperback. Used, Paperback. Covers and page block are lightly marked. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are lightly bumped and worn. Rear upper leading corner is creased, slightly affecting closing pages. Light creases on early pages. Binding is visible on title page but remains intact. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW. Good.

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Book number: 435015

Catalogue: Biographies

Keywords: 9780140285529

Alter, Stephen

Elephas Maximus : a Portrait of the Indian Elephant / Stephen Alter

Orlando : Harcourt 2004. First Edition. Revered in Indian religion and culture. coveted for its ivory tusks. the majestic Asian elephant has captured the fascination of humans for more than four thousand years. In an effort to shed light on this regal animal and its unique relationship with humankind. author Stephen Alter traveled around the world to explore its natural home and its place in history and myth. Alter's search takes him from the depths of wildlife preserves. to a tempting elephant auction. to a dazzling festival dedicated to Ganesh the elephant-headed god. Elephas maximus is as important to modern India as it was centuries ago. Yet conservationists are fighting to preserve its endangered habitat as settlements expand. and ivory poaching has threatened generations of elephants until tuskless males may be all that survive. Charting the elephant in history. art. religion. and folklore. Alter draws a vivid. gorgeously written portrait of its past and its troubled present while offering hope for its future; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 320 pages; Description: 320 p. : ill.map ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-320). Subjects: Asiatic elephant.ISBN: 0151006466.

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Book number: 156183

Keywords: 0151006466

ALTER, STEPHEN

Neglected Lives

London: Andre Deutsch, 1979. First U.K Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). 179pp.. VG : in very good condition with price clipped dust jacket .

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Book number: bba112

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction First Editions

Stephen Alter

Sacred Waters

Harcourt, 2001. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 368. This is an account of a journey taken in India. The destination is the source of the Ganges, the holy and most famous of Indian rivers. It is a physical journey, involving train rides across the vast plains and passages on foot far into snow-covered valleys and mountains. It is also a spiritual journey, taking a man deep into the heart and soul of the ancient religious culture of India. Stephen Alter, who was born in the Himalayan foothills, crosses many miles, and several millennia, to search for the source of Indian religion. Along the way, as he reaches one holy spot after another, meeting grounds for pilgrims, remote towns, and forgotten temples, he delves into the myths and traditions of an antique land. He explores the tales of heroic derring-do, evil and good, and recounts the great stories of death, warfare, passions, and sacred wisdom that animate the vibrant history and religious traditions of India. As every pilgrim learns, a spiritual search involves travel but ultimately returns to the inner self. Sacred Waters is a richly told narrative of a beautiful land and of a man's interior journey, and is for readers everywhere who seek to plumb their own spiritual sources. ISBN: 9780151005857. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.

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Book number: 3190553

Catalogue: Spiritualiteit

Keywords: 9780151005857

Alter, Stephen,

SILK AND STEEL.

Andre Deutsch, London, 1980, 1st edn., 327pp, green cloth lettered in silver at spine, wraparound pictorial dustwrapper by Brian Knight, the authors second novel, a story of 19th century India, lightly rubbed at tips, sl. sunning to upper and lower edges of bds., edges tanned, dustwrapper: a little rubbed mainly along upper edge, one repaired tear upper edge lower panel, very good in a very good dustwrapper,

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Book number: 37008

Catalogue: Fiction - Historical (pre 1850)

Keywords: fiction general adventure

STEPHEN ALTER, WIMAL DISSANAYAKE (EDITED BY)

The Penguin book of Modern Indian short stories

New Delhi, Penguin Books, 1992, Broché, in-8. 255 pp. Couverture frottée avec pliures et rayures. Condition: Etat satisfaisant

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Book number: AAA160872

Keywords: 9780140117752