Slowly Down the Ganges - 12 Angebote vergleichen

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Bahamut Media [56522875], Reading, United Kingdom.
Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Lagernd.
asia,bangladesh,education and reference,general,india,travel,travel writing,writing,writing research and publishing guides, Eric Newby has never been bedeviled by practicality. Hence this 1,200-mile journey down the Ganges River, which the author undertook in 1963 in the company of his wife and an ever-changing crew of Indian retainers. What moved him to take the trip? Partly it was the memory of his military service in India more than two decades before. And as he confesses, Newby has a lifelong and perhaps congenital love of rivers: "I like exploring them. I like the way in which they grow deeper and wider and dirtier but always, however dirty they become, managing to retain some of the beauty with which they were born." Few rivers grow quite as dirty as the Ganges, which also goes by such nicknames as Atula ("Peerless"), Savitri ("Stimulator"), and Bhinna-brahmanda-darpini ("Taking pride in the broken egg of Brahma"). And few accounts of this mighty waterway could possibly be as acute and hilarious as Slowly down the Ganges, which Newby first published in 1966. As always, the author finds human comedy everywhere he looks. Take his initial departure from beneath the Balawali Bridge, where a highly emotional crowd has gathered to see him off: Two hundred yards below the bridge and some twelve hundred miles from the Bay of Bengal the boat grounded in sixteen inches of water.... I looked upstream to the bridge but all those who had been waving and weeping had studiously turned their backs. The boatmen uttered despairing cries for ass.

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asia,bangladesh,education and reference,general,india,travel,travel writing,writing,writing research and publishing guides, Slowly down the Ganges (Penguin Travel Library), Eric Newby has never been bedeviled by practicality. Hence this 1,200-mile journey down the Ganges River, which the author undertook in 1963 in the company of his wife and an ever-changing crew of Indian retainers. What moved him to take the trip? Partly it was the memory of his military service in India more than two decades before. And as he confesses, Newby has a lifelong and perhaps congenital love of rivers: "I like exploring them. I like the way in which they grow deeper and wider and dirtier but always, however dirty they become, managing to retain some of the beauty with which they were born." Few rivers grow quite as dirty as the Ganges, which also goes by such nicknames as Atula ("Peerless"), Savitri ("Stimulator"), and Bhinna-brahmanda-darpini ("Taking pride in the broken egg of Brahma"). And few accounts of this mighty waterway could possibly be as acute and hilarious as Slowly down the Ganges, which Newby first published in 1966. As always, the author finds human comedy everywhere he looks. Take his initial departure from beneath the Balawali Bridge, where a highly emotional crowd has gathered to see him off: Two hundred yards below the bridge and some twelve hundred miles from the Bay of Bengal the boat grounded in sixteen inches of water.... I looked upstream to the bridge but all those who had been waving and weeping had studiously turned their backs. The boatmen uttered despairing cries for ass.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books.
Penguin Books. Used - Good. Ships from Reno, NV. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Firefly Bookstore.
Penguin Books, December 1986. Trade Paperback Trade Paperback. Used Good. We carry new and used books in our storefront. We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. Please contact us if you have questions regarding this item.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Cornish Trader, CORNWALL, Helston, [RE:5].
Some creasing/wear to cover, still tightly bound and a very readable paperback. Different image on cover. Usually ships in 2 working days. Some creasing/wear to cover but still tightly bound & a very readable book. Usually ships within 2 working days. Jan 14, 1983, New edition. New edition.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Any Book.
The story of the 1,200 mile journey made by Eric Newby and his wife down the holy river of India, travelling in a variety of boats, and sometimes by rail, bus and bullock carts, and staying on sandbanks, in villages and towns where they encountered an assortment of characters. Last published in 1983. Paperback, Ausgabe: Trade Paperback Edition, Label: Penguin Books, Penguin Books, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1986-12-02, Freigegeben: 1986-12-02, Studio: Penguin Books, Verkaufsrang: 3565780.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Discover Books.
Penguin Books. Paperback. POOR. Acceptable copy with heavy wear to cover and pages. Pages have writing and or highlighting. Might be an ex-library copy and not include CD or accessories.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Bookbarn International.
PICADOR, 1983. Paperback. Used; Good. Ships from the UK within 24 hours. Your purchase helps support authors through the Book Author Resale Right. Bookbarn International Inventory #336378.

Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, In Stock.
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