Author: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Located At The Confluence Of The Ganga, Yamuna And The Invisible Saraswati, Allahabad, Or Godville The Babu Translation Of The Name That Mark Twain Came Across Has Been Frequented By Pilgrims For Two Thousand Years. However, It Was Only Towards The Latter Half Of The Nineteenth Century That Allahabad Shed Its Identity As Another Dusty North Indian Town And Emerged As One Of The Premier Cities Of The Raj And The Capital Of The North-West Provinces. This Metamorphosis, Ironically, Was Brought About By Colonial Rule, Whose Beginnings Fanny Parkes Has Described At Great Length. Allahabad Was The Home Not Only Of The Pioneer Newspaper, Where Kipling Was Employed, But Also Of Literary Figures Like Harivansh Rai Bachchan And Suryakant Tripathi Nirala . Its University, One Of The Oldest In The Country, Attracted Students From Far And Wide. Visited By The Buddhist Scholar Hsiuan Tsang In The Seventh Century, The City Is Today Visited By Spiritual Con Men And Con Women, As Well As Ordinary Pilgrims, Who Come To Attend The Magh And Kumbh Melas. As Kama Maclean S Essay Shows, Far From Being An Ancient Religious Festival, The Kumbh Mela, Which Is Held Every Twelve Years, Originated As Recently As The 1860S. Colonial Allahabad, Along With The Intellectual Energy That Colonialism Generated, Has All But Disappeared. The Bungalows Have Gone, And So Have The Last Of Those Who Inhabited Them. Their Descendants Can Only Recall A Lost Time. In 1824, Bishop Heber Wrote That Allahabad Was A Desolate And Ruinous Place. Three Years Later, Mirza Ghalib Compared It To Hell, Only Hell Was Better. But For Jawaharlal Nehru, Allahabad Was Where He Was Born And Where He Cut His Political Teeth; For Nayantara Sehgal, It Was A Model For Civilized Living; For Ved Mehta, It Was, Like Other Indian Cities, A Jumble Of British, Muslim, And Hindu Influences ; For Saeed Jaffrey, It Was A Place Where A Good Time Could Be Had, While One Picked Up A Decent Education; For Gyanranjan, It Was A City One Could Fall In Love With In One S Youth; And For I. Allan Sealy, It Was His Parents Home Town, A Reservoir Of Family Lore. The Last Bungalow: Writings On Allahabad Is A Memorial To A Now Forgotten City, Whose Rise Was As Meteoric As Its Fall.

Author: Sarah Jio
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101565675
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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A sweeping World War II saga of thwarted love, murder, and a long-lost painting. In the summer of 1942, twenty-one-year-old Anne Calloway, newly engaged, sets off to serve in the Army Nurse Corps on the Pacific island of Bora-Bora. More exhilarated by the adventure of a lifetime than she ever was by her predictable fiancé, she is drawn to a mysterious soldier named Westry, and their friendship soon blossoms into hues as deep as the hibiscus flowers native to the island. Under the thatched roof of an abandoned beach bungalow, the two share a private world-until they witness a gruesome crime, Westry is suddenly redeployed, and the idyll vanishes into the winds of war. A timeless story of enduring passion from the author of Blackberry Winter and The Violets of March, The Bungalow chronicles Anne's determination to discover the truth about the twin losses-of life, and of love-that have haunted her for seventy years.

Author: Robert Winter
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 068480168X
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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In the tradition of The Wright Style, this lush volume captures the charm of that Arts and Crafts-era building type called the bungalow--and provides a wealth of ideas for restoring and decorating these historic American homes. 300+ full-color photos. 14 black & white photos. Line drawings.

Author: Jennie Nash
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425219270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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A poignant novel about a woman who survives breast cancer, only to struggle with what comes next: living. After five cancer-free years, April Newton should be celebrating, but instead she's restless. She feels her husband slipping away, and though the spectacular, stylish house he's building for her should be a fresh start, April finds herself wanting something more. As their move-in date approaches, she becomes obsessed with winning the right to buy the last bungalow in Redondo Beach, convinced that the quirky, lived-in little house represents comfort, completeness-everything she is missing in her life. And though her quest for the bungalow will take some surprising twists, it may put back together the pieces of her heart.

Author: Carolyn Keene
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0448479710
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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A special treat for Nancy Drew fans, and any reader who's new to the series! We're releasing a stunning new edition of an old favorite: The Bungalow Mystery, the third book in the incredibly popular, long-running series. It's the same exciting mystery that readers have fallen in love with for more than 80 years—Nancy Drew has to help Laura Pendelton retrieve her family jewels, but they have to act quickly! Now with a brand-new look, this is an edition that collectors won't want to miss!

Author: Diane Maddex
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 248

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This much-anticipated book takes readers into the living rooms, bedrooms, kitchens, and baths of the best and most characteristic bungalows from five American neighborhoods where this housing type has flourished: Washington, DC, Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and Pasadena.

Author: Danielle Steel
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407039741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 532

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As she checked into the lush Beverly Hills Hotel, Tanya Harris dreaded being away from her husband, Peter, and three teenaged children. Dressed as pure Marin County mom among supermodels and movie stars, Tanya was here to do a major screenplay after years of writing stories and articles on the side, always putting her family first. And when Tanya steps into her temporary home, she is amazed at what she finds: lilies, orchids and roses. A pink marble tub. Her favorite chocolates, a cashmere robe, and slippers that fit perfectly. Things are going to be different in Bungalow 2. From her first day on the set, Tanya is thrust into an intoxicating new world, where friendships and romances come and go . . . and where she feels reborn, energized by the creativity and genius swirling around her. Suddenly she's working alongside A-list actors and a Hollywood legend: Oscar-winning producer Douglas Wayne, a man who always gets what he wants - and seems to have his sights set on her. Flying back to Marin County between shoots, struggling to reconnect with a family that seems to need her less and less, Tanya watches helplessly as her old life is pulled out from under her in the most crushing of ways. As her two lives collide, as one Award-winning film leads to another, Tanya begins to wonder if she can be a wife, a mother and a writer at the same time. And just as she confronts the toughest choice she has faced, she is offered another dazzling opportunity - one that could recast her story in the most amazing of ways, complete with an ending she never could have written herself. In Bungalow 2, Danielle Steel takes us into a world few ever see - a world of fame and fortune, celebrity and genius - daring to show us the real lives, real dreams, and real struggles hidden beneath the flash and glitter of Hollywood.

Author: Jan Cigliano Hartman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780879058524
Category : House & Home
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Classic, adaptable, livable--it's clear why the bungalow is such an enduring, popular house type. And now Cigliano and Smalling have made clear how to restore a bungalow--authentically, stylishly, and affordably. From a Chicago Prairie School-influenced home to a California Mission home, readers are taken on a tour of five bungalows of different styles and locales, and guided through the historical, architectural, and decorating issues that impact all bungalows. Color and black-and-white photographs highlight detailed explanations about restoring every room of a bungalow, with special attention given to the hallmarks of bungalow living. Generations of bungalow owners, drawn to its clean simplicity, will appreciate this sensitive, thorough, and inspirational restoration guide.

Author: Robert Schweitzer
Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers
ISBN: 1586851306
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Addressing the importance of color in Arts & Crafts architecture, this new volume provides practical advice for integrating these historically accurate colors today. 160 photos, 140 in color.

Author: Henry Lawrence Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bungalows
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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