Books written by Tahir Shah
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Sopa de escorpion
Era su vecino pidiéndole prestada una colcha. El avaro hizo una mueca y cerró la puerta de un golpe. Luego, recordando la moneda de oro, desatrancó la puerta, y dijo entre dientes apretados: “¡Vecino, querido vecino! ... está mi colcha?
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House of the Tiger King, Dyslexic edition
... after the procession arrived in the jungle, Aguirre slit the frail widow's throat, then killed Ursúa and declared himself King of the Amazon. ... luxury bus: the service had the distinct advantages of speed, comfort and reliability.
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The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca
And So Begins Tahir Shah'S Gloriously Vivid, Funny, Affectionate And Compelling Account Of How He And His Family - Aided, Abetted And So Often Hindered By A Wonderful Cast Of Larger-Than-Life Local Characters: Guardians, Gardeners, Builders ...
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TIMBUCTOO
BIBLIOGRAPHY The Narrative of Robert Adams Narrated by Robert Adams John Murray, London, 1816 The Narrative of Robert Adams, A Barbary Captive: A Critical Edition Edited by Charles Adams Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, ...
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Trail of Feathers
Tahir Shah sets out to discover whether the Incas really did fly above the jungles of Peru.
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The Reason to Write
On one occasion when Salinger had just departed, Tahir asked why the author of The Catcher in the Rye wrote books at all. His father responded by saying: 'Salinger writes because if he stops he'll turn to stone.
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Casablanca Blues
Blaine Williams has been obsessed by Casablanca since childhood.
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Casablanca Blues, Paperback
Blaine Williams has been obsessed by the Hollywood classic Casablanca since childhood.
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The Frog Prince & Other Stories
Most of the time, when reading or listening to stories, we forget that these tales have been shaped through the passage of time. Like pebbles in a river smoothed by rushing waters, they were honed through centuries of telling and retelling.
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Trail of Feathers: In Search of the Birdmen of Peru
... Shuar traditionally believed in jungle spirits. For example Yacumama, the mother spirit of the river, was thought to exact revenge on any woman in menstruation who paddled across her. Yacumama could send a dolphin to upturn her boat. The ...
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The Anthologies: Quest
Through this extraordinary series of Anthologies, selections from the corpus are arranged by theme, allowing the reader to follow certain threads that are of profound interest to Shah.
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The Caliph's House
By turns hilarious and harrowing, here is the story of his family’s move from the gray skies of London to the sun-drenched city of Casablanca, where Islamic tradition and African folklore converge–and nothing is as easy as it seems….