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A Novel

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The Booker Prize winner. "[One of] the top 10 books about the British in India . . . the book is a joy and makes an elegiac farewell to the Raj." —Ferdinand Mount, The GuardianIn this sequel to The Raj Quartet, Colonel Tusker and Lucy Smalley stay on in the hills of Pankot after Indian independence deprives them of their colonial status. Finally fed up with accommodating her husband, Lucy claims ... Read more

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The Booker Prize winner. "[One of] the top 10 books about the British in India . . . the book is a joy and makes an elegiac farewell to the Raj." —Ferdinand Mount, The GuardianIn this sequel to The Raj Quartet, Colonel Tusker and Lucy Smalley stay on in the hills of Pankot after Indian independence deprives them of their colonial status. Finally fed up with accommodating her husband, Lucy claims
... Read more
The Jewel in the Crown

by Paul Scott ...

Series Book 1 - The Raj Quartet
The first novel in the epic quartet about the last days of British rule in India, "as much a story of romantic love as it is of crime . . . an artful triumph" ( The New Yorker).The Jewel in the Crown is the first of Paul Scott's renowned historical novels that "limn the Anglo-Indian world with its lovers, friends, family servants, soldiers, businessmen, murderers and suicides—all involved in one ... Read more

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The first novel in the epic quartet about the last days of British rule in India, "as much a story of romantic love as it is of crime . . . an artful triumph" ( The New Yorker).The Jewel in the Crown is the first of Paul Scott's renowned historical novels that "limn the Anglo-Indian world with its lovers, friends, family servants, soldiers, businessmen, murderers and suicides—all involved in one
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The Birds of Paradise

A Novel

by Paul Scott ...

From the author of The Raj Quartet, a coming-of-age tale about a boy and his childhood friendships with a British diplomat's daughter and the son of a Raj.The Birds of Paradise is set in India when the British Raj still seemed a paradise, but a paradise that boy comes to recognize as already lost. As Scott weaves together themes of political and personal history, he makes us feel how the ... Read more

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From the author of The Raj Quartet, a coming-of-age tale about a boy and his childhood friendships with a British diplomat's daughter and the son of a Raj.The Birds of Paradise is set in India when the British Raj still seemed a paradise, but a paradise that boy comes to recognize as already lost. As Scott weaves together themes of political and personal history, he makes us feel how the
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The Towers of Silence

by Paul Scott ...

Series Book 3 - The Raj Quartet
Third in the epic quartet about the end of the Raj: "Scott throws us into India, wretched and beautiful . . . His contribution to literature is permanent." — The New York Times Book ReviewIndia, 1943: In a regimental hill station, the ladies of Pankot struggle to preserve the genteel façade of British society amid the debris of a vanishing empire and World War II. A retired missionary, Barbara ... Read more

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Third in the epic quartet about the end of the Raj: "Scott throws us into India, wretched and beautiful . . . His contribution to literature is permanent." — The New York Times Book ReviewIndia, 1943: In a regimental hill station, the ladies of Pankot struggle to preserve the genteel façade of British society amid the debris of a vanishing empire and World War II. A retired missionary, Barbara
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A Division of Spoils

by Paul Scott ...

Series Book 4 - The Raj Quartet
The conclusion of the "majestic" quartet about the waning days of the British empire in India, "a commanding achievement" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).After exploiting India's divisions for years, the British are departing in such haste that no one is prepared for the Hindu-Muslim riots of 1947. The twilight of the raj turns bloody. Against the backdrop of the violent partition of India and ... Read more

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The conclusion of the "majestic" quartet about the waning days of the British empire in India, "a commanding achievement" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).After exploiting India's divisions for years, the British are departing in such haste that no one is prepared for the Hindu-Muslim riots of 1947. The twilight of the raj turns bloody. Against the backdrop of the violent partition of India and
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The Day of the Scorpion

by Paul Scott ...

Series Book 2 - The Raj Quartet
Second in the epic quartet capturing life at the end of British rule in India, "an achievement of unusual dimensions and power" ( The Observer (UK)).In The Day of the Scorpion, Scott draws us deeper in to his epic of India at the close of World War II. With force and subtlety, he recreates both private ambition and perversity, and the politics of an entire subcontinent at a turning point in ... Read more

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Second in the epic quartet capturing life at the end of British rule in India, "an achievement of unusual dimensions and power" ( The Observer (UK)).In The Day of the Scorpion, Scott draws us deeper in to his epic of India at the close of World War II. With force and subtlety, he recreates both private ambition and perversity, and the politics of an entire subcontinent at a turning point in
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The Raj Quartet: The Jewel in the Crown, The Day of the Scorpion, The Towers of Silence & A Division of the Spoils

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation

by Paul Scott ...

Narrated by Anna Maxwell Martin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Full Cast, Geraldine James, Kulvinder Ghir, Mark Bazeley, Nina Wadia, Prasanna Puwanarajah ...

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8 hours 32 min

An epic full-cast dramatisation of Paul Scott’s classic series of novels charting the last days ofthe British Raj.Spanning the years from 1942 to 1947, this landmark saga explores the relationships between an array of soldiers and civilians stationedin India, as the sun sets on British colonial rule.As The Jewel in the Crown opens, World War II is at its height and Gandhi is calling for the ... Read more

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An epic full-cast dramatisation of Paul Scott’s classic series of novels charting the last days ofthe British Raj.Spanning the years from 1942 to 1947, this landmark saga explores the relationships between an array of soldiers and civilians stationedin India, as the sun sets on British colonial rule.As The Jewel in the Crown opens, World War II is at its height and Gandhi is calling for the
... Read more
The The Chinese Love Pavilion

A Novel

by Paul Scott ...

Paul Scott is most famous for his much-beloved tetralogy The Raj Quartet, an epic that chronicles the end of the British rule in India with a cast of vividly and memorably drawn characters. Inspired by Scott's own time spent in India and Malaya during World War II, this two powerful novel provides valuable insight into how foreign lands changed the British who worked and fought in them, hated and ... Read more

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Paul Scott is most famous for his much-beloved tetralogy The Raj Quartet, an epic that chronicles the end of the British rule in India with a cast of vividly and memorably drawn characters. Inspired by Scott's own time spent in India and Malaya during World War II, this two powerful novel provides valuable insight into how foreign lands changed the British who worked and fought in them, hated and
... Read more
Six Days in Marapore

A Novel

by Paul Scott ...

In this swiftly paced and lyrical novel about British expatriates at the time of Indian independence, Paul Scott grapples with the themes of race, possession, and history that dominate all four novels of his masterpiece, The Raj Quartet, especially The Jewel in the Crown. As always, Scott fills his book with vivid characters: the seductive, bigoted war widow; the sophisticated, wily Hindu ... Read more

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In this swiftly paced and lyrical novel about British expatriates at the time of Indian independence, Paul Scott grapples with the themes of race, possession, and history that dominate all four novels of his masterpiece, The Raj Quartet, especially The Jewel in the Crown. As always, Scott fills his book with vivid characters: the seductive, bigoted war widow; the sophisticated, wily Hindu
... Read more
Motherless Child

The Definitive Biography of Eric Clapton

by Paul Scott ...

From the Yardbirds to Cream, Blind Faith to Derek and the Dominos, and a hugely-successful solo career, Eric Clapton's fifty years in the music business can look like an uninterrupted rise to become one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived. But his story is as complicated as it is fascinating.Clapton's god-like skill with a guitar was matched by an almost equal talent for self-destruction ... Read more

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From the Yardbirds to Cream, Blind Faith to Derek and the Dominos, and a hugely-successful solo career, Eric Clapton's fifty years in the music business can look like an uninterrupted rise to become one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived. But his story is as complicated as it is fascinating.Clapton's god-like skill with a guitar was matched by an almost equal talent for self-destruction
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Book of Enoch, The

Apocryphal Book Of Giants Fallen Angels, Watchers And Nephilim

by R.H. Charles ...

Narrated by Paul Tuttle, Scott LeCote ...

Unabridged

4 hours 17 min

Enoch existed prior to the events surrounding the Great Flood and was son of Jared, father of the famously long-lived Methuselah and grandfather of Noah.The Book of Enoch is considered a canonical Apocrypha and is said to have been written by Enoch himself, although this is disputed by some and many believe it was begun in the second century BC. The only thing that is known for certain is that ... Read more

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Enoch existed prior to the events surrounding the Great Flood and was son of Jared, father of the famously long-lived Methuselah and grandfather of Noah.The Book of Enoch is considered a canonical Apocrypha and is said to have been written by Enoch himself, although this is disputed by some and many believe it was begun in the second century BC. The only thing that is known for certain is that
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Matter and Memory

Exploring Memory, Perception, and Consciousness: A Philosophical Perspective

by Henri Bergson ...

Translated by Nancy Margaret Paul, W. Scott Palmer ...

In "Matter and Memory," Henri Bergson explores the intricate relationship between the physical world and consciousness, proposing a philosophical framework that challenges the prevailing materialist views of his time. Released in 1896, this seminal work employs Bergson's characteristic fluid prose and innovative narrative style, interweaving metaphysical inquiry with insights from psychology and ... Read more

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In "Matter and Memory," Henri Bergson explores the intricate relationship between the physical world and consciousness, proposing a philosophical framework that challenges the prevailing materialist views of his time. Released in 1896, this seminal work employs Bergson's characteristic fluid prose and innovative narrative style, interweaving metaphysical inquiry with insights from psychology and
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