books about: indo-european     books:       The Adventures of Amir Hamza (Modern Library Classics)5 reviews Ghalib Lakhnavi, Abdullah Bilgrami Modern Library, 2008 The Adventures of Amir Hamza (Modern Library) This book is delightfully written as a translation from the Urdu text. As I read, it has the flowery descriptiveness of the old Urdu stories, leaving me with a feeling as if I was reading an Urdu book. It is well written, is interesting and the story is captivating. This book is one to keep in your personal library and pass on as a gift to family members. As our Urdu language seems to be ...             The Gift74 reviews Hafiz Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999 Beautiful and celebratory poetry Only knowing Hafiz, through this book I am not in a position to judge whether the book does him justice or whether too much of the tranlator's own poetical and mystical nature has come into play. What I can say is, that I truly enjoyed reading it as many of the poems appealed to my heart and provoked some reflection of what we do. Like this short poem called "Find a better job": Now That All ...             I Heard God Laughing: Poems of Hope and Joy8 reviews Hafiz Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 Nothing Better I've read other translators of Hafiz, Rumi, etc. and while I do not speak the original language, I cannot imagine a more truthful and present-time translation of Hafiz totally in keeping with the spirit of his words. I am a poet myself and the good ones make meanings that transcend their own words. Ladinsky taps into Hafiz's meanings and the joy that bubbles up from it is contagious. Every ...             The Illuminated Rumi33 reviews Jalal Al-Din Rumi Broadway Books, 1997 One of the must have books on Rumi! I love this book! It is one of those books I fall into when I've had a tough day and I just need to center myself. I highly recommend MANY MANY poems in here but a favorite would have to be Baby Pigeon on pg. 32             Hippocrene Albanian-English English-Albanian Practical Dictionary (Hippocrene Practical Dictionary)2 reviews Ilo Stefanllari Hippocrene Books, 1996 Very good...but incomplete I enjoy using this dictionary, however there it is plagued in incompletenesses. For example, on p.11, the Transliteration Guide is incomplete. Otherwise a pretty good source; wish it included more words.             The Subject Tonight Is Love: Sixty Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz12 reviews Hafiz Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 Divine Hafiz A lifelong fan (dare I say devoted?) to Hafiz and his many works, this book is a must have. Nothing compares to reading Hafiz in Persian, but this book comes very, very close. Hafiz is enlightening, spiritual, refreshing, and above all, very full of wisdom. His works are truly magical, especially considering after all these years, people are still compelled to his work and mystified by his ...             The Time Trap: The Classic Book on Time Management22 reviews Alec Mackenzie AMACOM, 1997 Best in Class I have read many books on this topic, and this is the best by far             The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World14 reviews David W. Anthony Princeton University Press, 2007 Massive scholarship, generally convincing In this massively researched book, Anthony brings together hundreds of findings from archaeology and linguistic studies to support his thesis about the origins of Indo-European language and culture. The book is not easy reading for the non-expert; many chapters are dense with information, particularly about archaeological finds associated with particular cultures or horizons. Yet the ...             The Love Poems of Rumi16 reviews Harmony, 1998 Elegant, Sacredly Sensual - This one is a Keeper Squared Wow. I sat reading this elegantly slim volume in my local Barnes and Noble and I am surprised I didn't float away in ecstacy. I felt completely engulfed in spiritual inspiration, I felt transfixed by a sacred sensuality - and all this while sitting in the children's section no less. Rumi, as those of us who adore his work know, is a one-of-a-kind. Deepak Chopra is another one-of-a-kind. ...             The Conference of Birds (Penguin Classics)19 reviews Farid al-Din Attar, Afkham Darbandi Penguin Classics, 1984 Wisdom of the Sufis - for any faith. The writings of the Sufis are, without a doubt, some of the most beautiful and challenging spiritual works in existence. Rumi's works are currently undergoing something of a renaissance in the Western world but the name of Farid Ud-Din Attar is not as well known. This is unfortunate, since The Conference of the Birds provides, in my opinion, a much better insight into Sufi philosophy than the ...             Dari: Dari-English English-Dari Dictionary & Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebooks)4 reviews Nicholas Awde, Asmatullah Sarwan, ... Hippocrene Books, 2003 A useful guide This is an excellant book for travel. The book gives you common pharses used for every day conversation and also an english to dari or dari to english dictionary. It even has a special section for pharses used by aid workers.             Rumi: Bridge to the Soul: Journeys into the Music and Silence of the Heart3 reviews Coleman Barks HarperOne, 2007 a great personal reflection on rumi a great book for what is was meant to be...a poignant reflection on rumi by two of the great post-modern "rumi-ists" ! if you want pure rumi, then go for one of the pure collections. our other reviewer must have thought this was something else. obviously.             Hindi-English/English-Hindi Dictionary and Phrasebook2 reviews Todd Scudiere Hippocrene Books, 2003 Very Helpful I purchased this for a co-worker who is struggling to adapt to English. She has found this very helpful.             Thai: Lonely Planet Phrasebook10 reviews Bruce Evans, Lonely Planet Phrasebooks Lonely Planet, 2004 Great phrase book This is a great little reference book if interested in learning Thai. Using some kind of on line or person audio assistance is necessary since Thai is tonal.             In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology, and Myth39 reviews J. P. Mallory Thames & Hudson, 1991 Who are the Indo-Europeans. This book is a definate must read for anyone who is studying the Indo-Europeans or the Celts or any culture derived from the Indo- Europeans. It is a look at a language, history and culture of a great people. The author has spent time on the documentation of the sources and uses a great deal of resources which are in and of themselves interesting.             Say It in Hindi (Dover Say It Series)14 reviews Dover Dover Publications, 1981 Great for lots of helpful sayings especially for someone who wants to know basics for touring purposes This books is great for a tourist. Not a book you would want to learn from. I totally disagree with TRAVELER'S comment. The pronunciation is actually excellent. It even describes the way to pronounce each letter in the beginning. The system they use for pronunciation is by far one of the easiest I have seen in all the time I have studied Hindi. So pay attention to what everyone else thinks ...             Your First 100 Words in Persian10 reviews Jane Wightwick McGraw-Hill, 2003 a great way to learn basic farsi vocab If you're just starting to learn Farsi and you're looking to learn very basic Farsi vocab, then this is a good choice. There are multiple exercises for each group of vocab, which really helps the learning process. I wish they'd make more books like this, especially ones for sentence building. But this is really good for just vocab.             The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots12 reviews Calvert Watkins Houghton Mifflin, 2000 As Near Perfection As One Could Ask This beautiful and scholarly tome has more facts per inch in its 149pp than in almost any other work in my library. The second paperback edition is easily worth three times its cover price, and except for one flaw, (minor, and noted by other reviewers) this work is as near perfection as one could ask in a work of linguistic reference. First, in praise: To the scholar (or layman) studying ...             Love's Ripening: Rumi on the Heart's Journey Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi Shambhala, 2008 Here are more of the thrilling verses of the thirteenth-century Sufi saint, in translations that combine unsurpassed beauty and accuracy?presented in an heirloom-worthy gift edition, with full-cloth cover, sewn binding, and ribbon marker. Helminski and Rezwani?s translations stand out not only for their poetic beauty, but for their faithfulness to the Persian originals (a rare thing among English versions of Rumi), and for the theme around which ...             The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary19 reviews Oxford University Press, USA, 1997 Gets the job done But understand, it's from Hindi to English ONLY, not the other way around. The devanagari is nice, bold, and easy to read.              search for books adventures, albanian, albanian-english, american, archaeology, bronze-age, classics, conference, dari-english, dictionary, english-albanian, english-dari, english-hindi, eurasian, european, europeans, heritage, hindi-english, hippocrene, illuminated, indo-european, indo-europeans, journeys, language, laughing, management, phrasebook, phrasebooks, practical, ripening books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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