Now a major motion picture: Noah Gordon's beloved masterwork-read by millions in thirty-five countries In eleventh-century London, a child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware something is taking her. Orphaned and given to an...
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Now a major motion picture: Noah Gordon's beloved masterwork-read by millions in thirty-five countries In eleventh-century London, a child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware something is taking her. Orphaned and given to an itinerant barber-surgeon, Rob Cole becomes a fast-talking swindler, peddling a worthless medicine. But as he matures, his strange gift-an acute sensitivity to impending death-never leaves him, and he yearns to become a healer.Arab madrassas are the only authentic medical schools, and he makes his perilous way to Persia. Christians are barred from Mu
""Cover Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Part One: Barber�s Boy""; ""1: The Devil in London""; ""2: A Family of the Guild""; ""3: The Parceling""; ""4: The Barber-Surgeon""; ""5: The Beast in Chelmsford""; ""6: The Colored Balls""; ""7: The House on Lyme Bay""; ""8: The Entertainer""; ""9: The Gift""; ""10: The North""; ""11: The Jew of Tettenhall""; ""12: The Fitting""; ""13: London""; ""14: Lessons""; ""15: The Journeyman""; ""16: Arms""; ""17: A New Arrangement""; ""18: Requiescat""; ""19: A Woman in the Road""; ""20: Caps at Table""; ""21: The Old Knight""
""Part Two: The Long Journey""""22: The First Leg""; ""23: Stranger in a Strange Land""; ""24: Strange Tongues""; ""25: The Joining""; ""26: Parsi""; ""27: The Quiet Sentry""; ""28: The Balkans""; ""29: Tryavna""; ""30: Winter in the Study House""; ""31: The Wheat Field""; ""32: The Offer""; ""33: The Last Christian City""; ""Part Three: Ispahan""; ""34: The Last Leg""; ""35: Salt""; ""36: The Hunter""; ""37: Reb Jesse�s City""; ""38: The Calaat""; ""Part Four: The Maristan""; ""39: Ibn Sina""; ""40: An Invitation""; ""41: The Maidan""; ""42: The Shah�s Entertainment""
""43: The Medical Party""""44: The Death""; ""45: A Murdered Man�s Bones""; ""46: The Riddle""; ""47: The Examination""; ""48: A Ride in the Country""; ""49: Five Days to the West""; ""50: The Chatir""; ""Part Five: The War Surgeon""; ""51: The Confidence""; ""52: Shaping Jesse""; ""53: Four Friends""; ""54: Mary�s Expectations""; ""55: The Picture of a Limb""; ""56: The Command""; ""57: The Cameleer""; ""58: India""; ""59: The Indian Smith""; ""60: Four Friends""; ""Part Six: Hakim""; ""61: The Appointment""; ""62: An Offer of Reward""; ""63: A Clinic in Idhaj""; ""64: The Bedoui Girl""
""65: Karim""""66: The Gray City""; ""67: Two Arrivals""; ""68: The Diagnosis""; ""69: Green Melons""; ""70: Qasimâ€?s Room""; ""71: Ibn Sinaâ€?s Error""; ""72: The Transparent Man""; ""73: The House in HamadhÄ?n""; ""74: The King of Kings""; ""Part Seven: The Returned""; ""75: London""; ""76: The London Lyceum""; ""77: The Gray Monk""; ""78: The Familiar Journey""; ""79: Lambing""; ""80: A Kept Promise""; ""81: The Circle Completed""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preview: Shaman""; ""About the Author""; ""Copyright Page""
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Barcelona Digital Editions, Newburyport
Read by millions in thirty-two countries, soon to be a major motion picture, and voted "one of the ten most-beloved books of all time," here is the first English-language digital edition of Noah Gordon's masterworkIn eleventh-century London, a child...
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Read by millions in thirty-two countries, soon to be a major motion picture, and voted "one of the ten most-beloved books of all time," here is the first English-language digital edition of Noah Gordon's masterworkIn eleventh-century London, a child holds the hand of his dying mother and is terrified, aware something is taking her. Orphaned and given to an itinerant barber-surgeon, Rob Cole becomes a fast-talking swindler, peddling a worthless medicine. But as he matures, his strange gift-an acute sensitivity to impending death-never leaves him, and he yearns to become a healer.Arab madrassas
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; PART ONE: Barber''s Boy; 1. The Devil in London; 2. A Family of the Guild; 3. The Parceling; 4. The Barber-Surgeon; 5. The Beast in Chelmsford; 6. The Colored Balls; 7. The House on Lyme Bay; 8. The Entertainer; 9. The Gift; 10. The North; 11. The Jew of Tettenhall; 12. The Fitting; 13. London; 14. Lessons; 15. The Journeyman; 16. Arms; 17. A New Arrangement; 18. Requiescat; 19. A Woman in the Road; 20. Caps at Table; 21. The Old Knight; PART TWO: The Long Journey; 22. The First Leg; 23. Stranger in a Strange Land; 24. Strange Tongues
25. The Joining26. Parsi; 27. The Quiet Sentry; 28. The Balkans; 29. Tryavna; 30. Winter in the Study House; 31. The Wheat Field; 32. The Offer; 33. The Last Christian City; PART THREE: Ispahan; 34. The Last Leg; 35. Salt; 36. The Hunter; 37. Reb Jesse's City; 38. The Calaat; PART FOUR: The Maristan; 39. Ibn Sina; 40. An Invitation; 41. The Maidan; 42. The Shah's Entertainment; 43. The Medical Party; 44. The Death; 45. A Murdered Man's Bones; 46. The Riddle; 47. The Examination; 48. A Ride in the Country; 49. Five Days to the West; 50. The Chatir; PART FIVE: The War Surgeon
51. The Confidence52. Shaping Jesse; 53. Four Friends; 54. Mary's Expectations; 55. The Picture of a Limb; 56. The Command; 57. The Cameleer; 58. India; 59. The Indian Smith; 60. Four Friends; PART SIX: Hakim; 61. The Appointment; 62. An Offer of Reward; 63. A Clinic in Idhaj; 64. The Bedoui Girl; 65. Karim; 66. The Gray City; 67. Two Arrivals; 68. The Diagnosis; 69. Green Melons; 70. Qasim's Room; 71. Ibn Sina's Error; 72. The Transparent Man; 73. The House in Hamadhan; 74. The King of Kings; PART SEVEN: The Returned; 75. London; 76. The London Lyceum; 77. The Gray Monk
78. The Familiar Journey79. Lambing; 80. A Kept Promise; 81. The Circle Completed; Acknowledgments; About the Author
Publisher:
Barcelona Digital Editions, Newburyport
From the author of The Physician and Shaman now comes this story of a young man-the grapes he grows, the wine he fashions, the women he loves, and his struggle against an evil that seeks to destroy him. Already an international bestseller. Josep...
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From the author of The Physician and Shaman now comes this story of a young man-the grapes he grows, the wine he fashions, the women he loves, and his struggle against an evil that seeks to destroy him. Already an international bestseller. Josep Alvarez is a young man in the tiny grape-growing village of Santa Eulália, in northern Spain, where his father grows black grapes that are turned into cheap vinegar. Joseph loves the agricultural life, but he is the second son, and his father's vineyard will be inherited by his brother Donat, the firstborn. Josep needs to keep his hands in the soil. He
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; PART ONE: The Return; 1. Going Home; 2. The Sign; 3. Cleaning the Nest; 4. The Saint of Virgins; 5. A Thing Between Brothers; 6. A Trip to Barcelona; 7. Neighbors; 8. A Social Organization; PART TWO: The Group of Hunters; 9. The Man; 10. Strange Orders; 11. The Visitors; 12. Foraging; 13. Guns; 14. Widening the Range; 15. The Sergeant; 16. Orders; 17. Nine on a Train; 18. The Spy; PART THREE: Out in the World; 19. Walking in Snow; 20. News; 21. Sharing; 22. Alone; 23. Wandering; 24. Fellow Travelers; 25. Stranger in a Far Land
PART FOUR: The Alvarez Land26. Painted Vines; 27. Winter; 28. Cooking; 29. Hinny; 30. A Knocking; 31. Old Debts; 32. The Intruder; 33. Cracks; 34. Wood; 35. Changes; 36. A Talk with Quim; 37. Rites of Passage; 38. Harvesting; 39. Troubles; 40. What the Pig Knew; PART FIVE: The Blood of the Grape; 41. Digging; 42. The Swap; 43. Thirst; 44. Towers; 45. Vines; 46. Small Sips; 47. Like a Brother; 48. The Visit; 49. A Trip to the Market; 50. A Decision; 51. Plans; 52. A Contest in Sitges; 53. Josep's Responsibility; 54. A Conversation with Nivaldo; 55. The Joining; 56. Changes; 57. Extreme Unction
58. The Legacy59. Talking and Listening; 60. The Guardia Civil; 61. The Monsieur; 62. The Disagreement; Acknowledgments; About the Author
