Hannibal Fogg and the Supreme Secret of Man (ePub)

Tahir Shah is the author of twenty books, published in more than two-dozen languages world-wide. His work spans the realms of travel, fiction, and fantasy, and is regarded as especially original by the legions of readers who follow him.Nothing is so important to Tahir as illuminating the hidden underbelly of places ¿ whether they be lands through which he himself is travelling, or enchanted kingdoms conjured from his rare imagination.The son of thinker and author Idries Shah, Tahir was encouraged to embark on adventure from an early age. The journeys formed the basis for a series of astonishing travel books ¿ detailing a fabulous range of quests.Tahir studied magic with India's god-men, roamed war-torn Afghanistan for the lost treasure of Ahmed Shah (valued today at $520 billion), scoured the Peruvian cloud-forest for the lost city of the Incas, and mounted a bizarre expedition through the Upper Amazon on the trail of a former head-shrinking tribe.Taking a break from what others might regard as endurance travel, Tahir bought a ramshackle palace located squarely in the middle of a Casablanca shantytown, and set about exorcising its resident Jinn. The years spent exploring Morocco through its tradition of stories, and learning of the kingdom from the inside out, formed the basis for a pair of acclaimed books, In Arabian Nights, and The Caliph's House ¿ the latter being nominated as a TIME Top Ten Book of the Year.In addition to publishing, Tahir has presented a number of travel documentaries detailing his quests ¿ most notably concerning Afghanistan, Peru, and Ethiopia. These extraordinary films have aired on National Geographic TV, The History Channel, and the UK's Channel 4.Outspoken about the hold mainstream publishers have on authors, Tahir established Secretum Mundi Publishing, to show writers how to free themselves from what he regards are the bonds of outside control.Handling both Tahir's backlist and forthcoming publications, Secretum Mundi will release the

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