{"product_id":"tales-told-to-a-melon-tahir-shah-9781914960529","title":"Tales Told to a Melon","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt all began with a little black seed - the seed of a watermelon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYahya, the self-styled 'Melon King', presented it to Tahir Shah, urging him to plant it in the courtyard garden of his home, the Caliph's House.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe seed was duly planted, watered, and tended lovingly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEventually it began to grow...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst sprouting into a little green shoot, then into the beginnings of a plant, and at last giving birth to a watermelon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the fruit grew and grew, the Melon King imparted a line of secret advice: Tell stories to the melon... stories about melons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUncertain what stories to recount, Shah took to his desk and wrote a manuscript of tales to be told to the melon - a manuscript which, with time, became this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn all probability the only book of stories ever written in awe and devotion to a melon, \u003cem\u003eTales Told to a Melon\u003c\/em\u003e is a work of the purest imagination...\u003c\/p\u003e ...and affection for the finest melon that ever lived.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tahir Shah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1914960521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781914960529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Secretum Mundi Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d","brand":"Tahir Shah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072533164287,"sku":"9781914960529","price":12.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc2dbdcf-154f-416b-8f3f-bce0cad7b29f.jpg?v=1685442539","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tales-told-to-a-melon-tahir-shah-9781914960529","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}