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M.J. Akbar |
Blood Brothers |
$18.99 $14.24 |
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| Blood Brothers is M.J. Akbar’s amazing story of three generations of a Muslim family – based on his own – and how they deal with the fluctuating contours of Hindu-Muslim relations. Blood Brothers is a chronicle of its age, its canvas as enchanting as its narrative, a personal journey through change as tensions build, stretching the bonds of a lifetime to breaking point and demanding, in the end, the greatest sacrifice. Its last chapters, written in a bare-bones,... |
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Duff Hart-Davis |
Honorary Tiger |
$19.49 $14.62 |
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| An affectionate biography of India's renowned 'tiger-man'.
Having devoted fifty years of his life to animal conservation and now popularly known as India's latter-day Jim Corbett and 'tiger-man', eighty-seven-year-old Billy Arjan Singh is by any standards an extraordinary man.
Hart-Davies' biography traces Billy's path to conservation from his game shooting as a boy on the family estate, to his life as a farmer in North Kheri, where he witnessed first-hand the devastation of wildlife at the... |
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Gita Mehta |
River Sutra |
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R.P. Singh |
Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur Life and Legend |
$19.70 $14.78 |
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| "Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur: Life and Legend" is the story of how fate catapulted Kanwar Mor Mukut Singh of Isarda to the throne of Jaipur, a state that he ruled as Sawai Man Singh II for 27 years before its merger with independent India. From being a ruler to serving as India's ambassador in Spain, he lived through a period of Indian history marked with glory and upheavals. Flamboyant, debonair and elegant, he had two overriding passions-polo and his third wife, Maharani Gayatri Devi. His... |
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Sunyata |
Dancing with the Void |
$20.49 $15.37 |
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| "In this life play I have not been in quest of Guru, God, Truth, Grace, Salvation, nirvana, or power lust. I had no ambition to be different from what I am. Blessedly, I had escaped headucation, and was free of any imposed knowledge. I had no property. I did not marry. I did not belong to any cliques or creed. I was not attracted to their magnetism. I felt all is within our Self. I had nothing to assert or resent. Nor had I anything to boast about or regret. I was fully contented. I had... |
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V.N. Sekhri |
A Lament |
$21.99 $16.49 |
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| All of us have heard stories of partition and have also read about it in history books. Here is a real life story of a man who had gone throught all those circumstances.
The book is an explict picture of all those who had to leave their hearth and home and adjust to the multifarious demands of the new land and situations. |
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Ferd Mahler |
Under the Painted Eyes: A Story of Nepal |
$21.99 $16.49 |
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| The three novels of "Under The Painted Eyes" are set in the shadow of the
great Himalayan Mountains and against the background tapestry of Nepal's
fascinating history and rich culture. Fictional and historical characters live,
love, fight and worship under the watching eyes of the Adi Buddha, which are
painted on the torans of the Swayambhunath and the Bodnath and other ancient
temples. The novels tell of romance and love over the centuries and the
happiness and tragedy they bring.... |
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Anand Mulloo |
Voices of the Indian Diaspora |
$21.99 $16.49 |
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| Written in an easy readable style and shorn of academic jargon, Voices of the Indian Diaspora is a contemporary effort at understanding overseas Indians. It is honest, compelling, thought provoking and substantial. |
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Godfrey T. Vigne |
A Personal Narrative of a Visit to Ghuzni, Kabul, and Afghanistan |
$23.86 $17.90 |
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| In 1836 the author set out from India and crossed into Afghanistan, south of the Khyber Pass, and made his way to Ghunzi and thence to Kabul before returning to Peshawar. He describes in detail the places he visited, the inhabitants and their customs etc. Includes interviews with the amir Doost Mohammed and the Sikh ruler Runjit Singh. With hand coloured frontispiece, one folding map, 6 tinted lithographed plates and many illustrations in the text. Original embossed cloth, rubbed. The first was... |
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Prince Michael |
The Rani of Jhansi |
$24.49 $18.37 |
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| A fictional account of the life of Lakshmibai, the heroic warrior-queen, The Rani of Jhansi vibrantly portrays one of the bravest women in Indian history. Along with the throne, Lakshmibai inherits steep challenges—she becomes a widow to a deceased king and mother to an adopted heir. Her brother-in-law aggressively contends her right to the throne, and the ominous presence of the British spells uncertainty for Jhansi’s future. Meanwhile, war clouds gather as several states prepare... |
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Lisa Alber |
Mysteries in the Mist |
$24.99 $18.74 |
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| About the Book:Mist has settled over Lisfenora village, bringing with it tales of a predatory faery called Grey Man. When a teenage boy dies in Danny’s arms, he finds himself pursuing his own grey man, a killer who becomes more elusive the closer Danny gets to the truth. A mysterious hermit jewelry maker, a mute woman on a quest to reconcile a past murder, and a dog turned hero join Merrit and Danny in the next installment of the County Clare mysteries.Reviews:“A worthy successor to... |
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Sanyay Grover |
Nine days to Nirvana |
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| Nine days to Nirvana is not a novel to provide escape. It is a book to stir your soul and arouse the imagination. It is not bland philosophy or spirituality, but the exudation of life. This story of 23-year-old Upasana's journey into the body, mind and soul of mankind begins from a cool head and ends in a warm heart after passing through labyrinths of mystery and suicide, adultery and heartbreak, tears and smiles. In between lie values of pettiness and peaks of grandeur, cats with... |
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Stephen Knapp |
Search For Destiny : A Spiritual Adventure in the Himalayas |
$25.49 $19.12 |
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| This is a highly mystical and spiritual adventure for
those who prefer their metaphysical insights, realizations, and learning to come
through light reading, stories, and descriptions of experiences. This story
relates a man's quest for Truth and shows his journey from a state of confusion
to one of the highest levels of enlightenment and self-empowerment. It is a book
that will take you to other worlds and unlimited realms.
Deep within the mystical and spiritual practices of
India... |
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Meera Uberoi |
The Mahabharata |
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| A modern retelling of an ancient tale of power, love, duty and revenge.To Indians, the Mahabharata is not merely a story of the power struggle between princes divided on the issue of inheritance. It is representative of human nature and of life itself, for woven into the elaborate narrative of a heroic tale are writings on ethics, law, philosophy, history, geography, statecraft and religion. Meera Uberoi has retold this epic tale of love and hatred, joy and sorrow, pride and endurance, with... |
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Peter Matthiessen |
The Snow Leopard |
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| When Matthiessen went to Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and, possibly, to glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard, he undertook his five-week trek as winter snows were sweeping into the high passes. This is a radiant and deeply moving account of a "true pilgrimage, a journey of the heart."
In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo,... |
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Mishi Saran |
Chasing the Monk's Shadow |
$31.49 $23.62 |
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| In the seventh century AD, the Chinese
monk Xuanzang set off on an epic journey to India
to study Buddhist philosophy from the Indian masters. Traveling along the Silk Road,
braving brigands and blizzards, Xuanzang finally reached India, where his spiritual quest took
him to Buddhist holy places and monasteries throughout the subcontinent.
Fourteen hundred years later, Mishi Saran follows in Xuanzang's footsteps to
the fabled oasis cities of China and Central Asia, and the Buddhist... |
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Dom Moraes |
The Open Eyes |
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| In this entertaining and witty mix of history, diary and the ramifications of the modern age the story of the land of Karnataka is told through the eyes of many people. Following the paths gazed by these eyes, Mores's personal experiences bring out the feel and smell of the place, but more, the hope.
Dom begins in the dense woods roamed by wild tigers and panthers. He begins with a little native boy whose large eyes open and see his changing country with mild curiosity and at times... |
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C. J. C. Davdison |
Diary of Travels and Adventures in Upper India (2 Volumes in Hardcover) |
$42.11 $31.58 |
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| Diary of Travels and Adventures in Upper India in two volumes chronicles the travels and adventures of the Late Bengal Lt.Colonel of Engineers, C.J.C. Davidson.
The book takes us on his adventure from Bareilly (in Rohilcund) to Hardwar and Nahun in the Himalayan Mountains. We join the adventurer on a tour in Bundelcund, a sporting excursion in the Kingdom of Oude, and a voyage down the Ganges. |
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Diana Preston |
A Teardrop on the Cheek of Time: The Story of the Taj Mahal |
$43.49 $32.62 |
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| Emperor Shah Jahan married Mumtaz Mahal in 1612 in an unusual love match. Jahan involved his wife on all matters of state, and she followed him on all his military campaigns in spite of being almost constantly pregnant. She bore him 14 children, but her sudden death in childbirth caused Jahan inconsolable grief. His only solace was in creating the perfect memorial to his lost love on the banks of the Jumna River at Agra.
The mausoleum, made from milk-white marble and studded with a fortune in... |
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Firoz A Shaikh |
Partition A Human Tragedy: A Critical Study of Novels on Partition of Indian Subcontinent |
$48.49 $36.37 |
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| The book presents an exhaustive study of the Indian English novels written on the theme of the partition of the Indian subcontinent that took place in 1947. It throws light and analyses objectively the causes and effects of the fateful decision of the partition rendered millions homeless and forced them to migrate and an equal number to face horrible atrocities, arsons, abductions, rapes and unforeseen violence.
The selected authors are Indians and their selected novels are written and... |
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Ram Alexander |
Death Must Die |
$49.99 $37.49 |
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| Death Must Die gives an intimate first-hand account of a courageous woman's spiritual quest in close association with several of India's greatest modern saints. Ram Alexander, who was a close friend of Atmananda's and a fellow disciple of Anandamayi Ma, writes with insight about the guru-disciple relationship.Although written in a diary format, her story reads almost like a novel, beginning with her youthful involvement with Theosophy in the Vienna of the 1920s. In the 1940s she goes to Benares... |
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John E. Coleman |
The Quiet Mind |
$62.99 $47.24 |
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| The Quiet Mind is a classic (and true) story of a spiritual odyssey. John Coleman, a CIA agent in Asia in the 1950's, is forced to resign when his cover is blown. He embarks on a vigorous pursuit of a different sort: a quest for spiritual truth. Coleman travels through India, Burma, Japan and Thailand and encounters such legendary teachers as Krishnamurti, Maharishi, D.T. Suzuki and Sayagyi U Ba Khin. His search for peace of mind and liberating insights comes to fruition in Yangon... |
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