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Capital

The Eruption of Delhi

de Rana Dasgupta ...

In Capital, Commonwealth Prize–winning author Rana Dasgupta examines one of the great trends of our time: the expansion of the global elite. Capital is an intimate portrait of the city of Delhi which bears witness to the extraordinary transmogrification of India’s capital. But it also offers a glimpse of what capitalism will become in the coming, post-Western world. The story of Delhi is a parable ... Leer más

$7.99 USD

In Capital, Commonwealth Prize–winning author Rana Dasgupta examines one of the great trends of our time: the expansion of the global elite. Capital is an intimate portrait of the city of Delhi which bears witness to the extraordinary transmogrification of India’s capital. But it also offers a glimpse of what capitalism will become in the coming, post-Western world. The story of Delhi is a parable
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Raiders, Rulers, and Traders

The Horse and the Rise of Empires

de David Chaffetz ...

**An Economist Best Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice“A thrilling trip through 2,000 years in the rise of empires.” —Robert Sullivan, New York Times Book ReviewA captivating history of civilization that reveals the central role of the horse in culture, commerce, and conquest.**No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

**An Economist Best Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice“A thrilling trip through 2,000 years in the rise of empires.” —Robert Sullivan, New York Times Book ReviewA captivating history of civilization that reveals the central role of the horse in culture, commerce, and conquest.**No animal is so entangled in human history as the horse. The thread starts in prehistory, with
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Himalaya

A Human History

de Ed Douglas ...

A magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world’s highest mountains.For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world’s most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far from ... Leer más

$17.09 USD

A magisterial history of the Himalaya: an epic story of peoples, cultures, and adventures among the world’s highest mountains.For centuries, the unique and astonishing geography of the Himalaya has attracted those in search of spiritual and literal elevation: pilgrims, adventurers, and mountaineers seeking to test themselves among the world’s most spectacular and challenging peaks. But far from
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India

A History

de John Keay ...

The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India – from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent’s social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East.India’s history begins with a highly advanced urban civilisation in the Indus valley, regressing to a tribal and pastoral ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India – from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent’s social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East.India’s history begins with a highly advanced urban civilisation in the Indus valley, regressing to a tribal and pastoral
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The United States of India

Anticolonial Literature and Transnational Refraction

de Manan Desai ...

Series series Asian American History & Cultu
The United States of India shows how Indian and American writers in the United States played a key role in the development of anticolonial thought in the years during and immediately following the First World War. For Indians Lajpat Rai and Dhan Gopal Mukerji, and Americans Agnes Smedley, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Katherine Mayo, the social and historical landscape of America and India acted as a ... Leer más

$25.19 USD

The United States of India shows how Indian and American writers in the United States played a key role in the development of anticolonial thought in the years during and immediately following the First World War. For Indians Lajpat Rai and Dhan Gopal Mukerji, and Americans Agnes Smedley, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Katherine Mayo, the social and historical landscape of America and India acted as a
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Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

de Swami Vivekananda ...

"Arise, Awake, and Stop Not Till the Goal is Reached." Swami Vivekananda was the spiritual bridge between East and West, a visionary who transformed ancient Vedic wisdom into a practical blueprint for modern living. This comprehensive collection brings together his legendary speeches, letters, poetry, and deep philosophical treatises. It serves as a clarion call to recognize the innate divinity ... Leer más

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"Arise, Awake, and Stop Not Till the Goal is Reached." Swami Vivekananda was the spiritual bridge between East and West, a visionary who transformed ancient Vedic wisdom into a practical blueprint for modern living. This comprehensive collection brings together his legendary speeches, letters, poetry, and deep philosophical treatises. It serves as a clarion call to recognize the innate divinity
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The Anarchy

The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

de William Dalrymple ...

Finalist for the Cundill History PrizeONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEARNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR“Superb … A vivid and richly detailed story … worth reading by everyone.” -The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the bestselling author of Return of a King<... ... Leer más

$14.49 USD

Finalist for the Cundill History PrizeONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEARNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR“Superb … A vivid and richly detailed story … worth reading by everyone.” -The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the bestselling author of Return of a King<...
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Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh

Remembering 1971

de Yasmin Saikia ...

Fought between India and what was then East and West Pakistan, the war of 1971 led to the creation of Bangladesh, where it is remembered as the War of Liberation. For India, the war represents a triumphant settling of scores with Pakistan. If the war is acknowledged in Pakistan, it is cast as an act of betrayal by the Bengalis. None of these nationalist histories convey the human cost of the war. ... Leer más

$20.89 USD

Fought between India and what was then East and West Pakistan, the war of 1971 led to the creation of Bangladesh, where it is remembered as the War of Liberation. For India, the war represents a triumphant settling of scores with Pakistan. If the war is acknowledged in Pakistan, it is cast as an act of betrayal by the Bengalis. None of these nationalist histories convey the human cost of the war.
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Hydraulic City

Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai

de Nikhil Anand ...

In Hydraulic City Nikhil Anand explores the politics of Mumbai's water infrastructure to demonstrate how citizenship emerges through the continuous efforts to control, maintain, and manage the city's water. Through extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Mumbai's settlements, Anand found that Mumbai's water flows, not through a static collection of pipes and valves, but through a dynamic ... Leer más

$20.89 USD

In Hydraulic City Nikhil Anand explores the politics of Mumbai's water infrastructure to demonstrate how citizenship emerges through the continuous efforts to control, maintain, and manage the city's water. Through extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Mumbai's settlements, Anand found that Mumbai's water flows, not through a static collection of pipes and valves, but through a dynamic
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Darjeeling

The Colorful History and Precarious Fate of the World's Greatest Tea

de Jeff Koehler ...

Darjeeling's tea bushes run across a mythical landscape steeped with the religious, the sacred, and the picturesque. Planted at high elevation in the heart of the Eastern Himalayas, in an area of northern India bound by Nepal to the west, Bhutan to the east, and Sikkim to the north, the linear rows of brilliant green, waist-high shrubs that coat the steep slopes and valleys around this Victorian ... Leer más

$15.49 USD

Darjeeling's tea bushes run across a mythical landscape steeped with the religious, the sacred, and the picturesque. Planted at high elevation in the heart of the Eastern Himalayas, in an area of northern India bound by Nepal to the west, Bhutan to the east, and Sikkim to the north, the linear rows of brilliant green, waist-high shrubs that coat the steep slopes and valleys around this Victorian
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Destined For War

Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

de Graham Allison ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER | NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR.From an eminent international security scholar, an urgent examination of the geopolitical conditions that could produce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and China—and how it might be prevented.China and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants. The reason is Thucydides’s Trap: when a rising power ... Leer más

$2.99 USD

NATIONAL BESTSELLER | NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR.From an eminent international security scholar, an urgent examination of the geopolitical conditions that could produce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and China—and how it might be prevented.China and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants. The reason is Thucydides’s Trap: when a rising power
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Bose

The Untold Story Of An Inconvenient Nationalist

de Chandrachur Ghose ...

'A comprehensive and gripping narrative'---Vikram Sampath, author, historian and Fellow of Royal Historical Society ***'A must-read'---***Sandeep Unnithan, managing editor, India Today There are not many Indian heroes whose lives have been as dramatic and adventurous as that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. That, however, is an assessment of his life based on what is widely known about him. These ... Leer más

$5.69 USD

'A comprehensive and gripping narrative'---Vikram Sampath, author, historian and Fellow of Royal Historical Society ***'A must-read'---***Sandeep Unnithan, managing editor, India Today There are not many Indian heroes whose lives have been as dramatic and adventurous as that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. That, however, is an assessment of his life based on what is widely known about him. These
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The Honourable Company

de John Keay ...

A history of the English East India company.During 200 years the East India Company grew from a loose association of Elizabethan tradesmen into "the grandest society of merchants in the universe". As a commercial enterprise it came to control half the world's trade and as a political entity it administered an embryonic empire. Without it there would have been no British India and no British Empire ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

A history of the English East India company.During 200 years the East India Company grew from a loose association of Elizabethan tradesmen into "the grandest society of merchants in the universe". As a commercial enterprise it came to control half the world's trade and as a political entity it administered an embryonic empire. Without it there would have been no British India and no British Empire
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India

A History

de John Keay ...

The British historian and author of Into India delivers "a history that is intelligent, incisive, and eminently readable" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Fully revised with forty thousand new words that take the reader up to present-day India, John Keay's India: A History spans five millennia in a sweeping narrative that tells the story of the peoples of the subcontinent, from their ancient ... Leer más

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The British historian and author of Into India delivers "a history that is intelligent, incisive, and eminently readable" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Fully revised with forty thousand new words that take the reader up to present-day India, John Keay's India: A History spans five millennia in a sweeping narrative that tells the story of the peoples of the subcontinent, from their ancient
... Leer más
Children of Dust

A Memoir of Pakistan

de Ali Eteraz ...

“[Eteraz’s] adventures are a heavenly read.” —O, the Oprah magazine“In this supremely assured, lush, and rip-roaring book, Eteraz manages to do the impossible, gliding confidently over the chasm that divides East and West. Wildly entertaining…memoir of the first order.” —Murad Kalam, author of Night JourneyAli Eteraz’s award-winning memoir reveals the searing spiritual story of growing up in ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

“[Eteraz’s] adventures are a heavenly read.” —O, the Oprah magazine“In this supremely assured, lush, and rip-roaring book, Eteraz manages to do the impossible, gliding confidently over the chasm that divides East and West. Wildly entertaining…memoir of the first order.” —Murad Kalam, author of Night JourneyAli Eteraz’s award-winning memoir reveals the searing spiritual story of growing up in
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Embrace Yoga's Roots

de Susanna Barkataki ...

Do you want to be on the cutting edge of the future of yoga?If you desire an authentic yoga practice embracing ancient yogic philosophy and traditions but don't know how to embody that knowledge with integrity in today's modern yoga culture, Embrace Yoga's Roots is your guide to honor and not appropriate yoga."When we mistake yoga for a workout routine, reduce it to physical fitness or even do ... Leer más

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Do you want to be on the cutting edge of the future of yoga?If you desire an authentic yoga practice embracing ancient yogic philosophy and traditions but don't know how to embody that knowledge with integrity in today's modern yoga culture, Embrace Yoga's Roots is your guide to honor and not appropriate yoga."When we mistake yoga for a workout routine, reduce it to physical fitness or even do
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Midnight's Furies

The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition

de Nisid Hajari ...

A "fast-moving and highly readable account" of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 and its lasting legacy in today's geopolitical tensions ( The New York Times).An NPR and Seattle Times Best Book of the YearNobody expected the events of 1947 in Southeast Asia to be so bloody. The liberation of India and the birth of Pakistan were supposed to realize the dreams of Muslims and Hindus who had been ruled ... Leer más

$12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

A "fast-moving and highly readable account" of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 and its lasting legacy in today's geopolitical tensions ( The New York Times).An NPR and Seattle Times Best Book of the YearNobody expected the events of 1947 in Southeast Asia to be so bloody. The liberation of India and the birth of Pakistan were supposed to realize the dreams of Muslims and Hindus who had been ruled
... Leer más
Checkmate

How the BJP Won and Lost Maharashtra

de Sudhir Suryawanshi ...

On 28 November 2019, Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena chief, was sworn in as the eighteenth chief minister of Maharashtra. This event marked the culmination of a high-voltage political drama that had the entire nation glued to their television sets for days on end. With no party being able to claim a majority in the assembly, President's Rule was imposed in the state. This book takes its readers ... Leer más

$3.94 USD

On 28 November 2019, Uddhav Thackeray, the Shiv Sena chief, was sworn in as the eighteenth chief minister of Maharashtra. This event marked the culmination of a high-voltage political drama that had the entire nation glued to their television sets for days on end. With no party being able to claim a majority in the assembly, President's Rule was imposed in the state. This book takes its readers
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Let My Country Awake

Indian Revolutionaries in America and the Fight to Overthrow the British Raj

de Scott Miller ...

“[Miller] plunges into his tale with gusto . . . [Let My Country Awake is] never less than fascinating.” —Tunku Varadarajan, The Wall Street Journal“Propulsive . . . A thrilling excavation of a forgotten revolutionary moment in American and world history.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)The true story of an audacious international movement to liberate India from colonial rule during World War ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

“[Miller] plunges into his tale with gusto . . . [Let My Country Awake is] never less than fascinating.” —Tunku Varadarajan, The Wall Street Journal“Propulsive . . . A thrilling excavation of a forgotten revolutionary moment in American and world history.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)The true story of an audacious international movement to liberate India from colonial rule during World War
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Life, death, and hope in a Mumbai undercity

de Katherine Boo ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY • AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST TWO DECADES“Inspiring . . . extraordinary . . . [Katherine Boo] shows us how people in the most desperate ... Leer más

$9.99 USD

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • ONE OF TIME’S TEN BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE DECADE • ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY • A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE CENTURY • AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST TWO DECADES“Inspiring . . . extraordinary . . . [Katherine Boo] shows us how people in the most desperate
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Street Corner Secrets

Sex, Work, and Migration in the City of Mumbai

de Svati P Shah ...

Series series Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies
Street Corner Secrets challenges widespread notions of sex work in India by examining solicitation in three spaces within the city of Mumbai that are seldom placed within the same analytic frame—brothels, streets, and public day-wage labor markets (nakas), where sexual commerce may be solicited discretely alongside other income-generating activities. Focusing on women who migrated to Mumbai from ... Leer más

$25.19 USD

Street Corner Secrets challenges widespread notions of sex work in India by examining solicitation in three spaces within the city of Mumbai that are seldom placed within the same analytic frame—brothels, streets, and public day-wage labor markets (nakas), where sexual commerce may be solicited discretely alongside other income-generating activities. Focusing on women who migrated to Mumbai from
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At the Limits of Cure

de Bharat Jayram Venkat ...

Series series Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography
Can a history of cure be more than a history of how disease comes to an end? In 1950s Madras, an international team of researchers demonstrated that antibiotics were effective in treating tuberculosis. But just half a century later, reports out of Mumbai stoked fears about the spread of totally drug-resistant strains of the disease. Had the curable become incurable? Through an anthropological ... Leer más

$20.89 USD

Can a history of cure be more than a history of how disease comes to an end? In 1950s Madras, an international team of researchers demonstrated that antibiotics were effective in treating tuberculosis. But just half a century later, reports out of Mumbai stoked fears about the spread of totally drug-resistant strains of the disease. Had the curable become incurable? Through an anthropological
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From Stone to Flesh

A Short History of the Buddha

de Donald S. Lopez ...

We have come to admire Buddhism for being profound but accessible, as much a lifestyle as a religion. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha, a figure widely respected across the Western world for his philosophical insight, his teachings of nonviolence, and his practice of meditation. But who was this Buddha, and how did he become the Buddha we know and love today?Leading historian of ... Leer más

$15.19 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

We have come to admire Buddhism for being profound but accessible, as much a lifestyle as a religion. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha, a figure widely respected across the Western world for his philosophical insight, his teachings of nonviolence, and his practice of meditation. But who was this Buddha, and how did he become the Buddha we know and love today?Leading historian of
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The Story of the Malakand Field Force

Enriched edition.

de Winston Churchill, Isla Caldwell ...

In "The Story of the Malakand Field Force," Winston Churchill presents a compelling narrative of the 1897 Northwest Frontier campaign, an engagement marked by its complex interplay of military strategy, geopolitics, and imperial ambition. Written in Churchill's characteristic prose—rich, vivid, and deeply reflective—the book seamlessly combines personal memoir with rigorous historical analysis. ... Leer más

$1.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

In "The Story of the Malakand Field Force," Winston Churchill presents a compelling narrative of the 1897 Northwest Frontier campaign, an engagement marked by its complex interplay of military strategy, geopolitics, and imperial ambition. Written in Churchill's characteristic prose—rich, vivid, and deeply reflective—the book seamlessly combines personal memoir with rigorous historical analysis.
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