United Kingdom. Penguin Books. 2007. 464pp, paperback. Translated from the original Gujarati by Mahadev Desai with a foreword by Pankaj Mishra. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in western India in 1869. He was educated in London and later travelled to South Africa, where he experienced racism and took up the..... More
New Zealand. Penguin Books, 2011. Young adult novel. In the second book of the engrossing Return of Ravana series, the action swings from the floodlit studios of Mumbai to the glittering Rajput courts, while Vikram and his friends battle an age-old adversary whose power is growing like never before. Concepts..... More
New Zealand. Penguin Books, 2012. Young adult novel. Why are the four teenagers in this series reliving the Ramayana? Who was Ravana? Where is the real Lanka? Age-old mysteries are uncovered and forgotten powers regained, as the quest to end the tyranny of Ravindra moves towards its electrifying finale. Concepts..... More
New Zealand. Penguin Books, 2012. Young adult novel. Ravana is back. Our teenage friends are on the run from their nightmarish enemy and his army. Memories and legends are coming alive all over India, and the fight to the finish has begun. Concepts: history, beliefs, fantasy (When referring to this..... More
United Kingdom: Cornerstone, 2014. 310pp, paperback. The wonderful fourth outing for Delhi detective Vish Puri - named 'the Indian Hercule Poirot' by the Financial Times. When India's Love Commandos rescue a young woman from a high-caste family who has been forbidden from marrying an untouchable, she looks set to live..... More
USA: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton. 1988. New ed. Map, xxvii + 433 pages, lower edges little marked, little worn covers lifting slightly, still a good copy in paperback. The Opening of India to the West, The Renascence of Hinduism, Nationalism Takes Root: The Moderates, The Marriage of..... More
New Delhi. Munshiram Manoharlal. 1975. Reprint. xiv + 252pp, index, worn dustjacket. English translation of the Latin work De Imperio Magni Mogolis, sive India vera, Commentarius ex variis auctoribus congestus by Joannes De Laet. Consisting of two parts the first part contains geographical, commercial and adminstrative details abstracted from various..... More
Bangkok. Orchid. 1998. xx + 187pp, index, bibliography, appendices, dustjacket. This book is about cultural translation and comparison between Hinduism and capitalism, which can both be concieved as sociocultural systems which influence the ways people think, feel and communicate. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 48941). More
Melbourne. Brass Monkey Books. 2011. 156pp, paperback. A mother farewells her dead children on an unusual pilgrimage; a wife’s affair with an old schoolfriend brings unexpected joy and pain; a young domestic worker rediscovers the husband she thought she had lost. Mridula Koshy tells the stories of ordinary women in..... More
United Kingdom. Hachette Children's Books. 2014. Children's reference book, hardback. History Detective Investigates: The Indus Valley is a hands-on, investigative approach to history. Learn all about The Indus Valley, its people and the story of a civilization that goes back some 5,000 years. The Indus Valley was one of the..... More
Albany. State University of New York Press. 1998. Notes, bibliography, index, xx + 205pp.. A good paperback copy. "Examines the legendary life and poetic works of Ramprasad, the eighteenth-century Bengali devotee of the Goddess, whose songs were influential in his own time and remain popular today." (Publisher's description). (When referring..... More
United States. Dover Publications. 2004. 48 pages, black and white illustrations, accompanying CD-ROM, paperback. 197 black-and-white illustrations selected from ancient pottery, mosaics, and other authentic sources include details from fresco paintings, jewellery patterns, and other artifacts. The striking royalty-free motifs are easily adaptable for use in textiles and wallpaper, furniture..... More
New Delhi. Munshiram Manoharlal. 1975. xii + 286pp, bibliography, appendix, index, bibliography, a good copy in protected dustjacket. A history of the Gupta age including the art, education, religion, language and literature and social life. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 43393). More
Australia. Trocadero Publishing. 2013. Children's reference book, paperback. As well as being the world’s largest democracy, India is rapidly growing into an economic colossus. This is the story of centuries of conflict and empire building, of invasion and conquest, of religious innovation and turmoil. It also shows how a small..... More
London. Munshiram Manoharlal. 1958. xvi + 638pp, in good condition. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 66221). More
New Delhi. Munshiram Manoharlal. 1967. Map, black and white line illustrations, xxiv + 546pp, appendix, very light browning to occasional pages, dustjacket trifle worn. The Chronicles of the Pathan Kings of Delhi is an important work for those interested in the coins of the Sultans of Delhi describing as it..... More
New Delhi. Asian Educational Services. 1991. Reprint. 2 volumes. Edited with a Life of the Author, an introduction and notes by Edward Grey. Volume I: Folding map, line ills, liv + 192pp. Volume II: xii + 261pp, index. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 42465). More
