Writing India

Reducere. A landmark in travel writing, this is the incredible true story of Heinrich Harrer's escape across the Himalayas to Tibet, set against the backdrop...

Reducere. B.R. Ambedkar's 'Annihilation of Caste' is one of the most important, yet neglected, works of political writing from India. Written in 1936, it is ...

Padma Lakshmi, bestselling author and host of Bravo's Top Chef and Hulu's Taste the Nation, and Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator Juana Martinez-...

In the First Anglo-Afghan War of 1839 to 1842, considered the most infamous of all colonial wars, only Dr. Brydon survived out of the 13, 000-to-20...

After writing Elementary Geography for earlier grades, Ms Mason wrote this book, the second in her series of five readers, to teach students about ...

To Raise a Fallen People brings to light pioneering writing on international politics from nineteenth-century India. Drawing on extensive archival ...

Reducere. This eye-opening narrative journey into the rapidly changing world of artificial intelligence reveals the dangerous ways AI is exploiting the uncon...

Reducere. Inspector Charlesworth investigates a strange murder in a dress shopThe sales room at Christophe et Cie is staffed by five young women. Each is bea...

Reducere. Lower Saint-Lawrence, summer 1988. Looking to escape the violent grip of her uncle and twin brother, Nil heads for Le Bic with a half-tamed fox in ...

Reducere. Translation can be seen as producing a text in one language that will count as equivalent to a text in another. It can also be seen as a release of...

Music, said Zen patriarch Hui Neng, "is a means of rapid transformation." It takes us home to a natural world that functions outside of logic, wher...

Reducere. This exceptional and powerful anthology explores the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration, with stories by critically acclaimed and bestse...

Harriet is a vampire, somewhere around her mid four-hundreds, and is literally a perpetual student. Despite having been around since before the Sal...

Reducere. New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor-winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes follo...

Reducere. Discover the power of empathy, value of community, currency of hope, and strength of advocacy-as told by a breast cancer survivor, woman of color, ...

Predictions for each year of life go back to the earliest times of Hellenistic astrology. Elaborated by Persian and Arabic astrologers who emphasiz...

Akbarnāma, or The History of Akbar, by Abu'l-Fazl (d. 1602), is one of the most important works of Indo-Persian history and a touchstone of prose a...

Reducere. Durga, as this powerful warrior-goddess is known, Has nine special forms-each one unique, not just a clone.Shailaputri, Brahmacharini and Chandragh...

A companion to Kelkar's The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh, this picture book features a little girl named Bindu whose bindis connect her to family ...

Reducere. A compelling story of two remarkable women connected across the decades by the men who love them. . . and the magic of a place called Zanana. KATE,...

Reducere. First published in 1910, "Ships, Sea Songs and Shanties" is a vintage collection of traditional sailing songs, collected and published in this volu...

Reducere. When Sol and Connie Blink move to Grand Creek, one of the first people to welcome them is an odd older woman, Fay Holaderry, and her friendly dog, ...

Reducere. Cowboys and Indian: A Doctor's First Year in Texas is an exciting and entertaining account of a doctor's first year of practice in an underserved T...

Reducere. A gorgeously illustrated goodnight story that celebrates the nighttime rituals of two young children visiting their grandparents in India. As night...

Reducere. The classic heartwarming tale from Kate DiCamillo--now with an afterword from the beloved author, reflecting on twenty years in print One summer's ...

Reducere. The five sections in Kim Stafford's Singer Come from Afar hold poems that summon war and peace, pandemic struggles, Earth imperatives, a seeker's s...

Reducere. From the mountains of Uttrakhand in India to the Rocky Mountain in Canada, the stories in this volume represent the multitude of Asian voices that ...

Reducere. "My mommy and my grandma made a special gift for me-a crib quilt full of memories as cozy as can be." Each night, a baby elephant snuggles up for s...

Reducere. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2018 Guardian's Best...

Reducere. Autobiography of a YogiParamahansa Yogananda1946 Autobiography of a Yogi is an autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5, 1893-March 7, 195...

Captured is the ideal balance between the marriages of image and line, resulting in the enchanting alchemy of photographs and words. - Joy Williams...

Reducere. Join one little girl's search for the BEST party hair - as demonstrated by her family and friends. Will it be dreads or a twist out? Braids or a hi...

SHORT-LISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING, 2019SHORT-LISTED FOR THE NEW INDIA FOUNDATION BOOK PRIZE, 2019A 2018 New Statesman Book of...

DescriptionThe familiar stories of the book of Genesis affirm that God made the universe, planet earth, and you and me. However, various anomalies ...

DescriptionLove is a many-headed snake in Nisha Ramayya's debut poetry collection, twisting its way through devotion, sacrifice, and bliss. Seeking...

"Armed with wit, insight, and truly astonishing research, Geoffrey Falk utterly demolishes the notion of the enlightened guru who can lead devotees...

Reducere. The Secrets of the Self is a book-length, philosophical poem rooted in metaphysical thought and ideology, as well as Islamic theology. Originally p...

Description"A kind and accessible book that supports the human longing for a meaningful life." -- Elizabeth Mattis Namgyel, author of The Logic of ...

Reducere. Rudyard Kipling, a major figure of English literature, used the full power and intensity of his imagination and his writing ability in his excursio...

Reducere. In the linked essays that make up her debut collection, This Is One Way to Dance, Sejal Shah explores culture, language, family, and place. Through...

It's Chris Jagger's turn to lift the lid on one of the most colorful and exotic periods in British cultural history. He unrolls an insider's tale o...

Reducere. The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine is the latest installment in the Beatles Album Series by Beatles historian Bruce Spizer. The ...

Reducere. A remarkable collection of deeply felt writings on the experience of studying the embodied spiritual discipline of Bharata Natyam, the Classical Da...

DescriptionFrom New York Times bestselling authors Kabir Sehgal and Surishtha Sehgal comes a charming and unique alphabet book celebrating the rich...

Fully-illustrated, The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world. IN THIS VOLUME: Caste: Yester...

Reducere. Working in Mumbai is a critical reflection on thirty years of the practice of RMA Architects. Rahul Mehrotra weaves a narrative to connect his mult...

DescriptionFrom rediscovering an ancestral village in China to experiencing the realities of American life as a Nigerian, the search for belonging ...

DescriptionBirmingham is a writer's city with a long tradition of distinctive literary subcultures. Long-established novelists such as David Lodge ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Writing Home: The 'New Irish' Poets, more than 50 poets from all over the world explore the many meanings and connotations of the wor...

DescriptionA one-of-a-kind collection of work by one of India's best contemporary poets. Arvind Krishna Mehrotra is one of the most celebrated Indi...

Reducere. Bikram yoga is a type of yoga which originated in India and became popular in the early 1970s. The founder of this yoga, Bikram Choudhury is also t...

Reducere. DescriptionThe book begins with his childhood family life, to finding his guru, to becoming a monk and establishing his teachings of Kriya Yoga med...

Winner of the Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing 2017 Journeying around the globe, through past and present, Emma Tarlo unravels the intr...

Reducere. In this exhilarating work, Barbara Hurd explores some of the most extraordinary places on earth, from sacred caves in India to secret caves in Ariz...

Red Tape presents a major new theory of the state developed by the renowned anthropologist Akhil Gupta. Seeking to understand the chronic and wides...

For many, cooking is simply the mechanical act of reproducing standard recipes. To Maryse Cond , however, cooking implies creativity and personal i...

A luminous and challenging work of autobiographical travel writing.

Queenie and TR return in Di Morrissey's sequel to the bestselling "Heart of the Dreaming." Queenie Hanlon has a perfect life. She's the mother of t...

Reducere. As a young writer living in Lahore during the time of the British Raj, Rudyard Kipling (1865--1936) was possessed by an enormous subject--India--an...

Reducere. DescriptionThe book begins with his childhood family life, to finding his guru, to becoming a monk and establishing his teachings of Kriya Yoga med...

Reducere. The British governess-turned-sleuth visits a small village hiding big secrets in this "timelessly charming" cozy mystery series (Charlotte MacLeod)...

- For the first time, a lavishly illustrated book shows how traditional handmade rugs and carpets have become vehicles for contemporary trends and ...

This exceptional and powerful anthology explores the joys, heartbreaks and triumphs of immigration, with stories by critically acclaimed and bestse...

Reducere. Bestselling poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with an innovative novel in verse, exploring Hindu mythology and legend. Let ...

The success of the first edition of Econometrics by Example, from best-selling author Damodar Gujarati, can be attributed to the example-led, learn...

Reducere. The ethnic and religious violence that characterized the late twentieth century calls for new ways of thinking and writing about politics. Listenin...

Reducere. Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857-1941), also known as B-P, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, ...

Reducere. This book shows how the planet's earliest civilization lead the world in both material and spiritual progress. From the Vedic culture of ancient In...

Reducere. DescriptionAn extraordinary book that combines travel- and history-writing with brilliant storytelling to give us a portrait of Mumtaz Mahal, in wh...

Reducere. Governess-turned-sleuth Miss Silver takes on a murder case involving a surprise inheritance and a feuding family. Martin Brand always had a dark se...