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1	The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia more books like this by Peter Hopkirk add to wishlist IN see all copies from $5.00! new only from $10.85! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Snow Leopard more books like this by Peter Matthiessen add to wishlist Author Matthiessen documents his travels in Nepal with naturalist George Schaller, including his attempts to come to grips with his wife's death from cancer, and his general pondering of questions of life and death. The snow leopard becomes a symbol to Matthiessen of the elusive silence of the peace of Zen. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Concise History of Modern India more books like this by Barbara D Metcalf, Thomas R Metcalf add to wishlist In a second edition of their successful Concise History of Modern India, Barbara Metcalf and Thomas Metcalf explore India's modern history afresh and update the events of the last decade. These include the takeover of Congress from the seemingly entrenched Hindu nationalist party in 2004, India's huge advances in technology and the country's new ... see all copies from $7.19! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	New History of India more books like this by Stanley A Wolpert add to wishlist After more than twenty-five years in print, A New History of India continues to be the most readable and popular one-volume history of India available. Now in its eighth edition, this acclaimed text features updated scholarship and bibliographic material throughout and integrates new research on such incisive topics as the Indian diaspora, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
5	India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy more books like this by Dr. Ramachandra Guha add to wishlist Told in lucid and beautiful prose, the story of Indias wild ride since independence is a riveting one. Guha explores the dramatic protests and conflicts that have shaped modern India, but he writes also of the factors that have kept the country together. see all copies from $5.92! new only from $5.92! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Neither Man Nor Woman: The Hijras of India more books like this by Serena Nanda add to wishlist This book should be of interest to undergraduate courses in anthropology. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $36.54! \| first editions
7	The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan more books like this by Yasmin Khan add to wishlist The partition of India in 1947 promised its people both political and religious freedom - through the liberation of India from British rule, and the creation of the Muslim state of Pakistan. In reality the geographical divide effected an even greater schism of the population, benefiting the few at the expense of the very many, exposing huge ... see all copies from $8.79! new only from $10.64! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Freedom at Midnight more books like this by Larry Collins add to wishlist On 14 August 1947 one-fifth of humanity claimed their independence in India. But 400 million people were to find that the immediate price of freedom was partition and war, riot and murder. In this reconstruction, Collins and Lapierre recount the eclipse of the British Raj and examine the roles enacted by, among others, Mahatma Gandhi and Lord ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Life of Mahatma Gandhi more books like this by Louis Fischer add to wishlist This is a biography of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). He led the fight for Indian independence from British rule, who tirelessly pursued a strategy of passive resistance, and who was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic only a few months after independence was achieved. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster more books like this by Dominique Lapierre, Javier Moro add to wishlist In the ancient city of Bhopal, toxic gas escaped from an American pesticide plant, killing thousands. When the noxious clouds cleared, the worst industrial disaster in history had taken place. Now, Lapierre brings the characters, conflicts, and adventures together in an unforgettable tale of love and hope amid disaster. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Sources of Indian Tradition, Volume 2: Modern India and Pakistan more books like this by Professor Stephen Hay (Editor) add to wishlist Primary sources in the history, philosophy, and religions of South Asia: Volume II focuses on the subcontinent's history from 1498 to 1984, with such topics as the opening of India to the West; Hindu and Muslin social and religious movements; and Pakistan's formation as an Islamic state. see all copies from $9.98! new only from $29.93!
12 view cover	Sources of Indian Tradition: Volume 1 more books like this by William Theodore Debarry (Editor), Professor Ainslee Embree (Editor) add to wishlist -- Robert P. Goldman, University of California, Berkeley see all copies from $10.38! new only from $32.50!
13	A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur more books like this by Gayatri add to wishlist see all copies from $18.00! new only from $18.00! \| first editions
14 view cover	Global Studies: India and South Asia more books like this by James K Norton add to wishlist "The Global Studies" series is designed to provide comprehensive background information and selected world press articles on the regions and countries of the world. This edition features an overview of South Asia and country reports for Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. An annotated list of World Wide Web ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| SVS
15 view cover	White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India more books like this by William Dalrymple add to wishlist James Kirkpatrick, a British major stationed in India in the late 18th century married a well-connected and very young woman named Khair un-Nissa Begum--an unusual match in those times and one that was officially tolerated only because of Kirkpatrick's talents as an administrator. At his early death, his widow nearly married another member of the ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $3.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Power Politics more books like this by Arundhati Roy add to wishlist Three essays by novelist-activist Aruhdhati Roy on the evils of globalization and privatization--particularly the collaboration between American energy corporations and the Indian government in constructing dams that have driven hundreds of thousands of impoverished Indians from their homes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	India: A History more books like this by John Keay add to wishlist Accommodating Pakistan and Bangladesh and other embryonic nation states like the Sikh Punjab, Muslim Kashmir and Assam, this text examines the legacy of the 1947 partition, and looks at the colonial era from the overall context of Indian history. India's history begins with a highly advanced urban civilization in the Indus Valley, regressing to a ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $11.25! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Discovery of India more books like this by Jawaharlal Nehru add to wishlist In "The Discovery of India", Nehru sets out on a voyage of self-discovery and offers a penetrating analysis of his own motherland. The book, first published in 1946, prompted Albert Einstein to write to Nehru: "I have read with extreme interest your marvellous book...It gives an understanding of the glorious intellectual and spiritual tradition of ... see all copies from $2.25! new only from $13.74! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi more books like this by William Dalrymple add to wishlist A fascinating portrait of a year in the life of the city of Delhi by the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award for travel writing in 1995. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity more books like this by Professor Amartya K Sen add to wishlist In 16 linked essays, Nobel Prize-winning economist Sen discusses India's intellectual and political heritage, and how its argumentative tradition is vital for the success of its democracy and secular politics. see all copies from $2.88! new only from $5.22! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	India more books like this by Stanley A Wolpert add to wishlist This new edition brings Stanley Wolpert's brilliantly succinct and accessible introduction to India completely up to date for a new generation of readers, travelers, and students. In crisp detail, Wolpert gives a panoramic overview of the continent on which the world's most fascinating ancient civilization gave birth to one of its most complex ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India more books like this by Edward Luce add to wishlist Luce presents an enlightening study of the forces shaping India as it tries to balance the stubborn traditions of the past with an unevenly modernizing present. Deeply informed by scholarship and history, this work shows that India has huge opportunities as well as tremendous challenges ahead. see all copies from $7.02! new only from $8.89! \| SVS
23 view cover	Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company more books like this by John Keay add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $5.72! new only from $35.00! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj more books like this by David Gilmour add to wishlist For nearly 200 years a small group of British officials administered vast areas of south Asia. In 1900 just over a thousdand civil servants ruled a population of nearly 300 million people spread over a territory now covered by India, Pakistan, Burma and Bangladesh. It was, as Stalin said with a misture of envy and annoyance, a 'ridiculous' ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.80! \| first editions
25 view cover	In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India more books like this by Edward Luce add to wishlist India remains a mystery to many Americans, even as it is poised to become the world's third largest economy within a generation, outstripping Japan. It will surpass China in population by 2032 and will have more English speakers than the United States by 2050. In "In Spite of the Gods," Edward Luce, a journalist who covered India for many years, ... see all copies from $3.98! new only from $10.48! \| first editions

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