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1	Midnight's Children more books like this by Salman Rushdie add to wishlist Salman Rushdie won the Booker Prize for this novel, which follows the lives of children born on August 15, 1947, the day India became an independent nation. The book is simultaneously the story of one boy's coming of age, a chronicle of the growing pains of the new nation, and a family drama, all told in a magical-realist style that manages to be ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Fine Balance more books like this by R Mistry add to wishlist In mid-1970s India, a "State of Internal Emergency" has been declared. Four disparate people find their lives connected in ways that are as inextricable as they are unexpected. A housing shortage brings them together as roommates in an apartment: they are a widow determined not to remarry, a student from the Himalayas, and a man and his nephew ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.35! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Far Pavilions more books like this by M M Kaye add to wishlist The bestselling epic tale of love and war among the colonists and natives of 19th-century India. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Beneath a Marble Sky: A Love Story more books like this by John Shors add to wishlist This "passionate, lush, and dramatic" (Sandra Gulland) debut novel reveals the story behind the building of the Taj Mahal and the destruction of a royal family. see all copies from $3.73! new only from $6.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth more books like this by Mohandas Gandhi add to wishlist Boyhood, legal studies, purification, the growth of the Satyagraha -- nonviolent protest -- movement. Critical, inspiring work of the man responsible for the freedom of India. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| SVS
6	Satanic Verses more books like this by Salman Rushdie add to wishlist Rushdie's controversial bestseller, which earned him a sentence of death from the Islamic hierarchy of Iran, is a magical realist fantasy that examines questions of identity and belief. Two survivors of an airplane crash, Saladin and Gibreel, are transformed from ordinary citizens and public figures into personifications of Good and Evil, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Haroun and the Sea of Stories more books like this by Salman Rushdie add to wishlist In Rushdie's humorous and tender novel, Haroun is the 12-year-old son of a famous storyteller. When his father loses his powers of invention, Haroun takes charge, and sets out on a series of adventures that, against all odds, will bring his skills back. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing more books like this by Vasant D Lad, M.D., Angela Werneke (Illustrator) add to wishlist In this illustrated guide, one of the most respected scholars of ayurveda explains the ancient healing practice, originating in India, that has become very popular with the general health-minded public as well as a respected source for practitioners of complementary medicine. Lad explains the basic principles of ayurveda, including the three ... see all copies from $3.98! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	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 $6.25! new only from $11.80! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Madhur Jaffrey's Quick & Easy Indian Cooking more books like this by Madhur Jaffrey, Noel Barnhurst (Photographer) add to wishlist Originally published in 1996, Madhur Jaffrey's "Quick and Easy Indian" has sold more than 70,000 copies and continues to be much in demand. It's now been completely redesigned and sports all new coluor photography, bringing it solidly into the 21st century with its updated new look. The text and recipes are the same fabulous dishes that have ... see all copies from $2.85! new only from $6.54! \| SVS
11 view cover	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 $9.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	God of Small Things more books like this by Arundhati Roy add to wishlist A pair of twins in Kerala, India--Rahel and her brother, Estha--struggle to maintain a life in the midst of the wreckage of their family. Winner of the Booker Prize in 1997. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Interpreter of Maladies more books like this by Jhumpa Lahiri add to wishlist Most of the short stories in this debut volume are about marriage in one form or another. A New York Times Notable Book in 1999, this book also won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Darsan, Seeing the Divine Image in India more books like this by Diana L Eck add to wishlist Although the role of the visual is essential to Indian tradition and culture, most attempts to understand its images are laden with misperceptions. Darsan, a Sanskrit word that means "seeing," is an aid to our vision, a book of ideas to help us read, think, and look at Hindu images with tolerance and imagination. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.20! \| SVS
15 view cover	Passage to India more books like this by E M Forster add to wishlist In Forster's beautifully written novel about British India at the turn of the century, a simple misunderstanding erupts into hostility. The plot centers on Aziz, a young doctor who is initially tolerant of the British presence in India. However, when he takes a group of Americans to the Caves of Marabar and an American woman accuses him of raping ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Anthology of World Scriptures more books like this by Robert E Van Voorst add to wishlist "Anthology of World Scriptures" is a comprehensive collection of scriptures from the major world religions, including: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Shinto, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as scriptures from more recent religious movements. The text presents scripture readings in context, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.28! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The White Tiger more books like this by Aravind Adiga add to wishlist This rambunctious story of contemporary India shows how religion doesn't create morality, and money doesn't solve every problem--but a person can get what he wants out of life by eavesdropping on the right conversations. see all copies from $3.89! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment more books like this by Dr. Deepak Chopra add to wishlist Bestselling author Deepak Chopra brings the Buddha back to life in this gripping novel of the young prince who abandoned his inheritance to discover his true calling. This iconic journey changed the world forever, and the truths revealed continue to influence every corner of the globe today. A young man in line for the throne is trapped in his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Sharpe's Fortress: Richard Sharpe and the Siege of Gawilghur, December 1803 more books like this by Bernard Cornwell add to wishlist Sharpe, having just received his commission, faces his toughest battle yet in this return to India, the terrain of the bestselling Sharpe's Tiger. Repackaged in the fantastic new Sharpe look. It is 1803 and Sir Arthur Wellesley's army is closing on the retreating Mahrattas in western India. Marching with the British is Ensign Richard Sharpe, ... see all copies from $2.02! new only from $5.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Kim more books like this by Rudyard Kipling add to wishlist The tale of an Irish boy raised as an Indian in imperial India. It is the story of his coming of age in a world of high adventure, mystic quests, and the "great game" between the British and the Russians for control of Central Asia. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Family Matters more books like this by Rohinton Mistry add to wishlist In Bombay, a retired professor named Nariman Vakeel looks back on his life, and specifically his failure to marry the woman he really loved, instead submitting to an arranged marriage. He lives now with his stepchildren, but when he breaks an ankle he is sent to the home of his own daughter to be cared for. This KING LEAR-derived tale presents a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Wild Jasmine more books like this by Bertrice Small add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.83! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas more books like this by Mohandas Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi, Louis Fischer (Editor) add to wishlist Taken from Gandhi's own writings throughout his life, this title introduces readers to his thoughts on politics, spirituality, poverty, suffering, love, nonviolence, civil disobedience, and his own life. The pieces collected here, with explanatory head notes by Gandhi biographer Louis Fischer, offer the clearest, most thorough portrait of one of ... see all copies from $6.38! new only from $7.99! \| SVS
24 view cover	Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure more books like this by Sarah MacDonald add to wishlist After backpacking her way around India, 21-year-old Sarah Macdonald decided that she hated this land of chaos and contradiction with a passion, and when an airport beggar read her palm and insisted she would come back one day - and for love - she vowed never to return. But twelve years later the prophecy comes true when her partner, ABC's South ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	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 $7.99! new only from $8.50! \| first editions \| SVS

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