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  • Kashmir’s Contested Pasts

    Narratives, Geographies, and the Historical Imagination

    by Chitralekha Zutshi ...
    A pioneering and comprehensive study of the historical imagination in Kashmir, this book explores the conversations between the ideas of Kashmir and the ideas of history taking place within Kashmir’s multilingual historical tradition. Analysing the deep linkages among Sanskrit, Persian, and Kashmiri narratives, Kashmir’s Contested Pasts contends that these traditions drew on and influenced each ... Read more

    ₹360.00

  • House of Shivaji

    Studies and Documents on Maratha History: Royal Period

    by Jadunath Sarkar ...
    This volume contains writings on the 'Royal Period' (1626-1700), as distinguished from the 'Peshwa Period' of Maratha history, and added a long life of Malik Ambar (from original Persian sources) and biographies of four eminent Marathi historical research-pioneers, Rajwade, Sane, Khare and Parasnis. The materials have come from Persian manuscripts (patiently gathered during a life-time), newly ... Read more

    ₹443.22

  • Access to History: The Cold War in Asia 1945-93 for OCR Second Edition

    by Vivienne Sanders ...
    Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History is the most popular, trusted and wide-ranging series for A-level ... ... Read more

    ₹1,090.90

  • From the Holy Mountain

    A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium (Text Only)

    by William Dalrymple ...
    A rich blend of history and spirituality, adventure and politics, laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of William Dalrymple’s previous work.In AD 587, two monks, John Moschos and Sophronius the Sophist, embarked on an extraordinary journey across the Byzantine world, from the shores of the Bosphorus to the sand dunes of Egypt. Their aim: to collect the wisdom of the sages and ... Read more

    ₹385.26

  • How Democracies Die

    The International Bestseller: What History Reveals About Our Future

    by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt ...
    'The most important book of the Trump era' The EconomistHow does a democracy die?What can we do to save our own?What lessons does history teach us?In the 21st century democracy is threatened like never before.Drawing insightful lessons from across history - from Pinochet's murderous Chilean regime to Erdogan's quiet dismantling in Turkey - Levitsky and Ziblatt explain why democracies fail, how ... Read more

    ₹425.26

  • The Assyrian Empire: Explore the Thrilling History of the Assyrians and their Fearful Empire in the Ancient Mesopotamia

    by History Compacted ...
    Explore the Intense History of the Assyrians.The ancient masters of war and conquest became the most powerful force in the Near East thousands of years ago. One of the first empires in world history. The Assyrians rose to power through the strength of its sophisticated military. The creation of the professional soldier, advanced iron weapons technology, and siege warfare tactics made the Assyrians ... Read more

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  • The End of History and the Last Man

    by Francis Fukuyama ...
    A LANDMARK WORK OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. A GLOBAL BESTSELLER. STILL AS RELEVANT TODAY.With the fall of Berlin Wall in 1989 the threat of the Cold War which had dominated the second half of the twentieth century vanished. And with it the West looked to the future with optimism but renewed uncertainty.The End of History and the Last Man was the first book to offer a picture of what the new century ... Read more

    ₹450.63

  • The Histories

    by Herodotus ...
    Translated by Tom Holland ...
    Tom Holland's 'stirring new translation' (Telegraph) of Herodotus' Histories, one of the great books in Western history - now in paperbackThe Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half of the 5th century BC, is generally regarded as the first work of history and the first great masterpiece of non-fiction writing. Joined here are the sheer drama of Herodotus' narrative of the Persian ... Read more

    ₹375.46

  • A Sea of Words

    A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian

    by Dean King, John B. Hattendorf ...
    A guide to the British Royal Navy in the Napoleonic Age for fans of the Aubrey–Maturin series: "A gem of a book" ( Minneapolis Star Tribune).What is a sand-grouse, and where does it live? What are the medical properties of lignum vitae, and how did Stephen Maturin use it to repair his viola? Who is Admiral Lord Keith, and why is his wife so friendly with Captain Jack Aubrey?More than any other ... Read more

    ₹213.33 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Virtual History

    Alternatives and Counterfactuals

    by Niall Ferguson ...
    What if Britain had stayed out of the First World War? What if Germany had won the Second? How would England look if there had been no Cromwell? What would the world be like if Communism had never collapsed? And what if John F. Kennedy had lived?In this acclaimed book, leading historians from Andrew Roberts to Michael Burleigh explore what might have been if nine of the most decisive moments in ... Read more

    ₹450.63

  • A History of Adivasi Women in Post-Independence Eastern India

    The Margins of the Marginals

    by Debasree De ...
    **A history of the historyless, and the marginalization of adivasi voices.A History of Adivasi Women in Post-Independence Eastern India** is a path-breaking book that explores the current status of adivasi women in the four states of eastern India with high percentages of adivasis—Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal.Debasree De engages with the recent paradigm of ‘development and displacement ... Read more

    ₹695.00

  • Finest Years

    Churchill as Warlord 1940–45

    by Max Hastings ...
    'I would choose this account over and above the rest. It is a fabulous book: full of perceptive insight that conveys all the tragedy, triumph, humour and intense drama of Churchill's time as wartime leader; and it is incredibly moving as a result' James Holland, Literary ReviewA moving, dramatic narrative of crisis and fortitude, Hastings offers one of the finest biographies of one of Britain’s ... Read more

    ₹724.39

  • Patel, Prasad and Rajaji

    Myth of the Indian Right

    by Neerja Singh ...
    Series series SAGE Series in Modern Indian History
    This book traces the debates around the concept of ‘Right and Right-wing Politics’ in the Indian political context.Delineating the differing ideological positions held by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Dr Rajendra Prasad and C. Rajagopalachari on the one hand and of their leftist/socialist detractors and opponents on the other, this book questions the validity of using terms such as ‘Rightist’ or ... Read more

    ₹455.00

  • Interrogating My Chandal Life

    An Autobiography of a Dalit

    by Manoranjan Byapari, Sipra Mukherjee ...
    Winner of The Hindu Prize 2018 (Non-fiction)Shortlisted for the 3rd JIO MAMI Word to Screen Award 2018If you insist that you do not know me, let me explain myself … you will feel, why, yes, I do know this person. I’ve seen this man.With these words, Manoranjan Byapari points to the inescapable roles all of us play in an unequal society. Interrogating My Chandal Life: An Autobiography of a Dalit is ... Read more

    ₹415.00

  • War and Revolution

    Rethinking the Twentieth Century

    by Domenico Losurdo ...
    Translated by Gregory Elliott ...
    War and Revolution identifies and takes to task a reactionary trend among contemporary historians. It is a revisionist tendency discernible in the work of authors such as Ernst Nolte, who traces the impetus behind the Holocaust to the excesses of the Russian Revolution; or Fran�ois Furet, who links the Stalinist purges to an "illness" originating with the French Revolution.In this vigorous riposte ... Read more

    ₹1,012.55 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Neverending Empire

    The Infinite Impact of Ancient Rome

    by Aldo Cazzullo ...
    Translated by Loredana Maria Rinaldi ...
    From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire.“The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has left us. To tell the reasons, the things and the stories, thanks to which Roman civilization is alive”.From its ... Read more

    ₹2,005.75

  • Queen Victoria

    A Personal History

    by Christopher Hibbert ...
    Christopher Hibbert’s acclaimed biography of Queen Victoria is as impressive and authoritative as the great woman herself.In 1837 an eighteen-year-old girl, raised by a German mother, inherited the throne of the United Kingdom. She was to reign as queen – and later Empress of India – for almost sixty-four years, presiding over twenty prime ministers and a period of unprecedented social and ... Read more

    ₹524.62

  • The English and their History

    by Robert Tombs ...
    The acclaimed account of the English people, now updated with two new chapters'Masterful, an enormously readable narrative of the English people from the Anglo-Saxons to the present' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times, Books of the YearIn The English and their History, the first full-length account to appear in one volume for many decades, Robert Tombs gives us the history of the English people, and ... Read more

    ₹601.08

  • Revisiting the Political Thought of Ancient India

    Pre-Kautilyan Arthashastra Tradition

    by Ashok S. Chousalkar ...
    Revisiting the Political Thought of Ancient India: Pre-Kautilyan Arthashastra Traditionrediscovers the political ideas of the original and celebrated schools of thought in ancient India—early Arthashastra and Pre-Kautilyan traditions.This book throws light on hitherto not very well-known aspects of political ideas in ancient India, which flourished during the 5th and 4th centuries before Christ. ... Read more

    ₹555.00

  • Battle of Britain - World War II: A History From Beginning to End

    World War 2 Battles

    by Hourly History ...
    Series series World War 2 Battles
    The British people had no sooner finished rescuing their trapped army from Dunkirk than they found themselves preparing for an attack from the Germans once again. This time, the Nazi menace struck from the air, as Hitler's Luftwaffe bombed the British in an attempt to break their spirit and force Great Britain to accept peace terms. But as the skies above London filled with the German planes, the ... Read more

    ₹285.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3

    The Masters of History

    by Yuval Noah Harari ...
    This third volume of the illustrated adaptation of the internationally bestselling phenomenon, Sapiens: A Graphic History—The Masters of History, tackles the question of the driving force of humanity’s fate: is it empire, money, religion—or something else entirely—that unites us?Sometimes history seems like a laundry list of malevolent monarchs, pompous presidents and dastardly dictators. But are ... Read more

    ₹1,211.97

  • The Nellie Massacre of 1983

    Agency of Rioters

    by Makiko Kimura ...
    Series series SAGE Studies on India′s North East
    The Nellie incident, involving the massacre of about 2,000 Muslim villagers, took place during the antiforeigner movement in Assam, in order to drive out illegal Bangladeshi and Nepali immigrants. Unlike the communal "riots" in the other parts of India from the 1980s to 2000s, this was an incident which took place in rural areas. The attackers were part of the indigenous tribal population, and ... Read more

    ₹625.00

  • In the Shadow of a Sword

    The Memoir of a Woman Leader in the LTTE

    by Thamizhini, Nedra Rodrigo (Translator) ...
    Thamizhini joined the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at the age of nineteen and spent eighteen years as a combatant, educator and, for some time, head of the women’s division of its Political Wing. Her memoir, In the Shadow of a Sword, weaves back and forth between reminiscences of her childhood experiences of state violence and her decision to join the LTTE. It recounts the many projects ... Read more

    ₹415.00

  • Benedict Arnold: A Life from Beginning to End

    American Revolutionary War

    by Hourly History ...
    Series series American Revolutionary War
    Benedict Arnold: a name that has become synonymous with betrayal. However, this wasn't always the case. At one time he was General (and future first President) George Washington's trusted advisor in the struggle against the British. What caused this turncoat to turn his revolutionary ambitions inside out to match the crimson of the British? What brought on one of the most famous treacheries in ... Read more

    ₹266.00 or Free with Kobo Plus