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  • The Trauma of Caste

    A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition

    **Instant Amazon Best Seller and Hot New ReleaseFor readers of Caste and Radical Dharma, an urgent call to action to end caste apartheid, grounded in Dalit feminist abolition and engaged Buddhism.**“Dalit” is the name that we chose for ourselves when Brahminism declared us “untouchable.” Dalit means broken. Broken by suffering. Broken by caste: the world’s oldest, longest-running dominator system. ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Over the Edge of the World

    Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe

    “A first-rate historical page turner.” —New York Times Book ReviewThe acclaimed and bestselling account of Ferdinand Magellan’s historic 60,000-mile ocean voyage.Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe during the Age of Discovery was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World Updated Edition, prize-winning biographer ... Read more

    $11.49 USD

  • My Experiments with Truth

    My Experiments with Truth' recounts Gandhiji's journey from being Mohandas to becoming the Mahatma and also recollects the various incidents that lead him to develop the ideology of Ahimsa. Starting with his days as a boy, Gandhi takes one through his trials and turmoils and situations that moulded his philosophy of life; going through child marriage, his studies in England, practicing Law in ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Incredible History of the Indian Ocean

    Illustrated by Jit Chowdhury ...
    An adaptation of The Ocean of Churn for young readersWhen did the first humans arrive in India and how did they get here?What are Roman artefacts from hundreds of years ago doing in a town near Puducherry?How did merchants from Arabia end up near Kochi?From the east coast of Africa to Australia, one big blue body of water has connected diverse peoples and cultures for thousands of years: the ... Read more

    $2.57 USD

  • 印度:南亞文化的霸權

    India: Brief History of a Civilization

    印度為何能成為稱霸南亞的主宰?文字、宗教、建築、藝術,又如何影響南亞諸國?專為入門者量身打造,人生的第一本印度歷史入門印度,擁有多元民族與文化的國度,在歷史洪流中兼容中亞、伊斯蘭與西方的優點,透過其文字、宗教、政治的影響力,奠定南亞霸權的地位。在長達五千年的歷史洪流中,印度的社會制度與宗教規範於吠陀時代奠定,是現今印度傳統文化的源頭。天文、科學等知識,是跟阿拉伯與中亞間相互交流後,彼此影響而來。藝術、文學與王制在笈多王朝時建立起古典形式,代代沿用並傳承下去。即便經歷穆斯林與大英帝國的統治,仍未完全伊斯蘭化、西方化,反而融合成印度獨有的樣貌。民族主義更是為印度注入新思想,甚至蔓延至周邊國家。歷經各個時代的演變,融合多元文化的經驗,才塑造出今日璀璨亮眼又與眾不同的印度文明。印度文明可以說是印度史的縮影,而印度文明不僅屬於印度,從古至今,無論是文字、藝術、宗教、建築等,許多方面都影響南亞國家 ... Read more

    $8.43 USD

  • Ashoka in Ancient India

    In the third century BCE, Ashoka ruled an empire encompassing much of modern-day India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. During his reign, Buddhism proliferated across the South Asian subcontinent, and future generations of Asians came to see him as the ideal Buddhist king. Disentangling the threads of Ashoka’s life from the knot of legend that surrounds it, Nayanjot Lahiri presents a vivid ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • The Indian Frontier

    Horse and Warband in the Making of Empires

    by Jos Gommans ...
    This omnibus brings together some old and some recent works by Jos Gommans on the warhorse and its impact on medieval and early modern state-formation in South Asia. These studies are based on Gommans’ observation that Indian empires always had to deal with a highly dynamic inner frontier between semi-arid wilderness and settled agriculture. Such inner frontiers could only be bridged by the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Five Past Midnight in Bhopal

    The Epic Story of the World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster

    A true account of a horrific industrial disaster that shook the world, from a world-renowned humanitarian and internationally bestselling author."This is investigative journalist at its best, beautifully told and researched with a vengeance. We can all learn from this book." —#1 New York Times –bestselling author Sebastian JungerIt was December three, 1984. In the ancient city of Bhopal in India, ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • India

    From the sublime to the ridiculous (With Illustrations)

    This book described about the true life of India, the land Mr. & Mrs. W.J. Rogers used to travel.  There were some amazing angles you should know about India. The contents of this book consisted of Americans Complimented Scene at Jain and Rahm Temple A Strange Occurrence A Hindu Wedding Isaac At Lover’s Lodge “That’s What Gets Me” The Devil in the Well Officers at Igatpuri Superstitions Defeated ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Alchemical Body

    Siddha Traditions in Medieval India

    "[A] brilliant disquisition on . . . mostly unpublished texts for three allied systems of tantric thought and praxis (sexual, alchemical, and hatha yogic)." — The Journal of Asian StudiesThe Alchemical Body excavates and centers within its Indian context the lost tradition of the medieval Siddhas. Working from previously unexplored alchemical sources, David Gordon White demonstrates for the first ... Read more

    Was $20.19 USD Now $3.99 USD

  • Hindu Rulers, Muslim Subjects

    Islam, Rights, and the History of Kashmir

    by Mridu Rai ...
    This is a remarkable work of scholarship which shows how Kashmirs modern Muslim identity came into existence. In doing this, it demonstrates the complex manner in which politics can enforce the creation of religious identity. Kashmir is a hotbed of religious politics. Disputed between India and Pakistan, this territory comprises a large majority of Muslims who are subject to the laws of a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Empress

    Queen Victoria and India

    by Miles Taylor ...
    "A widely and deeply researched, elegantly written, and vital portrayal of [Queen Victoria's] place in colonial Indian affairs." ( Journal of Modern History)In this engaging and controversial book, Miles Taylor shows how both Victoria and Albert were spellbound by India, and argues that the Queen was humanely, intelligently, and passionately involved with the country throughout her reign and not ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Ganges

    The Many Pasts of an Indian River

    by Sudipta Sen ...
    A sweeping, interdisciplinary history of the world's third-largest river, a potent symbol across South Asia and the Hindu diasporaOriginating in the Himalayas and flowing into the Bay of Bengal, the Ganges is India's most important and sacred river. In this unprecedented work, historian Sudipta Sen tells the story of the Ganges, from the communities that arose on its banks to the merchants that ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Origin and Spread of Domestication and Farming

    The domestication of animals and plants and the origin of farming leading to human and animal migrations out of India to the rest of Asia

    They migrated not only with the language they spoke and their DNAs but also with their cows, bulls and buffaloes. With them went their dogs, chicken and goats. They carried with them the seeds of barley and rice and wheat. And the mice and shrews followed them. They spread the pottery and the figurines, the art and culture of India to Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Jordan and Israel and further west ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • 印度五千年簡史:從古代文明的廢墟到新興的超級大國

    The Shortest History of India

    Series series 博物誌
    印度,一個不容忽視的國家!立刻了解印度龐雜而又混亂的五千年歷史恆河、拉賈斯坦邦的沙漠堡壘、白雪覆蓋的喜馬拉雅山和傳說中的文明遺址。印度,一個古老的國度,是世界最大的民主國家,更是近年備受國際矚目的新興大國。它的人口已經超越中國,成為世界第一;十年內,將成為世界第三大經濟體……但是貧困、混亂、失序的印象,以及荒謬絕倫的各種新聞,卻又深烙在你我的腦海中,究竟,我們該從何了解這個國家?本書特色‧以十章簡要的文字,敘述印度漫長的歷史‧透過認識重要的歷史人物,將複雜的印度呈現給讀者‧依據最新的考古和研究資料,提供史學界最新的看法‧搭配圖片和地圖說明,圖文並茂‧附有歷史年表,快速理解印度五千年的重要大事及人物關於印度,是否總是讓你充滿疑惑‧佛教的發... ... Read more

    $11.73 USD

  • Delta Force

    A Memoir by the Founder of the U.S. Military's Most Secretive Special-Operations Unit

    "Absolutely compelling... Nations without men like Beckwith simply don't survive." — Wall Street JournalWanted: Volunteers for Project Delta. Will guarantee you a medal. A body bag. Or both.The definitive insider's account of the U.S. Army's most elite and secretive special-ops unit, written by the legendary founder and first commanding officer of Delta ForceWhen Charlie Beckwith issued this call ... Read more

    $12.19 USD

  • The Red Fort

    by James Leasor ...
    ‘This is a battle piece of the finest kind, detailed, authentic and largely written from original documents. Mr. Leasor has a formidable gift of narrative. Never has this story of hate, violence, courage and cowardice been better told.’ Cecil Woodham-Smith in the New York Times A year after the Crimean War ended, an uprising broke out in India which was to have equal impact on the balance of ... Read more

    $3.57 USD

  • Destined For War

    Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER | NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR.From an eminent international security scholar, an urgent examination of the geopolitical conditions that could produce a catastrophic conflict between the United States and China—and how it might be prevented.China and the United States are heading toward a war neither wants. The reason is Thucydides’s Trap: when a rising power ... Read more

    $16.09 USD

  • Crossing Continents

    Between India and the Aegean from Prehistory to Alexander the Great

    by Robert Arnott ...
    The first contacts between Greece, the Aegean and India are generally thought to have occurred at the beginning of the sixth century BC. There is now, however, growing evidence of much earlier but indirect connections, reaching back into prehistory. These were initially between India and its Indus Civilisation (Meluḫḫa) and the Near East and then finally with the societies of the Early and Middle ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • India

    A History

    by John Keay ...
    The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India – from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent’s social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East.India’s history begins with a highly advanced urban civilisation in the Indus valley, regressing to a tribal and pastoral ... Read more

    $3.56 USD

  • The Kama Sutra Of Vatsyayana (Mobi Classics)

    by Vatsyayana ...
    The Kama Sutra (alternative spellings: Kamasutram or simply Kamasutra), is an ancient Indian text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior in Sanskrit literature written by the Indian scholar Vatsyayana. A portion of the work consists of practical advice on sex. Kama means sensual or sexual pleasure, and sutra are the guidlines of yoga, the word itself means thread in ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Studies in Indian History and Culture

    by U N Ghoshal ...
    This book, first published in 1944, then revised and enlarged in 1957, has been in the archives for a long time and has now taken a new avatar in the electronic version.It does a thorough examination of Indian History and Culture, the beginnings of the historiography in the vedas, the early lives or legends of the Buddha, the historical traditions of the Puranas, and the two leading royal and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Jain Saga - Part 1

    Brief history of Jainism : story of 63 illustrious persons of the Jain world

    Series Book 1 - The Jain Saga
    The Jainism has divided the rotations of the wheel of time in two on the basic of their outcome. During the utsarpini period the Joys increase gradually and during avasarpini the woe multiply. Sixty-three men who influence the life on this planet are born during both utsarpini and avasarpini. They are called Tirthankars Chakravarties Vasudevas and Prativasudevas. In this saga the life and times of ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Doctor and the Saint

    Caste, Race, and Annihilation of Caste: The Debate Between B. R. Ambedkar and M. K. Gandhi

    by Arundhati Roy ...
    The little-known story of Gandhi's reluctance to challenge the caste system, and the man who fought fiercely for India's downtrodden.Democracy hasn't eradicated caste, argues bestselling author and Booker Prize–winner Arundhati Roy—it has entrenched and modernized it. To understand caste today in India, Roy insists we must examine the influence of Gandhi in shaping what India ultimately became: ... Read more

    $12.99 USD