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The Lost Homestead: My Family, Partition and the Punjab by Marina Wheeler
RRP: $52.50$35.24SHORT LISTED FOR THE 2021 CHRISTOPHER BLAND PRIZE'The Lost Homestead is a memoir of Wheeler's mother and her family, which turns out to be so much more than that... it takes the reader into the contested history of India and Pakistan in the 1940s, and... -
Against White Feminism by Rafia Zakaria 9780241989319
RRP: $23.08$16.32Personal, provocative and powerfully persuasive - an essential guide to what white feminism is, why it matters, and how we can put an end to it'Thoughtful and provocative... It is a must-read' Roxane Gay'A book to make you stop and think' Mishal... -
India: A Wounded Civilization by V. S. Naipaul
RRP: $20.98$14.83The second book in V. S. Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy. In 1964 V. S. Naipaul published An Area of Darkness, his semi-autobiographical account of a year in India. Two visits later, prompted by the Emergency of 1975, he came to write India: A Wounded... -
Meet Me in Bombay: An epic, heartbreaking and breathtaking World War One novel by Jenny Ashcroft 9780751573220
RRP: $20.98$14.28'An epic love story full of exotic charm and rich historical detail . . . Meet Me In Bombay will sweep you away to another time and place.' Red Magazine'Powerful and evocative' Woman & HomeAll he needs is to find her. First he must remember who she is... -
The Great Mutiny: India 1857 by Christopher Hibbert
RRP: $37.78$27.20'By far the best single-volume description of the mutiny yet written' - Economist A beautifully written and meticulously researched narrative history of the great Indian uprising of 1857 by one of our most acclaimed living historians. First published in... -
Access to History: Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors 1485-1603 for OCR Second Edition by Geoffrey Woodward
$52.94Exam 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... -
Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom by Sanjeev Sanyal 9789356996557
RRP: $33.58$27.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789356996557Author Sanjeev SanyalFormat PaperbackPage Count 364Imprint HarperCollins IndiaPublisher HarperCollins India -
Amritsar 1919: An Empire of Fear and the Making of a Massacre by Kim Wagner
RRP: $27.28$24.07A powerful reassessment of a seminal moment in the history of India and the British Empire: the Amritsar Massacre"Amritsar 1919 chronicles the run up to Jallianwala Bagh with spellbinding, almost minute-by-minute focus. . . . Mr. Wagner's achievement is... -
Access to History: Indian Independence 1914-64 Second Edition by Tim Leadbeater
$52.94Exam 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... -
The Life of Mahatma Gandhi by Louis Fischer
RRP: $31.48$23.00'A monumental yet intimate biography, a vivid portrait of the man, the statesman and the saint' The TimesMahatma Gandhi became a legend in his own time. A tireless fighter for human rights and for Indian independence, his strategy of satyagraha, or... -
India's Princely States: People, Princes and Colonialism by Waltraud Ernst
RRP: $92.38$80.72This is an invaluable work looking into new areas relating to India's princely states. Based on an abundance of rarely used archival material, the book sheds new light on diversities related to the princely states such as health policies and practices,... -
India: A Million Mutinies Now by V. S. Naipaul
RRP: $35.68$25.58The third book in V. S. Naipaul's acclaimed Indian trilogy, with a preface by the author. India: A Million Mutinies Now is a truly perceptive work whose insights continue to inform travellers of all generations to India. Much has changed since V. S... -
The Skull of Alum Bheg: The Life and Death of a Rebel of 1857 by Kim A. Wagner
RRP: $52.50$46.16In 1963, a human skull was discovered in a pub in south-east England. The handwritten note found inside revealed it to be that of Alum Bheg, an Indian soldier in British service who had been blown from a cannon for his role in the 1857 Uprising, his head... -
The Inner Light: How India Influenced the Beatles by Susan Shumsky
RRP: $46.20$29.51The hidden meanings of the Beatles' most esoteric lyrics and sounds are revealed by a rare insider who spent two decades with the man who made "meditation," "mantra," and "yoga" household words: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. "I absolutely love this book... -
Indian Tiles: Architectural Ceramics from Sultanate and Mughal India and Pakistan by Arthur Millner
RRP: $146.98$108.72Historic India, which now encompasses the modern nations of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, is celebrated for the richness of its architectural and decorative arts, but less well known for glazed tiles. Arthur Millner opens up this hitherto neglected... -
Daughter of Empire: Life as a Mountbatten by Pamela Hicks
RRP: $20.98$14.28A magical memoir about childhood in India by the daughter of Lord Louis and Edwina Mountbatten; a glimpse into the lives and loves of some of the 20th century's leading figures.Pamela Mountbatten was born at the end of the 1920s into one of Britain's... -
India: A History in Objects by T. Richard Blurton
RRP: $63.00$42.84An authoritative visual history of one of the world's oldest and most vibrant cultures, drawing on South Asian art and artefacts from prehistory to the present. Arranged chronologically, and abundantly illustrated with expertly selected objects, this... -
The Maldives: Islamic Republic, Tropical Autocracy by John Robinson 9781849045896
RRP: $52.50$45.32The Maldives is a small and beautiful archipelago south of India, more renowned for luxury resorts than experiments in democracy. It is a country of contradictions, where tourists sip cocktails on the beach while on nearby islands local women are flogged... -
The Rise of the Sikh Soldier: The Sikh Warrior Through the Ages, C1700-1900 by Gurinder Singh Mann
RRP: $46.10$37.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915070524Author Gurinder Singh MannFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company -
Royals and Rebels: The Rise and Fall of the Sikh Empire by Priya Atwal
RRP: $33.58$29.72In late-eighteenth-century India, the glory of the Mughal emperors was fading, and ambitious newcomers seized power, changing the political map forever. Enter the legendary Maharajah Ranjit Singh, whose Sikh Empire stretched throughout northwestern India... -
Aurangzeb: The Life and Legacy of India's Most Controversial King by Audrey Truschke
RRP: $39.88$34.52The Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir is one of the most hated men in Indian history. Widely reviled as a religious fanatic who sought to violently oppress Hindus, he is even blamed by some for setting into motion conflicts that would result in the... -
The Gurkha Way: A New History of the Gurkhas by John Sadler 9781399068239
RRP: $52.50$37.00In the 18th century in the town of Gorkha, just north of Kathmandu, ruler Prithvi Narayan fought campaigns against his neighbours and the British. During the fighting his warriors, renowned for their aggression and courage, gained the respect of the... -
Anabasis of Alexander: v.1 by Arrian
RRP: $52.40$48.97On the march to greatness.Arrian (Flavius Arrianus), of the period ca. AD 95-175, was a Greek historian and philosopher of Nicomedia in Bithynia. Both a Roman and an Athenian citizen, he was governor of the Roman province of Cappadocia 132-137, and... -
The Reconquest of Burma 1944–45: From Operation Capital to the Sittang Bend by Robert Lyman
RRP: $35.68$25.79A fascinating exploration of the dramatic battles and Allied operations to wrest back control of Burma (Myanmar) from the Japanese. The Allied reconquest of Burma was not part of Allied Grand Strategy in 1944 and 1945. It happened despite it - in... -
Nine Paths: A Year in the Life of an Indian Village by Lexi Stadlen
RRP: $31.48$23.00Revelatory, lyrical and immersive, this is an extraordinary book that takes you deep into these ordinary women's worlds... Their stories are urgent and forcefully articulated - and this book gives us the chance to hear them.On an island at the eastern... -
The Greek Experience of India: From Alexander to the Indo-Greeks by Richard Stoneman
RRP: $58.80$45.70An exploration of how the Greeks reacted to and interacted with India from the third to first centuries BCEWhen the Greeks and Macedonians in Alexander's army reached India in 326 BCE, they entered a new world. The plants were unrecognizable, the customs... -
Hooghly: The Global History of a River by Robert Ivermee 9781911723349
RRP: $35.68$31.44The Hooghly, a distributary of the Ganges flowing south to the Bay of Bengal, is now little known outside of India. Yet for centuries it was a river of truly global significance, attracting merchants, missionaries, mercenaries, statesmen, labourers and... -
The Indian Contingent: The Forgotten Muslim Soldiers of Dunkirk by Ghee Bowman
RRP: $42.00$30.89'An incredible and important story, finally being told' - Mishal Husain On 28 May 1940, Major Akbar Khan marched at the head of 299 soldiers along a beach in northern France. They were the only Indians in the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk. With... -
A People`s History of India 31 - The National Movement, Part 2: The Struggle for Freedom, 1919-1947 by Irfan Habib 9788194126010
RRP: $29.38$23.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788194126010Author Irfan HabibFormat HardbackPage Count 132Imprint TulikaPublisher TulikaWeight(grams) 430gDimensions(mm) 250mm * 167mm * 17mm -
Maximum City by Suketu Mehta
RRP: $23.08$15.54An international bestseller upon publication, MAXIMUM CITY was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and remains a classic study of the metropolis of Bombay. 'If there's been a more striking snapshot of the changing face of Asia, I've never read it' Sunday... -
Still Counting the Dead: Survivors of Sri Lanka's Hidden War by Frances Harrison 9781846274701
RRP: $31.48$20.58The tropical island of Sri Lanka is a paradise for tourists, but in 2009 it became a hell for its Tamil minority, as decades of civil war between the Tamil Tiger guerrillas and the government reached its bloody climax. Caught in the crossfire were... -
The Art of India: Images of Nature by Judith Magee 9780565093105
RRP: $27.28$18.06There is a vast collection of Indian natural history drawings in the Library of the Natural History Museum, London. Spanning a period of more than two hundred years, from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, they depict the rich variety of animals,... -
Vivid Faces: The Revolutionary Generation in Ireland, 1890-1923 by R. F. Foster
RRP: $27.28$19.09OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR and OBSERVER BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2014WINNER OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'S MORRIS D. FORKOSCH PRIZE 2016'The most complete and plausible exploration of the roots of the... -
The Empire of the Great Mughals by Annemarie Schimmel 9781861892515
RRP: $73.50$53.11This title is translated by Corinne Attwood. The Mughal empire (1526 1857) has long been viewed as a wonderland of unimaginable treasure; it was in fact the mightiest Islamic empire in the history of India. In this comprehensive cultural history, now... -
Ashoka: Portrait of a Philosopher King by Patrick Olivelle 9780300270006
RRP: $46.20$38.98An illuminating biography reconstructing the life and legacy of a unique king in world history and the most famous emperor in South Asian history "Mr. Olivelle has produced an outstanding monument of scholarship and sound judgment."-Maxwell Carter, Wall... -
Kathmandu by Tomas Bell
RRP: $27.28$18.38One of the greatest cities of the Himalaya, Kathmandu, Nepal, is a unique blend of thousand-year-old cultural practices and accelerated urban development. In this book, Thomas Bell recounts his experiences from his many years in the city--exploring in... -
A History of Bangladesh by Willem van Schendel
RRP: $58.78$50.42Bangladesh did not exist as an independent state until 1971. Willem van Schendel's state-of-the-art history navigates the extraordinary twists and turns that created modern Bangladesh through ecological disaster, colonialism, partition, a war of... -
Pakistan - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture by Safia Haleem 9781857336771
RRP: $20.98$15.37Culture Smart guides help travellers have a more meaningful and successful time abroad through a better understanding of the local culture. Chapters on values, attitudes, customs, and daily life will help you make the most of your visit, while tips on... -
Ardor by Roberto Calasso
RRP: $27.28$19.09In this revelatory volume, Roberto Calasso, whom the Paris Review has called 'a literary institution', explores the ancient texts known as the Vedas. Little is known about the Vedic people who lived more than three thousand years ago in northern India:... -
Thousands of Heroes Have Arisen: Sikh Voices of the Great War 1914-1918 by Sukwinder Singh Bassi 9781914059070
RRP: $52.50$44.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914059070Author Sukwinder Singh BassiFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company