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Cover of The Fall and Rise of Telangana
by Gautam Pingle
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014

Post Independence, the state of Andhra Pradesh was created by merging the Telangana region, a part of the princely state of Hyderabad, with the coastal region of Andhra and Rayalaseema—both parts of the erstwhile Madras state. With Madras, the major source of income of the state, allocated to Tamil...
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Perfect Spy

The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent

by Larry Berman
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009

During the Vietnam War, Time reporter Pham Xuan An befriended everyone who was anyone in Saigon, including American journalists such as David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan, the CIA's William Colby, and the legendary Colonel Edward Lansdale—not to mention the most influential members of the South Vietnamese...
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The Golden Wave

Culture and Politics after Sri Lanka’s Tsunami Disaster

by Michele Ruth Gamburd
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013

In December 2004 the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated coastal regions of Sri Lanka. Six months later, Michele Ruth Gamburd returned to the village where she had been conducting research for many years and began collecting residents' stories of the disaster and its aftermath: the chaos and loss of the...
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by Jeff Greenwald
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010

Moving between Nepal and America, this blend of memoir and journalism reminds us that “family and home can be every bit as mysterious as a foreign land” (Booklist). In a circular valley beneath the looming peaks of the Himalaya lies Kathmandu, Nepal. It’s a city of shimmering prayer flags,...
Cover of Maharaja Ranjit Singh: Sher-e-Punjab
by Students' Academy
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012

The one eyed young Sikh was going to become a sworn enemy of the Durrani leaders in the following years. Ranjit Singh started preparing his own army. It did not take him a very long time to conquer the other misls of Punjab. Now Ranjit Singh was the force to reckon with. The entire Sikh Community...
Cover of The Indian Alps and How We Crossed Them
by Nina Elizabeth Mazuchelli
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2017

The Indian Alps and how we crossed them. Being a narrative of two years' residence in the Eastern Himlaya and two months' tour in the Interior. By a Lady Pioneer, Nina Mazuchelli.    "Would you see Nature in all her savage grandeur? Then follow me to her wildest solitudes—the home of the...
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Gandhi

Le symbole de la non-violence et de l'indépendance indienne

by Mélanie Mettra, 50Minutes.fr
Language: French
Release Date: April 14, 2015

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Gandhi et sa pensée en moins d’une heure ! Symbole de l’indépendance indienne, Gandhi est mondialement connu pour ses engagements politiques, civiques et spirituels. Apôtre de la non-violence, cet avocat de formation a fait ses débuts en Afrique...
Cover of 1001+ 基本的なフレーズ 日本語-イボ語
by ギラッド作者
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015

「1001+ 基本的なフレーズ 日本語-イボ語」は、イボ語の基本的なフレーズ1,000以上を イボ語 に翻訳したものの一覧です。 フレーズは数、色、時間、日、身体、あいさつ、天気、買い物、健康、非常時、レストラン等のセクションに分類されています。
Cover of Lala Lajpat Rai
by T.K.Rama Rao
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012

A great national leader who came to be called the 'Lion of Punjab Worked tirelessly to improve education, to promote unity among Hindus and to reform society. His clarion call and glorious life inspired the nation. His life was cruelly cut short by the Lathis of the servants of British imperialism.
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Thailand Condensed

2,000 Years of History & Culture

by Ellen London
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2008

Thailand is the only nation in South-east Asia, in modern world history, that remained independent despite the colonising efforts of the European powers. Thailand Condensed provides readers with an overview of key events in the nation’s past, Kings and even famous Thai personalities. Also featured...
Cover of The Bookseller of Kabul
by Asne Seierstad
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2003

This mesmerizing portrait of a proud man who, through three decades and successive repressive regimes, heroically braved persecution to bring books to the people of Kabul has elicited extraordinary praise throughout the world and become a phenomenal international bestseller. The Bookseller of Kabul...
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Don't Call It Bollywood

An Introduction to the Hindi Film Universe

by Margaret E. Redlich
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016

Do you think “Bollywood” is just flashy dance sequences and unbelievable plots? Think again! Explore the rich history and artistic traditions of Hindi film in this engaging book, which intersperses stories from the author’s path to dedicated fandom with scholarly analysis of the films...
Cover of Farewell Kabul: From Afghanistan To A More Dangerous World
by Christina Lamb
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016

From the award-winning co-author of ‘I Am Malala’, this book asks just how the might of NATO, with 48 countries and 140,000 troops on the ground, failed to defeat a group of religious students and farmers? How did it go so wrong? Twenty-seven years ago, Christina Lamb left Britain to become a...
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Ultimate Handbook Guide to Islamabad : (Pakistan) Travel Guide

Ultimate Handbook Guide to Islamabad : (Pakistan) Travel Guide

by Lena Reeves
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015

The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Islamabad : (Pakistan) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
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