Dilip: 92 books
Kidnapped by the Taliban
A Story of Terror, Hope, and Rescue by SEAL Team Six
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2014
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“Am I About to Die?”
On December 5, 2012, American medical doctor Dilip Joseph and two colleagues are driving back to Kabul, Afghanistan, after serving villagers that morning at a rural clinic. Suddenly a man waving an AK-47 blocks their path. More armed men jump...
Dilip Kumar
The Substance and the Shadow
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2014
An authentic, heartfelt and compelling narrative – straight from the horse’s mouth – that reveals for the first time numerous unknown aspects of the life and times of one of the greatest legends of all time who stands out as a symbol of secular India. Dilip Kumar (born as Yousuf Khan), who began...
Inclusive Growth and Development in the 21st Century
A Structural and Institutional Analysis of China and India
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Using case studies of both China and India, this book reinforces the fact that the processes of economic growth and development are dynamic and organic in the sense that structural and institutional elements are not only interrelated, but also constantly changing in their patterns of interactions...
Gekidnapt door de Taliban
een verhaal van terreur, hoop en reddingsactie door seal team 6
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Het ongelooflijke verhaal van arts Dilip Joseph, Gekidnapt door de Taliban en bevrijd door SEAL team 6. Wat begint als een routinebezoek aan een plaatselijke kliniek, verandert in een nachtmerrie als de kliniek wordt overmeesterd door Talibanstrijders. Arts Dilip Joseph en twee medewerkers worden...
The Few
The Story of the Battle of Britain in the Words of the Pilots
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
The Battle of Britain started on 10 July 1940, ending 16 weeks later on 31 October 1940. The Luftwaffe’s intention was to destroy Fighter Command, domination of the skies being crucial to Hitler’s invasion plan. During that fateful summer, young RAF fighter pilots, flying Spitfires and Hurricanes,...
by Dilip Sarkar
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2010
Although there were many more Hawker Hurricanes than Supermarine Spitfires engaged in the epic conflict fought over southern England in the summer of 1940, the public's imagination was captured by the shapely and charismatic Spitfire. According to legend, however, the Hurricane executed far greater...
The First Indian
The First Indian Solo Circumnavigation Under Sail
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
An engrossing narrative of one man’s struggle to achieve his dream against all odds, this is both a fast-paced adventure and a telling commentary on how heroes are often made despite the system they operate in, by dint of sheer perseverance and commitment to a chosen path. Above all, it’s a paean...
Babur Nama
Journal of Emperor Babur
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2006
The Babur Nama, a journal kept by Zahir Uddin Muhammad Babur (AD 1483-1530), the founder of the Mughal Empire, is the earliest example of autobiographical writing in world literature, and one of the finest. Against the turbulent backdrop of medieval history, it paints a precise and vivid picture of...
The Age of Aspiration
Power, Wealth, and Conflict in Globalizing India
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
Nearly four decades ago, Dilip Hiro’s Inside India Today, banned by Indira Gandhi’s government, was acclaimed by The Guardian as simply the best book on India.” Now Hiro returns to his native country to chronicle the impact of the dramatic economic liberalization that began in 1991, which...
by Dilip Kr. Bandyopadhyay
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2013
experience during the journey to the city of Ahmedabad in summer of 2013 for two senior citizens. narrated in first person.
Last of the Few
18 Battle of Britain Fighter Pilots Tell Their Extraordinary Stories
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
Spitfire and Hurricane fighter pilots recount their experiences of combat during the Battle of Britain. 2,927 aircrew of RAF Fighter Command fought and won the Battle of Britain in 1940, 544 lost their lives in action. They flew to battle in Spitfires and Hurricanes, Defiants and Blenheims, although...
by Edited by Dilip Sarkar
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
An amazing array of leaflets, books and manuals were issued by the Air Ministry during the Second World War to aid pilots in flying the Supermarine Spitfire, here for the first time they are collated into a single book. An introduction is supplied by expert aviation historian Dilip Sarkar. Other sections include aircraft recognition, how to act as an RAF officer, bailing out, and so on.
War without End
The Rise of Islamist Terrorism and Global Response
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
This book provides the historical and political context to explain acts of terror, including the September 11th, and the bombing of American Embassies in Nairobi and Dar as Salaam and the West's responses. Providing a brief history of Islam as a religion and as socio-political ideology, Dilip Hiro...
After Empire
The Birth of a Multipolar World
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2010
American corporations have to beg for capital from the cash-rich Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Persian Gulf. By invading Iraq, President George W. Bush grossly undermined American credibility in the international arena and irrevocably weakened Washington's diplomatic clout.
Together, these...