History

Made for Maharajas: A Design Diary of Princely India explores the fascination among Indian royalty for western luxury goods. This taste reached its peak during the British Raj, when Indian rulers began travelling to Europe and remodelled their lives along western lines. Commissioning architects to d... More

Kingsley Amis described Paul Johnson's "Intellectuals" as "a valuable and entertaining Rogues' Gallery of "Adventures of the Mind,"" Now the celebrated journalist and historian offers "Creators," a companion volume of essays that examines a host of outstanding and prolific creative spirits. Here are... More

Not since Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl has such an intimately candid, deeply affecting account of a childhood compromised by Nazi tyranny come to light. As a fourteen-year-old Jewish boy living in Prague in the early 1940s, Petr Ginz dutifully kept a diary that captured the increasingly pr... More

Using the firsthand expertise she has gained through writing the bestselling Dr Kay Scarpetta novels, Patricia Cornwell has used the demanding methods of modern forensic investigation to re-examine the contemporaneous evidence in the Jack the Ripper murders. These include state-of-the-art DNA testin... More

It is almost unprecedented for a head of state to publish a memoir while still in office. But Pervez Musharraf is no ordinary head of state. As President of Pakistan since 1999, his is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, and he continues to play a crucial role in the global war on terror. A... More

Escape to the Philippines The Philippines boasts a string of coral-fringed islands, white-sand beaches and pristine strands of virgin rainforest. From diving to connecting with the locals, Lonely Planet will help you unlock the adventures to be enjoyed in this archipelago of natural wonders on the ... More

This work takes readers inside the White House, Pentagon, and Baghdad's Green Zone to understand for themselves the disintegration of Iraq--and how arrogance and ignorance turned a military victory into a seemingly endless and deepening nightmare of a war. Photos throughout.The first book of its kin... More

Nestling amidst the great Himalays, the tiny kingdom of Tibet evokes images of monasteries, meditating monks, Buddhism and towering above them all, the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan diaspora is perhaps the only community in the world today wherein the spiritual head also dons the mantle of political leade... More

India is a large and very diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs, and a veritable feast of viewpoints. The Argumentative Indian brings together an illuminating selection of writings from Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen that outli... More

Dhan Dar served with rice always makes its appearence in a Parsi meal. Fish, too is considered auspicious. Meat is cooked with a variety of vegetables. Papeta ma gosht, Kala masoor dal ma ghost. Dhansak(lamb cooked with mixed pulses and vegetables) is a famous dish.... More

During the cold Himalayan winter of 1965-1966, a peculiar collection of C.I.A. equipment ripped from its moorings by an avalanche came to rest on the glacier at the mountain's base. This work provides a harrowing present-day account of Takeda's expedition to solve the mystery of Nanda Devi.At some p... More

 'Gives an understanding of the glorious intellectual and spiritual tradition of (a) great country.' — Albert EinsteinWritten over five months when Jawaharlal Nehru was imprisoned in the Ahmadnagar Fort, The Discovery of India has acquired the status of a classic since it was first published in 1... More

Aromatic spices and exotic trade routes mingle headily in this lush, evocative history. This is an exotic saga with the tang of drama in every voyage. "The Spice Route" transports the reader from the dawn of history to the ends of the earth. "The Spice Route" is one of history's great anomalies. Shr... More

WHAT IF EVERYTHING YOU THINK you know about Jesus is wrong? In The Jesus Papers,Michael Baigent reveals the truth about Jesus's life and crucifixion. Baigent controversially asserts that despite-or rather because of-all the celebration and veneration that have surrounded the figure of Jesus for cent... More

The true account of a young black man's journey in quest of a lifelong dream: to canoe the length of the Mississippi River, from its source in Minnesota down to New Orleans.Since the publication of his first book, Mississippi Solo, Eddy L. Harris has been praised for his travel writing. In this exci... More

A new edition of the brilliantly irreverent classic about the clash between Eastern and Western cultures. ‘There are enough crazy characters, stories and wild scenes here for several novels, and the entire book offers…the real juice and color of modern India seen from the inside.’ —Librar... More