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The idea of jihad is central to Islamic faith and ethics, and yet its meanings have been highly contested over time. They have ranged from the philosophical struggle to live an ethical life to the political injunction to wage war against enemies of Islam. Today, more than ever, jihad signifies the p... More

In 1998, India and Pakistan conducted nuclear tests that shocked the world. In spring 1999, both countries tested medium-range missiles. Recently, both countries have been engaged in heavy fighting over the disputed territory of Kashmir and Ladakh. The author is a leading specialist on south Asia an... More

Former consultant for the FBI on organized crime andinternational terrorism and a seasoned investigative reporter, Paul L. Williamsreveals the potential for nuclear terrorism on US soil in this shocking expose.Based on the findings of US, Israeli, Pakistani, and British intelligence,Williams describ... More

Reissue of the sequel to the massive worldwide bestseller Princess Readers of Princess Sultana’s extraordinary biography Princess were gripped by her powerful indictment of women’s lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia. They were every bit as fascinated by the sequel, Dau... More

The terrorist destruction of the World Trade Center onSeptember 11, 2001 was the climax of a course plotted by Osama Bin-Laden tobring about his apocalyptic vision of a decisive clash between the Western and MoslemWorld. This timely volume details the organizational workings and belief systemof Bin-... More

‘Well-balanced, informative and highly readable’—Amartya SenIndia: From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond is an eloquent argument for the importance of India to the future of the industrialized world. Shashi Tharoor shows compellingly that India stands at the intersection of the most signi... More

True to Our Roots sets forth the simple but powerful management principles that enabled FetzerVineyards under Paul Dolan to become one of America's biggest and best-known wineries even as it was becoming a model for sustainable businesses everywhere. Today Dolan and Fetzer are leading the California... More

The author argues that caste is neither an unchanged survival of ancient India nor a single system that reflects some core culture. Rather than being an expression of Indian tradition, he argues that caste, as we know it now, is a relatively modern phenomenon, the product of the encounter between In... More

For anyone interested in the tensions between Islam and Christianity this is the right book. The author, in his superb treatment of one of the most important and vexing issues in the world today, combines deep knowledge of  both history and current events with clear thinking and clear writing. ... More

Funny, gorgeous, seriously sexy, Aaron would be the perfect boyfriend - were it not for two minor character flaws: his all-consuming terror of commitment and his complete inability to remain faithful. Nevertheless, when his girlfriend Jeena is faced with exile to India, Aaron conquers his deep-seate... More

In 336 b.c. Philip of Macedonia was assassinated and his twenty-year-old son, Alexander, inherited his kingdom. Immediately quelling rebellion, Alexander extended his father's empire through-out the Middle East and into parts of Asia, fulfi lling the soothsayer Aristander's prediction that the... More

‘By far the best single-volume description of the mutiny yet written.’ —The Economist ‘A good book can always be expected from Christopher Hibbert, but this time he has excelled himself.’ —Sunday Telegraph ‘A first-rate book, well researched, beautifully written, and so exciting... More