Travel

‘It is my personal opinion that he has an individual way of seeing things and reproducing them as images on bromide paper which is unsurpassed by any photo-journalist in the whole wide world.’ —Norman Hall, The Times, London This lavish production of the finest colour photog... More

Calcutta- A Cultural And Literary History is a record of the city’s many adjustments- from its humble beginnings as a group of fishing villages to the ‘city of palaces’. It is the place where the West first truly encountered the East. Founded in the 1690s by East India Company mer... More

Agatha Christie’s memoirs about her travels to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s with her archaeologist husband Max Mallowan Agatha Christie was already well known as a crime writer when she accompanied her husband, Max Mallowan, to Syria and Iraq in the 1930s. She took enormous interest in all his ex... More

THE COVETED JACOB DIAMOND--ALL OF 62 carats and used as a paperweight; the mindboggling beauty of the diamond necklace of Maharaja Pratapsingh Gaekwad of Baroda in which sparkled the famous `Star of the South' and `The Star of Dresden';--the largest in the world; the 27 Rolls Royces owned by the Mah... More

Features rare and never-before-seen vintage photographs from some of the finest collections across the world. The vibrant and ever-changing cultural landscape of contemporary India is also featured in a series of photographs, showcasing the multifaceted, kaleidoscopic present. The timeless past liv... More

‘The Maoists are patriots, by their own admission . . . India’s Maoists do not want a separate country. They already have one. It’s just not the way they would like it—yet.’ In 1967, Naxalbari, a village in West Bengal, became the centre of a Mao-inspired militant peasant uprising guided ... More

BBC journalist and environmentalist Rory Spowers wanted to finally live his dream and abandon life in London for a more ecologically sustainable lifestyle. Moving with his wife and two toddler sons to a 60-acre abandoned tea estate in Sri Lanka, Rory sets out to create a model organic farm there and... More

The author, an Indian novelist, recounts his experiences traveling in the U.S. during the late fifties... More

The book showcases India's fifty finest heritage hotels, spread across the subcontinent. The hotels featured cater to all pocketbooks -- budget, mid-price and luxury. With an elegant layout and lavishly illustrated with high quality photographs, this book also provides useful information about the ... More

Speak English! is an all-new course in spoken English for classes 1-5. It consists of a student's book and an accompanying audiocassette for every level. It can be used in the classroom as well at home. Designed and written by the internationally reputed language expert Donald Dallas, the series has... More

Speak English! is an all-new course in spoken English for classes 1-5. It consists of a student's book and an accompanying audiocassette for every level. It can be used in the classroom as well at home. Designed and written by the internationally reputed language expert Donald Dallas, the series has... More