Africa

The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, Long Walk to Freedom Brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emotive , compelling and uplifing,Long Walk to Freedom is the exhilarating story of an epic life; a sto... More

How to make it, break it, hack it, crack it. The secret history of codes and code breaking. Simon Singh’s best-selling title The Code Book now reissued for the young-adult market.  The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography. Simon Singh brings life to an amazing story ... More

Here is the astonishing history of Wahhabism, the guiding ideology behind modern Islamist terrorism. In the late eighteenth century a violently intolerant reinterpretation of Islam took root in the Arabian desert. Its followers became known, after their founder, as the Wahhabi. The creed was then e... More

More personally revealing than anything Achebe has written, Home and Exile-the great Nigerian novelist's first book in more than ten years-is a major statement on the importance of stories as real sources of power, especially for those whose stories have traditionally been told by outsiders. In thre... More

In 1965 Ernesto Guevara, one of the heroes of the Cuban Revolution, known throughout the world as "el Che", vanished. He eventually surfaced in the newly independent Congo where, with a hundred Cuban guerrilla fighters to assist him, he put to the test his theories about how to help the peoples of A... More

Akbar was once of the greatest kings to rule in India. Becoming king at the young age of thirteen he reigned for forty nine magnificent years end laid the foundation of the fabulous Mughal Empire.... More

His ‘Reverence for Life’ and dedication to the cause of promoting health in the ‘dark continent’ prompted him to leave behind a brilliant career and wealth.... More

Banaphool holds a unique place in Bengali literature as a writer of fiction. As one of the most talented writers of his age, he introduced the genre of 'ultra-short' stories (sometimes as short as one printed page) in Bengali literature. In these 'ultra-short' stories, Banaphool covered a huge canva... More

Her life ripped apart by the bloody genocide that broke out in Rwanda in 1994, Ilibagiza forged a profound and lasting relationship with God through prayer and discovered a love so strong she was able to seek out and forgive her family's killers.Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, su... More

In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code... More

In this poignant, lyric memoir, a sister's tragic death prompts a woman's unbidden journey into her turbulent African past in colonial Rhodesia--now Zimbabwe--as she explores the heartbreak of loss and belonging, and finally discovers the true meaning of home.One Sunday morning in her suburban home ... More

‘An astonishing and profoundly exciting book. It is the coming together of scholarship, history and anthropology, with literature . . . intellectually thrilling, compelling.’ —Book Review Packed with anecdote and exuberant detail, In an Antique Land provides magical and intimate insights ... More

Foreword, Introduction, The role of Ibn Battuta in Writting the History of India, India's interface with Islam, Slavery & kingship among the Indian Gentry in the late 18th century, Indo-Islamic cultural interface, Sufi tradition & its impact on religious thought, Two textual paradigms of nationalism... More

AcknowledgmentIntroduction: Zohurul BariPolitical Parties and State Politics: The New Wafd Party of Egypt: Zaheer M. Qureshi The State and Society in Mubarak's Egypt: Ankush B. SawantGlobalization and Pulls of Regionalism: ... More