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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

This sumptuous treasury -- covering furniture and other luxury objets d'art from India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (Burma), and Nepal -- focuses on highlights from the outstanding collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. With a lively text that will be indispensable to collectors, dealers, and ... More

First book to deal indepth with colonial India Furniture. Illustrated through out with the finest pieces from the collections of Victoria Museum London and the Peabody Essex Museum, Massachusetts. Divided into 2 sections, contains an extensive catalogue of 200 pieces from the mentioned collection. U... More

The Indian princes of the British Raj lived lives of unparalleled opulence and luxury. "Made for Maharajas" returns readers to that resplendent era, presenting a selection of one-of-a-kind objects crafted to order by the outstanding European luxury goods manufacturers, fashion houses, and decorators... More

India has attracted all sorts of visitors from times unknown and for various reasons. While the likes of Mahmud Ghazni and Muhammad Ghori coveted the country’s material wealth and came as territorial conquerors, Muinuddin Chishti came to India, at the turn of the twelfth century, to fulfil a spiri... More

"The Book of Muhammad" recounts Muhammad's journey-his early struggles to bring his message to the people in Mecca, the Revelation, his flight to Medina and the establishment of Islam and an ideal city-state there, and his triumphant return to Mecca. Mehru Jaffer's own search to understand the teach... More

Ossyane, a young Lebanese man and his Jewish wife Clara return to live in Haifa after World War II. Just as war breaks out in the new-born state of Israel, Ossayne is forced to go to Beirut. The border with Israel closes behind him and he becomes separated from his wife with tragic consequences.Ossy... More

This book offers a lucid inquiry into the precise meaning of one of the most misapplied words and concepts in our language, and one that has given rise to some of the most heated passions and crimes throughout history: identity. The notion of identity--be it religious, ethnic, national, or other--ha... More

'Sparkling and erudite, this is a wonderful novel' Independent There are ninety-nine names for God in the Koran, is it possible that there is a secret one-hundredth name? In this tale of magic and mystery, of love and danger, Balthasar's ultimate quest is to find the secret that could save the world... More