Leaders & Notable People

A vivid account of how the war in Iraq is being waged, through the eyes of an ordinary American soldier. When Joshua Key enlisted in the US Army, he believed in his country and the integrity of his government, and never imagined he would lose that belief. A family man from a conservative background ... More

She will be remembered as one of the most inspiring and powerful politicians who was responsible for shaping the future of one of the largest democracies in the modern world.... More

Reissue of the third gripping instalment of Princess Sultana’s ‘life behind the veil’ revelations by the author of the bestselling Princess and Daughters of Arabia. In Princess, readers were shocked by Sultana’s revelations about life in Saudi Arabia’s royal family. Royal women live as vi... More

This study introduces the reader to the life and work of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, often using rare and never-before-seen photography. The photographs derive from two main collections, one from the photo-archives of Gandhi's former biographer Vithalbhai Jhaveri, and of Kanu Gandhi, Gandhi's great-... More

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Sights and sounds of a glorious fortnight - tank pennants fluttering in the wind amidst the dust and fury of the battle, the gleam of the bayonets and the echo of the battle-cry as the infantrymen charged, the thunder of the guns as a barrage was laid….. Bangladesh, 1971, a legend is born. A veter... More

SAL PARADISE, YOUNG AND INNOCENT, JOINS THE SLIGHTLY CRAZED DEAN MORIARTY ON A BREATHLESS, EXUBERANT RIDE BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THEIR HEDONISTIC SEARCH FOR RELEASE OR FULFILLMENT THROUGH DRINK, SEX, DRUGS AND JAZZ BECOMES AN EXPLORATION OF PERSONAL FREEDOM, A TEST OF THE LIMITS OF... More

This book is a wake-up call for those whose conscience has gone to sleep, but is not yet dead. It is a call to action for those whose hearts beat and weep for India. It invokes the participation of ordinary citizens so that they take up cudgels for the nation – a challenge that will put us on the ... More

His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws upon interviews with more than fifty individuals to present readers with an uncommonly intimate portrait of His Holiness. These women and men tell their stories, often sharing surprising insights into the Dalai Lama's life and personality to evoke the true characte... 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

In this book Peter Neville presents a new assessment of lifeand times of the famous leader, Mussolini. This study places the Fascist movementin its historical context and assesses its theoretical base. It examines theformative influences on the young Mussolini, his turn away from Socialism by1914, h... More

The autobiography of Pandit Rajmani Tigunait. Provides tremendous insights to Eastern culture and traditions.... More

Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil and has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. Prior to his career as a bestselling author, he was a playwright, theatre director, hippie and popular songwriter for some of Brazil's most famous pop stars. Renowned for The Alchemist, he has sold... More

The Nehrus are the first family of Indian politics. From Motilal to Jawaharlal, Indira Gandhi to her sons Rajiv and Sanjay and more recently Sonia Gandhino other family has wielded such power over or captured the imagination of the Indian people. For the first time the familys history has been chron... More

B.R. Ambedkar (1891–1956) was the first Dalit or low-caste Hindu to be formally educated to the highest level, gaining his PhD in the West. Despite this huge achievement he remained true to his background and origins, fighting for Dalit rights throughout his life. No one today doubts Ambedkar’s ... More

AUTHORS GUILD BACKINPRINT.COM EDITIONS are fiction and nonfiction works that were originally brought to the reading public by established United States publishers but have fallen out of print. The economics of traditional publishing methods force tens of thousands of works out of print each year, e... More