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This volume presents the history of Bird and Company, Managing agents of Calcutta and of their one time rivals and now close associates, F.W. Heilgers and Company. Without dustjacket. Used Book... More

This book first published in 1905, presents before the readers a vivid picture of Calcutta in lucid style from its early years around 1690 when it was founded till the end of the days of Lord Warren Hastings the first Governor General of India from 1774-1786 Hardbound,New Book... More

This major new postcolonial study addresses the questions of modernity and space that haunt our perceptions of Calcutta. This book explores the politics of representation and the cultural changes that occurred in the city as its residents negotiated the idea of being 'modern'. Its dynamic range enco... More

The book is organized out of a profound understanding of the true issues and is brilliantly executed. Geoffrey Moorhouse, like another Zola, plunges into this hell. Dissecting it, almost lovingly, he discovers aspects of the human spirit, both Indian universal, out of which the reader may trace some... More

Mother Teresa was a living saint whose life nourished those around her and who was herself nourished by prayer. This little book, prepared by the nuns of her order, the Missionaries of Charity, or Sisters of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, is published in this country for the first time for the celebrati... More

Charlie, a small pet parrot, and Rusty, the ring leader of the wild birds, decide to trade places, which leads to surprising adventures for both birds.Charlie Bird-The Joyous Adventures of a Pet Parrot. Charlie Bird, The Best Bird Ever is a children's book about a small parrot named Charlie. It hig... 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

A Calcutta native explores the multiple paradoxes of the city, giving personal insight into its unique history and modern identity as reflected in literature, cinema, and music. Illustrations. Maps.Calcutta (renamed Kolkata in 2001) is a city of extremes, where exquisite refinement rubs shoulder wit... More