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Eyewitness Guide Delhi, Agra and Jaipur •  Anuradha Chaturvedi
GUIDEBOOK • 2007 • PAPER • 320 PAGES
A compact, gorgeously illustrated guide to Delhi and environs featuring maps, site plans and 900 color photographs. With annotated recommendations of where to stay and eat and what to buy. It includes chapters on the Taj Mahal, Amber Fort Palace, Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Red Fort and dozens of other highlights for the traveler. (IDA151, $25.00)

India •  Stanley Wolpert
HISTORY • 2005 • PAPER • 300 PAGES
A wonderfully literate introduction to India by the acknowledged master. Author of 14 books and a professor of history since 1958, Wolpert distills a tremendous amount of information in this detailed overview, tackling the environment, religion and philosophy, the arts and sciences, domestic and foreign policy, and culture. (IDA04, $21.95)

The Taj Mahal •  Giles Tillotson •  Mary Beard
ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2008 • HARD COVER • 190 PAGES
This pocket book in Harvard's Wonders of the World series is a guide and witty meditation on the place of the Taj Mahal in the cultural imagination of India and the wider world. An art historian, Tillotson demolishes myths about the structure ("the queen of architecture"), its history and meaning. (IDA528, $19.95)

City of Djinns, A Year in Delhi •  William Dalrymple
CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2003 • PAPER • 350 PAGES • FAVORITE
Dalrymple describes his year in Delhi with enormous humor, heart and understanding, skillfully interweaving his own adventures with a solidly researched history of the city and the social forces that have shaped it. A must-read for any curious traveler to Delhi. First published in 1993. (IDA06, $16.00)

Western India Map •   Nelles
MAP
A detailed double-sided regional map of India covering the western region of the subcontinent and including Delhi, Agra, Jaipur and Rajasthan, at a scale of 1:1,500,000. The map (one in a regional series) extends from Chandigarh and Dehra Dun to Mumbai. With insets of the Mumbai area and Delhi. Two Sides. 20x31 inches. (IDA73, $10.95)

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India Map •   ITMB • The most detailed shaded relief map (at a scale of 1:2,100,000) of India available. (IDA18, $12.95)

Footprint Rajasthan Handbook •  Matt Barrett • GUIDEBOOK • A sturdy guide in the practical Footprint series with background information on the history and culture of Rajasthan. (IDA267, $23.95)

Love Delhi •   Love Travel Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This beautifully made, affectionate guide, packaged in its own satchel of locally woven raw silk and printed on hand-made paper, captures the soul of the city, pointing with authority to neighborhoods, shops, markets, restaurants and attractions. (IDA403, $40.00)

Walking •  Henry David Thoreau • REFERENCE • You may want to carry this small volume in your daypack for inspiration. In it, Thoreau offers his meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel. (WLK04, $9.95)

In Spite of the Gods, The Strange Rise of Modern India •  Edward Luce • HISTORY • Luce tackles the challenges and reality of the world's largest democracy with insight and balance in this portrait of a nation in transition. (IDA349, $15.95)

India, A Wounded Civilization •  V.S. Naipaul • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A vivid and unsentimental cultural portrait that draws together conversations with Indians, news reports, politics and literature, paying particular attention to the Hindu confrontation with the West. (IDA224, $12.95)

May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons, A Journey Among the Women of India •  Elisabeth Bumiller • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A wonderfully written, fascinating portrayal of Indian women from Bollywood stars to Indira Gandhi to prostitutes. It's an insightful portrait of the country as seen through the eyes of its women. (IDA37, $14.95)

Taj Mahal •  M.C. Joshi •  Jean-Louis Nou •  Amina Okada • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This lavish portrait features 158 full-color photographs (including four magnificent foldout panels) by the extraordinary Jean-Louis Nou. With grand exterior views, filigreed inscriptions and bejeweled floral mosaics. (IDA108, $75.00)

An Autobiography, Or the Story of My Experiments with Truth •  Mohandas K. Gandhi • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • There is no substitute for reading Gandhi in his own simple, direct prose. A highly recommended glimpse into the personality and life of this remarkable figure. (IDA163, $10.95)

Mirrorwork, 50 Years of Indian Writing 1947-1997 •  Salman Rushdie •  Elizabeth West • ANTHOLOGY • A selection of 20th-century Indian prose, both fiction and non-fiction, compiled by Salman Rushdie and featuring work by Jawaharlal Nehru, R.K. Narayan, Satyajit Ray, Amit Chaudhuri, and Vikram Seth. Published in celebration of India's 50 years of independence. (IDA293, $19.00)

Midnight's Children •  Salman Rushdie • LITERATURE • FAVORITE • A madcap, comic take on the birth of modern India in all its splendid and unexpected manifestations, Rushdie's greatest novel was recently crowned "Best of the Booker." The title refers to those, like the narrator, born at the stroke of midnight August 15, 1947. (IDA12, $14.95)

The Inheritance of Loss •  Kiran Desai • LITERATURE • Alternating between a once grand household in northern India and the life of the cook's son in New York, this novel by the marvelous and wise Desai skewers the aspirations and reality of both worlds. (IDA303, $14.00)

India: Kingdom of the Tiger •  Bruce Neibaur • NATURAL HISTORY • This dazzling film of tigers in the wild and pioneering conservation efforts was filmed on location at Bhandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. (IDA248, $19.99)

Through the Tiger's Eyes, A Chronicle of India's Wildlife •  Stanley Breeden •  Belinda Wright • NATURAL HISTORY • This handsomely illustrated book chronicles India's noblest endangered species and the ever-present threat of their extinction. (IDA272, $24.95)

Birds of India •  Richard Grimmett •  Carol Inskipp •  Tim Inskipp • FIELD GUIDE • A compact, authoritative guide to 1,300 birds of the subcontinent, from Nepal and Bhutan to Sri Lanka, with stunning color plates, range maps and descriptive information on facing pages. (FG43, $35.00)

Birds of Northern India •  Richard Grimmett •  Carol Inskipp • FIELD GUIDE • A regional field guide to 180 species of birds, with 120 stunning color plates and condensed descriptive information, integrated on facing pages for easy reference in the field. (IDA222, $35.00)

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	Eyewitness Guide Delhi, Agra and Jaipur • Anuradha Chaturvedi GUIDEBOOK • 2007 • PAPER • 320 PAGES A compact, gorgeously illustrated guide to Delhi and environs featuring maps, site plans and 900 color photographs. With annotated recommendations of where to stay and eat and what to buy. It includes chapters on the Taj Mahal, Amber Fort Palace, Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Red Fort and dozens of other highlights for the traveler. (IDA151, $25.00)
	India • Stanley Wolpert HISTORY • 2005 • PAPER • 300 PAGES A wonderfully literate introduction to India by the acknowledged master. Author of 14 books and a professor of history since 1958, Wolpert distills a tremendous amount of information in this detailed overview, tackling the environment, religion and philosophy, the arts and sciences, domestic and foreign policy, and culture. (IDA04, $21.95)
	The Taj Mahal • Giles Tillotson • Mary Beard ART & ARCHITECTURE • 2008 • HARD COVER • 190 PAGES This pocket book in Harvard's Wonders of the World series is a guide and witty meditation on the place of the Taj Mahal in the cultural imagination of India and the wider world. An art historian, Tillotson demolishes myths about the structure ("the queen of architecture"), its history and meaning. (IDA528, $19.95)
	City of Djinns, A Year in Delhi • William Dalrymple CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 2003 • PAPER • 350 PAGES • FAVORITE Dalrymple describes his year in Delhi with enormous humor, heart and understanding, skillfully interweaving his own adventures with a solidly researched history of the city and the social forces that have shaped it. A must-read for any curious traveler to Delhi. First published in 1993. (IDA06, $16.00)
	Western India Map • Nelles MAP A detailed double-sided regional map of India covering the western region of the subcontinent and including Delhi, Agra, Jaipur and Rajasthan, at a scale of 1:1,500,000. The map (one in a regional series) extends from Chandigarh and Dehra Dun to Mumbai. With insets of the Mumbai area and Delhi. Two Sides. 20x31 inches. (IDA73, $10.95)

	India Map • ITMB • The most detailed shaded relief map (at a scale of 1:2,100,000) of India available. (IDA18, $12.95)
	Footprint Rajasthan Handbook • Matt Barrett • GUIDEBOOK • A sturdy guide in the practical Footprint series with background information on the history and culture of Rajasthan. (IDA267, $23.95)
	Love Delhi • Love Travel Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This beautifully made, affectionate guide, packaged in its own satchel of locally woven raw silk and printed on hand-made paper, captures the soul of the city, pointing with authority to neighborhoods, shops, markets, restaurants and attractions. (IDA403, $40.00)
	Walking • Henry David Thoreau • REFERENCE • You may want to carry this small volume in your daypack for inspiration. In it, Thoreau offers his meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel. (WLK04, $9.95)
	In Spite of the Gods, The Strange Rise of Modern India • Edward Luce • HISTORY • Luce tackles the challenges and reality of the world's largest democracy with insight and balance in this portrait of a nation in transition. (IDA349, $15.95)
	India, A Wounded Civilization • V.S. Naipaul • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A vivid and unsentimental cultural portrait that draws together conversations with Indians, news reports, politics and literature, paying particular attention to the Hindu confrontation with the West. (IDA224, $12.95)
	May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons, A Journey Among the Women of India • Elisabeth Bumiller • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A wonderfully written, fascinating portrayal of Indian women from Bollywood stars to Indira Gandhi to prostitutes. It's an insightful portrait of the country as seen through the eyes of its women. (IDA37, $14.95)
	Taj Mahal • M.C. Joshi • Jean-Louis Nou • Amina Okada • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This lavish portrait features 158 full-color photographs (including four magnificent foldout panels) by the extraordinary Jean-Louis Nou. With grand exterior views, filigreed inscriptions and bejeweled floral mosaics. (IDA108, $75.00)
	An Autobiography, Or the Story of My Experiments with Truth • Mohandas K. Gandhi • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • There is no substitute for reading Gandhi in his own simple, direct prose. A highly recommended glimpse into the personality and life of this remarkable figure. (IDA163, $10.95)
	Mirrorwork, 50 Years of Indian Writing 1947-1997 • Salman Rushdie • Elizabeth West • ANTHOLOGY • A selection of 20th-century Indian prose, both fiction and non-fiction, compiled by Salman Rushdie and featuring work by Jawaharlal Nehru, R.K. Narayan, Satyajit Ray, Amit Chaudhuri, and Vikram Seth. Published in celebration of India's 50 years of independence. (IDA293, $19.00)
	Midnight's Children • Salman Rushdie • LITERATURE • FAVORITE • A madcap, comic take on the birth of modern India in all its splendid and unexpected manifestations, Rushdie's greatest novel was recently crowned "Best of the Booker." The title refers to those, like the narrator, born at the stroke of midnight August 15, 1947. (IDA12, $14.95)
	The Inheritance of Loss • Kiran Desai • LITERATURE • Alternating between a once grand household in northern India and the life of the cook's son in New York, this novel by the marvelous and wise Desai skewers the aspirations and reality of both worlds. (IDA303, $14.00)
	India: Kingdom of the Tiger • Bruce Neibaur • NATURAL HISTORY • This dazzling film of tigers in the wild and pioneering conservation efforts was filmed on location at Bhandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. (IDA248, $19.99)
	Through the Tiger's Eyes, A Chronicle of India's Wildlife • Stanley Breeden • Belinda Wright • NATURAL HISTORY • This handsomely illustrated book chronicles India's noblest endangered species and the ever-present threat of their extinction. (IDA272, $24.95)
	Birds of India • Richard Grimmett • Carol Inskipp • Tim Inskipp • FIELD GUIDE • A compact, authoritative guide to 1,300 birds of the subcontinent, from Nepal and Bhutan to Sri Lanka, with stunning color plates, range maps and descriptive information on facing pages. (FG43, $35.00)
	Birds of Northern India • Richard Grimmett • Carol Inskipp • FIELD GUIDE • A regional field guide to 180 species of birds, with 120 stunning color plates and condensed descriptive information, integrated on facing pages for easy reference in the field. (IDA222, $35.00)