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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $88, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXIDA301)		  
Eyewitness Guide Delhi, Agra and Jaipur  •  Anuradha Chaturvedi
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  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)		   Eyewitness Guide Delhi, Agra and Jaipur
India  •  Stanley Wolpert
HISTORY •  2009 •  PAPER  • 281 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, $24.95)		   India
Mughal India, Splendours of the Peacock Throne  •  Valerie Berinstain  •  Paul Bahn
HISTORY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 159 PAGES
A pocket-size encyclopedia of knowledge, this slim volume in the acclaimed "New Horizons" series presents the history, culture and splendor of the Mughal Dynasty. With hundreds of archival drawings and paintings, it provides great background to the architecture and Muslim heritage of the splendid courts of 16th-century India. (IDA50, $15.95)		   Mughal India, Splendours of the Peacock Throne
City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi  •  William Dalrymple
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2003 •  PAPER  • 350 PAGES • FAVORITE
A year's sojourn in Old Delhi provides the springboard for a brilliant ramble through several thousand years of the city's history; architecture, art and literature are leavened and lightened by a mixture of the author's daily life. Any visitor will see a Delhi, New and Old, with fresh eyes after walking through the crowds on Chandni Chowk with the incomparable Dalrymple as guide. (IDA06, $16.00)		   City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
India Map  •  ITMB
2009 •  MAP
A double-sided shaded relief map of India at the excellent scale of 1:2,100,000, printed on tear and waterproof paper. With an index, it shows major roads, rivers, and locations of national parks. Two Sides. 27x40 inches. (IDA18, $12.95)		   India Map



Also Recommended

Delhi, Jaipur, Agra Map  •  Globetrotter    •  Covering Northern India and the neighboring Himalayas, this double-sided map also features detailed city plans, site diagrams and an index. (IDA566, $8.95)
 		  
Culture Smart! India  •  Becky Stephen   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise, well-illustrated guide to both social and business customs in India. (IDA298, $9.95)
 		  
Footprint Rajasthan Handbook  •  Matt Barrett   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This wonderfully informative guide in the practical Footprint series includes background information on the history, attractions and culture of Rajasthan. (IDA267, $24.95)
 		  
India Safari Companion  •  Alain Pons   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A colorful, illustrated slim guide to wildlife, photography and travel in India. (IDA371, $14.95)
 		  
Lonely Planet India Phrasebook  •  Omkar Koul   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A handy palm-sized guide. (IDA538, $10.99)
 		  
Lonely Planet Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra  •  Abigail Hole   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide to Rajasthan, featuring 36 maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and plenty of information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. (IDA238, $24.99)
 		  
Love Delhi  •  Fiona Caulfield   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Packaged in very fashionable locally woven cloth, this beautifully made, discerning guide captures the soul of the city, pointing with authority to neighborhoods, shops, markets, restaurants and attractions. A labor of love by the Bangalore-based Fiona Caulfield and friends. Third edition. (IDA403, $50.00)
 		  
Love Jaipur, Rajasthan  •  Fiona Caulfield   • GUIDEBOOK  •  The exuberant Caulfield includes her favorite palaces and places, experiences, get-aways, markets, shops and must-sees in this rather remarkable, carefully curated hand-crafted guide. With sections on Jodhpur, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Agra and Rajasthan. 2nd Edition. (IDA590, $50.00)
 		  
A Traveller's History of India  •  Sinharaja Tammita-Delgoda   • HISTORY  •  A condensed introduction to the themes and events that have shaped India from prehistory to Rajiv Gandhi's rule. (IDA57, $14.95)
 		  
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, $16.00)
 		  
May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons, A Journey Among the Women of India  •  Elisabeth Bumiller   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A wonderfully written and 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)
 		  
Royal Rajasthan  •  Kishore Singh   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  With 250 aerial photographs, interiors of princely palaces and archival images, this lavish book celebrates Rajasthan's landscapes, natural beauty and royal history. (IDA530, $39.95)
 		  
Darsan, Seeing the Divine Image in India  •  Diana L. Eck   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Tremendously useful for the traveler, this rigorous guide explains the significance and meaning of Hindu temples, festivals and ritual. Darsan, which translates as "seeing", reveals religious expression in India. (IDA75, $25.00)
 		  
Hindu Art and Architecture  •  George Michell   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An excellent survey of Hindu art and architecture, explaining the meaning and construction of principal images and buildings, as well as the development of Hinduism and the corpus of myths that have influenced its artistic tradition. (IDA147, $18.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Taj Mahal  •  Giles Tillotson  •  Mary Beard   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An enlightening pocket guide to the myth, meaning and legends of the celebrated tomb, "the queen of architecture." (IDA528, $19.95)
 		  
Taj Mahal, Passion and Genius at the Heart of the Moghul Empire  •  Diana Preston  •  Michael Preston   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A vivid narrative history of the creation of the Taj Mahal, a memorial created by Moghul emperor Shah Jahan for his beloved wife. (IDA340, $16.95)
 		  
A Princess Remembers, The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur  •  Devi Gayatri   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  The memoirs of an extraordinary life. Widow of the Maharaja of Jaipur, member of parliament and a fascinating character, Gayatri recalls growing up in the palace compound, marrying the Maharaja, her political triumphs and work on behalf of education in India. (IDA149, $39.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Dreaming in Hindi, Coming Awake in Another Language  •  Katherine Russell Rich   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • NEW  •  Rich skewers the hilarity and challenges of taking on not just a new language but also a new culture in this spirited tale of life in Udaipur. (IDA565, $14.95)
 		  
Beneath a Marble Sky, A Love Story  •  John Shors   • LITERATURE  •  Built to mourn the tragic death of the emperor's wife, the Taj Mahal is at the center of this murderous, fantastical and dazzling tale, told from the point of view of daughter Princess Jaharana. (IDA301, $15.00)
 		  
India, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Chandrahas Choudhury   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Each of these 14 stories evokes place and landscape, providing an excellent introduction both to contemporary writers and to India's diverse cultures and history. (IDA598, $14.95)
 		  
Kim  •  Rudyard Kipling   • LITERATURE  •  For the sheer pleasure of its prose, insight into the British in India and its extraordinary sense of place, you can't do better than Kipling's classic novel about a boy who travels the Grand Trunk Road with the Dalai Lama. (IDA65, $9.00)
 		  
Midnight's Children  •  Salman Rushdie   • LITERATURE • FAVORITE  •  Crowned Best of the Booker in 2008, Rushdie's greatest novel is a madcap, comic take on the birth of modern India in all its splendid and unexpected manifestations. (IDA12, $16.00)
 		  
Shadow Princess  •  Indu Sundaresan   • LITERATURE  •  Princess Jahanara's story, replete with sibling rivalries, unfulfilled love and her father's grief, is set against the construction of her mother's tomb, the Taj Mahal, in this third installment in the bestselling Taj Mahal trilogy. (IDA596, $15.00)
 		  
The Case of the Missing Servant  •  Tarquin Hall   • MYSTERY  •  Portly, persistent and unmistakably Punjabi, India's Most Private Investigator Vish Puri cuts a determined swath through modern India's swindlers, cheats and murderers in Delhi in this first novel in the series by Tarquin Hall. Married to an Indian-born BBC reporter and former South Asia bureau chief of Associated Press TV, Hall brings knowledge and a light touch to his loving descriptions of the popular culture, mores, and cuisine of modern India, and his insights into the impact of modernization and globalization on age-old traditions and values. (IDA606, $14.00)
 		  
The Romantics  •  Pankaj Mishra   • LITERATURE  •  The story of a Brahmin youth who travels to the holy city of Benares and falls in with a motley crew of westerners enamored of India. (IDA143, $16.00)
 		  
The White Tiger, A Novel  •  Aravind Adiga   • LITERATURE  •  Mordant, funny, angry, horrifying, this Booker Prize-winning tale of a village pauper turned success (and murderer) skewers the ambition, inequity and corruption of 21st-century India. (IDA542, $15.00)
 		  
Camel  •  Robert Irwin   • NATURAL HISTORY  •  Camel joins Cat, Dog, Parrot and Penguin in this droll series by Reaktion Books in Britain, which pairs inspired authors with iconic animals. In this latest, Robert Irwin traces the camel from its origins to its role in the development of Arabic society to the present -- including the plight of camel herders in Darfur and its endangered status in Mongolia and China -- in this illustrated, informed survey of the camel and its role in society and history. (BST149, $19.95)
 		  
Birds of India  •  Richard Grimmett  •  Carol Inskipp  •  Tim Inskipp   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Thoroughly revised, with 73 new plates and many others updated or repainted, the second edition of the masterful Birds of India now features all maps and text opposite the plates for quicker and easier reference. (FG43, $39.50)
 		  
Mammals of India  •  Vivek Menon   • FIELD GUIDE  •  A Princeton Field Guide edition of Menon's authoritative survey of 400 mammalian species from tropical lowlands to the Himalayas. With large, clear photographs, range maps and introductory chapters on the groups of mammals, conservation and protected areas. (IDA546, $35.00)
 		  
 
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