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	Adventures With the Buddha, A Buddhism Reader • Jeffery Paine • RELIGION • Paine chooses nine influential 19th and 20th century western adventurers and their travels in China, Tibet, Nepal and India for this riveting tale of religion, adventure and enlightenment. (REL12, $16.95)
	The Age of Kali, Indian Travels and Encounters • William Dalrymple • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • OUT OF PRINT • A journalist stationed in Delhi, Dalrymple recounts his travels and interviews over the past decade, including memorable encounters with Tamil tigers, Benazir Bhutto and Imran Khan. Humorous, insightful and well-informed. (IDA152, $14.95)
	Along the Ganges • Ilija Trojanow • NATURAL HISTORY • In this colorful travelogue, Trojanow follows the Ganges from its source in the Himalayas to the cities that it feeds, using the holy river as a means to ponder Hinduism, culture, ecology and the tension between ancient and modern India. (IDA294, $19.95)
	Ancient Futures, Learning from Ladakh • Dalai Lama • Peter Matthiessen • Helena Norberg-Hodge • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Norberg-Hodge documents her community work and changes from traditional ways of life; she has lived and worked in Ladakh since 1975. (HML24, $16.95)
	An Area of Darkness • V.S. Naipaul • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A reflective, personal account of Naipaul's travels in India in 1962 -- a portrait of a time and place and searing, honest chronicle of the country during transition. (IDA13, $14.95)
	The Art of the Imperial Cholas • Vidya Dehijia • ART & ARCHITECTURE • (IDA104, $41.50)
	The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian • Nirad C. Chaudhuri • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • One of the great works of modern Indian literature, reissued in 2001. It's at once the story of Chaudhuri's youth in rural Bengal and Calcutta and the story of modern India's origins; a masterpiece steeped in time and place. (IDA196, $19.95)
	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)
	Banaras • Diana L. Eck • HISTORY • This history of the holiest and oldest of Indian cities, the home of Shiva, encompasses many millennia of Buddhist and especially Hindu practices along the Ganges. (IDA211, $28.50)
	Baumgartner's Bombay • Anita Desai • LITERATURE • The tale of Hugo Baumgartner, a Jewish businessman who flees to India to escape persecution. (IDA245, $13.00)
	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. Shors conjures life in 18th-century Hindustan and its royalty. (IDA301, $14.00)
	Bhagavad Gita, A New Translation • Stephen Mitchell • LITERATURE • A lyrical translation and introduction to the Gita, an ancient Hindu poem. Mitchell's translation aims for the literary qualities of the original. (IDA170, $13.95)
	Bhubaneswar: From a Temple Town to a Capital City • Ravi Kalia • HISTORY • A scholarly analysis of the building of the new capital of the Indian state of Orissa. (IDA135, $45.00)
	The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives, An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History • Alan Turner • Mauricio Anton • NATURAL HISTORY • A thoroughly researched guide to modern felines and their ancestors. (BST50, $26.95)
	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)
	Blue Guide Southern India • George Michell • GUIDEBOOK • The usual comprehensive Blue Guide treatment of the art and culture of South India, with 90 maps and site plans. (IDA94, $25.95)
	The Book of Indian Birds • Salim Ali • FIELD GUIDE • OUT OF PRINT • The 12th editon of this classic field guide to the birds of the plains, foothills, wetlands, and seacoast of the Indian subcontinent, published in India and authored by one of its pre-eminent ornithologists. Organized by bird family, each species is illustrated in color. (IDA45, $34.50)
	Born Into Brothels • Zana Briski • Children of Calcutta • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A companion to the award-winning documentary of the same name, this charming book displays the beautiful photography of eight children growing up in Calcutta's red light district. (IDA269, $35.00)
	Brahma's Pushkar, Ancient Indian Pilgrimage • Aman Nath • Rajan Kapoor • NATURAL HISTORY • The myth, history, ancient rites and legends surrounding Puhkar, its pilgrims, traders, and visitors are documented in nearly 500 color photographs and illuminating text. (IDA304, $55.00)
	Calcutta Map • Bharat Graphics • (IDA155, $6.95)
	The Camphor Flame, Popular Hinduism and Society in India • C.J. Fuller • RELIGION • A comprehensive study of contemporary Hinduism and Indian society. (IDA90, $24.95)
	The Child and the State in India • Myron Weiner • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A thought-provoking no-nonsense evaluation of education and child labor in India. (IDA40, $27.95)
	City of Djinns, A Year in Delhi • William Dalrymple • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 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. (IDA06, $16.00)
	City of Joy • Dominique La Pierre • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An epic of love, heroism, and hope set among the dispossessed, and those who have sacrificed all to help them, in the slums of Calcutta. (IDA25, $7.99)
	Come with Me to India, On a Wondrous Voyage through Time • Sudha Koul • HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • An informal -- and brief -- survey of Indian cultural history, written with the author's very American(ized) daughters in mind. (IDA47, $15.50)
	Conflict Unending • Sumit Ganguly • HISTORY • An in-depth study of the turbulent relationship between India and Pakistan since independence in 1947, with a focus on Kashmir. (IDA223, $27.00)
	The Dancing Girl • Hasan Shah • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The realistically rendered tale of love for a dancing girl who entertained the British Army in colonial India, originally written in 1790. (IDA61, $9.95)
	Darsan, Seeing the Divine Image in India • Diana L. Eck • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A fascinating and rigorous guide to deciphering Hindu symbolism, this book will help you understand and appreciate religious art in India. Despite its scholarly paraphernalia and language, the book is extremely useful for the traveler. (IDA75, $22.00)
	Daughter of the Ganges, The Story of One Girl's Adoption and her Return Journey to India • Asha Miro • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • (IDA299, $24.00)
	The Death of Vishnu, A Novel • Manil Suri • LITERATURE • A vibrant, richly drawn debut novel, set in a colorful apartment house in the author's native Bombay. (IDA197, $14.95)
	Delhi Map • Bharat Graphics • (IDA150, $6.95)
	Desert Places: A Woman's Nomadic Odyssey Across India • Robyn Davidson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • OUT OF PRINT • A journey among Indian nomads by one of the finest travel writers. (IDA23, $13.95)
	Dharma's Daughters: Contemporary Indian Women and Hindu Culture • Sara Mitter • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An insightful, many-layered social history of women in the author's adoptive India. (IDA38, $22.95)
	Eastern India Map • Nelles • A detailed regional map of eastern India, from just east of Delhi through all of Nepal, at a scale of 1:1,500,000. (IDA123, $10.95)
	Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras • Diana L. Eck • RELIGION • With its wide geographic and spiritual scope, and combination of the personal and scholarly, this book is a fascinating introduction to religion, and the author. (IDA78, $20.00)
	The End of a Trail, The Cheetah in India • Divyabhanusinh Chavda • NATURAL HISTORY • A historical study of the cheetah in India, where it is now extinct. (IDA140, $75.00)
	An End to Suffering, The Buddha in the World • Pankaj Mishra • RELIGION • A personal and informative exploration of the life of Buddha and the history of Buddhism. (IDA242, $15.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Delhi, Agra and Jaipur • Anuradha Chaturvedi • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, gorgeously illustrated guide to Delhi and its environs featuring 900 color photographs, maps and site plans. (IDA151, $25.00)
	Eyewitness Guide India • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A handsome, beautifully illustrated guide to India. It features color photographs, history and plenty of background information. (IDA265, $30.00)
	Family Matters • Rohinton Mistry • LITERATURE • An aging professor comes to live with his daughter, her husband and their two children in a cramped Bombay apartment in Mistry's moving, and often comic, tale of history, memory and familial bonds. (IDA214, $15.95)
	The Far Pavilions • M. M. Kaye • LITERATURE • A tale of love, adventure and war set during the British Raj in India, culimating with the Indian Mutiny and the Second Afghan War. (IDA195, $19.95)
	Fasting, Feasting • Anita Desai • LITERATURE • A well-constructed and deeply disturbing story of a sister and brother in a middle-class Indian family. Dull Uma is constrained to live at home and totally controlled by her parents, whereas bright Arun is helped to achieve academically and goes abroad to America. An eye-opening view into cultural differences and the Indian experience at home and abroad. (IDA172, $13.95)
	Father India, Westerners Under the Spell of an Ancient Culture • Jeffrey Paine • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A very interesting book that explores the fascination that India has exerted on writers, politicians and other vistors. (IDA165, $14.95)
	A Field Guide to the Birds of the Indian Subcontinent • Krys Kazmierczak • Ber Van Perlo • FIELD GUIDE • A compact field guide to 1,300 species. (FG40, $45.00)
	Field Guide to the Mammals of the Indian Subcontinent • K. K. Gurung • Raj Singh • FIELD GUIDE • OUT OF PRINT • This compact guide to 106 species features color illustrations, tracks, range maps and information about habitats and conservation. With an overview of 23 parks and reserves, including location maps and species lists. (FG33, $41.00)
	A Fine Balance • Rohinton Mistry • LITERATURE • FAVORITE • Set in Indira Gandhi's "emergency Raj" of 1975 in an unnamed Indian "city by the sea," which bears a striking resemblance to Bombay, this tender novel follows the intermingled fortunes of a Parsi widow, her boarder and two tailors. (IDA92, $15.95)
	First Under Heaven, The Art of Asia • Hali Publications • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The fourth Hali Annual, a showcase of textiles and decorative arts throughout Asia (ASA19, $78.00)
	Footprint Goa Handbook • Annie Dare • GUIDEBOOK • A sturdy guide in the practical Footprint series with background information on the history and culture of Goa. (IDA266, $19.95)
	Footprint India Handbook • Robert Bradnock • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive gudie to India with practical travel detail on where to go and what to do. (IDA138, $29.95)
	Freedom Song • Amit Chaudhuri • LITERATURE • This three-novella volume contains Chaudhuri's finest work to date -- in particular "A Strange and Sublime Address," his evocation of childhood in Calcutta. (IDA217, $14.00)
	Funny Boy • Shyam Selvadurai • LITERATURE • Building a complex portrait through detail of family, society and place, this prize-winning novel is a gay coming of age story set in contemporary Sri Lanka. Splendidly written. (SRL01, $14.00)
	Gandhi • Catherine Clement • Ruth Sharman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A pocket-size biography, jammed with illustrations. (IDA203, $12.95)
	Gandhi, His Life and Message for the World • Louis Fischer • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A classic biography of Gandhi, still one of the most readable, lively, and interesting books on the subject. (IDA162, $7.99)
	Gandhi, Prisoner of Hope • Judith Brown • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A comprehensive study and ecellent biography of the complex life of India's most famous figure; Brown has interesting insights into Gandhi's political strategies and general persona. (IDA226, $23.00)
	Geography of Religion: Where God Lives, Where Pilgrims Walk • Susan T. Hitchcock • John Esposito • Desmond Tutu • Mpho Tutu • RELIGION • A handsomely photgraphed tour of the five major world religions and the places that each one holds most sacred. (REL05, $24.00)
	The Glass Palace • Amitav Ghosh • LITERATURE • An epic novel of war, love and history in Burma, India and Malaysia, following the lives and fortunes of one family over three generations. (IDA173, $14.95)
	The God of Small Things • Arundhati Roy • LITERATURE • Roy's luminous prose and playful wit make this novel a true masterpiece. Set against a lush Kerala backdrop during the tumult of the 1960s, it's a tragedy seen through innocent eyes. (IDA31, $14.95)
	A Guide to the Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives • Richard Grimmett • Carol Inskipp • Tim Inskipp • FIELD GUIDE • Beautiful, comprehensive and up-to-date, this is the definitive field guide to birds from Bhutan to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. It covers 1300 species, and weighs 5 pounds. With 150 color plates and a detailed map for each species. (FG31, $132.00)
	Heaven's Command: An Imperial Progress • Jan Morris • HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • A wonderful portrait of early (pre-1897) British colonial rule in India, Central Asia, Africa and elsewhere. Morris weaves historical accounts, character studies, and much imagination into this readable, compelling tale. (IDA20, $26.00)
	Henri Cartier-Bresson in India • Henri Cartier-Bresson • ART & ARCHITECTURE • (IDA295, $29.95)
	Hindoo Holiday, An Indian Journal • J.R. Ackerly • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Ackerly traipses across India as the English tutor to a handsome and extravagantly homosexual maharajah in this comic, beautifully turned-out novel masquerading as a travelogue. (IDA115, $14.00)
	Hindu Art • T. Richard Blurton • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A beautifully large paperback of excellent quality, this book is a good introduction to the complexities of Indian painting, sculpture and sacred architecture. (IDA35, $33.00)
	Hinduism, A Very Short Introduction • Kim Knott • RELIGION • An introduction to the beliefs and practice of Hinduism, and a consideration of its influence in India and around the world. (IDA329, $11.95)
	The Holder of the World • Bharati Mukherjee • LITERATURE • A daring novel of ideas, travel and history. Mukherjee interweaves the story of a modern American researcher with the travels of her 17th-century ancestor who roamed through Mughal India. (IDA190, $13.95)
	The Illustrated Kama Sutra, Ananga-Ranga, Perfumed Garden • Richard Francis Burton • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An abridged edition of Richard Burton's original translation of the Kama Sutra (1883), Ananga-Ranga (1885) and The Perfumed Garden (1886). (IDA221, $24.95)
	India Briefing, A Transformative Fifty Years • Marshall Bouton • Philip Oldenburg • HISTORY • A primer on the political issues facing modern India. (IDA204, $34.95)
	India Map • ITMB • The most detailed shaded relief map (at a scale of 1:2,100,000) of India available. (IDA18, $10.95)
	India Modern, Traditional Forms and Contemporary Design • Herbert J.M. Ypma • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A history of modern Indian design and its origins. (IDA186, $29.95)
	India Modern, Traditional Forms and Contemporary Design (Pocket Edition) • Herbert J.M. Ypma • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A pocket-history of modern Indian design and its origins. (IDA187, $9.95)
	India Unbound • Gurcharan Das • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • In this pleasant and readable narrative, acclaimed journalist and author Gurcharan Das weaves his personal story into the larger context of India's recent history, discussing at length the economic and political issues facing the nation. (IDA144, $15.95)
	India Unveiled • Robert Arnett • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A celebration of the people, landscapes and traditional culture of India, organized regionally and featuring 268 beautiful color photographs. It's a revealing, insightful portrait of the country combining history, geography and travelogue. (IDA107, $55.00)
	India, A Concise History • Francis Watson • HISTORY • An illustrated history in the fine series from Thames & Hudson. (IDA139, $18.95)
	India, A History • John Keay • HISTORY • A sweeping history of India from early settlement in the Indus Valley around 2000 B.C through ancient civilizations, Hindu, Christian and Muslim traditions, Mughal pomp, colonial rule, independence and the heady challenges of modern democracy. (IDA175, $19.95)
	India, A Mosaic • Robert B. Silvers • Barbara Epstein • HISTORY • A collection of nine exemplary essays from the New York Review of books that tackle the issues of contemporary India's culture, politics and society. (IDA153, $14.95)
	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)
	India, Emerging Power • Stephen Philip Cohen • HISTORY • A critical assessment of India as a world power by a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Cohen looks especially at the relations between India and Pakistan and China, as well as the United States. (IDA263, $22.95)
	India, From Midnight to the Millennium • Shashi Tharoor • HISTORY • Tharoor tackles religious differences, his upbringing in the south of India, his own experiences as a "Non-resident Indian," and a great deal of history in this sweeping, narrative history of the last 50 years. (IDA106, $14.95)
	India: Land of Dreams and Fantasy • Doranne Jacobson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN OCTOBER • This large-format hardbound volume features 300 color photographs and informative essays on India's history, religions, architecture, rural wonders, urban glories, handicrafts, rituals, festivals and daily life. (IDA32, $29.95)
	Indian Art • Vidya Dehejia • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A beautifully illustrated, very readable history of Indian art and architecture. It considers the religious and intellectual contexts of three thousand years of Indian art, including the modern era. (IDA185, $24.95)
	Indian Art, A Concise History • Roy C. Craven • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This convenient volume in the acclaimed "World of Art" series is a crisp, illustrated overview of the range of Indian art over the centuries. (IDA16, $18.95)
	Indian Balm, Travels Amongst Fakirs And Fire Warriors • Paul Hyland • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Hylands perceptive, witty account of travels along the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. (IDA287, $14.95)
	Indian Embers • Lady Rosamund Lawrence • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • First published in 1949, this travelogue is a classic account of a journey through India. (IDA54, $22.95)
	Indian Subcontinent Map • Nelles • A map of all of India as well as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and parts of Tibet, China and Burma, at a scale of 1:4,500,000. (IDA271, $10.95)
	Indira • Katherine Frank • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A controversial biography of Indira Gandhi. (IDA199, $35.00)
	The Inheritance of Loss • Kiran Desai • LITERATURE • NEW • Kiran Desai's luminous family saga, a tale of East and West, shifts between life in a once grand household in northern India and that of the cook's son, struggling to get by in immigrant New York. Desai illuminates the aspirations, delusions and reality of both worlds. (IDA303, $14.00)
	Insight Guide India • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated overview of India, with essays on its attractions, history, nature and culture. Includes introductions to the major temples, forts and wildlife sites, and plenty of color photos and maps. (IDA19, $23.95)
	Insight Guide Sri Lanka • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated overview of Sri Lanka with essays on its attractions, history and culture complemented by many pictures and maps. (SRL02, $22.95)
	Interpreter of Maladies • Jhumpa Lahiri • LITERATURE • In these nine stories, Lahiri captures the experience of first-generation Indian-Americans as their marriages shift and fall apart, and their families are threatened by miscarriages, infidelity, and the trials of assimilation. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. (IDA243, $13.95)
	An Introduction to Hinduism • Gavin D. Flood • RELIGION • A comprehensive overview of the Hinduism, from the basic principles and tenets of the religion to modern variations and controversies. (IDA315, $25.99)
	Jaipur: The Last Destination • Samar Singh Jodha • Aman Nath • ART & ARCHITECTURE • OUT OF PRINT • A gorgeous tribute to Jaipur, its art, architecture and heritage, featuring stunning color photographs of citadels, palaces, theaters, art, textiles and mosaics, archival prints and drawings, and accompanying text. (IDA109, $95.00)
	Jewel in the Crown • Paul Scott • LITERATURE • The first book in Scott's addictive Raj Quartet, set in British India in 1942, is a rousing, psychologically complex tale of English colonial rule. (IDA66, $20.00)
	Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames: Women's Narratives from a Diaspora of Hope • Jael Silliman • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A scholarly yet sentimental account of the longstanding female Jewish community in Calcutta. (IDA244, $19.95)
	A Journey in Ladakh • Andrew Harvey • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The vivid account of a 1981 journey by a young English poet in search of ancient Buddhist traditions in remote Ladakh. (HML15, $18.95)
	Ka, Stories of the Mind and Gods of India • Roberto Calasso • Tim Parks • LITERATURE • A challenging collection of stories based on traditional Hindu myths. (IDA168, $16.00)
	Kali's Child, The Mystical and Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna • Jeffrey J. Kripal • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A scholarly analysis of the life and thought of a 19th century Bengali mystic and modern saint. (IDA112, $32.00)
	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, $7.00)
	Kim • Rudyard Kipling • LITERATURE • The enduring tale of Kimball O'Hara, an orphan boy who, through happenstance, travels the Grand Trunk Road with a Tibetan Lama. (IDA116, $27.99)
	Lives of Indian Images • Richard H. Davis • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An insightful study of how Indian religious images take on lives of their own. (IDA91, $33.95)
	Lonely Planet Goa • Bryn Thomas • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series. (IDA219, $17.99)
	Lonely Planet Hindi & Urdu Phrasebook • Richard Somers Delacy • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A handy phrasebook for Hindi and Urdu basics. (IDA82, $8.99)
	Lonely Planet South India • Lonely Planet • Lonely Planet Publications • GUIDEBOOK • This practical guide to South India features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature and plenty of information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. (IDA188, $24.99)
	Love and Longing in Bombay • Vikram Chandra • LITERATURE • Five transfixing stories in five different genres, united in setting and authorship by the contemporary wizard of the human condition, Vikram Chandra. (IDA216, $13.95)
	Love in a Different Climate, Men Who Have Sex with Men in India • Jeremy Seabrook • RELIGION • Sexual identify and politics in India. (IDA113, $25.00)
	Mahabhrata • William Buck • B. A. Van Nooten • LITERATURE • An introduction and retelling of one of the greatest Hindu epics. (IDA167, $21.95)
	Maharanis, A Family Saga of Four Queens • Lucy Moore • HISTORY • Moore captures the passion, complexities and power of four influential women in this family saga covering the history of India from 1911 to Independence. (IDA309, $16.00)
	Mahatma Gandhi and his Apostles • Ved Mehta • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A vivid examination of the life and work of Gandhi by novelist Ved Mehta. (IDA21, $25.00)
	Malgudi Days • R. K. Narayan • Jhumpa Lahiri • LITERATURE • FAVORITE • Wonderful tales about a fictional South Indian town by a beloved Indian writer. Malgudi is a composite of Narayan's two hometowns, Mysore and Madras, populated by quirky characters whose unique approaches to tradition and modernity are the stuff of great short stories. (IDA59, $14.00)
	Mantles of Merit: Chin Textiles from Myanmar, India and Bangladesh • David Fraser • Barbara Fraser • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An abundantly illustrated study of the textiles of the Chin peoples of southern and eastern Asia. With more than 600 color illustrations. (ASA46, $60.00)
	Maximum City, Bombay Lost and Found • Suketu Mehta • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The tale of the author who, after a 21-year sojourn in New York, returns to his native Bombay, "the biggest, fastest, richest city in India." (IDA252, $16.95)
	A Meeting by the River • Christopher Isherwood • LITERATURE • Two brothers meeting in India, one a bisexual capitalist and the other a Hindu monk. (IDA114, $16.95)
	Meeting God, Elements of Hindu Devotion • Thomas Moore • Stephen Huyler • RELIGION • A stunningly photographed introduction to the rituals and daily devotion of contemporary Hinduism in India. A companion to the traveling exhibition "Puja, Expressions of Hindu Devotion." (IDA132, $24.00)
	Miles from Nowhere, A Round the World Bicycle Adventure • Barbara Savage • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A beginning cyclist covers 23,000 miles and 25 countries in two years. (BCY02, $16.95)
	Mirrorwork, 50 Years of Indian Writing 1947-1997 • Salman Rushdie • Elizabeth West • ANTHOLOGY • A selection of twentieth-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 50 years of independence. (IDA293, $17.00)
	Modern South Asia: History, Culture, Political Economy • Ayesha Jalal • Sugata Bose • HISTORY • This scholarly, brief history of India up to the 1990s is particularly good at its coverage of the post-Independence political landscape. It's a popular textbook, co-authored by a Pakistani and an Indian. (IDA192, $35.95)
	Monkfish Moon • Romesh Gunesekera • LITERATURE • These nine excellent short stories, all set in Sri Lanka, capture the spirit of the place. Gunesekera sketches myriad characters, all of whom wonder "what's happened?" as they deal with the reality of a nation embroiled in Tamil-Sinhala strife. (SRL03, $16.95)
	The Moor's Last Sigh • Salman Rushdie • LITERATURE • A sweeping family epic that tackles many of the most complex aspects about Indian culture. In his characteristically rich prose, Rushdie tells the history of India, set among the spice traders of Cochin. (IDA89, $14.95)
	Mr. Sampath, The Printer of Malgudi • R. K. Narayan • LITERATURE • A handsome edition of one of Narayan's funniest tales, which features Mr. Sampath, the equanimious printer of a failing local newspaper. When the paper folds, Mr. Sampath finds his editor a new job as a scriptwriter for the movies, and hilarious hijinks ensue. (IDA182, $12.00)
	Much Maligned Monsters: A History of European Reactions to Indian Art • Partha Mitter • HISTORY • Mitter presents a fascinating history of Indian art and a parallel history of its fascinated European spectators, ranging from the early days of Asian exploration up through the twentieth century. (IDA285, $27.00)
	The Mughal Empire • John F. Richards • HISTORY • An admirably concise, scholarly history of the Mughal Empire (1526-1720) from early conquests through expansion and decline. Organized chronologically, the book includes chapters on both Jahangir and his son, creator of the Taj Mahal, Shah Jahan. (IDA210, $33.99)
	The Namesake • Jhumpa Lahiri • LITERATURE • An intricate and beautifully told tale, Lahiri follows the Ganguli family as they leave Calcutta and settle in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Now a feature film, directed by Mira Nair. (IDA292, $14.00)
	National Geographic Traveler India • Louise Nicholson • GUIDEBOOK • Veteran guidebook author Louise Nicholson teamed up with National Geographic photographers for this profusely illustrated travel guide. (IDA208, $27.95)
	A New History of India • Stanley Wolpert • HISTORY • This classic history of India has been the leader in its field for years. Wolpert writes clearly, insightfully, and sometimes provocatively about the 4,000 years of India's complex history. An excellent introduction. (IDA225, $47.95)
	News from Tartary • Peter Fleming • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A rousing, ironic account of Fleming's 3500-mile trek in the 1930s from Peking to the province of Sinkiang and onwards to India. (CAS46, $18.95)
	Northeastern India/Bangladesh Map • Nelles • A regional map of India at a scale of 1:1,500,000, with excellent topographic detail. . (IDA98, $10.95)
	Of Tigers and Men • Richard Ives • NATURAL HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • A haunting, beautifully written tale of a man's quest to encounter tigers in the wild, and to understand the meaning of the threat of the tiger's extinction. Ives visits the forests of India, Thailand, and Sumatra. (IDA30, $12.50)
	On a Shoestring to Coorg: An Experience of Southern India • Dervla Murphy • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • This tough Irish grandmother has made travel something of a cottage industry. Here's her first venture outside Europe, an insightful tale of her wanderings by bus and on foot through the mountainous province of Coorg in 1976. (IDA29, $15.95)
	A Passage to India • E.M. Forster • LITERATURE • Forster's enduring masterpiece of the clash between Indian and British culture gives gripping insights into British imperial attitudes and Indian colonial responses. (IDA26, $14.00)
	A Passage to India • E.M. Forster • (IDA67, $23.95)
	A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India • B. Grewal • Bill Harvey • Otto Pfister • FIELD GUIDE • A comprehensive photographic guide to the subcontinent. (IDA215, $35.00)
	A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India and Nepal • B. Grewal • FIELD GUIDE • A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of India and Nepal. (IDA46, $15.95)
	Princely Rajasthan, Rajput Places and Mansions • George Michell • Antonio Martinelli • ART & ARCHITECTURE • OUT OF PRINT • This handsomely illustrated book, with text by architect and historian George Mitchell, showcases royal palaces, palace hotels, museums and mansions throughout Rajasthan, nicely balancing interior and exterior views. (IDA251, $65.00)
	Raj, The Making and Unmaking of British India • Lawrence James • HISTORY • An anecdotal, engrossing mostly military history of the East India Company. (IDA87, $23.95)
	The Ramayana • Ramesh Menon • LITERATURE • The great Indian epic rendered in modern prose (IDA88, $40.00)
	The Ramayana, A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic • R. K. Narayan • LITERATURE • Novelist Narayan's translation of the ancient Hindu epic of heroism, love and fate. (IDA311, $13.00)
	The Rise of Islam and the Bengal Frontier, 1204-1760 (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies, No 17) • Richard M. Eaton • RELIGION • Eaton provides a rich, scholarly account of why eastern Bengal (modern Bangladesh) became heavily Islamicized, wheras western Bengal did not. Examines the movement of the linguistic, agrarian and cultural frontiers of Bengal. (IDA169, $26.95)
	A River Sutra • Gita Mehta • LITERATURE • A civil servant moves to the banks of India's holy Narmada river. (IDA43, $14.95)
	Road Guide to Calcutta • Variety Book Depot • (IDA154, $5.95)
	The Romantics • Pankaj Mishra • LITERATURE • The story of a Brahman youth who travels to the holy city of Benares and there falls in with a motley crew of westerners enamored of India. (IDA143, $13.95)
	The Root and the Flower • L.H. Myers • Penelope Fitzgerald • LITERATURE • A trilogy of historical novels about India in the time of the Mughals -- first published separately in the 1930s and now back in print as a single volume. (IDA191, $16.95)
	Rough Guide India • David Abram • GUIDEBOOK • Geared to the independent traveler, this Rough Guide combines an opinionated survey of culture and history with good information on sightseeing, food and accommodations. (IDA86, $26.99)
	The Royal Palaces of India • George Michell • Antonio Martinelli • ART & ARCHITECTURE • OUT OF PRINT • An architectural survey of Hindu and Muslim fortresses and royal residences from the 12th century to the days of British colonial rule -- well-informed, comprehensive and handsomely illustrated with 250 color photographs. (IDA74, $39.95)
	Running in the Family • Michael Ondaatje • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Award-winning author Ondaatje returns to his native Sri Lanka in this hypnotic travelogue. His lovingly-traced family memoirs are interspersed with poetry and ruminations on the island's post-colonial history. (SRL04, $13.95)
	Say It in Hindi • Veena T. Oldenburg • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A pocket phrasebook. (IDA81, $5.95)
	Scoop-Wallah, Life on a Delhi Daily • Justine Hardy • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A memoir of life in Delhi as a newspaper reporter. (IDA127, $15.95)
	The Sikhs • Patwant Singh • RELIGION • The story of a people for the general reader. (IDA178, $19.00)
	A Silence of Splendor • Indu Sundaresan • LITERATURE • (IDA300, $25.00)
	The Silk Road Journey with Xuanzang • Sally Wriggins • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A nicely illustrated account of an extraordinary, 16-year trek from Xi'an to India by way of Central Asia in search of the origins of Buddhism by Xuan-Zang, the famous 7th-century Chinese monk. (ASA31, $25.00)
	Slowly Down the Ganges • Eric Newby • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • In 1963, the author and his wife set out an a 1,200-mile voyage down the Ganges River. The title could apply as easily to the ruminative attitude Newby takes towards his journey as to the many mishaps which bedevil the quest. (IDA179, $14.95)
	South Asia • Sumit Ganguly • HISTORY • A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. (IDA308, $18.00)
	South Asia • Sumit Ganguly • HISTORY • A scholarly history of modern South Asia, including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. (IDA308, $18.00)
	South Southeast • Steve McCurry • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A remarkable portfolio of images taken in and around Afghanistan, Burma, India Pakistan and other sites in South and Southeast Asia. (ASA34, $59.95)
	Southern India Map • Nelles • A colorful regional map of southern India at a scale of 1:1,500,000. . (IDA69, $10.95)
	Street Graphics India • Barry Dawson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An excellent overview of the vibrant, ever-changing culture of modern, commercial India. (IDA122, $19.95)
	A Suitable Boy • Vikram Seth • LITERATURE • A modern classic set in Calcutta, Delhi and other northern India cities after Independence, bursting with history, character, and politics. In this outstanding epic novel, Seth displays his cultural sensitivity, historical insight, and poetic creativity. (IDA27, $21.95)
	Tales from the Medicine Trail, Tracking Down the Health Secrets of Shamans, Herbalists, Mystics, Yogis, and Other Healers • Christopher Kilham • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • OUT OF PRINT • An account of journeys on the trail of medical herbs and botanicals. (GEN246, $19.95)
	This is India • Shobita Punja • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An oversize illustrated tribute to India. (IDA97, $39.95)
	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)
	The Tiger Ladies, A Memoir of Kashmir • Sudha Koul • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Koul interweaves the story of her Kashmiri family -- and especially of its women -- with tales of gods and goddesses, myths and cultural history, paying plenty of attention to the pleasures of food, fine textiles, and the life of the mind. (IDA207, $15.00)
	Train to Pakistan, A Novel • Khushwant Singh • LITERATURE • This novel, set during the violence following the 1947 creation of Pakistan by the British, follows the inhabitants of a fictional Punjab village. (IDA264, $14.00)
	Travels Along the Edge • David Noland • GUIDEBOOK • A well-considered compendium 40 offbeat, demanding or just-plain-fun fun adventurous trips around the world. (TRV02, $19.00)
	Travels on My Elephant • Mark Shand • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A compelling tale of an 800-mile journey across India on the back of a 30-year-old elephant named Tara, this enjoyable tale of adventure features vivid descriptions of the countryside and people. (IDA08, $16.95)<