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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India and Nepal
• Bikram Grewal
FIELD GUIDE •
1998 •
PAPER
• 144 PAGES
A slim pocket guide to 252 of the most conspicuous birds of India and Nepal featuring color photographs, concise descriptions and range maps.
(IDA46, $15.95) |
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River Dog, A Journey Down the Brahmaputra
• Mark Shand
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 338 PAGES
Shand's touching, eloquent and entertaining chronicle of a journey from Tibet across Arunachal Pradesh to the Bay of Bengal on the mighty Brahmaputra -- in the company of his Indian hunting dog Bhaiti. Don't be put off by the canine angle (though the relationship between man and dog is touching), Shand is a terrific writer, an adventurer of the highest sort -- and wonderfully funny in the most dire of circumstances. Shand won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for his earlier Travels on My Elephant.
(IDA256, $16.95) |
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Darsan, Seeing the Divine Image in India
• Diana L. Eck
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
1998 •
PAPER
• 115 PAGES
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 (whose title translates as "seeing") is tremendously useful for the traveler. It's an eye-opening book for the intellectually curious. With a useful glossary and some not-very-good photographs.
(IDA75, $25.00) |
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A Fine Balance
• Rohinton Mistry
LITERATURE •
1997 •
PAPER
• 624 PAGES
• FAVORITE
The secret to life, according to a recurring character in this sprawling tale, is "to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair." Set in 1975 in an unnamed Indian "city by the sea," which seems to bear a striking resemblance to Bombay, this tender novel follows the intermingled fortunes of a Parsi widow, a college student who is her boarder, and two Hindu tailors trying to make their way in the city. Each character is meticulously drawn, and the often harrowing background stories (including some murderous caste violence in the tailors' family) are interweaved through the main narrative, which finds the four thrown briefly, and eventually very happily, together in a tiny flat. All this is set against the background of Indira Gandhi's "emergency Raj," in which civil liberties were essentially suspended. It's all profoundly moving, a rare window into the cultural and religious maelstrom of India. One of the best things we've read on India, and a fine piece of literature. A Booker Prize finalist.
(IDA92, $17.00) |
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Travelers' Tales India
• James O'Reilly
• Larry Habegger
ANTHOLOGY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 496 PAGES
A collection of 45 descriptive and thought-provoking short excerpts on Indian life and culture, from the famous and not-so-famous. It includes Rushdie, Naipaul and Dalrymple, plus some valuable excerpts from books long out of print.
(IDA05, $19.95) |
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Wild India, The Wildlife of India and Nepal
• Guy Mountefort
• Gerald Cubitt
NATURAL HISTORY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 208 PAGES
A colorful and informative introduction to the natural history of the region in a handsome, oversize volume with photography by Gerald Cubitt. After a long introductory section, it presents hundreds of extraordinary photographs of the wildlife and landscapes of the Himalayas, Indo-Ganges Plain and the Deccan.
(IDA02, $29.95) |
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Of Tigers and Men
• Richard Ives
NATURAL HISTORY •
1997 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A haunting 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, and many of the "tiger-men" who have devoted their lives to saving tigers. His quest entails a growing realization that the tiger may be doomed. It is a beautifully written story, providing not only a sense of the life of tigers and those who care about them, but also describing an unusual and moving personal journey.
(IDA30, $12.50) |
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A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India
• Bikram Grewal
• Bill Harvey
• Otto Pfister
FIELD GUIDE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 520 PAGES
A comprehensive guide to 668 species of birds found from the Himalayas to Sri Lanka with good color photographs, concise text and range maps.
(IDA215, $35.00) |
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Birds of Northern India
• Richard Grimmett
• Carol Inskipp
FIELD GUIDE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 304 PAGES
A regional field guide by the authors of the masterful five-pound handbook to birds of the region (FG31) with 120 stunning color plates and condensed descriptive information, integrated on facing pages for easy reference in the field. The book covers the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat and Delhi. It does not cover northeast India
(IDA222, $35.00) |
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Hindu Art and Architecture
• George Michell
ART & ARCHITECTURE •
2000 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
An excellent survey of Hindu art and architecture by George Michell, the author of "Royal Palaces of India." In addition to explaining the meaning and construction of principal images and buildings, Michell summarizes the development of Hinduism, its deities and the mythological narratives that have influenced the artistic tradition. A volume in the acclaimed "World of Art" series.
(IDA147, $18.95) |
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An Autobiography, Or the Story of My Experiments with Truth
• Mohandas K. Gandhi
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •
1995 •
PAPER
• 480 PAGES
There is no substitute for reading Gandhi in his own simple, direct prose. A highly recommended glimpse into the personal life of this remarkable figure.
(IDA163, $10.95) |
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