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MOUNTAIN TRAVEL SOBEK
India: Royal Rajasthan Trek
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Footprint Rajasthan Handbook
• Matt Barrett
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 352 PAGES
A sturdy guide in the practical Footprint series. It features background information on the history and culture of Rajasthan with sections on Jaipur, Delhi and Agra, as well as practical information for the independent traveler on accommodations and sightseeing.
(IDA267, $24.95) |
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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) |
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India West Map
• Nelles
2010 •
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, $13.95) |
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Eyewitness Guide Delhi, Agra and Jaipur
• Anuradha Chaturvedi
• GUIDEBOOK
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With chapters on Taj Mahal, Amber Fort Palace, Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Red Fort and dozens of other highlights for the traveler, this compact, gorgeously illustrated guide to Delhi and its environs features 900 color photographs, maps and site plans.
(IDA151, $25.00)
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Lonely Planet Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra
• Abigail Hole
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
• William Dalrymple
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• FAVORITE
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Dalrymple infectiously interweaves his own experiences over a year in Delhi with the art, architecture, history and literature of the city.
(IDA06, $16.00)
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In Spite of the Gods, The Strange Rise of Modern India
• Edward Luce
• HISTORY
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As the world's largest democracy and a rising international economic power, India has long been heralded for its great strides in technology and trade. Yet it is also plagued by poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, and a vast array of other social and economic issues. 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)
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May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons, A Journey Among the Women of India
• Elisabeth Bumiller
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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Royal Rajasthan
• Kishore Singh
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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The Last Mughal, The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 1857
• William Dalrymple
• HISTORY
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The riveting tale of the poet, mystic and Mughal Emperor Shah Zafar II and mid 19th century Delhi, culminating in the 1857 Indian Rebellion.
(IDA350, $17.95)
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Darsan, Seeing the Divine Image in India
• Diana L. Eck
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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Hindu Art and Architecture
• George Michell
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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Taj Mahal
• M.C. Joshi
• Jean-Louis Nou
• Amina Okada
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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)
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Taj Mahal
• Giles Tillotson
• Mary Beard
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An enlightening pocket guide to the myth, meaning and legends of the celebrated tomb, "the queen of architecture."
(IDA528, $19.95)
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Taj Mahal, Passion and Genius at the Heart of the Moghul Empire
• Diana Preston
• Michael Preston
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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A Princess Remembers, The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur
• Devi Gayatri
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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.
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An Autobiography, Or the Story of My Experiments with Truth
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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)
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A Fine Balance
• Rohinton Mistry
• LITERATURE
• FAVORITE
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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, $17.00)
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Kim
• Rudyard Kipling
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Midnight's Children
• Salman Rushdie
• LITERATURE
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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.
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Wild India, The Wildlife of India and Nepal
• Guy Mountefort
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An informative introduction to the natural history of the region in a handsome oversize volume. With hundreds of extraordinary photographs of the wildlife and landscapes of the Himalayas, the Indo-Ganges Plain and the Deccan.
(IDA02, $29.95)
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Birds of India
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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)
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