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Perfect Spyby Larry Berman
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 10.99During the Vietnam War, Time reporter Pham Xuan An befriended everyone who was anyone in Saigon, including American journalists such as David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan, the CIA's William Colby, and the legendary Colonel Edward Lansdalenot to mention the most influential members of the South Vietnamese government and army. None of them ever guessed that he was also providing strategic intelligence to Hanoi, smuggling invisible ink messages into the jungle inside egg rolls. His early reports were so accurate that General Giap joked, "We are now in the U.S. war room." For more than twenty years, An lived a dangerous lieand no one knew it because he was a master of both his jobs. After the war, An was named a Hero of the... more...
Behind the Beautiful Foreversby Katherine Boo
Random House Publishing Group 2012; US$ 13.99From Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo, a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the twenty-first century’s great, unequal cities. In this brilliantly written, fast-paced book, based on three years of uncompromising reporting, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human. Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees “a fortune beyond counting” in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha,... more...
India Since 1980by ?umit Ganguly; Rahul Mukherji
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 22.00This book considers the remarkable political, economic and social transformations that have taken place in India since 1980. more...
Religion and Ecology in India and Southeast Asiaby David Gosling; Ninian Smart
Routledge 2001; US$ 43.95Examines the part Hinduism and Buddhism could play in resolving ecological problems facing the Indian sub-continent and South East Asia. Based on extensive fieldwork and placed in the context of religious change in the region. more...
Gandhi's Economic Thoughtby Ajit K. Dasgupta
Routledge 1996; US$ 200.00Gandhi addressed a wide range of economic and social issues. This book explores his analysis of subjects as diverse as industrialization, industrial relations, work, leisure, and education. more...
India and Southeast Asiaby Mohammed Ayoob
Routledge 1989; US$ 160.00Provides a close contextual analysis of India's interests and perceptions in the region during the 40 years of independence, putting it in the context of India's broad strategic and foreign policy framework including superpower relations. more...
How Nuclear Weapons Spreadby Frank Barnaby
Routledge 1993; US$ 128.00Frank Barnaby examines the far-reaching effects - both beneficial and detrimental - of nuclear weapons, and looks in detail at the nuclear programmes of Third World countries, including India, Israel and Pakistan. more...
Indian Oceanby Michael Pearson
Routledge 2003; US$ 39.95In this stimulating and authoritative overview, the autor looks from the sea to its shores - the land areas it influences through trade, naval power, travel and scientific exploration. more...
Self and Sovereigntyby Ayesha Jalal
Routledge 2000; US$ 49.95A survey of the role of individual Muslim men and women within India and Pakistan from 1850 through to decolonisation and the partition period. It is an important and enlightening insight into the history of Muslims in South Asia. more...
History of Indiaby Hermann Kulke; Dietmar Rothermund
Routledge 1997; US$ 36.95This is a compact synthesis presenting the grand sweep of Indian history from antiquity to the present. It remains the definitive text on the nation. This is a thoroughly revised new edition, containing new research, preface and index. more...









