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  • Sources of Indian Traditions

    Modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh

    Edited by Rachel Fell McDermott, Dennis Dalton, Leonard Gordon, Frances Pritchett, Ainslie T. Embree ...
    Series series Introduction to Asian Civilizations
    For more than fifty years, students and teachers have made the two-volume resource Sources of Indian Traditions their top pick for an accessible yet thorough introduction to Indian and South Asian civilizations. Volume 2 contains an essential selection of primary readings on the social, intellectual, and religious history of India from the decline of Mughal rule in the eighteenth century to today. ... Read more

    $57.59 CAD

  • Building Industries at Sea - ‘Blue Growth’ and the New Maritime Economy

    Edited by Kate Johnson, Ian Masters, Gordon Dalton ...
    Throughout the world there is evidence of mounting interest in marine resources and new maritime industries to create jobs, economic growth and to help in the provision of energy and food security. Expanding populations, insecurity of traditional sources of supply and the effects of climate change add urgency to a perceived need to address and overcome the serious challenges of working in the ... Read more

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    A History of How We Cook and Eat

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  • Constantinople

    City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924

    by Philip Mansel ...
    Philip Mansel's highly acclaimed history absorbingly charts the interaction between the vibrantly cosmopolitan capital of Constantinople - the city of the world's desire - and its ruling family.In 1453, Mehmed the Conqueror entered Constantinople on a white horse, beginning an Ottoman love affair with the city that lasted until 1924, when the last Caliph hurriedly left on the Orient Express. For ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Akbar Emperor of India

    by Richard Garbe ...
    A picture of life and customs from the sixteenth century, centred around Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar, the third Mughal Emperor of the Mughal dynasty in India, one of the most powerful empires of the time which covered the majority of northern and central India. It it is a fascinating read for any enthusiast or historian of India. ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Bharata to India

    Volume 1: Chrysee the Golden

    by M. K. Agarwal ...
    The origin of world civilization can be traced to the Sindhu and Sarasvati river valleys (located in present-day Pakistan) as early as 8,000 BC. Here, innovation and originality in every aspect of human endeavor, from mathematics and science to art and sports, flourished. Yet the importance of this civilization, known as the Vedic period, has been deliberately downplayed.Thoroughly researched and ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • India

    A Short History

    by Andrew Robinson ...
    Series series A Short History
    India’s unfolding story, from the ancient Hindu dynasties to the coming of Islam, from the Mughal Empire to the present dayIndia has always been a land of great contradictions. To Alexander the Great, the country was a place of clever naked philosophers and massive armies mounted on elephants – which eventually forced his army to retreat. To ancient Rome, it was a source of luxuries, mainly spices ... Read more

    $17.49 CAD

  • From Bharata to India

    Volume 2: the Rape of Chrysee

    by Manjul K. Agarwal ...
    Continuing the narrative from Volume One of: From Bharata to India, this second volume spans the years from the Muslim conquests down to the present era.The Volume begins by contrasting the stifling theocracy of the Abrahamic religions (Judaism and Christianity), and of Islam, to the pristine ideation of compassion, love and universal wellbeing inherent in the Vedic world. The forced conversion of ... Read more

    $5.39 CAD

  • The Muslim Heritage of Bengal

    The Lives, Thoughts and Achievements of Great Muslim Scholars, Writers and Reformers of Bangladesh and West Bengal

    by Muhammad Mojlum Khan ...
    "The Muslim Heritage of Bengal is a multidimensional work. . . . I am sure this book will add to the vista of knowledge in the field of Muslim history and heritage of Bengal. I recommend this work."-Dr A. K. M. Yaqub Ali, Professor Emeritus, Islamic History & Culture, University of Rajshahi"Khan's book provides invaluable information which will inspire present and future generations."-Dr M. Abdul ... Read more

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  • Gustavus Adolphus

    by John Stevens ...
    Among the persons whose genius, heroism and force of character influenced events, and won commanding game, in the seventeenth century, Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden is justly regarded of the first. The War of Thirty Years, a long and terrible struggle between Catholicism and Protestantism, largely influenced by the rivalry and bitter hostility between France and the House of Austria, called out the ... Read more

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  • Religious Cultures in Early Modern India

    New Perspectives

    Edited by Rosalind O'Hanlon, David Washbrook ...
    Series series Routledge South Asian History and Culture Series
    Religious authority and political power have existed in complex relationships throughout India’s history. The centuries of the ‘early modern’ in South Asia saw particularly dynamic developments in this relationship. Regional as well as imperial states of the period expanded their religious patronage, while new sectarian centres of doctrinal and spiritual authority emerged beyond the confines of ... Read more

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  • The Spirit of Modern India

    Writings in Philosophy, Religion, and Culture

    Edited by Robert A. McDermott, V. S. Naravane ...
    This introduction to modern Indian thought establishes the historical context in which Indian thinkers of the past century developed their ideas, showing how those ideas comprise a coherent vision that is both Indian and contemporary. The Spirit of Modern India offers a full treatment of these ideas in an intelligible and concise approach and format.Despite a growing interest in Indian thought and ... Read more

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