William - India 2

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles of the Indian Mutiny] By 1857, British power in India had been largely undisputed for almost fifty years, however, the a……続きを見る

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny] The Letters and memoirs of the ferocious leader of cavalry Major ……続きを見る

[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny] The fascinating diary of an officer of the 1st Madras Fusiliers w……続きを見る

In this evocative study of the fall of the Mughal Empire and the beginning of the Raj, award-winning historian William Dalrymple uses previously undiscovered sources to investigate a pivotal moment ……続きを見る

White Mughals is the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that crossed and transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time. James Achilles Kir……続きを見る

A Bollywood blockbuster when it was released in 1977, Amar Akbar Anthony has become a classic of Hindi cinema and a touchstone of Indian popular culture. Delighting audiences with its songs and madc……続きを見る

Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by the British author, William Sleeman.William Sleeman or Sir William Henry Sleeman was a British soldier and administrator in British India,best know……続きを見る

Modern India by William Eleroy Curtis. 続きを見る

A comprehensive and revealing account of the ongoing struggles and instability of India’s political and economic institutions India’s ascent as a formidable power on the world stage and its geopolit……続きを見る

'Riveting. This highly readable and entertaining book ... finally sets the record straight on the history of the Koh-i-Noor' Tarquin Hall, Sunday Times 'Dynamic, original and supremely readable' May……続きを見る

Before the Korean War, the primary mission of Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer’s Far East Air Forces was air defense of the Japanese homeland. Most of the aircraft constituting Stratemeyer’s inventory……続きを見る

Pyrrhus Press specializes in bringing books long out of date back to life, allowing today’s readers access to yesterday’s treasures. 続きを見る

In his internal administration Lord Mayo had to encounter two imperative, and at first sight, irreconcilable necessities. The one was the necessity for consolidation, the other was the necessity for……続きを見る

There are many holy cities in India, but Mumbai is not usually considered one of them. More popular images of the city capture the world’s collective imaginationーas a Bollywood fantasia or a slumla……続きを見る

Offering a fresh approach to the issue of government and administrative corruption through 'everyday' citizen interactions with the state, this book explores changing discourses and practices of cor……続きを見る

Atkinson's excellent explanations of karma and reincarnation in ancient religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism, exposed in his work "Reincarnation and the Law of Karma" (1908), introduce both belie……続きを見る

From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted ‘Return of a King’, the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and polit……続きを見る

William Edward Hartpole Lecky's 'History of the Rise and Influence of the Spirit of Rationalism in Europe' is a seminal work that explores the development of rationalist thought in Europe. Written i……続きを見る

Tra le storie più affascinanti di sempre merita senza dubbio un posto quella del Koh-i-Nur, il diamante dal valore stimato «in due giorni e mezzo di cibo per il mondo intero», la gemma portentosa co……続きを見る

William Watts, active from 1737-1758, penned the insightful 'Memoirs of the Revolution in Bengal, Anno Dom. 1757', providing a compelling account of the political and social shifts during this turbu……続きを見る

È ormai chiaro che lo strapotere delle grandi multinazionali, capace di condizionare la vita politica, le scelte economiche, i flussi informativi, costituisce un rischio per le odierne democrazie li……続きを見る

Una lóbrega tarde de noviembre de 1862, un rústico féretro recibía sepultura en medio de un escalofriante silencio, sin lamentos ni panegíricos por orden expresa del comisionado británico: «No debe ……続きを見る

*Includes Table of ContentsA.V. Williams Jacksons History of India Volume 9: Historic Accounts of India by Foreign Travellers Classic, Oriental, and Occidental is a fascinating collection of account……続きを見る

This vintage book contains an English translation of the Shikshapatri, a religious text comprising two hundred and twelve Sanskrit verses. The verses were originally written by Lord Swaminarayan (17……続きを見る

This volume contains English translations by Epiphanius Wilson of various ancient Sanskrit texts, including “The Book of Good Counsels”, “Nala and Damayanti”, and the “Rámáyana” and “Sakoontalá”. “H……続きを見る

The Vanishing Indian Upper Class is a story necessary to the life, the times and the action as told and provides a basic narrative tension by what I refer to as an ethnographic excavation, because i……続きを見る

This book itemize the familial, cultural, religious, and historical themes in a unique life story. The book is distinctive in that it continues the life story as a sociological genre, and as a metho……続きを見る

The Vanishing Indian Upper Class is a story necessary to the life, the times and the action as told and provides a basic narrative tension by what I refer to as an ethnographic excavation, because i……続きを見る