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| The Abduction of Sita
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R.K. Narayan.
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| Publisher: Penguin. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780141026848. Daedalus Item Code: 32285 |
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| A hero must save the woman he loves, in this extract from the great Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Lord Ravana has enslaved all the gods and now rules the world, yet he cannot resist a beautiful ... (Read More)
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| Across the Tibetan Plateau: Ecosystems, Wildlife, and Conservation
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Robert L. Fleming Jr., Dorje Tsering, & Liu Wulin. Jimmy Carter, foreword.
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| Publisher: Norton. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780393061178. Daedalus Item Code: 01922 |
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| Presented in color photographs, captions, and a detailed narrative travelogue, this book depicts the staggering beauty and diversity of Tibet, from Mount Everest to the world's deepest gorge, from ... (Read More)
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| The Book of Love: In Search of the Kamasutra
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James McConnachie.
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| Publisher: Atlantic Books. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781843543732. Daedalus Item Code: 31035 |
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| Notorious as a manual of sexual instruction, the Kamasutra was written in 3rd-century northern India, when erotic culture lay at the heart of an exquisite civilization. And yet, as travel ... (Read More)
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| Buddhist Inspirations: Essential Philosophy, Truth, and Enlightenment
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Tom Lowenstein.
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| Publisher: Duncan Baird. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9781844831166. Daedalus Item Code: 31309 |
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| From images of majestic Himalayan mountains in Ladakh with mani (painted prayer stones) scattered below to ancient works of art preserved for more than a millennia on the cave walls in China, ... (Read More)
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| Chennai Not Madras: Perspectives on the City
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A.R. Venkatachalapathy, ed.
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| Publisher: Marg Publications. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9788185026749. Daedalus Item Code: 22452 |
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| Though the city of Chennai is over 350 years old, it has not received the kind of international attention reserved for other metropolitan cities in India, while the writings on Chennai that are ... (Read More)
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| Contradictory Lives: Baul Women in India and Bangladesh
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Lisa I. Knight.
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| Publisher: Oxford. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780199773541. Daedalus Item Code: 30718 |
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| In literature and popular imagination, the Bauls of India and Bangladesh are characterized as musical mystics—orange-clad nomads of both Hindu and Muslim backgrounds. They wander the countryside and ... (Read More)
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| A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta
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Paul Theroux.
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| Publisher: Mariner. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780547394497. Daedalus Item Code: 30589 |
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| An aimless travel writer with writer's block—his "dead hand"—Jerry Delfont is intrigued when he receives a letter from American philanthropist Mrs. Merrill Unger, with news of a scandal involving a ... (Read More)
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| Dhurries: History, Technique, Pattern, Identification
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Nada Chaldecott.
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| Publisher: Thames & Hudson. Format: hardcover.
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| ISBN: 9780500511381. Daedalus Item Code: 80959 |
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| "Traditionally used in India, dhurries are flat, woven mats that come in a wide variety of colors, designs, and sizes. Until now, these utilitarian and decorative floor coverings have hidden ... (Read More)
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| Edge of Empire: Conquest and Collecting in the East 1750–1850
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Maya Jasanoff.
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| Publisher: Harper Perennial. Format: paperback.
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| ISBN: 9780007180110. Daedalus Item Code: 31039 |
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| (Winner of the 2005 Duff Cooper Prize and a Book of the Year in the Economist, the Guardian and the Sunday Times) The talented historian who also wrote 2011 Samuel Johnson ... (Read More)
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