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Indian sub-continent
Hardback. What makes a good curry? Sensual spicy aromas or thick, creamy sauces? Rich, dark dals or crispy fried street snacks? The author journeys through India to find the answer, searching this colourful, chaotic nation in search of the truths behind our love affair with its food. He also uncovers recipes for kormas, spiced fish and slow-cooked biryanis. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; WBN; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1246.
- Publisher
- Ebury Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849905787
- ISBN
- 9781849905787
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.56
€ 40.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. Can the subaltern joke? This book answers by invoking riddling, oral-based fictions from Hindi, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, and Urdu that dare to laugh at what traditions often keep hidden-whether spouse abuse, ethnic violence, or the uncertain legacies of a divinely wrought sex change. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823229550
- ISBN
- 9780823229550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.06
€ 107.06
Hardback. What India's founders derived from Western political traditions is widely understood. Less well-known is how India's own rich knowledge traditions of 2,500 years influenced these men. Vajpeyi furnishes this missing account, showing how five founders turned to classical texts to fashion an original sense of Indian selfhood. Num Pages: 368 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBTB; HBTR; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674048959
- ISBN
- 9780674048959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.96€ 49.14
€ 52.96
€ 49.14
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBLC1; HRG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632490
- ISBN
- 9780691632490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.42
€ 116.42
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBLC1; HRCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691603087
- ISBN
- 9780691603087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.70
€ 42.99
€ 30.70
Hardcover. The first comprehensive ethnography of the Thangmi, a marginalized community who migrate between Himalayan border zones, Rituals of Ethnicity explores Thangmi cultural worlds and regional political histories to offer a new explanation for the persistence of enduring ethnic identities despite the realities of mobile, hybrid lives. Series: Contemporary Ethnography. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKN; JFSL; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812246834
- ISBN
- 9780812246834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.11
€ 92.11
Hardcover. India is killing the Ganges, and the Ganges in turn is killing India. Victor Mallet traces the holy river from source to mouth, and from ancient times to the present day, to find that the battle to rescue what is arguably the world's most important river is far from lost. Num Pages: 336 pages, Approx. 20 colour illustrations and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJ; HBJF; HBTP; RNPG; RNT; WTL. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198786177
- ISBN
- 9780198786177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.12
€ 41.12
Hardback. Daniel Haines uncovers the history of one of the most important factors in relations between these two South Asian powers -- water Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1FKP; HBJF; HBLW3; JPS; RNFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849047166
- ISBN
- 9781849047166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.51
€ 46.99
€ 41.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AJB; RGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 409 x 351 x 75. Weight in Grams: 5046.
- Publisher
- Steidl Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783958291119
- ISBN
- 9783958291119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.68€ 98.02
€ 103.68
€ 98.02
Paperback. This publication explores the different yet corresponding architectural concepts of Umberto Riva and Bijoy Jain. Num Pages: 240 pages, 430. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1FKA; AMB; AMC; AMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Lars Muller Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037784587
- ISBN
- 9783037784587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.00
€ 26.99
€ 20.00
Hardcover. This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the botanical environment - the sacred nature of trees and flora, the significance of plants as food and medicine, agriculture and the use of plants in ritual and myth. Editor(s): Ferrari, Dr. Fabrizio M.; Dahnhardt, Thomas. Num Pages: 326 pages, 48 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 73.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791196
- ISBN
- 9781781791196
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.80
€ 45.80
Roots of Wisdom, Branches of Devotion: Plant Life in South Asian Tradi...
Dr. Fabrizio M. Ferrari (Ed.)
Paperback. This volume explores the way in which various religious traditions, including Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, have represented and reflected upon the botanical environment - the sacred nature of trees and flora, the significance of plants as food and medicine, agriculture and the use of plants in ritual and myth. Editor(s): Ferrari, Dr. Fabrizio M.; Dahnhardt, Thomas. Num Pages: 256 pages, 48 figures. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRAC; HRLK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781791202
- ISBN
- 9781781791202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.83
€ 44.83
Hardback. Routine Violence focuses on the violence of routine political practices - the drawing up of political categories and the writing of national histories. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804752633
- ISBN
- 9780804752633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.53
€ 134.53
Paperback. Routine Violence focuses on the violence of routine political practices - the drawing up of political categories and the writing of national histories. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLW; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804752640
- ISBN
- 9780804752640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.24
€ 29.99
€ 27.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRE; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Wisdom Publications,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861714858
- ISBN
- 9780861714858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.13
€ 18.99
€ 18.13
Paperback. Rule by Aesthetics draws on extensive fieldwork in Delhi's slums, courtrooms and state offices to shed fresh light on the violent underpinnings of contemporary city making. Presenting a new theory of urban power, Ghertner shows how aesthetic codes replaced conventional city planning tools in Delhi's millennial slum clearance drive. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSG; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199385577
- ISBN
- 9780199385577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.95
€ 57.95
Paperback.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780998534
- ISBN
- 9781780998534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.43
€ 17.99
€ 16.43
Hardback. Editor(s): Harriss-White, Barbara; Janakarajan, S. Series: Anthem South Asian Studies. Num Pages: 540 pages, 200+ figures, graphs and charts. BIC Classification: 1FKA; GTF; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 540
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843310877
- ISBN
- 9781843310877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.81
€ 140.81
Paperback. Surveys the myriad holy men, mystics and ascetics of India: their prehistoric origins; beliefs, gods and sects; initiation, training and daily lives; appearance, practices and belongings; sacred places and festivals; austerities, the inner fire and the quest for a higher plane of being. Num Pages: 176 pages, 120 illustrations, 116 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HRK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500291603
- ISBN
- 9780500291603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.16
€ 17.99
€ 14.16
hardcover. A political biography of Gujarat and the chief minister who has run it for twelve years - the man now adopted as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Indian election. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JPL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2024
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849044295
- ISBN
- 9781849044295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.20
€ 40.99
€ 36.20