THE THIRD BOOK IN V.S. NAIPAUL`S ACCLAIMED INDIAN TRILOGY -- WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR Much has changed since V. S. Naipaul`s first trip to India & this fascinating account of his return journey focuses on India`s development since independence. Taking an anti-clockwise journey around the metropolises of India -- including Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, & Delhi -- Naipaul offers a kaleidoscopic, layered travelogue, encompassing a wide collage of religions, castes, & classes at a time when the percolating ideas of freedom threatened to shake loose the old ways. The brilliance of the book lies in Naipaul`s decision to approach this shifting, changing land from a variety of perspectives: the author humbly recedes, allowing the Indians to tell the stories of their own lives, & a dynamic oral history of India emerges before our eyes. India: A Million Mutinies Now is a truly perceptive work whose insights continue to inform travellers of all generations to India. ` Brilliantly enjoyable.. . Everybody should read him` Sunday Telegraph ` With this book he may well have written his own enduring monument, in prose at once stirring & intensely personal, distinguished both by style & critical acumen` Financial TImes ...

V.S. Naipaul's fascinating account of his journey around India approaches this shifting, changing land from a variety of perspectives. Through interviews with people from many different walks of life, he builds an oral history of a country constantly on the move. ...

In ten incisive chapters Andrew Robinson provides a clear focus to each segment of the unfolding story of Indian history, from the remarkable cities of the Indus Valley civilization four millennia ago to the Hindu dynasties, from the Mughal Empire to the British Raj, & from Indian independence to the nations emergence as the worlds largest democracy & one of its fastest growing economies in the modern era. ...

Excellent topographic trekking maps of the Ladakh
- Zanskar region at 1:150, 000 from the Geneva based Editions Olizane on light,
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State maps of India from Eicher Goodearth in a series reflecting a change in locally produced maps to a more modern style of cartography. Each map is double-sided &

Includes:: an index of localities, street plans of main cities, a distance table & a route planner map of the whole of India. Each title comes with a small booklet with brief descriptions of main places of interest & colour photos. The maps show road & rail networks, indicating intermediate distances on many local roads. Towns & villages of particular tourist interest are highlighted & symbols mark national parks & wildlife sanctuaries, temples, etc. The base map shows rivers, lakes & local waterways system & has spot heights for peaks, but the range of elevation colouring is too finely graded to provide any useful information. No geographical coordinates are marked. The maps show the names & boundaries of local districts, indicating state capitals & district or tehsil administrative headquarters. Outside the state boundaries the colour range of the print is reduced, so only main roads are clearly visible. For more information please see individual descriptions.PLEASE NOTE: the various series of state maps of India often show different small villages, supplementing each other to provide a more detailed picture of each state.

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India`s states on road maps from the Delhi-based International Publications, with most titles also including an informative, illustrated booklet describing main sights. The maps show more, or sometimes different small towns or villages than included in other similar publications. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, the maps present the state with its constituent districts in different colours & also show the division of districts into talukas. Town symbols indicate both district & taluka headquarters. Road network

Includes:: many local roads, some with driving distances, although sometimes locations are marked without road access to them shown on the map. Railway lines are included & local airports are marked. Symbols indicate various locations of interest, including historical sites, wildlife sanctuaries, beaches, etc. In many titles additional panels around the main map and/or in the accompanying booklet provide more information: enlargements with more detailed presentation of the road network, street plans of main cities, etc. The booklets, which also include a general introduction to the state & district-by-district descriptions, are published on high quality paper & are illustrated with numerous colour photos. For more details please see the individual descriptions.PLEASE NOTE: the various locally-produced state maps of India often show different small towns & villages, supplementing each other to provide a more detail picture of each state.

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India in a series of four regional maps from ITMB providing either convenient double-sided coverage of large parts of the country, or road maps backed by a street plan of the region’s main city. The regional maps are indexed, have altitude colouring to show the topography, & highlight various sights & places of interest. The street plans also indicate various tourist sights & facilities, & are indexed.* * For more information please see individual descriptions.* ...

To venture into the jungle & look a tiger in the eye, to marvel at the fantastic monument of the Taj Mahal, to watch pilgrims bathe in the holy waters of the Ganges
- moments like these are among the highlights of a trip to India. In this new pictorial work by Axel Gomille, you can experience the magic of this exotic land: a world of contrasts, of ever-changing colours, exotic scents & unfamiliar sounds, that seduces all of your senses all at once. Axel Gomille is particularly intrigued by the unique connection between nature & culture, that is so characteristic of India. Over the past twenty years, he has returned again & again to the subcontinent with his camera to document the rich fauna & its close links to human society. In the jungle he found tigers, sloth bears, elephants & many other animals. In the swamps he observed crocodiles & fell under the spell of the exotic bird life. He visited temples & palaces that recall the splendour of a bygone era, & at a camel fair market in the Thar Desert he was transported back to the Middle Ages. The text & photographs in this book pay homage to one of the most beautiful, most diverse & most fascinating countries in the world.
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Leap & Hop India By Isabelle Demenge Illustration by Emilie Sarnel Leap & Hop is a series of travel books written especially for children by Isabelle Demenge with illustrations by Emilie Sarnel. The idea of the series is to turn a ”grown-up” trip into a fun adventure for children. These interactive books aim at getting children to discover new places & learn about other cultures through interesting information as well as games & activities. For parents, the books provide an ideal way to stick to a grown-up itinerary with a focus on cultural sites, & to create an unforgettable travel experience for their children. As kids play along by drawing, writing, & collecting items of interest throughout the journey, they`ll find themselves creating a very personal souvenir as the book is transformed into a travel scrapbook for them to keep. Leap & Hop India focuses on Agra & Rajasthan. Kids can learn to distinguish between history & myths surrounding the Taj Mahal, go on a scavenger hunt in the palaces of maharajahs in Udaipur, write their name in Hindi, & read about the palace intrigues of the Mughal emperors, among others. ...

Maps designed specifically for the trekker, presenting the topography by line drawings of mountain ridges, with main peaks & passes shown with their height above sea level. The maps also show rivers & settlements & clearly indicate trekking routes. On the reverse are descriptions of suggested routes & other information about the area. ...