True stories / true accounts of events Books
HarperCollins India City on Fire: A Boyhood in Aligarh
Book SynopsisThrough his years as a college student in Delhi, where being denied apartments because of his name was the norm; to ultimately becoming a journalist documenting history of his country as it happened.
£14.99
HarperCollins Publishers India Scum Of The Earth
£15.73
Westland Publications Limited The Tandoor Murder
Book SynopsisNaina Sahni's body found burnt in a tandoor in Delhi, involving accused Sushil Sharma, a Youth Congress leader. Maxwell Pereira shares insights on the case's twists, turns, and the long road to justice.
£19.19
Niyogi Books Banaras of Gods, Humans and Stories
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£33.25
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. BY MANY A HAPPY ACCIDENT: Recollections of a Life
Book SynopsisFortuitous or not, By Many a Happy Accident is an account of aife of unplanned happenings that took M. Hamid Ansari away from his preferred fancy for academia to professional diplomacy and then be co-opted in publicife and catapulted to the second highest office in theand for two consecutive terms. None of his predecessors, except Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, had experienced this honour. Besides chairing the Rajya Sabha and shedding interestingight on some of its functional aspects, Ansari used the vice presidency as a formidable pulpit to express himself candidly on a range of issues at different times in India''s changing politicalandscape. Their overarching theme was the need for modern India to re-commit itself to the constitutional principles of justice,iberty, equality and fraternity, to the values of a composite culture, and for correctives in polity relating to identity, security and empowerment of the weaker segments of our society.
£21.74
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. GANDHI: His Engagement with Islam and the Arab
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£17.24
Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd The Reluctant Doctor: Stilettos to Stethoscope-:
Book SynopsisFashionable city girl becomes rural doctor, giving up dreams for village practice. Memoir details her transformative journey treating physical and psychological issues of patients. Shows impact of globalization on India, with mix of horror and hope in village life.
£16.14
Niyogi Books The Most Incredible Olympic Stories
Book SynopsisThe Most Incredible Olympic Stories maps down the phenomenal journey of this marvellous event through time immemorial from its genesis to its glory days with the lore of myth, magic, and gallantry in every turn of its long walked path, where dirty politics went hand in hand with fair play, the universal the fraternity was welcomed in the backdrop of genocide, a strong woman often denounced of having male genitalia, fair skin dared to disobey White norms, the dark horse failed to surprise and the unpredictable often surprised. Read in 15 languages, Luciano has already unearthed numerous stories of sports that have crossed many skies, unveiling the myths behind them. This time he curates the oldest sporting tale a tale that becomes the narrative of modern civilization.
£20.42
Niyogi Books Behind Latticed Marble: Inner World of Women
Book SynopsisThis form of life existed throughout history in many parts of the world, including Asia, Africa and among the Aztecs and Incas in the Americas. It may still exist in some regions of the globe. In Europe, polygamy was prevalent among the Vikings. Among European royalty, although plural marriages did not exist, kings typically had mistresses. These fictional narratives, set in Rajasthan, create an elegant tapestry amidst the backdrop of Rajput grandeur and chivalry.
£15.99
Juggernaut Publication Seven Heroes of 1971:: Stories of Courage and
Book SynopsisWhat goes into the making of a hero? These stories of seven men from the army, navy and air force, as well as from a phantom army that was one of the best-kept secrets of the 1971 India Pakistan war, are gripping, sometimes heartbreaking, tales of incredible daring, tactical brilliance and unflinching courage, often in the face of certain death. They will thrill, move and inspire you from the first page to the l
£11.99
Juggernaut Publication The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur:: How the Pulwama
Book SynopsisInside the world of the Jaish-e-Mohammed from the Parliament attack to the Pulwama bombingIn February 2019 one of the worst terror attacks on India takes place in Pulwama in Kashmir. Forty Indian soldiers are dead. But when the NIA probes the bombing they hit one dead end after another. Who were the actual masterminds of this audacious strike? It seemed impossible to find out. In this thrilling and deeply reported book, the award-winning author and journalist Rahul Pandita tells the story of how a team of extraordinary NIA sleuths cracks the case one jigsaw piece at a time. Against all odds, they manage to connect the dots between a seemingly routine troublemaker put in preventive detention at the time of the abrogation of Article 370, a mobile phone full of lustful messages recovered after an encounter that killed a terrorist and the Pulwama attack itself. The sinister roots of the strike, they would discover, are several decades deep and can be traced to one man Masood Azhar and the empire of terror he created in Kashmir. In this book we enter the terrifying world of radical Islamists and secret militant operations, of intelligence agencies and elite counter-terrorism units. With never-before-published details about the Pulwama case, the resultant Balakot strike and the arcane world of terror groups, this is one of the most significant works on Kashmir and terrorism in recent times.
£14.44
Juggernaut Publication Murder on the Menu:: The Sensational Story of the Tycoon Who Founded Saravana Bhavan
£9.49
Simon & Schuster Publishers India Pvt Ltd Cat People
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£8.09
Juggernaut Publication A Cop in Cricket
Book SynopsisIn this book, Neeraj Kumar, one of India's most well-respected and accomplished police officers a former BCCI anti-corruption chief takes us inside the seamy world of corruption in cricket. What one encounters is an ungentlemanly game of cops and robbers: swindlers who cheat young players while the BCCI looks the other way, sham matches held just for the sake of betting and top administrators who care more for commerce than the integrity of the sport.
£18.99
Monsoon Books Jakarta Undercover
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£8.54
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press How to Be an Ironman
Book SynopsisIn April 2016, Dr. Nasser Al-Mohannadi became one of the first Qataris ever to complete a full Ironman race. He swam 3.8km, biked 180km and ran 42.2km on one of the most difficult Ironman courses in the world. It was the fulfilment of a childhood dream and the climax of 28 years of preparation and training. In this book, Al-Mohannadi shows how he overcame childhood fears, cultural misunderstanding, and physical injuries to reach his goal. Through careful planning, persistence and learning through mistakes, he achieved what seemed impossible.
£7.59
Ratna Pustak Bhandar,Nepal Following the Stars carrying beautiful Memories:
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£9.93
Bookart Back to the Future in Bantipur
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£12.50
Blackwater Press The Marriage: The Mahlers in New York
Book SynopsisGustav and Alma Mahler in New York City in 1907: He had been invited to lead the Metropolitan opera; his glamorous wife accompanied him to the New World. Nineteen years his junior, Alma was Gustav's constant companion, occasional soulmate, sometimes his muse, always his caretaker: a woman otherwise restless and unfulfilled. Her husband's life was intensely interior, sporadically alert to others' needs and desires. His energy and idealism were aroused by new surroundings, but fitfully. He remained a chronic outsider, with Alma bearing much of the brunt amid their turbulent New York surroundings. A stunning debut novel from renowned cultural historian Joseph Horowitz.Trade ReviewPraise for The Marriage: "Horowitz is a master of passionate scholarship. His deep historical knowledge blends with his narrative imagination to bring to life the very air his characters breathed." --Antonio Munoz Molina, winner of the Jerusalem Prize; "Joe Horowitz's The Marriage portrays Mahler with more power and poignancy than anyone else ever has." --JoAnn Falletta, music director, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; "Where biographers and other musicologists have struggled, Joseph Horowitz succeeds brilliantly in revealing the inner Gustav Mahler in this powerful and moving novel." --Richard Aldous, author of Tunes of Glory: The Life of Malcolm Sargent; "If we want to get closer to the "truth" of Mahler and his music, if we hope to improve our understanding of the person and his creations, we need to acknowledge the role our imagination must play in the learning process. In the case of Mahler, the essential facts have long been known. What we need now are fresh attempts to conceive what further truths they might contain. Joseph Horowitz's brilliant novel reveals much to us about who Mahler was, what he accomplished, and how he related to his world. Readers will be as eager to study it as they would any biography, and they can expect to learn as much."-- Charles Yuma's, Professor of Musicology, Penn State University; "Persuasive and fair. It is refreshing to see this chapter of Gustav Mahler's biography from an American perspective, written by someone not automatically biased in favor of Europe." --Karol Berger, author of Beyond Reason: Wagner contra Nietzsche; Osqood Hooker Professor in Fine Arts, Stanford University
£13.29
Ra & Olly Ltd Emergence
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£28.90
