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Glimpses Of World History

Glimpses Of World History

by Jawaharlal Nehru

Glimpses of World History, a book written by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1934, is a panoramic sweep of the history of humankind. It is a collection of 196 letters on world history written from various prisons in British India between 1930-1933. The letters were written to his young daughter Indira, and was meant to introduce her to world history. The letters start off with one he sends to his daughter on her birthday.
The Rape Of Nanking

The Rape Of Nanking

by Iris Chang

In December 1937, the Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking. Within weeks, more than 300,000 Chinese civilians were systematically raped, tortured, and murdered—a death toll exceeding that of the atomic blasts of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. Using extensive interviews with survivors and newly discovered documents, Iris Chang has written what will surely be the definitive history of this horrifying episode. The Rape of Nanking tells the story from three perspectives: of the... Read more about this item
Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung

Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung

by Mao Tse-Tung

Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong, better known in the West as The Little Red Book, was published by the Government of the People's Republic of China from April 1964 until approximately 1976. As its title implies, it is a collection of quotations excerpted from Mao Zedong's past speeches and publications. The book's alternative title The Little Red Book was coined by the West for its pocket-sized edition, which was specifically printed and sold to facilitate easy carrying.
Chickenhawk

Chickenhawk

by Robert Mason

More than half a million copies of Chickenhawk have been sold since it was first published in 1983. Now with a new afterword by the author and photographs taken by him during the conflict, this straight-from-the-shoulder account tells the electrifying truth about the helicopter war in Vietnam. This is Robert Mason’s astounding personal story of men at war. A veteran of more than one thousand combat missions, Mason gives staggering descriptions that cut to the heart of the combat... Read more about this item
The Ravens

The Ravens

by Christopher Robbins

"While America and the rest of the world watched the Vietnam war on television, a handful of elite Air Force pilots, wearing anything but uniforms and piloting unarmored, small, prop-driven aircraft, fought a secret war..." in "the other theater - a small nation called Laos, next door to Vietnam, bordered by the Ho Chi Minh Trail..."
Street Without Joy

Street Without Joy

by Bernard B Fall

A poignant, angry, articulate book Newsweek 'Mr Fall's book is a dramatic treatment of a historic event graphic impact New York Times Originally published in 1961, before the United States escalated its involvement in South Vietnam, Street Without Joy offered a clear warning about what American forces would face in the jungles of Southeast Asia; a costly and protracted revolutionary war fought without fronts against a mobile enemy. In harrowing detail, Fall describes the brutality and frustrations of the... Read more about this item
Embracing Defeat

Embracing Defeat

by John W Dower

Drawing on a vast range of sources, from manga comics to MacArthur's report to Congress, this monumental new work by America's foremost historian of modern Japan traces the impact of defeat and reconstruction on every aspect of Japan's national life. Alongside the familiar story of economic resurgence, Dower examines how the nation as a whole reacted to the contradictory experiences of humiliation at the hands of a foreign power and liberation from the demands of a suicidal nationalism. The result is a... Read more about this item
The Man-Eating Leopard Of Rudraprayag

The Man-Eating Leopard Of Rudraprayag

by Jim Corbett

Jim Corbett's books are usually collections of stories about how he tracked and shot man-eaters in the Indian Himalayas. The present volume consists of a single story, which is perhaps the most exciting of all Corbett's jungle tales.
Recipes

Recipes

by Time-Life Books

The Making Of a Quagmire

The Making Of a Quagmire

by David Halberstam

Jesus Lived In India

Jesus Lived In India

by Holger Kersten

Introduction To Sanskrit

Introduction To Sanskrit

by Thomas Egenes

Four Chapters On Freedom

Four Chapters On Freedom

by Swami Satyananda Saraswati

The Sufi Message

The Sufi Message

by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Anatomy Of Hatha Yoga

Anatomy Of Hatha Yoga

by H David Coulter

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Tandoor

by Ranjit Rai

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Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha

by Swami Satyananda Saraswati

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When Hell Was In Session

by Jeremiah a ; Brandt, Ed Denton

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Journal Of Bengal Art

by Enamul Haque

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Japanese Mind

Japanese Mind

by Christopher, Robert C

Out Of This World

Out Of This World

by Thomas, Lowell, Jr

Inchon

Inchon

by Langley, Michael

Shadows On the Wall

Shadows On the Wall

by Nehru, Krishna

Dictionary Of Native American Mythology

Dictionary Of Native American Mythology

by Gill, Sam D ; Sullivan, Irene F

A Long Walk To Church

A Long Walk To Church

by Davis, Nathaniel

Out Of This World

Out Of This World

by Thomas, Lowell

Arts Of Asia

Arts Of Asia

by Nguyet, Tuyet