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Munoz provides new insight into Benazir Bhutto’s unprecedented rise and an unflinching, minute-by-minute narrative of the assassination itself. With impeccable research, Munoz also situates Bhutto in the decades-long history of U.S.-Pakistan relations and the emergence of global terrorism, pinpointing her death as the moment when those relations changed forever. The result is a gripping narrative of Pakistan’s turbulent political realities and the death of its leading politician.

An army medic who went beyond the call of duty amid a frenzy of treacherous bloodletting in Ladakh’s Galwan while his fellow soldiers fought the Chinese to death; the crew of an Indian Navy destroyer that put everything on the line to rescue hundreds from Cyclone Tauktae in the Arabian Sea; an Indian Air Force pilot who ejected from his doomed fighter less than two seconds before it hit the ground, only to find he was missing a leg.

This three-in-one audiobook includes three books on the captivating history of India. The first book covers the history of India from the ancient times to the modern era. The second book focuses on the East India Company, and the third book is about the Dutch East India Company. Learn more about India with this audiobook.

The murder of a young Tibetan nun at the hands of Chinese border guards at the rooftop of the world offers a unique parable for the tale of modern Tibet. Chinese police are instructed to take any measures necessary to protect the border of Tibet. When a group of climbers witness the murder of a young Tibetan nun who is fleeing to India, two men have a choice: turn a blind eye and preserve their climbing careers or alert the world to the grand scale of human injustice played out daily in Tibet.

The story of Mohandas Gandhi, one of the world's best-loved and most important promoters of freedom and justice, fascinates every generation. Thrown off a South African train for sitting in a "whites only" compartment, Gandhi resolved to oppose injustice wherever he encountered it. His life of resistance led him to a remarkable philosophy of nonviolence that culminated in the freedom struggle in India.

Zeyad Masroor Khan was four years old when he realized that an innocent act of clicking a switch near a window overlooking the street could trigger a riot. As the distant thud of a crowd grew closer and calls for murder rent the air, he got his first taste of growing up in Upar Kot, a Muslim ghetto in Aligarh. Khan's world was far-removed from the Aligarh of popular imagination-of poets, tehzeeb and the intellectual corridors of the Aligarh Muslim University.

If you think of homeopathy in India, one name springs to mind-Dr Batra's(R). From humble beginnings with a clinic in Chowpatty, Bombay in 1982, Dr Mukesh Batra put homeopathy on the world map by starting over 200 clinics in seven countries and in 150 cities of India in the next four decades.

கண்டிப்பாக, என்னுடைய நினைவலைகள் உங்களுக்கு சுவாரஸ்யமாக இருக்கும் என்று நம்புகிறேன்.

शेतीवर आधारित अथवा शेतीला पूरक उद्योगांची संख्या अमाप आहे. थेट अन्नधान्याशी निगडीत उद्योगांचा तर त्यात प्रामुख्याने समावेश आहेच. पण इतरही अनेक उद्योग त्यातून उभे राहू शकतात. अशाच एका उद्योगाची आणि उद्योजकाची ही कहाणी…

Terry Tarnoff spent eight years during the 1970s traveling throughout Europe, Africa, and Asia. It was the early days of exploring what were to become legendary spots on the traveler's trail. Whether playing the clubs of Amsterdam, skirting the Yakuza in Japan, surviving the winters of Kathmandu, or forming a band in Goa, India, Terry's adventures are alternately engrossing, hilarious and deeply moving. Once upon a Time in Goa looks back from the perspective of modern times upon a period that continues to fascinate people of all generations across the globe.

Durante años, el tema de la Compañía Británica de las Indias Orientales ha fascinado a historiadores, así como a economistas, antropólogos, sociólogos y otros tipos de estudiosos. Algunos consideran que la Compañía es un ejemplo perfecto de un imperio que drena los recursos de las personas desfavorecidas y destruye sus culturas enteras en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.

सोसायटीशी संबंधित कामांमध्ये बागकाम हे महत्वाचं ठरतं. एकूण सोसायटी किंवा बंगले यांचं आवार हे नीटनेटकं आणि उत्तम देखभाल केलेलं असेल तर त्याचा प्रभाव चांगला पडतो. अशाच बागकामाचा व्यवसाय करणाऱ्या, अवघ्या 27 वर्षांच्या शुभम काळदातेची ही गोष्ट.

ಅಟೋಬಯಾಗ್ರಫಿ ಆಫ್ ಎ ಯೋಗಿ ಯ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅನುವಾದದ ಆಡಿಯೋ ಪುಸ್ತಕಕ್ಕೆ ಸ್ವಾಗತ. 20ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ 100 ಆಧ್ಯಾತ್ಮಿಕ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದೆಂದು ಹೆಸರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಪರಮಹಂಸ ಯೋಗಾನಂದರ ಅಸಾಧಾರಣ ಜೀವನ ಚರಿತ್ರೆಯು ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಸಂತರ ಹಾಗೂ ಯೋಗಿಗಳ, ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ ಹಾಗೂ ಪವಾಡಗಳ, ಮರಣ ಹಾಗೂ ಪುನರುತ್ಥಾನಗಳ ಲೋಕದ ಅವಿಸ್ಮರಣೀಯ ಅನ್ವೇಷಣೆಯೆಡೆಗೆ ಕರೆದೊಯ್ಯುತ್ತದೆ.

This thrilling narrative, with its wealth of little-known facts takes the listener on a journey through the life of independent India’s first law minister, a formally converted Buddhist who wholeheartedly dedicated himself to initiating various movements for the social and political betterment of the Dalit community. This book presents a fascinating outlook on Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar’s political aspirations and promises to be an engaging and enrapturing story.

How to Be a Writer is peppered with nuggets of practical advice for every person who is aspiring to write and be published, all told in Ruskin Bond's characteristic understated, tongue-in-cheek, humorous style. So, what is it that a person requires the most to become a writer? A love of books, of language, of life, an observant eye and a good memory, along with enthusiasm, optimism, and persistence. This book is an exclusive glimpse into the writing credo of Ruskin Bond, an author who has had an incredibly successful writing career spanning over 70 years.

Baba Cesare - l'asceta italiano protagonista di questo libro - dopo un'esistenza ordinaria si è avvicinato al mondo dei sadhu indiani. Il suo percorso è molto diverso da quello che potremmo immaginare noi occidentali. Folco Terzani ha riconosciuto in lui un autentico cercatore, intimamente libero: un uomo abitato da una sete di assoluto, capace di spogliarsi di tutto per seguire una chiamata.

The Elements of Cricket is a cricket book unlike any other published before, an extraordinary, eccentric guide and charming visual representation of the game, from the weather and wood that make it possible to the achievements of its greatest and most famous players. The book is divided into the three parts that make up the fundamental elements of cricket: bat, ball and field. Their harmony produces cricket’s unique environment; their centuries’ long conflict provides its innovation, adaptability and vast psychological hinterland.

Cast out for writing a poem, for owning a car, for talking about the sexual harassment that nuns face in the Church, Sr Lucy reveals what it was like for her to join a nunnery hoping to lead a life of faith and service but to instead be confronted with unexpected and bone-chilling realities.

தமிழ்த்தாத்தா டாக்டர் உ.வே.சா. அவர்கள் எழுதிய தன் வரலாற்று நூல் இது.

This book takes you all the way from India’s prehistoric beginnings at Mohenjo-daro to the development of Buddhism and the Maurya Empire, the Hindu empires of the Middle Ages, the Mughals who brought Islam to the mix (and created the Taj Mahal), the British Raj, and finally the fight for independence and the modern yet ageless India of today.