India Travel

Greater than a Tourist: Nashik by Monali Deshmukh offers the inside scoop on Nashik. Most travel audiobooks tell you how to sightsee. Although there's nothing wrong with that, as a part of the Greater than a Tourist series, this audiobook will give you tips from someone who lives at your next travel destination.

Embark on an extraordinary journey through the creation, life, and legacy of the International Space Station (ISS)—a marvel of engineering and a symbol of peaceful international collaboration. This book provides an in-depth look at the challenges, breakthroughs, and human stories that shaped one of the most significant scientific achievements in history. From the early concepts of space stations and the Cold War collaborations that eventually gave birth to this unparalleled space structure, to the rigorous engineering feats and the unique day-to-day life of astronauts aboard, the story of...

Eat Like a Local: Bengaluru by author Pratima Sharma offers the inside scoop on Bengaluru food. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat Like a Local series, this audiobook will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

These Sands of Time a novel by Julian Bound One Woman’s Journey Through the Centuries Finding an old journal while travelling in South East Asia, a young traveller uncovers a story of soulmates, reincarnation and immortality. The journal tells the unique life story of Nannette Basset, a kitchen maid born in Bordeaux, France in 1662. Writing of her formative years Nannette explains how at the age of twenty-six her body stopped aging. Fleeing her home in fear of reprisal for her ever youthful appearance Nannette’s story unfolds to a backdrop of centuries and across the landscapes of ...

Four Hearts a Novel by Julian Bound ‘You walk into a room filled with all the people you’ve ever met, who do you seek out first?’ Diagnosed with an incurable illness, one man begins a journey across the world to meet with those from his past. Travelling to India and Nepal’s ancient cities and to Thailand’s tropical islands, those he encounters hold a message for him. Exploring the concepts of love, friendship and heartache it is he who must ultimately face a destiny shaped by life choices made. Four Locations, Four Souls, One Journey. - ‘Four Hearts’ a tale of wanderlust and ...

India is a subcontinent with a long history, a land of legend, fantasy and reality. A country that extends from the Himalayas in the north to the semi-desert terrain and tropics of the south. A place of incredible contrasts and fascinating splendour. Delhi is the political and administrative capital of India and a melting pot of both culture and religion. A constantly expanding metropolis built on the site of twelve former cities and centre of power for almost a thousand years.

A riveting work of narrative nonfiction centering on the unsolved disappearance of an American backpacker in India--one of at least two dozen tourists who have met a similar fate in the remote and storied Parvati Valley.

Ana Briongos ha viajado a Calcuta en repetidas ocasiones para acompañar a un amigo a reencontrarse con su familia india y con el empeño y avidez de la asignatura pendiente. A partir de estas estancias en la ciudad la autora hilvana un relato personal en el que confluyen personajes tan reales como sorprendentes y un retrato de la gran urbe india en la que no faltan los ricos comerciantes marwaris convertidos en coleccionistas de arte, los bajos fondos de Sudder Street, los parsis viviendo entre la modernidad y sus antiguas tradiciones, los señores del té con sus plantaciones en ...

This book is the first one in the series about travel "The Blonde around the world or I did it my way".

Eat like a Local: Delhi by author Raghav Modi offers the inside scoop on Delhi and its vibrant food culture. Culinary tourism is an important aspect of any travel experience. Food has the ability to tell you a story of a destination, its landscapes, and culture on a single plate. Most food guides tell you how to eat like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Eat like a Local series, this book will give you a food guide from someone who has lived at your next culinary destination.

The troubling and bizarre life of Sheila Carfenders, a 22-year-old mental patient abducted by her abusive San Francisco psychiatrist. Doctor Mask takes Sheila to an impoverished Asian country decaying from a violent insurgency, where he hopes to build an experimental psychiatric clinic after making deals with the corrupt regime and its delirious leader President Akimbo. Sheila's fate? Unexpected amid a coup. Richard S. Ehrlich is an American journalist from San Francisco, California, reporting news from Asia since 1978, and won Columbia University's Foreign Correspondent's Award. Many of ...

In 1841, Nigel Halleck left Britain as a clerk in the East India Company. He served in the colonial administration for eight years before leaving his post, eventually disappearing in the mountain kingdom of Nepal, never to be heard from again. A century-and-a-half later, Kief Hillsbery, Nigel's nephew many times removed, sets out to unravel the mystery. Tracing his ancestor's journey across the subcontinent, his quest takes him from Lahore to Calcutta and finally to the palaces of Kathmandu. What emerges is an unexpected personal chapter in the history of the British Empire in India.

From travelling on India's chaotic roads to drinking chai at a streetside stall, from battling mosquitoes to meditating in an ashram, the author takes you on a journey of vivid impressions that brings you the taste, sounds, and smells of life in this amazing country.

Why do we pray? What is the role of religion in your life today? Do you commune with the divine through rituals? Or is it a comforting routine, going to church or temple once a week or month? Are these questions making you uncomfortable? Do you think religion is a private act to be done in the confines of one's home, with family, and not something to declare publicly? In Food & Faith, Shoba Narayan approaches faith through perhaps its most primal and nourishing aspect: food.

Listen to the thrilling stories of Kevin J. Lear in Rajasthan, India. India is brought to life following an adventure into Rajasthan.

Having been left for another, Trisha decides that the best way to nurse her broken heart is to escape to India, armed with a copy of the Kama Sutra with its promise to teach her how to seduce a new lover, train a hawk (to carry love letters, of course!), furnish a house seductively, and seduce other women's husbands (well, maybe not that one).

Is India ready for superpower status or too far behind China to ever catch up? In his career as one of India's leading journalists and entrepreneurs, Raghav Bahl has often faced this question, and many others, from bewildered visitors.

Let yourself go.... Georgia Green is about to board a plane to India, alone - again. Things were supposed to be different this time, but Georgia backpacked solo to Thailand and survived, what could possibly go wrong? Only she is about to find out that when in India the country calls the shots - not you. The new favourite series for fans of Bridget Jones's Diary, the Shopaholic series and Eat, Pray, Love. Join Georgia Green for her next big adventure in Bollywood!

Of Eden’s Touch by Julian Bound Tales of Horror in Paradise From the remote Himalayan monasteries of Tibet and Bhutan, to Nepal and the backstreets of Kathmandu, and from the isolated bamboo forests of Japan to encounters with the macabre in India and China. Chilling stories of entities and spirits roaming across Asia and South East Asia - some lost, some choosing to stay on the borderlands between life and death… others intent on sharing their malevolence with any passing traveller happened upon. Ten chilling tales of horror, with each carrying a unique twist and bite. Beware when in ...

Join me, the author, and my friend Bebe for a wild adventure in the Himalayan mountains of Ladakh, North India. On the way, we stop in Delhi, where the sights, sounds, and smells send my mind in a whirl. A family of four rides by, balanced precariously on a scooter. Bone thin dogs search every nook and cranny for food. A man who manufactures silk and sells it all over the world reveals the finest cream-colored silk I have ever seen - so light in weight and fine in texture I can barely feel it, as if an eiderdown goose feather floats by.