6 best-selling nonfiction books like This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India (Oxford India Paperbacks) by Madhav Gadgil

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This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India (Oxford India Paperbacks)

By: Madhav Gadgil

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Using a general theory of ecological history, the authors provide a fresh interpretation of India's…

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1. India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

By: Ramachandra Guha

4.39

Format: 912 pages, Hardcover

A magisterial account of the pains, the struggles, the humiliations, and the glories of the world's… read more

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  • asia
  • politics
  • india
  • nonfiction
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"In 1951 Dec 20th, Nehru, while campaigning for the first democratic elections in India, took a short break to address a UNESCO symposium in Delhi. Although he believed democracy was the best form of …"

-Ramachandra Guha, India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

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2. A Viagem do Elefante

By: José Saramago

3.77

Format: None pages, Paperback

Em meados do seculo XVI o rei D. Joao III oferece a seu primo, o arquiduque Maximiliano da Austria,… read more

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3. India: A Sacred Geography

By: Diana L. Eck

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

In India: A Sacred Geography, renowned Harvard scholar Diana Eck offers an extraordinary spiritual … read more

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  • india
  • asia
  • nonfiction
  • history

4. Burmese Days

By: George Orwell

3.97

Format: 68 pages, Hardcover

Set in the days of the Empire, with the British ruling in Burma, this book describes corruption and… read more

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5. Untouchable

By: E.M. Forster , Mulk Raj Anand

5.00

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Bakha is a young man, proud and even attractive, yet none the less he is an outcast in India's cast… read more

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6. A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India

By: Josy Joseph

4.15

Format: None pages,

'Every day, millions of people -- the rich, the poor and the many foreign visitors -- are hunting f… read more

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7. Homage to Catalonia

By: George Orwell , Lionel Trilling

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

In 1936 Orwell went to Spain to report on the Civil War and instead joined the fight against the Fa… read more

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8. Half of a Yellow Sun

By: None

3.73

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence o… read more

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9. The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.79

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta) is one of Ernest Hemin… read more

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"Never be daunted"

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"I am always in love."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"Oh, darling, I've been so miserable."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"You'll lose it, if you talk about it"

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

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10. Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From

By: Tony Joseph

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Who are we Indians ? Where did we come from ? Many of us believe our ancestors have lived in South … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • science
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11. Tiananmen Square: The Making of a Protest

By: Vijay Gokhale

4.24

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

'I recall being woken by the sound of tanks moving down the Avenue of Eternal Peace. It was 5 o'clo… read more

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12. This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India (Oxford India Paperbacks)

By: Madhav Gadgil

3.87

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Using a general theory of ecological history, the authors provide a fresh interpretation of India's… read more

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  • ecology
  • history
  • asia
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • india
  • economics
  • environment
  • science
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13. The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalya, Expanded Edition

By: Ramachandra Guha

3.74

Format: 265 pages, Paperback

Expanded Edition This new, expanded edition of The Unquiet Woods , Ramachandra Guha's pathbreaking… read more

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  • ecology
  • environment

5 Top history books like This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India (Oxford India Paperbacks) by Madhav Gadgil

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4.39

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4.00

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4.33

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4.24

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4.28

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Sanjaya Baru

4.33

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William Dalrymple

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