China's India War: Collision Course on the Roof of the World
By: Bertil Lintner
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The first book to put the Sino-Indian border dispute and the 1962 war into its rightful historical …
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1. 1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh
By: Srinath Raghavan
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The war of 1971 was the most significant geopolitical event in the Indian subcontinent since its pa… read more
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- history
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- war
- india
- nonfiction
2. Orientalism
By: None , Edward W. Said
4.12
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the W… read more
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"Toda época y toda sociedad recrea sus «otros»."-None, Orientalism
"الإستشرق في جوهره مذهب سياسي فُرِضَ فَرْضاً على الشرق لأن الشرق كان أضعف من الغرب، وإنه تجاهل اختلاف الشرق الراجع إلى ضعفه."-None, Orientalism
"It seems a common human failing to prefer the schematic authority of a text to the disorientations of direct encounters with the human."-None, Orientalism
"إن مناقشات الشرق كانت تتسم بالغياب الكامل للشرق، لكن المرء يحس بأن المستشرق ومايقوله حاضران، ومع ذلك فيجب ألا ننسى أن الذي يمكِّن المستشرق من الحضور هو الغياب الفعلي للشرق."-None, Orientalism
3. India's Wars: A Military History 1947-1971
By: Arjun Subramaniam
2.86
Format: 358 pages, Paperback
The armed forces occupy a special position in Indian society. Yet, standard accounts of contemporar… read more
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- history
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- india
- nonfiction
4. An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India
By: Shashi Tharoor
3.63
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In 1930, the American historian and philosopher Will Durant wrote that Britain's 'conscious and del… read more
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- india
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5. Wings of Fire: An Autobiography
By: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , Arun Tiwari
3.77
Format: None pages,
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the son of a little-educated boat-owner in Rameswaram, Tamil N… read more
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- india
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6. Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's Geography
By: Sanjeev Sanyal
5.00
Format: 299 pages, Hardcover
Did the Great Flood of Indian legend actually happen? Why did the Buddha walk to Sarnath to give hi… read more
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7. Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
By: Robert Pool , K. Anders Ericsson
4.03
Format: None pages, ebook
A survey of the psychology of expertise, providing techniques for developing mastery of any skill, … read more
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8. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
By: Paul Collier
3.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the universally acclaimed and award-winning The Bottom Billion, Paul Collier reveals that fifty … read more
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9. China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know
By: None
4.30
Format: 373 pages, Paperback
China's Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know(r) is a concise introduction to the most astonishing e… read more
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10. Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
By: Jeff Speck
4.43
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it d… read more
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11. Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
By: Tim Marshall
4.20
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning jou… read more
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"All great nations spend peacetime preparing for the day war breaks out."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"India and Pakistan can agree on one thing: neither wants the other one around."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"What is now the EU was set up so that France and Germany could hug each other so tightly in a loving embrace that neither would be able to get an arm free with which to punch the other."-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
"THE MIDDLE OF WHAT? EAST OF WHERE? THE REGION’S VERY name is based on a European view of the world, and it is a European view of the region that shaped it. The Europeans used ink to draw lines on map…"-Tim Marshall, Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
12. The Guns of August
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
4.18
Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition
The Proud Tower, the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Guns of August, and The Zimmerman Telegram comprise… read more
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- history
- politics
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
"Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Now according to German logic, a declaration of war was found to be unnecessary because of imaginary bombings"-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"Human beings, like plans, prove fallible in the presence of those ingredients that are missing in maneuvers - danger, death, and live ammunition."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
"To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power over circumstance."-Barbara W. Tuchman, The Guns of August
13. 2034: A Novel of the Next World War
By: Elliot Ackerman
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Il 12 marzo 2034 il commodoro della Marina militare degli Stati Uniti – Sarah Hunt – si trova sul p… read more
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- politics
- war
- china
14. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
By: Morgan Housel
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
15. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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- politics
- china
- history
- nonfiction
"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
16. Siachen, 1987: Battle for the Frozen Frontier
By: Ramesh Kulkarni
4.38
Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition
Kulkarni's reminiscences of valour, heroism and courage on the Siachen glacier are like an action-p… read more
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- nonfiction
- india
- history
17. The Lover Boy of Bahawalpur : How the Pulwama Case was Cracked
By: Rahul Pandita
3.99
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
Inside the world of the jaish-e-mohammed – from the Parliament attack to the Pulwama bombing in Feb… read more
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- india
- politics
- war
- nonfiction
18. India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
By: J. Sai Deepak
4.46
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
India, That Is Bharat, the first book of a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of Europea… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"The spiritual character of the relationship between indigeneity and nature is an emotion that the coloniser can at best exoticise but can never relate to."-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
"Rest of the world was not living in the Dark Ages before Pax Europaea or European Peace, and will certainly not plunge into ignorance and darkness after the demise of Pax Europaea. Therefore, it is t…"-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
"Until a decolonial approach is employed by experts and ‘intellectuals’, we will continue to see the entrenchment of colonialised identities and fissures, which began with an anti-Brahmin slant but wh…"-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
"The ‘modern’, ‘rational’, ‘scientific’, Christian European coloniser could not get himself to acknowledge that the lived experience and traditional knowledge of native societies gathered over millenn…"-J. Sai Deepak, India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
19. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
By: Javier Blas
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
20. Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail
By: Ray Dalio
4.28
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
From legendary investor Ray Dalio, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Principles, who has s… read more
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- politics
- history
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21. The Richest Man in Babylon
By: George S. Clason
4.25
Format: 162 pages, Hardcover
The Richest Man in Babylon is an early twentieth century classic about financial investment and mon… read more
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- nonfiction
"ليس بالشيء الطيب أن يجلس الرجل بلا عمل"-George S. Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon
"إن روح المماطلة موجودة في داخل كل إنسان"-George S. Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon
"As for time, all men have it in abundance."-George S. Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon
"Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts."-George S. Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon
22. War of Lanka (Ram Chandra, #4)
By: Amish Tripathi
3.65
Format: 500 pages, Paperback
LANKA WILL BURN. DARKNESS WILL PERISH. BUT CAN LIGHT ENDURE? INDIA, 3400 BCE. Greed. Rage.… read more
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- india
- war
"Fresh drops of grief do not cause any ripple in an ocean of anguish."-Amish Tripathi, War of Lanka (Ram Chandra, #4)
23. On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
By: B.A. Friedman
3.92
Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition
On Operational Art and Military Disciplines traces the history of the development of military staf… read more
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- military history
- nonfiction
- history
- war
"Operational art is what military staffs do to support tactics and strategy."-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
"Intelligence is not just information--it is information that has been acquired, processed, and analyzed based on its relevance for the commander, the staff, or the mission."-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
"Information warfare consists of everything a military force does to accurately sense and make sense of its interactions with its environment and enemy forces, preserve its ability to do so, and preve…"-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
"No military organization can exist without bureaucracy, as distasteful as it may be, and no professional organization should tolerate inefficient administration of bureaucratic requirements. As menti…"-B.A. Friedman, On Operations: Operational Art and Military Disciplines
24. India, Bharat and Pakistan: The Constitutional Journey of a Sandwiched Civilisation (Bharat Trilogy #2)
By: J. Sai Deepak
4.63
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
India, Bharat and Pakistan, the second book of the Bharat Trilogy, takes the discussion forward fro… read more
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- india
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
25. India in the Persianate Age, 1000–1765
By: Richard M. Eaton
4.31
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Protected by vast mountains and seas, the Indian subcontinent might seem a nearly complete and self… read more
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- india
- nonfiction
- history
"[D]uring the years 1219-21 Genghis Khan, the founder of the Mongol empire in eastern Asia, burst into western Asia. Offended by the insolent behaviour of the same ruler of Khwarazm who a few years ea…"-Richard M. Eaton, India in the Persianate Age, 1000–1765
"In addition, Sultan Iltumish, for all his rhetoric of being India's sole legitimate Muslim ruler, continued to issue coins with the old bull-and-horseman motif and a Sanskritized form of his name and…"-Richard M. Eaton, India in the Persianate Age, 1000–1765
"[T]he demonization of Mahmud [of Ghazni] and the portrayal of his raid on Somnath as an assault on Indian religion by Muslim invaders dates only from the early 1840s. In 1842 the British East Indian …"-Richard M. Eaton, India in the Persianate Age, 1000–1765
"['A]lamgir [Aurangzeb] came to formulate a very different model of sovereignty for himself and for the empire he ruled. In this new dispensation, the kingdom would be governed not by a charismatic, s…"-Richard M. Eaton, India in the Persianate Age, 1000–1765
26. The Shortest History of China
By: Linda Jaivin
4.01
Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition
From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, m… read more
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- china
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27. The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism
By: Keyu Jin
3.82
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A myth-dispelling, comprehensive guide to the Chinese economy and its path to ascendancy China's… read more
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- politics
- china
- history
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28. India's China war
By: Neville Maxwell
3.86
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
THIS RARE/ANTIQUE BOOK PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1950 BY Calcutta HAVING 476 PGS AND SIZE 8.50*5.50 WRI… read more
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- war
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- china
29. China's India War: Collision Course on the Roof of the World
By: Bertil Lintner
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The first book to put the Sino-Indian border dispute and the 1962 war into its rightful historical … read more
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- politics
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- military history
- nonfiction
- india
- china
30. Anger Management: The Troubled Diplomatic Relationship between India and Pakistan
By: Ajay Bisaria
4.39
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
On 7 August 2019, High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria was expelled from Islamabad, the first time an Ind… read more
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- nonfiction
- india
- history
31. Nightmarch
By: Alpa Shah
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In 2010, just as the Indian government was stepping up its counterinsurgency operations in the coun… read more
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