South India

The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India – from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent’s social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East. India’s history...

The tale of a golden nugget that is worth much more than it looks. The legend of one of India's earliest freedom fighters. A prince who built a grand city out of love. These and other folktales that have been immortalized in the fabric of the culture of the Deccan and beyond, told with candour...

The Big Game Hunting Collection contains three classic accounts of dangerous animals, wilderness travel, and hunting in Africa and India. These works belong to the older tradition of exploration and hunting memoir, combining adventure, natural observation, colonial-era travel, and the constant tension between human beings and the wild.

The New India is the unforgettable account of the struggle between modern forces and ancient ideas to shape the young country's destiny. It reveals a picture of a nation on the precipice of dramatic change. 'Remarkable... fascinating... brilliant' Guardian Based on six years of detailed research...

The World Health Organization projects the majority of the world's heart attack patients will be Asian Indian within a few years. South Asians, who are predominantly Indians and Pakistanis, make up one-third of the world's population and have the highest prevalence of heart disease and diabetes. The South Asian Health Solution is the first book to provide an ancestral health-based wellness plan culturally tailored for South Asians.

O livro "Tratados da Terra e Gente do Brasil", de Fernão Cardim, é sem dúvida um dos grandes clássicos da literatura colonial brasileira. O autor, viajante, tem um olhar arguto sobre aquilo que vê, e bem transfere essa visão para estas páginas de redação pitoresca, das quais foram aqui selecionadas, entre outras: "Do conhecimento que tem do criador", "Dos casamentos", "Do mundo que têm em seu comer e beber", "Do modo que têm em dormir", "Do modo que têm em se vestir", "Das casas", "Da criação dos filhos".