Narrative of the Indian revolt: from its outbreak of the capture of Lucknow by Sir Colin Campbell, with an introduction by S.P. Verma

ISBN: 9788173053313, 8173053316

This remarkable volume gives a graphic description of the Revolt of 1857 in India and narrates it full in progress and suppression. The author's breathtaking illustrated account of the sepoys' uprising strictly based on official letters and dispatches, eye-witnesses, and memoirs reported in chronological order cannot be ignored.

Nation keepers: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

Dogra, RSD

ISBN: 9788176486064, 817648606X

The classic story of CRPF and incidents and revealations in this book right from the days of Raj, stems from the personal experiences and realizations of the author who served in various capacities, fields, assignments in CRPF.

Wind blown feather: memoir of a Tibetan Tulku

Langthong, Tenzin Thinley

ISBN: 9788196718251, 819671825X

This is the story of a Tibetan refugee, born into an aristocratic land-owning family in Tibet. When he was only three years old, monks from a distant monastery recognized him as their reincarnated abbot and took him away to fulfill his monastic duties.

The Biography of a baby

Shinn, Milicent Washburn

ISBN: 9789350026823, 9350026821

This book contains some of the most sensitive observations of a baby's first year. The author made her observations throughout her cherished niece's first year, documenting each new behaviour in great, glowing detail. In her exuberant, warm-hearted descriptions one can see the emergence of affective, motor and cognitive learning. Few observers are able to catch all three of these levels. Descri...

Nirad C. Chaudhuri: many shades, many frames

Chaudhuri, Dhruva N et al

ISBN: 9788189738907, 8189738909

This book is the story of this famous writer, narrated by his eldest son Dhruva. It covers his early years, his struggle to find work, his stint at All India Radio, going on to highlights his years in Oxford, where he died at the age of one hundred and one.

Vir Vinod (Karn Parva) of Swami Ganeshpuri (Padmasingh), ed. & annotated in Hindi prose by Chandra Prakash Deval

ISBN: 9788126024438, 8126024437

Vir Vinod is a famous verse work based on the role of Karna in the Karna Parva of Mahabharata, an Indian epic.

Am I ugly? One woman's journey to body positivity

Elman, Michelle

ISBN: 9781788541855, 1788541855

Am I Ugly? is this inspiring woman's compelling and deeply personal memoir that describes her childhood experiences of life-threatening health problems, long stays in hospital and fifteen complex surgeries that left her scarred, both mentally and physically.

Of rainbows and clouds: the life of Yab Ugyen Dorji as told to his daughter

Wangchuck, Ashi Dorji Wangmo (b.1955)

ISBN: 9780906026496, 0906026490

Memoirs of Yab Ugyen Dorji on his ancestors and decendants, a merchant family from Bhutan.

Of some consequence: a soldier remembers

Sundarji, Krishnaswami (b.1928)

ISBN: 9788172233822, 8172233825

An unfinished journey

Tiwari, Yogesh

ISBN: 9789391490782, 9391490786

It is the fascinating autobiography of the late Ambassador Yogesh Tiwari, who served in a number of key posts during his long and distinguished career. Here, through his revealing anecdotes and lucid accounts of diplomatic life, he produces an insightful history of India's revolving attitudes toward the world, and the inner functionings of its government. From the Look East policy to India's nu...

On the iconography of the Buddha's nativity, tr. by H. Hargreaves

Foucher, A.

Once upon a life: burnt curry and bloody rags: a memoir

Ao, Temsula

One world one family

Das, Gana Nath

ISBN: 9788170173724, 8170173728

The author has put in his personal experiences in rich account of the countries, peoples and civilisations of different nations, he had chance to see himself.;