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From kings to freedom fighters, India's history is replete with acts of heroism and people who went above and beyond what is humanly possible.

A comprehensive and gripping narrative'---Vikram Sampath, author, historian and Fellow of Royal Historical Society'A must-read'---Sandeep Unnithan, managing editor, India TodayThere are not many Indian heroes whose lives have been as dramatic and adventurous as that of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose...

The story of the forging of India, the world's largest democracy, is a rich andinspiring one. This volume, a sequel to the India's Struggle forIndependence, analyses the challenges India has faced and the successes ithas achieved in the light of its colonial legacy and century-long struggle...

It begins to dawn on the nine-year-old Sambhaji that his father has fled from the clutches of the Mughal badshah Aurangzeb and left him behind. He must now find his way back home with the help of strangers . . . Under the shadow of an illustrious father, Sambhaji finds himself thrust into the...

A joyous exploration of the cultural phenomenon that created Mario, Zelda and Pokémon, and an ode to our love of gaming, by one of the most trusted voices in video games writing. 'Among the best things ever written about Nintendo.' Tom Bissell , author of Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter From the instant classics to the hidden gems, Nintendo's video games occupy a special place in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people around the globe.

Storm Clouds over the Pacific begins the story long before Pearl Harbor, showing how the war can only be understood if ancient hatreds and long-standing geopolitics are taken into account. Harmsen demonstrates how Japan and China's ancient enmity led to increased tensions in the 1930s, which, in turn, exploded into conflict in 1937.

Why did India and China go to war in 1962? What propelled Jawaharlal Nehru's 'vision' of China? Why is it necessary to understand the trans-Himalayan power play of India and China in the formative period of their nationhoods? The past shadows the present in this relationship and shapes current...

There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, "Two tigers cannot share the same mountain." However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long history of turmoil and tension with each other. In his latest entertaining and thought-provoking narrative travelogue, Michael Booth sets out to discover how deep, really, the enmity is between these three "tiger" nations and what prevents them from making peace.

Welcome to Long Story Short, an Audible Original podcast brought to you by Paperclip Media & Entertainment production. Join us on this wonderful journey through India's rich and unforgettable past. Come along with us on Season 1, where each episode will transport you to distant foreign lands to rediscover stories with lasting legacies that are not talked about enough.

Brought to you by Penguin. When did globalization begin? Most observers have settled on 1492, the year Columbus discovered America. But as celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen shows, it was the year 1000, when for the first time new trade routes linked the entire globe, so an object could in...

Tony Saich tells the authoritative, comprehensive story of the Chinese Communist Party—its rise to power against incredible odds, its struggle to consolidate rule and overcome self-inflicted disasters, and its thriving amid other Communist parties' collapse. Saich argues that the brutal Japanese invasion in the 1930s actually helped the party. Once in power, however, the Communists faced the difficult task of learning how to rule. From Rebel to Ruler shows that the party owes its endurance to its flexibility. 

इतिहास की सबसे महत्त्वपूर्ण शताब्दी के राजनीति, ज्ञान-विज्ञान, उद्योग- व्यापार, साहित्य और कला, फिल्म तथा खेल-कूद इत्यादि में विशिष्ट योगदान करनेवाले १०० महान् भारतीयों का सरल, प्रभावी जीवन-परिचय

・曹操、劉備、諸葛亮、孫権……魅力あふれる登場人物・仙人から占い師、神医まで、異能の力を発揮する名脇役・乱世を招いた悪人や好敵手、敗れてなお歴史に名を残す群雄・主要人物の側にいた物語を彩る女性たち

薄いけれども本格派。文響社が放つ、新教養シリーズ第1弾。戦国時代の花形ともいえる30人の武将に焦点をあて、１日につき１人の武将について読み進めることで、戦国時代（室町時代後期）から江戸時代初期についての理解が進む一冊です。

The riveting true account of the Battle of Tarawa, an epic World War II clash in which the U.S. Marines fought the Japanese nearly to the last man. In November 1943, the men of the 2d Marine Division were instructed to clear out Japanese resistance on the Pacific island of Betio, a speck at the...

The Persian Wars is part history, part geography, part anthropology...and completely entertaining. It possesses a charm that is legendary. However, over and above this, Herodotus has succeeded for all time in brilliantly expressing the conflict between the ideal of the free man defending his liberty within a state based on the rule of law, and that of the despot who bases his rule on brute force and whose subjects are considered slaves.

இந்தக் கதை 1962 இல் இமயமலைப் பகுதியில் நடந்த இந்திய-சீனா போரை அடிப்படையாகக் கொண்டது. 1959 முதல் 1962 வரையிலான இந்தியா, சீனா மற்றும் திபெத்தின் அரசியல் சூழ்நிலைகள் நாவலில் விவாதிக்கப்பட்டன.

史実は小説よりも奇なり！ 幾重にも彩なす事実と虚構、想像を掻き立てる物語世界を展開する「忠臣蔵」。 今でも日本人の心を捉えて離さないその魅力とは? 「忠臣蔵」真の姿を 浮かび上がらせる新形式の歴史エンターテイメント。 目次 第1章 刃傷松之廊下 第01問 刃傷事件があったのはいつ？ 第05問 吉良は本当に浅野をいじめたのか？ 第08問 刃傷は内匠頭の乱心が原因か？ 第23問 内匠頭を取り押さえた梶川って何者？ 第2章 赤穂浅野家断絶 第24問 事件の知らせはいつ赤穂に届いた？ 第26問 事件後、大石はまず何をした？ 第35問 仇討ちを最初に主張したのは誰？ 第43問 大石の遊興費はどこから出た？ 第3章 それぞれの仇討ち 第48問 吉良上野介はなぜ隠居したのか？ 第51問 お軽・勘平のモデルになったのは誰？ 第52問 高田郡兵衛はなぜ義盟から脱落したのか？ 第4章 吉良邸討ち入り 第63問 討ち入りに参加したのは何人だったのか？ 第72問 幕府はなぜ治安出動しなかったのか？ 第76問 吉良方の清水一学は相当の使い手だったのか？ 第5章 赤穂事件と忠臣蔵 第87問 最初に赤穂浪士を賛美した学者は誰か？ 第88問 赤穂浪士を批判した代表的な学者は誰か？ 第92問 赤穂事件を題材にした劇が最初に上演されたのはいつか？ 第98問...

In his widely anticipated memoir, Ai Weiwei - one of the world's most famous artists and activists - tells a century-long epic tale of China through the story of his own extraordinary life and the legacy of his father, Ai Qing, the nation's most celebrated poet. Hailed as 'the most important artist working today' by the Financial Times and as 'an eloquent and unsilenceable voice of freedom' by the New York Times, Ai Weiwei has written a sweeping memoir that presents a remarkable history of China over the last 100 years while illuminating his artistic process. 

In his latest entertaining and thought provoking narrative travelogue, Michael Booth sets out to discover how deep, really, is the enmity between these three 'tiger' nations and what prevents them from making peace. Currently China's economic power continues to grow, Japan is becoming more militaristic and Korea struggles to reconcile its westernized south with the dictatorial Communist north. Booth, long fascinated with the region, travels by car, ferry, train and foot, experiencing the people and culture of these nations up close.