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In 1975, at the height of Indira Gandhi’s “Emergency”, V. S. Naipaul returned to India, the country his ancestors had left 100 years earlier. Out of that journey he produced this concise masterpiece: a vibrant, defiantly unsentimental portrait of a society traumatized by centuries of foreign conquest and immured in a mythic vision of its past.

HAMLAWAR - The Invaders of India

P. V. Narasimha Rao (or PV, as he was popularly known) has been widely praised for enabling the economic reforms that transformed the country in 1991. From the vantage point of his long personal and professional association with the former prime minister, best-selling author Sanjaya Baru shows how PV's impact on the nation's fortunes went way beyond the economy.

“Main Hi Kahaani Hoon”, an Audible Original is a weekly storytelling show of 20 episode from Audible, written-created-performed by Major Akhill Pratap; an ex-Army Officer popularly known as The Soldier and The Storyteller.

In a rare attempt to understand the Indianness of Indians-among the most intelligent people in the world, but also, to a dispassionate eye, perhaps the most baffling-V. Raghunathan uses the props of game theory and behavioral economics to provide an insight into the difficult conundrum...

With all the narrative power and intellectual authority that have distinguished his earlier books, V.S. Naipaul explores the life, the culture, the ferment inside the nations of Islam–in a book that combines the fascinations of great travel literature with the insights of a uniquely sharp, original and idiosyncratic political mind.

In February 1999, Pakistani Army personnel, disguised as jehadi militants, infiltrated mountainous Kargil and occupied key vantage points. Their intrusion triggered off a limited war between the world's newest nuclear states. It was a bitter battle, and one that throws up important lessons for India's defence preparedness, as also its responses to flare-ups such as this. This book is also a reminder of the unparalleled heroism that was on display during those grim weeks, heroism that has become a benchmark for bravery.

General V. K. Singh served in the Indian Army for 42 years, retiring as Chief of Army Staff on 31 May 2012. His distinguished career saw him on the front lines of combat in the Indo-Pak War of 1971, which led to the creation of Bangladesh, and in Sri Lanka as part of the Indian Peace Keeping Force. Considered one of the world's foremost experts in counterinsurgency operations, he is also known for the principled stand he took on many issues during his tenure.

Circle of Treason is the first account written by CIA agents who were key members of the CIA team that conducted the intense "Ames Mole Hunt." Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille were two of the five principals of the CIA team tasked with hunting one of their own and were directly responsible for identifying Ames as the mole, leading to his arrest and conviction.

This essential biography, by the author most deeply familiar with the vast archives of the Soviet era, offers an unprecedented, fine-grained portrait of Stalin, the man and dictator. Without mythologizing Stalin as either benevolent or an evil genius, Khlevniuk resolves numerous controversies about specific events in the dictator's life while assembling many hundreds of previously unknown letters, memos, reports, and diaries into a comprehensive, compelling narrative of a life that altered the course of world history.

In the fifth volume of his captivating memoirs, Chateaubriand, now a prominent figure in the literary world, immerses us in the tumultuous political landscape of his time. With his signature blend of sharp wit and poignant reflection, he shares his extraordinary journey, enriched by vivid excerpts from his extensive correspondence with the eras most influential literary, intellectual, and political luminaries.

In A Short History of the United States, National Book Award winner Robert V. Remini offers a much-needed, concise history of our country. This accessible and lively volume contains the essential facts about the discovery, settlement, growth, and development of the American nation and its...

Welcome to the fifth installment of the captivating 15-volume series, The World’s Story, expertly edited by Eva March Tappan. This volume presents a rich tapestry of history through prose, poetry, and art, offering a deep dive into the cultural and artistic heritage of Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal, from ancient times to the dawn of the 20th century. Explore enthralling topics such as the brilliance of Italian painters and poets, the tumultuous events of the French Revolution, the somber realities of the Spanish Inquisition, and the daring adventures of Portuguese explorers. Join us for...

Now extensively revised in this ninth edition, A History of Russia covers the entire span of the country's history, from ancient times to the post-communist present. Keeping with the hallmark of the text, Riasanovsky and Steinberg examine all aspects of Russia's history—political, international, military, economic, social, and cultural—with a commitment to objectivity, fairness, and balance, and to reflecting recent research and new trends in scholarly interpretation.

യുദ്ധഭാഷണങ്ങള്‍, സാമൂഹികവിപ്ലവം, സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യവാദം, പ്രതിഷേധം, മതം, ആഹ്വാനം, ആത്മസാധൂകരണം, അനുസ്മരണം, സ്ത്രീവാദം തുടങ്ങി വിവിധ മേഖലകളിലായി ചരിത്രത്തില്‍ ഇടം നേടിയ പ്രസംഗങ്ങളുടെ സമാഹരണം.

An unprecedented high-level master narrative of America's intelligence wars, demonstrating in a time of new threats that espionage and the search for facts are essential to our democracy For General Michael Hayden, playing to the edge means playing so close to the line that you get chalk...

സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യാനന്തരകാലഘട്ടത്തിലെ ഇന്ത്യയുടെ വികസനത്തിന്റെ രാഷ്ട്രീയസമ്പദ്‌വ്യവസ്ഥയെ രണ്ടു നൂറ്റാണ്ടോളം നീണ്ട സാമ്രാജ്യവാഴ്ചയുടെയും ഒരു സ്വതന്ത്രഭാരത റിപ്പബ്ലിക്കിനു ജന്മംകൊടുത്ത ശക്തവും ദീര്‍ഘവുമായ സാമ്രാജ്യത്വവിരുദ്ധ ജനകീയമുന്നേറ്റത്തിന്റെയും പശ്ചാത്തലത്തില്‍ സമഗ്രമായി വിലയിരുത്തുന്ന സമകാലിക ചരിത്രഗ്രന്ഥം. സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യാനന്തരം ഇന്ത്യന്‍ ജനാധിപത്യത്തിനേറ്റ വെല്ലുവിളികളെയും രാജ്യം അതിനെ അതിജീവിച്ചതെങ്ങനെയെന്നും വിലയിരുത്തുന്നതോടൊപ്പം പ്രധാന രാഷ്ട്രീയസംഭവങ്ങള്‍ വിവിധ രാഷ്ട്രീയ നേതൃത്വങ്ങളുടെ ഭരണകാലത്തിന്റെ അടിസ്ഥാനത്തില്‍ വിലയിരുത്തുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നു.

பிரபாகரன் என்னும் ஆளுமையை, அது உருவான விதத்தை, அதன் தாக்கத்தை, விளைவுகளைச் சற்றும் நடுநிலை பிசகாமல் அலசி ஆராய்கிறது இந்நூல். ஈழப் போராட்டத்தின் இறுதித் தோல்விகளுக்கான காரணங்களை, பிரபாகரன் என்னும் தனி மனிதரின் ஆளுமையை முன்வைத்துக் கண்டறியும் முயற்சி இது."

Journey back to the height of the Cold War in this non-fiction Audible Original. It’s 1984. US intelligence officers battling the Soviets know that KGB spies could be anywhere. Anywhere except the FBI. Because the Bureau has never been compromised - until now. In this noir, spy thriller, we follow the life and mystery of Richard W. Miller, the first FBI agent arrested for espionage against his own country.

From one of the most beloved and distinguished historians of the British monarchy, here is a lively, intimately detailed biography of a long-overlooked king who reimagined the Crown in the aftermath of World War I and whose marriage to the regal Queen Mary was an epic partnership The grandfather...