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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
India India V. S. Naipaul Naipaul, of Indian heritage, was born and raised in Trinidad, but he recognized that it was his ancestral culture that governed who he was and how he thought. In this passionate portrait of a culture… OL103112W
The Honey Gatherers: Travels with The Bauls The Honey Gatherers: Travels with The Bauls Mimlu Sen One woman's extraordinary adventure into the rural heart of India, uncovering a fascinating, hidden world.Mimlu Sen is living a bohemian life in Paris when she witnesses an electrifying performance b… OL14981617W
An African diary An African diary Valmik Thapar Pictorial work of the author's twelve days experiences in Ol ari Nyiro, a sprawling wildlife paradise in northern Kenya. OL15302155W
Karma cola Karma cola Gita Mehta Karma Cola is a non-fiction book about India written by Gita Mehta originally published in 1979. OL15927007W
Where the streets lead Where the streets lead Sarayu Srivatsa Author's travel impressions of some cities and towns in India. OL1762519W
The beautiful and the damned The beautiful and the damned Siddhartha Deb "A personal, narrative work of journalism and cultural analysis, The beautiful and the damned examines India's many contradictions through five individual perspectives"--Publisher's description. OL19830112W
Delirious Delhi Delirious Delhi Dave Praeger "When the Big Apple no longer felt big enough, Dave Prager and his wife, Jenny, moved to a city of sixteen million people-with seemingly twice as many honking horns. This book, is Dave's top-to-botto… OL19965782W
Kaleidoscope city Kaleidoscope city Piers Moore Ede I will never forget my first sight of the river in Varanasi, from the narrowness and constriction of the alleys, thronged with activity, to the sudden release of the waterfront, the labyrinth's end. … OL20000523W
Eat, pray, eat Eat, pray, eat Michael Booth Approaching his fortieth birthday, Michael Booth found himself in a slump. Physically, and existentially. Increasingly glued to the computer screen, gaining weight and obsessed with attempting (and f… OL20886395W
Road East to India Road East to India Devika A. Rosamund ix, 190 pages : 22 cm OL21598235W
At the court of the fish-eyed goddess At the court of the fish-eyed goddess William Dalrymple xvi, 323p. : 24 cm OL2322455W
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush Eric Newby It is an autobiographical travelogue of Eric Newby,describing,in a comic,understated style,his ascent to Mir Samir. OL2431377W
Baksheesh & Brahman Baksheesh & Brahman Joseph Campbell "Joseph Campbell was one of the foremost interpreters of myth in our time. Yet when he traveled to Asia for the first time he was nearly fifty and at the crossroads of his life and career. This journ… OL2497158W
Sacred Waters Sacred Waters Stephen Alter "This is an account of a journey taken in India. The destination is the source of the Ganges, the holy and most famous of Indian rivers. It is a physical journey, involving months of trekking through… OL2729549W
Letters from India Letters from India Victor Jacquemont A delightful collection of letters written on travels around the Cape of Good Hope to Kolkata and then to Shimla and central Asia over several years beginning in 1828. Victor Jacquemont himself is… OL3064444W
Engineering the Taj Mahal Engineering the Taj Mahal Laura K. Murray "The Taj Mahal, a majestic mausoleum in India, continues to amaze visitors with its beauty nearly 400 years after its construction. Engineering the Taj Mahal discusses the emperor behind the famous s… OL34304307W
Maximum City Maximum City Suketu Mehta A native of Bombay, Suketu Mehta gives us an insider's view of this stunning metropolis. He approaches the city from unexpected angles, taking us into the criminal underworld of rival Muslim and Hind… OL5729921W
The Customs of the Kingdoms of India The Customs of the Kingdoms of India Marco Polo As Marco Polo (1254-1324) returned home across the Indian Ocean, after years in the service of Genghis Khan, he picked up a fabulous array of stories from sailors and merchants, about the peoples of … OL575871W
Letters from Madras during the years 1836-1839 Letters from Madras during the years 1836-1839 Julia Charlotte Maitland Travel impressions of Julia Charlotte Maitland, d. 1864, British woman and wife of a British civil servant to places in Madras Presidency, India through a series of letters. OL5764700W