Browsing: India

One of Library Journal’s “Best Arts Books of 2020” The definitive biography of Ravi Shankar, one of the most influential…

The dramatic true story of a celebrated young survivor of a 1919 British massacre in India, and his ferocious twenty-year…

“Superb” (Booklist): In the early 1900s, a single tiger claimed over 400 lives. This account describes what drove the animal’s aggression — and one man’s quest to end the bloodshed. “A gripping page-turner that also conveys broader lessons about humanity’s relationship with nature” (Publishers Weekly).

A gripping account from a New York Times bestselling author: In 1942, President Roosevelt called upon General William Donovan to form OSS Detachment 101 — a clandestine special forces unit that would spend years in enemy territory during World War II.

In the village of Kohima, a British and Indian garrison of 1,500 soldiers fought a Japanese force of 15,000 in one of the most brutal battles of World War II. An award-winning journalist chronicles the true story in this “engrossing narrative of a ghastly battle” (The Independent).