Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India (Yule Henry)(Paperback)

Hobson-Jobson: The Definitive Glossary of British India (Yule Henry)(Paperback)

'A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive.' Hobson-Jobson is a unique work of maverick scholarship. Compiled in 1886 by two India enthusiasts, it documents the words and phrases that entered English from

Uncommon Ground - A word-lover's guide to the British landscape (Tyler Dominick)(Paperback / softback)

An enchanting visual glossary of the British landscape: photographs and stories which take the reader from the waterlogged fens to the white sands of the Western Isles. 'Out

Inglorious Empire - What the British Did to India (Tharoor Shashi)(Paperback / softback)

he Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller on India's experience of British colonialism, by the internationally-acclaimed author and diplomat Shashi Tharoor'Tharoor's impassioned polemic slices straight to the heart of the darkness that drives all empires ... laying bare the grim, and high, cost of the

Cowboys and Indies - The Epic History of the Record Industry (Murphy Gareth)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive history of the music

The Partition of India (Talbot Ian)(Pevná vazba)

The British divided and quit India in 1947. The partition of India and the creation of Pakistan uprooted entire communities and left unspeakable violence in its trail. This volume tells the story of partition through the events that led up to it, the terrors that accompanied it, to migration and

India Conquered - Britain's Raj and the Chaos of Empire (Wilson Jon)(Paperback / softback)

India Conquered traces the rise and fall of British power in South

The Floral Patterns of India (Wilson Henry)(Pevná vazba)

A pictorial survey of the rich use of floral motifs in the details of India’s architectural wonders, depicted through Henry Wilson’s photographs and drawings Following the success of Pattern and Ornament in the Arts of India, Henry Wilson has turned, for this companion volume, to a single

The Eastern Origins of Western Civilisation (Hobson John M.)(Paperback)

John Hobson challenges the ethnocentric bias of mainstream accounts of the 'Rise of the West' that assume that Europeans have pioneered their own development, and that the East has been a passive by-stander. Describing the rise of what he calls the 'Oriental West', Hobson argues that Europe first

Division Of The Spoils (Scott Paul)(Paperback / softback)

BOOK FOUR OF THE RAJ QUARTETThe British Raj in India is in its final days. And for the British families still residing in India, decisions about their future must be made and final goodbyes must be said, all against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent periods of social change the world has

A Goddess in the Stones: Travels in India (Lewis Norman)(Paperback)

An account of the seminal British travel writer's journeys through India. Lewis avoids the easy pleasures of traveling through the hill-forts of Rajasthan, visiting palace hotels and the Taj Mahal. Instead his travels in India begin in the impoverished, overpopulated and corrupt state of Bihar -

Patterns of India: A Coloring Book (Wilson Henry)(Paperback)

The variety of patterns in the exquisitely wrought details of India's architecture and interiors is boundless, and one can only marvel at the ways in which materials such as wood, stone, and plaster have been transformed into masterworks of decorative art.Photographer and illustrator Henry Wilson

Illustrated Plant Glossary (Mayfield Enid)(Paperback)

The Illustrated Plant Glossary is a comprehensive glossary of over 4000 terms related to plant sciences, featuring superb color illustrations to aid comprehension of many of the plant terms. The topics covered in this glossary include anatomy, angiosperms, bryophytes, chemistry, cytology, family

Unsettling Utopia: The Making and Unmaking of French India (Namakkal Jessica)(Paperback)

After India achieved independence from the British in 1947, there remained five scattered territories governed by the French imperial state. It was not until 1962 that France fully relinquished control. Once decolonization took hold across the subcontinent, Western-led ashrams and utopian

Henry IV, Part I (Rasmussen Eric)(Paperback)

From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's tragi-comedy of youth and age, introducing the immortal Sir John

Henry Lamb: Out of the Shadows (Moore-Gwyn Harry)(Paperback)

Henry Lamb stands amongst the most distinctive, talented but unjustly forgotten figurative British painters of the first decades of the last century. Published to coincide with the first major retrospective on the artist in over 30 years, and featuring a number of rediscovered masterpieces, Henry

Black Ivory 2e (Walvin James)(Paperback)

The terrible story of African slavery in the British colonies of the West Indies and North America is told with clarity and compassion in this classic

Last Queen Of India (Moran Michelle)(Paperback / softback)

1857. As the British look to extend the Commonwealth, the skills of Lakshmi and Sita - the greatest female warriors India has ever seen - are put to the

The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms (Hickey Michael)(Paperback)

This beautifully illustrated glossary constitutes an extraordinary collection of the specialist terms used in many botanical works. The book is arranged in two sections: the glossary, which provides clear definitions for over 2400 of the most commonly used botanical and horticultural terms, and

Storm Bay (Shaw Patricia)(Paperback)

Portsmouth, 1832. Once the pride of the British East India fleet, the Veritas has fallen on hard times. She is now a transport ship, her cargo prisoners of the Crown, her destination the penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land, now known as Tasmania, the southernmost State of Australia. Pastor Bob

British Politics (Griffiths Simon)(Paperback)

This book provides a concise but definitive introduction to the shape of Britain's political institutions and processes following the 2010 general election. The new edition has been comprehensively rewritten throughout and is richly supported with features to aid

Hoyoot - Collected Poems and Songs (Pickard Tom)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive gathering of work by a vital figure in the British Poetry

The Siege of Krishnapur (Farrell J. G.)(Paperback)

Winner of the Booker Prize. An insightful and thrilling novel about the British Empire in India during the Great Mutiny of 1857, as seen through the eyes of a young, love-struck idealist. India, 1857--the year of the Great Mutiny, when Muslim soldiers turned in bloody rebellion on their British

Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography (Quinn Arthur Hobson)(Paperback)

Now in paperback--the classic, monumental biography of Poe by Arthur Hobson Quinn.Renowned as the creator of the detective story and a master of horror, the author of 'The Red Mask of Death,' 'The Black Cat,' and 'The Murders of the Rue Morgue,' Edgar Allan Poe seems to have derived his success

Jamaican Cooking And Menus - The Definitive Jamaican Cookbook (Henry Dawn)(Paperback / softback)