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Travelogue books in english

Shabd offers its readers, the delight of all the travel literature that melds with the cognitive Journey of the writers. The books in this genre blend beguiling portrayals of places, and the populace. They encounter contemplations that meander from the history of herring fish to colonialism and books that highlight the lives of location–independent professionals. Yet the books of this genre are brutally honest and give a philosophical look at why we travel and bring light to the truth. Is that we don’t want to see or believe
BIRDS OF SIKKIM

Sikkim is blessed with beautiful nature with good amount of flora and Fauna. More than 700 species of Birds and 600 species of Butterfly has been recorded here, and in this book you can enjoy the vivid picture with common name, scientific name, and V

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Sea of Poppies

A motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts is sailing down the Hooghly aboard the Ibis on its way to Mauritius. As they journey across the Indian Ocean old family ties are washed away, and they begin to view themselves as jahaj-bha

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Countdown

On 11 May 1998 the Indian government tested five nuclear devices some forty kilometers from Pokaran. Seventeen days later Pakistan tested nuclear devices of its own. About three months after the tests, Amitav Ghosh went to the Pokaran area, after whi

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A Girl to Remember

In every angel a demon hides, And in every demon, an angel strides. Neel is a self-proclaimed demon, a slave to his desires, putting at stake even the purest of relationships for it. He lives for himself, takes life as it comes, and considers people

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Husband Of A Fanatic

In the summer of 1999, while the Kargil War was being fought, Amitava Kumar married a Pakistani Muslim. That event led to a process of discovery that made Kumar examine the relationship not only between India and Pakistan but also between Hindus and

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 JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Regarded by the Mughals as ' the earthly paradise', Kashmir has held a particular fascination for many. Since time immemorial, tourists as well as pilgrims belonging to different regions have been attracted to this land of scenic splendour, bracing

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Flood of Fire

‘A triumph of storytelling’ The Hindu. It is 1839. The British, whose opium exports to China have been blockaded by Beijing, are planning an invasion to force China’s hand. In Calcutta, Zachary Reid, an impoverished young sailor, dreams of his lost l

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The Shadow Lines

As a young boy, Amitav Ghosh's narrator travels across time through the tales of those around him, traversing the unreliable planes of memory, unmindful of physical, political and chronological borders. But as he grows older, he is haunted by a seemi

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The Wasted Vigil

Marcus Caldwell, and English widower and Muslim convert, lives in an old perfume factory in the shadow of the Tora Bora mountains in Afghanistan. Lara, a Russian woman, arrives at his home one day in search of her brother, a Soviet soldier who disapp

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Bombay London New York

People travel, books do too. Bombay-London-New York is a way of measuring the distances that people and books travel. Interweaving the personal and professional, Amitava Kumar blurs the line between literary criticism and memoir in this lucid chronic

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 CHINA

China commans a special place among the comity of nations of the world . An ancient civilization with tremendous diversity on the social, political and cultural planes, china has a mysterious glow about it which stems from its unique political system

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 SAUDI ARABIAN

Saudi Arabia is a unique country in at least three specific details. One, it possesses more than a quarter of the global oil reserves. Two, the holiest Islamic shrines are located in Makkah and Medina placing the country in the epicentre of the Musli

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Cutout Books: The Statue of Liberty (Monuments of the world)

Diana and Justin visit liberty island with their parents. They learn that the statue of liberty represents freedom and hope across the world. As they find out more about its glory, this National monument of the United States fills their hearts with p

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Meet Me at the Border

Meet Me at the Border presents unforgettable vistas of nature that include the world's highest sand dunes just minutes away from endless beaches, the world's oldest desert, an exceptional variety of wildlife in sanctuaries that are role models in env

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