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  Details: The Vedic Age completes the first set of three monographs in the People's History of India series. It deals with the period c. 1500 to c. 700 bc, during which it sets the Rigveda and the subsequent Vedic corpus. It explores aspects of geography, migrations, technology, economy, society,...

  Brand: LeftWord Books   Binding: Paperback Number Of Pages: 191 Release Date: 01-12-2007 model number: 9788187496625 Part Number: 2007 Details: Bhagat Singh spent the last two years of his life in jail, awaiting execution. During this time, he and his comrades fought one of the most celebrated Court Battles...

     

  Brand: 1804 Books Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 118 Release Date: 14-07-2023 Details: A radical analysis of Palestinian resistance from one of their most influential voices.Revisit Ghassan Kanafani's pivotal text in a new English edition. Kanafani presents a concrete analysis of the mass uprisings against Zionism, and for independence...

      Details: Those who think that Babasaheb Ambedkar was against Communism or Marxism are grossly prejudiced. Ambedkar's relationship with Marxism was enigmatic. He defined himself as a socialist, not a Marxist. But he was impressed by the élan of the Marxist tradition. However, it is also true that...

      Number Of Pages: 284 Release Date: 01-12-2019 Details: An English translation of the award winning Urdu novel first published in 1952  

        Details: 1873 में जोतीराव फुले द्वारा लिखित यह किताब भारत के दलित-बहुजनों की मुक्ति का घोषणापत्र है। आज से डेढ़ सदी पहले फुले के जो सरोकार थे, वे आज भी हमारे सरोकार होने चाहिए। आज भी आबादी का बड़ा हिस्सा – शूद्र और अतिशूद्र – हाशिए...

    Details: ‘This novel is a jewel in Urdu’s treasure. ’—The Nation The song of the boatman on the Padma, a green haze of rice fields turning to gold in the light of the setting sun, the romance of Bengal caught and held in the silvery net of a...

      Binding: Paperback   Details: A collection of short stories which move from realism to the fabular, and from history to time-travel.  

        Details: My Freiend, My Enemy Essays, Reminiscences, Portraits by Ismat Chughtai, 8188965987, 9788188965984, WomenUnlim    

    Details: ‘This book was not written for the faint hearted…A gritty anger and a biting realism combine with a keen eye for detail, not merely to depict the dark underbelly of Bombay [cinema] but also to scratch the mask of sharif culture. ’—Rakhshanda Jalil, BiblioSet in the film...

    Details: This masterpiece by one of India’s foremost woman writers is also one of the most celebrated works of Urdu fiction. ‘[chughtai] wrote with an authenticity no male writer could have matched. She brought into the ambit of Urdu fiction The hitherto forbidden terrain of female sexuality more...

        Details: A collection of Chughtai's best stories. One of the pillars of modern Urdu fiction, her stories reflect her progressive views which were far ahead of her times. EAN: 9789385606328 Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches Languages: English

   

        Details: The wealth of this book lies in its rich and novel empirical base: interviews and in-depth fieldwork...are sharpened with archival records from Punjab. The result is a breathtaking narrative of woemen caught in the politics of partition.  

      Details: Taking the three related concerns of development, ecology and gender, this book argues that there is an intimate link between the degradation of women and the degradation of nature in contemporary society. Both arise from assumptions that guide maldevelopment, also known as economic development. This maldevelopment...

    Details: This classic work covers the broad range of Althusser’s interests and contributions in philosophy, economics, pyschology, aesthetics, and politics. It includes his major essay on “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses.” This path-breaking analysis of ideology has inspired a range of recent approaches to this field, which remains...

  Brand: Bhatkal & Sen   Binding: Paperback Number Of Pages: 164 Release Date: 01-12-2005 Details: In this manifesto for the downtrodden, the author examines the socio-economic and cultural differences between the Dalitbahujans (the majority, the so-called low castes) and other Hindus in the contexts of childhood, family life, market...

      Features: What Happened in History? Product Type: ABIS_BOOK Binding: Paperback Number Of Pages: 288 Release Date: 01-06-2016 Details: First published in 1942, Gordon Childe’s classic work “What happened in history” is an attempt to explain to the ordinary, non-academic person a history of the world. Concentrating on...

      Details: Antonio Gramsci (1891–1937) was an Italian intellectual who joined first the Socialist and then the Communist Party. Between 1924 and 1926 Gramsci was the head of the Italian Communist Party. In 1926 he was arrested by the Mussolini fascist government and sent to prison where he...

    Details: For generations, historians of the right, left, and center have all debated the best way to understand V. I. Lenin’s role in shaping the Bolshevik party in the years leading up to the Russian Revolution. At their worst, these studies locate his influence in the forcefulness of...

  Brand: Verso Edition: New Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 408 Release Date: 01-05-2000 Details: A spectre is haunting Western academia, the spectre of the Cartesian subject. The Ticklish Subject confronts Deconstructionists and Habermasians, cognitive scientists and Heideggerians, feminists and New Age obscurantists by unearthing a subversive core to this...

      Details: Lukas is a thinker and critic widely appreciated in cultural and literary studies of the twentieth century. This book considers the nature and development of the novel and anticipates its development. It is an essay of prophetic vision: Lukas writes: “anyone who wants to become more...

        Details: "Marxism and Literature, one of Raymond Williams' truly pathbreaking books, has survived its historical moment and continues to exert a fascinating force. Typically idiosyncratic in form - a series of brief illuminating vignettes of some vital topics in materialist criticism - it is equally challenging...

    Binding: Paperback Number Of Pages: 242 Release Date: 01-01-2007 Details: Ideology; An Introduction EAN: 9788190583213 Package Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches Languages: English

    Part Number: 11989 Details: The English Revolution 1640 presented a Marxist analysis of the English Revolution and initiated a discussion which is still continuing. EAN: 9789350025093 Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.2 inches Languages: English

    Details: The book covers the period from the fall of Rome to the beginning of the High Medieval. The Dark Ages, when Western Civilization faced the greatest crisis to date in History. Comparatively little historic record survived from this period and this volume marks the first great attempt...

  Details: This book provides a detailed account of the Bronze Age. Numerous illustrative figures and a comprehensive bibliography are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the Bronze Age and the development of technology in general. V. Gordon Childe was a remarkable...

  Details: Book Summary of Postmodernism Or The Cultural Logic Of Late Capitalism Now in paperback, Fredric Jameson's most wide-ranging work seeks to crystalize a definition of "postmodernism." Jameson's inquiry looks at the postmodern across a wide landscape, from "high" art to "low," from market ideology to architecture, from painting...

        Details: In the articles collected in this volume Karl Marx and Frederick Engels deal with the history of colonialism, provide a strictly scientific Marxist analysis of the economic causes behind the predatory colonial policy of the capitalist states. Most of these articles were written in the...

     

    Details: Giddens’s analysis of the writings of Marx, Durkheim and Weber has become the classic text for any student seeking to understand the three thinkers who established the basic framework of contemporary sociology.  

    Details: CONTENTS -The Doctrine of Fascism by Benito Mussolini; -Fascism by Water Laqueur and Zeev Sternhell; -Fascism by Roger Griffin; -What is Fascism? by Chip Berlet; -What is Fascism? by Robert Meyer; -Revolution from the Right: Fascism by Roger Griffin; -Alternatives to Capitalism and Democracy by J. Bradford...

        Details: Rated as classics, these two volumes comprehensively survey Indian thought from the Rig Veda to Ramanuja. They authoritatively showcase ancient philosophical texts and relate them to contemporary issues of philosophy and religion. The first volume focuses on the general characteristics of Indian philosophy and discusses...

      Features: Oxford University Press, USA Great one for reading Comes with Proper Binding  

    Details: This seminal book injects the topic of superintelligence into the academic and popular mainstream. What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? In a tour de force of analytic thinking, Bostrom lays a foundation for understanding the future of...

    Details: What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)? How did it evolve over the years and what is it going to look like in the future? What are the opportunities and risks associated with AI? Where does India stand among the global AI ecosystems? This book answers these questions and...

    Binding: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 192 Release Date: 19-11-2013 Part Number: FLIBD9781844862214 Details: At some 1500 miles long and 250 miles at its widest, the Himalaya range is home to the fourteen greatest mountain peaks on the planet each of which towers over 8,000 metres. Celebrated by the...

Wren and Martin's High School English Grammar & Composition is one of the most popular and widely used reference books on English grammar. It not only helps students use the language effectively but also provides detailed information about it. High School English Grammar & Composition offers ample guidance and practice in sentence...

An illustrated collection of essays by masters such as H.G. Wells, Luis Bunuel, Jorge Luis Borges, Arthur C. Clarke, Anthony Burgess, Joseph Campbell, Pauline Kael, George F. Will, Robin Wood, and Susan Sontag.

Author: Burgess, Anthony Edition: New Ed Binding: Kindle Edition Format: Kindle eBook Number Of Pages: 561 Release Date: 03-04-2014 Languages: English

Author: William Shakespeare Brand: Bloomsbury Color: White Edition: Edition Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 448 Release Date: 01-01-2013 Details: Critically acclaimed as one of Shakespeare's most complex and intriguing plays, Twelfth Night is a classic romantic comedy of mistaken identities. In recent years it has returned to the centre of...

Author: Theodore Stcherbatsky Brand: Motilal Banarsidass Pub Edition: 8 Binding: hardcover Number Of Pages: 228 Release Date: 01-12-2011 Details: The Conception of Buddhist Nirvana provides an English translation of Nagarjuna's chapters on causality and nirvana and chandrakiriti's comprehensive commentary on the Sanskrit text and presents a rare exposition of the...

Author: Ong, Aihwa Brand: University of California Press Binding: Paperback Format: Import Number Of Pages: 352 Release Date: 04-09-2003 Part Number: 11 b/w photographs Details: Product DescriptionFleeing the murderous Pol Pot regime, Cambodian refugees arrive in America as at once the victims and the heroes of America's misadventures in Southeast...

Author: Strauss, Claudia J. Binding: paperback Format: Import Number Of Pages: 272 Release Date: 07-12-2004 Details: A compassionate handbook for family and friends dealing with someone who is anxious examines the various types of clinical anxiety; discusses the causes, symptoms, and treatment options of the problem; and offers specific advice...

Author: Sister Nivedita Brand: Advaita Ashrama Edition: First Indian Edition Binding: hardcover Number Of Pages: 412 Release Date: 01-01-2001 Details: Myths & Legends of Hindus & Buddhists [HB] EAN: 9788175051973 Package Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches Languages: English

  Brand: MACMILLAN Features: Technologies involved in cooking food Students of culinary studies It is made up of premium quality material. Binding: paperback Release Date: 01-01-2008 Details: Theory of Cookery explains the techniques and technologies involved in cooking food. It explores cooking as a chemical process that involves the blending...

Arthur Ryder's Panchatantra is by far the closest I could get to the original Sanskrit version of the Panchatantra stories. This is a second copy of the book I have owned as the first copy was worn by my reading since childhood.Its a classic that I not only enjoy reading...