Tag search:India

Finding the raga : an improvisation on Indian music

by Amit Chaudhuri
Paper Book, 2020
Tags
'library book', music, India, philosophy and aesthetics, raga, Ah-nanda, music and literature - India, Indian music, Alaap, happiness, modernism and the Khayal — 7 more, improvisation, bliss, Amit Chaudhuri, Meera, songs, Hindustani classical music, notation
Status
Available
Call number
780.9/54

The lost art of Scripture : rescuing the sacred texts

by Karen Armstrong
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
'library book', sacred books, sacred texts, religion, sacred books - history and criticism, religion and culture, religions, scripture, logos, mythos, canon of scripture — 28 more, Israel, India, China, empathy, unknowing, midrash, embodiment, recitation, ineffability, prophets, Quran, sages, Torah, Yahweh, Islam, Jews, Jesus, Jerusalem, Hebrew Bible, Christians, Muhammad, Muslims, extensive notes, world religions, Buddhists, Hindus, comparative religion, Karen Armstrong
Status
Available
Call number
208/.2

21 lessons for the 21st century

by Yuval N. Harari
Paper Book, 2018
Tags
'library book', world politics, modern civilization, 21st century, Jews, India, liberalism, information technology, humanity, algorithms, China — 15 more, Christianity, artificial intelligence, immigration, Islam, nationalism, United States, democracy, disillusionment, technological challenge, political challenge, despair and hope, truth, resilience, adapted conversations, Russia
Status
Available
Call number
909.83

The epic city : the world on the streets of Calcutta

by Kushanava Choudhury
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
'library book', India, memoir, social conditions, Kolkata, Calcutta, homes & haunts, social life and customs, 21st Century, New Jersey, families — 5 more, street life, vagabonding, Calcutta (College Street), Bloomsbury, Statesman newspaper (India)
Status
Available
Call number
954/.147053

From the Gita to the grail : exploring yoga stories and western myths

by Bernie Clark
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
'library book', Holy Grail, Bhagavad Gita, Hinduism, India, Greece, dualism, Eastern spirituality and philosophy, Joseph Campbell, Buddhism, Bible — 21 more, Jesus, love, myths and mythology, quests, Shiva, yoga, Christianity, Buddha, Indra, Carl Jung, cycles, meditation, life, self, Vishnu, cosmological function, sociological function, psychological function, mystical function, Bernie Clark, Blue River Press
Status
Available
Call number
181/.45

Living with the gods : on beliefs and peoples

by Neil MacGregor
Paper Book, 2018
Tags
'library book', religion and sociology, mythology, civilization, art, beliefs, peoples, worldwide, our place in the pattern, believing together, theaters of faith — 20 more, power of images, one god or many, powers earthly and divine, British Museum, Hindu tradition, Christianity, Japan, India, prayer, ancient Rome, statehood, warfare, Buddhism, Catholicism, death, festivals, pilgrimage, places of worship, Judaism, Islam
Status
Available
Call number
200.9

Creative destruction

by Tyler Cowen
Paperback, 2002
Tags
nonfiction, culture, globalization, cultural relations, international relations, Tyler Cowen, world cultures, cinema, France, diversity, Persian carpetmaking — 9 more, technology, cross-cultural exchange, handweaving, India, Jamaica, Haiti, Canada, Cuba, economics
Status
Available
Call number
306

A history of the world in twelve maps

by Jerry Brotton
Paperback, 2014
Tags
maps, cartography, world history, Ptolemy, Al-Idrīsī, Mappamundi, empire, science, exchange, faith, discovery — 23 more, globalism, toleration, money, nation, geopolitics, equality, information, Google Earth, Peters Projection, Cassini family, Halford Mackinder, geography, Africa, Bible, Christianity, earth, India, Europe, Gerard Mercator, projection of maps, United States, Waldseemüller, historical geography
Status
Available
Call number
912.09

Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers

by Simon Winchester
Paper Book, 2015
Tags
'Library book', Pacific Ocean, ocean and civilization, description & travel, history, geography, silicon chips, surfboards, atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires — 22 more, world's superpowers, Australia, China, Japan, Hawaii, Bikini Atoll, environmental challenges, India, Marshall Islands, United States, U.S. Navy, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Polynesia, Philippines, hurricanes, Britain, Korea, France, nonfiction, Simon Winchester, North Bellmore Library read
Status
Available
Call number
909/.09823

Connectography : mapping the future of global civilization

by Parag Khanna
Paper Book, 2016
Tags
geography, Connectography, Parag Khanna, human geography, geopolitics, 2016, international relations, economics, transnationalism, connectivity, devolution — 15 more, competition, nodes, global society, networks, maps, Dubai, United States, India, China, Germany, infrastructure, job creation, Sinapore, special economic zones, supply chains
Status
Available
Call number
303.49022/3

Neutral accent : how language, labor, and life become global

by A. Aneesh
Paper Book, 2015
Tags
Call Center, Call Center agents, India, Gurgaon India, intercultural communication, languge, English language, globalization, culture, identity, accent — 7 more, agent-company relationship, customer service, time, night work, nonfiction, A Aneesh, Duke University Press
Status
Available
Call number
381/.1

Sacred Places of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Most Peaceful and Powerful Destinations

by National Geographic
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
sacred places, religion, pictorial, illustrated, peaceful destinations, powerful destinations, National Geographic, worldwide, cemeteries, Japan, Italy — 17 more, France, Spain, India, Israel, landscapes, megaliths, cradles of faith, ruins, places of prayer, shrines, pilgrimage, ceremonies, remembrance, retreats, nonfiction, photography, architecture
Status
Available
Call number
203.5

Reading Paul Scott: 'The Raj Quartet' and 'Staying On' (Literature Insights)

by John Lennard
Ebook, 2012
Tags
Paul Scott, Raj Quartet, Staying On, John Lennard, life and woks, facts fictions and verisimilitude, imperial decay, British Empire, India, personal nullity, class and silence — 5 more, dreams nightmares and Realpolitik, Granada TV, critical analysis, bibliography, Kindle
Collection
Kindle
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The revenge of geography : what the map tells us about coming conflicts and the battle against fate

by Robert D. Kaplan
Paper Book, 2012
Tags
'library book', political geography, geography, maps, international relations, politics, worldwide, Eurasia, cold war, China, civilizations — 15 more, Russia, Iran, India, democracy, United States, history, Sir Halford J Mackinder, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Nicholas J Spykman, United Arab Emirates, geopolitics, Marshall G.S. Hodgson, Samuel Huntington, Robert D. Kaplan, nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
320.1/2

The son also rises : surnames and the history of social mobility

by Gregory Clark
Paper Book, 2014
Tags
social mobility, status, Nook, England, United States, Sweden, India, China and Taiwan, Japan and Korea, educational attainment, surnames — 6 more, history, high status, intergenerational correlations, Jews, physicians, attorneys
Collection
Nook
Series
The Princeton Economic History of the Western World (2014)
Status
Available
Call number
305.5/1309

Indian nocturne : a novella

by Antonio Tabucchi
Paper Book, 1988
Tags
novella, Antonio Tabucchi, fiction, India, journey, Bombay, Madras, Goa, irony, night, hotels — 2 more, Italian literature, travel
Status
Available
Call number
853/.914

Somebody else's century : Asia now and then

by Patrick Smith
Paper Book, 2010
Tags
Asia, civilization, Japan, China, India, East and West, modernization, becoming modern, current affairs, international relations, nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
950

The palace of illusions : a novel

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Paper Book, 2008
Tags
'library book', novel, India, Mahabharata, female voice, Panchaali, Draupadi, Pandavas, historical fiction, retelling, Hinduism — 2 more, literary fiction, magical realism
Status
Available
Call number
813/.54

The Breath of God: A Novel of Suspense

by Jeffrey Small
Paperback, 2011
Tags
novel, suspense, religion, thriller, ancient mystery, India, fundamentalism
Status
Available
Call number
813

Eat, pray, love : one woman's search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia

by Elizabeth Gilbert
Paper Book, 2006
Tags
Italy, India, Indonesia, travel, travelogue, memoir, non-fiction, romance, spirituality, self-discovery, biographical
Status
Available
Call number
910.4B

Little pilgrim

by Ŭn Ko
Paperback, 2005
Tags
fiction, quest, Buddhism, journey, India, enlightenment, Sudhana, Korean literature, withdrawn - July 2010
Collection
Withdrawn
Status
Available
Call number
895.7/14

Vanishing steam : a photographer's odyssey around the world

by Eric Langhammer
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
railroads, steam, locomotives, trains, China, India, Cuba, photography, pictorial
Status
Available
Call number
385/.361/0222

The great transformation : the beginning of our religious traditions

by Karen Armstrong
Paper Book, 2006
Tags
history, world, seminal, religion, origins, axial age, ancient, philosophy, China, Athens, Buddha — 9 more, Greece, India, Israelites, Plato, religious history, comparative religion, non-fiction, ancient civilization, religious studies
Status
Available
Call number
200

Bookless in Baghdad : reflections on writing and writers

by Shashi Tharoor
Paper Book, 2005
Tags
"library book", biography, authorship, writing, India, books, reading, criticism, essays
Status
Available
Call number
B

Shiva 3000

by Jan Lars Jensen
Paper Book, 1999
Tags
novel, steampunk, India, science fiction, Hinduism, gods, Hindu gods, Jan Lars Jensen
Status
Available
Call number
813/.54

Comparative Religion (Pelican)

by A.C. Bouquet
Paperback, 1969
Tags
religion, interfaith, survey, religious quest, gods, India, China, Japan, Hebrew, Christian, Islam — 2 more, comparative religion, world religions
Status
Available
Call number
290

The House of Blue Mangoes: A Novel

by David Davidar
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
fiction, Christian, India, Kerala, South India, family, relationships, British occupation, South Asia, colonialism
Status
Available
Call number
823.92

The Hungry Tide: A Novel

by Amitav Ghosh
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Bengal, Sundarbans, India, marine biology, water, islands, novel, ecology, tides, fiction, Bangladesh — 3 more, dolphins, tigers, Amitov Ghosh
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The book of calendars

by Frank Parise
Paper Book, 1982
Tags
calendars, time, ancient, Africa, Near East, Asia, India, Central American, western
Status
Available
Call number
529.3

A history of Far Eastern art

by Sherman E. Lee
Book, 1964
Tags
art, far eastern, Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, China, India, Buddhist, Hindu, Japanese, Chinese — 1 more, illustrated
Status
Available
Call number
709.5

Three Continents

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Paperback, 1988
Tags
novel, India, Americans, Long Island, London, exotic, romance, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, withdrawn May 2016
Collection
Withdrawn
Status
Available
Call number
823

Head East,

by T Master
1973
Tags
travel, guide, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, ULTB
Status
Available

Understanding oriental philosophy : a popular account for the Western World

by James Kern Feibleman
Hardcover, 1976
Tags
philosophy, India, Japan, China, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Confucianism, Taoism
Status
Available
Call number
181/.1

Rumer Godden: A Storyteller's Life

by Anne Chisholm
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Rumer Godden, biography, novelist, English, India, writer
Status
Available
Call number
823.912

The far pavilions

by M. M. Kaye
Hardcover, 1978
Tags
"2 vols", novel, Himalayas, India, 19th century, sprawling
Series
The Far Pavilions (Omnibus)
Status
Available
Call number
823/.9/14

Railways of the Raj

by Michael Satow
Hardcover, 1980
Tags
railroads, railways, India, history, travel, pictorial, pioneers
Status
Available
Call number
385.0954

Third-class Ticket (Penguin Travel Library)

by Heather Wood
Paperback, 1990
Tags
travel, India, railroads, adventure
Status
Available
Call number
915.4

Lonely Planet India (7th ed)

by Bryn Thomas
Paperback, 1997
Tags
India, travel, Lonely Planet, guide
Series
Lonely Planet Country Guide (India), Lonely Planet Travel Guides (India)
Status
Available
Call number
915.404532

India

by Madeleine Biardeau
Book, 1960
Tags
India, travel, guide, culture
Status
Available
Call number
915.4

Hariakhan Baba, known, unknown

by Baba Hari Dass
Book, 1975
Tags
Hindu, saint, Babaji Mahavatar, India, reappearance, 'withdrawn - Aug 09'
Collection
Withdrawn
Status
Available
Call number
294.3/63 B

Great railway journeys of the world

by Michael Frayn
Hardcover, 1982
Tags
railroads, anthology, travel, India, South Africa, Australia, America, South America, Britain, Europe
Status
Available
Call number
910.4 19

The Day of the Scorpion (Raj Quartet)

by Paul Scott
Paperback, 1979
Tags
Raj Quartet, India, fiction, Prisoners in the fort, Arrest, History, Wedding, Orders of Release, Situation, Christening, historical fiction — 2 more, colonialism, World War II
Series
The Raj Quartet (2)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The Towers of Silence (Raj Quartet, Book 3)

by Paul Scott
Paperback, 1984
Tags
Raj Quartet, India, Unknown Indian, Question of Loyalty, Silver in the Mess, Honour of the Regiment, Tennis Court, historical fiction, colonialism
Series
The Raj Quartet (3)
Status
Available
Call number
823.914

The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century

by Thomas L. Friedman
Paperback, 2005
Tags
globalization, economics, India, China, comparative advantage, trends, United States, flat world, developing countries, world, companies — 5 more, current affairs, technology, non-fiction, geopolitics, "withdrawn - July 08"
Collection
Withdrawn
Status
Available
Call number
303.4833

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy
Paperback, 1998
Tags
India, novel, fiction, Kerala, family, Indian literature, Booker prize, 20th century, caste
Status
Available
Call number
823

The Ramayana and the Mahabharata

by Vˆalmˆiki
Book, 1953
Tags
Ramayana, Mahabharata, India, epic, Hinduism, gods, goddesses, mythology, Rama
Status
Available
Call number
891.21

Kim

by Rudyard Kipling
Book, 1965
Tags
novel, India
Status
Available
Call number
823.8

Monastic Journey to India

by M. Basil Pennington
Paperback, 1982
Tags
India, Sri Lanka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Teresa of Calcutta, Hinduism, religion
Status
Available
Call number
271.125

The great railway bazaar : by train through Asia

by Paul Theroux
Hardcover, 1975
Tags
travel, railroads, Asia, railways, trains, Russia, China, India, Japan, travelogue, travel writing — 2 more, Paul Theroux, memoir
Status
Available
Call number
915/.04/42

The Indian year book

by Stanley Reed, Sir
1937
Tags
India, information, data, statistics, ULTB, 1937
Status
Available
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