Publicado por Bhavana Books and Prints, New Delhi, 2003
Librería: Yak and Yeti Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Ed. xv, 228p, ills.
Publicado por Bhavana Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 8186505105 ISBN 13: 9788186505106
Librería: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Hardcover. Condición: As New. Contents : 1. Introducing the bone of contention. II. India restive under machine rule. III. Loosening the bonds of empire. IV. Evolution and effects of tzardom. V. An object-lesson in bad government. VI. The Afghans and their country. VII. Four divisions of Afghanistan. VIII. England and Russia in central Asia. IX. Administration of our north-western frontier. X. Independent tribes within our political frontier. XI. Attack and defence. XII. The difficulties of a great adventure. XIII. The end of a buffer state. XIV. A short summing up. Appendix. Publications read or consulted. Index.No. 22038 315 pp.
Publicado por Bhavana Books and Prints, New Delhi, 2006
ISBN 10: 8186505792 ISBN 13: 9788186505793
Librería: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Hardbound. Condición: As New. New. Contents Acknowledgements. Introduction. 1. Definitions of Sufism. 2. The early development of Sufism. 3. Sufi orders. 4. Basic Sufi concepts. 5. The way of the Sufi. 6. Pseudo Sufism. 7. Sufi practices. 8. Sufi states. 9. Sufism and Orthodox Islam. 10. The role of the Sufi. 11. Sufism and society. 12. Sufism in modern times. 13. Sufi biographies. Index. The Thoughtful Guide series is for serious spiritual seekers looking to deepen their knowledge of a particular religion. They are very accessible overviews of the history and the benefits that a particular religious practice can bring to the reader well researched and well balanced. The authors eschew fundamentalism and excessive simplifications mapping out paths that can be followed with the mind as well as the heart. Sufism is the heart of Islam. Its key is an inner light and awakening an outer courtesy and service to humanity. It relates to Islam much as the mystical tradition does to Christianity but far more prominently. With authors like Rumi achieving all time popularity Sufism is increasingly acknowledged as a spiritual answer to modern materialism. This introductory guide describes its origins and background the relationship with Islam and its spread throughout the world. It covers what it means to be a Sufi and the relevance of Sufism in modern life. Biographies of prominent Sufis and a selection of writing make this an indispensable guide to this profound tradition. 127 pp.
Publicado por Bhavana Books, 2000
ISBN 10: 8186505342 ISBN 13: 9788186505342
Librería: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Hardcover. Condición: As New. Contents: 1. The curtain rises. 2. Preamble and Baltic approach. 3. Georgia, an ancient kingdom. 4. Persian interlude, 5. Buses. 6. Kabul: postponement, protocol, and parties. 7. The Panjshir to Zeneh. 8. Dasht-i- Revat, and onward. 9. Approach to Mir Samir. 10. Reconnaissance-and disappointment. 11. New prospects open. 12. "At the peril of your lives" : to the outpost. 13. Hindu Kush at closest quarters. 14. Near-murder among friends-but the Anjuman pass at last. 15. Farewell to Afghanistan. 16. Trying to cut red tape in Rawalpindi. 17. The Gilgit agency and Kashmir. 18. Sundown. Afterthoughts. "To travel across the mountains of Hindu Kush is an awe inspiring experience as these mountains were less known than the Himalayas even in the 1950s. Numerous difficulties coupled with troublesome path and steepy slopes, yet full of varied scenary often reminds one to experience the perpetual mystery of the Hindu Kush that stretches into the heart of Afghanistan. Unfortunately, the bulk of descriptive literature written on Afghanistan in the 19 century during the British occupation mainly by Army officers and Government officials record generally events and facts rather than places and people. The distant mountains of the Hindu Kush did not interest such writers except as a barrier against war like tribes and northern people. With this in mind, a two-member women's expedition called Abinger Afghanistan expedition, 1960 led by the authors themselves was planned and executed. "This book presents a live record not only of the authors' own adventures during the 237 pp.
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Publicado por Bhavana Books, New Delhi, 2006
ISBN 10: 8186505806 ISBN 13: 9788186505809
Librería: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Hardbound. Condición: As New. New. Contents Preface. 1. The rise of Islam. 2. Faith and path. 3. The fundamentals of Islam. 4. The history and development of the religion. 5. The history of the Muslims. 6. The life of Muslims. Epilogue. Appendix outstanding Muslims. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. The Thoughtful Guide series is for serious spiritual seekers looking to deepen their knowledge of a particular religion. It offers not primarily text books for the library thought they can be used as such but accessible overviews of the history and the benefits that a particular religious practice can bring to the reader. The authors eschew fundamentalism and excessive simplifications mapping out paths that can be followed with the mind as well as heart. Islam is the fastest growing religion in North America and the world with well over a billion followers. Since September 11 the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the ongoing war against terror the world has seemed to be heading inexorably towards greater confrontation between Muslim and non Muslim cultures. At a time when communities increasingly tend to view each other with suspicion this book cuts through the morass of misunderstanding and misinformation to give a true and timely overview of the universality and light of the prophetic message of Islam. It explains its history and development the distinction between the original message and the traditions that have grown up around it the life of Islam today its potential for bringing unity and speculates on its future. Selections from key Islamic writings make this a classic introduction to the Islamic tradition for today. 176 pp.
Publicado por Bhavana Books & Prints, New Delhi, 1996
ISBN 10: 8186505059 ISBN 13: 9788186505052
Librería: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, Francia
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: good. Hardcover/dust jacket Octavo. illustrated paper boards, gilt lettering, dust jacket, 487 pp, dj creased and worn at the edges, sticker on its front flap, endpapers and some pages wrinkled, maps glued on half title page and verso of last page Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
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Publicado por Bhavana Books, New Delhi, 2002
Librería: Yak and Yeti Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Ed. xxiii, 313p, ills, map on e/ps. On the art history of Bamiyan and the cultural linkages between Afghanistan and the Western Himalayas.
Publicado por Bhavana Books, 2001
ISBN 10: 8186505067 ISBN 13: 9788186505069
Librería: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Hardcover. Condición: Fine.
Publicado por Bhavana Books & Prints, New Delhi, 2001
ISBN 10: 1297655524 ISBN 13: 9781297655524
Librería: Yak and Yeti Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. Reprint of the 1931 Edition. xvi, 298p, ills.
Publicado por Bhavana Books & Prints, New Delhi, 2001
ISBN 10: 8186505563 ISBN 13: 9788186505564
Librería: Yak and Yeti Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Reprint. vii, 237p, ills. First published in 1885 as "Large Game Shooting in Thibet, The Himalayas, and Northern India.".
Publicado por Bhavana Books & Prints, 2000
ISBN 10: 8186505393 ISBN 13: 9788186505397
Librería: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Hardcover. Condición: As New. contents: 1. The Fringes and Frontiers of India. 2. The North-West Frontier Through the Ages. 3. Turk, Afghan and Mogul. 4. The Lost Garden. 5. The Coming of the British to the North-West Frontier. 6. Clans and Tribes on the Frontier. 7. The Frontier in British Hands. 8. The Great Frontier Rising of 1897. 9. The War in the Two Tirahs. 10. The North-West Frontier in the Twentieth Century. 11. IOD-I-GUL. The Garland of Stories. 12. The North-Eastern and Eastern Frontiers.
Publicado por Bhavana Books & Prints, Delhi 2000
Librería: Mario Rossello, Parma, Italia
Ril. sovracoperta cm.14,5x22,5 pp. 236, 1 carta. Racconto di una spedizione alpinistico-esplorativa nell'Hindu Kush effettuata da due viaggiatrici nel 1960. Viaggio in Afghanistan e ritorno in Inghilterra via Pakistan e India. Natura ma anche descrizione delle popolazioni e dei loro costumi.
Publicado por Bhavana Books & Prints, Delhi 2000
Librería: Mario Rossello, Parma, Italia
Ril sovracoperta cm 14,5x22, pp 255 ex libris. Racconto dello scrittore statunitense (1892-1981) sull'Afghanistan e sui molti ricordi che nasconde a partire da secoli lontani. Viaggio nei meandri dell'Asia centrale, in una delle tre "terre incognitae", Arabia, Tibet e Afghanistan. Ex libris.
Publicado por Bhavana Books & Prints, New Delhi, 2003
ISBN 10: 8186505652 ISBN 13: 9788186505656
Librería: Yak and Yeti Books, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
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Hardcover. Condición: New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. 1st Edition. xxx, 253p +171 plates.
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Publicado por Bhavana Books & Prints, Delhi 2001 repr 1894
Librería: Mario Rossello, Parma, Italia
Ril. Cm. 14,5x22,5 pp. 315, una carta ripiegata al fondo. Una disincantata cronaca dei numerosi contorcimenti sulla frontiera di nordovest visti da un civile con idee molto diverse (e più sane) di quelle dei militari. Riassesment delle politiche britanniche nei confronti dell'Afganistan e dell'Asia centrale alla fine del 19° secolo.
Publicado por Bhavana Books, New Delhi, 2001
ISBN 10: 8186505490 ISBN 13: 9788186505496
Librería: Catron Grant Books, Rio Rancho, NM, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. New Delhi: Bhavana Books, 2001 Inconsistantly paginated with two fold-out charts. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are bright and undamaged. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Publicado por Bhavana Books & Prints, Delhi 2000
Librería: Mario Rossello, Parma, Italia
Ril. Sovracoperta cm. 14,5x22,5 pp. 212. Storia della guerra afgana tra il 1877 e il 1880 e racconto delle operazioni guidate dal Generale Roberts, raccontata da un partecipante della spedizione.
Publicado por Bhavana Books and Prints, Delhi 1999
Librería: Mario Rossello, Parma, Italia
Ril. Sovracoperta cm. 22x28,5 pp. 230, ill. a colori e in b/n, disegni al tratto, carte. Terracotte di scavo, tessuti, tappeti, una esplorazione della creatività di questa terra di frontiera tra l'India el'Himalaya attraverso i secoli.
Publicado por Bhavana Books and Prints, Delhi 2001 repr 1885
Librería: Mario Rossello, Parma, Italia
Ril. sovracoperta, cm. 22x28,5 pp. 237XXIX tavole in b/n. Un famoso compendio della splendida fauna Himalayana che al di là del discutibile concetto di sport, tipico della mentalità anglosassone, offre un panorama di esplorazioni e di viaggi oltre alla descrizione di una fauna che va scomparendo.
Publicado por Bhavana Books & Prints, 2001
ISBN 10: 8186505229 ISBN 13: 9788186505229
Librería: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Like New. book.
Publicado por Bhavana Books & Prints, Delhi 2000
Librería: Mario Rossello, Parma, Italia
Ril. Sovracoperta 2 voll. Cm. 24,5x22,5. Testimonianza da parte di due fedeli collaboratori della sua lunga e carriera ricca di successi, delle vicissitudini di Henry Lawrence, che partecipò come civile e come militare alle guerre e agli intrighi dell'Impero Britannico a Burma e in Punjab durante la parte centrale del 19°secolo.
Publicado por Bhavana Books and Prints, 2002
ISBN 10: 8186505598 ISBN 13: 9788186505595
Librería: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Very Good Hardcover with Very Good dustjacket.
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ISBN 10: 818650527X ISBN 13: 9788186505274
Librería: Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, Reino Unido
hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. Acceptable. book.
Publicado por Bhavana Books & Prints, 2004
ISBN 10: 8186505326 ISBN 13: 9788186505328
Librería: Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, Reino Unido
hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. Acceptable. book.
Publicado por Bhavana Books and prints, Delhi 1998
Librería: Mario Rossello, Parma, Italia
Ril. 6 volumi cm. 14x22, pp. 946+964+720, in tre parti da due volumi,carte. Ricerca enciclopedica della geografia, fauna, antropologia e storia dell'Himalaya Indiana a ovest del conf. Nepalese. Include Kumaon e Garwal, e guerra Gorkha.
Publicado por Bhavana Books & Prints, 1995
Librería: A Book Preserve, Columbus, OH, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 2nd Edition. Facsimile reprint of the 1879 edition. Three volume set. VG faux leather hardcovers with gilt titles in VG dust jackets. Vol. I: ii, 279 pp.; Vol. II: ii, 264 pp.; Vol. III: ii, 438 pp., vi index. A total of 144 color lithographic plates. NO ownership markings; some shelfwear; some chipping to lower edge of vol. III dust jacket. Considered the masterpiece of Indian sub-continent ornithology. Ships fast with tracking. GG02.
Publicado por Bhavana Books and Prints, New Delhi, 2004
ISBN 10: 8186505679 ISBN 13: 9788186505670
Librería: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Hardbound. Condición: As New. New. The Great Archaeologists introduced you to the scholars scientists and innovators who have made archaeology such a dynamic and distinctive field. History and discoveries invites you along on excavations in all inhabited parts of the world as it spotlights heroes and villains discoveries and debates concepts and techniques periods and regions organizations and museums. No other work so vividly illuminates the worldwide impact of archaeology. Under the leadership of Professor Tim Murray the world's most eminent archaeologists have contributed hundreds of entries on their specialties ranging from long meaty essays to brief identifications. The A to Z articles spotlight archaeological pioneers and practitioners. These three richly illustrated volumes are global in scope and trace the development of the field from ancient Greeks to the present day. Readers can travel from the east (Japan Cambodia) to west (Aztecs Brazil) and north (Denmark Russia) to south (South Africa) by land (Garbage archaeology) sea (nautical archaeology) and air (remote sensing) from the earliest prehistoric times (Paleolithic) to this afternoon (Getty museum). This set is an essential reference tool for the history of anthropology and archaeology and a massive treasure house of information on all aspects of archaeology from prehistory to the present day. 1432 pp.