Arts, Literature and Humanities

Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever yo...

What is 'nothing'? What remains when you take all the matter away? Can empty space - a void - exist? This Very Short Introduction explores the scie...

Roland Barthes (1915-80) was an 'incomparable enlivener of the literary mind' whose lifelong fascination was with 'the way people make their world ...

Simon Critchley's Very Short Introduction shows that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, w...

These three intense narratives are set in distinctly diverse yet paradoxically convergent worlds tailing the trajectory of some very unusual bonds....

`What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.' Always provocative, the Friedrich Nietzsche of Beyond Good and Evil (1886) is a...

An overview of all aspects of Indian English.

I regret to see that my book has turned out un fiasco solenne' James Joyce's disillusion with the publication of Dubliners in 1914 was the result o...

Now in paperback, the journey of a great Hindustani classical vocalist's search for the voice of emptiness. Here, two men, five centuries apart, ma...

A quarter century after the war that was meant to bring liberation to Bangladesh, Mukti, a researcher, comes into Mariam's life, calling up memorie...

The book looks at the impact of popular culture on everyday life in India. It examines the linkages between popular media, gender relations and fam...

Thus begin Goutou's life and her fear of the dark. For Goutu, darkness is death, light is life. Throughout her life, as Goutu grows from childhood ...

Life course epidemiology considers how adult health is affected by a variety of factors and influences over the entire life-course. This book provi...

Richard Gilman referred to How to Read a Film as simply "the best single work of its kind." And Janet Maslin in The New York Times Book Review marv...

The Oxford Companion to English Literature has long been established as the leading reference resource for students, teachers, scholars, and genera...

The Book of Night: A Moment from the Mahabharata

This collection of 20 chapters written by leading evolutionary biologists from around the globe provides a fascinating insight into the patterns an...

Is our sexuality a product of our genes, or of society, culture, and politics? How have views of sexual norms changed over time? And how have femin...

A significant contribution to Dalit writing in India, Sangati is a startling insight into the lives of Dalit women who face the double disadvantage...

Never has contemporary fiction been more widely discussed and passionately analysed; recent years have seen a huge growth in the number of reading ...

The Qur'an is believed to have been revealed 1400 years back to prophet Muhammad. It is revered by Muslims, and is considered as the word of god. T...

‘Each age has its own bag of tricks’—the age-old story of a thirsty Crow retold with a twist in the tale!.

Ever Since Eve Tempted Adam With Her Apple, Women HaveBeen Regarded As A Corrupting And Destructive Influence. The Very Idea ThatWomen Can Be Used ...

Pandit Nehru Aur Anya Mahapurush

The last few decades have witnessed growing theoretical and practical concerns about the intersections between violent conflict and development. Li...

This book throws up questions largely considered taboo in traditional societies and compels the reader to address them honestly. It telescopes the ...

Did the Sanskrit-speaking Aryans come into India from the northwest, or were they indigenous to India and identical with the people of the Indus Ci...

Popular cinema, in recent times, has become for the middle class both an ideological phalanx and a major vehicle of self-expression. The media-expo...

Ramkinkar Vaij (1906-1980), a significant artist of twentieth century India, is regarded as the first major figure in modern Indian sculpture. Born...

Adjudged Best Book, 2007, in the Art Book category by the Federation of Indian Publishers. A chronological survey of the form and style of Odissi, ...

Writings by Gujarati women, fiction, personal accounts, with critical introduction.

Existentialism was one of the leading philosophical movements of the twentieth century. Focusing on its seven leading figures, Sartre, Nietzsche, H...

Do we really make our own decisions? Or are we compelled to act by factors beyond our control? This introduction is an investigation of one of the ...

This is an exploration of how three English writers-Edward Carpenter, E.M. Forster, and Christopher Isherwood-all three of whom shared a similar se...

A girl from north-east India is murdered in Delhi. The main suspect is her 'Indian' boyfriend, but there isn't enough evidence to prove his guilt. ...

The second edition of this highly praised human sexuality text continues to be a product of author Janell Carroll's partnership with her students t...

As public interest in modern art continues to grow, there is a real need for a book that will engage general readers, offering them not only inform...

Wrong Number And Other Stories

This book is an insight into what goes on in the minds of children. Written by a twelve-year-old, it is a testimony to the author’s creativity and ...

How many faces does a woman have? A question that has always puzzled mankind and Professor Kumar is no exception. This intriguing book traces his g...

Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever yo...

Mahesh Dattani is the foremost Indian English dramatist today. The pioneering study makes an attempt at evaluating the major plays of Dattani in te...

Poet, translator, folklorist, A.K. Ramanujan has been recognized as the world's most profound scholar of South Asian language and culture. This boo...

This is a richly illustrated anthology of the great hunter and conservationist's best writing, selected from his many popular works. The collection...

When a poet turns to prose the result is sometimes astonishing, and The Collected Essays of A K Ramanujan--which is part Indology, part treatise on...

This is the definitive collection of essays by renowned Indian sociologist M. N. Srinivas. Methodologically rigorous and elegantly written, Sriniva...