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Written by an offcial of the British Raj, this an enjoyable accont of the jungles of Central India.
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What most hailed as a superb revolution- Vandana Shiva seems most cynical about – India’s Green Revolution. This book argues for diveristy rather than monogamous agriculture as the answer for sustainable progress.
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"This book covers a wide spectrum of issues in the vast domain of Ground-Based Air Defence. The selection of topics reflects their contemporary relevance. Some of these include 'The Unmanned Story', the amazing growth journey of Ballistic Missile Defence, Stealth and Counter stealth, Alternate Kill Options beyond Hard Kill, key trends in Integrated Air Defence, Battle Management and Control Systems, Power of Simulation, Future of Gun Ammunition and more. The book also contains a Status Commentary on the abiding duel between Air Attack and Air Defence, in the eternal Cause-Effect Cycle. The book will be of immense value to every professional soldier in general and every Air Defence Warrior in particular. "
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This book emphasizes the need for a successful understanding of silvicultural systems for efficient forest management.
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"General Giap, the mastermind of the French defeat at Din Bin Phu and War Minister for North Vietnam during the years of American involvement, was a unique leader and s strategiest of guerilla warfare. This book is based on source material relating to Giap's early participation in the Communist movement, his activities during The Second World War and his leadership of the armed force of the armed force of the Viet Minh against the French. The author assesses Giap not only ex post facto by what his plans actually achieved, but also by the quality of the decisions which he took as first step in achieving a military result. An attempt has been made to provide a comparison of facts from which value judgements may be made. "
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Here is a single volume bible on wildlife management from India’s leading expert on the management of our threatened wildlife.
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This is an elegant and ideal souvenir from India. With unique design and format, the book is a collection of quotes, thoughts and ideas laid out in elegant design. Its literally a pocket sized book with an attached metal Indian flag at the end of a ribboned bookmark.
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This book delves into an intricate study of the various aspects of forests and their inter-relationship in acute detail, revealing facts integral to the science of forestry.
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Howard's well known " Forect Pocket Book" provides a 'standard operating procedure' for field employees of the Forest Department towards the successful achievement of their objectives. The contents of the Pocket Book reval a wealth of field experience and painstaking devotion to the subject by the author.
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The prime objective of forestry is not only to grow forest stands through to maturity in a healthy state but also to protect wood from biological degradation after conversion and during use. In this integrated approach, the role of a pathologist in forest management and timber utilisation can be appreciated in its proper perspective. Part 1 of this book talks about the general principles. Part 2 deals with the dieases of trees. Part 3 discusses causes, effects and control of microbial degradation of wood.
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This book serves as a reference guide on forest engineering which is the foundation of the superstructure of the successful management of forests.
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book is extremely useful for anyone who is interested in military history and
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This book is regarded as the Bible on the ecology of forests. It is sure to arrest the attention of not only students studying forestry but lay readers as well.
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In this book, scientists, legal experts, and economists document the importance of forests in the workings of the biosphere and define the issues involved in using and protecting the great forests of the earth.
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This is a first critical study of the hero of WWI the famed French General Ferdinand Foch.
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This enchanting book is about a young woman's journey through India. If you liked 'Eat, Pray,Love", this book is for you! This book tells of her journey within and without as she not only discovered India but herself as well.
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The moral strength of the fighting soldier and the spirit to stand up in the face of the enemy despite the threat to one’s life – is what makes on a soldier. This book discusses the tenets of such willpower and how to fight fear.
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The moral strength of the fighting soldier and the spirit to stand up in the face of the enemy despite the threat to one’s life – is what makes on a soldier. This book discusses the tenets of such willpower and how to fight fear.
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This is the true account of the most significant battle of WW II in the eastern front: the battle for Hong Kong.
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This is a wholesome analysis of the various dams planned to be built on Narmada, showing the inadvertent loss of livelihood and property.
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This book poses a strong case against large dams and how they make way for dangerous earthquake hazards.
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One of Vandana Shiva’s most popular books of all time, this book adds to the world wide debate on sustainbale development and North vs South.
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"Tigers have an inherent habit to move across landscapes. To facilitate such movements, corridors are essential. Lack of corridors connecting landscapes result in fatal human-tiger conflict, where, in most cases, it is the tiger which suffer. It has been proven that tiger population is determined by the carrying capacity of the tiger reserve. These is a great need for the connectivity of smaller population with larger population of tigers for their persistence in the future. The persistence of small population with habitat corridors in a metapopulation framework is the best management option for conservation of tigers in the long term. The population dynamic of tigers thus depends on the quality of good and poor habitats, known as the source and sink dynamics. This book emphasises on the need to evaluate and develop a mitigation strategy for maintaining metapopulation structures of tigers in the priority landscapes. The green infrastructure concept factors the importance of natural environment in land use planning. In the context of tiger landscapes in India, this will encompass a large number of tiger reserves, protected areas, corridors which create a system of 'hubs' and 'links'. The green development in a tiger landscape spreading across multiple jurisdictions. "
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This is a real-life account of the most crucial battle against terrorism by Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
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" an ideal gift" - Khushwant Singh "a charming book." - Vinod Mehta " dog lovers come together in this beautiful volume to celebrate their pet project." - India Today "when you open this compilation of canine stories, the heart will turn a trifle treacle pudding-ish." Hindustan Times " Your degree of involvement with a dog notwithstanding, you'll find the confessional quality in "Dogs and Us" stirring." - Times of India
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The battle of Dien Bien Phu ranks among the most well known epic battles. This story, told by Howard R. Simpson, recounts that story of this battle, which is very crucial to the Vietnam War.
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This book, written by the great Jim Corbett himself, tells thrilling stories of his many encounters with the man-eaters of Uttarakhand.
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This book narrates the saga of the nail-biting 100-hour battle for Golan Heights between Israel and Syria.
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This classic on Indian wildlife, written during the 1960s holds its own as one of the greatest books transcending the progress of time and knowledge.
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All the detailed customs and traditions in the Indian Army are put together in this book in simple and lucid language.
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This famous book celebrates the diversity in culture and nature by one of the world’s leading environmentalists.
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This book brings together all the poems written by the poet laureate of the common man: Rudyard Kipling. A must have for Kipling lovers.
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Even the most knowledgeable of fisherman will find much that is worthy of their attention in this book. All of Master’s ripe wisdom has been transferred to ‘The Compleat Indian Angler’ and fisherman across the world will be grateful for the service he has rendered to the art and pastime of fishing.
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This gripping book is the official US account of the successful First Gulf War.
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First published in 1964,'Call of the Tiger' by Lt. Col. M.M. Ismail comes at a time when the era of hunting has receded into history, leaving books like it to provide a glimpse of days past. Set in the 1950s, these gripping tales serve as reminder of what the forests of Central India were like when wildlife was more plentiful and widespread that it is today.
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Written in 1998 for a conference on Fascism, this allegory became an international bestseller for its crisp interweave of design and text. A must read!
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A hilarious collection of unbelievable but true facts, to laugh at when you're alone or with family and friends. An ideal gift for a close buddy!
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This book contains the recently formulated and well envisioned Biological Diversity Act. It also contains important rules and an essay on Biodiversity Conservation in India.
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The books takes a critical look at the impact of the Green Revolution on Indian farming. It offers solutions, in terms of organic farming and biodiversity conservation. This is a book every one must read, specially policy makers and scientists, so they learn from the reality of the real costs of the Green Revolution, stop the expansion of the Green Revolution into East India, and start te transition to the Real Green Revolution that works with nature, not against her, which works for people, not against them.
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Bhitarkanika is one of India's most exciting biodiversity regions. This book focuses on it as a case study to understand protection and conservation efforts.
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This is the much-awaited Hindi edition of the popular "Field Guide to Indian Mammals" by Vivek Menon
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This book has been created with the idea of having a training manual in hindi on conservation and its implementation for the field. It raises all the important conservation concerns in Hindi and explains solutions and consequences. Written by one of India's leading foresters, it is a must have for all those working in conservation.
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This excellently written book by wll known writer David Glantz challenges the time-honoured explanation that poor weather, bad terrain, and Hitler's faulty strateguc judgement produced German defeat, and reveals how the RED Army thwarted the German Army's dramatic and apparently inexorable invasion before it achieved its ambitious goals.
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This classic is a must-have for the military students who are preparing for a successful career in the armed forces.
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The book retells the last and most climactic confrontation in the long-drawn battle for Italy in the Second World War.
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Battle for Italy was one the most gruelling and exhausting fights that took place in the course of the Second World War. This book brilliantly holds the reader's attention from the start of the confrontation to its eventual finish.
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This book deals with Zahiruddin Babur's extraordinary journey from a pauper prince in distant Kabul to the founder of the Mughal Empire in India.
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This is a book that focusses on two most hard-fought battles in the Indo-Pak war of 1965. This is that kind of book that has the capacity to move all nation-loving Indians.
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This well-researched and incisive book on personal finance debunks the myth and fear that surrounds investing for Indians. Anand explains every concept bit by bit and brings all his wisdom, and reading, and learning from the masters of the game, to your table, so that you can use his pearls of advice, termed as musings to 'mint crores while you earn only in thousands' - quoting Qamar Waheed Naqvi, well known journalist. Written as a tool for those starting out in their careers, this book uses an example of two characters, Anshreya and Honeycool, whose journey is delightfully captured in the book. This book has been acclaimed by leading entrepreneurs, finance and banking sector executives,actors, authors, sportspersons and media legends. The author is an army officer with a hugely popular blog - andyfinancial.blogspot.com. He is currently pursuing his PhD.
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Prenita is an artist inspired by nature. She makes jottings as she paints in her journals on a daily basis. This book is a collection of some of her learnings about life from nature. It has her artworks interspersed with her musings - they are simple, heart-warming, wise and witty, for you and me to dip into anytime for some real food for the soul.  
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From his abode in the mountains in the foothills of the Himalaya, India's most loved author, Ruskin Bond has observed the beauty and serenity of nature, unspoilt. For over sixty years, the mountains, forests, birds and animals have inspired innumerable stories and tales by India’s favourite author. In this book, a selection of his most insightful, informed, wise and witty writings about nature are brought to life by a collection of watercolour illustrations by artist Prenita Dutt. If you had ever forgotten that humans too are creatures of nature, this book will reconnect you to your habitat. Nature, through Bond’s delightful words, will educate and enlighten.
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This book provides a simple outline of the Arab-Israeli Wars 1967-1973 with clear maps and also provides a biography of General Moshe Dayan for students for easy study.
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This two-thousand year old book still continues to inspire military as well as civilians alike even today. The Natraj edition is compact and attractive, easy to read and to have on your personal bookshelf.
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"Conservationists learned a long time ago that each farm presents a different combination of problems compared to every other farm. This plan consists of a combination of practices especially designed to fit the different kinds of land, the climate, the adapted crops, the habits and desires of the farmer, markets, and many other factors. A combination of soil conservation practices that will work on one farm may not work at all on the farm right next door. The purpose of this book is to present as specifically and simply as possible the techniques of planning, laying out and applying as many of the well-known soil and water conservation practises as possible. Supported with a fine set of photographs and illustrations, farmers and students of agriculture will profit greatly from a study of this text. "
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The Nobel laureate and the greatest British Statesman of wartime Britain Winston Churchill tries to analyse one of the most important events in the history of the world: the American Civil War. -
This book is about the essential virtues that make an Indian soldier: courage, fidelity, and loyalty. Moreover, the book is a comprehensive account of the history of the Indian army. -
One of the first collections by master storyteller, Ruskin Bond, this book, an absolute favourite with children across schools is back in print. -
The 2012 edition of the first full inside story of Operation Thunderbolt, the spectacular Israeli Strike against terrorism. Also made into a film, this book remains as relevent as ever even today in the world's fight against terrorism. -
Gen Bayo is the man famou for training Castro and Guevara in the art of guerrilla tactics. This simple yet powerful book in a question answer format is ideal for anyone looking to understand how to combat guerrilla techniques and emerge victorious. -
"The Duels of the Himalayan Eagle describes the First Air War between India and Pakistan. Commencing from an analysis of the two air force and their concept of operations, every significant aerial and ground engagement has been covered in detail. These include Pakistani raids on Pathankot and Kalaikunda, Indian ventures into Sargodha, Badin and Peshawar as well as various aerial engagements. These stories are based on the narratives of the air warriors involved in the operations or records maintained on a daily basis in the squadron diaries by various units during the period of the war. Pakistani disastrous Para drops near Paathnkot, Adampur and Halwara in the West and Guwahati in the East have been covered in detail. The travails narrates by seven air warriors who became POWs have also been included. Finally, the author has dissected the entire air war and has put down his own conclusions- probably the first such attempt by an Indian author. "
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The war in Afghanistan has become one of the most complex, challenging operations in the history of the US military. Using first-hand account of the men and women who fought in Operation Enduring Freedom, this book presents an intensely personal history of the war in Afghanistan, revealing the determination, heroism, sacrifice, and strength of spirit that came to form the fabric of the conflict. From the grand strategic view of high level commanders, to the perspective through the soldier's gunsight, the truck driver's window, and the airman's cockpit, this is a fascinating and moving look at America's longest war.
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In this book, FM Montgomery narrates his extraordinary and eventful journey as a military general during the World War II.
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The exhaustive three volume set of the Himalayan Gazetteer covers the historical, geographical and statistical account of the Himalayan districts. The first two volumes contain all matters affecting the entire Himalayan tract in the North-Western Provinces. The third volume gives the topographical, statistical and other local information for each fiscal sub-division and important tract, town or place, in the Kumaon, Garhwal, Terai, Dehra Dun and Jaunsar-Bawar districts.
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Kargil: The Tables Turned provides a comprehensive review of past motivations and events; it covers the operational aspects of the 1999 war in their entirety and highlights the heroism, amd sacrofoce of the young officers and soldiers of the Indian Armed Forces.It brings out useful military lessons and perspectives. The book analyses India's political and diplomatic responses, and the role of the USA, China and G-8 concluding chapter speculates on the future of Indo-pak relations and highlights some unique aspects of this South Asian conflict.
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The continuum of tactical victory followed by strategic failur has been the baneful pattern of India's handing of vital security related issues since indepandence. Kargil: Blood of the Snow is a comprehensivemilitary analysis, focusing on this issue.
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The true story of a forest conservator who brought up a tigress, Khairi, just like his own daughter.
