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| ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CULTURE REVEALED [Moustafa Gadalla] This book reveals several aspects of the Ancient Egyptian culture, such as the very remote antiquities of Egypt; the Egyptian characteristics and religious beliefs and practices; their social/political system; their cosmic temples; the richness of their language; musical heritage and comprehensive sciences; their advanced medicine; their vibrant economy; excellent agricultural and manufactured products; their transportation system; and much more. { 320pp, 140x215mm, June 2007; PB, £13.50, 193144627X:9781931446273 , Tehuti Research Foundation } |
| CHILD EXODUS FROM TIBET [Brigit van de Wijer] Every year an average of 1000 Tibetan children risk their lives to escape from a system of education that is almost entirely Chinese. This problem, all too often passed over in silence, forces many parents to send their children to India for a traditional Tibetan education. They pay a guide who accompanies the children in groups, for the journey over the Himalayas which is not without risks. What leads parents to expose their children to these risks? How many flee? What is the journey like? What are the psychological consequences? What is life like for those who arrive in India? Do the parents ever see their children again? 'Child Exodus from Tibet' is an informative, readable book with moving testimony, richly illustrated with colour photographs. The author, Birgit van de Wijer, has been engaged with Tibetan issues for years. For this book she spent months collecting information in India and Nepal, where she interviewed dozens of Tibetan children. She is outspoken in denouncing the inhuman conditions of these children; there has been silence for too long. { 144pp, 170x240mm, April 2007; PB, £12.90, 9078464011:9789078464013 , Frontier Sciences Foundation } |
| FINLAND : A Cultural Guide [Pirkko-Liisa Louhenjoki-Schulman] Visitors to Finland are led to the best art, architecture, and natural sights with this cultural and historical guide. It integrates all of the most interesting museums, castles, churches, distinguished historic homes, and architectural sights into their respective landscapes and historical contexts. The capital city of Helsinki and 21 traditional districts of Finland are explored. The accompanying photographs and maps ensure that the traveller will easily find and recognise Finland's countless sites of interest. { 332pp, 155x230mm, December 2005; PB, £17.99, 9525490009:9789525490008 , Aava Books } |
| INCREDIBLE INDIA -- FAIRS & FESTIVALS [Uma Vasudev] In India, the landscape is primarily of celebration. Barely does one festival end to commemorate the seasons, when another follows to honour a god, a prophet or a saint. The festivals of India embody the face and voice of this ancient tradition and their variety and the expression of the creativity of its people. It is in its festivals that the country finds its many faces, its innumerable forms, its kaleidoscopic colours, and innovative spirit and yet within that there runs the defining commonality that says emphatically: this is India. What comes out of this cultural cauldron is still the commonality that manages to let so many cultural, religious and racial differences live and find their own individual path to commemorate a racial, mythological and historical memory as well as celebrate a cultural continuity. This book takes the reader through the unique blend of cultural strands that weave the magic of this land. { 102pp, 230x230mm, July 2007; HB, £19.95, 8183280749:9788183280747 , Wisdom Tree } |
| INCREDIBLE INDIA -- LIFE & LANDSCAPES [H Y Sharada Prasad] From the dawn of history India has fascinated the rest of the world. People from far-away lands have crossed the seas, traversed the world's highest mountain ranges, and trudged through dense forests and parched deserts to partake of its wealth and wisdom. It is significant that India is the only country after which a whole ocean has been named. This little book describes how India's body and soul have been shaped by the mighty Himalayas, by that unique meteorological phenomenon called the -- monsoon, by its long sea-coast, and by its great rivers, forests and deserts. It explains the origins of the name -- India, describes its epics and folklore, portrays the remarkable cultural, racial, religious, social and linguistic diversity which constitutes Indian unity, and explains the efforts India is making to conserve its natural and cultural wealth. { 102pp, 230x230mm, July 2007; HB, £19.95, 8183280692:9788183280693 , Wisdom Tree } |
| INCREDIBLE INDIA -- TRADITIONS & RITUALS [Muthusamy Varadarajan] Jawaharlal Nehru saw 'culture' as the ability to understand the other person's point of view. So far as rituals and traditions go, such understanding should recall ages bygone, recapture memories preserved and comprehend practices handed down the generations. Why were certain rituals prescribed and practiced, how traditions were born and nurtured, why do they not survive wholly today, if at all -- these are queries that are answered in this book. The world has become a global village. However, our own villages where rituals and traditions originated and were initially practiced (and from where they were handed down) have withered or are withering away, if only from this perspective. Reassuringly though, interest is reviving even in our brethren living abroad as well as in our towns and cities; all of a sudden they seek their 'roots', and, more importantly, are frenetic in their wish that their own young ones get reconnected to their ancestors' land and its mores. This book may satisfy their curiosity. { 104pp, 230x230mm, July 2007; HB, £19.95, 8183280714:9788183280716 , Wisdom Tree } |
| LOVE IN ANCIENT INDIA [M L Varadpande] This book chronicles the story of love which is considered an Indian creation. The first love story of the world was found in the Rig Veda and the first comprehensive work on love was written in India with Kamasutra becoming one of its offshoots. Love techniques were perfected over centuries and sculpted on the walls of temples of Khajuraho and Konark. Since ancient times, rishis in India have believed that it was love which came first and then followed the world. The origin and evolution of love in India is traced in an elaborate manner providing invaluable insights which makes this book a rare treasury in itself. The book draws from concrete sources including cave paintings, ancient archaeological finds and mass of literature belonging to the Vedic and Buddhist era to give you the complete portrayal of love. Through love lyrics, humourous plays and erotic description, Love in Ancient India takes your through a timeless saga of royalty and grandeur, beauty and infidelity, all of which are interspersed with the concept of the world's most bewitching expression -- love. { 141pp, 155x230mm, March 2007; HB, £14.95, 8183280501:9788183280501 , Wisdom Tree } |