David Ayalon 
Gunpowder and Firearms in the Mamluk Kingdom [EPUB ebook] 
A Challenge to Medieval Society (1956)

Retaining the conceptual framework of the first edition through emphasis on the dual themes of continuity and change, the second edition of Libya is revised and updated to include discussion of key d …

Based on new source material available in both England and India, India»s Partition examines the partition in the context of the retreat of the British Empire. The freeing of India from British rule …

When China opened its doors to the West in the late 1970s, Western businesses jumped at the chance to sell their products to the most populous nation in the world. Boardrooms everywhere buzzed with e …

The importance of Lutfi al-Khuli and the intellectual circle associated with the Nasserist regime is examined here. Rami Ginat looks at al-Khuli»s contribution to the short-lived yet formidable succ …

First published in 2005. Written as a companion to Eliot»s 3-volume Hinduism and Buddhism, this title begins with a brief survey of Buddhism as practiced in India and China before delving deep into …

?Today, humanity faces a fundamentally different challenge ? that of managing a planet and a global human civilization in ways that will sustain both indefinitely. What makes this task less than easy …

This book proposes a new theoretical framework for agency thinking by examining the ethical, discursive and practical engagements of a group of women development workers in north-west India with deve …

First published in 2006. This unique perspective on China, Japan, and Java is written by His Highness the Indian Raja-I-Rajgan Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala as a record of his brief visit to the Far E …

Health and medicine cannot be understood without considering the role of nurses, both as professionals and as working women. In India, unlike other countries, nurses have suffered an exceptional degr …

This book examines the role of military virtues in today»s armed forces. Although long-established military virtues, such as honor, courage and loyalty, are what most armed forces today still use as …