Michael Wood's "A South Indian Journey" is a brilliantly written travel narrative of personal and geographical exploration. Inspired by a temple astrologer (who had accurately predicted his marriage and the birth of his two daughters), the writer and broadcaster Michael Wood travelled on a magical j[...]

Beginning in the sixth century C.E. and continuing for more than a thousand years, an extraordinary poetic practice was the trademark of a major literary movement in South Asia. Authors invented a special language to depict both the apparent and hidden sides of disguised or dual characters, and then[...]

"DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: South Africa" will lead you straight to the best attractions South Africa has to offer, from exploring the Palace of the Lost City and Kruger National Park to experiencing the multifaceted culture of a country with 11 official languages. Packed with information, detailed[...]

This uniquely visual "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: South Africa" is your indispensable guide to this exciting country. This fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of South Africa's must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all its cities and towns. The new-lo[...]

The best from twenty years of a noted intellectual historian's work Placing the South offers a selection of work published between 1985 and 2005 by one of the most incisive historians and literary critics of the South. The pieces seek to situate the South in a variety of contexts and offer a compell[...]

Re-imagining South Asian Religions is a collection of essays offering new ways of understanding aspects of Hindu, Tibetan Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Theosophical, and Indian Christian experiences.[...]