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Jennifer Hernandez is a medical student who hears a news report on medical tourism: first-world citizens traveling to third-world countries for surgery. Then she hears her grandmother's name: Maria Hernandez has died after a hip replacement in New Delhi. That Maria traveled to India is a shock to Jennifer, until she realizes it was the only viable option for the uninsured woman. Jennifer heads to India and presses for more information. With two more...

Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound introduction to the ancient science of Yoga and its time-honored tradition of meditation. Profoundly inspiring, it is at the same time vastly entertaining, warmly humorous and filled with extraordinary personages. Self-Realization Fellowship's editions, and none others, include extensive material added by the author after the first edition was published,...

The author of The Satanic Verses creates a fascinating family saga about the birth and maturity of a land and its people--a brilliant incarnation of the human comedy. "Rushdie has achieved a magnificent and unique work of fiction".--The Philadelphia Inquirer. Saleem Sinai was born at midnight, the midnight of India's independence, and finds himself mysteriously 'handcuffed to history' by the coincidence. He is one of 1,001 children born at the midnight...

"India, 1922: It is rainy season in the lush, remote Satara mountains southeast of Bombay, where the kingdom of Satapur is tucked away. A curse seems to have fallen upon Satapur's royal family, whose maharaja died of a sudden illness shortly before his teenage son was struck down in a tragic accident. The kingdom is now ruled by an agent of the British Raj on behalf of Satapur's two maharanis, the dowager queen and the maharaja's widow. The royal...

This book is the further adventures of Mowgli. It describes how his biological parents were ostracized by their village for their connection to a demon child, and recounts how Mowgli leads his wolf-brothers into a fight with the red dogs.

Mary Russell is settling in for a much-needed rest with her husband, Sherlock Holmes, but when Holmes' gravely ill brother brings news of a mystery, the couple set off to solve another mystery that is complicated by the government, family ties, and a decades-old secret.

Photographs and text describe the history, art, culture, politics, customs, and religions of India.

Photographs and text describe the diverse culture of India which combines ancient customs and incorporates new traditions for the people who live there.