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  | | The Buddha and the Sahibs(Updated) The Men Who Discovered India's Lost Religion by Charles Allen Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 2018 by John Murray ISBN-13: 978-0-7195-5428-5, ISBN: 0-7195-5428-4 "Today there are many Buddhists in the West, but for 2000 years the Buddha's teachings were unknown outside Asia. It was not until the late 18th century, when Sir William Oriental Jones, a British judge in India, broke through the Brahmin's prohibition on learning their sacred language. Sanskrit, that clues about the origins of a religion quite distinct from Hinduism began to be deciphered from inscriptions on pillars and rocks. This st ..." |
 | | Plain Tales from the Raj(Updated) Images of British India in the Twentieth Century by Charles Allen Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1988 by Abacus ISBN-13: 978-0-349-10497-3, ISBN: 0-349-10497-2 "The Raj was, for two hundred years, the jewel in the British imperial crown. Although founded on military expansionism and undoubted exploitation, it developed over the centuries into what has been called 'benign autocracy' - the government of many by few, with the active collaboration of most Indians in recognition of a desire for the advancement of their country. Charles Allen's classic oral history of the period that marked the end ..." |
 | | God's Terrorists(1st Edition) The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad by Charles Allen Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2006 by Da Capo Press ISBN-13: 978-0-306-81522-5, ISBN: 0-306-81522-2 "In today's post-9/11 world, the everyday news shows us images of fanatic fighters and suicide bombers willing to die in holy war, martyrs for jihad. But what are the roots of this militant fundamentalism in the Muslim world? In this insightful and wide-ranging history, Charles Allen finds an answer in the eighteenth-century reform movement of Muhammed ibn Abd al-Wahhab and his followers--the Wahhabi--who sought the restoration of Islami ..." |
 | | Ashoka(1st Edition) The Search for India's Lost Emperor by Charles Allen Paperback, 480 Pages, Published 2013 by Abacus ISBN-13: 978-0-349-12238-0, ISBN: 0-349-12238-5 "India's lost emperor Ashoka Maurya has a special place in history. In his quest to govern India by moral force alone he turned Buddhism from a minor sect into a world religion, and set up a new yardstick for government. But Ashoka's bold experiment ended in tragedy and he was forgotten for almost two thousand years. In this beautifully written, multi-layered journey Charles Allen describes how fragments of the Ashokan story were gradua ..." |
 | | Coromandel(Reprint) A Personal History of South India by Charles Allen Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2019 by Abacus ISBN-13: 978-0-349-14011-7, ISBN: 0-349-14011-1 "COROMANDEL. A name which has been long applied by Europeans to the Northern Tamil Country, or (more comprehensively) to the eastern coast of the Peninsula of India.This is the India highly acclaimed historian Charles Allen visits in this fascinating book. Coromandel journeys south, exploring the less well known, often neglected and very different history and identity of the pre-Aryan Dravidian south. During Allen's exploration of the In ..." |
 | | Coromandel A Personal History of South India by Charles Allen 352 Pages, Published 2017 by Little, Brown Book Group ISBN-13: 978-1-4087-0540-7, ISBN: 1-4087-0540-0 "Despite his murderous track record, which included the deposition and imprisonment of the emperor his father, the murder of his heretical, open-minded elder brother Dara – whose tragic story was recently re-enacted on the stage of London's National Theatre in Tanya Ronder's adaptation of Shahid Nadeem's moving drama Dara – and the disposal of other weaker brethren, to his many admirers the single-minded Aurangzeb was the greatest M ..." |
 | | A Mountain in Tibet The Search for Mount Kailas and the Sources of the Great Rivers of Asia by Charles Allen Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 2013 by Abacus ISBN-13: 978-0-349-13938-8, ISBN: 0-349-13938-5 "Throughout the East there runs a legend of a great mountain at the centre of the world, where four rivers have their source. Charles Allen traces this legend to Western Tibet where there stands Kailas, worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists alike as the home of their gods and the navel of the world. Close by are the sources of four mighty rivers: the sacred Ganges, the Indus, the Sutlej and Tsangpo-Brahmaputra. For centuries Kailas remained ..." |
 | | Soldier Sahibs The Men Who Made the North-West Frontier by Charles Allen 384 Pages, Published 2012 by John Murray ISBN-13: 978-1-84854-720-9, ISBN: 1-84854-720-X "AHORE IS Lahore', says the old Punjabi proverb, and to many Pakistanis it is still the prince of cities. ... and a grand mosqueraisedby Aurangzeb–but its golden age ended with the arrivalofthat wily,oneeyed, harddrinking genius Ranjit Singh, ..." |
 | | The Polite Lady Or, a Course of Female Education. in a Series of Letters, from a Mother to Her Daughter. (Paperback) by Charles Allen Paperback, Published 2010 by Gale Ecco, Print Editions ISBN-13: 978-1-170-55890-4, ISBN: 1-170-55890-9 |
 | | God's Terrorists(1st Edition) The Wahhabi Cult and the Hidden Roots of Modern Jihad by Charles Allen Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2007 by Da Capo Press ISBN-13: 978-0-306-81570-6, ISBN: 0-306-81570-2 "What are the roots of today’s militant fundamentalism in the Muslim world? In this insightful and wide-ranging history, Charles Allen finds an answer in an eighteenth-century reform movement of Muhammed ibn Abd al-Wahhab and his followers-the Wahhabi-who sought the restoration of Islamic purity and declared violent jihad on all who opposed them. The Wahhabi teaching spread rapidly-first throughout the Arabian Peninsula, then to the Indi ..." |
 | | The Savage Wars of Peace - Soldiers' Voices, 1945-1989(Updated) by Charles Allen Paperback, 290 Pages, Published 1991 by Sphere ISBN-13: 978-0-7088-4947-7, ISBN: 0-7088-4947-4 |
 | | Lives of the Indian Princes(Updated) (Arena Books) by Charles Allen, Sharada Dwivedi Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1986 by Arena Arrow ISBN-13: 978-0-09-946530-0, ISBN: 0-09-946530-2 "RO60123251. LIVES OF THE INDIAN PRINCES. 1986. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos plié, Intérieur acceptable. 278 pages. Illustré d'une carte et de nombreuses photos en noir et blanc hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon" |
 | | Tales from the South China Seas(Updated) Images of the British in South East Asia in the Twentieth Century by Charles Allen, Michael Mason, Time Warner Paperbacks Paperback, 319 Pages, Published 1990 by Time Warner Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-7088-4772-5, ISBN: 0-7088-4772-2 "This third and final part of the "Tales of Empire" trilogy chronicles the lives, manners and fortunes of some 70 subjects of the former British Empire in the Far East - men and women who lived in Malaysia, Singapore, Sarawak, Borneo and Hong Kong in the last half-century of the Empire." |
 | | Tales from the South China Seas(Updated) Images of the British in South East Asia in the Twentieth Century by Charles Allen, Michael Mason, Candace Allen, Robert Lacey, Not Found Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 1990 by Abacus ISBN-13: 978-0-349-10499-7, ISBN: 0-349-10499-9 "Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 1994-1-1 Pages: 319 Publisher:. Little Brown This work chronicles the adventures of the last generation ofBritish men and women who went East to seek their fortunes Drawninto the colonial territories scattered around the South China Sea. they found themselves in an exotic. intoxicating world. It was aland of rickshaws and shanghai jars. sampans and Straits Steamers. set against a background of palm- ..." |
 | | Report of the Commissioners on the Revision of the Statutes (Paperback) by Charles Allen Paperback, 278 Pages, Published 2013 by Gale, Making Of Modern Law ISBN-13: 978-1-289-34467-2, ISBN: 1-289-34467-1 "The Making of Modern Law: Foreign, Comparative and International Law, 1600-1926, brings together foreign, comparative, and international titles in a single resource." |
 | | Soldier Sahibs(1st Edition) The Daring Adventurers Who Tamed India's Northwest Frontier by Charles Allen Hardcover, 368 Pages, Published 2001 by Carroll & Graf Pub ISBN-13: 978-0-7867-0861-1, ISBN: 0-7867-0861-1 "Drawing extensively upon diaries, letters, and family mementos as well as his own frequent travels in the northwest region of India, author Charles Allen here recounts a lively chapter out of British colonial history that prominently featured his ancestor Brigadier General John Nicholson. In 1840, six ambitious young officers, inflamed with patriotism and religious evangelism, set out under Nicholson's leadership to secure the Northwest ..." |
 | | Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling(2nd Edition) An Effective Short-Term Approach for Getting People Back on Track by Charles Allen Kollar Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2011 by Zondervan Special Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-310-32929-9, ISBN: 0-310-32929-9 |
 | | Religions of Old Korea (Routledge Library Editions: Korean Studies) by Charles Allen Clark Paperback, Published 2020 by Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom ISBN-13: 978-0-367-25989-1, ISBN: 0-367-25989-3 |
 | | Religions of Old Korea (Routledge Library Editions: Korean Studies) by Charles Allen Clark Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2019 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-367-25952-5, ISBN: 0-367-25952-4 |
 | | Plain Tales from the Raj(Reprint) Images of British India in the Twentieth Century by Charles L. Allen, Michael Mason Paperback, 287 Pages, Published 1979 by Futura ISBN-13: 978-0-86007-455-7, ISBN: 0-86007-455-2 |
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