Author: Michael Palin

Having risen to the challenge of seas, poles, dhows and deserts, the highest mountains in the world were a natural target for Michael Palin. In a journey rarely, if ever, attempted before, in 6 months of hard travelling ...

Author: Sara MacDonald

A rollercoaster ride through a land of chaos and contradiction with a woman on a mission to save her soul, her love life - and her sanity. ABC journalist Sarah MacDonald spent two years on the sub-continent; these are so ...

Author: David Stott

With insights into the colourful tribal cultures, plush palaces and forbidding forts this Footprint guide provides information on one of India's most fascinating states. Including an excellent wildlife section covering t ...

Author: Anil Mulchandani

Travellers Goa is the perfect guidebook for visitors to a region famous for its fine beaches and lush vegetation. Despite being one of India's smallest states, Goa boasts historic cities and towns, temples and wildlife s ...

Author: Anil Mulchandani

Travellers Kerala & Southern India is packed with information about this popular region, known for its backwaters, beaches, architecture and wildlife reserves.It provides expert advice, tracking down the best sights and ...

Author: Amit Pasricha & Amin Nath

Monumental India presents breathtaking panoramic views of North India's famed monuments and sites as well as little-known architectural gems. Produced in a landscape format and including stunning multipage gatefolds, it ...

Author: Julian Crandall Hollick

The Ganges has always been more than just an ordinary river. For millions of Indians, she is also a goddess. According to popular belief, bathing in Mother Ganga dissolves all sins, drinking her waters cures illness, and ...

Author: Anuradha Kapoor

Many of India's numerous forts, palaces, havelis and colonial mansions have been rescued from oblivion and converted into fine heritage properties, open to the traveller looking for an authentic cultural experience. Indi ...

Author: David Shulman

A diary describing the experience of the author in Andhra Pradesh. It reflects on daily events - from explorations of crumbling temples to battles with ineradicable bugs to joyous dinners with friends. It also considers ...

Author: Kris Rao & Ian Beadham

As well as being a fascinating country, with a rich and varied culture, India is emerging as a major world economy. More and more people are going there to live and work. The purpose of this book is to ease the transitio ...

Author: Kev Reynolds

There is no finer way of getting to know Nepal than by discarding the burdens of Western society, wandering her trails and growing receptive to her charms. Trekking holds the key to a wealth of experience, and Nepal will ...

Author: K.P. Sharma

Garhwal and Kumaon, known together as Uttarakhand, are the mountain regions of Uttar Pradesh in India, bordering Nepal and Tibet. They are situated almost at the centre of the great Himalayan chain with more than 250 pea ...

Author: Sadia Shepard

Sadia Shepard's mother was Muslim, her father Catholic. But when she found out her Pakistani grandmother had been born Jewish in Bombay, she set out to discover the disappearing Jews of India - and uncover her own roots. ...

Author: Kapka Kassabova & Sagarika Ghose

The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips and recommendations, accompanied by colour photographs, charts and maps for the first-time traveller who wants to experience the major highlights that D ...

Author: Gavin Thomas

"The Rough Guide to Sri Lanka" is the definitive travel guide with clear maps and detailed coverage of all the best attractions Sri Lanka has to offer. Get the low-down on one of the world's most beautiful islands, with ...

Author: Gary Snyder

In 1962, after studying Buddhism in Japan, Gary Snyder, with his former wife, the poet Joanne Kyger, joined Allen Ginsberg and his companion Peter Orlovsky for a long trip to India to see the hearth-land of the Buddha's ...

Author: Anita Jain

Is arranged marriage any worse than Craigslist? One smart and feisty woman's year in India looking for a husband the old-fashioned way reveals a rapidly changing culture and a whole host of ideas about the best way to fi ...

Author: Sanjeev Bhaskar

Sanjeev Bhaskar, the comedian and writer behind The Kumars at No. 42 embarks on an epic and highly personal journey through modern India. Sanjeev's characteristic humour and unique take on the country form the heart of t ...

Author: Garry Weare

'Garry Weare is enigmatic, funny and he has an enormous conscience. He brings into the story of his Himalayan traverse a succession of vignettes about people's lives that he meets along the way, relevant history, natural ...

Author: Katherine Russell Rich

Having miraculously survived a serious illness and now at an impasse in her career as a magazine editor, Rich spontaneously accepted a free-lance writing assignment to go to India, where she found herself thunderstruck b ...