Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran by Elaine Sciolino
A Book of Lands and Peoples by Eric Newby
The Island at the Centre of the World: The Untold Story of the Founding of New York by Russell Shorto
Mahatma Gandhi and His Apostles by Ved Mehta
Lee's Lieutenants: Singapore's Old Guard by Kevin Y.L. Tan
In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce (Hardcover)
Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire by Victor Sebestyen (Hardcover)
The Measure of Civilisation: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations by Ian Morris
Rivers of Gold: The Rise of the Spanish Empire from Columbus to Magellan by Hugh Thomas
The Byzantine Achievement: An Historical Perspective, C.E. 330-1453 by Robert Byron
Pakistan: A Hard Country by Anatol Lieven
An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions by Jean Drèze
The Fall of the House of Bush: The Delusions of the Neoconservatives and American Armageddon by Craig Unger
The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century by George Friedman (Hardcover)
The Evolution of Useful Things: How Everyday Artifacts-From Forks and Pins to Paper Clips and Zippers-Came to be as They Are by Henry Petroski
The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour by Joan DeJean
A Brief History of the Future: A Brave and Controversial Look at the Twenty-First Century by Jacques Attali
Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
India: Emerging Power by Stephen Philip Cohen
The Great Mutiny : India 1857 by Christopher Hibbert
India in Mind by Pankaj Mishra
India's Unending Journey by Mark Tully
The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian by Nirad C. Chaudhuri
The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity by Amartya Sen (Hardcover)
India: A Mosaic by Robert B. Silvers
The Burma Spring: Aung San Suu Kyi and the New Struggle for the Soul of a Nation by Rena Pederson
Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire by Simon Winchester
Happiness: A History by Darrin M. McMahon
Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected by Daniel J. Boorstin
The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins by John George Pearson
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before by Tony Horwitz
India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha
