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Homeless Bird
by Gloria Whelan
Forced to leave her family at thirteen and marry someone she has never met ... Koly's parents have arranged a marriage for their only daughter and now, like many girls her age in India, she will leave home forever. She yearns to flee, but tradition dictates that it's too late to turn back. On her wedding day, Koly's fate is sealed. Caught up in a current of tradition that threatens to sweep her toward a... (more)
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Lord of Light
by Roger Zelazny
Earth is long since dead. On a colony planet, a band of men has gained control of technology, made themselves immortal, and now rules their world as the gods of the Hindu pantheon. Only one dares oppose them: he who was once Siddhartha and is now Mahasamatman. Binder of Demons. Lord of Light.
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The Bhagavad Gita
by Eknath Easwaran, Stephen Mitchell, Christopher Chapple, Kriyananda, Michael S. Deutsch, Bhagavadgita, Sir Edwin Arnold, S. Radhakrishnan
The most familiar and best-loved of all the scriptures of India in a practical, accessible translation, with illuminating introductions to each chapter. 240 pages
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The Upanishads
by Patrick Olivelle, Eknath Easwaran, Aurobindo Ghose, Dan T. Carter
Fifteen Upanishads with detailed explanatory introductions. In lofty poetry and vivid prose they give the essence of the Perennial Philosophy. 312 pages.
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Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology
by Devdutt Pattanaik
A tour of hinduism.
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The Bhagavad Gita
by Graham M. Schweig, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Bhaktivedanta, A. C. Bhaktivedant Prabhupada, T. L. Vaswani, Barbara Stoler Miller
A vivid new translation of the jewel of Hindu spirituality One of the glories of Sanskrit poetry, The Bhagavad Gita is the ancient spiritual text that forms a sublime synthesis of the many strands of Hindu belief. Taken from the Mahabharata epic, it details a dialogue between the divine Krishna and the human warrior Arjuna before a mighty battle in which Arjuna must decide whether to wage war against his own... (more)
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Ka
Stories of the Minds and Gods of India
by Roberto Calasso
"A giddy invasion of stories--brilliant, enigmatic, troubling, outrageous, erotic, beautiful." -- The New York Times Book Review "So brilliant that you can't look at it anymore--and you can't look at anything else. . . . No one will read it without reward." -- The Boston Globe With the same narrative fecundity and imaginative sympathy he brought to his acclaimed retelling of the Greek myths, Roberto Calasso... (more)
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The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
by Mallanaga Vatsyayana, Lance Dane, Mallanaga Vatsyayana, Chaturvedi Badrinath, Lance Dane
A classic of world literature for 1,700 years, this is the most explicit and fascinating book ever written for lovers. Its methods of cultivating sensual pleasure, sexual desire, and loving union offer a wellspring of erotic knowledge and inspiration. It also serves as a window into Indian culture and mysticism.
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Kali: The Black Goddess of Dakshineswar
by Elizabeth U. Harding
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Husband of a Fanatic: A Personal Journey Through India, Pakistan, Love, and Hate
by Amitava Kumar
A lyrical journey into the heart of hatred. "I went to my high school in Patna, India, and asked kids to write letters to children their own age across the border. Then, I visited my wife's high school in Karachi, Pakistan, and asked the kids to write letters in response. One student began with charming candor: "Dear Indians, First of all hello!! I am a Pakistani Muslim and I want to inform you that you are... (more)
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The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal (The Wisdom of the Hindu Mystics)
by Anonymous
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Speaking of Siva (Penguin Classics)
by A. K. Ramanujan
"Speaking of Siva" is a selection of vacanas or free-verse sayings from the Virasaiva religious movement, dedicated to Siva as the supreme god. Written by four major saints, the greatest exponents of this poetic form, between the tenth and twelfth centuries, they are passionate lyrical expressions of the search for an unpredictable and spontaneous spiritual vision of 'now'. Here, yogic and tantric symbols, riddles... (more)
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Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
A young Indian mystic, a contemporary of Buddha, sacrifices everything to search for the true meaning of life.
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World Religions
The Great Faiths Explored & Explained
by John Westerdale Bowker
Taking a refreshing new approach to understanding different faiths, World Religions looks at the beliefs and practices of many different religions, including Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Islam.
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The Living Gita
The Complete Bgabavad Gita: A Commentary for Modern Readers
by Satchidananda
The Bhagavad Gita , or "The Song of God," is one of the great spiritual classics of the world. This modern translation and commentary by one of the world's best-known and most respected yoga masters makes the deep spiritual truths of India's timeless classic available to the Western mind in a way never before thought possible. A finalist for the From the Publishers' Marketing Association Spiritual Book... (more)
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Festival Time!
Lighting a Lamp
A Diwali Story
by Jonny Zucker
Books in the Festival Time series describe the activities of typical families as parents and children celebrate some of their culture?s major holidays. Attractive color illustrations on every page will appeal to younger children. The simply yet delightfully told stories describe the festivities while giving children background information about holidays in many different cultures. A two-page spread at the back... (more)
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Shiva 3000
by Jan Lars Jensen
During a quarrelsome journey across India two men in search of very different destinies encounter gods, demons and mythological creatures. The tale is set against a backdrop of animated machines, airships of silk and ancient legends brought to life.
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Kali Puja
by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
The complete worship of the Divine Mother who Takes away Darkness, includes Her advanced puja, Her thousand names, the mantras and mudras for traditional offerings, as well as the systems of worship for begetting spiritual children. Also available to accompany the text is a beautiful CD or cassette of Shree Maa's recitation of the thousand names. It includes the original Sanskrita mantras, Roman phonetic... (more)
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Climbing the Stairs
by Padma Venkatraman
During World War II and the last days of British occupation in India, fifteen-year-old Vidya dreams of attending college. But when her forward-thinking father is beaten senseless by the British police, she is forced to live with her grandfather's large traditional family, where the women live apart from the men and are meant to be married off as soon as possible. Vidya's only refuge becomes her grandfather's... (more)
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Bhagavad Gita, with Commentary of Sri Sankaracharya
by Sri Sankaracharya
Adi Sankara's is the earliest extant commentary on the Bhagavad Gita.The text of the Gita as cited by him has come down to the centuries as the authentic text and this commentary of his proved to be of seminal value ever since.Later commentators may differ from him on textual and even metaphysical interpretation but the spiritual well being flowing into us on reading the Gita-Bhashya of Sankaracharya is... (more)

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