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“This is an adaptation of Sanjeev Sanyal’s Land of the Seven Rivers for a younger audience”

Maps and mountains, lions and tigers, rivers and oceans-all sorts of things you didn’t know about India’s geography.

In here you will discover all sorts of things you never expected, like the fact that we still greet each other like the Harappans used to or that people used to think India full of one-eyed giants. Full of quirky pictures and crazy trivia, this book takes you on a fantastic journey through the incredible history of India’s geography.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0143333666
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books Limited; Latest edition (26 January 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780143333661
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0143333661
Reading age ‏ : ‎ Customer suggested age: 12 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 190 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.7 x 1.78 x 20.32 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India
Net Quantity ‏ : ‎ 250.00 Grams
Importer ‏ : ‎ Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd
Packer ‏ : ‎ Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd
Generic Name ‏ : ‎ BOOK
Best Sellers Rank: #1,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1 in Geography Books #1 in Children’s Books on Asian History #1 in Asian History for Young Adults
Customer Reviews: 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,342 ratings var dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction; P.when(‘A’, ‘ready’).execute(function(A) { if (dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction !== true) { dpAcrHasRegisteredArcLinkClickAction = true; A.declarative( ‘acrLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault”: true }, function (event) { if (window.ue) { ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrLinkClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } } ); } }); P.when(‘A’, ‘cf’).execute(function(A) { A.declarative(‘acrStarsLink-click-metrics’, ‘click’, { “allowLinkDefault” : true }, function(event){ if(window.ue) { ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”, (ue.count(“acrStarsLinkWithPopoverClickCount”) || 0) + 1); } }); });

“Remarkable…If you read only one book on the Constitution in your life, this could be it” (Los Angeles Times): the classic history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, the stormy, dramatic session that produced the most enduring of political documents, the Constitution of the United States.

From Catherine Drinker Bowen, noted American biographer and National Book Award winner, comes the canonical account of the Constitutional Convention recommended as “required reading for every American.” Looked at straight from the records, the Federal Convention is startlingly fresh and new, and Mrs. Bowen evokes it as if the reader were actually there, mingling with the delegates, hearing their arguments, witnessing a dramatic moment in history.

Here is the fascinating record of the hot, sultry summer months of debate and decision when ideas clashed and tempers flared. Here is the country as it was then, described by contemporaries, by Berkshire farmers in Massachusetts, by Patrick Henry’s Kentucky allies, by French and English travelers. Here, too, are the offstage voices—Thomas Jefferson and Tom Paine and John Adams from Europe.

In all, fifty-five men attended; and in spite of the heat, in spite of clashing interests—the big states against the little, the slave states against the anti-slave states—in tension and anxiety that mounted week after week, they wrote out a working plan of government and put their signatures to it.

“Bowen combines a storyteller’s gift with the scholarship of a historian and brings to life both the people of the Constitutional Convention and the issues that they debated. Miracle at Philadelphia is a book for anyone interested in history, democracy, political science, or law.” —Los Angeles Times

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Back Bay Books; First Edition (30 September 1986)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 346 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316103985
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316103985
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 431 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 2.54 x 20.96 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #1,591,993 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #2,954 in Political History #5,551 in Government (Books) #6,413 in Political Structure & Processes
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