The royal toxicologist
The King of Pontus, Mithradates, was a ruthless polyglot genius, who spoke 22 languages and established the basic principles of bio-warfare
Not for navigation
The book is a compilation of bizarre lost and found maps and is meant for imaginative and imaginary geographies
Adrift in the airport lounge
The short fiction series revolves around a group of people stranded at the Heathrow airport waiting lounge
Railways: Transforming the world
The author stands firm on giving the credit to the railways for laying the foundation for all the changes in society brought about by the industrial revolution
A history of cartography in India
The author has done a great service to map lovers everywhere with this book
Indian and African wildlife in pictures
Once-in-a-lifetime experiences, mostly captured in emulsion film over three decades
A study in folly
The author travelled to the worst-affected nations when the US subprime bubble blew up in 2008
Salt mining in Sahara
The author is transformed by the immensity of the desert and the sturdiness of the people during his travel with a caravan
Journey of the nomadic Tuaregs
The book dwells on the theme of land and displacement and gives a sensual description of the Sahara desert
City of forgotten dreams
The book unravels the constellations of social, institutional and religious histories of Pakistan
Urbs without blurbs
A book on how Paris and New York — with such different histories — have so much in common