Sri Lanka Books


Birds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the MaldivesBirds of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives
Best Price: $22.17
Tr?s bon guide, les dessins sont tr?s corrects, le format est bon pour un guide de terrain. ...
Paradise Poisoned: Learning About Conflict, Terrorism and Development from Sri Lanka's Civil WarsParadise Poisoned: Learning About Conflict, Terrorism and Development from Sri Lanka's Civil Wars
Best Price: $19.50
John Richardson's *Paradise Poisoned* is an important, timely, and groundbreaking book. The...
The Color of Serendipity: A Journey Through Sri LankaThe Color of Serendipity: A Journey Through Sri Lanka
Best Price: $21.80
I purchased this book as a present. I loved the pictures, the book is divided into 3 sections: ...
Bloody Shambles : Volume One : The Drift to War to the Fall of SingaporeBloody Shambles : Volume One : The Drift to War to the Fall of Singapore
Best Price: $38.19
When you read this book a good historian or soldier comes away with the two lessons: there is...
Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern ColomboTheravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo
Best Price: $29.65
Theravada is the branch of Buddhism is found in Sri Lanka and parts of South East Asia. The...


Sri Lanka--Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of DemocracySri Lanka--Ethnic Fratricide and the Dismantling of Democracy
Best Price: $13.00
Focusing on the historical events of post-independence Sri Lanka, S. J. Tambiah analyzes the...
Buddhism at WorkBuddhism at Work
Best Price: $23.18
Buddhism At Work: Community Development, Social Empowerment, And The Sarvodaya Movement by...
BLOODY SHAMBLES VOLUME TWO: The Complete Account of the Air War in the Far East, from the Defence of Sumatra to the Fall of Burma, 1942BLOODY SHAMBLES VOLUME TWO: The Complete Account of the Air War in the Far East, from the Defence of Sumatra to the Fall of Burma, 1942
Best Price: $43.93
An outstanding book! This series has been a wonderful source of information concerning the more...
Economy, Culture, and Civil War in Sri LankaEconomy, Culture, and Civil War in Sri Lanka
Best Price: $15.00
Economy, Culture, and Civil War in Sri Lanka provides a lucid and up-to-date interpretation of...
Abiding by Sri Lanka: On Peace, Place, and Postcoloniality (Public Worlds)Abiding by Sri Lanka: On Peace, Place, and Postcoloniality (Public Worlds)
Best Price: $25.00
The lack of peace in Sri Lanka is commonly portrayed as a consequence of a violent,...


The War in Sri LankaThe War in Sri LankaThe Lost Dynasty: Uncovering Sri Lanka's Secret PastThe Lost Dynasty: Uncovering Sri Lanka's Secret Past
Best Price: $16.95
First, I am from Sri Lanka. It was kind of shock to see it started with LTTE stuff and took some...
Lost White Tribes : The End of Privilege and the Last Colonials in Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Brazil, Haiti, Namibia, and GuadeloupeLost White Tribes : The End of Privilege and the Last Colonials in Sri Lanka, Jamaica, Brazil, Haiti, Namibia, and Guadeloupe
Best Price: $68.31
Forgotten pockets of culture in unlikely places are brought to light in Riccardo Orizio's book,...
Sri Lanka, Voices from a War ZoneSri Lanka, Voices from a War Zone
Best Price: $13.03
A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India: And the Indian Subcontinent, Including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives (Princeton Field Guides)A Photographic Guide to the Birds of India: And the Indian Subcontinent, Including Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives (Princeton Field Guides)
Best Price: $22.58
The book helped me to identify one bird I saw in Pakistan which I tried in other books.

Studies in South Asian Linguistics: Sinhala and Other South Asian LanguagesStudies in South Asian Linguistics: Sinhala and Other South Asian Languages
Best Price: $17.90
This volume collects twenty-nine published and unpublished papers by the linguist James Gair,...
The History of Sri Lanka (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations)The History of Sri Lanka (The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations)
Best Price: $45.00
Sri Lanka--an island nation located in the Indian Ocean-- has a population of approximately 19...
An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)
Best Price: $20.07
An account by John Knox, the English sea captain in the service of the British East India...
A new geography of the Indian empire and CeylonA new geography of the Indian empire and CeylonThe Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka: Religious Tradition, Reinterpretation and Response (Studies in Comparative Religion)The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka: Religious Tradition, Reinterpretation and Response (Studies in Comparative Religion)
Best Price: $18.99

Island of Blood: 5Island of Blood: 5
Best Price: $6.20
Island of Blood is a satisafactory account of some of the events that have shaped Pratap's...
Cultural Atlas of India: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka (Cultural Atlas of)Cultural Atlas of India: India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka (Cultural Atlas of)
Best Price: $49.50
I was searching for a good book on India, with a historical bent, as a gift for a friend here in...
Maoist Insurgency Since VietnamMaoist Insurgency Since Vietnam
Best Price: $47.95
This book provides an excellent (if not definitive) look at Maoist Insurgency since Vietnam,...
Learning Politics From Sivaram: The Life and Death of a Revolutionary Tamil Journalist in Sri Lanka (Anthropology, Culture and Society)Learning Politics From Sivaram: The Life and Death of a Revolutionary Tamil Journalist in Sri Lanka (Anthropology, Culture and Society)
Best Price: $28.37
This is the story of the life and impact of the political activist, journalist, and freedom...
Asian Art at the Norton Simon Museum Volume 3: Art from Sri Lanka and Southeast AsiaAsian Art at the Norton Simon Museum Volume 3: Art from Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia
Best Price: $53.24
This gorgeously illustrated book completes a three-volume series cataloguing the Asian art...

On Demonology and Witchcraft in CeylonOn Demonology and Witchcraft in Ceylon
Best Price: $27.95
22 cm. - Demonology - - Sri Lanka Witchcraft - - Sri Lanka. An interesting book on the system...
Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: Changing DynamicsEthnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: Changing Dynamics
Best Price: $10.00
Sri Lanka's ethnic conflict has become protracted and intractable. The twenty five- year-old...
Ethnic Warfare in Sri Lanka and the U.N. CrisisEthnic Warfare in Sri Lanka and the U.N. Crisis
Best Price: $28.93
The bitter civil war in Sri Lanka created thousands of refugees. The United Nations refugee...
A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Sri Lanka (Photographic Guides)A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Sri Lanka (Photographic Guides)
Best Price: $40.16
Sri Lankan Wildlife (Bradt Guides)Sri Lankan Wildlife (Bradt Guides)
Best Price: $12.95
In this addition to Bradt's popular wildlife guides, naturalist and wildlife photographer Gehan...

Religion and legitimation of power in Sri Lanka (Religion and Legitimation of Power)Religion and legitimation of power in Sri Lanka (Religion and Legitimation of Power)
Best Price: $5.86
A Tour in South Africa, with Notices of Natal, Mauritius, Madagascar, Ceylon, Egypt, and PalestineA Tour in South Africa, with Notices of Natal, Mauritius, Madagascar, Ceylon, Egypt, and Palestine
Best Price: $21.99
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1851 edition by John Snow, London.
Sri Lankan Ethnic Crisis: Towards a ResolutionSri Lankan Ethnic Crisis: Towards a Resolution
Best Price: $20.00
This book is a frank reflection on the history and politics of Sri Lanka that has produced its...
In Defense of Dharma: Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka (Routledgecurzon Critical Studies in Buddhism)In Defense of Dharma: Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka (Routledgecurzon Critical Studies in Buddhism)
Best Price: $47.14
This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of...
Exploring Confrontation: Sri Lanka: Politics, Culture and History (Studies in Anthropology and History)Exploring Confrontation: Sri Lanka: Politics, Culture and History (Studies in Anthropology and History)
Best Price: $41.92
Sri Lanka has been the meeting point of many ideologies and ways of being. This has spelt...

A Journal of Two Years' Travel in Persia, Ceylon, etc: Volume 1A Journal of Two Years' Travel in Persia, Ceylon, etc: Volume 1
Best Price: $17.99
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1857 edition by Wm. H. Allen and Co., London.
A Journal of Two Years' Travel in Persia, Ceylon, etc: Volume 2A Journal of Two Years' Travel in Persia, Ceylon, etc: Volume 2
Best Price: $19.99
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1857 edition by Wm. H. Allen and Co., London.
A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms: Being an Account by the Chinese Monk F?-hien of His Travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in Search of the Buddhist ... of the Chinese Text, by James LeggeA Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms: Being an Account by the Chinese Monk F?-hien of His Travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in Search of the Buddhist ... of the Chinese Text, by James Legge
Best Price: $25.99
Translated by James Legge. This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1886 edition...
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon (Dodo Press)Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon (Dodo Press)
Best Price: $14.50
"It was in the year 1845 that the spirit of wandering allured me toward Ceylon: little did...
Yalppanac carittiram =: History of JaffnaYalppanac carittiram =: History of Jaffna
Best Price: $47.50

Blowback: Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka (Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific)Blowback: Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka (Contemporary Issues in Asia and Pacific)
Best Price: $6.25
In the mid-1950s, Sri Lanka’s majority Sinhalese politicians began outbidding one...
The Heritage of the Bhikkhu: A Short History of the Bhikkhu in Educational, Cultural, Social, and Political LifeThe Heritage of the Bhikkhu: A Short History of the Bhikkhu in Educational, Cultural, Social, and Political LifeHealth Policy in Britain's Model Colony Ceylon, 1990-1948Health Policy in Britain's Model Colony Ceylon, 1990-1948
Best Price: $34.95
Study of colonial medicine, public health in Ceylon, attention to interaction of western and...
The Buddhist Visnu: Religious Transformation, Politics, and CultureThe Buddhist Visnu: Religious Transformation, Politics, and Culture
Best Price: $30.40
This book is a great book for me -- and for my husband. Buddhist and Vedic practitioners,...
Running in the Family (Picador Books)Running in the Family (Picador Books)
Best Price: $10.14

J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka: A Political Biography/from 1956 to His Retirement (1989)J.R. Jayewardene of Sri Lanka: A Political Biography/from 1956 to His Retirement (1989)
Best Price: $6.95
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives (Cambridge World Encyclopedias)The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives (Cambridge World Encyclopedias)
Best Price: $55.28
Military Intervention and Secession in South Asia: The Cases of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kashmir, and Punjab (Psi Reports)Military Intervention and Secession in South Asia: The Cases of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kashmir, and Punjab (Psi Reports)
Best Price: $32.05
From Chechnya in Russia to Kashmir in India to the Basque region in Spain, secessionist...
Sri Lanka: Serendipity Under SiegeSri Lanka: Serendipity Under SiegeA Land March from England to Ceylon Forty Years Ago: Through Dalmatia, Montenegro, Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Assyria, Persia, Afghanistan, ... of Which 7000 Miles on Horseback. Volume 2A Land March from England to Ceylon Forty Years Ago: Through Dalmatia, Montenegro, Turkey, Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, Assyria, Persia, Afghanistan, ... of Which 7000 Miles on Horseback. Volume 2
Best Price: $18.99
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1884 edition by W. H. Allen & Co.,...

Buddhism Among Tamils in Pre-Colonial Tamilakam and Ilam: Prologue : The Pre-Pallava and the Pallava Period (Historia Religionum, 19)Buddhism Among Tamils in Pre-Colonial Tamilakam and Ilam: Prologue : The Pre-Pallava and the Pallava Period (Historia Religionum, 19)
Best Price: $68.50
A partial listing of the contents: Buddhism & Jainism as Minor Religions Among Tamils. The...
The Work of KingsThe Work of Kings
Best Price: $23.75
The Work of Kings is a stunning new look at the turbulent modern history and sociology of the...
Kandy at War: Indigenous Military Resistance to European Expansion in Sri Lanka 1594-1818Kandy at War: Indigenous Military Resistance to European Expansion in Sri Lanka 1594-1818
Best Price: $33.50
Ceylon and the Portuguese : 1505-1658Ceylon and the Portuguese : 1505-1658
Best Price: $51.82
Blows Against the Empire: Trotskyism in Ceylon the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, 1935-1964 (Revolutionary History, Vol 6, No 4)Blows Against the Empire: Trotskyism in Ceylon the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, 1935-1964 (Revolutionary History, Vol 6, No 4)
Best Price: $21.64

Fatal History of Portuguese Ceylon: Transition to Dutch RuleFatal History of Portuguese Ceylon: Transition to Dutch RuleSurveying and Mapping in Colonial Sri Lanka (1800 - 1900)Surveying and Mapping in Colonial Sri Lanka (1800 - 1900)
Best Price: $24.81
This is the first in-depth academic work on the Ceylon Survey Department and provides an...
Buddhism Among Tamils in Pre-Colonial Tamilakam and Ilam: The Period of the Imperial Colar (Historia Religionum, 20)Buddhism Among Tamils in Pre-Colonial Tamilakam and Ilam: The Period of the Imperial Colar (Historia Religionum, 20)
Best Price: $58.01
The Rifle and Hound in CeylonThe Rifle and Hound in Ceylon
Best Price: $13.45
Samuel Baker was born in England. After the death of his wife he traveled to Ceylon in 1846. ...
A History of Sri LankaA History of Sri Lanka
Best Price: $23.85
Synopsis This book presents the history of Sri Lanka from the earliest times to the present....
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