{"product_id":"empire-of-the-soul-9781573220477","title":"Empire of the Soul","description":"Paul William Roberts's journeys through India span twenty years, and in Empire of the Soul, he creates a remarkably sweeping portrait of the political, cultural, and spiritual life of the subcontinent. He shows us the crumbling palaces where maharajas live much as they did five centuries ago; the ashrams, temples, and caves, where the holy men are often as terrifying as they are tender; the remote villages reached by torturous journeys on ramshackle buses; and a millionaire drug dealer's heavily guarded fortress on India's border with China.\u003cbr\u003eRoberts brings historical perspective to his observations of modern India. The decadence of a settlement of hippies stranded in the paradise of Goa is juxtaposed with an account of the brutality of the Inquisition in India. The plummeting fortunes of a family of Calcutta aristocrats serve to illustrate the fate of the entire city over the last few decades.","brand":"Brand: Riverhead Hardcover","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":53063884931232,"sku":"9781573220477-used-good","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0463\/0115\/1392\/files\/51PD0RTDXQL.jpg?v=1764203378","url":"https:\/\/shop.mtwyouth.org\/products\/empire-of-the-soul-9781573220477","provider":"More Than Words ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}