Yeah, some books are hard-cover and some are imported editions which cost more. Actually, you will get more discount on infibeam.com on the same book. They are also pretty reliable, I have bought some 8-10 books from them. They also have cash on delivery. Flipkart gives less discount these days...
my experience with infibeam was pretty bad. I had ordered a book which was supposed to be delivered within 4 days. After waiting for 8 days, I went to the market and bought the book. The book from Infibeam arrived on the 9th day!
Sometimes they take longer for deliver books than flipkart. That's because their center in in Ahmedabad and they deliver from there only while flipkart have centers in multiple places.
</font><div style="font-weight: normal; "><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">It is an imported hardcover edition so the cost is so high. I was asking has anyone read the indian edition???</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2" style="font-weight: normal; ">
</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; "><b>I just looked at the contents of this book</b><span style="font-weight: normal; "> (<a href="http://books.google.co.in/books?id=V-sMYjZkpigC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false"; style="font-size: 10pt; ">http://books.google.co.in/books?id=V-sMYjZkpigC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false</a>; )</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; ">This is very similar to the penguin's <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet MS', 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; ">GOALLESS : THE STORY OF UNIQUE FOOTBALLING NATION (</span><a href="http://www.flipkart.com/goalless-story-unique-footballing-nation-0670058742/p/itmczzkqawznjssc?pid=9780670058747&_l=WPJIi7BgNSBT3PLI8zDnqw--&_r=TIXUedtGel0uzTWfWPqaBw--&ref=52bc0982-6b8b-422c-a759-5d5b582ebac7"; style="font-size: 10pt; ">http://www.flipkart.com/goalless-story-unique-footballing-nation-0670058742/p/itmczzkqawznjssc?pid=9780670058747&_l=WPJIi7BgNSBT3PLI8zDnqw--&_r=TIXUedtGel0uzTWfWPqaBw--&ref=52bc0982-6b8b-422c-a759-5d5b582ebac7</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet MS', 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; ">)</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; "><font face="'trebuchet MS', 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; "><font face="'trebuchet MS', 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2">i believe that both are basically same or maybe the penguin's version is an edited version of the book u mentioned. Anyways I have read the book (few chapters left), remember, its not written in style of popular article, these are researched work by football scholars/historians and thus are less 'entertaining'. But its very informative gives u a good idea about evolution of football culture in India and what might work well in Indian socio-economical context. </font></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; "><font face="'trebuchet MS', 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2">Boria Majumdar is a renowned sports historian, he is in a UK university, he also talks about cricket etc (not in this book, of course).</font></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; "><font face="'trebuchet MS', 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2">Kaushik Bandhopadhyay did his research on Bengal football culture and society. He is now in West Bengal State University.</font></div></div>
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<br><div><br></div><div>it is almost 8000 rupee... who will read this </div> =P~
</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; "><b>I just looked at the contents of this book</b><span style="font-weight: normal; "> (<a href="http://books.google.co.in/books?id=V-sMYjZkpigC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false"; style="font-size: 10pt; ">http://books.google.co.in/books?id=V-sMYjZkpigC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false</a>; )</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; ">This is very similar to the penguin's <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet MS', 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; ">GOALLESS : THE STORY OF UNIQUE FOOTBALLING NATION (</span><a href="http://www.flipkart.com/goalless-story-unique-footballing-nation-0670058742/p/itmczzkqawznjssc?pid=9780670058747&_l=WPJIi7BgNSBT3PLI8zDnqw--&_r=TIXUedtGel0uzTWfWPqaBw--&ref=52bc0982-6b8b-422c-a759-5d5b582ebac7"; style="font-size: 10pt; ">http://www.flipkart.com/goalless-story-unique-footballing-nation-0670058742/p/itmczzkqawznjssc?pid=9780670058747&_l=WPJIi7BgNSBT3PLI8zDnqw--&_r=TIXUedtGel0uzTWfWPqaBw--&ref=52bc0982-6b8b-422c-a759-5d5b582ebac7</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'trebuchet MS', 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; ">)</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; "><font face="'trebuchet MS', 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; "><font face="'trebuchet MS', 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2">i believe that both are basically same or maybe the penguin's version is an edited version of the book u mentioned. Anyways I have read the book (few chapters left), remember, its not written in style of popular article, these are researched work by football scholars/historians and thus are less 'entertaining'. But its very informative gives u a good idea about evolution of football culture in India and what might work well in Indian socio-economical context. </font></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; "><font face="'trebuchet MS', 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2">Boria Majumdar is a renowned sports historian, he is in a UK university, he also talks about cricket etc (not in this book, of course).</font></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left; "><font face="'trebuchet MS', 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif" size="2">Kaushik Bandhopadhyay did his research on Bengal football culture and society. He is now in West Bengal State University.</font></div></div>
http://www.pierretristam.com/pdfs/wc10.pdf