Shankar, Ravi 1920-

Gandhi ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1982 and 2011 in English and held by 2,177 libraries worldwide
Chronicles the life of Gandhi beginning with his political activities in South Africa during the late 1890's and ending with his assassination at the hands of a Hindu extremist in 1948. Shows the development of his philosophy of non-violence as he leads the people of India to independence from the British.

My music, my life by Ravi Shankar ( Book )
18 editions published between 1968 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,051 libraries worldwide
Updating Shankar's 1968 work, this edition includes new chapters chronicling his career and the history of Indian classical music, as well as being a manual on how to play the sitar.

Raga mala : the autobiography of Ravi Shankar by Ravi Shankar ( Book )
25 editions published between 1982 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 573 libraries worldwide

The complete Monterey Pop Festival ( Visual )
3 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 547 libraries worldwide
Monterey Pop is the first filmed document of a rock festival. The Monterey Pop Festival, held on California's Monterey Peninsula in 1967, inspired Jann Wenner to launch his enormously successful "Rolling Stone Magazine." It also did much to boost the careers of many of the pop and rock stars who performed in it.

Monterey pop ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1968 and 2009 in English and held by 458 libraries worldwide
Monterey Pop is the first filmed document of a rock festival. The Monterey Pop Festival, held on California's Monterey Peninsula in 1967. It would help launch the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding. Captured on film that became immortalized, Pete Townshend destroying his guitar and Jimi Hendrix burning his.

The Tiger and the Brahmin ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1991 and 2007 in English and held by 418 libraries worldwide
Traditional Indian folktale about a well-meaning Brahmin who makes the unfortunate mistake of freeing a ferocious tiger from its cage.

The sounds of India by Ravi Shankar ( Recording )
8 editions published between 1966 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 407 libraries worldwide

Chants of India by Ravi Shankar ( Recording )
7 editions published between 1997 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 365 libraries worldwide
Musique du monde - Inde.

Aparājito The unvanquished ( Visual )
9 editions published between 1996 and 2008 in Bengali and held by 360 libraries worldwide
Follows the life of the poor Bengali country boy, Apu and his encounter with the school system in Benares and later with the intellectual life at the university in Calcutta.

The concert for Bangladesh George Harrison and friends ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 302 libraries worldwide
This was the first benefit concert of its kind in that it brought together an extraordinary assemblage of major artists collaborating for a common humanitarian cause - setting the precedent that music could be used to serve a higher purpose. The concert helped to generate millions of dollars for UNICAF and raised awareness for the organization around the world.