Hundreds of India's stunning temples are catalogued and copiously illustrated in this two-volume work loaded with color photographs. A brief introduction to the principal religious groups who have made their home in this dynamic region...
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Author:Javid, Ali, Javeed, TabassumSummary: -
Author:Anna, Threes, Fasting, BarbaraSummary:India, 1995. Charlotte Bridgwater lives with her father, a former British general, and just one loyal servant in a stately old mansion in the town of Rampur. Money is scarce and the once grand estate is crumbling. In a desperate bid to...
- Author:Rushdie, SalmanSummary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The epic tale of a woman who breathes a fantastical empire into existence, only to be consumed by it over the centuries-from the transcendent imagination of Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling...
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Author:Houck, ColleenSummary:Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan race against time and the evil sorcerer, Lokesh, on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal as they seek Durga's final gift, the Rope of Fire, that will finally break the tiger's curse.
- Author:Anand, MadhurSummary:
An experimental memoir about Partition, immigration, and generational storytelling, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart weaves together the poetry of memory with the science of embodied trauma, using the imagined voices of the...
- Author:Wood, HeatherSummary:
A firsthand account of 40 Indian villagers who are given the chance to see all of India by a wealthy landowner.
- Author:Quinn, Susan KayeSummary:
Skyships, saber duels and lots of royal intrigue... and, of course, kissing. The Third Daughter of the Queen wants her birthday to arrive so she'll be free to marry for love, but rumors of a new, flying weapon may force her to accept a...
- Author:Chetanananda, SwamiSummary:
Sri Ramakrishna (1836-86) is regarded by his followers as an incarnation of God and he attracted a number of disciples, the best known in the West being Swami Vivekananda. Information about Ramakrishna's close disciples, who formed a...
- Author:Massey, SujataSummary:
Introducing an extraordinary female lawyer-sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay! Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the...
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- Author:Desai, AnitaSummary:
Untouched by the twentieth century, Thul, the small fishing village near Bombay, is still ruled by the age-old seasonal rhythms. Hari and Lila have lived in the village all their lives, but their family is now desperately down on its...
- Author:Connerney, RichardSummary:
India's future will be determined not only by economic development, but also by a dynamic traditional culture that continues to develop along its own lines sometimes in concert, and sometimes in conflict with material enrichment. India...
- Author:Schanfield, ShelleySummary:
A talking tigress. A wandering yogi. A young woman’s journey through an ancient land where chaos threatens gods and mortals alike.When a tigress speaks to the outcaste girl Mala, she flees in terror, only to collide with an old yogi....
- Author:Mcwatt, TessaSummary:
Tessa McWatt's breathtaking new novel explores love and endurance in the face of change and violence, and how people find wholeness and belonging when their own identities feel shattered. Northern India, 2009. Four travellers...
- Author:King, SJ.Summary:
Learn about caves and the Earth in this geology themed instalment of DK Books' new educational fiction series for children. Meet the Secret Explorers - a band of brainiac kids from all around the world. Everyone in this diverse...
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Author:Kipling, RudyardSummary:The Second Jungle Book is the sequel to Rudyard Kipling's acclaimed collection of stories about the Indian jungle. These new stories were published a year after the original, and mostly focus on the same characters including Mowgli,...
- Author:Schanfield, Shelley ElizabethSummary:
A beautiful warrior princess. A tormented prince. A terrible choice between love, duty, and spiritual freedom.Rebellious Dhara runs away from her Himalayan clan to study with the powerful yogi Mala, a mysterious woman with a violent...
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Author:Collins, WilkieSummary:Rachel Verinder is given an extraordinary diamond for her 18th birthday by her uncle, a British officer who served in India. That very night the diamond disappears. Considered the first detective novel in the English language, this...
- Author:Narayan, ShobaSummary:
When Shoba Narayan, a writer and cookbook author who had lived for years in Manhattan, moves back to Bangalore with her family, she befriends the milk lady, from whom she buys fresh milk every day. These two women from very different...
- Author:Kanigel, RobertSummary:
In 1913, a young, unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G. H. Hardy, begging the preeminent mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers. It was the beginning of a collaboration with a true genius of the...
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