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On these pages we meet adventurous princes, romantic princesses, wily peasants, tricky animals--and an abundance of monsters, "djinns, " gods, goddesses, and powerful magicians. In colorful, exotic settings reminiscent of "The Arabian Nights, " brave heroes and virtuous heroines triumph over the forces of evil, often with fantastical or comic results.These folktales, collected orally in the desert state of Rajasthan in 1986-87, are eloquent re...

This novel of a moving love affair between a young American teacher and a mysterious African barmaid who are caught up in the euphoria and political turmoil of post-independence Africa was first published to critical acclaim in 1980. Award-winning novelist John Gardner called it "An immense book in every way--thoughtful, suspenseful, angry, and yet at the same time compassionate...wonderfully ambitious...An astonishing achievement.

Pete has been truly happy only once in his life-when, at 15, he worked on an eccentric family's farm in upstate New York. The old man who struggled to keep it running became his surrogate father, the two girls who helped him grow up became the first loves he could never forget. Eleven years later, he's on his way back upstate hoping to find a haven from a world of war, drugs, and crime. But the farm has become a place of mystery, and of all th...

A witch-haunted temple in India Carrying a spear in New York City operas Witnessing a revolution in Guatemala Mediums, spiritual seekers, and frauds Teaching at a maximum security prison Love rides the rails These are some of the subjects in this lively collection of personal essays and travel writing - eloquent inner quests and journeys of discovery to out-of-the-way destinations.

Modern terrorism, like ancient beliefs in spirits and ghosts thrives in lush, beautiful Sri Lanka, the setting of Edward Hower's sixth novel, A Garden of Demons. Lila, a gifted half-American girl, begins to see her once idyllic world in new ways when her Uncle Richard joins her family on a visit. Though he seeks peace in her parents' jungle nature sanctuary, Richard must instead help them to confront the dangers which threaten to destroy their...