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Loot held me spellbound from the first page.' Maggie O'FarrellAn epic tale of plundered treasure, savage empire, lasting love and a young man's dream to make his mark on the world.Meet Abbas. Woodcarver, toy maker, dreamer. Abbas is seventeen when he is whisked away to Tipu Sultan's glorious palace in Mysore. Apprenticed to the legendary clockmaker Monsieur Du Leze, he is ordered to create an ingenious musical tiger to delight Tipu's sons.In t...

Loot held me spellbound from the first page...an expertly-plotted, deeply affecting novel ' Maggie O¿FarrellAn epic tale of plundered treasure, savage empire, lasting love and a young man's dream to make his mark on the world.Meet Abbas. Woodcarver, toy maker, dreamer. Abbas is seventeen when he is whisked away to Tipu Sultan's glorious palace in Mysore. Apprenticed to the clockmaker Monsieur Du Leze, he is ordered to create an ingenious music...

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A spellbinding historical novel set in the eighteenth century: a hero’s quest, a love story, the story of a young artist coming of age, and an exuberant heist adventure that traces the bloody legacy of colonialism across two continents and fifty years.“Addictively absorbing.” —The New York Times Book Review This wildly inventive, irresistible feat of storytelling from a writer at the height o...

There he was, his trunk wrapped in hers. Whatever hurt or sorrow befell him was not really happening to him. He was on the other bank with his mother. He was not here'When a young elephant is brutally orphaned by poachers, it is only a matter of time before he begins terrorising the countryside, earning his malevolent name from the humans he kills and then tenderly buries with leaves. Manu, the studious son of a rice farmer, loses his cousin t...

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From the acclaimed author of Atlas of Unknowns, a bravura collection of short stories-set, by turns, in London, Sierra Leone, and the American Midwest-that captures the yearning and dislocation of young men and women around the world. In "Light & Luminous, " a gifted instructor of Indian dance falls victim to the vanity and insecurities that have followed her into middle age. In "The Scriptological Review: A Last Letter from the Editor, " a d...

A fascinating story of hunters and observers, old mythical gods and modern politics.' Sarah Hall, Guardian Books of the YearWhen a young elephant is brutally orphaned by poachers, it is only a matter of time before he begins terrorising the countryside, earning his malevolent name from the humans he kills and then tenderly buries with leaves.

From the highly acclaimed author of "Atlas of Unknowns, " a bravura collection of short stories set in locales as varied as London, Sierra Leone, and the American Midwest that captures the yearning and dislocation of young men and women around the world.

How to Love Myself and Others introduces young children how to truly love themselves every day. Once they learn how to fill themselves up with self-love, it shows them how to give love to others no matter what people look like or where they come from. This book offers the opportunity for parents and children to talk about values that are the foundation of a truly happy life. Remembering that we all come from one love, let's go back there toget...

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A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year The Tusk That Did the Damage is an utterly contemporary story about an ancient and majestic elephant, and his dangerous connection to the land and the people around him. Orphaned by poachers as a calf and sold into a life of labor, Gravedigger has broken free of his chains and is terrorizing the South Indian countryside. Caught up in the violence are the studious younger son of a rice farmer dra...

An utterly irresistible first novel: The story of two sisters, the yearning to disappear into another country, and the powerful desire to return to the known world. Linno is a gifted artist, despite a childhood accident that has left her badly maimed, and Anju is one of Kerala's most promising students. Both girls dream of coming to the United States, but it is Anju who wins a scholarship to a prestigious school in New York. She seizes it, eve...

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Nel Kanavar Wildlife Park, una riserva naturale nel Sud dell'India, in una problematica coabitazione con gli indigeni vivono molti animali protetti. Un giorno la furia dei bracconieri a caccia di avorio si scatena contro un branco di elefanti, risparmiando solo un cucciolo, catturato dopo aver assistito all'uccisione della madre. Dopo anni di cattività l'elefante, divenuto un esemplare enorme e fortissimo, riesce a liberarsi: la scia di sangue...