The Adventures of the Kohinoor
By: William Dalrymple
4.32
Format: None pages, Paperback
Think jewels are boring? You’ll change your mind when you read about the Kohinoor, history’s most f…
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1. Maharani
By: Ruskin Bond
3.59
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
Maharani who drink too much, the real story of Jim Corbett, and friendly ghosts - a magical novella… read more
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2. A Fine Balance
By: Rohinton Mistry
4.37
Format: 603 pages, Paperback
With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magn… read more
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"Time had changed the magical to mundane"-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
"Marriage is like death, only happens once."-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
"How starved they seemed for ordinary kindness"-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
"the secret of survival was to balance hope and despair"-Rohinton Mistry, A Fine Balance
3. 7 Secrets Of Vishnu
By: Devdutt Pattanaik
3.99
Format: 219 pages, Paperback
230 (Throughout B/W Illustrations)Authors NoteIt is significant that the stories of Vishnu rose to… read more
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4. Fortunately, the Milk
By: Neil Gaiman , Skottie Young
4.06
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
"I bought the milk," said my father. "I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this:… read more
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"The piranhas said nothing, but they thrashes about in their bowl, ominously."-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk
"The piranhas said nothing, but they thrashed about in their bowl, ominously."-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk
"Dinosaurs are reptiles, sir," said Professor Steg. "We do not go in for milk."-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk
"Being a geological formation gives you a lot of time to think. Also, I subscribed to a number of learned journals."-Neil Gaiman, Fortunately, the Milk
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6. The Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 (I Survived, #1)
By: Lauren Tarshis , Scott Dawson , Georgina Ball
5.00
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
The most terrifying events in history are brought vividly to life in this new fictional series! In … read more
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7. The Palace of Illusions
By: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharat--told from the point of view of an am… read more
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8. Mr Stink
By: Quentin Blake , David Walliams
4.17
Format: 267 pages, Paperback
The second original, touching, twisted, and most of all hilarious novel for children from David Wal… read more
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"The Duchess looked at Chloe with a look that said, You had the chance to tell him, but you chose to carry on the lie. How do I know that the Duchess's look said this? Because there is an excellent bo…"-Quentin Blake, Mr Stink
"In Britain, a cup of tea is the answer to every problem. Fallen off your bicycle? Nice cup of tea. Your house has been destroyed by a meteorite? Nice cup of tea and a biscuit. Your entire family has …"-Quentin Blake, Mr Stink
9. The Night Diary
By: Veera Hiranandani
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal,… read more
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10. Gratitude
By: Oliver Sacks
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A deeply moving testimony and celebration of how to embrace life. In January 2015, Oliver Sacks was… read more
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11. Those Pricey Thakur Girls
By: Anuja Chauhan
4.00
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
In a sprawling bungalow on New Delhi's posh Hailey Road, Justice Laxmi Narayan Thakur and his wife … read more
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12. The Adivasi Will Not Dance
By: Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar
4.08
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HINDU PRIZE 2016 In this collection of stories, set in the fecund, mineral-rich… read more
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13. Poonachi: Or the Story of a Black Goat
By: Perumal Murugan
4.11
Format: 179 pages, Kindle Edition
Through a seeming act of providence, an old couple receives a day-old female goat kid as a gift fro… read more
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14. Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
By: Shrayana Bhattacharya
4.29
Format: 384 pages, None
In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the j… read more
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"These women relied on Shah Rukh when they found the real world and all its pandemics and practicalities inhospitable. Because only the deepest dissatisfaction with reality drives us to dwell in fanta…"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
"Fantasizing about an impossibly idealized kind of love they’d seen an actor perform on-screen. Yet, all their real-world efforts were extremely pragmatic, often sacrificing the love they fantasized a…"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
"Critics often say that DDLJ, with its emphasis on patriarchal permission for young love, discourages dissent. This argument narrows the space for dissent by legitimizing it only in its most blatant, …"-Shrayana Bhattacharya, Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence
15. Kay's Anatomy
By: Adam Kay
4.34
Format: 405 pages, Paperback
Do you ever think about your body and how it all works? Like really properly think about it? The hu… read more
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16. Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire
By: Ira Mukhoty
4.27
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
In 1526 a Timurid warrior-scholar rides into Delhi to build an empire. With him ride his wives, his… read more
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17. Masala Lab : The Science of Indian Cooking
By: Krish Ashok
3.77
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Ever wondered why your grandmother threw a teabag into the pressure cooker while boiling chickpeas,… read more
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18. Valmiki's Women
By: Anand Neelakantan
3.94
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
Would King Dasharatha even have his coveted sons were it not for the sacrifice of his daughter Shan… read more
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19. The Upside-Down King: Unusual Tales about Rama and Krishna
By: Sudha Murty
4.30
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
Did you know there was a time when bears spoke, the moon laughed and babies were found inside fish?… read more
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20. The Adventures of the Kohinoor
By: William Dalrymple
4.32
Format: None pages, Paperback
Think jewels are boring? You’ll change your mind when you read about the Kohinoor, history’s most f… read more
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