Goa
By: Maria Aurora Couto
3.69
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
A Daughter's Story, written by Maria Aurora Couto, is a novel about 450 years of Goa's history. The…
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1. Living with the Himalayan Masters
By: Swami Rama
3.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is a book of inspirational stories of Swama Rama's experiences and lessons learned with the gr… read more
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- india
2. Last Chance to See
By: Douglas Adams , Mark Carwardine
3.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Very funny and moving...The glimpses of rare fauna seem to have enlarged [Adams'] thinking, enlive… read more
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3. An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India
By: Shashi Tharoor
3.63
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In 1930, the American historian and philosopher Will Durant wrote that Britain's 'conscious and del… read more
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- history
- india
4. 7 Secrets of the Goddess (The 7 Secret Series, #4)
By: Devdutt Pattanaik
2.84
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
Lakshmi massages Vishnus feet. Is this male domination? Kali stands on Shivas chest. Is this female… read more
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- india
5. Our Moon Has Blood Clots: The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits
By: Rahul Pandita
3.43
Format: 375 pages,
Rahul Pandita was fourteen years old in 1990 when he was forced to leave his home in Srinagar along… read more
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- history
- india
6. Teresa's Man and Other Stories from Goa
By: None , Xavier Cota , Damodar Mauzo
3.77
Format: 342 pages, Paperback
Peter wheels his bicycle out. Mounting it, he puts one foot on the pedal, the other on the threshol… read more
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- india
7. Interpreter of Maladies
By: Jhumpa Lahiri
4.17
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here Navigating between the Indian tra… read more
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"Sexy means loving someone you do not know."-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
"A woman who had fallen out of love with her life"-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
"You got cats at home?" "No cats. Only a husband."-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
"In those six weeks I regarded her arrival as I would the arrival of a coming month, or season - something inevitable, but meaningless at the same time."-Jhumpa Lahiri, Interpreter of Maladies
8. നിരീശ്വരൻ | Nireeswaran
By: V.J. James
4.00
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Novel Serialised in Mathrubhumi Weekly. read more
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9. Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion
By: Paul Bloom
4.00
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
New York Post Best Book of 2016 We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of other… read more
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10. Miss Burma
By: Charmaine Craig
4.04
Format: None pages,
A beautiful and poignant story of one family during the most violent and turbulent years of world h… read more
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11. Reading Lolita in Tehran
By: Azar Nafisi
4.20
Format: 172 pages,
Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher n… read more
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12. The Underground Girls of Kabul
By: Jenny Nordberg
3.95
Format: None pages,
An investigative journalist uncovers a hidden custom that will transform your understanding of what… read more
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13. Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
By: Morgan Housel
4.19
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
“Want to understand the changing world? Start with what stays the same. That’s the amazing conclusi… read more
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14. Roman Stories
By: Jhumpa Lahiri
3.80
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical—is … read more
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15. Hurricane Season
By: Fernanda Melchor
4.06
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book (2020) A Guardian Best Book of 2020 A Literary Hub Favorite Book of… read more
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"а разнообразие и за да не губи навик, баба, когато е ядосана, си спомня само за лошите неща"-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season
"за разнообразие и за да не губи навик, баба, когато е ядосана, си спомня само за лошите неща"-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season
"There's no reasoning with dog, two ferocious dogs who refuse to let go of their prey until they've been torn to shreds"-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season
"момчето, щом порасна, се превърна в диво животно, което, пуснеха ли го на свобода, дори по никое време вечер, все го теглеше към гората, защото според баба ѝ този бил начинът да възпитават момчетата,…"-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season
16. The Bookshop
By: Penelope Fitzgerald
3.28
Format: 163 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1959 Florence Green, a kindhearted widow with a small inheritance, risks everything to open a bo… read more
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"Morality is seldom a safe guide for human conduct."-Penelope Fitzgerald, The Bookshop
"El corage y la perseverancia son inútiles si no se ponen a prueba"-Penelope Fitzgerald, The Bookshop
"Hojear libros es parte de la tradición de una librería —le dijo Florence—. Debes dejar que se queden y toquen los libros."-Penelope Fitzgerald, The Bookshop
"Hojear libros es parte de la tradición de una libreria -le dijo Florence-. Debes dejar que se queden y toquen los libros."-Penelope Fitzgerald, The Bookshop
17. 8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go
By: Jay Shetty
3.93
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Think Like a Monk offers a revelatory guide to every… read more
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18. Tomb of Sand
By: Geetanjali Shree
3.70
Format: 739 pages, Paperback
An eighty-year-old woman slips into a deep depression at the death of her husband, then resurfaces … read more
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"Anything worth doing transcends borders."-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
"लगा मैं गयी तो लगा कि जा रही हूँ तो रोते हुए क्यों जाऊँ, हँसते हुए जाऊँगी ।"-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
"Daughter. You love her. You fear her. Now you see her. Now you don't. All women, don't forget, are daughters."-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
"That which is torn develops an increased capacity for insight and forbearance. A capacity to experience sensations that escape the notice of others."-Geetanjali Shree, Tomb of Sand
19. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
By: Héctor García
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
3 Books Collection Set: Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life The people of Ja… read more
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"Walk slowly and you’ll go far"-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
"Keep going; don’t change your path."-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
"Happiness is always determined by your heart."-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
"when you have a clear purpose, no one can stop you."-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
20. El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
By: Irene Vallejo
4.26
Format: 452 pages, Paperback
Este es un libro sobre la historia de los libros. Un recorrido por la vida de ese fascinante artefa… read more
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- history
"Los libros nos convierten en herederos de todos los relatos: los mejores, los peores, los ambiguos, los problemáticos, los de doble filo. Disponer de todos ellos es bueno para pensar, y permite elegi…"-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
"Ler é um ritual que implica gestos, posições, objetos, espaços, materiais, movimentos, modulações de luz. Para imaginarmos como liam os nossos antepassados, precisamos de conhecer, em cada época, ess…"-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
"desde os primeiros séculos da escrita até à idade Média, a norma era ler em voz alta, para si próprio ou para os outros, e os escritores pronunciavam as frases à medida que as escreviam ouvindo assim…"-Irene Vallejo, El infinito en un junco: La invención de los libros en el mundo antiguo
21. 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
22. Why I am a Hindu
By: Shashi Tharoor
3.72
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In Why I Am a Hindu, one of India’s finest public intellectuals gives us a profound book about one … read more
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"Who knows whence this creation had its origin? He, whether He fashioned it or whether He did not, He, who surveys it all from the highest heaven, He knows—or maybe even He does not know. — Rig Veda, …"-Shashi Tharoor, Why I am a Hindu
23. The Education of Yuri
By: Jerry Pinto
4.13
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
‘We are born alone and we die alone. In between, we reach out to other people.’ At fifteen, Yuri… read more
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24. Fire On The Ganges: Life Among the Dead in Banaras
By: Radhika Iyengar
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
'In the land of the dead, there is life all around.' Banaras, Uttar Pradesh. A place where life … read more
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25. The Braided River: A Journey along the Brahmaputra
By: Samrat Choudhury
3.96
Format: 424 pages, None
The Brahmaputra is by some margin the largest river in India. After its confluence with the Ganga i… read more
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26. The Wait And Other Stories
By: Damodar Mauzo
3.72
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A cab driver, who assumes the identity of whoever his clients want him to be, finds himself in a tr… read more
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27. Goa
By: Maria Aurora Couto
3.69
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
A Daughter's Story, written by Maria Aurora Couto, is a novel about 450 years of Goa's history. The… read more
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28. Quarterlife
By: Devika Rege
3.86
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
India’s literary novel of the year—an enthralling, award-winning debut from a “blazingly original v… read more
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"Now he gets the value of the everyday stuff in the Peshwa museums. What is the culture of a place or people other than this - how we lived and how we died? What is an identity butt an accretion of al…"-Devika Rege, Quarterlife
"Chitra Kaki's gestures are a result of ritual, house pride and belonging, all of which precede love, and this thought makes his joy in the modak more acute. ...Their generation has seen more change t…"-Devika Rege, Quarterlife
"At her final dinner in Imperial Heights, she notices afresh all that a week has made familiar: the silk runner, the brass casseroles, and the many little bowls on her plate that Sita, already turning…"-Devika Rege, Quarterlife
"Dusk. They park at the edge of a wide, sandy bank. Omkar hums Shanth wahate Krishna-mai. He says the lyrics mean that a truly great person is as quiet as the river Krishna. It's the same river at Men…"-Devika Rege, Quarterlife
29. Shadow City: A Woman Walks Kabul
By: Taran N. Khan
4.07
Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition
When Taran N. Khan first arrived in Kabul in the spring of 2006-five years after the Taliban govern… read more
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30. Faith on Fire (Premium Edition)
By: Uday Bhembre
4.18
Format: 228 pages, Hardcover
In the 16th century the Portuguese conquered the city of Goa and nearby Islands. Later they conquer… read more
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31. The Complete Guide to Executive Compensation
By: Bruce Ellig
3.50
Format: 608 pages, Hardcover
Strategies for gaining a powerful edge in the executive talent wars The competition for executive t… read more
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