the emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer by siddhartha mukherjee

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The Emperor of All Maladies is a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the tw ..more...

the mandala of sherlock holmes: the adventures of the great detective in tibet by jamyang norbu

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In 1891, a horrified British public learnt that Sherlock Holmes - in a last deadly struggle with the archcriminal Professor Moriarty - had perished at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. Two .. more...

when markets collide by mohamed a el-erian

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This book is a timely alert to the fundamental changes taking place in today's global economic and financial systems--and a call to action for investors who may fall victim to misinterpreting importan .. more...

rites of passage (sea trilogy) by william golding

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In the early 1800s, Edmund Talbot, a young and rather priggish Englishman, takes passage on a boat heading for Australia where he is to be an official in the colonial government. In addition to .. more...

bazaars, conversations and freedom by rajni bakshi

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From Wall Street icon George Soros and VISA card designer Dee Hock we get an insider critique of the malaise. Creators of community currencies and others, like the father of microfinance, Bang .. more...

mister pip by lloyd jones

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kesavan's lamentations by m mukundan

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Set in steamy, politicized Kerala, Kesavan’s Lamentations in an engaging, witty romp through the complexities of a community, paralleled with the tangle which is a writer’s mind in the midst o .. more...

looking east to look west : lee kuan yew's mission india by sunanda k datta-ray

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When P.V. Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh launched India's 'Look East' policy, it was only the first stage of the strategy to foster economic and security cooperation with the United States. But 'Loo .. more...

the white tiger: a novel (man booker prize) by aravind adiga (paperback - oct 14; 2008) by aravind adiga

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The White Tiger is a compelling first novel about the new India that is growing roots all around us, in unexpected and often ominous ways. 'Compelling, angry, and darkly humorous, The White Tiger is a .. more...

the inheritance of loss by kiran desai

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Kiran Desai's first novel, "Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard," was published to unanimous acclaim in over twenty-two countries. Now Desai takes us to the northeastern Himalayas where a rising insurgenc .. more...

amsterdam by ian mcewan

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On a chilly February day two old friends meet in the throng outside a crematorium to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. Both Clive Linley and Vernon Halliday had been Molly's lovers in the days be ..more...

the english patient by michael ondaatje

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The Booker Prize-winning novel, now a critically acclaimed major motion picture, starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe and Kristin Scott Thomas. With ravishing beauty and unsettling i ..more...

the famished road by ben okri

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such a long journey by rohinton mistry

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captain corelli's mandolin by louis de berni

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govardhans travels: a novel by Anand

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lords of finance: 1929, the great depression, and the bankers who broke the world by liaquat ahamed

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With a keen sense of history and compelling narrative skills, Liaquat Ahamed gives us a vivid and dramatic account of four men whose actions led to the world economic collapse of the late 1920s.Many o ..more...

disgrace by j m coetzee

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paddy clarke ha ha ha by roddy doyle

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Life as seen through the eyes of a ten-year-old Irish boy, Patrick Clarke, is a poignant voyage through a bewildering, ever-changing world of family, friends, dreams, and growing up. Winner of t ..more...

a golden age by tahmima anam

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