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The Rataban Betrayal

Author : Stephen Alter
Publisher : Arcade
ISBN 13 : 9781628728200
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book The Rataban Betrayal written by Stephen Alter and published by Arcade. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On India's frontier with Tibet, peace is just a façade and security a myth. The sleepy Himalayan hill station of Mussoorie, near India's border with Tibet, is home to an eclectic mix of residents including Tibetan refugees and former guerrilla fighters, foreign missionaries, Indian military, tourists, and spies. Here, in a top secret facility facing the snow-clad Himalayas, India's legendary spymaster, Colonel Imtiaz Afridi, keeps a watchful eye on sensitive high-altitude borders. Having been a mountaineer in his youth, Afridi once climbed many of these peaks, including Rataban, a mountain with a treacherous history. When an American agent is shot dead in Mussoorie, both the CIA and India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), dispatch undercover agents to investigate. The American's death is quickly linked to the slayings of two Indo-Tibetan Border Police guards, suggesting possible Chinese infiltration. Working with Afridi is the brilliant junior analyst, Annapurna "Anna" Tagore, who helps him unravel these clues and other disturbing signs that something dangerous is brewing. When more violent acts shatter Mussoorie's calm, the CIA and RAW have no choice but to team up. Soon Afridi and the young Indian and American agents are piecing together a bloody conspiracy of revenge and murder that could shake the very foundations of world peace.

The Dalliance of Leopards

Author : Stephen Alter
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 1628726539
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book The Dalliance of Leopards written by Stephen Alter and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping international thriller that explores the geopolitical faultlines of South Asia. Colonel Imtiaz Afridi, India's legendary spymaster, has zeroed in on a new threat emanating from the borderlands over which he keeps watch from his surveillance center in the Himalayan foothills. An elusive warlord—faceless, nameless, and known only by his nom de guerre Guldaar, meaning "leopard" in Urdu—has built an illicit empire throughout the lands that Alexander the Great once conquered, based on extortion, money laundering, corruption, and murder. His reach extends across national boundaries, and with support from elements in the CIA and Pakistan's ISI, he plays tribal factions and sovereign nations off each other and threatens to destabilize the entire, nuclear-armed region. Seizing on Guldaar's one vulnerability, his ex-lover living with their son under CIA control in the United States, Afridi calls on agent Annapurna "Anna" Tagore to spring her loose and return her to India, where he needs her help to lay a trap. Meanwhile, when an American journalist reporting from Pakistan comes too close to the inner workings of Guldaar's empire, he is kidnapped by the Taliban and traded to the warlord as a hostage. As Afridi closes in, the American will become a critical bargaining chip in Guldaar's ruthless battle for survival. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Elephas Maximus

Author : Stephen Alter
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780143031741
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book Elephas Maximus written by Stephen Alter and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2004 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vivid Portrait Of An Animal That Has Captured The Imagination Of Humans For Millennia Elephas Maximus, The Majestic Asian Elephant, Is Still Revered In Indian Religion And Culture. Yet, Unabated Ivory Poaching Conjures Up Fears Of A Future When Tuskless Males May Be All That Survive And Conservationists Are Fighting To Preserve Its Endangered Habitat As Settlements Expand. Fascinated By This Regal Animal And Its Unique Relationship With Humankind, Stephen Alter Travelled Extensively Across India To Explore Its Natural Home, And Its Place In History And Myth. Alter'S Search Takes Him From National Parks Where He Observes Elephants In The Wild To The Annual Sonepur Mela Where They Are Bought And Sold, To Kota Where They Once Played A Unique Role In Royal Festivals. He Charts The Elephant In Art, Religion, Folklore And The Everyday World Of India, Bringing To Life The Complex Past And Troubled Present Of This Majestic Creature While Offering Hope For Its Future.

The Agent Runner

Author : Simon Conway
Publisher : Skyhorse
ISBN 13 : 162872613X
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book The Agent Runner written by Simon Conway and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2017-01-03 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the winner of an Ian Fleming Silver Dagger Award, a spy who came in from the cold for today’s wars. British by birth, foreign by descent, and agnostic by conviction, Edward Henry Malik is an MI6 handler—an agent runner. For four years he has been running an agent codenamed Nightingale inside Pakistan’s notorious ISI, keeping watch on its links to Al Qaeda and the Taliban and its machinations in neighboring Afghanistan, but mostly monitoring for threats to the British homeland. Then, in the aftermath of Osama bin Laden’s killing, Nightingale is exposed and Ed’s world falls apart. Dismissed from MI6 and with his reputation in tatters, Ed returns to his roots in the immigrant enclave of Whitechapel in London’s East End. He takes a job at a freight forwarding office and unexpectedly falls in love with the proprietor’s daughter. It seems as if he has finally found respite from his demons. But you can’t escape your past. Ed knows too much, and he has come to the attention of Major General Javid Aslam Khan—Pakistan’s legendary spymaster, known as the Hidden Hand. This lean, propulsive thriller tells a classic story of love, trust, and betrayal set against today’s Great Game, while in the background swirl rumors of a one-legged mullah and a shadowy militia with the means to detonate a dirty bomb. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Adventures Of Feluda : Bandits of Bombay

Author : Satyajit Ray
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 8184752121
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Adventures Of Feluda : Bandits of Bombay written by Satyajit Ray and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A murder in an elevator. A trail of heady perfume. The nanasaheb's priceless naulakha necklace. Feluda, Topshe and Jatayu are in Bombay where Jatayu's latest book is being filmed under the title Jet Bahadur. Soon after Jatayu hands over a package to a man in a red shirt, a murder takes place in the high-rise where the producer lives. Feluda and his companions find themselves in the midst of one of their most thrilling adventures ever, with a hair-raising climax aboard a train during location shooting. Feluda’s twelve greatest adventures are now available in special Puffin editions. Translated from the Bengali by Gopa Majumdar.

The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Short Stories

Author : Stephen Alter
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9351183335
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Short Stories written by Stephen Alter and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2001-10-11 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty classic short stories from master writers across the country This superb collection contains some of the best Indian short stories written in the last fifty years, both in English and in the regional languages. Some of these stories – ‘We Have Arrived in Amritsar’ by Bhisham Sahni, ‘Companions’ by Raja Rao, ‘The Sky and the Cat’ by U.R. Anantha Murthy, ‘A Devoted Son’ by Anita Desai – have been widely anthologized and are well known. Others, like Premendra Mitra’s ‘The Discovery of Telenapota’, Gangadhar Gadgil’s ‘The Dog that Ran in Circles’, Mowni’s ‘A Loss of Identity’, O.V. Vijayan’s ‘The Wart’ and Devanuru Mahadeva’s ‘Amasa’, are less familiar to readers but are nevertheless classics of the art of the short story. This new and revised edition includes three additional classics: R.K. Narayan’s ‘Another Community’, Avinash Dolas’s ‘The Victim’ and Ismat Chughtai’s ‘The Wedding Shroud’. The Penguin Book of Modern Indian Short Stories is a marvellous and entertaining introduction to the rich diversity of pleasures that the Indian short story–a form that has produced masters in over a dozen languages–can offer.

Me and My Plays

Author : Mahesh Dattani
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9351185990
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Me and My Plays written by Mahesh Dattani and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mahesh Dattani’s work has shaped contemporary English theatre in India over the past twenty-five years, boldly exploring themes like homosexuality, religious fanaticism, child sexual abuse and gender bias while also raising the bar for theatrical innovation. In Me and My Plays, he eloquently reflects on the highs and lows of surviving in a system largely indifferent to professional theatre. Included in this edition are Where Did I Leave My Purdah?, which explores the life and travails of Nazia, a feisty actress now in her eighties, who is forced to confront her past demons when she attempts to stage a comeback, and The Big Fat City, a black comedy about the residents of an apartment complex in Mumbai who unwittingly become accomplices to a murder. Intense and hard-hitting, both plays deal with the lies that simmer beneath the surface of our daily lives.

Adventures Of Feluda : House Of Death

Author : Satyajit Ray
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780143335719
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Adventures Of Feluda : House Of Death written by Satyajit Ray and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2003 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The search for a valuable for a valuable scroll leads Feluda and his friends to a strange cast of characters, and perhaps the most chilling case Feluda has ever been faced with.

A Long Walk for Bina

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Red Turtle
ISBN 13 : 9788129129369
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (293 download)

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Download or read book A Long Walk for Bina written by Ruskin Bond and published by Red Turtle. This book was released on 2014-09 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bina shifts to a school in Nauti-which is a long way from Koli, her village-she must daily cross the mountain, the river and walk through the jungle to get there. She is accompanied by Prakash, a boisterous twelve year old, and Sonu, her excitable younger brother. Together, they have many adventures-from helping old Mr Mani save his potatoes from porcupines to visiting the town of Tehri; and from escaping a landslide to encountering a leopard in the jungle.A touching and warm story by Ruskin Bond, this beautifully illustrated book showcases life in the hills and the wonders of friendship and bravery.

Mr. Ass Comes to Town

Author : Krishan Chandar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Ass Comes to Town written by Krishan Chandar and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ashtavakra Geeta

Author : Aṣṭāvakra
Publisher : Chinmaya Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Ashtavakra Geeta written by Aṣṭāvakra and published by Chinmaya Publications. This book was released on 1972 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authored By Maharishi Vyasa, This Lucid Dialogue Between Rajarshi Janak And Ashtavakra Systematically Deals With Mystical Experiences Of The Spiritual Reality. It Is Addressed To Advanced Students Of Meditation.

All the Way To Heaven

Author : Alter
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780140285529
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book All the Way To Heaven written by Alter and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2009 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Loving Tribute To A Unique Upbringing When Stephen Alter Is Asked The Simple Question Where Are You From, Originally? He Hesitates. Although He Is In Almost Every Way An American-Granted With A Trace Of British Accent-He Has An Unexpected Reply: My Real Home Was In India, A Hill Station Called Mussoorie, Seven And A Half Thousand Feet Up The Himalayas. That Was Where I Was Born And Raised, In A Section Known As Landour... It Is A Landscape, And A Time, That Haunts Him Still: I Miss The Place Itself; The Mountains, The View Of The High Himalayas Beyond Mussoorie, Stretching All The Way To Heaven. The Son And Grandson Of Presbytarian Missionaries Living In India For More Than Half A Century, Every Day Alter Straddled The Profound Boundary Between Utterly Different Peoples, Cultures, Languages And Religions. He And His Brothers Spoke A Pidgin Dialect Of Hindustani And English As Young Boys, Fished In The Rivers Song, Ganga And The Jumna, And Later Hunted For Barking Deer And Ghoral In The Steep Foothills Of The Mountains Always Looming Behind Them. They Studied American History But Knew More About India'S Recent Independence From England. In All The Way To Heaven, Alter Writes Affectionately Of His Family, His Indian Friends And His Memories Exotic And Mundane.

Bitter Chocolate

Author : Pinki Virani
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 9351184250
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Bitter Chocolate written by Pinki Virani and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000-10-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book that challenges our notions of family honour and morality Sometime, somewhere, the conspiracy of silence around Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) in Indian homes had to be shattered. This path-breaking book"the first of its kind in the country and subcontinent"attempts to give that sexually abused child a powerful voice. It provides damning disclosures about men, and some women, in middle and upper-class families who sexually abuse their children, then silence them into submission. Based on studies, reports and investigation, this book reveals that a minimum of twenty per cent of girls and boys under the age of sixteen are regularly being sexually abused; half of them in their own homes, by adults who have the child's trust. In Bitter Chocolate, journalist and best-selling author Pinki Virani travels across the country to record the testimonies of the police, doctors, child psychologists, mental health professionals, social workers, lawyers and the traumatized victims themselves. The book opens with an account"brave and devoid of self-pity"of the author's own experience. Going beyond blaming, Pinki Virani then proceeds with her insightful analysis of the issue in three notebooks. The first spells out what constitutes CSA, why and how this happens, its devastating after-effects which haunt the victims as they grow into adulthood. The second notebook describes these effects through two real-life stories of women who were betrayed as children by men of their family. The third provides practical solutions on how to counter CSA, including a framework involving the law, the parent and their child. A special chapter addresses adults who have never before disclosed their sexual abuse as children. Plus: a nationally coordinated helpline. Accessible yet comprehensive, Bitter Chocolate is written for the young parent and guardian, principal and teacher, judge and police, lawyer and public prosecutor, teenager and tomorrow's citizen.

Cow and Company

Author : Parashar Kulkarni
Publisher : Viking
ISBN 13 : 9780670092833
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Cow and Company written by Parashar Kulkarni and published by Viking. This book was released on 2019-08-26 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brave and hilarious debut set in colonial India, Cow and Company begins with the British Chewing Gum Company setting up shop in Bombay with the mission of introducing chewing gum in the colonies. They declare paan, which is in all mouths at all times, as their enemy. A cow is chosen as the mascot. It is up on all the posters. Religious sentiments are hurt. What begins as a search for a cow ends up in a catastrophe. With laugh-out-loud moments, ingenious use of language, and a spellbinding interplay of fantasy and myth, Cow and Company uses satire to take stock of the state of the nation, religion and capital, then and now.

Fire Under Ash

Author : Saskya Jain
Publisher : Random House India
ISBN 13 : 8184006527
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Fire Under Ash written by Saskya Jain and published by Random House India. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ashwin, a wealthy Delhi boy, meets Lallan, a struggling student from Patna looking to make his fortune, their friendship, with their mutual love for the almond-eyed Mallika, seems to transcend the fault lines of class and privilege. But one night at a party, a fateful incident leads their worlds to unravel with consequences that change both their lives forever, and expose the deep turmoil inherent in the frenetic energy of the new, aspiring India. An audacious debut, Fire Under Ash marks the arrival of Indian fiction’s latest star, who takes a coruscating look at Delhi’s beauty and brutality, writing the city as we’ve never read it before.

Wild Himalaya

Author : Stephen Alter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789388292771
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book Wild Himalaya written by Stephen Alter and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

That Long Silence

Author : Shobhaa De
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 8184754213
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book That Long Silence written by Shobhaa De and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A divorce and a succession of sordid affairs have left prominent Bombay socialite Karuna feeling battered, empty and melancholic. She looks back upon her life and the friends and enemies who surround her—neurotic, man-hungry Anjali; gorgeous, vivacious Ritu; high-profile editor Varun, with a penchant for young boys; Krish, the pretentious adman, whose wife actively helps him in his extramarital affairs. Scandalous, astute and utterly riveting, Shobhaa Dé’s first novel, Socialite Evenings, laid bare the world of high-society India and changed the face of the Indian novel forever.