The golden son: A novel

Anil is the first person in his family to leave India, the first to attend college, the first to become a doctor. Half a world away in Dallas, Texas, he is caught up in his new life, experiencing all the freedoms and temptations of American culture: he tastes alcohol for the first time, falls in love, and learns firsthand about his adopted country's alluring, dangerous contradictions.

The jungle book

Presents the three adventures of Mowgli, a young boy raised by the animals in an Indian jungle, as well as other animal stories and songs. Includes illustrated notes throughout the text explaining the historical background of the story.

The jungle book

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9780099573029

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181 p.

Series Title

Oxford Children's Classic

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F KIP j

The lowland: A novel

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book • A Time Top Fiction Book An NPR Great Read A Chicago Tribune Best Book • A USA Today Best Book • A People magazine Top 10 Book • A Barnes and Noble Best New Book • A Good Reads Best Book • A Kirkus Best Fiction Book • A Slate Favorite Book • A Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Book • An Apple Top 10 BookrnrnNational Book Award Fi…

The wheel of surya

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The inheritance of loss

In a crumbling house in the remote northeastern Himalayas, an embittered, elderly judge finds his peaceful retirement turned upside down by the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter, Sai.

A passage to India

After an incident during their visit to the caves, Dr Aziz is accused of assaulting Adela Quested, a naive Englishwoman new to India. As he is brought to trial, the fragile structure of Anglo-Indian relations collapses and the racism inherent in colonialism is exposed in all its ugliness.

Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard

Sampath Chawla's family thinks that he will never amount to anything, but overnight he becomes a holy man in their village, and his fame turns both his family's and his own life upside down.

The jungle book

Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle.

Slumdog millionaire: Original published as Q & A

The novel opens in a jail cell in Mumbai, India, where Ram Mohammad Thomas is being held after correctly answering all twelve questions on India's biggest quiz show, Who WillWin a Billion? It is hard to believe that a poor orphan who has never read a newspaper or gone to school could win such a contest. But through a series of exhilarating tales Ram explains to his lawyer how episodes in his li…

The village by the sea

Lila and Hari, aged 13 and 12, struggle to keep the family, including two young sisters, going when their mother is ill and their father usually the worse for drink. When Hari goes to Bombay to find work, Lila seems to be responsible for everything.

Sister of my heart

Anju is the daughter of an upper-caste Calcutta family of distinction. Sudha is the daughter of the black sheep of that same family. Sudha is startlingly beautiful; Anju is not. Despite these differences, since the day the two girls were born--the same day their fathers died, mysteriously and violently--Sudha and Anju have been sisters of the heart. Bonded in ways even their mothers cannot comp…

Thea Stilton and the prince's emerald

Summary: When the Thea Sisters' friend Ashvin is in trouble, they rush to his aid - in India! Ashvin has been working to return the monkeys living in the big city