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Author: Sneh Sapru Publisher: WHITE FALCON PUBLISHING ISBN: 938993298X Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 100
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In the big city of dreams live creatures most people no longer dream of. One where Medusa creeps through the quarters of a brothel, a cartel of birds burgeons a drug racket; a struggling actor cracks the chromosome to superstardom, and mermen kidnap fishermen by the coastline. Between the cramped by-lanes, behind the glittering skyline, beneath the dirt of the Arabian Sea, ordinary moments take an extraordinary turn as people rub shoulders with magical beings lurking in the shadows. Some early reviews: 'A powerful anthology that uses evocative prose to skilfully take familiar objects and set them loose within dark, mystical territories.' -Twinkle Khanna, Best-selling Author -Mrs Funnybones 'A collection of superbly imagined, heady and evocative vignettes that dares to delve into the world of mythical beings, both weird and wonderful, that may lurk beneath the surface of one of the world's most fascinating cities. An essential read for any Mumbaiker.' -Patrick Graham, Screen writer, Director -Ghoul, Leila, Betaal ‘Consistently funny, and sometimes unexpectedly scary, this book refreshes you, and reminds you what makes reading such an immersive experience.' -Karunesh Talwar, Comedian Meet The Author: ”Trailblazer of Indian Theater New India Express Sneh Sapru is an award-winning playwright of the critically acclaimed theatre shows ‘Hello Farmaaish’ and ‘Elephant in the Room’. She’s been nominated for the META Theatre Awards, the Hindu Playwright Award, and has won the Sultan Padamsee Award for ‘Hello Farmaaish’. When she isn’t cooking up new worlds, she dabbles at amateur doodling. Weird people and weirder stories are at the heart of her biological chemistry. She lives with her boyfriend and their two dogs in India. Hens is her name spelt backward and her lateral better-half. Her first book of short stories ‘Magical Creatures Of Mumbai’s Underbelly' is available worldwide.
Author: Sneh Sapru Publisher: WHITE FALCON PUBLISHING ISBN: 938993298X Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 100
Book Description
In the big city of dreams live creatures most people no longer dream of. One where Medusa creeps through the quarters of a brothel, a cartel of birds burgeons a drug racket; a struggling actor cracks the chromosome to superstardom, and mermen kidnap fishermen by the coastline. Between the cramped by-lanes, behind the glittering skyline, beneath the dirt of the Arabian Sea, ordinary moments take an extraordinary turn as people rub shoulders with magical beings lurking in the shadows. Some early reviews: 'A powerful anthology that uses evocative prose to skilfully take familiar objects and set them loose within dark, mystical territories.' -Twinkle Khanna, Best-selling Author -Mrs Funnybones 'A collection of superbly imagined, heady and evocative vignettes that dares to delve into the world of mythical beings, both weird and wonderful, that may lurk beneath the surface of one of the world's most fascinating cities. An essential read for any Mumbaiker.' -Patrick Graham, Screen writer, Director -Ghoul, Leila, Betaal ‘Consistently funny, and sometimes unexpectedly scary, this book refreshes you, and reminds you what makes reading such an immersive experience.' -Karunesh Talwar, Comedian Meet The Author: ”Trailblazer of Indian Theater New India Express Sneh Sapru is an award-winning playwright of the critically acclaimed theatre shows ‘Hello Farmaaish’ and ‘Elephant in the Room’. She’s been nominated for the META Theatre Awards, the Hindu Playwright Award, and has won the Sultan Padamsee Award for ‘Hello Farmaaish’. When she isn’t cooking up new worlds, she dabbles at amateur doodling. Weird people and weirder stories are at the heart of her biological chemistry. She lives with her boyfriend and their two dogs in India. Hens is her name spelt backward and her lateral better-half. Her first book of short stories ‘Magical Creatures Of Mumbai’s Underbelly' is available worldwide.
Author: Katherine Boo Publisher: Scribe Publications ISBN: 1921942444 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 289
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WINNER OF THE 2012 LA TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER OF THE 2012 US NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 PULITZER PRIZE From Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo comes a landmark work of narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking story of families striving toward a better life in one of the world’s most lively but treacherous cities. Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport and, as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees ‘a fortune beyond counting’ in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a childhood in rural poverty, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption. With a little luck, her sensitive, beautiful daughter — Annawadi’s ‘most-everything girl’ — will soon become its first female college graduate. And even the poorest Annawadians, like Kalu, a 15-year-old scrap-metal thief, believe themselves inching closer to the good lives and good times they call ‘the full enjoy’. But then Abdul the garbage sorter is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and a global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy turn brutal. As the tenderest individual hopes intersect with the greatest global truths, the true contours of a competitive age are revealed. And so, too, are the imaginations and courage of the people of Annawadi. With intelligence, humour, and deep insight into what connects human beings in an era of tumultuous change, Behind the Beautiful Forevers carries the reader headlong into one of the 21st century’s hidden worlds, and into the lives of people impossible to forget. PRAISE FOR KATHERINE BOO ‘Boo's meticulous work is a must for India watchers, of course, but it is also a great example of the power of what used to be known as immersion journalism. And a cracking read.’ The Age ‘[An] exquisitely accomplished first book.’ The New York Times
Author: Lev Grossman Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0399576649 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 433
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Lev Grossman’s new novel THE BRIGHT SWORD will be on sale July 2024 The New York Times bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, now an original series on SYFY “The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. . . . Hogwarts was never like this.” —George R.R. Martin “Sad, hilarious, beautiful, and essential to anyone who cares about modern fantasy.” —Joe Hill “A very knowing and wonderful take on the wizard school genre.” —John Green “The Magicians may just be the most subversive, gripping and enchanting fantasy novel I’ve read this century.” —Cory Doctorow “This gripping novel draws on the conventions of contemporary and classic fantasy novels in order to upend them . . . an unexpectedly moving coming-of-age story.” —The New Yorker “The best urban fantasy in years.” —A.V. Club Quentin Coldwater is brilliant but miserable. A high school math genius, he’s secretly fascinated with a series of children’s fantasy novels set in a magical land called Fillory, and real life is disappointing by comparison. When Quentin is unexpectedly admitted to an elite, secret college of magic, it looks like his wildest dreams have come true. But his newfound powers lead him down a rabbit hole of hedonism and disillusionment, and ultimately to the dark secret behind the story of Fillory. The land of his childhood fantasies turns out to be much darker and more dangerous than he ever could have imagined. . . . The prequel to the New York Times bestselling book The Magician King and the #1 bestseller The Magician's Land, The Magicians is one of the most daring and inventive works of literary fantasy in years. No one who has escaped into the worlds of Narnia and Harry Potter should miss this breathtaking return to the landscape of the imagination.
Author: J.C. Amberlyn Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC ISBN: 1580935249 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 161
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A step-by-step guide for people who love dragons, unicorns, griphons, and other creatures of legend. Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, The Shape of Water, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, even My Little Pony are just a few examples of the mythological, fantastical, and supernatural stories currently in popular culture. Artists old and young enjoy drawing beasts and characters from their favorite fantasy stories. How to Draw Magical Mythological Creatures continues a rich tradition of mythology and art. In this step-by-step guide to drawing all manner of creatures--from the Hydra and the Phoenix to Cerberus and basilisks--in pencil and pen-and-ink, J. C. Amberlyn combines her love of fantasy and mythological storytelling with her beautiful, detailed drawing style and love of all non-human creatures. Amberlyn covers all the basics of drawing so that even beginners will feel confident and successful. Included is introductory information on art technique and material basics and detailed, step-by-step instruction on anatomy, features, and finishing details.
Author: Paul Theroux Publisher: Emblem Editions ISBN: 1551994070 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 282
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A master of the travel narrative gives us three intertwined novellas of Westerners transformed by their sojourns in India. This startling and satisfying book captures the tumult, ambition, hardship, and serenity that mark today’s India. Paul Theroux’s characters risk venturing far beyond the subcontinent’s well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace. A middle-aged couple on vacation veers heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds succour in Mumbai’s reeking slums. And a young woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore. In these pages, we also meet Indian characters as singular as they are indicative of the country’s subtle ironies: an executive who yearns to become a holy beggar, an earnest young striver whose personality is rewired by acquiring an American accent, a miracle-working guru, and more. As ever, Theroux’s portraits of people and places explode stereotypes to exhilarating effect. The Elephanta Suite urges us toward a fresh, compelling, and often inspiring notion of what India is, and what it can do to those who try to lose — or find — themselves there.
Author: Krishna Udayasankar Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited ISBN: 9353054907 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 304
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It was always the same dream, a dream that began with darkness and blood.' When Assistant Commissioner of Police Aditi Kashyap is called upon to solve a gruesome triple homicide in a Mumbai suburb, she is dragged into the terrifying world of the Saimhas-werelions-who have lived alongside humans, hiding amongst them, since ancient times. Faced with the unbelievable, Aditi has no choice but to join hands with Prithvi, an Enforcer called in to hunt down this seemingly otherworldly murderer. But can Prithvi overcome the nightmarish burdens of his dark and violent past to unravel the mystery hidden deep within this secret world of werelions? Can he be trusted to save lives, or will he choose to serve a different, more powerful, master? Read on, as Aditi and Prithvi race through the dark underbelly of Mumbai-from quiet suburbs to gritty brothels, from forgotten colonial tunnels to the lights and glamour of the inner city-in search of a dangerous truth. In search of a monster.
Author: Peter Tremayne Publisher: Minotaur Books ISBN: 1466814020 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 328
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An Ancient Enigma Wrapped in a Web of Deceit Immerse yourself in the riveting world of Peter Tremayne's Shroud for the Archbishop, a masterful tale of intrigue and suspense set against the atmospheric backdrop of 7th century Rome. The novel centers on the sharp-witted Sister Fidelma, an Irish nun and advocate of the ancient Brehon Law. This brave female sleuth dives headfirst into the dangerous political undercurrents of Rome's Lateran Palace when Wighard, Archbishop designate of Canterbury, is found brutally murdered. With a trail of bodies, labyrinthine motives, and stolen treasures, Fidelma must unravel the seemingly impenetrable knot of intrigue before the killer strikes again. This gripping story will transport you back to the Dark Ages, a world where religious tensions simmer beneath the surface. With a setting that extends from ancient Ireland to old England, this absorbing tale artfully combines elements of religion, crime, suspense, and history.
Author: Rachel Armstrong Publisher: ISBN: 9781950192182 Category : Languages : en Pages : 600
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If we lived in a liquid world, the concept of a "machine" would make no sense. Liquid life is metaphor and apparatus that discusses the consequences of thinking, working, and living through liquids. It is an irreducible, paradoxical, parallel, planetary-scale material condition, unevenly distributed spatially, but temporally continuous. It is what remains when logical explanations can no longer account for the experiences that we recognize as part of "being alive."Liquid Life references a third-millennial understanding of matter that seeks to restore the agency of the liquid soul for an ecological era, which has been banished by reductionist, "brute" materialist discourses and mechanical models of life. Offering an alternative worldview of the living realm through a "new materialist" and "liquid" study of matter, Armstrong conjures forth examples of creatures that do not obey mechanistic concepts like predictability, efficiency, and rationality. With the advent of molecular science, an increasingly persuasive ontology of liquid technologies can be identified. Through the lens of lifelike dynamic droplets, the agency for these systems exists at the interfaces between different fields of matter/energy that respond to highly local effects, with no need for a central organizing system.Liquid Life seeks an alternative partnership between humanity and the natural world. It provokes a re-invention of the languages of the living realm to open up alternative spaces for exploration, including contributor Rolf Hughes' "angelology" of language, which explores the transformative invocations of prose poetry, and Simone Ferracina's graphical notations that help shape our concepts of metabolism, upcycling, and designing with fluids. A conceptual and practical toolset for thinking and designing, liquid life reunites us with the irreducible "soul substance" of living things, which will neither be simply "solved," nor go away.
Author: Zoraida Córdova Publisher: Imprint ISBN: 1250230004 Category : Young Adult Fiction Languages : en Pages : 282
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Eleven fresh vampire stories from young adult fiction’s leading voices fill this bestselling anthology—including V.E. Schwab's First Kill, now a major Netflix adaptation! "Boundary-pushing... Stories that stake a new claim on old tropes." —Publishers Weekly, starred review In this delicious new collection, you’ll find stories about lurking vampires of social media, rebellious vampires hungry for more than just blood, eager vampires coming out—and going out for their first kill—and other bold, breathtaking, dangerous, dreamy, eerie, iconic, powerful creatures of the night. Welcome to the evolution of the vampire—and a revolution on the page. Vampires Never Get Old includes stories by authors both bestselling and acclaimed, including Samira Ahmed, Dhonielle Clayton, Zoraida Córdova and Natalie C. Parker, Tessa Gratton, Heidi Heilig, Julie Murphy, Mark Oshiro, Rebecca Roanhorse, Laura Ruby, Victoria “V. E.” Schwab, and Kayla Whaley. An Imprint Book "Vampire fans, sink your teeth into this satisfying collection." —Kirkus Reviews
Author: Samir Sinha Publisher: ISBN: 9788181581341 Category : Wildlife conservation Languages : en Pages : 198
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This is an illustrated book that points out wildlife crimes conducted in India -- it shows how poachers work, their mechanisms and how officials can control and curb wildlife crime -- which accounts for a shockingly large percentage of illegal trade and crime in the world.
Author: Sneh Sapru
Author: Sneh Sapru
Author: Katherine Boo
Author: Lev Grossman
Author: J.C. Amberlyn
Author: Paul Theroux
Author: Krishna Udayasankar
Author: Peter Tremayne
Author: Rachel Armstrong
Author: Zoraida Córdova
Author: Samir Sinha