The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban’s backyard Anyone who despairs of the individual’s power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan’s treacherous K...more
In recounting the events of his journey through India, the Nobel Prize-winning author presents a kaleidoscopic view of the institutions, people, and problems of this turbulent nation, his ancestral homeland.
Analysing the communal violence in Gujarat in 2002, the burning of Graham Staines and his children and his children, the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 and targeted killings by terrorists in different parts of the country, Khushwant Singh forces us to confront the extreme corruption of religion that has made us among the most brutal people on earth. ...more
Rebecca Wells's wonderful third book in her Ya-Ya trilogy, which includes Little Altars Everywhere and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, is sure to provide reading that makes you laugh and cry, a book that will break your heart and mend it again. Ya-Yas in Bloom reveals the roots of the Ya-Yas' friendship in the 1930s, following Vivi, Teens...more
Adrian Mole is balding, he's bitter and he's back, this time aged 30¼. Working at the Hoi Polloy restaurant, Soho, where a typical menu includes: Heinz Tomato Soup, (with white bread floaters) Grey Lamb Chops Boiled Cabbage avec Dan Quayle Potatoes Dark Brown onion gravy Spotted Dick à la Clinton Bird's Eye Custard Cheddar Cheese, Cream C...more
While leading their lives in their gated hilltop community in Los Angeles, Delaney and Kyra Mossbacher accidently meet Mexican illegal aliens Ca+a7ndido and Ame+a7rica Rinco+a7n, and their encounter brings them together in a relationship of error and misunderstanding. Reprint.
"Townsend's wickedly funny novels are another reason to be grateful for the right of free speech."-San Francisco Chronicle "Townsend is [a] comic genius."-The Village Voice (a Top Shelf selection) "The latest careening satire to emerge from Sue Townsend's wickedly literary rocket launcher, combining love, politics and credit-card debacle into a ...more
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