FICTION
Released: Oct. 5, 2011
Ghosh sets the second volume of his Ibis trilogy in 1838, appropriately enough, because at heart he's a 19th-century novelist with a sweeping vision of character and culture.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
"Adiga nails the culture of corruption. How exciting to watch a writer come into his own, surpassing the achievement of his first novel."
Two strong-willed men, a developer and a holdout, propel this gripping second novel about real estate, greed and community in Mumbai (Bombay), India; Adiga won the Man Booker prize for his debut (
The White Tiger, 2008).
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NONFICTION
Released: April 26, 2011
"A refreshingly clear, well-structured argument against the standard approach to poverty, this book, while intended for academics and those working on the ground, should provide an essential wake-up call for any reader."
Highly decorated economists Banerjee and Duflo (Economics/Massachusetts Institute of Technology) relay 15 years of research into a smart, engaging investigation of global poverty—and why we're failing to eliminate it.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 11, 2011
"Despite some minor flaws, Ramachandran produces an exhilarating and at times funny text that invites discussion and experimentation."
Ramachandran (Psychology and Neurosciences/Univ. of California, San Diego;
A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness, 2005, etc.) sets his sights on explaining the neuroscience that underlies characteristics he considers unique to humans beings.
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NONFICTION
Released: Oct. 19, 2010
"A work more narrative than reflective, but Naipaul's prose remains smooth, subtle, often silvery."
In this minor but engaging work, the Nobel Prize winner (
Magic Seeds, 2004, etc.) examines the supernatural and religious beliefs he discovered in six African nations.
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NONFICTION
Released: Nov. 4, 2008
"A cautionary volume that stresses the need to educate, treat and create jobs."
Grim text and photographs depict an India very different from the booming economic superpower-in-training of contemporary myth.
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