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The Apu Trilogy

Satyajit Ray, Rs. 295.00

This volume, containing a foreword and working sketches by Ray, who also checked and edited the text, which is based on a shot-by-shot viewing of the films, brings you the first authorised publication of these scripts in their entirety.

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell, Rs. 250.00

The narrative of this novel reaches back into the 19th century, to colonialism and savagery in the Pacific islands and forwards into a dark future, beyond the collapse of civilisation. It knits together science fiction, political thriller and historical pastiche with musical virtuosity and linguistic exuberance.

Governance

Arun Shourie, Rs. 395.00

Administration degenerates into notings on files; regulations entangle regulations; institutions, set up to solve problems, become problems, even matters that endanger national security lose their way in courts, get buried in files. A unique insider's account of what has become of governance.

A Royal Duty

Paul Burrell, Rs. 439.15

This is an insider's account of a life devoted to the Royal Family. Without sensationalism, he takes us behind palace doors to give us the real story of a life of service and provides a fascinating picture of Diana, as only he knew her.

Looking For History

Alma Guillermoprieto,

Rs. 513.45


From the esteemed New Yorker correspondent comes an incisive volume of essays and reportage that vividly illuminates Latin America's recent history. Only this man could unravel the complex threads of Colombia's cocaine wars or assess the combination of despotism, charm and political jujitsu that has kept Fidel Castro in power for more than 40 years.

Dalit Diary: 1999-2003

Chandra Bhan Prasad,

Rs. 225.00

This book is a compilation of Chandra Bhan Prasad's writings from his weekly column Dalit Diary in The Pioneer. Week after week, Prasad voices the aspirations of millions of dalits with controlled rage, clothes facts in original perceptions and demonstrates how untouchability stares you in the face at every turn.

The Bourne Legacy

Robert Ludlum, Rs. 267.00

A man without a past is washed into the nets of a fishing boat. He is barely alive and has no knowledge of who he is or how he got there. Over the course of three books, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy and the Bourne Ultimatum, he comes to realise who and what he really is, a strange amalgam of a man named David Webb, and a deadly killer: Jason Bourne.

A Black Englishman


Carolyn Slaughter,

Rs. 395.00

This is a powerful and erotic love affair that combines the themes of colonial exploitation, political and ethnic tensions, race and sexuality and the many forms of partition, both secular and religious, that endangers our world. It is a novel about love and loyalty, revenge and faith, race and identity, and what it takes to be a human.

Freedom Struggle In Colonial Kerala

S. Ramachandran Nair,

Rs. 120.00

The story of anti-colonial struggles has been narrated many a time by several scholars. Therefore the main contours of the heroic struggles waged by the displaced aristocracy and the political mobilisation attempted by the Congress and Communist-led movements are well known. The author retells this story with a wealth of data collected from almost all sources.

Twist In The Folktale Rs. 200.00


Each of the playwrights in this collection takes a folktale and turns it into a contemporary experimental play. The play scripts included are Jokumaraswami by Chandrasekhar Kambar, Pebet by H. Kanhailal and Charandas Chor by Habib Tanvir.

Loot And Other Stories

Nadine Gordimer, Rs. 444.00

The ten stories are typically Gordimer, intelligent, open-eyed, candid and formidable. The writer turns an uncompromising eye in to elements of contemporary life. They are uncomfortable stories, even savage at times, but richly rewarding.

(Source: D. C. Books, Kochi)

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