Vikas Adam
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in two voices, disappointed-in-love Ashish Patel and self-proclaimed fat athlete Sweetie Nair begin to find their true selves while dating under contract.
22) Lion
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Unable to read or write or recall the name of his hometown or even his own last name, he survived alone for weeks on the rough streets of Calcutta before ultimately being transferred to an agency and adopted by a couple in Australia. Always wondered about his origins, and with the advent of Google Earth, he had the opportunity to look for the needle in a haystack he once called home....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In Nabokov's Favorite Word Is Mauve, statistician and journalist Ben Blatt brings big data to the literary canon, exploring the wealth of fun findings that remain hidden in the works of the world's greatest writers. He assembles a database of thousands of books and hundreds of millions of words, and starts asking the questions that have intrigued curious word nerds and book lovers for generations: What are our favorite authors' favorite words? Do...
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
380 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel meet at a Stanford University summer program, Dimple is avoiding her parents' obsession with "marriage prospects" but Rishi hopes to woo her into accepting arranged marriage with him.
25) A free man
Author
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
226 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Like Dave Eggers' Zeitoun and Alexander Masters' Stuart, this is a tour de force of narrative reportage-an intimate portrait of an invisible man. Mohammed Ashraf studied biology in college, and after college he learned how to repair television sets, cut suit lengths, and slice chicken. He has lived in Mumbai, Calcutta, Hyderabad, Surat, and Patna, but this evening he is stoned on a street in Sadar Bazaar in North Delhi. The morning shall bring hangovers,...
Author
Series
Chorus of dragons volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
557 pages : illustrations, map, genealogical table ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When destiny calls, there's no fighting back. Kihrin grew up in the slums of Quur, a thief and a minstrel's son raised on tales of long-lost princes and magnificent quests. When he is claimed against his will as the missing son of a treasonous prince, Kihrin finds himself at the mercy of his new family's ruthless power plays and political ambitions. Practically a prisoner, Kihrin discovers that being a long-lost prince is nothing like what the storybooks...
27) Permanent record
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
421 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Nineteen-year-old Pablo Neruda Rind is working in an upscale health food store in New York CIty when pop star Leanna Smart rushes in and turns his life upside-down.
28) The archer
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
130 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A young man seeks wisdom from a retired archer who explains how the principles of archery can help readers find the courage to take risks and embrace life's unexpected turns.
Author
Series
Dimple and Rishi volume 3
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge with pride. From raccoon hospitals to persecuted rock stars, no cause is too esoteric for her to champion. But a teeny tiny part of her also really enjoys making her conservative, buttoned-up corporate lawyer parents cringe. Samir Jha might have a few...quirks remaining from the time he had to take care of his sick mother, like the endless lists he makes in his planner and the way he schedules every...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City-the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He'd be there still if he hadn't followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someone's picnic basket. Now, like any tourist...
31) A burning
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled. Jivan, a bright, striving woman from the slums looking for a way out of poverty, is wrongly accused of planning the attack because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir, a slippery gym teacher from Jivan's former high school, has hitched his aspirations to a rising right wing party, and his own ascent becomes increasingly linked to...
Author
Series
Kitty-corn volume 1
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm
Language
English
Description
Kitty, who looks like a kitten yet feels she is actually a unicorn, begins to doubt herself as others ridicule her, until she meets a unicorn that helps her discover and embrace who she is.
Author
Series
Kitty-corn volume 2
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Unicorn wants to be as perfect as everyone seems to think he is, so when he embarrasses himself in front of Kitty he is afraid Kitty will no longer want to be friends with a not-so-perfect Unicorn.