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The Puffin Book of World Myhts and Legends

By: Anita Nair

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The Puffin Book of World Myhts and Legends

By: Anita Nair

Timeless stories told anew Find out how the world was created, why the sun and the moon never meet each other though they live in the same sky, how clouds appeared to save mankind from the sun's scorching rays and why living creatures shed tears when they are in pain. Retold by bestselling author Anita Nair, these magical stories from all over the world come alive with a freshness and exuberance that is sure to delight and captivate readers of all ages.

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818475910X

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9788184759105

Who Let Nonu Out?

Who? Who? Who?

By: Anita Nair

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Who Let Nonu Out?

Who? Who? Who?

By: Anita Nair

The squirrel family must move to a new house, but Nonu's not happy Little Nonu Squirrel, playful and daring, has just moved into his new house with Papa Squirrel and Mummy Squirrel. As he starts exploring his new neighbourhood, he realizes there are many exciting adventures in store. He learns to skate with his newly-found friend Nicole, enjoys being fed tasty nut cakes by her Grandma, eats juicy mangoes with the Mango Gang and indulges in some crazy shenanigans with Cousin Danny. But life’s not all mangoes and skateboards. Voracious Goonda cat is on the hunt—will Nonu become his next meal?

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9352141989

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9789352141982

Chain of Custody

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Chain of Custody

By: Anita Nair

What does thirteen-year-old Nandita’s disappearance have to do with the murder of a prominent lawyer in a gated community? As Gowda investigates, he is suddenly embroiled in Bangalore’s child-trafficking racket. Negotiating insensitive laws, indifferent officials, and uncooperative witnesses, he is in a race against time to rescue Nandita from one of the most depraved criminal rings he has ever encountered.

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Bitter Lemon Press

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1908524758

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9781908524751

The Better Man

A Novel

By: Anita Nair

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The Better Man

A Novel

By: Anita Nair

A magical, inventive novel about one man's struggle to find his place in the small Indian village of his birth In Anita Nair's warm and imaginative first novel, middle-aged Acuthan Nair returns home to restore his childhood house and to confront old ghosts. When he begins the project, he hires the town painter, One-Screw-Loose Bhasi, to oversee the renovation, and the two men quickly develop a close friendship. Bhasi, who has a special talent for healing the wounded, helps Acuthan come to terms with his mother's violent death and teaches him how to stand up to his overbearing, manipulative father. But when members of the town elite tempt Acuthan with a chance at gaining the status he's always craved, his loyalty to Bhasi is tested. The Better Man is a playful and moving account of the redemptive power of friendship.

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Picador

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1466893400

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9781466893405

Lessons in Forgetting

By: Anita Nair

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Lessons in Forgetting

By: Anita Nair

Meera is happily submerged in the role of corporate wife and writer of cookbooks. Then, one day, her husband fails to come home. Overnight, she becomes responsible not just for her children Nayantara and Nikhil, but also her mother Saro, her grandmother Lily and the running of Lilac House, their rambling old family home in Bangalore. Professor J.A. Krishnamurthy or Jak, cyclone studies expert, survivor of one marriage and several other encounters, has only recently returned from America. In a bedroom in his house lies his nineteen-year-old daughter Smriti, a tragic embodiment of memory and past violence. The police will not help, Smriti's friends have vanished, and a wall of silence and fear surrounds the incident. But Jak cannot rest till he gets to the truth.By a series of coincidences Meera and Jak find their lives turning and twisting together, with the unpredictability and sheer inevitability of a cyclone. And as the days pass, fresh beginnings appear where there seemed to be only endings.

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HarperCollins

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9352772857

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A Cut-Like Wound

By: Anita Nair

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A Cut-Like Wound

By: Anita Nair

Nair writes big, brave descriptions of one brutal murder after the next, relentlessly describing each death even as sub-inspector Santosh loses his breakfast over them."—Time Out It's the first day of Ramadan in heat-soaked Bangalore. A young man begins to dress: makeup, a sari, and expensive pearl earrings. Before the mirror he is transformed into Bhuvana. She is a hijra, a transgender seeking love in the bazaars of the city. What Bhuvana wants, she nearly gets: a passing man is attracted to this elusive young woman—but someone points out that Bhuvana is no woman. For that, the interloper's throat is cut. A case for Inspector Borei Gowda, going to seed, and at odds with those around him including his wife, his colleagues, even the informers he must deal with. More corpses and Urmila, Gowda's ex-flame, are added to this spicy concoction of a mystery novel. Most intriguing is the grim world of Bhuvana. Her hijra fantasies, emotions, and hopes are etched in a way that is chilling yet oddly touching. Some mysteries remain till almost the end, for instance Bhuvana's connection with the wealthy, corrupt Corporator Ravikumar, who lives in a mansion as grand as the Mysore Palace and controls whole districts of Bangalore. Anita Nair lives in Bangalore and is a prize-winning author. Her novel Ladies Coupe, published in the United States by St. Martin's Press, is a feminist classic which has been translated in thirty languages all over the world. This is her first crime novel.

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Bitter Lemon Press

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1908524375

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9781908524379

Integrated Modeling of Telescopes

By: Torben Andersen,Anita Enmark

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Integrated Modeling of Telescopes

By: Torben Andersen,Anita Enmark

Ground- or space-based telescopes are becoming increasingly more complex and construction budgets are typically in the billion dollar range. Facing costs of this magnitude, availability of engineering tools for prediction of performance and design optimization is imperative. Establishment of simulation models combining different technical disciplines such as Structural Dynamics, Control Engineering, Optics and Thermal Engineering is indispensable. Such models are normally called Integrated Models because they involve many different disciplines. The models will play an increasingly larger role for design of future interdisciplinary optical systems in space or on ground. The book concentrates on integrated modeling of optical and radio telescopes but the techniques presented will be applicable to a large variety of systems. Hence, the book will be of interest to optical and radio telescope designers, designers of spacecrafts that include optical systems, and to designers of various complex defense systems. The book may also find use as a textbook for undergraduate and graduate courses within the field. "Adaptive Optics" is an exciting and relatively new field, originally dedicated to correction for blurring when imaging through the atmosphere. Although this objective is still of high importance, the concept of Adaptive Optics has recently evolved further. Today, the objective is not only to correct for atmospheric turbulence effects but also for a range of static and dynamical telescope aberrations. The notion of adaptive optics has expanded to the field of "Wavefront Control", correcting for a variety of system aberrations. Wavefront control systems maintain form and position of optical elements with high precision under static and dynamical load. In many ways, such systems replace the steel structures of traditional optical systems, thereby providing much lighter systems with a performance not possible before. Integrated Modeling is the foremost tool for studies of Wavefront Control for telescopes and complex optics and is therefore now of high importance. Springer has recently published two books on telescopes, "Reflecting Telescope Optics" by R. Wilson, and "The Design and Construction of Large Optical Telescopes" by P. Bely. Noting that a new (and expensive) generation of Extremely Large Telescopes with apertures in the 30-100 m range is on the way, the present book on integrated modeling is a good match to the existing books and an appropriate specialization and continuation of some subjects dealt with in those books.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461401496

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9781461401490

The Patient Assassin

A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence

By: Anita Anand

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The Patient Assassin

A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence

By: Anita Anand

Describes Udham Singh's journey to fulfill his vow of revenge against the men responsible for the 1919 British massacre in India.

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Simon and Schuster

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1501195719

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The Killing of Hiranyakashipu

Vishnu’s Fourth Avatar—Narasimha (Penguin Petit)

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The Killing of Hiranyakashipu

Vishnu’s Fourth Avatar—Narasimha (Penguin Petit)

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Read this fascinating myth from India recounted in this fabulously produced book. From wise sages to demonic asuras, beautiful river deities to arrogant kings, wayward gods to brave princes, each e-singles edition brings alive these enchanting and magical stories from Indian mythology, beautifully retold by noted author Anita Nair. With stunning full-colour illustrations, this story recreates the fantastic world of gods and demons like never before.

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9351185001

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How the Kauravas Were Born

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How the Kauravas Were Born

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9351185311

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How Krishna Taught Indra a Lesson

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How Krishna Taught Indra a Lesson

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935118529X

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Why Gadhinandana Became a Sage

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Why Gadhinandana Became a Sage

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9351185052

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How Vishwamitra Became a Brahma Rishi

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How Vishwamitra Became a Brahma Rishi

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9351185109

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Damayanti’s Swayamvara

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Damayanti’s Swayamvara

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9351185419

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Why Indra Is Also Known as Sahasraksha

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Why Indra Is Also Known as Sahasraksha

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9351185230

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Why Kala-Nemi Failed to Outwit Hanuman

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Why Kala-Nemi Failed to Outwit Hanuman

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9351185257

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How Taraka Was Destroyed

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How Taraka Was Destroyed

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9351185168

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He Who Strikes with the Axe

Vishnu’s Sixth Avatar—Parasurama (Penguin Petit)

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Vishnu’s Sixth Avatar—Parasurama (Penguin Petit)

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9351185214

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Why the Cock Crows in the Morning

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Why the Cock Crows in the Morning

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9351185397

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How Vishwamitra Rescued Sunashepas

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How the Kingdom of Anga Was Saved

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How the Kingdom of Anga Was Saved

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How Indra Prevented Drought

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How Indra Prevented Drought

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What Happened When Balarama Wielded the Plough

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What Happened When Balarama Wielded the Plough

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How Agastya Killed the Rakshasas

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How Dadhyanch Saved the Earth

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How Dadhyanch Saved the Earth

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Why Sukanya Wed Chyavana

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Why Sukanya Wed Chyavana

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How Mankind Was Saved from Extinction

Vishnu’s First Avatar—The Matsya (Penguin Petit)

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Vishnu’s First Avatar—The Matsya (Penguin Petit)

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How the Earth Was Dredged Back

Vishnu’s Third Avatar—The Varaha (Penguin Petit)

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Vishnu’s Third Avatar—The Varaha (Penguin Petit)

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9351184994

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Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes

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Why the Moon Waxes and Wanes

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9351185400

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How Narmada Came Down to Earth

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How Narmada Came Down to Earth

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9351185435

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The Lilac House

A Novel

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The Lilac House

A Novel

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Meera is happily submerged in the role of corporate wife and cookbook writer. Then, one day, her husband fails to come home. Overnight, Meera, disoriented and emotionally fragile, becomes responsible not just for her two children, but also her mother, grandmother and the running of Lilac House, their rambling old family home in Bangalore. A few streets away, Professor J.A. Krishnamurthy or Jak, cyclone studies expert, has recently returned from Florida, to care for his nineteen-year-old daughter, the victim of a tragic accident. What happened on her holiday in a small beachside village? The police will not help, Smriti's friends have vanished, and a wall of silence and fear surrounds the incident. But Jak cannot rest until he gets to the truth. Meera and of Jak's paths intertwine as they uncover the truth about the secrets of their pasts and the promise of the future. The Lilac House is a sweeping story of redemption, forgiveness and second chances.

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St. Martin's Griffin

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142994255X

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9781429942553

How Destiny Overtook Parikshit

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How Destiny Overtook Parikshit

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9351185427

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How the Sons of Sagara Were Born

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How Sivi’s Generosity Was Tested

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The Puffin Book of Magical Indian Myths

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The Puffin Book of Magical Indian Myths

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When Surya the sun god got married, his wife could not bear the heat of his rays and ran away. Surya was heartbroken and the world plunged into darkness. A dwarf asked a king for some land, which he measured with three footsteps, and ended up claiming the earth and the sky. Sage Daksha got his daughters married to the moon, but later, in a fit of rage, cursed the moon with consumption, making it wax and wane. These are some of the fifty myths from India recounted in this fabulously produced book. From wise sages to demonic asuras, beautiful river deities to arrogant kings, wayward gods to brave princes, this collection of myths showcases the most enchanting and magical stories from Indian mythology.

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