Tuesday 24 September 2013

BOOKS IN NEWS

Books---Authors---Theme

1. The Collaborator----Mirza Waheed----Fictional story on Kashmir militancy

2. Pigeons to Post---Steve Borgia---History of postal services

3. Edge of Time---Jean Piere Harrison---Biography of Kalpana Chawla

4. Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India Joseph Lelyveld Ban sought by Maharashtra Govt.

5. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer--- Siddhartha Mukherjee--- Winner of 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general non-fiction category.

6. Wide Angle---Anil Kumble---Book of photographs by Anil Kumble.

7. River of Smoke---Amitav Ghosh---Second of Ibis trilogy by the author.

8. Saraswati Park---Anjali Joseph---Winner of Betty Trask Award and the Desmond Elliot Prize

9. Old Delhi: Living Traditions---S.Y. Quraishi---Written by Chief Election Commissioner of India

10. His Majesty's Opponent---Sugata Bose---Biography of Subhash Chandra Bose

11. Controversially Yours---Shoaib Akhtar---Book by cricketer Shoaib Akhtar

12. Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother---Amy Chua--- Controversial book on parenting

13. The Sense of an Ending---Julian Barnes---Winner of 2011 Man Booker Prize

14. In Quest of Last Victory---Navin Gulia---A book by first Indian to drive non-stop to the highest motorable mountain pass in the world, the Marsimik La in Ladakh.

15. Beyond the Lines---Kuldip Nayar---Ban on the book demanded by some Sikh outfits.

16. Narcopolis---Jeet Thayil---The book built around the opium and heroin dens of Mumbai, was short-listed for the 2012 Man Booker Prize.

17. The Cuckoo's Calling---Robert Galbraith---Robert Galbraith is the pseudonym of J.K. Rowling of the Harry Potter series.

18. The Moonballer---Nirupama Vaidyanathan---Autobiography of former Indian tennis player who was the first Indian woman to win a singles match at a grand slam event.

19. The Lowland- Jhumpa Lahiri - has been shortlisted for 2013 Man Booker Prize

20. I Witness: Partial Observations - Kapil Sibal- Collection of poems, contemporary in theme.

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