https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=SVL(SAHM)%20-%20MINOR%3AITD16&QRYTEXT=South%20Asian%20Heritage%20Month%2018th%20July%20to%2017th%20Aug&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3062817&CF=BIB 'Names of the Women' begins with Christ on the cross addressing Mary of Magdala, asking her to bear witness to his death. As the novel unfolds, it tells the stories of fifteen women whose lives overlapped with the life of Christ. Lydia and Assia, Martha and Mary of Bethany, Junia the Widow of Jerusalem, Susanna the Barren, Ariamma the Canaanite, and others whose names have been spoken only in passing or not at all. Women who stayed with Christ through the crucifixion, when his disciples had abandoned him, and who spread his radical message - one that made them equals and a profound threat to power within the church. Together, the voices of the women dare us to reimagine the story of the New Testament in a way it has never before been told. 'Names of the Women' begins with Christ on the cross addressing Mary of Magdala, asking her to bear witness to his death. As the novel unfolds, it tells the stories of fifteen women whose lives overlapped with the life of Christ. Lydia and Assia, Martha and Mary of Bethany, Junia the Widow of Jerusalem, Susanna the Barren, Ariamma the Canaanite, and others whose names have been spoken only in passing or not at all. Women who stayed with Christ through the crucifixion, when his disciples had abandoned him, and who spread his radical message - one that made them equals and a profound threat to power within the church. Together, the voices of the women dare us to reimagine the story of the New Testament in a way it has never before been told.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Thayil, Jeet, 1959-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Jonathan Cape, 2021.<br />183 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020247873<br />Withington Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020247864<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3074971&CF=BIB The height of Mt. Everest was first measured in 1850, but the closest any westerner got to Everest during the next 71 years, until 1921, was 40 miles. 'The Hunt for Mount Everest' tells the story of the 71-year quest to find the world's highest mountain. It's a tale of high drama, of larger-than-life characters - George Everest, Francis Younghusband, George Mallory, Lord Curzon, Edward Whymper - and a few quiet heroes: Alexander Kellas, the 13th Dalai Lama, Charles Bell. Encountering spies, war, political intrigues, and hundreds of mules, camels, bullocks, yaks, and two zebrules, Craig Storti uncovers the fascinating and still largely overlooked saga of all that led up to that moment in late June of 1921 when two English climbers, George Mallory and Guy Bullock, became the first westerners - and almost certainly the first human beings - to set foot on Mt. Everest. The height of Mt. Everest was first measured in 1850, but the closest any westerner got to Everest during the next 71 years, until 1921, was 40 miles. 'The Hunt for Mount Everest' tells the story of the 71-year quest to find the world's highest mountain. It's a tale of high drama, of larger-than-life characters - George Everest, Francis Younghusband, George Mallory, Lord Curzon, Edward Whymper - and a few quiet heroes: Alexander Kellas, the 13th Dalai Lama, Charles Bell. Encountering spies, war, political intrigues, and hundreds of mules, camels, bullocks, yaks, and two zebrules, Craig Storti uncovers the fascinating and still largely overlooked saga of all that led up to that moment in late June of 1921 when two English climbers, George Mallory and Guy Bullock, became the first westerners - and almost certainly the first human beings - to set foot on Mt. Everest.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Storti, Craig<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : John Murray, 2021.<br />301 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 796.522095 - Available - C0000020373173<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3077559&CF=BIB Be twice as good as men and four times as good as white men. Jia Khan has always lived like this. A successful lawyer, her London life is a long way from the grubby Northern streets she knew as a child, where her father headed up the Pakistani community and ran the local organised crime syndicate. Often his Jirga rule - the old way - was violent and bloody, but it was always justice of a kind. But now her father, Akbar Khan, has been murdered and Jia must return to take his place. In the past, the police relied on him to maintain the fragile order of the streets. But a power struggle has broken out amongst the various communities and now, nobody is safe. Justice needs to be restored, and Jia is about to discover that justice always comes at a price. Be twice as good as men and four times as good as white men. Jia Khan has always lived like this. A successful lawyer, her London life is a long way from the grubby Northern streets she knew as a child, where her father headed up the Pakistani community and ran the local organised crime syndicate. Often his Jirga rule - the old way - was violent and bloody, but it was always justice of a kind. But now her father, Akbar Khan, has been murdered and Jia must return to take his place. In the past, the police relied on him to maintain the fragile order of the streets. But a power struggle has broken out amongst the various communities and now, nobody is safe. Justice needs to be restored, and Jia is about to discover that justice always comes at a price.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mir, Saima<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Point Blank, 2021.<br />336 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020377607<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020373134<br />Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020385924<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020373936<br />North City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020373667<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3080133&CF=BIB Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. She and her sisters-in-law, married to three brothers in a single ceremony, spend their days hard at work in the family's 'china room', sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk. Spiralling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who in 1999 travels from England to the now-deserted farm, its 'china room' locked and barred. In enforced flight from the traumas of his adolescence - his experiences of addiction, racism, and estrangement from the culture of his birth - he spends a summer in painful contemplation and recovery, before finally finding the strength to return 'home'. Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to discover the identity of her new husband. She and her sisters-in-law, married to three brothers in a single ceremony, spend their days hard at work in the family's 'china room', sequestered from contact with the men. When Mehar develops a theory as to which of them is hers, a passion is ignited that will put more than one life at risk. Spiralling around Mehar's story is that of a young man who in 1999 travels from England to the now-deserted farm, its 'china room' locked and barred. In enforced flight from the traumas of his adolescence - his experiences of addiction, racism, and estrangement from the culture of his birth - he spends a summer in painful contemplation and recovery, before finally finding the strength to return 'home'.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sahota, Sunjeev, 1981-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Harvill Secker, 2021.<br />243 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 23 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">3 reserves</span><br /><br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020378460<br />Forum Library Wythenshawe - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - On reserve shelf at Stock Unit - C0000020378224<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - On reserve shelf at Stock Unit - C0000020375362<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3085334&CF=BIB Disgraced detective Kamil Rahman moves from Kolkata to London to start afresh as a waiter in an Indian restaurant. But the day he caters a birthday party for his boss's friend on Millionaire's Row, his simple new life becomes rather complicated. The event is a success, the food is delicious, but later that evening the host, Rakesh, is found dead in his swimming pool. Suspicion falls on Rakesh's new wife, Neha, and Kamil is called to investigate for the family, with the help of his boss's daughter Anjoli. Kamil and Anjoli prove a capable team - but as the investigation progresses, Kamil struggles to keep memories of the case that destroyed his career in Kolkata at bay, and his past will soon catch up with him in some rather unexpected ways. Disgraced detective Kamil Rahman moves from Kolkata to London to start afresh as a waiter in an Indian restaurant. But the day he caters a birthday party for his boss's friend on Millionaire's Row, his simple new life becomes rather complicated. The event is a success, the food is delicious, but later that evening the host, Rakesh, is found dead in his swimming pool. Suspicion falls on Rakesh's new wife, Neha, and Kamil is called to investigate for the family, with the help of his boss's daughter Anjoli. Kamil and Anjoli prove a capable team - but as the investigation progresses, Kamil struggles to keep memories of the case that destroyed his career in Kolkata at bay, and his past will soon catch up with him in some rather unexpected ways.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chowdhury, Ajay<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Harvill Secker, 2021.<br />280 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020376493<br />Brooklands Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020376494<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020376034<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020376495<br />Forum Library Wythenshawe - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020376491<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020376490<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3158540&CF=BIB India’s only female lawyer, Perveen Mistry, is compelled to bring justice to the family of a murdered female Parsi student just as Bombay’s streets erupt in riots to protest British colonial rule. Sujata Massey is back with this third installment to the Agatha and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning series set in 1920s Bombay. November, 1921. Edward VIII, Prince of Wales and future ruler of India, is arriving in Bombay to begin a fourmonth tour. The Indian subcontinent is chafing under British rule, and Bombay solicitor Perveen Mistry isn’t surprised when local unrest over the royal arrival spirals into riots. But she’s horrified by the death of Freny Cuttingmaster, an eighteen-year-old female Parsi student, who falls from a second-floor gallery just as the prince’s grand procession is passing by her college. Freny had come for a legal consultation just days before her death, and what she confided makes Perveen suspicious that her death was not an accident. Feeling guilty for failing to have helped Freny in life, Perveen steps forward to assist Freny’s family in the fraught dealings of the coroner’s inquest. When Freny’s death is ruled a murder, Perveen knows she can’t rest until she sees justice done. But Bombay is erupting: as armed British secret service march the streets, rioters attack anyone with perceived British connections and desperate shopkeepers destroy their own wares so they will not be targets of racial violence. Can Perveen help a suffering family when her own is in danger? India’s only female lawyer, Perveen Mistry, is compelled to bring justice to the family of a murdered female Parsi student just as Bombay’s streets erupt in riots to protest British colonial rule. Sujata Massey is back with this third installment to the Agatha and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning series set in 1920s Bombay. November, 1921. Edward VIII, Prince of Wales and future ruler of India, is arriving in Bombay to begin a fourmonth tour. The Indian subcontinent is chafing under British rule, and Bombay solicitor Perveen Mistry isn’t surprised when local unrest over the royal arrival spirals into riots. But she’s horrified by the death of Freny Cuttingmaster, an eighteen-year-old female Parsi student, who falls from a second-floor gallery just as the prince’s grand procession is passing by her college. Freny had come for a legal consultation just days before her death, and what she confided makes Perveen suspicious that her death was not an accident. Feeling guilty for failing to have helped Freny in life, Perveen steps forward to assist Freny’s family in the fraught dealings of the coroner’s inquest. When Freny’s death is ruled a murder, Perveen knows she can’t rest until she sees justice done. But Bombay is erupting: as armed British secret service march the streets, rioters attack anyone with perceived British connections and desperate shopkeepers destroy their own wares so they will not be targets of racial violence. Can Perveen help a suffering family when her own is in danger?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Massey, Sujata<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Place of publication not identified] : Soho Crime, 2021<br />1 online resource (1 text file)<br />Perveen Mistry<br /><br />Online Service - (Manchester Libraries) - eBook - BorrowBox - eBook - eBook - Borrow this eBook - DUMMY<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3037182&CF=BIB For readers of Tommy Orange, Yaa Gyasi, and Jhumpa Lahiri, this is an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise - to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies - and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India. For readers of Tommy Orange, Yaa Gyasi, and Jhumpa Lahiri, this is an electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable characters who seek to rise - to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies - and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Majumdar, Megha<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Scribner, 2021.<br />289 pages ; 23 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 23 Apr 2024 - C0000020376046<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3062098&CF=BIB Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer. Born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller, Balram works in a teashop crushing coals, wiping tables and dreaming of escape. Driven by a desire to better himself, he comes to see how the tiger might escape his cage. Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer. Born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller, Balram works in a teashop crushing coals, wiping tables and dreaming of escape. Driven by a desire to better himself, he comes to see how the tiger might escape his cage.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Adiga, Aravind<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Atlantic, [2020]<br />321 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - In-transit from New Moston Outreach Library to Abraham Moss Library (Set: 17 Aug 2022) - C0000020246078<br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 16 May 2024 - C0000020246661<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - C0000020246351<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - Recently returned - C0000020245966<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2862941&CF=BIB On 3 June 1947, as British India descended into chaos, its division into two states was announced. For months the violence and civil unrest escalated. With millions of others, Marina Wheeler's mother Dip Singh and her Sikh family were forced to flee their home in the Punjab, never to return. Through her mother's memories, accounts from her Indian family and her own research in both India and Pakistan, she explores how the peoples of these new nations struggled to recover and rebuild their lives. As an Anglo-Indian with roots in what is now Pakistan, Marina attempts to untangle some of these threads to make sense of her own mother's experience, while weaving her family's story into the broader, still highly contested, history of the region. On 3 June 1947, as British India descended into chaos, its division into two states was announced. For months the violence and civil unrest escalated. With millions of others, Marina Wheeler's mother Dip Singh and her Sikh family were forced to flee their home in the Punjab, never to return. Through her mother's memories, accounts from her Indian family and her own research in both India and Pakistan, she explores how the peoples of these new nations struggled to recover and rebuild their lives. As an Anglo-Indian with roots in what is now Pakistan, Marina attempts to untangle some of these threads to make sense of her own mother's experience, while weaving her family's story into the broader, still highly contested, history of the region.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Wheeler, Marina<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2020.<br />328 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm<br /><br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 954.042 - Available - C0000020324790<br />Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 954.042 - Available - C0000020324963<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 954.042 - Available - C0000020324937<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2899764&CF=BIB Mae has watched as her three older sisters have gone through the process of finding their place in the world and faced the challenges of parenthood head on. Now ready to spread her wings beyond her close-knit family, Mae is ready to take the world by storm. But a series of events will shake the strong self-belief Mae has always had in herself and will leave her questioning where it is she really fits in. The Amir sisters will need to draw on all the love they have for each other, if they are going to navigate the challenges life has to throw at them and help Mae along the path to self-discovery. Mae has watched as her three older sisters have gone through the process of finding their place in the world and faced the challenges of parenthood head on. Now ready to spread her wings beyond her close-knit family, Mae is ready to take the world by storm. But a series of events will shake the strong self-belief Mae has always had in herself and will leave her questioning where it is she really fits in. The Amir sisters will need to draw on all the love they have for each other, if they are going to navigate the challenges life has to throw at them and help Mae along the path to self-discovery.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hussain, Nadiya<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HQ, 2020.<br />343 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020269425<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020269142<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2904364&CF=BIB Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality cop shows, thinks he's smarter than his friend Pari (even though she always gets top marks) and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a job). When a boy at school goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from episodes of Police Patrol to find him. With Pari and Faiz by his side, Jai ventures into some of the most dangerous parts of the city; the bazaar at night, and even the railway station at the end of the Purple Line. But kids continue to vanish, and the trio must confront terrified parents, an indifferent police force and soul-snatching djinns in order to uncover the truth. As the disappearances edge ever closer to home, the lives of Jai and his friends will never be the same again. Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality cop shows, thinks he's smarter than his friend Pari (even though she always gets top marks) and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a job). When a boy at school goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from episodes of Police Patrol to find him. With Pari and Faiz by his side, Jai ventures into some of the most dangerous parts of the city; the bazaar at night, and even the railway station at the end of the Purple Line. But kids continue to vanish, and the trio must confront terrified parents, an indifferent police force and soul-snatching djinns in order to uncover the truth. As the disappearances edge ever closer to home, the lives of Jai and his friends will never be the same again.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Anappara, Deepa<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Chatto & Windus, 2020.<br />346 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020309374<br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020270006<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020273932<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - CRIME - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020269955<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2910462&CF=BIB As Rehana awakes one morning, she might be forgiven for feeling happy. Today she will throw a party for her son and daughter. But none of the guests at Rehana's party can foresee what will happen in the days and months that follow. For this is East Pakistan in 1971, a country on the brink of war. And this family is about to change forever. As Rehana awakes one morning, she might be forgiven for feeling happy. Today she will throw a party for her son and daughter. But none of the guests at Rehana's party can foresee what will happen in the days and months that follow. For this is East Pakistan in 1971, a country on the brink of war. And this family is about to change forever.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Anam, Tahmima, 1975-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Edinburgh : Canongate, 2020.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2007<br />290 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm<br />Canons<br /><br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020245174<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020245285<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Reservation allocation expired (Set: 12 Aug 2022) - C0000020245175<br />Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020245176<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020245283<br />Race Relations Resource Centre:Central Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - FIC/ANA - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 17 May 2024 - C0000020382409<br />Withington Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - C0000020245284<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2913532&CF=BIB Danny - Dhananjaya Rajaratnam - is an illegal immigrant in Sydney, denied refugee status after he has fled from his native Sri Lanka. Working as a cleaner, living out of a grocery storeroom, for three years he's been trying to create a new identity for himself. And now, with his beloved vegan girlfriend, Sonja, with his hidden accent and highlights in his hair, he is as close as he has ever come to living a normal Australian life. But then one morning, Danny learns a female client of his has been murdered. When Danny recognises a jacket left at the murder scene, he believes it belongs to another of his clients - a doctor with whom he knows the woman was having an affair. Suddenly Danny is confronted with a choice: come forward with his knowledge about the crime and risk being deported, or say nothing, and let justice go undone? Danny - Dhananjaya Rajaratnam - is an illegal immigrant in Sydney, denied refugee status after he has fled from his native Sri Lanka. Working as a cleaner, living out of a grocery storeroom, for three years he's been trying to create a new identity for himself. And now, with his beloved vegan girlfriend, Sonja, with his hidden accent and highlights in his hair, he is as close as he has ever come to living a normal Australian life. But then one morning, Danny learns a female client of his has been murdered. When Danny recognises a jacket left at the murder scene, he believes it belongs to another of his clients - a doctor with whom he knows the woman was having an affair. Suddenly Danny is confronted with a choice: come forward with his knowledge about the crime and risk being deported, or say nothing, and let justice go undone?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Adiga, Aravind<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Picador, 2020.<br />256 pages ; 23 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020271307<br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024 - C0000020270756<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Hardback - Available - C0000020270615<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2965721&CF=BIB With an international reputation for volatility, brutality and radical Islam, reports of Pakistan's imminent collapse are not unusual. But then Pakistan never behaves as one expects it to, as renowned journalist Declan Walsh knows well, having covered the country for over a decade. His travels across the country took him from the raucous port of Karachi to the gilded salons of Lahore to the lawless frontier of Waziristan, compiling a portrait of this land of contradictions through the people. With an international reputation for volatility, brutality and radical Islam, reports of Pakistan's imminent collapse are not unusual. But then Pakistan never behaves as one expects it to, as renowned journalist Declan Walsh knows well, having covered the country for over a decade. His travels across the country took him from the raucous port of Karachi to the gilded salons of Lahore to the lawless frontier of Waziristan, compiling a portrait of this land of contradictions through the people.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Walsh, Declan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.<br />xx, 332 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Chorlton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 954.91053 - In-transit from City Library to Chorlton Library (Set: 18 May 2024) - C0000020246589<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 954.910 - Available - C0000020322237<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2972160&CF=BIB Sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, 'Burnt Sugar' unpicks the slippery, choking cord of memory and myth that binds two women together, making and unmaking them endlessly. Sharp as a blade and laced with caustic wit, 'Burnt Sugar' unpicks the slippery, choking cord of memory and myth that binds two women together, making and unmaking them endlessly.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Doshi, Avni, 1982-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>UK : Hamish Hamilton, 2020.<br />228 pages ; 22 cm<br /><br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020322769<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020311169<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020311082<br />Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Available - C0000020322768<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2982012&CF=BIB 1964. Ceylon is on the brink of change. But Kairo is at a loose end. School is closed, the government is in disarray, the press is under threat and the religious right are flexing their muscles. Kairo's hard-working mother blows off steam at her cha-cha-cha classes; his Trotskyite father grumbles over the state of the nation between his secret flutters on horseraces in faraway England. All Kairo wants to do is hide in his room and flick over second-hand westerns and superhero comics, or escape on his bicycle and daydream. Then he meets the magnetic teenage Jay, and his whole world is turned inside out. A budding naturalist and a born rebel, Jay keeps fish and traps birds for an aviary he is building in the garden of his grand home. The adults in Jay's life have no say in what he does or where he goes: he holds his beautiful, fragile mother in contempt, and his wealthy father seems fuelled by anger. 1964. Ceylon is on the brink of change. But Kairo is at a loose end. School is closed, the government is in disarray, the press is under threat and the religious right are flexing their muscles. Kairo's hard-working mother blows off steam at her cha-cha-cha classes; his Trotskyite father grumbles over the state of the nation between his secret flutters on horseraces in faraway England. All Kairo wants to do is hide in his room and flick over second-hand westerns and superhero comics, or escape on his bicycle and daydream. Then he meets the magnetic teenage Jay, and his whole world is turned inside out. A budding naturalist and a born rebel, Jay keeps fish and traps birds for an aviary he is building in the garden of his grand home. The adults in Jay's life have no say in what he does or where he goes: he holds his beautiful, fragile mother in contempt, and his wealthy father seems fuelled by anger.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Gunesekera, Romesh<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.<br />312 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Avenue Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020327868<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020327867<br />Forum Library Wythenshawe - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020327865<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020327870<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2986859&CF=BIB Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949. As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Persis Wadia stands vigil in the basement of Malabar House, home to the city's most unwanted unit of police officers. Six months after joining the force she remains India's first female police detective, mistrusted, sidelined and now consigned to the midnight shift. And so, when the phone rings to report the murder of prominent English diplomat Sir James Herriot, the country's most sensational case falls into her lap. As 1950 dawns and India prepares to become the world's largest republic, Persis, accompanied by Scotland Yard criminalist Archie Blackfinch, finds herself investigating a case that is becoming more political by the second. Bombay, New Year's Eve, 1949. As India celebrates the arrival of a momentous new decade, Inspector Persis Wadia stands vigil in the basement of Malabar House, home to the city's most unwanted unit of police officers. Six months after joining the force she remains India's first female police detective, mistrusted, sidelined and now consigned to the midnight shift. And so, when the phone rings to report the murder of prominent English diplomat Sir James Herriot, the country's most sensational case falls into her lap. As 1950 dawns and India prepares to become the world's largest republic, Persis, accompanied by Scotland Yard criminalist Archie Blackfinch, finds herself investigating a case that is becoming more political by the second.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Khan, Vaseem, 1973-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2020.<br />325 pages : map (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020376054<br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - CRIME - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020376042<br />Beswick Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020375624<br />Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020375261<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3026497&CF=BIB Interwoven in this volume are traditional Afghan recipes and one family's story of a region long afflicted by war, but with much more at its heart. Interwoven in this volume are traditional Afghan recipes and one family's story of a region long afflicted by war, but with much more at its heart.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ayubi, Durkhanai<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Sydney : Murdoch Books, 2020.<br />256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm<br /><br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 641.59581 - Onloan - Due: 08 Jun 2024 - C0000020244800<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2876449&CF=BIB 1922, India. Leaving Calcutta, Captain Sam Wyndham heads for the hills of Assam, to the ashram of a sainted monk where he hopes to conquer his opium addiction. But when he arrives, he sees a ghost from his past - a man thought to be long dead, a man Wyndham hoped he would never see again. 1905, London. As a young constable, Sam Wyndham is on his usual East London beat when he comes across an old flame, Bessie Drummond, attacked in the streets. The next day, when Bessie is found brutally beaten in her own room, locked from the inside, Wyndham promises to get to the bottom of this. But the case will cost the young constable more than he ever imagined. In Assam, Wyndham knows he must call his friend and colleague Sergeant Banerjee for help. He is certain this figure from his past isn't here by coincidence, but for revenge. 1922, India. Leaving Calcutta, Captain Sam Wyndham heads for the hills of Assam, to the ashram of a sainted monk where he hopes to conquer his opium addiction. But when he arrives, he sees a ghost from his past - a man thought to be long dead, a man Wyndham hoped he would never see again. 1905, London. As a young constable, Sam Wyndham is on his usual East London beat when he comes across an old flame, Bessie Drummond, attacked in the streets. The next day, when Bessie is found brutally beaten in her own room, locked from the inside, Wyndham promises to get to the bottom of this. But the case will cost the young constable more than he ever imagined. In Assam, Wyndham knows he must call his friend and colleague Sergeant Banerjee for help. He is certain this figure from his past isn't here by coincidence, but for revenge.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mukherjee, Abir<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Harvill Secker, 2019.<br />417 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Abraham Moss Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020265329<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020265191<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020269149<br />Forum Library Wythenshawe - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020269416<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020269449<br />Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020269334<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - CRIME - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020269204<br />Newton Heath Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020269126<br />North City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Crime Hardback - Available - C0000020269399<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2885446&CF=BIB When Indian journalist Taran Khan arrives in Kabul in 2006, she imagines it as a return - a journey to the land her forebears hailed from centuries ago. She finds an unexpected guide in her grandfather who - despite never visiting the city - knows it intimately through books and stories, poetry and myth. With his voice in her head, and falling in with poets, doctors and other Kabulis, Khan uncovers a place quite different from the one she anticipated. Her wanderings reveal a fragile city in a state of flux: stricken by near-constant war, but flickering with the promise of peace, a shape-shifting place governed by age-old codes but experimenting with new modes of living. These walks take her to the unvisited tombs of the dead, and to the land of the living: the booksellers, archaeologists, intrepid film-makers and entrepreneurs who are remaking and rebuilding this ancient 3000-year-old city. When Indian journalist Taran Khan arrives in Kabul in 2006, she imagines it as a return - a journey to the land her forebears hailed from centuries ago. She finds an unexpected guide in her grandfather who - despite never visiting the city - knows it intimately through books and stories, poetry and myth. With his voice in her head, and falling in with poets, doctors and other Kabulis, Khan uncovers a place quite different from the one she anticipated. Her wanderings reveal a fragile city in a state of flux: stricken by near-constant war, but flickering with the promise of peace, a shape-shifting place governed by age-old codes but experimenting with new modes of living. These walks take her to the unvisited tombs of the dead, and to the land of the living: the booksellers, archaeologists, intrepid film-makers and entrepreneurs who are remaking and rebuilding this ancient 3000-year-old city.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Khan, Taran<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Chatto & Windus, 2019.<br />xvi, 272 pages : map (black and white) ; 23 cm<br /><br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 958.1047KHA - Available - C0000020267264<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2895296&CF=BIB This is the true story of Maria Toorpakai Wazir, a young Pakistani girl who loved sports and longed for the freedom that boys in her culture enjoyed. When she joined a squash club, she was taunted, teased, and beaten. When Maria received an award from the President of Pakistan for outstanding achievement, the Taliban threatened her squash club, her family, and her life. Although forced to quit the team, she refused to give up. She kept practicing the game in her bedroom every day for 3 years. Maria's hard work and perseverance in the face of overwhelming obstacles will inspire all children. This is the true story of Maria Toorpakai Wazir, a young Pakistani girl who loved sports and longed for the freedom that boys in her culture enjoyed. When she joined a squash club, she was taunted, teased, and beaten. When Maria received an award from the President of Pakistan for outstanding achievement, the Taliban threatened her squash club, her family, and her life. Although forced to quit the team, she refused to give up. She kept practicing the game in her bedroom every day for 3 years. Maria's hard work and perseverance in the face of overwhelming obstacles will inspire all children.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lord, Michelle<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York : Sterling, 2019.<br />48 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm.<br />People who shaped our world<br /><br />Forum Library Wythenshawe - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J920 WAZ - Available - C0000020335213<br />Newton Heath Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J920 WAZ - Available - C0000020335214<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2779064&CF=BIB Through the fascinating stories of 50 women from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, South Asian girls will have a chance to dream about lives for themselves that radically differ from the limited narratives written for them by their culture, wider society and the media. Through the fascinating stories of 50 women from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, South Asian girls will have a chance to dream about lives for themselves that radically differ from the limited narratives written for them by their culture, wider society and the media.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Khaira, Raj Kaur<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London, England : Kashi House, 2019.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2019<br />128 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 23 cm<br /><br />Avenue Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J920.720 - Available - C0000020319674<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J920.720 - Available - C0000020319633<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J920.720 - Available - C0000020319694<br />Moss Side Powerhouse Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J920.720 - Available - C0000020319645<br />Newton Heath Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J920.720 - Available - C0000020319712<br />Race Relations Resource Centre:Central Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - JUN/KHA 9-12 YEARS - Available - C0000020251496<br />Race Relations Resource Centre:Central Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - JUN/KHA 9-12 YEARS - Available - C0000020251524<br />Withington Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Junior Non Fiction - J920.720 - Available - C0000020319734<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2812824&CF=BIB 'A Place for Us' catches an Indian Muslim family as they prepare for their eldest daughter's wedding. But as Hadia's marriage - one chosen of love, not tradition - gathers the family back together, there is only one thing on their minds: can Amar, the estranged younger brother of the bride, be trusted to behave himself after three years away? 'A Place for Us' catches an Indian Muslim family as they prepare for their eldest daughter's wedding. But as Hadia's marriage - one chosen of love, not tradition - gathers the family back together, there is only one thing on their minds: can Amar, the estranged younger brother of the bride, be trusted to behave himself after three years away?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mirza, Fatima Farheen, 1991-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Vintage, 2019.<br />385 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020258494<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 27 May 2024 - C0000020258527<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2854130&CF=BIB The 'Insight Guides' offer information on cultural and historical aspects of the area such as festivals, famous art galleries or monuments, as well as detailed practical information such as accommodation and places to eat. The 'Insight Guides' offer information on cultural and historical aspects of the area such as festivals, famous art galleries or monuments, as well as detailed practical information such as accommodation and places to eat.<br />Updated edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : APA Publications, 2019.<br />144 pages : illustrations (colour), maps (colour).<br />Insight guides<br /><br />Chorlton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 915.493SRI - Onloan - Due: 09 Apr 2024 - C0000020275676<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 915.493SRI - Available - C0000020261558<br />Didsbury Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 915.493SRI - Available - C0000020261676<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 915.493SRI - Available - C0000020275678<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 915.493SRI - Available - C0000020275679<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2601438&CF=BIB 'Journey Through' offers young readers the chance to take a trip through exciting world countries using different modes of transport, from train and car to bicycle and private jet. Along the way the traveller visits highlighted places both well known and less known, and learns lots of exciting facts about history, language, culture and much more.'Journey Through India' offers a look at the geography, landscape, culture and people of India. From the bustling cities of New Delhi and Mumbai through to the tranquil sights of Darjeeling and the Taj Mahal. 'Journey Through' offers young readers the chance to take a trip through exciting world countries using different modes of transport, from train and car to bicycle and private jet. Along the way the traveller visits highlighted places both well known and less known, and learns lots of exciting facts about history, language, culture and much more.'Journey Through India' offers a look at the geography, landscape, culture and people of India. From the bustling cities of New Delhi and Mumbai through to the tranquil sights of Darjeeling and the Taj Mahal.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ganeri, Anita, 1961-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Franklin Watts, 2018.<br />32 pages : illustrations (colour), map (colour) ; 27 cm<br /><br />12 copies <br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2611898&CF=BIB When shots ring out on the Grand Trunk Road, Nargis's life begins to crumble around her. Her husband, Massud - a fellow architect - is caught in the crossfire and dies before she can confess to him her greatest secret. Under threat from a powerful military intelligence officer, who demands that she pardon her husband's American killer, Nargis fears that the truth about her past will soon be exposed. For weeks someone has been broadcasting people's secrets from the minarets of the city's mosques and, in a country where the accusation of blasphemy is a currency to be bartered, the mysterious broadcasts have struck fear in Christians and Muslims alike. Against this background of violence and fear, two outsiders - the young Christian woman Helen and the mysterious Imran from Kashmir - try to find an island of calm in which their love can grow. When shots ring out on the Grand Trunk Road, Nargis's life begins to crumble around her. Her husband, Massud - a fellow architect - is caught in the crossfire and dies before she can confess to him her greatest secret. Under threat from a powerful military intelligence officer, who demands that she pardon her husband's American killer, Nargis fears that the truth about her past will soon be exposed. For weeks someone has been broadcasting people's secrets from the minarets of the city's mosques and, in a country where the accusation of blasphemy is a currency to be bartered, the mysterious broadcasts have struck fear in Christians and Muslims alike. Against this background of violence and fear, two outsiders - the young Christian woman Helen and the mysterious Imran from Kashmir - try to find an island of calm in which their love can grow.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Aslam, Nadeem<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Faber & Faber, 2018.<br />360 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020084214<br />Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020084443<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2623923&CF=BIB Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she is finally studying in America, resuming a dream long deferred. But she can't stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London - or their brother, Parvaiz, who's disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew. Then Eamonn enters the sisters' lives. Handsome and privileged, he inhabits a London worlds away from theirs. As the son of a powerful British Muslim politician, Eamonn has his own birthright to live up to - or defy. Is he to be a chance at love? Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she is finally studying in America, resuming a dream long deferred. But she can't stop worrying about Aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in London - or their brother, Parvaiz, who's disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knew. Then Eamonn enters the sisters' lives. Handsome and privileged, he inhabits a London worlds away from theirs. As the son of a powerful British Muslim politician, Eamonn has his own birthright to live up to - or defy. Is he to be a chance at love?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Shamsie, Kamila, 1973-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.<br />264 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />15 copies <br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2638532&CF=BIB In this masterful novel by the acclaimed Indian writer Vivek Shanbhag, a close-knit family is delivered from near-destitution to sudden wealth after a miraculous change in fortune. As the narrator, along with his sister, his parents, and his uncle move from a cramped shack to a larger house and encounter new-found wealth, the family dynamics begin to shift. As the dream of middle-class, aspirational living comes true, allegiances and desires realign; marriages are arranged and begin to falter; and conflict brews ominously in the background. In this masterful novel by the acclaimed Indian writer Vivek Shanbhag, a close-knit family is delivered from near-destitution to sudden wealth after a miraculous change in fortune. As the narrator, along with his sister, his parents, and his uncle move from a cramped shack to a larger house and encounter new-found wealth, the family dynamics begin to shift. As the dream of middle-class, aspirational living comes true, allegiances and desires realign; marriages are arranged and begin to falter; and conflict brews ominously in the background.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Śānabhāga, Vivēka<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Faber & Faber, 2018.<br />119 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Arcadia Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - World Paperback - Available - C0000020089335<br />City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Available - C0000020206818<br />Hulme High St - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - World Paperback - Available - C0000020089336<br />Longsight Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - World Paperback - Available - C0000020088948<br />North City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - World Paperback - Available - C0000020089334<br />Withington Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - World Paperback - Onloan - Due: 13 Mar 2024 - C0000020089333<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2647883&CF=BIB Graham Hoyland, the climber who was responsible for finding the body of George Mallory on Mount Everest, has been on another quest. On an expedition to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan he found and filmed footprints of the mythical Yeti in a part of the country which has never before been visited by Western explorers. Graham Hoyland, the climber who was responsible for finding the body of George Mallory on Mount Everest, has been on another quest. On an expedition to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan he found and filmed footprints of the mythical Yeti in a part of the country which has never before been visited by Western explorers.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hoyland, Graham<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : William Collins, 2018.<br />x, 310 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />North City Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Non Fiction - 001.944 - Available - C0000020093278<br /> https://manchester.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=2707834&CF=BIB Winter, 1975: Afghanistan, a country on the verge of an internal coup. 12-year-old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father, one of the richest merchants in Kabul. He's failed to do so through academia or brawn but the one area they connect is the annual kite fighting tournament. Winter, 1975: Afghanistan, a country on the verge of an internal coup. 12-year-old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father, one of the richest merchants in Kabul. He's failed to do so through academia or brawn but the one area they connect is the annual kite fighting tournament.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hosseini, Khaled<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury, 2018.<br />336 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">4 reserves</span><br /><br />Avenue Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024 - C0000020365669<br />Chorlton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 08 Feb 2024 - C0000020365666<br />Forum Library Wythenshawe - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - Onloan - Due: 11 May 2024 - C0000020365665<br />Gorton Library - (Manchester Libraries) - Adult Fiction - Adult Paperback - On reserve shelf at Newton Heath Library - C0000020365662<br />