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Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Written late in Desai's career, these three novellas ruminate on art and memory, illusion and disillusion, and the sharp divide between life's expectations and dreams and its realities. Set in India in the not-too-distant past, the stories' diverse surroundings and dramas frame universal themes, which illuminate the ways in which various aspects of the Indian culture can nourish or suffocate. Overwhelmed by their own lack of purpose, the men and women...
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
June 1944. Allied Forces stand on the brink: a massive army is secretly assembled on the south coast of Britain, poised to re-take Nazi-occupied Europe. One man stands in their way: Winston Churchill. An impulsive, sometimes bullying personality; fearful, obsessive and hurting. Fearful of repeating, on his disastrous command, the mass slaughter of 1915, when hundreds of thousands of young men were cut down on the beaches of Gallipoli. Obsessed with...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"On August 30, 1942--Zero Night--40 Allied officers staged the most audacious mass escape of World War II. Months of meticulous planning and secret training hung in the balance during three minutes of mayhem as the officers boldly stormed the huge double fences at Oflag Prison. Employing wooden ladders and bridges previously disguised as bookshelves, the highly coordinated effort succeeded and set 36 men free into the German countryside. Later known...
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Peppa is a lovable little piggy who lives with her younger brother George, Mummy Pig, and Daddy Pig. Peppa loves playing games, dressing up, visiting exciting places, and making new friends, but her absolute favorite thing is jumping up and down in muddy puddles.
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