Kate Adie

Nobody's Child: The Lives of Abandoned Children

Hodder 2005 Paperback, 256pp. (ISBN: 9780340840306). Very Good.

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Kate Adie

Nobody's Child. Who Are You When You Don't Know Your Past?

Hodder & Stoughton 2005 Hardback, 336pp. What's your name? Where were you born? What is your date of birth? Simple questions that we are asked throughout our life ndash; but what if you didn't know the answers? Kate Adie uncovers the extraordinary, moving and inspiring stories of just such children ndash; without mother or father, any knowledge of who they might be, or even a name to call their own. With a curiosity inspired by her own circumstances as an adopted child, Kate shows how the most remarkable adults have survived the experience of abandonment. From every perspective Kate Adie brings us a personal, moving and fascinating insight into the very toughest of childhood experiences - and shows what makes us who we really are. DJ worn at the edges, (ISBN: 9780340838006). Very good.

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Aravind Adiga

Between the Assasinations

Atlantic Books, Limited 2010 Paperback, 368pp. spine creased, (ISBN: 9781848871236). Good.

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Aravind Adiga

Last Man in Tower

Atlantic Books 2011 Trade Paperback, 430pp. Ask any Bombaywallah about Tower A of the Vishram Co-operative Housing Society - and you will be told that it is unimpeachably pucca. Despite its location close to the airport and bordered by slums, it has been pucca for some 50 years. But then Bombay has changed in half a century - not least its name - and the world in which Tower A was first built is giving way to a new city, a Mumbai of new development and new money; of wealthy Indians returning with fortunes made abroad. When real estate developer Dharmen Shah offers to buy out the residents of Vishram Society, planning to use the site to build a luxury apartment complex, his offer is more than generous. Yet not everyone wants to leave; many have lived in Vishram for years, many of them are no longer young. But none can benefit from the offer unless all agree to sell. As tensions rise, one by one those who oppose the offer give in to the pressure of the majority, until only one man stands in the way of Shah's luxury high-rise: Masterji, a retired schoolteacher, once the most respected man in the building. Shah is a dangerous man to refuse and as the demolition deadline looms, Masterji's neighbours - friends who have become enemies, acquaintances turned co-conspirators - may stop at nothing to score their payday. (ISBN: 9781848875173). Good.

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Aravind Adiga

Planet Earth

Free Press 2008 Paperback, 2304pp. Introducing a major literary talent, The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit, blistering suspense, and questionable morality, told by the most volatile, captivating, and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen.Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along.Born in the dark heart of India, Balram gets a break when he is hired as a driver for his village's wealthiest man, two house Pomeranians (Puddles and Cuddles), and the rich man's (very unlucky) son. From behind the wheel of their Honda City car, Balram's new world is a revelation. While his peers flip through the pages of Murder Weekly ('Love -- Rape -- Revenge!'), barter for girls, drink liquor (Thunderbolt), and perpetuate the Great Rooster Coop of Indian society, Balram watches his employers bribe foreign ministers for tax breaks, barter for girls, drink liquor (single-malt whiskey), and play their own role in the Rooster Coop. Balram learns how to siphon gas, deal with corrupt mechanics, and refill and resell Johnnie Walker Black Label bottles (all but one). He also finds a way out of the Coop that no one else inside it can perceive.Balram's eyes penetrate India as few outsiders can: the cockroaches and the call centers; the prostitutes and the worshippers; the ancient and Internet cultures; the water buffalo and, trapped in so many kinds of cages that escape is (almost) impossible, the white tiger. And with a charisma as undeniable as it is unexpected, Balram teaches us that religion doesn't create virtue, and money doesn't solve every problem -- but decency can still be found in a corrupt world, and you can get what you want out of life if you eavesdrop on the right conversations.Sold in sixteen countries around the world, The White Tiger recalls The Death of Vishnu and Bangkok 8 in ambition, scope, and narrative genius, with a mischief and personality all its own. Amoral, irreverent, deeply endearing, and utterly contemporary, this novel is an international publishing sensation -- and a startling, provocative debut. (ISBN: 9781416562603). Good.

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Aravind Adiga

The White Tiger

Free Press 2008 Hardback, 2304pp. "Introducing a major literary talent, The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit, blistering suspense, and questionable morality, told by the most volatile, captivating, and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen.Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along.Born in the dark heart of India, Balram gets a break when he is hired as a driver for his village's wealthiest man, two house Pomeranians (Puddles and Cuddles), and the rich man's (very unlucky) son. From behind the wheel of their Honda City car, Balram's new world is a revelation. While his peers flip through the pages of Murder Weekly ('Love -- Rape -- Revenge!'), barter for girls, drink liquor (Thunderbolt), and perpetuate the Great Rooster Coop of Indian society, Balram watches his employers bribe foreign ministers for tax breaks, barter for girls, drink liquor (single-malt whiskey), and play their own role in the Rooster Coop. Balram learns how to siphon gas, deal with corrupt mechanics, and refill and resell Johnnie Walker Black Label bottles (all but one). He also finds a way out of the Coop that no one else inside it can perceive.Balram's eyes penetrate India as few outsiders can: the cockroaches and the call centers; the prostitutes and the worshippers; the ancient and Internet cultures; the water buffalo and, trapped in so many kinds of cages that escape is (almost) impossible, the white tiger. And with a charisma as undeniable as it is unexpected, Balram teaches us that religion doesn't create virtue, and money doesn't solve every problem -- but decency can still be found in a corrupt world, and you can get what you want out of life if you eavesdrop on the right conversations.Sold in sixteen countries around the world, The White Tiger recalls The Death of Vishnu and Bangkok 8 in ambition, scope, and narrative genius, with a mischief and personality all its own. Amoral, irreverent, deeply endearing, and utterly contemporary, this novel is an international publishing sensation -- and a startling, provocative debut. ", (ISBN: 9781416562603). Good.

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Aravind Adiga

The White Tiger

Atlantic Books 2009 Paperback, 336pp. Meet Balram Halwai, the 'White Tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murderer. Balram was born in a backwater village on the River Ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller. He works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream escape. When he learns that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to Delhi at the wheel of a Honda. Amid today's India's cockroaches and call-centres, its 36,000,004 gods, slums, shopping malls, and crippling traffic jams, Balram learns of a new morality at the heart of a new India. Driven by desire to better himself, he comes to see how the Tiger might escape his cage . through murder. (ISBN: 9781843547228). Very good.

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Mortimer J. Adler and V. J. Mcgill

Biology, Psychology, and Medicine - the Great Ideas Program Volume 9

Encyclopedia Britannica 1963 Hardback. Good.

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David A. Adler and Joy Allen

Cam Jansen - The Sports Day Mysteries

Puffin 2010 Paperback, 118pp. Supersleuth Cam Jansen solves three mysteries during her class's Sports and Good Nutrition Day. Simultaneous. (ISBN: 9780142412251). Good.

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Mortimer J. Adler and Peter Wolff

The Development of Political Theory And Government - the Great Ideas Program Volume 2

Encyclopedia Britannica 1959 Hardback. Good.

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Mortimer J. Adler and Seymour Cain

Ethics: The Study of Moral Values - the Great Ideas Program Volume 8

Encyclopedia Britannica 1962 Hardback. Good.

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Mortimer J. Adler and Peter Wolff

Foundations of Science and Mathematics - the Great Ideas Program Volume 3

Encyclopedia Britannica 1960 Hardback. Good.

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Mortimer J. Adler and Seymour Cain

Imaginative Literature I - the Great Ideas Program Volume 6

Encyclopedia Britannica 1961 Hardback. Good.

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Mortimer J. Adler and Seymour Cain

Imaginative Literature II - the Great Ideas Program Volume 7

Encyclopedia Britannica 1962 Hardback. Good.

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Richard Brooks Adler

Introduction To Semiconductor Physics Volume 1

Wiley, John Sons 1966 Paperback, 247pp. Semiconductor Electronics Education Committee Books, (ISBN: 9780471008873). Good.

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