Light Up A (Reading) Lamp This Diwali | November New Releases

The festive period is finally here! We look forward to this time of the year all year round, and what’s more, our new titles for the month are here as well! If you can’t spend Diwali with your loved ones this year, don’t feel too bad. While we can’t bring your family to you, we can do the next best thing – celebrate the holidays with Ramachandra Guha in The Commonwealth of Cricket, discover The Greatest Secret with Rhonda Byrne, or perhaps the most important – learn from Michelle Falkoff How to Pack for the End of the World!

So go light those diyas, and then light up your reading lamp to lose yourself in our world with our November new releases:

FICTION

Avasthe: A Novel by U.R. Ananthamurthy (tr. Narayan Hegde)

The quintessential Indian novel, Avasthe is a masterpiece whose meanings will continue to resonate and reveal themselves long after it has been read. First published in Kannada in 1978, Avasthe is U.R. Ananthamurthy’s tour de force.

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The Betrayals by Bridget Collins

‘She’s done it again: this is another triumph from the incomparable imagination of Bridget Collins. The Betrayals sinks its teeth into you and won’t let you go. It’s a mesmerising, intimate and ambitious story about art, love and what it means to be human.’ – Erin Kelly

From the #1 bestselling author of The Binding, Bridget Collins, comes a spellbinding new dystopian romance. The Betrayals is a fantasy novel that delves into the dark side of human nature.

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The First Women by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi

‘The First Woman is captivating, wise, humorous and tender: Makumbi has come back stronger than ever… This is a book about the stories that define us, and those we tell to redefine ourselves. A riveting read.’ – Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King

Jennifer Makumbi has written a sweeping tale of longing and rebellion, at once epic and deeply personal, steeped in an intoxicating mix of ancient Ugandan folklore and modern feminism, that will linger in the memory long after the final page.

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Betrayed by Hope: A Play on the Life of Michael Madhusudan Dutt by Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal

Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal pay tribute to Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s extraordinary life in a story that will lay bare our deep-set contradictions about art and life.

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NON-FICTION

The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Long Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind by Ramachandra Guha

‘It’s part memoir and part Guha’s account of how cricket has evolved in India over the years.’ – Times of India

The Commonwealth of Cricket is a first-person account by Ramachandra Guha that traces the entire arc of cricket in India, across all levels at which the game is played: school, college, club, state, country. It presents vivid portraits of local heroes, provincial icons, and international stars.

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The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne

The Greatest Secret, the long-awaited major work by Rhonda Byrne, lays out the next quantum leap in a journey that will take the reader beyond the material world and into the spiritual realm, where all possibilities exist.

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The Cancer Code by Dr. Jason Fung

Author of the international bestsellers The Diabetes Code and The Obesity Code Dr. Jason Fung returns with an eye-opening biography of cancer in which he offers a radical new paradigm for understanding cancer—and issues a call to action for reducing risk moving forward.

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Loss by Siddharth by Dhanvant Shanghvi

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi draws on a string of devastating personal losses of his mother, of his father and of a beloved pet to craft a moving memoir of death and grief.

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From Incremental to Exponential: How Large Companies Can See the Future and Rethink Innovation by Vivek Wadhwa and Ismail Amla with Alex Salkever

This fast-paced, anecdote-rich story by tech experts Vivek Wadhwa and Ismail Amla, rethinks modern innovation-a book every manager, executive, and ambitious employee will want to read.

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Around the Corner to Around the World by Robert Rosenberg

Learn twelve key lessons from the former CEO of Dunkin’ Donuts, Robert Rosenberg, that offer critical insights and a unique, 360-degree perspective to business leaders and managers on building one of the world’s most recognized brands.

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The Microsoft Story by Dan Good 

The Microsoft Story will help you understand and adopt the competitive strategies, workplace culture, and daily business practices that enabled the tech company to once again become a leading tech innovator.

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Terror in Islamabad by Amar Bhushan

Based on true events, Terror in Islamabad by Amar Bhushan is a gripping thriller that will have readers turning every page breathlessly till they reach the end.

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The Joys of Compounding: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning by Gautam Baid

Gautam Baid’s The Joys of Compounding offers curated reflections on life and learning for all investors, investment enthusiasts, and readers seeking a dose of practical wisdom.

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The Loss of Hindustan by Manan Ahmed Asif

‘In this remarkable and pathbreaking book, Manan Ahmed Asif peels back layer after layer of the colonial histories of Hindustan. The result is a radical rethink of colonial historiography and a compelling argument for the reassessment of the historical traditions of Hindustan.’ ― Mahmood Mamdani, author of Neither Settler nor Native

In The Loss of Hindustan, Manan Ahmed Asif argues that a European understanding of India as Hindu has replaced an earlier, native understanding of India as Hindustan, a home for all faiths. The book reveals the intellectual pathways that dispensed with multicultural Hindustan and created a religiously partitioned world of today.

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A Social Theory of Corruption by Sudhir Chella Rajan

‘A brilliant and wide-ranging reconsideration of the phenomenon of corruption… The book is a wonderful provocation that breaks new ground.’ – Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Ashoka University

In contemporary policy discourse, the paradigmatic manifestations of the notion of corruption are bribery and extortion, placing the onus on individuals, typically bureaucrats. In A Social Theory of Corruption, Sudhir Chella Rajan argues that this understanding ignores the true depths of corruption, which is properly seen as a foundation of social structures.

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The Age of Pandemics (1817-1920): How They Shaped India and the World by Chinmay Tumbe

 The Age of Pandemics by Chinmay Tumbe chronicles the many facets of the cholera, plague and influenza pandemics, which claimed over 70 million lives between 1817 and 1920, with India being the epicentre in all these episodes.

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A Patchwork Quilt: A Collage of My Creative Life by Sai Paranjpye

Frank, forthright, full of anecdotes and written with a flair for recounting her multifarious journey in lively detail, A Patchwork Quilt is Sai Paranjpye’s memoir that looks back on a life well lived.

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Get a Grip on Your Grammar by Kris Spisak

‘Get a Grip on Your Grammar is not only a useful reference, but it is also a fun read, chock-full of telling examples and pop-culture references.’ – Charles Euchner, author of Keep It Short

Get a Grip on Your Grammar is the elements of style for the Twitter generation. Designed for student, business, and creative-writing audiences alike, its easily digestible, occasionally witty writing tips will teach you everything you need to know to keep your grammar in check!

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The Wisdom of the Tao by by Deng Ming-Dao 

‘In this delightful little book, Deng shares 144 ancient tales that are at times folkloric, others more comedic or tragic or paradoxical, and some just plain ribald.’ – Sandra Collins, Library Journal

The Wisdom of the Tao is filled with over 140 ancient stories express great truth by fusing anecdotes with philosophy. The stories are frequently humorous, ribald, irreverent, or sarcastic-butt they always speak to great and universal truths.

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CHILDRENS

How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories by Holly Black

This latest instalment in the Folk of the Air series by Holly Black is a return to the heart-racing romance, danger, humour and drama that enchanted readers everywhere.

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The Adventures of Parsley the Lion by Michael Bond

Michael Bond’s hilarious books featuring Parsley the Lion, first published nearly fifty years ago, are brought alive for a new generation in this contemporary colour gift edition, gloriously illustrated by the award-winning creator of Blown Away, Rob Biddulph.