Beggar'S FeastSam Kandy, born to low prospects in a Ceylon village in 1899, dies a hundred years later as the wealthy headman of the same village, a self made shipping magnate and the father of sixteen, whos been married three times and widowed twice. Told in four parts, this enthralling novel traces Sams story from his boyhood, when his parents, convinced by his horoscope that hed be a blight upon the family, abandoned him at the gates of a distant temple, through

"We did not think of the great open plains the beautiful rolling hills and the winding strams with tangled growth as 'wild

While being held under the orders of the Matabele king

Rendered here in exquisite original watercolor illustrations

It begins with blood and fear

So she decides to pack up her family

author of The Queen of Dirt Island

The Great Mahabharata [Hardcover] Shyamsunder Shastri

In fact one of the greatest threats to our national security may have been our closest ally

The resulting global struggle to control cyberspace is defining Western security policy in the 21st Century

In ASTERIX AND THE SOOTHSAYER

featuring stunning red spray-painted edges

this geology book takes on plate tectonics in a digestible and adventurous way that you don’t want to miss