Half - Lion

Half - Lion
Author: Vinay Sitapati
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2016-06-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9386057727

When P.V. Narasimha Rao became the unlikely prime minister of India in 1991, he inherited a nation adrift, violent insurgencies, and economic crisis. Despite being unloved by his people, mistrusted by his party, and ruling under the shadow of 10 Janpath, Rao transformed the economy and ushered India into the global arena. With exclusive access to Rao’s never-before-seen personal papers and diaries, this definitive biography provides new revelations on the Indian economy, nuclear programme, foreign policy and the Babri Masjid. Tracing his early life from a small town in Telangana through his years in power, and finally, his humiliation in retirement, it never loses sight of the inner man, his difficult childhood, his corruption and love affairs, and his lingering loneliness. Meticulously researched and brutally honest, this landmark political biography is a must-read for anyone interested in knowing about the man responsible for transforming India.

Half a Lion

Half a Lion
Author: Palle E.K Oswald
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-01-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781737799917

Half a Lion, the first in a new epic fantasy trilogy, follows the tale of three siblings - the warrior, the worker and the accursed - as they struggle for survival, embrace forbidden magic, and clash for thrones in the shadow of an enemy that threatens to drown their world in blood. Sakhan fights captivity, shamans, and shapeshifters - all while caring for an ailing mother and vowing to win a throne he does not want. Betrayed, hunted and alone, Haikachi dreams of revenge as he puts his trust in the loyalty of sworn enemies. His destiny is a chief - if his allies do not kill him first. Helpless husband to a murdered wife, Neneh is free of expectations. With nothing else to lose, he is at an advantage - but nothing is a double-edged blade. As folklores come alive and dark clouds gather, amid tragedy and victory, honor and betrayal, everyone must gamble for that most elusive of places - survival.

The Lion's Share

The Lion's Share
Author: Matthew McElligott
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2012-07-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0802723608

Ant is honored to receive an invitation to lion's annual dinner party, but is shocked when the other guests behave rudely and then accuse her of thinking only of herself.

Renato and the Lion

Renato and the Lion
Author: Barbara DiLorenzo
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 23
Release: 2017-06-20
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0698405080

The touching, magical story of a boy in a war-torn country and the stone lion that rescues him. Renato loves his home in Florence, Italy. He loves playing with his friends in the Piazza della Signoria. He loves walking home by the beautiful buildings and fountains with his father in the evenings. And he especially loves the stone lion who seems to smile at him from a pedestal in the piazza. The lion makes him feel safe. But one day his father tells him that their family must leave. Their country is at war, and they will be safer in America. Renato can only think of his lion. Who will keep him safe? With luminous watercolor paintings, Barbara DiLorenzo captures the beauty of Florence in this heartwarming and ultimately magical picture book.

Little & Lion

Little & Lion
Author: Brandy Colbert
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2017-08-08
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0316348988

A stunning novel on love, identity, loss, and redemption. When Suzette comes home to Los Angeles from her boarding school in New England, she's isn't sure if she'll ever want to go back. L.A. is where her friends and family are (as well as her crush, Emil). And her stepbrother, Lionel, who has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, needs her emotional support. But as she settles into her old life, Suzette finds herself falling for someone new...the same girl her brother is in love with. When Lionel's disorder spirals out of control, Suzette is forced to confront her past mistakes and find a way to help her brother before he hurts himself—or worse. "Little & Lion is beautifully insightful, honest, and compassionate. Brandy's ability to find larger meaning in small moments is nothing short of dazzling." —Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything

A Lion In The Meadow

A Lion In The Meadow
Author: Margaret Mahy
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2013-03-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1444010298

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. When the little boy tells his mother he has seen a big, roaring, yellow, whiskery lion in the meadow, she decides to make up a story for him too and gives him a matchbox with a tiny dragon inside. A brand new Early Reader edition of this beautiful classic story.

The Man Who Remade India

The Man Who Remade India
Author: Vinay Sitapati
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2018-04-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0190692871

When P.V. Narasimha Rao became the unlikely prime minister of India in 1991, he inherited economic catastrophe, violent insurgencies and a nation adrift. Yet because he was unloved by his people and mistrusted by his own party-a minority in Parliament and ruling under the shadow of Sonia Gandhi-Rao lacked the mandate to combat these crises. Yet, Rao was not just able to last a full five years as Prime Minister, he reinvented India, at home and abroad. Few world leaders have achieved so much with so little power. With exclusive access to Rao's never-before-seen personal papers as well as over a hundred interviews, Vinay Sitapati's definitive biography tells the story of India's makeover in the 1990s and the story of the Deng Xiaoping-like figure who did it. Assuming power over an ossified, quasi-socialist economy burdened by inefficient industrial behemoths, Rao was instrumental in driving through a broad set of liberalizing economic reforms that transformed India. Rao's career is the ideal window through which to understand how India became a force in the global economy almost overnight. Sitapati traces Rao's life from a village in Telangana through his years in power and-afterward-his humiliation in retirement. Yet the book never loses sight of the inner man-his difficult childhood, his corruptions and love affairs, and his lingering loneliness. Meticulously researched and honestly told, this landmark political biography is a must-read for anyone interested in the man responsible for transforming India.

Telephone Tales

Telephone Tales
Author: Gianni Rodari
Publisher:
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre: JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN: 9781592702848

Reminiscent of Scheherazade and One Thousand and One Nights, Gianni Rodari's Telephone Tales is many stories within a story. Every night, a traveling father must finish a bedtime story in the time that a single coin will buy. One night, it's a carousel that adults cannot comprehend, but whose operator must be some sort of magician, the next, it's a land filled with butter men who melt in the sunshine Awarded the Hans Christian Anderson Award in 1970, Gianni Rodari is widely considered to be Italy's most important children's author of the 20th century. Newly re-illustrated by Italian artist Valerio Vidali​ (The Forest)​, Telephone Tales​ entertains, while questioning and imagining other worlds.

Caged Lion: Joseph Pilates and His Legacy

Caged Lion: Joseph Pilates and His Legacy
Author: John Howard Steel
Publisher: Last Leaf Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2020-05-20
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781733430722

The surprising story of Pilates-the man and the method.