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An Invitation To Feast
Sona Bahadur
Aleph, pp 288, Rs 899
This is a culinary romp through the length and breadth of India. The writer follows eleven classic Indian dishes to their sources.
Tiger Lessons
S V Reddy
Bloomsbury, pp 320, Rs 499
This book paints in marvellous detail the entangled world of the shepherds, their sheep and the beings they meet, while tracing Ravi’s journey through the forest of his fears.
Charlottesville
Deborah Baker
Penguin, pp 464, Rs 799
In this work, the author shows how a city more associated with Thomas Jefferson than civil unrest became a flashpoint in a continuing struggle over a nation’s founding myths.
Caught Yapping
Abhishek Mukherjee
Penguin, pp 496, Rs 499
This book chronicles the history of cricket, and history means little without the people. And what better way to tell the story of people than in their own words?
Dial 100
Kulpreet Yadav
HarperCollins, pp 232, Rs 299
From using narco-analysis to unlock a long-buried murder secret to tracking a ruthless predator through DNA profiling and gait analysis, this book takes you into the heart of complex cases where every clue matters.