Bookrack for the week (April 6 to April 13)

The Many Lives Of Paulama Chattopadhyay - This is the story of Pauloma Chattopadhyay, a middle-aged housewife living in Kolkata. When an old earthen vessel in the storeroom of her house transports Pauloma to different worlds, the rules of time and space are suspended.

Counter-Attacks At Thirty

Won-Pyung Sohn

Harper, pp 236, Rs 399

Four rebels begin to protest the older generation in the form of harmless antics: graffiti, throwing eggs, anonymous exposé, and more. But as their attacks increase, they discover that even these tiny protests can make a change.

Wild Courage

Jenny Wood

Macmillan, pp 256, Rs 899

You know where you want to go. You know you have it within you. You just need the tools to get there. In this book, the author presents the ultimate approach to pursuing what you want.

Wolf Siren

Beth O’Brien

HarperChildren’s, pp 320, Rs 399

Red is not allowed to go into the woods. Everyone knows that they are dangerous because of their strange magic and the wolves that lurk there… But Red finds herself increasingly drawn to the woods...

The Many Lives Of Paulama Chattopadhyay

Devangi Bhatt

Niyogi, pp 172, Rs 350

This is the story of Pauloma Chattopadhyay, a middle-aged housewife living in Kolkata. When an old earthen vessel in the storeroom of her house transports Pauloma to different worlds, the rules of time and space are suspended.

The CIA Book Club

Charlie English

HarperCollins, pp 384, Rs 699

This is the astonishing story of the 10 million books that were smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, the spycraft and the secret printing operations that were involved in achieving this feat.