Bookrack for the week (March 1 to March 7)

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In Search Of Lost Cities

Sreelata Menon

Hachette, pp 248, Rs 399

Whole cities have gone missing. Cities that were once bustling with people, palaces, temples and traders...gone! Were they swallowed by earthquakes? Zapped by aliens? Or just forgotten over time? 

The Violin Maker’s Secret

Evie Woods

HarperCollins, pp 416, Rs 550

Baggage claims agent Devlin, retired teacher Walter, and appraiser Gabrielle all have nothing in common, but can these three unlikely guardians unlock the secrets of the violin?

The Baby Bomb

Govind Sandhu and Allen Shaw (Illustrator)

Harper Children’s, pp 118, Rs 399

One day, as Baby readies himself for his end, he manages to escape to the depths of the ocean. There, he finally finds a home. But with the threat of war looming over humanity, will he succeed in his mission?

Temples Of Awadh

Vipul B Varshney

Bharti publn, pp 182, Rs 2,895

This book maps and documents over 150 temples, ghats and sarovars across Ayodhya, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Kanpur, Prayagraj and Devipatan, built on five years of fieldwork, archival study, and scriptural research.

The Binding

Salma and Janani Kannan (translator)

Macmillan, pp 288, Rs 499

In this book, the author grapples with the many forces that shape our lives: faith, family, tradition and the complicated bonds that link us.