"A book that's a feast, an occasion and a celebration. Randy Boyagoda delightfully skewers the industrial-academic complex but also creates moving characters who seem to have walked in from the dorm and faculty meeting next door. The result is as moving as it is hysterically funny." —Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Vera, or FaithAn epic campus novel about the hopes and hypocrisies of 21st-century higher education, fro...

Rule #1: Don't fall for the client. Because he'll rock your world …Architect Rani Gupta will never let a man compromise her career or freedom again. Which is a problem now that her newest client is irresistible hotelier Arjun Singh—aka the sexiest bachelor in India. A little fling with this gorgeous man would be scandal enough. But a fake engagement might justbe more trouble than they bargained for—especially if Arjun has a prior arrangement!

Emma Shaw is a modern woman with a classic problem —love or career?Eight years ago, she chose ambition over romance, cutting out the man she loved and carrying the emotional load for her family. Now, her dream job is slipping through her fingers, and the only way to save it is to work with the one person she’s spent years avoiding—Fredrick Wentworth, the man she let go.When his book launch falls apart, Emma is forced back into Fredrick's orbit, embarking on...

Merle Oberon made history when she was announced as a nominee for the Best Actress Oscar in 1936. Her nomination marked the first time the Academy recognized a performer of color. Oberon, born to a South Asian mother and white father, broke through a racial barrier—but no one knew it. Oberon was "passing" for white.In the first biography of Oberon in more than forty years, Mayukh Sen draws on family interviews and untapped archival material to capture the life of an oft-forgotten t...

In Riding, Pardis Mahdavi meditates on the lessons learned over a lifetime of horseback riding and the falling, failing, and joy it brings. At once a history of Caspian horses, an exploration of Mahdavi's Iranian-American identity and family history, and a consideration of the capacity for self-reflection and self-compassion through human-animal relationships, Riding offers a roadmap for learning to live in harmony with the self and the environment around us. Mahdavi shows how her...

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, THE SUNDAY TIMES, AND THE FINANCIAL TIMESA searing debut set in a modern India simmering with the tension of growing religious intoleranceTeetapur, an unassuming village just a few hours outside of bustling Delhi, is famous for nothing—until one of its children, eight-year-old Munia, is found dead, hanging from the branch of a Jamun tree.In the largely Hindu v...

Emma Shaw is a modern woman with a classic problem —love or career?Eight years ago, she chose ambition over romance, cutting out the man she loved and carrying the emotional load for her family. Now, her dream job is slipping through her fingers, and the only way to save it is to work with the one person she’s spent years avoiding—Fredrick Wentworth, the man she let go.When his book launch falls apart, Emma is forced back into Fredrick's orbit, embarking on...

A tragedy in Mira Singh's life has left her devastated and mourning. No one in her family knows how to confront the tragedy that befalls them, and they place the blame on each other, and even on God. Mira's parents do not understand the struggles of their children. Having immigrated from India in 1984, the family have all faced discrimination because of their religious background and practices. Mira's brother has faced the worst discrimination, and traumatized, he is estranged from the fam...

For the first time ever, Found Audio presents a complete transcription of the unsettling audio recordings of a mysterious unnamed adventure journalist and his decades-long pursuit of the Borgesian "City of Dreams," alongside analysis from audio expert, Amrapali Anna Singh* A Best Book of 2017 —Writer's Bone"[A] mysterious work of metafiction... dizzying, arresting and defiantly bold."—Laura Pearson, Chicago TribuneAmrapali Anna Singh is an historian and anal...

In the timely yet timeless audiobook Home Is in Between, critically acclaimed author Mitali Perkins describes the experience of navigating multiple cultures and embracing the complex but beautiful home in between.Shanti misses the warm monsoon rains in India. Now in America, she watches fall leaves fly past her feet.Still, her family’s apartment feels like a village: Mama cooking luchi, funny stories in Bangla, and Baba’s big laugh. But outside, ev...

Rekha Rao, an Indian American professor of Art History, propelled by her sense of duty, dharma, decides to find the killer of her mentor and father figure. She walks a thin line between her match-making family and the Homicide Detective she is attracted to, but also distrusts. Follow the clues as Rekha searches for the murderer, and in the process, tastes the prospect of an unexpected romance, and discovers her true calling.

The streamlined, simplified, beginner-friendly introduction to instructional designInstructional Design For Dummies will teach you how to design and build learning content to create effective, engaging learning experiences that lead to improved learning outcomes and skill development. This book breaks down the instructional design process into bite-sized pieces, so you can learn techniques and best practices without getting bogged down in theory. Learn abo...