"From prize-winning Bangladeshi novelist Tahmima Anam, her deeply moving second novel about the rise of Islamic radicalism in Bangladesh seen through the intimate lens of a family"-- Provided by publisher.

After months of rebuilding a new life in Bangladesh with her family, Samira decides to become a Bengali surfer girl of Cox's Bazar, in this novel in verse about a young Rohingya girl's journey from isolation and persecution to sisterhood, and from fear to power.

Young Naima who lives in Bangladesh loves to paint special pictures for celebrations. But unlike her friend Saleem who drives his father's rickshaw to make money, Naima cannot earn money for her paintings to help her family. The text is accompanied by unusual black-and-white drawings.

This book presents background information on the 1971 civil war between West Pakistan and East Pakistan, multinational perspectives on controversies surrounding the East Pakistan genocide, and personal narratives of people who were affected by the civil war.

Three lives collide on an island off India: “An engrossing tale of caste and culture… introduces readers to a little-known world.”—Entertainment Weekly
 
Off the easternmost coast of India, in the Bay of Bengal, lies the immense labyrinth of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans. For settlers here, life is extremely precarious. Attacks by tigers are common. Unrest and eviction are constant threats....

Simon Reeve follows the sacred waters of the Ganges from source to sea, exploring how India's economy has affected its religious culture. Along the way he meets westerners in Rishikesh seeking spiritual enlightenment, takes a holy dip in the fast-flowing waters at Haridwar and discovers how the river is being severely polluted in Kanpur. While there, Simon hears allegations that holy cows are secretly being slaughtered to fuel a booming leather trade....

A tiger cub has escaped from a reserve in the Sunderbans in West Bengal, India. Neel, a poor boy from the islands, is determined to save her from being captured and sold on the black market by Mr. Gupta and his men.