Search Results for ‘Indian Ocean’, ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’ - 4 matches found

Sea of Poppies

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2008
“Sea of Poppies”, the latest novel from celebrated Indian author Amitav Ghosh (The Glass Palace, the Hungry Tide), is a historical sea epic, already receiving...

The Teatime Islands

This is the author's first book in which he recounts the pursuit of his childhood dream of travelling to the far-flung outposts of Britain where red post boxes and Union Jacks still remain. In his...

Mauritius From Its Origin

An elegant book tracing the history and of Mauritius from its geological origins to late 20th century independence. The cultural heritage developed since its discovery by early explorers and the successive...

A Year in Grean Tea and Tuk-Tuks: My unlikely adventure in creating an organic farm in Sri Lanka

We’ll all, from time to time, wish we could get out of the rat race and have a go at living Tom and Barbara’s Good Life - self-sustained and environmentally-friendly. For most of us, that’s as far as...