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Flood of Fire (Ibis Trilogy #3) by Amitav Ghosh
29.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Ibis Trilogy
The thrilling climax to the Ibis trilogy that began with the phenomenal Booker-shortlisted Sea of Poppies. It is 1839 and tension has been rapidly mounting between China and British India following the crackdown on opium smuggling by Beijing. With no resolution in sight, the colonial government declares ...Show more
Flood of Fire (Ibis Trilogy #3) by Amitav Ghosh
37.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: The\Ibis Trilogy | Reading Level: very good
The stunningly vibrant final novel in the bestselling Ibis Trilogy It is 1839 and China has embargoed the trade of opium, yet too much is at stake in the lucrative business and the British Foreign Secretary has ordered the colonial government in India to assemble an expeditionary force for an attack to ...Show more
Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh
27.99 NZD
Category: Historical Fiction
From the award-winning author of the bestselling epic Ibis trilogy comes a globetrotting, folkloric adventure novel about family and heritage. This is the story of a world on the brink, of increasing displacement and unstoppable transition. But it is also a story of hope, of a man whose faith in the wor ...Show more
Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh
37.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: good
Bundook. Gun. A common word, but one which turns Deen Datta's world upside down. A dealer of rare books, Deen is used to a quiet life spent indoors, but as his once-solid beliefs begin to shift, he is forced to set out on an extraordinary journey; one that takes him from India to Los Angeles and Venice ...Show more
Jungle Nama - A story of the Sundarban by Amitav Ghosh
34.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: near fine
'One of the finest writers of his generation' Financial TimesThousands of islands rise from the rivers' rich silts,crowned with forests of mangrove, rising on stilts.This is the Sundarban, where great rivers give birth;to a vast jungle that joins Ocean and Earth.Jungle Nama is a beautifully illustrated ...Show more
River of Smoke by Amitav Ghosh
39.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: The Ibis Trilogy | Reading Level: very good
In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When the seas settle, five men have disappeared - two lascars, two convicts and one of the passengers. Did the ...Show more
River of Smoke (Ibis Trilogy #2) by Amitav Ghosh
27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Ibis Trilogy | Reading Level: General Adult
In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When the seas settle, five men have disappeared - two lascars, two convicts and one of the passengers. Did the ...Show more
Sea of Poppies: Ibis Trilogy Book 1 by Amitav Ghosh
27.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Ibis Trilogy Ser.
The stunningly vibrant final novel in the bestselling Ibis Trilogy It is 1839 and China has embargoed the trade of opium, yet too much is at stake in the lucrative business and the British Foreign Secretary has ordered the colonial government in India to assemble an expeditionary force for an attack to ...Show more
Sea of Poppies - Man Booker Shortlist 2008 by Amitav Ghosh
38.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction
At the heart of this epic saga, set just before the Opium Wars, is an old slaving-ship, The Ibis". Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, its crew a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a truly diverse ...Show more
Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories by Amitav Ghosh
37.99 NZD
Category: History
When Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels, The Ibis Trilogy, ten years ago, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean, but also by the precious commodity carried in e ...Show more
The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
29.99 NZD
Category: General Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In this extraordinary novel, Amitav Ghosh navigates through time and genres to present a unique tale. Beginning at an unspecified time in the future and ranging back to the late nineteenth century, the reader follows the adventures of the enigmatic L. Murugan. An authority on the Nobel Prize-winning sci ...Show more