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  • Immigrant, Montana

    by Amitava Kumar ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARA singularly smart, engaging, and moving novel about a young immigrant in search of himself, and love, in the wider world.Carrying a single suitcase, Kailash arrives in post-Reagan America from India to attend graduate school. His new friends in New York City teasingly call him Kalashnikov, then AK-47, then AK. He takes it ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • My Beloved Life

    A novel

    by Amitava Kumar ...
    An exceptionally moving novel that traces the arc of a man's life, starting from his 1935 birth in a small village in India.Jadunath Kunwar's beginnings are humble, even inauspicious. His mother, while pregnant, nearly dies from a cobra bite. And this is only the first of many challenges in store for Jadu. As his life skates between the mythical and the mundane, Jadu finds meaning in the most ... Read more

    Was $11.99 CAD Now $7.99 CAD

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  • The Shadow Lines Penguin Premium Classic Edition

    by Amitava Ghosh ...
    As a young boy, Amitav Ghosh's narrator travels across time through the tales of those around him, traversing through unreliable planes of memory, unmindful of physical, political and chronological borders. But as he grows older, he is haunted by a seemingly random act of violence. Bits and pieces of stories, both half-remembered and imagined, come together in his mind until he arrives at an ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Every Day I Write the Book

    Notes on Style

    by Amitava Kumar ...
    Amitava Kumar's Every Day I Write the Book is for academic writers what Annie Dillard's The Writing Life and Stephen King's On Writing are for creative writers. Alongside Kumar's interviews with an array of scholars whose distinct writing offers inspiring examples for students and academics alike, the book's pages are full of practical advice about everything from how to write criticism to making ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Between Dispersion and Belonging

    Global Approaches to Diaspora in Practice

    Edited by Amitava Chowdhury, Donald Akenson ...
    Series Book 2 - McGill-Queen's Studies in Ethnic History
    As a historical and religious term "diaspora" has existed for many years, but it only became an academic and analytical concept in the 1980s and ’90s. Within its various usages, two broad directions stand out: diaspora as a dispersion of people from an original homeland, and diaspora as a claim of identity that expresses a form of belonging and also keeps alive a sense of difference.Between ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Nobody Does the Right Thing

    A Novel

    by Amitava Kumar ...
    A young poet is killed by her lover, a politician, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. Soon afterward, across India in Bombay, an idealistic journalist is hired by a movie director to write a Bollywood screenplay about the murdered poet. Research for the script takes the writer, Binod, back to Bihar, where he and his cousin Rabinder were raised. While the high-minded Binod struggles to turn the ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

    Newer Drugs and Biomarkers

    Edited by Amitava Dasgupta ...
    Therapeutic Drug Monitoring: Newer Drugs and Biomarkers features timely topics such as the monitoring of classical and newer drugs, pharmacogenomics and the application of biomarkers in therapeutic drug monitoring. This reference also discusses the limitations of current commercially available immunoassays for therapeutic monitoring. It presents new and sophisticated techniques used for proper ... Read more

    $147.99 CAD

  • Bioremediation Science

    From Theory to Practice

    Edited by Amitava Rakshit, Manoj Parihar, Binoy Sarkar, Harikesh B. Singh, Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto ...
    This book provides state of the art description of various approaches, techniques and some basic fundamentals of bioremediation to manage a variety of organic and inorganic wastes and pollutants present in our environment. A comprehensive overview of recent advances and new development in the field of bioremediation research are provided within relevant theoretical framework to improve our ... Read more

    $137.99 CAD

  • Accurate Results in the Clinical Laboratory

    A Guide to Error Detection and Correction

    Edited by Amitava Dasgupta, Jorge L. Sepulveda ...
    This practical, easy-to-use guide, named to Doody's Core Titles 2013, addresses interference issues in all laboratory tests, including patient epigenetics, process of specimen collection, enzymes, biomarkers. Clinicians and laboratory scientists can therefore rely on one reference which speaks to both their needs of accurate specimen analysis and optimal patient care. Erroneous hospital and ... Read more

    $88.99 CAD

  • Rural and Heritage Tourism in Southeast and South Asia

    Practical Insights and Perspectives

    Edited by Nilanjan Ray, Amitava Basu, Santanu Mallick, Amalendu Samanta ...
    Recent trends in rural and heritage tourism in Southeast and South Asia reflect a dynamic shift toward sustainability, digital integration, and an increased focus on local experiences and wellness. Southeast Asian countries are prioritizing sustainable tourism to mitigate the negative impacts of poorly managed tourism. Initiatives under the ASEAN Tourism Strategic Plan aim to promote greener ... Read more

    $302.99 CAD

  • Selected Novels of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee

    Devdas Good Riddance Pundit Chandranath Debt and Payment

    by Amitava Bhattacharya ...
    This book presents unabridged translation of five of the many captivating novels of the legendary writer Sarat Chandra Chatterjee of India, who wrote in Bengali language in the first quarter of the twentieth century.Devdas: The young boy Devdas has an ardent follower, a little girl Parvati, who is his neighbors daughter. They grow up together in a class conscious, tradition bound, rural community. ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Science of Drinking

    How Alcohol Affects Your Body and Mind, 2nd Edition

    by Amitava Dasgupta ...
    Alcohol is a double-edged sword with many health benefits if consumed in moderation but detrimental if consumed in excess.Therefore, it is important for the general public to understand how to consume alcohol sensibly, its health benefits, as well as the dangers of drinking in excess. The first edition of the book focused on guidelines for drinking based on published scientific evidence of health ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD