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Jana Bibi, a Scottish fortune-teller, inherits her grandfather's house in India and hopes to attract tourists when the town is threatened by a government dam.

Offers a fictionalized account of the life of Mehrunnisa, a sixteenth-century empress of India whose love helped shape the course of the Mughal empire in the seventeenth century.

Penelope Deveraux is sent to India to let the scandal surrounding her hasty marriage die down and is plunged into a strange world of intrigue and danger where the only person Penelope can trust is not her husband, but the dashing Alex Reid.

When she discovers that her husband and his mother are planning to kill her because she has failed to produce a child and her family has failed to produce the promised dowry, Megha, running for her life, finds a safe harbor in the arms of a good friend, a relationship that is strictly forbidden.

The author describes how she decided to return to her native India in order to find a husband.

Photographs and text explore the themes used through the centuries by village craftsmen on Hindu temples, Mogul palaces, and traditional crafts and reveals how modern designers are reinterpreting these forms and returning to the indigenous skills of Indian craftsmen and women.

Presents an illustrated collection of traditional folk tales from India, including "The Monkey's Heart," and "Rama and Sita.".

UCLA medical student Jennifer Hernandez is shocked when she learns that her beloved grandmother has died following hip replacement surgery in a hospital in New Delhi, India, and when her attempts to learn what happened meet with resistance, she calls upon her friend New York City medical examiner Dr. Laurie Montgomery for help, and together the women uncover a sinister conspiracy of global proportions.