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In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, where a damaged clock can fracture time--and a destroyed one can stop it completely, eighteen-year-old mechanic Danny investigates fallen clock towers in British-occupied India and unravels more secrets about his and Colton's past.

Tom, who comes from a long line of criminals, travels with his roguish uncle to India to find a family treasure--an antique jewel-encrusted tiger stolen from the sultan's throne hundreds of years ago.

Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.

"Even though it is only about one-third as big as the United States, India is the second most populated country in the world. With the help of a local named Harisha, readers will get an up-close look at this beautiful country and see how its people live. They will also learn about India's history and get an insider's view of local traditions, culture, and much more."--Publisher.

Sold to be the eighth wife of a rich and cruel merchant, Safia, also called Raka, tries to escape her fate by telling stories of Farhad the thief, his companion Nitish the white tiger, and their travels across India to retrieve a famous jewel that will save a kidnapped princess from becoming the bride of a demon king.

A young girl describes what it is like to live in India.

An introduction to India, discussing the land, government, people, cultures and more.

Presents Rudyard Kipling's classic stories about Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves, and the animals in his world, including the mongoose Rikki in "Rikki-tikki-tavi" and the crocodile in a reflective mood in "The Undertakers.".

In the threatened jungle of the Borderlands between Nepal and India during the 1970s, an orphaned boy discovers his fate as a great elephant driver.

Weaving his tale around a Gond fable about water, artist Subash Vyam muses on the history of our relationship to this most primeval of elements. A migrant to the city, he recalls growing up in a village where water was always scarce and human ingenuity was welcomed. In contrast to the village, the needs of the city are monstrous and there is a great danger that we will run this resource completely dry. In the end, there is only one way forward: all communities need to make a pact with Nature in order to survive---or in our mindless push to harness her powers, we might lose our own place in this universe.