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Millennium Post (Kolkata)

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Subjects: News;

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Mother Teresa / by Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel(María Isabel); Rosenberg, Natascha S.;

Includes bibliographical references.Mother Teresa was born in Skopje, Macedonia. From an early age, she knew she wanted to dedicate herself to religion. She was fascinated by stories of missionaries helping people and wanted to do the same. She spent the rest of her life caring for the sick and poor around the world and is now remembered as Saint Teresa of Calcutta. The incredible story of her life features a facts and photos section at the back.LSC

Subjects: Teresa, Mother, Saint, 1910-1997; Missionaries of Charity; Nuns;

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Smoke and ashes / by Mukherjee, Abir,author.;

"Haunted by his memories of the Great War, Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors in the Calcutta police force. When Sam is summoned to investigate a grisly murder, he is stunned at the sight of the body: he's seen this before. Last night, in a drug addled haze, he stumbled across a corpse with the same ritualistic injuries. It seems like there's a deranged killer on the loose. Unfortunately for Sam, the corpse was in an opium den and revealing his presence there could cost him his career. With the aid of his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-not Banerjee, Sam must try to solve the two murders, all the while keeping his personal demons secret, before somebody else turns up dead."--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; British; Murder; Drug addicts;

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A necessary evil / by Mukherjee, Abir,author.;

"India, 1920. Captain Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee of the Calcutta Police Force investigate the dramatic assassination of a Maharajah's son. The fabulously wealthy kingdom of Sambalpore is home to tigers, elephants, diamond mines and the beautiful Palace of the Sun. But when the heir to the throne is assassinated in the presence of Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-Not' Banerjee, they discover a kingdom riven with suppressed conflict. Prince Adhir was a moderniser whose attitudes - and romantic relationship - may have upset the more religious elements of his country, while his brother - now in line to the throne - appears to be a feckless playboy. As Wyndham and Banerjee desperately try to unravel the mystery behind the assassination, they become entangled in a dangerous world where those in power live by their own rules and those who cross their paths pay with their lives. They must find a murderer, before the murderer finds them ... "--Back cover.

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Assassination; Wyndham, Sam (Fictitious character);

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Death in the East / by Mukherjee, Abir,author.;

Calcutta police detective Captain Sam Wyndham and his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-not Banerjee, are back for another rip-roaring adventure set in 1920s India.1922, India. Leaving Calcutta, Captain Sam Wyndham heads for the hills of Assam, to the ashram of a sainted monk where he hopes to conquer his opium addiction. But when he arrives, he sees a ghost from his past a man thought to be long dead, a man Wyndham hoped he would never see again. 1905, London. As a young constable, Sam Wyndham is on his usual East London beat when he comes across an old flame, Bessie Drummond, attacked in the streets. The next day, when Bessie is found brutally beaten in her own room, locked from the inside, Wyndham promises to get to the bottom of this. But the case will cost the young constable more than he ever imagined. In Assam, Wyndham knows he must call his friend and colleague Sergeant Banerjee for help. He is certain this figure from his past isn't here by coincidence, but for revenge.

Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Wyndham, Sam (Fictitious character); British; Revenge;

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Monkey wars / by Kurti, Richard.;

When rhesus monkeys are brutally massacred on the streets of Kolkata by a troop of power hungry langur monkeys, a young langur soldier's life is changed forever.LSC

Subjects: Fables.; Monkeys; Langurs;

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Happy [videorecording] / by Belic, Roko.; Shimizu, Eiji Han.; Reid, Frances.; Hillgrove, Vivien.; Adler, Mark.; Shimoff, Marci.; Shady Acres (Firm); Wadi Rum Productions.; Emotional Content.; Iris Films/Iris Feminist Collective.; Creative Vision (Firm);

Cinematographers, Roko Belic ... [and others] ; editors, Vivien Hillgrove, Roko Belic ; music, Mark Adler.Narrator, Marci Shimoff.Happy takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Combining real life stories of people from around the world and interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research, Happy explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.E.DVD.

Subjects: Documentary films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Happiness.; Joy.;

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