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My Mother’s Secret by J.L. Witterick
৳ 260.00 – ৳ 380.00A novel based on a true story, a mother and daughter risk their lives to provide shelter to two families and a German soldier--all unbeknownst to each other--in a tiny two-room house in Sokal, Poland, during the Nazi invasion. -
The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie: Three Novels by Ágota Kristóf, Alan Sheridan
৳ 240.00 – ৳ 320.00These three internationally acclaimed novels have confirmed Agota Kristof's reputation as one of the most provocative exponents of new-wave European fiction. With all the stark simplicity of a fractured fairy tale, the trilogy tells the story of twin brothers, Claus and Lucas, locked in an agonizing bond that becomes a gripping allegory of the forces that have divided "brothers" in much of Europe since World War II. Kristof's postmodern saga begins with The Notebook, in which the brothers are children, lost in a country torn apart by conflict, who must learn every trick of evil and cruelty merely to survive. In The Proof, Lucas is challenging to prove his own identity and the existence of his missing brother, a defector to the "other side." The Third Lie, which closes the trilogy, is a biting parable of Eastern and Western Europe today and a deep exploration into the nature of identity, storytelling, and the truths and untruths that lie at the heart of them all. "Stark and haunting." - The San Francisco Chronicle; "A vision of considerable depth and complexity, a powerful portrait of the nobility and perversity of the human heart." - The Christian Science Monitor. -
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. Sullivan
৳ 360.00 – ৳ 440.00Based on the true story of a forgotten hero, Beneath a Scarlet Sky is the triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours. -
Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War by Sarmila Bose
৳ 270.00 – ৳ 350.00This text chronicles the 1971 war in South Asia by reconstituting the memories of those on opposing sides of the conflict. The book challenges assumptions about the nature of conflict, and exposes the ways in which the 1971 conflict is still playing out in the region. -
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
৳ 240.00 – ৳ 320.00He depicts violence in its many forms, whether through the firing of missiles and warfare or guns touted by average folks in America, and the prevalence of domestic violence. Vuong's poetry tends to focus on the fragility of human life, how we often think ourselves invincible, but how easily it can all end. -
War and Secession: Pakistan, India, and the Creation of Bangladesh by Richard Sisson
৳ 320.00 – ৳ 400.00A decade after the 1971 wars in South Asia, the principal decisionmakers were still uncertain why wars so clearly unwanted had occurred. The authors reconstruct the complex decisionmaking process attending the break-up of Pakistan and the subsequent war between India and Pakistan. Much of their data derive from interviews conducted with principal players in each of the countries immediately involved-Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh-including Indira Gandhi and leaders of the Awami League in Bangladesh. -
The Colonel Who Would Not Repent by Salil Tripathi
৳ 360.00 – ৳ 440.00The Colonel Who Would Not Repent” is the remarkable story of one of the twentieth century's most cataclysmic conflicts, the 1971 war which resulted in the creation of Bangladesh. Salil Tripathi describes the social, linguistic, political and cultural fault lines that separated the two parts of former Pakistan -
Bangladesh: The Unfinished Revolution by Lawrence Lifschultz
৳ 260.00 – ৳ 340.00Revolutionary mass upheaval generally weakens the people's respect for authority, law, and discipline; and it brings in its wake social, economic, and political disorders, facilitating the establishment of an authoritarian regime. The French Revolution was based on the ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity; but the destruction of the old social and political fabric, and the failure to institutionalize the new ideas, led Frenchmen to search for “the man of genius destined at once to carry on and to abolish the revolution.” The Russian Revolution of 1917 was also followed by several years of civil war, which led to the establishment of the ruthless totalitarian regime of Stalin, itself reminiscent of the Thermidorian Reaction. In Algeria, Cuba, China, and North Vietnam, successful mass armed revolutions have been consolidated only because of their one-party dictatorships. -
Operation X: The Untold Story of India’s Covert Naval War in Bangladesh by M.N.R. Samant
৳ 290.00 – ৳ 370.001971. Sheikh Mujibur Rehman in East Pakistan has just won an electoral mandate to become the prime minister of Pakistan. Accustomed to treating the eastern wing of the country as a colony, the ruling disposition in West Pakistan is not pleased, and launches a genocide against the residents of East Pakistan, flooding India with lakhs of refugees. With the violence in East Pakistan reaching a crescendo, the Indian government is faced with a difficult option: remain a mute spectator to the savagery on its eastern borders, or take action and go to war against its western neighbour. Thus was born Naval Commando Operation (X) - comprising Indian navy officers and divers, eight deserters from a Pakistani submarine and a ragtag bunch of Bengali youth fleeing the genocide - one of India's largest clandestine operations, meant to destabilize the West Pakistani efforts to bring East Pakistan to its knees. Revealed for the very first time, here is the explosive authentic account of the guerrilla operation that went for the maritime jugular of Pakistan, and facilitated the birth of Bangladesh
