Listopia > Tisha's votes on the list My Fave Reads August - September- October2014 (13 Books)
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Love's own voice
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"A pictorial, rich with detail yet accessible introduction to Begum Akhtar, with a CD at the end as a bonus beauty."
Tisha
rated it 4 stars
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Rujuvathu
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"Post his passing away,had started a systematic rediscovery by rereading his novels. This is a culling of a magazine started with him. It is disparate but rich with conversation and meanings which speak to me."
Tisha
rated it 3 stars
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Letter to My Daughter
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"Simple and I have a soft spot for letters written with thought as after-thought."
Tisha
rated it 4 stars
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When God is a Traveller
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"Spunk and the monk - poetry on a well made bonfire."
Tisha
rated it 4 stars
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The Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller
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"What unique scholarship!"
Tisha
rated it 4 stars
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Water close over us: A journey along the Narmada
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"Absolutely under-rated.By anauthor who covers terrain he has grown up loving. He uncovers much for me.I, have a soft spot for this landscape too, in my intermittent exposure to it across the last three decades."
Tisha
rated it 4 stars
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Where the Heart Beats: John Cage, Zen Buddhism, and the Inner Life of Artists
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"A beautiful biography. Written across time with a heartfelt experience of a certain kind of Buddhist practice along with a deep contemporary response as an artist. Could've been slightly shorter but lovely nonetheless."
Tisha
rated it 4 stars
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The Wild Places
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"Here's why " http://www.blog.indiareads.com/?revie..."
Tisha
rated it 5 stars
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Deki the story of a dog and a boy in Tibet
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The Gurkha's Daughter: Stories
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"This author's ear for dialogue is a joy!"
Tisha
rated it 3 stars
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Maps For A Mortal Moon
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"Adil is an old favourite and here is a set of reflections in prose, from a poet."
Tisha
rated it 4 stars
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The Forty Rules of Love
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"Loved the Rumi-Shams storyline"
Tisha
rated it 4 stars
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José Martí, Cuban Apostle: A Dialogue
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"A rich dialogue exposing me, with great depth and beauty to Jose Marti"
Tisha
rated it 4 stars
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