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1	Running in the Family more books like this by Michael Ondaatje add to wishlist Inspired by a trip home to Sri Lanka, the poet and novelist Michael Ondaatje writes a quasi-autobiography that is an impressionistic portrait of his unusual family, particularly his eccentric but lovable father. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Anil's Ghost more books like this by Michael Ondaatje add to wishlist Michael Ondaatje explores the aftermath of the civil war in Sri Lanka, his homeland, in this story of an anthropologist living in America. She returns to Sri Lanka to investigate a suspected mass murder, and becomes part of a team that unearths the bodies of the "disappeared." A large cast of characters shares the narrative, including a doctor ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	China Star more books like this by Bartle Bull add to wishlist Bartle Bull, former publisher of the Village Voice and master of the exotic adventure novel, returns with a tale of romance, vengeance, and intrigue. China Star begins in 1920s Paris, where Shanghai Station the 's Russian count, Alexander Karlov, and Viktor Polyak, the Soviet agent who killed Karlov's parents and abducted his twin sister Katerina ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Funny Boy more books like this by Shyam Selvadurai add to wishlist A novel about a Sri Lankan boy who likes to wear a sari, play with girls, and avoid sports, and the difficulties he faces because of his differences. Winner of the Smithbooks/Books in Canada First Novel Award for 1994. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Medusa's Hair: An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience more books like this by Gananath Obeyesekere add to wishlist The great pilgrimage center of southeastern Sri Lanka, Kataragama, has become in recent years the spiritual home of a new class of Hindu-Buddhist religious devotees. These ecstatic priests and priestesses invariably display long locks of matted hair, and they express their devotion to the gods through fire walking, tongue-piercing, hanging on ... see all copies from $3.47! new only from $16.75! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo more books like this by Richard Francis Gombrich add to wishlist "Theravada Buddhism" is widely recognised as the classic introduction to the branch of Buddhism found in Sri Lanka and parts of South East Asia. The Buddha preached in north-east India in about the fifth-century BC. He claimed that human beings are responsible for their own salvation, and put forward a new ideal of the holy life, establishing a ... see all copies from $5.59! new only from $30.13! \| SVS
7	A history of Sri Lanka more books like this by K. M. De Silva add to wishlist see all copies from $29.00! new only from $33.48! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Now Let's Talk about Music more books like this by Gordon Merrick add to wishlist A gay man named Gerry Kennicutt seeks his true love, and on a trip to Bangkok he finds it in an unexpected place. see all copies from $2.10! new only from $194.22!
9	Bodies in Motion: Stories more books like this by Mary Anne Mohanraj add to wishlist A collection of interlinked tales takes place in Sri Lanka throughout the past half century and follows the struggles of two families caught between the traditions of their ancestors and the modernization of social mores and customs. 25,000 first printing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Studies in South Asian Linguistics: Sinhala and Other South Asian Languages more books like this by James W Gair, Barbara C Lust (Selected by) add to wishlist This volume collects twenty-nine published and unpublished papers by the linguist James Gair, considered the foremost western scholar of the Sri Lankan languages Sinhala and Jaffna Tamil. Ranging over thirty years, his work also considers issues in a variety of Indian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Bengali. The ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $16.50! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Journey to Mindfulness: The Autobiography of Bhante G. more books like this by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Jeanne Malmgren add to wishlist From one of the world's most influential meditation teachers comes the engrossing story of his life and his journey along the path to mindfulness. see all copies from $2.30! new only from $3.34! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Cool Hotels: India, Maldives, Sri Lanka more books like this by Kim Inglis, Jacob Termansen (Photographer), Pia Marie Molbech (Photographer) add to wishlist A select review of the Indian sub-continent's most unique hotels and resorts. From metropolitan concrete cubes to a renovated 17th century Portuguese fort, each location offers a new look and all have been chosen for their fantastically designed interiors. see all copies from $4.49! new only from $4.49! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent: Second Edition more books like this by Jc Harle add to wishlist This volume is now reissued with colour illustrations, textual revisions, and an updated bibliography. see all copies from $11.50! new only from $38.50! \| SVS
14 view cover	Buddhism Betrayed?: Religion, Politics, and Violence in Sri Lanka more books like this by Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Lal Jayawardena (Foreword by) add to wishlist This volume seeks to answer the question of how the Buddhist monks in today's Sri Lanka--given Buddhism's traditionally nonviolent philosophy--are able to participate in the fierce political violence of the Sinhalese against the Tamils. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $19.64! \| SVS
15 view cover	The Religious World of Kirti Sri: Buddhism, Art, and Politics of Late Medieval Sri Lanka more books like this by John Clifford Holt add to wishlist In this interdisciplinary inquiry, John Clifford Holt seeks to uncover how Buddhism was understood and expressed during the waning years of indigenous political power in Asia's oldest continuing Buddhist culture. Holt focuses on King Kirti Sri Rajasinha and how, despite powerful and persistent Dutch colonial threats and a deeply suspicious Kandyan ... see all copies from $9.76! new only from $11.40! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Surveying and Mapping in Colonial Sri Lanka, 1800-1900 more books like this by Dr. Ian J Barrow add to wishlist A study of surveying and mapping is imperative for understanding the nature of colonialism in South Asia. It also sheds light on the islands economy, environment, and politics. This book is the first comprehensive history of surveying and mapping in colonial Sri Lanka. It provides a wide-ranging account of events, policies, and individuals shaping ... see all copies from $23.20! new only from $24.95! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Kitchen Spoon's Handle: Transnationalism and Sri Lanka's Migrant Housemaids more books like this by Michele Ruth Gamburd add to wishlist A common Sinhala proverb states, "A woman's understanding reaches only the length of the kitchen spoon's handle". In this beautifully written book on the effects of female migration from Sri Lanka, Michele Ruth Gamburd shows that the length of that handle now spans several thousand miles, rather than a mere twelve inches. During the past twenty ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $15.54! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Handwriting: Poems more books like this by Michael Ondaatje add to wishlist Ondaatje's book of poetry is about the kinds and uses of handwriting, and the rich potential of language in general as an expression of self. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.90! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Man-Eater of Punanai: A Journey of Discovery to the Jungles of Old Ceylon more books like this by Christopher Ondaatje add to wishlist Autobiographical account of a Sri Lanka born Canadian, woven around his journey through Sri Lanka. see all copies from $9.59! new only from $12.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Community, Gender and Violence: Subaltern Studies XI more books like this by Professor Partha Chatterjee (Editor), Professor Pradeep Jeganathan (Editor) add to wishlist In its early phase, "Subaltern Studies" dealt extensively with the issue of community and violence in the context of peasant uprisings. Once the problems of peasant involvement in the modern politics of the nation were subjected to the same critical scrutiny, complexities in that relationship began to emerge. A new dimension was introduced when ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $5.95! \| SVS
21	Under the Bo Tree: Studies in Caste, Kinship and Marriage in the Interior of Ceylon more books like this by Nur Yalman add to wishlist see all copies from $4.00! new only from $35.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Cinnamon gardens more books like this by Shyam Selvadurai add to wishlist In Shyam Selvadurai's masterful second novel, set in repressive and complex 1920s Ceylon, the Cinnamon Gardens is a residential enclave of wealthy Ceylonese. Among them is Annalukshmi, an independent and high-spirited young teacher intent on thwarting her parents' plans to arrange her marriage. In a parallel narrative, her uncle, Balendran ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Bone China more books like this by Roma Tearne add to wishlist An epic novel of love, loss and a family uprooted, set in the contrasting landscapes of war-torn Sri Lanka and immigrant London. Grace de Silva, wife of the shiftless but charming Aloysius, has five children and a crumbling marriage. Her eldest son, Jacob, wants desperately to go to England. Thornton, the most beautiful of all the children and ... see all copies from $4.37! new only from $8.95! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Monkfish Moon more books like this by Romesh Gunesekera add to wishlist The first volume of short stories from a Sri Lankan writer. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Tea Leaves more books like this by Frederick Lipp add to wishlist Shanti lives in the mountains of Sri Lanka with her mother, Amma, who works hard every day picking tea leaves. Before walking to school one day, Shanti asks her mother for her wishes. "I wish you good luck, and may you be surprised by what you learn," says Amma. When Shanti learns about the sea, she is fascinated. Eager to find out more, she is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.32! \| SVS

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