M. M Kaye
Author
Series
(Mary Margaret),Share of summer volume 1st pt
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
A captivating work of memory that recalls the author's youth in India and recreates in affectionate detail an India long gone.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
19790115
Language
English
Description
This sweeping epic set in 19th-century India begins in the foothills of the towering Himalayas and follows a young Indian-born orphan as he's raised in England and later returns to India where he falls in love with an Indian princess and struggles with cultural divides."The Far Pavilions "is itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end. It is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
At her christening a princess is given the gift of "ordinariness" by a fairy, and the consequences of that eventually take her to a nearby palace where, having run away to become a fourteenth assistant kitchen maid, she meets the prince for her.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twenty-year-old Amanda Derrington is on an extended cruise with her uncle when she decides to make a short side trip to the sunwashed island of Cyprus. But even before the ship arrives in port, there is a suspicious death. What Amanda had meant to be a pleasant excursion quickly takes a turn for the worse in this classic novel of suspense and romance by one of our most celebrated writers.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A timeless classic by the bestselling author of "The Far Pavilions." When a violent storm lashes the tiny Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal, one of the islanders is unaccounted for when the boats return to harbor--leading Copper Randal and the other visitors to conclude that one of their number is a murderer
10) Trade wind
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1981]
Language
English
Description
Beautiful Athena Hollis comes to Zanzibar determined to reform the dark continent, but, it is she who is reformed.
11) Death in Kashmir
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
When young Sarah Parrish takes a skiing vacation to Gulmarg, a resort nestled in the mountains above the fabled Vale of Kashmir, she anticipates an entertaining but uneventful stay. But when she discovers that the deaths of two in her party, are the result of foul play, she finds herself entrusted with a mission of unforseen importance. And when she leaves the ski slopes for the Waterwitch, a private houseboat on the placid shores of the Dal Lake...