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Author
Series
Ibis trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Author
Series
Ibis trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
"The Ibis, loaded to its gunwales with a cargo of indentured servants, is in the grip of a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal; among the dozens flailing for survival are Neel, the pampered raja who has been convicted of embezzlement; Paulette, the French orphan masquerading as a deck hand; and Deeti, the widowed poppy grower fleeing her homeland with her lover, Kalua. "--Cover.
Author
Series
Ibis trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"The stunningly vibrant final novel in the bestselling Ibis Trilogy It is 1839 and China has embargoed the trade of opium, yet too much is at stake in the lucrative business and the British Foreign Secretary has ordered the colonial government in India to assemble an expeditionary force for an attack to reinstate the trade. Among those consigned is Kesri Singh, a soldier in the army of the East India Company. He makes his way eastward on the Hind,...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Opioid addiction is fast becoming the most deadly crisis in American history. In 2017, it claimed nearly fifty thousand lives -- more than gunshots and car crashes combined, and almost as many Americans as were killed in the entire Vietnam War. But even as the overdose crisis ravages our nation -- straining our prison system, dividing families, and defying virtually every legislative solution to treat it-- few understand how it came to be. Opium tells...
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