Agatha heads to India to help out her uncle Raymond -- wildlife photographer and a snake charmer. This time Agatha and her uncle are on a mission to find the famous pearl of Bengal, an ancient artifact that was stolen from the temple of the goddess Kali.
This title in Lucent's World History series tells the story of how the modern country of India came into existence. The book traces the ancient political struggles, along with the more recent struggles that lead to India becoming a colony of Great Britain and eventually an independent country.
An old man in India recalls how, when he was a young boy, he got his first taste of freedom as he and his brother joined the great Muhatma Gandhi on a march to the sea to make salt in defiance of British law.
Jana Bibi, a Scottish fortune-teller, inherits her grandfather's house in India and hopes to attract tourists when the town is threatened by a government dam.
A selection of stories from Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Books," in which he tells of the adventures of a boy-cub and his animal friends and enemies in an Indian jungle.
