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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 6 books in this booklist
£10.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781782067993 | ISBN 10: 178206799x
From Ceylon to the Tamil Tigers, from elephant sanctuaries to indigenous tribes, this is one of the first in-depth accounts of Sri Lanka, by an award-winning travel writer. Everyone has wanted a piece of paradise. Sri Lanka is a sma ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781760293260 | ISBN 10: 1760293261
In 1987, 17-year old Niromi de Soyza shocked her middle-class Sri Lankan family by joining the Tamil Tigers. Equipped with a rifle and cyanide capsule she was one of the rebels' first female soldiers. Now married and living in suburban Sydney, this i ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780857895974 | ISBN 10: 0857895974
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2015 In the summer of 2009, the leader of the dreaded Tamil Tiger guerrillas was killed, bringing to a bloody end the stubborn and complicated civil war in Sri Lanka. For nearly thirty years, the wa ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781849534147 | ISBN 10: 1849534144
Mr Fernando led me into a dark room that was lined with book-cases and smelled of leather and damp. The polished, concrete floor of the library was covered with white jasmine flowers that had blown through the windows during the storm. He began to se ... more
View book details£11.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9780099548478 | ISBN 10: 009954847x
The death of a democracy, the suppression of a people, the fight for Sri Lanka. Once known for its exquisite tea, drowsy climate, and amiable people, Sri Lanka was the Indian Ocean jewel of the British Empire. After Independence, the island e ... more
View book details£25.00 paperback (1998) - ISBN 13: 9780791438343 | ISBN 10: 0791438341
Explores Sinhala-Buddhist fundamentalist ideology and its power to shape the identities of Sri Lanka's ethnic and religious minorities. The ideology asserts a vital link between the island of Sri Lanka and the Sinhala people, especially in their role ... more
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