Title |
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
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Names |
Boo, Katherine.
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Book Number |
DB074457
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Books
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer's 2007-2011 observations of the inhabitants of Annawadi, a slum surrounding the luxury hotels at the Mumbai, India, airport. Portrays the lives of disadvantaged families who battle hunger and disease and describes India's political and religious tensions and police corruption. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2012.
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Narrator |
Byers, Catherine.
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Local Subject |
Social sciences - Social groups - 305
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Social sciences - 300
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Best Sellers, Non-Fiction - BESNF
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Asia - History, Geography, and Travel - ASIA
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Asian Interest - ASIAN
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History - World - HISW
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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Adult Book - AD
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Medium Length Book - MD
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Audience Notes |
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer's 2007-2011 observations of the inhabitants of Annawadi, a slum surrounding the luxury hotels at the Mumbai, India, airport. Portrays the lives of disadvantaged families who battle hunger and disease and describes India's political and religious tensions and police corruption. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2012.
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Local Subject |
Book Club Selection - LB's book group - BCS
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Foreign Setting - FS
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Sociology - SOC
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LC Subject |
Creative nonfiction
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Urban poor - India - Bombay
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Bombay (India) - Economic conditions - 21st century
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Nonfiction
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Call Number |
305.5690954792 ANF
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Language |
English
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Released |
2012
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : Random House 2012 (Benefit Media, recording studio)
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: 1st ed. New York : Random House, c2012. 1400067553
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