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1) Bangladesh
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Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, people, government, culture, history, religion, economy, and wildlife of Bagladesh.
3) Samira surfs
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English
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After months of rebuilding a new life in Bangladesh with her family, Samira decides to become a Bengali surfer girl of Cox's Bazar, in this novel in verse about a young Rohingya girl's journey from isolation and persecution to sisterhood, and from fear to power.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
Nishat doesn't want to lose her family, but she also doesn't want to hide who she is, and it only gets harder once a childhood friend walks back into her life. Flávia is beautiful and charismatic, and Nishat falls for her instantly. But when a school competition invites students to create their own businesses, both Flávia and Nishat decide to showcase their talent as henna artists. In a fight to prove who is the best, their lives become more tangled--...
5) Tiger boy
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English
Description
A tiger cub has escaped from a reserve in the Sunderbans in West Bengal, India, and Neel, a poor boy from the islands, is determined to find her in order to save her from being captured and sold on the black market by Mr. Gupta and his men.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali is looking forward to going to Caltech and getting away from her conservative Muslim parents' expectation that she will marry, especially since she is in love with her girlfriend Ariana-- but when her parents catch her kissing Ariana, they whisk Rukhsana off to Bangladesh and a world of tradition and arranged marriages, and she must find the courage to fight for the right to choose her own path.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
"Seamlessly interweaves five love stories that, together, chronicle sixty years of Bangladeshi history. Shahryar, a recent PhD graduate and father of nine-year-old Anna, must leave the US when his visa expires. In their last remaining weeks together, we learn Shahryar's history, in a village on the Bay of Bengal, where a poor fisherman and his wife are preparing to face a storm of historic proportions. That story intersects with those of a Japanese...
8) The Ganges
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Series
Language
English
Description
An overview of the Ganges River, one of the largest waterways in the world, valued not only for trade and irrigation, but for its religious importance to Hindus.
9) Bangladesh
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Bangladesh"--
10) Bangladesh
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Describes the geography, history, industries, education, government, and cultures of Bangladesh. Includes maps, charts, and graphs"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Speculative fiction novel set in post-apocalyptic Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2089, after residents have discovered how to survive with biological nanotech. Cyber Mage, the teenager moonlighting as a hacker, crosses paths with mercenary Djibrel and together they seek out the fate of the Djinn, a magical super race of genies"--
12) Bangladesh
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
191 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gorgeously green yet swamped with people, Bangladesh is a rural wonderland laden with waterways, peppered with villages and bursting with humanity. * Brand new People & Culture feature * Boat Trips feature * Walking Tours & Hikes.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book reveals the facts about the Ganges, a river sacred to Hindus. Follow it from its source high in the Himalayas, southeast through India and into Bangladesh, where it empties into the Bay of Bengal. Flowing through one of the most densely populated areas in the world, its banks are also the site of shrines, temples, and holy cities, including Varanasi, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Pollution of the river and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In late 1970 a boy named Saadi is born into a large, defiantly Bengali family in eastern Pakistan. Months later the country splits in two, in what will become one of the most ferocious twentieth-century civil wars. Saadi tells the story of his childhood and of the ingenious ways his family survived the violence and conflicts: from his aunts stuffing him endlessly with sweets to stop marauding soldiers from hearing him cry, to street games based on...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
455 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Fashion designer Shelby Lawrence is launching her mother-daughter dresses nationwide when she receives a photo of the girl who will change her life forever. Runa, the family's newly sponsored child, is a clever student growing up near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Shelby's daughter Paisley is instantly captivated by their faraway friend. As the girls exchange heartwarming messages, Shelby has no idea that a tragedy in Runa's life is about to upend her own....
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