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		ELEPHANT WALK Author Robert Standish ISBN 955 8892 173 Size 14 x 22 x 2 cm, PB A compilation of a social history cum genealogy of four Kandyan families of the upper nobility: the (now extinct) Ehelepolas of Matale, the Madugalles of Dumgara, and the Katugahas and Rambukpothas of Uva. The book contains of rare photos printed on art paper.			THE ROAD FROM ELEPHANT PASS Author Nihal De Silva ISBN 9558095389 The book won the 2003 Gratiaen award awarded by Michael Ondaatje for the best English literary work published in Sri Lanka. An army officer’s routine assignment to pick up a woman informant near Jaffna turns into a nightmare when the Tigers launched a massive attack on the Jaffna Peninsula and the camp at Elephant Pass. The two adversaries are forced to escape together through the rebel held Wanni and later, cross the abandoned Wilpattu National Park on foot.

		THE STORY OF WATER MANAGEMENT IN SRI LANKA DOWN THE AGES Author R.L Brohier ISBN 955 656 0114 Pages 194 Size 14.5 x21.5 x 1 cm, PB Price US$ 6.5 / € 6 / £ 4 A compact history of the methods of agriculture, land - use, water storage and tillage from earliest times to the present. this is the fascinating story of how Sinhaola Kings and their engineers harnessed nature to grow the staple food of the people, so that Sri Lanka become the Granary of the East.			SUDHA Author Maurice Perera ISBN 9558095966 Pages 183 Size 14 x 21 x 1.7 cm, PB The abhorrent issue of caste rears its ugly head when a “high caste” playboy son of a well-known Kandyan family falls in love with a young tea-picker of “lowly” birth, who was once his sworn enemy. It’s a relationship the young tea planter’s domineering mother is determined to destroy by resorting to witchcraft, kidnap and murder. The author a former Sri Lankan Journalist, weaves an intriguing love story against the backdrop of the lush tea plantations of the hill country where thousands of estate workers, many of them until recently tagged “stateless”, toil from dawn to dusk to keep Sri Lanka’s biggest revenue earner alive and well. This is the author’s second novel.

		TRADITIONS OF SRI LANKA Author C.G. Uragoda ISBN 955 96843 02 Size 14.5 x 21.5 x 2.5 cm, HB Price US$ 30 / € 26 / £ 20			THE BITTER BERRY Author Christine Wilson ISBN 955 9348698 Size 14.5 x 22 x 1 cm, PB Price US$ 5.5 / € 4.5 / £ 4

		BRAVE ISLAND Author R.L. Spittel / Wilson ISBN 955 8892 157 Size 15 x 23 x 1.5 cm, PB			GRASS FOR MY FEET Author J. Vijayatunga ISBN 978 955 9348 701 Pages 152 Size 14.5 x 21.5 x 1 cm, PB Price US$ 6 / € 5 / £ 4

		THE MOUNTAIN ROAD Author Christine Wilson ISBN 955 8892 491 Size 15.5 x 22 x 1.5 cm, PB			WHALES AND DOLPHINS SRI LANKA Author Anouk Ilangakoon ISBN 955 9114 284 Size 15x 19 x 0.5 cm, PB Price US$ 14 / € 12 / £ 9

		GREEN ALSLES Author D.L.G. Hennessy ISBN 955 8425 338 Size 14 x 22 x 1 cm, PB .			DISCOVERING CEYLON Author R.L. Brohier ISBN 955 8425 540 Pages 293 Size 14 x 21 x 1.2 cm, PB Price US$ 6.5 / € 5.5 / £ 4