From The Blurbs

BLOGGERS ON BIKING by James Randerson, Guardian Books, Rs 400

Can beer and bikes ever mix? What’s the best way to cycle in a summer dress? Which bike is best suited for a hilly terrain? The Guardian’s bike blog is one of the vibrant sections of the newspaper’s website. The book is a collection of cyclists’ voices.

THE GREAT MOON HOAX by Stephen Krensky, Illustrated by Josée Bisaillon, US $16.95

The book tells the amusing true story of an elaborate prank by The New York Sun, in 1835—fictitious headlines touted the discovery, via a telescope in South Africa, of life on the moon. Imaginative illustrations by Canadian artist Josée Bisaillon lend the story a tinge of social commentary.

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY OF EARLY INDIA, A READER edited by Nandini Sinha Kapur, OUP, Rs 695

The past decade has seen a spurt of writings on environmental history. But a history of early India has rarely been constructed from an environmental perspective. This reader presents a comprehensive survey of environmental history in ancient and early medieval India. It examines significant aspects of early Indian society and state, and their relationship with nature.