61 Best Mauritius Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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The Mauritius Command (Aubrey & Maturin #4)

Patrick O'Brian

5.0

Captain Jack Aubrey is ashore on half pay without a command—until Stephen Maturin arrives with secret orders for Aubrey to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a commodore's pennant, there to mount an expedition against the French-held islands of Mauritius and La Réunion. But the difficulties of carrying out his orders are compounded by two of his own captains—Lord Clonfert, a pleasure-se

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The Last Brother

Nathacha Appanah, Geoffrey Strachan

5.0

In The Last Brother by Nathacha Appanah, 1944 is coming to a close and nine-year-old Raj is unaware of the war devastating the rest of the world. He lives in Mauritius, a remote island in the Indian Ocean, where survival is a daily struggle for his family. When a brutal beating lands Raj in the hospital of the prison camp where his father is a guard, he meets a mysterious boy his own age. David is

3

Eve out of Her Ruins

Ananda Devi, Jeffrey Zuckerman, et al.

5.0

"Devi writes about terrible and bitter events with a soft, delicate voice."—Le Figaro

With brutal honesty and poetic urgency, Ananda Devi relates the tale of four young Mauritians trapped in their country's endless cycle of fear and violence: Eve, whose body is her only weapon and source of power; Savita, Eve's best friend, the only one who loves Eve without self-interest, who has plans to leave bu

4

Me Before You (Me Before You, #1)

Jojo Moyes

5.0

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, discover the love story that captured over 20 million hearts in Me Before You, After You, and Still Me.

They had nothing in common until love gave them everything to lose . . .

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has barely been farther afield than their tiny villa

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Last Chance to See

Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine

4.9

"Very funny and moving...The glimpses of rare fauna seem to have enlarged [Adams'] thinking, enlivened his world; and so might the animals do for us all, if we were to help them live."
THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD
Join bestselling author Douglas Adams and zooligist Mark Carwardine as they take off around the world in search of exotic, endangered creatures. Hilarious and poignant--as only Douglas A

Recommended by Beth Shapiro, Gaia Vince, and Mark Lynas.

Beth Shapiro

He describes in this book not only the beauty of these animals, but the human landscape they live in and what a disastrous time he has getting to these locations. [source]

Gaia Vince

This is a book obviously for readers but it’s also a book for writers of science to understand how to capture the imagination of readers. [source]

Mark Lynas

For me, Last Chance to See is a real eye-opener, with the idea that you can take a depressing subject – species on the verge of extinction – and present it in a way which is so engaging, so funny and so humane. [source]

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The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World’s Rarest Species

Carlos Magdalena

4.9

Carlos Magdalena of Kew Gardens is not your average botanical horticulturist. He's a man on a mission to save the world's most endangered plants from destruction and thieves hunting for wealthy collectors. He is a plant messiah.

From the planet's tiniest waterlily - the Nymphaea thermarum - to Huarango trees with roots over 50 metres long, Carlos has a miraculous ability to bring breathtakingly bea

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The Best of Mauritian Cuisine: History of Mauritian Cuisine and Recipes from Mauritius

Madeleine V Philippe and Clancy J Philippe

4.8

This is no ordinary recipe book! Following on from his first book, a very moving, tear jerking autobiography: "Madeleine - Losing A Soul Mate to Cancer", Clancy has brought together an exceptional collection of recipes, presented in an easy to follow format, for the whole world to try

Throughout the entire book one ingredient predominates and is clearly the mainstay of not only the recipes but is t

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The Prospector

J. M. G. (Jean-Marie Gustave) Le Clezio

4.8

The Prospector is the crowning achievement from one of France's preeminent contemporary novelists and a work rich with sensuality and haunting resonance. It is the turn of the century on the island of Mauritius, and young Alexis L'Etang enjoys an idyllic existence with his parents and beloved sister: sampling the pleasures of privilege, exploring the constellations and tropical flora, and dreaming

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4 Book Set: The Aubrey–Maturin Series - Master and Commander, Post Captain, HMS Surprise, The Mauritius Command (The Aubrey–Maturin Series, Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4)

Patrick O'Brian

4.8

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Georges

Alexandre Dumas, Werner Sollors, et al.

4.8

Long out of print in America, Alexandre Dumas’s most daring narrative is now available in this major new translation by Tina A. Kover. Filled with intrigue, romance, and deadly vengeance, Georges is the story of a wealthy mulatto boy who is driven from his island home by racist landowners. Returning to Mauritius as an accomplished young man, Georges pits his strength against a powerful plantation

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Lonely Planet Mauritius, Reunion & Seychelles

Lonely Planet, Matt Phillips, et al.

4.8

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher

Lonely Planet Mauritius, Reunion Seychelles is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Hike through the wild and remote Cirque de Mafate on Reunion, relax amid tropical waters on the coral island of Denis Island on Seychelles, and dive to the underwater rock forma

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River of Smoke

Amitav Ghosh

4.8

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
A Washington Post Notable Fiction Book of Year
A NPR Best Book of the Year

In Amitav Ghosh's Sea of Poppies, the Ibis began its treacherous journey across the Indian Ocean, bound for the cane fields of Mauritius with a cargo of indentured servants. Now, in River of Smoke, the former slave ship flounders in the Bay of Bengal, caught in the midst of a deadly

13

Fight or Flight?: The survival guide for flying with kids

Dana Bachar Grossman

4.8

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Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Rodrigues, Seychelles and the Comoros

Olivier Langrand and Ian Sinclair

4.8

This book describes the bird life of the region embracing Madagascar, the Seychelles group, the Comoros and the Mascarenes (comprising Mauritius, Reunion and Rodrigues) a region that hosts nearly 400 species, many endemic. All are fully described, giving ID features, preferred habitats, status, calls, distribution maps and full-color illustrations. The book includes useful guide-type maps and prac

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Golden Bats & Pink Pigeons

Gerald Durrell

4.8

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The Island Kitchen: Recipes from Mauritius and the Indian Ocean

Selina Periampillai

4.8

'The Island Kitchen has lifted my spirits and made me hungry and happy in equal measure' Nigella Lawson

This ravishing cookbook will take you on a journey around the Indian Ocean islands, to taste the flavours of the colourful markets of Mauritius, the aromatic spice gardens of the Seychelles, the fishing coasts of the Maldives, the lagoons of Mayotte and the forests of Madagascar. Selina Periampil

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Lonely Planet Mauritius, Reunion & Seychelles

Lonely Planet, Jean-Bernard Carillet, et al.

4.8

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher

Lonely Planet Mauritius, Reunion & Seychelles is your passport to all the most relevant and up-to-date advice on what to see, what to skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Dive off the coast of Mauritius, get a sweat up hiking through the dramatic mountains of Reunion, or laze on idyllic beach in the Seychelles; all with your trusted

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The Mauritian Shekel: The Story of Jewish Detainees in Mauritius, 1940-1945

Geneviéve Pitot

4.8

In 1940 thousands of Jews were trying to flee Nazi persecution in Europe. This is the little-known story of a group of 1,600 Jewish refugees who, having escaped from Nazi-occupied Europe, were refused entry into Palestine by the British in 1940 because they were considered OillegalO immigrants. Their deportation after landing in the Promised Land, Eretz Israel, was unique. As a deterrent to others

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MAURITIUS Country Studies: A brief, comprehensive study of Mauritius

State Department

4.8

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The Edge of the World: A Visual Adventure to the Most Extraordinary Places on Earth

The Editors of Outside Magazine

4.8

Photos and stories that will stop you in your tracks -Created in partnership with Outside magazine for its 40th anniversary -The gripping stories behind some of Outside's most iconic images. -More than 140 of the best adventure photos ever featured in Outside With a foreword by world-renowned photographer Jimmy Chin and an introduction by Outside magazine's editor Christopher Keyes, Edge of the Wo

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Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)

Amitav Ghosh

4.8

At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Her destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean shortly before the outbreak of the Opium Wars in China. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners on board, from a bankrupt raja to a widowed tribeswoman, from a mulatto American freedman to a free-spirited French orphan. As

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Mauritius: Its Creole Language: The Ultimate Creole Phrase Book and Dictionary

Jacques K. Lee

4.8

Revealing the language’s delightfully simple rules, this detailed reference makes it a breeze for tourists, businessmen, and linguists to learn and speak Mauritian Creole. A pidgin French 300 years in the making and the country’s lingua franca, the language contains no grammatical rules, verbs, or unnecessary silent letters and lacks orthography, apostrophes, and cedillas. Part phrase book, part h

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Mauritius Marco Polo Pocket Travel Guide 2018 - with pull out map (Marco Polo Guides)

Marco Polo Travel Publishing

4.8

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Waiting for Tomorrow

Nathacha Appanah and Geoffrey Stracha

4.8

A powerful examination of the artistic impulse, cultural identity, and family bonds

Anita is waiting for Adam to be released from prison. They met twenty years ago at a New Year’s Eve party in Paris, a city where they both felt out of place—he as a recent arrival from the provinces, and she as an immigrant from the island of Mauritius. They quickly fell in love, married, and moved to a village in s

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Sword of Honour (Richard Bolitho, #25)

Alexander Kent

4.8

Sir Richard Bolitho returns from a wearing campaign in North American waters to take up a command in Malta. As England's long war with Napoleon reaches its end, will Richard Bolitho's longing for peace—both public and personal—be fulfilled?

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Journey to Mauritius

Bernadin de Saint-Pierre

4.8

Structured into a series of letters, Bernardin's survey of Mauritius includes a detailed description of the island's geography, and flora and fauna. Describing the closed nature of colonial society, he also provides a chilling picture of the cruelties of plantation life and slavery. Bernardin's book of 1773 Voyage a L'Isle de France, is an early example of a walking guide as he details the sights

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Mauritius (Bradt Travel Guides)

Alexandra Richards

4.8

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Mauritius - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs Culture

Tom Cleary and Culture Smart!

4.8

Mauritius is a conundrum. A small, exotic, multiethnic island nation in the Indian Ocean, to some it is a multicultural “rainbow,” a haven of peace, love, and understanding. Others see it as ethnically divided, cultivating only “sugarcane and prejudice.” Opinions differ as to whether it is a Creole island, a Hindu-dominated Little India, or a neo-colonial outpost of the French-speaking world. Opti

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Full Circle (Sweep, #14)

Cate Tiernan

4.8

Hunter, Morgan, and Alisa. All three are witches, and each is in turmoil. Hunter feels stifled by the small town world of Widow's Vale. Morgan is terrified of the possibility of life without him. And Alisa is still coping with the knowledge that she is a witch--by blood. Together, the three worked together to defeat the most unspeakable evil known to witches. Now, the danger they face is just as d

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She Believed She Could So She Did Journal For Women: A Inspirational Notebook with Mini Adult Coloring Mandalas for Relaxation and Encouragement

Penelope "Adult Coloring Books for…

4.8

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So Many Islands: Stories from the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and Pacific

Nicholas Laughlin, Marlon James, et al

4.8

Introduction by Marlon James and Sia Figuel

So Many Islands breaks out bold new writing from the distant shores of countries in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific oceans. Here you will find poems about revolution and protest. You will be transported to Marakei, ‘the women’s island’, and join the battle to save a beached whale. Alongside family politics, So Many Islands tackles nuclear

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The Rape of Sita

Lindsey Collen

4.8

Banned within hours of publication in her native Mauritius for enraging fundamentalists, Lindsey Collen's pathbreaking The Rape of Sita went on to win the prestigious Commonwealth Prize for Best Novel in Africa. A powerful and stylistically innovative work, Collen's novel exemplifies the brilliant creative possibilities of postcolonial literature. Deftly blending oral and literary traditions, this

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Arabia & The Isles

William Harold Ingrams

4.7

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Sounding Islam: Voice, Media, and Sonic Atmospheres in an Indian Ocean World

Patrick Eisenlohr

4.7

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.

Sounding Islam provides a provocative account of the sonic dimensions of religion, combining perspectives from the anthropology of media and sound studies, as well as drawing on neo-phenomenological approaches to atmospheres. Using

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Cultureshock Mauritius

Roseline NgCheong-Lum

4.7

A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette in Mauritius

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One's Company: A Journey to China in 1933

Peter Fleming

4.7

Catching all the fascination and humour of travel in out-of-the-way places, One's Company is Peter Fleming's account of his journey through Russia and Manchuria to China when he was Special Correspondent to The Times in the 1930s. Fleming spent seven months with the 'object of investigating the Communist situation in South China' at a time when, as far as he knew, 'no previous journey had been mad

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Insight Guides Mauritius, R�union & Seychelles

APA Publications Limited

4.7

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Creating the Creole Island: Slavery in Eighteenth-Century Mauritius

Megan Vaughan

4.7

The island of Mauritius lies in the middle of the Indian Ocean, about 550 miles east of Madagascar. Uninhabited until the arrival of colonists in the late sixteenth century, Mauritius was subsequently populated by many different peoples as successive waves of colonizers and slaves arrived at its shores. The French ruled the island from the early eighteenth century until the early nineteenth. Throu

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The Prisoner of Paradise

Romesh Gunesekera

4.7

When Lucy arrives in Mauritius she is unprepared for the disquieting attractions of Don Lambodar, a young translator from Ceylon. Under the surface there is growing unease, it is 1825: Britain has wrested power from France and is shipping convict labour across the oceans. The age of slavery is coming to its messy end

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My Mauritius

Paolo Rossetti

4.7

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Ark on the Move

Gerald Durrell

4.7

‘Even the most cautious of travelers would, I think, be thrilled at the idea of visiting a remote tropical island. There seems to be something about tropical islands that stirs the blood of even the most unadventurous souls.’

Lying in the Indian Ocean, the islands of Mauritius and Madagascar – where millions of years of evolutionary isolation created a flora and fauna unique in the world - provide

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Around the World in 500 Festivals: From Burning Man in the US to Kumbh Mela in Allahabad—The World's Most Spectacular Celebrations

Steve Davey

4.7

Thousands of festivals take place around the world every year. Some have cult followings with tickets that sell out instantly–forty thousand Burning Man tickets sold out in a manner of minutes—some are thrown in little-known faraway places—cities in Benin or San Marino.

In this unique volume, Steve Davey, author of the 300,000+ selling book Unforgettable Places to See Before You Die, has created th

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Silence of the Chagos: A Novel

Shenaz Patel and Jeffrey Zuckerman

4.7

Based on a true, still-unfolding story, Silence of the Chagos is a powerful exploration of cultural identity, the concept of home, and above all the neverending desire for justice. Shenaz Patel draws on the lives of uprooted Chagossian activists in this tragic example of 20th century political oppression.

Every afternoon a woman in a red headscarf walks to the end of the quay and looks out over the

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Mauritius

Theresa Rebeck

4.7

3m, 2f / Comedy / Interior Stamp collecting is far more risky than you think. After their mother's death, two estranged half-sisters discover a book of rare stamps that may include the crown jewel for collectors. One sister tries to collect on the windfall, while the other resists for sentimental reasons. In this gripping tale, a seemingly simple sale becomes dangerous when three seedy, high-stake

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Salt, Sweat, Tears: The Men Who Rowed the Oceans

Adam Rackley

4.7

Fewer people have rowed across the Atlantic than have climbed Everest.

Adam Rackley is among them. For 70 days he and his rowing partner ate, slept and rowed in a boat seven metres long and two metres wide, in one of the world's most extreme environments. This is his story of adventure, endurance and self-discovery.

They were following in the wake of pioneers. In 1896 a pair of Norwegian fisherm

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Desert

J. M. G. Le Clézio, C Dickson

4.7

Desert is a novel composed of two alternating narratives, set in counterpoint. The first takes place in the desert between 1909 and 1912 and evokes the migration of a young adolescent boy, Nour, and his people, the Blue Men, notorious warriors of the desert. Driven from their lands by French colonial soldiers, Nour's tribe has come to the valley of the Saguiet El Hamra to seek the aid of the great

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Tick Bite Fever

David Bennun

4.7

Tick Bite Fever is the unconventional memoir of a very unconventional childhood. In the early Seventies, Dave Bennun's family transplanted themselves from Swindon to the wilds of Kenya. His father, who was a doctor, had lived in Africa before (but had felt it expedient to leave when the South African government realised he was carting explosives around in the boot of his car for the ANC). But for

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Blue Bay Palace

Nathacha Appanah

4.7

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Mauritius Travel Pack, 8th

Martine Maurel

4.7

The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips and recommendations, accompanied by color photographs, charts and maps for the first-time traveler who wants to experience the major highlights that Mauritius has to offer. The fold-out map of Mauritius is ideal for tourists and visitors.

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Mauritius

Marco Polo

4.7

Most travellers want to have fun and feel relaxed from the moment they arrive at their holiday destination - that's what Marco Polo Guides are all about. This new series will appeal to all types of travellers, including those who haven't bought a travel guide in the past! Marco Polo's unique "insider tips" are peppered throughout the guide - offering a real insight into the destination. Includes s

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Islands

Dan Sleigh, Andre Brink

4.7

This novel of epic proportions from South Africa, set between 1650 and 1710, covers the first fifty years of the Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope. Beautifully rendered, this is a world and a time never before dealt with in fiction-a period when powerful colonizers took over the lands of Hottentot tribes, exposing aborigines for the first time to Western eyes and Western ways. Through the life

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Mauritius West (Photo Albums)

Llewely

4.7

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Patrick O'Brian Set 4-6 (Mauritius Command, Desolation Island, Fortune of War)

Patrick O'Brian

4.6

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Creole Mauricien De Poche - Phrasebook in Mauritius Creole for French Speakers (Creole Edition)

Arnaud Carpooran and Assimil

4.6

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The Interrogation

J. M. G. Le Clezio

4.6

From the original Atheneum edition jacket, 1964.

"J.M.G. Le Clézio, revelation of the literary year" ran the headline of the Paris Express after last year's prizes had been awarded. The Goncourt jury was locked five to five until its president used his double vote to give the prize to the older candidate. Ten minutes later the Renaudot jury elected the candidate they thought they might lose to t

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Mauritius Sketchbook

Yvan Martial

4.6

Mauritius has been enriched over the centuries by successive migrations of people from three continents: Europe, Africa and Asia. The result is a harmonious blend of cultures and traditions. Mauritius Sketchbook is presented as an artist's notebook, a personal record showing the island's treasures. Paris-born watercolourist Sophie Ladame was inspired by family sailing trips to the region. Local hi

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Boy

Lindsey Collen

4.6

'But it is as if I have broken some chain. And a rich swelling outwards of pleasure comes with being alive. Is this a beginning? Can I take the risk?' So begins the adventures of Boy; young, inexperienced, frustrated by his parents and the cloistered life he has led. One morning, while coming to terms with the fact that he has failed his school exams, his mother sends him to get marijuana for a fe

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Hinduism: A Simple Guide to the Hindu Religion, Gods, Goddesses, Beliefs, History, and Rituals + A Hindu Meditation Guide

Crystal Moon

4.6

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Mauritius: Grandma Ruby Went to Maritius and Met a Giant Tortoise (A Someday Book) (Volume 5)

Ruby Cavanaugh Koerper

4.6

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Underwater Mauritius

Al J VENTER

4.6

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El africano

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio, Fabian Lebenglik, Juana Bignozzi

4.6

Todo ser humano es el resultado de un padre y de una madre. Se puede no reconocerlos, no quererlos, se puede dudar de ellos. Pero están allí, con su cara, sus actitudes, sus modales y sus manías, sus ilusiones, sus esperanzas, la forma de sus manos y de los dedos del pie, el color de sus ojos y de su pelo, su manera de hablar, sus pensamientos, probablemente la edad de su muerte, todo esto ha pasa