Mixed bag

1.The Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling, standard edition (hardcover), published by Bloomsbury, pp 128, rs 999

2.Turtle Feet: The Making and Unmaking of a Buddhist Monk by Nikolai Grozni, hardcover, published by Riverhead Books, pp 336, Rs 799

3.Exit Ghost by Philip Roth, paperback, published by Vintage, pp 304, Rs 5504.The Elephant, The Tiger, And the Cell Phone: Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power by Shashi Tharoor, published by Penguin Books India, pp 498, Rs 8955.Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him by Humberto Fontova, paperback, published by Sentiel, pp 272, Rs 795