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What Is Populism?
'This lucid guide is essential reading' GuardianFrom Donald Trump to Recep Erdogan, populists are on the rise across the globe. But what exactly is populism? Should everyone who …
Democracy Rules
'Lively. . . This is one of those rare books about a pressing subject that reads less like a forced march than an inviting stroll . . . A book that encourages thinking, observation …
Once Upon A Tender Time
Once Upon a Tender Time, a poignant tale of childhood, is the concluding part of Carl Muller's Burgher trilogy. The Burghers of Sri Lanka, hardy and fun-loving, produce children by …
Jam Fruit Tree
Winner of the Gratiean Memorial Prize for the best work in English Literature by a Sri Lankan for 1993 Hilarious, affectionate, candid and moving, this is the story of the Burghers …
Grandeur of the Lion
For many centuries, Lanka was referred to as Sihaladipa the island of the Sihala, who were the people of the lion. Children of the Lion told the story of the conquest of Lanka by …
Spit And Polish
See here, first take a little polish on the finger and rub into the leather. Then spit. and rub.' - boasts one recruit of his boot polishing skills. sadly, the only reward this …
Yakada Yaka
Yakada Yaka is the second part of the Burgher trilogy that began with The Jam Fruit Tree When the conquering British roll out the first railway steam-driven locomotive in Sri …
Maudiegirl
Nobody and the whole of Boteju Land agreed could cook like Maudiegirl. She wielded a wizard s wand not only in the kitchen but also over domestic problems, however large in …
Intrigues of the Lion
The heroic Sinhala king, Duttha Gamini, is aging. His son Saliya, who he hopes will succeed him, has fallen in love with an outcast chandala woman, a union that will cause much …
funny thing happened on the way to the Cemetry
Nineteen side-splitting stories from sri lanka to begin this chronicle of the funny things that have happened to him, muller goes back to his days as a recruit in the royal ceylon …
Python of Pura Malai
Meet Fury the Magpie, Pooh the Dog, Grandpa and Grandma Ratsnake, Lizzie and Dizzy the Lizards-in-love, Spike the Porcupine and many others in these exciting stories. In these …