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‘The small, tawny lioness...had sprung from her heavy stool...and seemed to be in mid-air, streaking towards me with claws outstretched.’ Recounted by memorable characters who survived to tell their tale, these thrilling stories about pilots, stunt men, gamblers, explorers, sword-swallower and lion-tamers, deal with extraordinary lives that have been lived on the edge. Interwoven with clever wit and lively humor, they open the doors to a world filled with adventure and excitement, peopled with those who refused to be content with an ordinary life. About the Author One of India’s finest and most popular storytellers, Ruskin Bond is the author of several bestselling novels and collections of short stories, essays and poems. These include The Room on the Roof (winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize), A Flight of Pigeons, Time Stops at Shamli, Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra (winner of the Sahitya Academy Award), Rain in the Mountains, Roads to Mussoorie, and A Little Night Music. He has also, over the years, expertly compiled and edited a number of anthologies.He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Delhi Government’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012.