If you want to read more here are a few titles to ask for in your local library. Novak, James J. Bangladesh: Reflections on the Water, University Press Library, 1994. Considered one of the best introductions to the country and its people, this book is both thorough and movingly personal. Newton, Alex, et al. Bangladesh, The Lonely Planet, Hawthorne, 1996. A travel guide. Hartmann, Betsy and Boyce, James K. A Quiet Violence: View from a Bangladeshi Village by, Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1980. The authors examine the hardships of life in the Bangladeshi village where they lived and worked for nine months.