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NOOR by Andy Rouse and Aditya Singh (Electric Squirrel £40, 160pp) INDIAN tigers were facing a desperate situation at the start of this century. Poachers had wiped out nearly half the species in India’s Ranthambore national park, and it has taken a lot of dedicated work to restore the numbers. In this fabulous book, Andy Rouse and Aditya Singh focus on just one of Ranthambore’s big cats, Noor. They chart her life, from playing with her cubs to hunting for prey, and her ultimate struggle for survival. A must-have for tiger lovers of all stripes.