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Word Up

Want to write more powerfully? You�ve come to the right book. Word Up! - an eclectic collection of essays, more inspiration guide than style guide - serves up tips and insights for anyone who wants to write with more oomph. Word Up! does what too few writing books do, it practices while preaching, shows while telling, uses powerful writing to talk about powerful writing. Word Up! explores the perplexities and celebrates the pleasures of the English language. It leaves you smiling and ready to conquer your next blank (or blah) page.

The Book of Shiva

'A sensitively told story of a seeker's quest that shows that the seed of enlightenment is in every being. Enlightenment is just a realization.' - His Holiness Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev Asananda, a monk belonging to the Order of Hope, is sent on a journey to the Himalayas by his guru to find the mystical Book of Shiva. Along the way, he meets mysterious tantrics, Vedic teachers, a bhikshu who walks backwards to discover his future, and people who seek liberation from remorse, suffering and the evil that haunts them. He becomes the instrument of the guru�s grace, which opens the door to the universal soul and transforms life through unexpected miracles. Drawing on fables and myths from Eastern and European cultures, The Book of Shiva is a spiritual novel filled with extraordinary tales of freedom, serenity, loss and, most of all, wisdom.

The King

Bouncing from bed to bed on the Upper East Side - handsomely paid in both bills and blackmail fodder - Kingsley Edge is brilliant, beautiful and utterly debauched. No carnal act or chemical compound can relieve his self-destructive apathy - only Soren, the one person he loves without limit or regret. A man he can never have, but in whose hands Kingsley is reborn to attain even greater heights of sin. He plans to open the ultimate BDSM club: a dungeon playground for new york's A - list that'll change the scene forever. The club becomes Kingsley's obsession - and he's enlisted some tough-as-nails help. His new assistant Sam is smart, secretive and totally immune to seduction (By men, at least). She and Kingsley make a wicked team. Still, their combined - and considerable - expertise in domination can't subdue the man who would kill their dream. The enigmatic Reverend Fuller won't rest until King's dream is destroyed. It�s one man�s sacred mission against another's

The Saint

Rebellious, green-eyed Eleanor never met a rule she didn't want to break. She's sick of her mother's zealotry and the confines of Catholic school and declares she'll never go to church again. But her first glimpse of beautiful, magnetic Father Marcus Stearns - Soren to her and only her - and his lust-worthy Italian motorcycle is an epiphany. Eleanor is consumed - yet even she knows being in love with a priest can't be right. But when one desperate mistake nearly costs Eleanor everything, it is Soren who steps in to save her. When she vows to repay him with complete obedience, a whole world opens before her as he reveals to her his deepest secrets that will change everything. Danger can be managed - pain, welcomed. Everything is about to begin.

Olive Witch

In the 1970s, Nigeria is flush with oil money, building new universities and hanging on to old colonial habits. Abeer Hoque is a Bangladeshi girl growing up in a small sunlit town, where the red clay earth, corporal punishment and running games are facts of life. At thirteen she moves with her family to suburban Pittsburgh and finds herself surrounded by clouded skies and high schoolers who speak in movie quotes and pop culture slang. Finding her place as a young woman in America proves more difficult than she can imagine. Disassociated from her parents and laid low by academic pressure and spiralling depression, she is committed to a psychiatric ward in Philadelphia. When she moves to Bangladesh on her own, it proves to be yet another beginning for someone who is only just getting used to being an outsider - wherever she is. Arresting and beautifully written, with poems and weather conditions framing each chapter, Olive Witch is an intimate memoir about taking the long way home.

The Happiness Trap

Do you ever feel stressed, worried, miserable or unfulfilled yet put on a happy face and pretend everything�s fine? If so, you are not alone. Stress, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem are very common. In one way or another, it seems almost everyone is struggling. We are all caught in a hidden psychological trap: the more we strive for happiness the more we suffer in the long term. Fortunately, we can all escape from the �Happiness Trap� using ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), a groundbreaking program based on mindfulness skills. This empowering book is for everyone-from CEOs to sales staff, young professionals to housewives. This book will teach you scientifically proven techniques to: Reduce stress and worry Rise above fear, doubt and insecurity Break self-defeating habits Improve performance and find fulfilment Build satisfying relationships and, above all Create a rich and meaningful life Dr. Harris shines a powerful beacon forward into the night. Enjoy the journey. You are in excellent hands Steven Hayes, bestselling author of get out of your mind and into your life.

Godfathers Of Crime

Main Shakeel Bhai bol raha hoon. Farmaiyen, Sheelaji!' Among the first female journalists in India to investigate crime and the underworld Sheela Raval has had an eventful three-decade-long career in print media and television that has seen her track India's most notorious criminals across different parts of the globe. Always hot on the trail of a story, Raval broke the news about Chhota Rajan surviving a brutal assassination attempt in Bangkok in 2000, attended Dawood Ibrahim's daughter's wedding in Dubai and is the only person to have interviewed Samira Jumani, noted gangster Abu Salem's first wife, after Salem's arrest and extradition. Now, in a candid memoir of fearless reportage, Raval recounts her interactions with the much-feared dons, and the revelations they brought forth about the intricate workings of organized crime within Indian borders and beyond. Raval's bold writing gives fresh and so-far unpublished insight into the D Company's evolution as a criminal organization with transnational influence and connections with foreign governments, the much-talked-about split between Dawood and Chhota Rajan, a oncepromising cricketer who became one of Mumbai's most-feared dons, the Abu Salem'Monica Bedi affair, and the circumstances that led her to appear as a state witness in the high-profile case against film producer Bharat Shah and Chhota Shakeel.Chilling and revelatory, Raval's stories provide a fascinating glimpse into the minds of organized criminals who have long haunted India's security forces. Godfathers of Crime is a chronicle of men who have lived outside the boundaries of the law for most of their lives, told through the personal experiences of an intrepid journalist.

A Silver Dawn

Talented choreographer Clarissa Milagres Silvera is beautiful, young and widowed and intensely mistrustful of men. With a violent marriage behind her, she is now fiercely determined to be independent, both emotionally and financially. Leon Rodriguez, hotelier tycoon with lessthanhumble beginnings, has been drawn to her since he was a teenager. Now successful, he approaches Clary's family for her hand in marriage. Even as he patiently woos his stoic love, Leon realizes he must protect her from the sadistic mafioso Igor Chekanov, who is eyeing Clary's family estate. Will Clary trust Leon enough to accept his love? Will Leon keep her safe regardless? What is Igor's motive? Is time running out for them?

Do You Know Any Good Boys

So Meeti, do you cook?� �Sometimes � Pasta.� �How about nice round rotis?� If I were a little kid, this could be the moment I flung a toy car at his face. When Meeti Shroff-Shah recruited her parents to find her a husband, she didn�t think she�d have to meet more than forty men before she was married. As she waded through biodatas, signed up on matrimonial sites, frequented astrologers, dealt with meddling aunties and made her way through the terrifying arranged-marriage jungle, she discovered within herself a rare kind of perseverance and the very vital ability to laugh at most things. In her outrageously funny book, Do You Know Any Good Boys?, Meeti guides the reader step by step, latte by latte, on how to brave the process of the modern Indian arranged marriage and emerge triumphant, with spirit intact and ring finger appropriately bedecked

Antisocial

Arun Krishnan takes the Indian-in-America novel screaming into noir territory with this fast-paced, gorily entertaining serial-killer thriller.' - Nilanjana Roy It is a cool summer evening in New York and Arjun Clarkson, a bright young ad agency executive, is having a drink with his ex-colleague, Emily Hayes. For years, Arjun has suffered due to his miserable childhood in an Indian orphanage, his low-caste birth and the pointed cruelty of an abusive foster mother. Unaware of his past, Emily triggers a disturbing memory and Arjun ends up killing her. Arjun comes up with a clever plan to escape the police. He begins to exploit the loopholes of the virtual world to wreak vengeance on people who have injured him - or are plain strangers. Soon, he unleashes a chain of events that change the people of New York and the world of social networking forever. A compulsive page-turner, Antisocial will make you pause before your next check-in, like or share.

The Girl Who Ate Books

A unique collection of essays from one of India's best-loved critics One of India's most widely read journalists, Nilanjana Roy has been writing reviews, columns, essays and features for over two decades. The girl who Ate Books reinvents the best of these occasional pieces and weaves them together with a set of new personal essays. From early memories of living in a house made of books, to encounters with men and women who hoarded them, to the author's first taste of the printed word - this is a memoir of reading, loving and living with books like no other. Written in her understated but unfailingly elegant style, this is an indispensable collection for those who live to read and read to live.

The Golden Son

The New York Times #1 internationally bestselling author of Secret Daughter returns with an unforgettable story of family, responsibility and identity. The first of his family to go to college, Anil Patel carries the weight of his family's expectations when he leaves his village to begin a medical residency at one of the busiest and most competitive hospitals in America. Back home in India,Anil's closest childhood friend, Leena, struggles to adapt to her demanding new husband and relatives. Though Anil and Leena struggle to come to terms with their identities thousands of miles apart, their lives eventually intersect once more - changing them both and the people they love forever.Tender and bittersweet, The golden son illuminates the ambivalence of people caught between past and present, tradition and modernity, duty and choice, the push and pull of living in two cultures and the painful decisions we must make to find our true selves.

Flash Winners

"(C)ustomers no longer only consume, they've stopped seeking information and they no longer interact with the brands like before. Consumers want 24 / 7 service, they want to share experiences with the company whose product they consume, they want more attention, they demand knowledge of their needs before they even exist and also seek transparency on the prices." This is the reality. The world into which you, the e-commerce entrepreneur are stepping into. If you look at the figures from the last couple of years, 50% of the e-commerce ventures that were launched have had to close their doors within twelve months. Today, 80% of the ventures are financially hanging on a thread and cannot hope to receive capital from venture capitalists who have frozen their investments in the first rounds of these young start-ups. Even those who were fortunate to raise funds in the first round have had trouble raising a second one and are one step away from closing down. In a globalised economic environment, entrepreneurs need to develop an intelligent vision of the world that surrounds them by making a clean break with the existing paradigms. This is the challenge that they will face when launching their e-commerce venture. That means building the e-commerce of the future for today�s consumers. Flash Winners unpacks the brave and dangerous world of e-commerce for the entrepreneur. It offers a deep and nuanced understanding of the e-commerce world. With feet firmly on the ground, it also offers practical advice to enable e-commerce ventures to achieve that all-too-elusive-goal: Profitability!

An Uncensored Life-Zerbanoo Gifford

An Uncensored Life is a compelling biography of a human rights campaigner, philanthropist, women's champion, author and founder of the ASHA Centre - a game-changer who speaks her mind. Born in India, Zerbanoo Gifford moved to London at the age of four. By her early thirties she had become a pioneer for Asians in British public life. She chaired committees, advised political leaders and was the first Asian woman to stand for Parliament, having been elected onto Harrow Council. Both local and global in her determination to see real change, Zerbanoo worked for the homeless charity Shelter and was director of Anti-Slavery International. Overcoming racial attacks, political disenchantment, legal battles against the Government and a near-death experience, Zerbanoo's is a gripping story of a fearless woman who has held fast to the causes of equality and global justice. Described as a warrior princess, she is also known as a cosmic networker, connecting people of all backgrounds, faiths and traditions in celebrating their shared humanity. Ranging from funny to fascinating, spiritually uplifting to downright outrageous, her stories illustrate the challenges facing women in the modern world but also the triumphs and possibilities available to those open to life.

Walking Towards Ourselves

Tiger in you

This is the story of self-realisation of five musician friends - Rahul, Imran, Jessy, Keya, British-born Hazel and the swashbuckling Bhombol - all fresh graduates from college, deep in the mudflats of the Sunderbans. Here amidst the serpentine rivers, islands and its mangroves, the friends are left enchanted with its tapestry of beauty and silence. They are equally moved by the locals and their hapless living condition - their abject poverty, their inhuman hardships, and their undying human spirit to survive and improve their lot. A journey that begins as a joyride, replete with music and thrill, however, turns out to be much more for the friends. The book weaves picturesque vignettes of their escapades, which present wonderful intriguing opportunities for transformation for each one of them� - they discover love amidst poverty, valour despite grief, and the eternal triumph of the human spirit. This book is about that awakening within them, reminiscent of the majestic power and roar of a Royal Bengal tiger.

Suchitra Sen

Arguably the greatest star of Bengali cinema, Suchitra Sen mesmerized audiences for years, before withdrawing from the public gaze and refusing to emerge in the limelight in the last decade of her life. In this nuanced biography, Shoma Chatterji unveils the two different dimensions of the Suchitra Sen persona: as a legendary romantic star with an audience pull spanning over two decades and her slow but steady metamorphosis into a powerful performing artist through films like Deep Jele Jai, Hospital, Mamta and Aandhi who could seamlessly and effortlessly essay completely different characters without the on-screen partnership of Uttam Kumar. Award-winning author and film critic Shoma Chatterji presents a fascinating portrait of an icon of Indian cinema, addressing two significant elements that have not been touched by other writers - Suchitra Sen as a working woman in films and her wilful social seclusion.

Strangers to Ourselves

A brilliant new novel from one of India's greatest writers She is an oncologist whose days are driven by the desire to alleviate pain. He is a rising star in the musical world, whose life is governed by his art. Yet, all it takes is one meeting for everything to change. Set in Mumbai, Shashi Deshpande's new novel tells the story of an unlikely love between two unusual people. Tender and tempestuous by turns, it draws you into the conflicts, languid pleasures and sharp sorrows of falling in love with a stranger who can never entirely be yours.

The Letter

Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home. Whilst going through the pockets of a second-hand suit, she comes across an old letter, the envelope firmly sealed and unfranked. Tina opens the letter and reads it - a decision that will alter the course of her life for ever... Billy Stirling knows he has been a fool, but hopes he can put things right. On 4th September 1939 he sits down to write the letter he hopes will change his future. It does - in more ways than he can ever imagine...

The Evil Inside

The Virgin

When Eleanor Schreiber's lover gives her an order she can't obey, she's left with two choices - compromise who she is or leave him. Eleanor's inability to give in makes the decision an easy one. Without protection, there is only one place she will be safe - her mother's convent in upstate New York. Now in hiding, could a forbidden encounter set her on a new, dominant path? Kingsley Edge is grieving for the woman he loved. Withdrawing to a tropical paradise, he's haunted by the past and desperate to forget. When a beautiful stranger crosses his path he discovers a sexual kindred spirit. Both of them in hiding, both looking for something they can�t have - could the truth break their bond? Can either of these relationships work, or will the ties that bind them force them back to their former roles?

Dark Things

Somewhere on Prithvi, a mortal survives a supernatural attack. In the dark realm of Atala, an evil goddess prepares to do the Unspeakable. And a Yakshi finds herself at the heart of an other-worldly storm. Ardra has only known life as a Yakshi, designed to seduce and kill men after drawing out their deepest, darkest secrets for her evil mistress Hera, queen of the forsaken realm of Atala. Then, on one strange blood moon night, her chosen victim, Dwai, survives, and her world spins out of control. Now Ardra must escape the wrath of Hera, who is plotting to throw the universe into chaos. To stop her, Ardra needs to find answers to questions she hasn't dared to ask before. What power does the blood moon hold? Is the sky city of Aakasha as much a myth as its inhabitants - the ethereal and seductive Gandharvas and Apsaras? Who is Dara, the mysterious monster-slayer, and what makes Dwai impervious to her powers? A heady concoction of fantasy and romance, Dark Things conjures up a unique world wrought of love and sacrifice, of shadows and secrets, of evil and those who battle it.

The Queen

Out of money and out of options after her yearlong exile, Eleanor Schreiber agrees to join forces with Kingsley Edge, the king of kink. After her first taste of power as a Dominant, Eleanor buries her old submissive self and transforms into Mistress Nora, the Red Queen. With the help of a mysterious young man with a job even more illicit than her own, Nora squares off against a cunning rival in her quest to become the most respected, the most feared Dominatrix in the Underground. While new lovers and the sweet taste of freedom intoxicate Nora, she is tempted time and time again by Soren, her only love and the one man who refuses to bow to her. But when Soren accepts a new church assignment in a dangerous country, she must make an agonizing choice - will the queen keep her throne and let her lover go, or trade in her crown for Soren's collar?

Normal

A chilling, darkly comic British thriller about a seemingly normal man, leading an ordinary life - except he routinely kills people. Sometimes he kidnaps them first and keeps them in a specially built cage under his garage until he gets bored and disposes of them. But then he starts to develop feelings for one of his victims and can't quite bring himself to kill her. She in turn becomes jealous of the increasing amount of time he spends with his new girlfriend and soon he finds that he's having to lie to the police (Who have become suspicious of him), his girlfriend Rachel and also Erica who is no longer a captive in his basement but has the full run of his house and no desire to leave. Serial killing never used to be such hard work