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You'll Live Again Let Me Die
In love and sacrifice at the end, let it be your success or failure, when you look at your both fists and what you find is the tangible sense of true love and happiness. Perhaps that’s your salvation from the bondage of your all unending expectations.
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Fusion
It is an anthology which consists of 25 such stories that will steal your heart away. It is not just a book but a journey of emotions that will take you for a roller coaster ride. With every page you turn, words will strike the chord of feelings and emotions will grip you in a manner that you wont feel like keeping the book aside till you reach the end.
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Dead Alive
When We Read A Novel, All The Characters In It Are Suppose To Be Fictitious; And Any Resemblance To Actual Persons, Living Or Dead, Must Be Entirely Coincidental, Right? But What If One Day You Find A Novel And When You Start Reading It, You Feel That You Know The Characters In It? You Feel That You Are Familiar With The Incidences In It. Will It Be Just A Coincidence...?
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Encounter with Wisdom
Life teaches us how to improve our wisdom on various real life incidents. If one recollects his past encounters with self, friends, seniors & even unknown persons he can realize important lessons learnt or wisdom enhanced. Many things appear ordinary & sometimes arguments / discussions appear to be unworthy to note. But introspection says that everything happening in our life is a learning lesson for all of us which in return enhance our wisdom. Encounter with Wisdom is a collection of real life incidents that ordinarily we forget. Here attempt is made how life experiences are really an encounter with wisdom.
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J
In a dystopian future, the past is taboo. Kevern and Ailinn are two young people in this dark future. Kevern is haunted by a strange memory. His father always stopped him when he was about to say a word starting with a J. Ailinn is haunted by the mystery surrounding her identity and past. When they meet on a first date, Kevern kisses the bruises under her eyes, and he doesn’t ask her how she got them. In this world, brutality is a commonplace occurrence. They begin to fall in love, but is their love natural or have they been coaxed into it by some unseen force? Even as they try to understand their feelings, the past looms over them all, shrouded in suspicion, doubt and denial.
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Being Salman
Salman Khan turns fifty on 27 December 2015. Having made his film debut in 1988, he has found his place in the hearts of millions, with blockbuster movies ranging from Maine Pyar Kiya and Hum Aapke Hain Koun to the more recent Dabangg, Ek Tha Tiger, Kick and Bajrangi Bhaijaan to his credit. He is also well known for his magnanimity, including his work with the non-profit charitable organization, Being Human, which he runs. Salman�s stint with controversies has been as long as his career. His personal life has often made headlines, as have his involvements in the blackbuck poaching case and the hit-and-run case. He has a reputation for getting hot under the collar and abusive when riled. These attributes have earned him the dubious title of the 'bad boy of Bollywood'. Which is the real Salman Khan? Why is he the way he is? This book delves into Salman�s family lineage and his personal history to reveal interesting vignettes and unknown facts about the enigmatic and immensely popular superstar and will help his many fans understand what 'Being Salman' is all about. About the Author Jasim Khan is a senior journalist and TV producer active in the field of journalism for the last fifteen years. After completing his training in radio and television journalism, he has been associated with many reputed news channels like Zee News, Aaj Tak and Star News (now ABP News). Currently, he produces special shows as an Associate Executive Producer for ABP News. Jasim Khan was born and brought up in Baitul district of Madhya Pradesh. He holds a postgraduate degree in Zoology from Dr Hari Singh Gaur University, Sagar. He is based in Delhi NCR.
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Karna's Wife
A lot has been written on the Mahabharata. From various perspectives, each author telling the story of one central character. And then there are authors like Kane who speak of the lesser known people, in this case the wife of Karna – Kunti’s son – the outcast, who was only accepted by Duryodhana. Uruvi – the central character in this novel speaks of Karna – the unsung hero. She also speaks of herself, of her relationships with his family, and the way he is. The writing is crisp and to the point in most parts, while in others, the description is too much to handle. Kane has a keen eye of the incidents that occurred in the Mahabharata and weaves in her story quite cleverly in the narrative. Historical fiction is not written a lot in the country as it should. Books such as these will sure change the trend. A must read to not only know more about the epic battle but also a different point of view.
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Menaka's Choice
We make love and leave. That is our motto. Live by it, Menaka or you shall suffer untold, unnecessary grief. Born during the churning of the ocean, Menaka is the most beautiful of all the apsaras in the world, with quick intelligence and innate talent. However, she craves for the one thing she can never have - family. Elsewhere, after severe austerities, a man, now blessed with the name Vishwamitra, challenges the gods and dares to create another heaven. Fearing his growing powers, Indra, the king of gods, decides to put a stop to his ambitions by making Menaka seduce him. What will happen when Menaka and Vishwamitra meet each other? Will Menaka finally find what she really wished for? Or will she again be forced to surrender to her destiny? Find out in this fascinating portrait of one of the most enduring mythological figures.
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Wedding Vows I Thee Wed
Cade and Melanie were their high school's golden couple! Twenty years on, the reunion's looming and Melanie must let the world know that the dream is no longer true. Until Cade turns up determined to win back her heart. Popular TV presenter Belle is married to gorgeous billionaire Ivo, but beneath the veneer of her perfect life is the truth of their marriage of convenience. Now Belle is breaking all the rules. She wants a baby with Ivo.Carson Banick's family fortune is in his hands and he must marry a suitable woman except his attraction to Beth, his feisty PA, is getting in the way! How can Carson choose between saving his family and claiming Beth's heart?
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Londons Eligible Bachelors
The Unlikely Mistress: For one passionate night in Venice Sabrina forgets her humdrum life and then she accepts millionaire playboy Guy Masters's invitation to stay in his luxurious London apartment. On a purely platonic basis, of course. Surrender to the Sheikh. She was the desert prince's English mistress When Rose was whisked away from London to Prince Khalim's desert palace,on board his private jet, he treated her like a princess. Yet she knew she could never be his wife. The Mistress's Child : Property millionaire Philip has just discovered he has a son and Lisi knows Tim needs a dad. Philip's solution is that Lisi and Tim move in with him. Does Philip just want Lisi to be his mistress again?
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Alphabet Soup for Lovers
Lena Abraham knows that love can end in only one way � disappointment. Her marriage to KK is perfect precisely because she is not in love with him, and their life on a tea plantation in the picturesque Anamalai Hills is idyllic. Then, one rainy morning, a man arrives to take up temporary residence in the homestay they run. Shoola Pani is south Indian cinema�s heartthrob, an actor in flight from his own superstardom, and the last thing he is looking for is emotional entanglement. But when Lena and he meet, something flares between them that neither could have anticipated. She becomes his Lee and he her Ship, and Arcadia the place they inhabit. Told partly from the point of view of Komathi, the cook, whose own relationship with Lena is fraught with buried truths from the past, this searing tale of unexpected passion and adultery reaffirms the magical power of love in all our lives.
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My India Ideas For The Future
My India: Notes for the Future contains excerpts from Dr A.P. J Adbul Kalam's speeches in his post presidency years. Drawn from Dr Kalam's addresses to parliaments, universities, schools and other institutions in India and abroad, they include his ideas on science, nation building, poverty, compassion and self-confidence. Dr Kalam draws on the lives of stalwarts such as Marie Curie, Dr Vikram Sarabhai to encourage and inspire his young readers. Through these speeches, he shares many valuable lessons in humility, resilience, and determination and leads children to think, grow and evolve. A project very close to his heart, Dr Kalam's last book for children is a road map for every child to pursue their dreams, to be the best they can be, leading to the realisation of a better India.
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The Village of Pointless Conversation
It doesn't matter where you go, I tell them. 'Travelling just means getting out of where you were.' Which is my halfassed way of saying, if they have stumbled through my doorway, they are lost as hell. Off the guidebook grid. Bumfuck nowhere, in other words. Pocolim is a little village somewhere or nowhere in Goa. It is home to Ferdie, the postman, who sets out to find his longlost love, Millie. Along for the ride in a recently repaired vintage car are the most unlikely companions: his friend Angie, the sweet, virginal widow, her motherinlaw, the extraordinarily corpulent and bossy Rosalina Eucharistica, renowned painter Don Pedro who finds lost inspiration in the vastness of Rosalina's body, and Savio, friend of Angie's late husband and once contender for her love. On the road, resentments, ambitions, bitterness and desires come to a boil, as disturbing secrets tumble out, redemption strikes where they least expect it. The Village of Pointless Conversation is a sensuous, funny, fullbodied affair, shot through with quiet gloom that peels off the thin skin of pretence under which lie all our human absurdities.
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Flame Tree Road
1870s India. In a tiny village where society is ruled by a caste system and women are defined solely by marriage,young Biren Roy dreams of forging a new destiny. When his mother suffers the fate of widowhood�shunned by her loved ones and forced to live in solitary penance - Biren devotes his life to effecting change. Biren's passionate spirit blossoms as wildly as the blazing flame trees of his homeland. With a law degree, he goes to work for the government to pioneer academic equality for girls. But in a place governed by age-old conventions, progress comes at a price, and soon Biren becomes a stranger among his own countrymen. Just when his vision for the future begins to look hopeless, he meets Maya, the independent minded daughter of a local educator, and his soul is reignited. It is in her love that Biren finally finds his home, and in her heart that he finds the hope for a new world.
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The Peshwa
It is the 18th century and despite the dominant Mughal rule, the Maratha Confederacy has established itself as a force to be reckoned with in the Indian Subcontinent. The fragile peace between the two powers is threatened when Balaji Vishvanath Bhat, Peshwa of the Confederacy, foils the plans of Nizam Ul Mulk of the Mughal Empire and asserts the power of the Marathas. However, little does the Peshwa know that he has dealt the Nizam an unintended wound - one with roots in his mysterious past and one that he would seek to avenge till his last breath. When the Peshwa surrenders his life to a terminal illness dark clouds gather over the Confederacy as it is threatened by a Mughal invasion as well as an internal rebellion. All the while a passive spectator, the Peshwa�s son, Bajirao Bhat, now needs to rise beyond the grief of his father�s passing, his scant military and administrative experience, and his intense love for his wife and newborn son to rescue everything he holds dear. Will the young man be able to protect the Confederacy from internal strife and crush the armies of the Empire all while battling inner demons? Will he live up to his title of Peshwa?
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Being Mortal
Is it time the medical profession rethought its approach to the old and terminally ill? In what way? Should doctors be trained to prepare people to die rather than simply be kept alive as long as possible? In Being Mortal, Atul Gawande addresses these questions and argues that an acceptance of mortality must lie at the heart of the way we treat the dying. Questioning, profound and deeply moving, Being Mortal is a must-read.
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Pretty Baby
A chance encounter, She sees the teenage girl on the train platform, standing in the pouring rain, clutching an infant in her arms. She boards a train and is whisked away. But she can't get the girl out of her head. An act of kindness Heidi has always been charitable but her family are horrified when she returns home with a young woman named Willow and her baby in tow. Dishevelled and homeless, this girl could be a criminal or worse. But despite the family's objections, Heidi offers them refuge. A tangled web of lies As Willow begins to get back on her feet, disturbing clues into her past starts to emerge. Now Heidi must question if her motives for helping the stranger are unselfish or rooted in her own failures.
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Goddess of Fire
The day after her husband died, all that Moorti's brother-in-law and his son had on their minds was pushing her into her husband's funeral pyre. Years later, she would remember how she had told Bipin, her brother-in-law, to take her husband's land but to let her go. Seventeenyear old Moorti's only fault was she hadn't paid any dowry. Will Moorti be able to escape from the clutches of her brother-in-law or will she become the goddess of fire?
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Woodsmoke and Leafcups
Bastar remained outside the country I knew and with which I was familiar: the scent of sal hinting at something more refreshing than the goals to which India aspired. Madhu Ramnath spent thirty years with the Durwa peoples in Bastar. What began as impulsive travel to a swathe of land that had no roads crisscrossing it soon turned into a homecoming: each stint in the forest compelled him to return and, finally, to stay. Over the years he became a student of Durwa life, living in the forest, tending cattle, working a hillslope in the village. He immersed himself in the Durwa world while indulging his passion for devising a botanical classification that would be accessible to a layperson Woodsmoke and Leafcups is a firsthand account of life in Bastar: the routines of communal life and the interactions of the Durwas with the State machinery. He writes of a culture where energy and laughter are currency, although of no value to anyone else. He draws a portrait of friends and teachers, threats and ways of eliding them, and the lure of politics for those long indifferent to it. At a time when 'there are few places in which to lose oneself', Ramnath writes of a people and a place that exist outside, sometimes counter to, known narratives.
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Making of Babaji Inc
In an era, where the self-appointed Godmen / women are making headlines and very often for all the wrong reasons, Making of Babaji Inc. is a satirical take on the rise of one such Godmen. In a witty way the story showcases circumstances where superstitions win over logic and ridiculous solutions, often termed as Upaay, given by the Godmen, become the last resort for their devotees. Billu, a middle-class bank cashier, loses a bag containing lakhs of rupees belonging to a high-end customer. His superstitious wife convinces him to seek the advice of a Babaji she knows. Billu undergoes a change of faith. His mediocre life takes a humorous turn and sets off for a distinctly accidental journey called�Making of Babaji Inc.
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Sheroes
Even as Kangana Ranaut or Rani sparkled in Queen as a single woman honeymooning in distant Paris and Deepika Padukone convincingly managed her cantankerous father obsessed with constipation in and as Piku, it would be safe to assume that the average Hindi film heroine has come unshackled. But that assumption is brilliantly challenged by Deepa Gahlot in this book when she asks - Why has there never been another Fearless Nadia in Hindi cinema? Sheroes: 25 Daring women of bollywood is a stellar account of heroines in roles that debunk the traditional slots in an industry orchestrated by men and obsessed with the 100 crores phenomenon. From the fiercely independent Rosie (Waheeda Rehman) in Guide, the endearingly impish Manju (Rekha) in Khubsoorat, The feisty Damini (Meenakshi Sheshadri) in the eponymous film, The beauteous yet tenacious Zeenat in Dor, to the ambitious wedding planner, Shruti (Anushka Sharma) in Band Baaja Baarat, these and other actresses in the book took paths that were least travelled yet managed to create benchmarks in Hindi cinema. A mandatory read for every lover of Hindi cinema, Sheroes is pathbreaking as it showcases heroines who explode the stereotypes in a male bastion with incredible chutzpah.
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Mind Over Matter
Hollywood agent Aurora Fields kept her personal life strictly separate from her professional one, until she met TV producer David Brady. He might be working with her biggest client on a documentary,but that didn't mean Aurora trusted him. She'd be on hand to protect her celebrity star from exploitation and if that meant spending more time with David then so be it! David had always considered himself a good judge of character, so why did each moment he spent with Aurora leave her as enigmatic and enticing as before? Fall under the spell of New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts!
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The Marble Collector
A forgotten childhood. A discovered life. What if you only had one day to find out who you really were? When Sabrina Boggs stumbles upon a mysterious collection of her father's possessions, she discovers a truth where she never knew there was a lie. The familiar man she grew up with is suddenly a stranger to her. An unexpected break in her monotonous daily routine leaves her just one day to unlock the secrets of the man she thought she knew. A day that unearths memories, stories and people she never knew existed. A day that changes her and those around her forever.The Marble Collector is a thoughtprovoking novel about how the most ordinary decisions we make can have the most extraordinary consequences for how we live our lives. And how sometimes it�s only by shining on a light on someone else, that you can truly understand yourself.
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The One That Got Away
What are school friends for? Shared lunches, secrets, movies and studies. And if there is a best friend, you want to share everything with him. But do things really work out the way you want them to? Is life really fair? Shyamita and Jai know they have to go different ways once school is over. Shyamita is going to pursue dance and Jai is off to Cardiff for further studies. What happens when they meet after several years? Sparks fly, shocking them both. Before they can figure out what is happening, love strikes.