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Red Rising

Pierce Brown's heart-pounding debut is the first book in a spectacular series that combines the drama of Game of Thrones with the epic scope of Star Wars. **********'Pierce Brown's empire-crushing debut is a sprawling vision . . . Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow' - Scott Sigler, New York Times bestselling author of Pandemic'[A] top-notch debut novel . . . Red Rising ascends above a crowded dystopian field' - USA Today**********Darrow is a Helldiver. A pioneer of Mars.Born to slave beneath the earth so that one day, future generations might live above it.He is a Red - humankind's lowest caste. But he has something the Golds - the ruthless ruling class - will never understand.He has a wife he worships, a family who give him strength. He has love.And when they take that from him, all that remains is revenge .

Adam And Eve

November 11th, 1918. As the guns of the Great War fall silent, two babies draw their first breath. Eve is the daughter of an Earl. Adam, a shepherd's son. Yet from their first meeting they form an extraordinary bond that neither privilege nor prejudice can break. Then on a single September night in 1940, as Hitler prepares to invade the British Isles, their actions will change his mind. Determining not just their own futures but the fate of a nation. They will show extraordinary courage. They will make unimaginable sacrifices. And the story of what they did will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page. From the broads of Norfolk to the beaches of Dunkirk, Adam & Eve is a breathtaking epic of courage, sacrifice, and love forged in Britain's darkest hour.

Murder At The Grand Alpine Hotel

High in the Swiss Alps, with glorious mountain views and exclusive access to powdery slopes, the Grand Alpine Hotel draws guests from far and wide. The notorious actress The high-flying politician The inscrutable political wife The reckless friend The shrewd doctor But when a guest enters a gondola alive, only to be found dead at the top of the mountain, it’s clear there’s a killer in their midst. As tensions rise, and old grudges emerge like cracks in the ice, someone watches from the shadows. An unassuming woman with an extraordinary mind: Miss Marple. She suspects everyone in the hotel, and she’s right to. For it isn’t just a question of who has a motive, but who’s next…

Tradwife

In an idyllic coastal town, life appears picture-perfect—until it’s not. Families are drawn to Crystal Harbor for its more traditional values and gender roles, a step back in time to an era of female submission and patriarchal leadership. But beneath the layers of perfectly coiffed, manicured, and attired wives; freshly baked sourdough; faithful Sunday churchgoers; bake sales; and backyard barbeques, lies a secret lifestyle that’s only revealed when the sun goes down—and a man goes missing. Worse, the disappearance dredges up a dark truth several of them thought they buried years ago, threatening to shatter the community’s carefully maintained façade. Told from the alternating perspectives of three women at the center of it all, Tradwife is a juicy, drama-packed novel that dives into the controversial, trending social media lifestyle and gender role stereotypes of tradwives, the taboo behind-closed-doors participation in wife-swapping, and what happens when the lies they’ve told themselves inside a gilded cage turn inside out, with the potential to not only destroy their existence, but end them…

Royal Witch

Ambition. Sorcery. Treason. How far will one woman dare to go?1420. Eleanor Cobham arrives at the court of Henry V. Pretty but not highborn, she hopes for little more than to marry well.England is in a golden age – but beneath the glittering surface, ancient rivalries fester and chaos lurks in the shadows.And chaos, Eleanor discovers, creates opportunities. Appointed lady-in-waiting to a Countess who commands her own army, she begins to see what a woman can truly become.She dares to dream of real power. Perhaps even the crown itself. But for that, she must turn to darker arts. And the higher she climbs, the darker the path becomes…Philippa Gregory tells a breathtaking story of sorcery, ambition and one woman's extraordinary rise.

The French Illusion

Paul and Chelsea Tanner are riding a euphoric high after their fairytale wedding. But when they fly to Paris for their honeymoon, they're very quickly brought back down to earth. While on a day trip to the idyllic French countryside, they are suddenly and brutally kidnapped. Both of their families are in shock: who would target them - and why? It quickly becomes clear that this is not the first crime of its kind. The search for answers soon stretches across borders, with the FBI, CIA and French intelligence working together to solve the puzzle. Struggling to find answers, a young lawyer is recruited to be the bait in an elaborate CIA operation.

Love Letters Of Great Men

From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men collects together some of the most romantic letters in history. For some of these great men, love is a ‘delicious poison’ (William Congreve); for others, ‘a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music’ (Charles Darwin). Love can scorch like the heat of the sun (Henry VIII), or penetrate the depths of one’s heart like a cooling rain (Flaubert). Every shade of love is here, from the exquisite eloquence of Oscar Wilde and the simple devotion of Robert Browning, to the wonderfully modern misery of the Roman Pliny the Younger, losing himself in work to forget how much he misses his beloved wife, Calpurnia. Taken together, these Love Letters of Great Men show that perhaps men haven’t changed so very much over the last 2,000 years; passion, jealousy, hope and longing are all represented here – as is the simple pleasure of sending a letter to, and receiving one from, the person you love most.

The Friend

When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane, and by the threat of eviction: dogs are prohibited in her apartment building.Isolated from the rest of the world, increasingly obsessed with the dog's care, determined to read its mind and fathom its heart, she comes dangerously close to unravelling. But while troubles abound, rich and surprising rewards lie in store for both of them.

Yajnaseni : The Story of Draupadi

The undoubted heroine of the Mahabharata, one of the honoured 'pancha sati', one of the five most virtuous women in Hindu mythology, Draupadi is still seen by many as the woman responsible for the greatest war of all time. In this historical novel, Pratibha Ray makes an admirable attempt to present a balanced portrait of Draupadi and in doing so, skilfully brings to the forefront the deeper aspects of the character and mind of the remarkable Pandava Queen.

Descent Into Chaos

The classic account of America's experience in Afghanistan, explaining the rise of the Taliban in the aftermath of America's failed war on terrorism--essential reading to understand the collapse in Afghanistan today. A blistering critique of American policy—a dire and prescient warning predicting how our disastrous strategies in Central Asia's failing states threaten global stability and will bring devastation to our world. After September 11th, Ahmed Rashid's crucial book Taliban introduced American readers to that now notorious regime. In this work, he returns to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia to review the catastrophic aftermath of America's failed war on terror. Called "Pakistan's best and bravest reporter" by Christopher Hitchens, Rashid has shown himself to be a voice of reason amid the chaos of present-day Central Asia. The essential briefing book to understand today's catastrophic headlines.

Shakchunni

Shakchunni: a demon from Bengali lore, one who possesses married women. The Great Famine scours Bengal. The once verdant countryside is now a mass morgue. Yet none of that pain seems to touch the Banerjees, the lords of Shyamlapur. They rule their fiefdom with an iron fist and great pomp and pageantry. There is the Raibahadur, his wife, and his two young sons – Narayanpratap, the slender poet- intellectual, and Rudrapratap, boisterous and handsome. When Narayanpratap comes back from London, abandoning his education as a barrister and having been heartbroken by an Englishwoman, Raibahadur and his wife marry him off to a poor girl from a distant village, the ethereally beautiful Soudamini. But on the day of the wedding ceremony, just before a tantrik dies, he sounds an ominous warning. 'The Shakchunni dances tonight. You shall all fall dead like flies.' Soon it starts. Soon it starts. The terror. And a haunting of dark secrets that refuse to stay buried in the past.

The Wilderness

An era-defing novel about four women over the course of their twenty-year friendship, as they transition from young adults to grown women. Desiree, January, Monique and Nakia are in their early twenties and at the beginning. Of their careers, of marriage, of motherhood and of big city lives in New York and Los Angeles. Together, they are finding their way through the wilderness, that period of life when the reality of contemporary adulthood—overwhelming, mysterious and full of freedom and consequences—swoops in and stays. Desiree is estranged from her sister Danielle, as the two nurse bitter family wounds in different ways. January's struggling with her surprise pregnancy and her relationship with a ‘good’ man she feels ambivalent about. Monique, a librarian and aspiring blogger, finds unexpected online fame after calling out the university where she works for its plans to whitewash fraught history. And Nakia is trying to get her restaurant off the ground, without relying on the largesse of her upper middle-class family who often wonder aloud if she should be doing something better with her life. As these friends move from the late 2000’s into the late 2020’s, they must figure out what they mean to one another—amid political upheaval, economic and environmental instability, and the increasing volatility of modern life. Angela Flournoy's The Wilderness is a masterful and kaleidoscopic novel, capturing with disarming wit and electric prose how the most profound connections often lie in the tangled, uncertain thicket of friendship.

Viper In The Nest

Behind the virtues of polite society, there are secrets worth killing for. London, 1759. When a charmless civil servant takes his own life, few are interested in his death. But Lizzie Hardwicke, harlot and informer for the magistrate, is desperate to satiate her curiosity and find out why. Lizzie's search for answers takes her from the smoke-filled rooms of fashionable gambling houses, where politicians mix ambition with pleasure, to the violent streets of Soho. All the while, she is navigating her complicated feelings for the magistrate's assistant, Willam Davenport, and secretly planning her retirement from her increasingly dangerous life at Mrs Farley's Bawdy House. But when the gambling house owner is brutally murdered, Lizzie finds herself tangled in a web of affairs far more complex than she had ever imagined. The darkest of secrets threaten to turn Davenport against her forever and if exposed, could send Lizzie to the gallows.

The Corpse Played Dead

The curtain rises on a corpse, but who waits in the wings? London, 1759 An undercover assignment for the Bow Street magistrates has the fabulous Lizzie Hardwicke posing as a pitiable seamstress at a popular theatre on Drury Lane. She soon learns that behind the scenes there is a world as sordid as the bawdy house she calls home, but possibly far more dangerous. When a nobleman and patron of the arts is brutally murdered and left on display centre-stage, the theatre is thrown into disarray. The investigation becomes all the more urgent with public scrutiny on the magistrate’s men including William Davenport, his assistant, with whom Lizzie continues to grow closer. Her suspect list is long but she must find a way to see through all the masks worn backstage without letting her own slip.

Empires That Shaped Bharat

Traces ancient Indian history before the sultanates, spanning from early Aryan settlements to the fall of the Rajput dynasties. Examines how dynasties rose through war, ritual, and lineage, looking at key figures who shaped statecraft, culture, and kingship.

How To Raise Rich Kids

Every parent wishes for their kids to be safe—especially financially. Personal finance wizard, Sarah Megginson, tells you exactly how to create this safety net. Financial stability buys your kids more than just things. It brings them a life full of choices, opportunities and freedom. But handling your finances is no piece of cake. How to Raise Rich Kids helps you build healthy money habits that will equip you to handle sudden financial challenges and meet future goals. As a personal finance expert with over twenty years of experience and a mother herself, Sarah Megginson aims to create a life full of possibilities for her children. She wrote this book to teach them everything she knows about money including its management, investment and enjoyment. Sarah’s three-step method will change your family’s relationship with money for the better by teaching you how to approach finances with your kids when they are at different stages of their lives. You will be able to: ✔ Understand, challenge and shift your own money mindset ✔ Learn how to talk about finances with your kids in effective, age-appropriate ways ✔ Build wealth for them through the types of investing that work best for you. Backed with research, How to Raise Rich Kids provides essential and helpful strategies, tips and case studies, guiding you to be more successful in planning your family’s future. This is your ultimate guide to improving financial literacy—for yourself, as well as your children.

Hemant Karkare A Daughter's Memoir

The image of Maharashtra’s Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) chief Hemant Karkare, donning his bulletproof jacket and helmet, to take on terrorists on the night of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, is iconic. His martyrdom, a few hours later, that night shook the country and continues to rankle. In Hemant Karkare: A Daughter’s Memoir, his daughter, Jui Karkare Navare brings to life a stalwart of the Indian Police Service (IPS), who was well-respected not only for his immaculate and noteworthy professionalism but also for his creativity in art, culled from the Naxalite-infested jungle wood of Chandrapur, where he was posted in 1991. This heartwarming memoir pays tribute to his myriad roles – as an exemplary police officer, a family man, an artist, a dog lover, a social worker, a book lover and a good human being above all. Various aspects of his personality are portrayed through personal narratives by his police comrades, his professional contacts, relatives, friends and acquaintances on whom he left an indelible impression. This book is an inspirational story of a simple boy from humble beginnings who painstakingly moulded himself to scale great heights.

The Mahabharata Re-imagined

Taliban: The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond

The American bombing of terrorist bases in Afghanistan under the protection of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement has brought the Taliban into sharp focus as the most radical and extreme Islamic movement in the world today. Little is known about the Taliban because of the deep secrecy that surrounds their political movement, their leaders and their aims. The geo-strategic implications of the Taliban are already creating severe instability in Russia, Iran and the five Central Asian republics where the Taliban have become a major player in the new Great Game, as Western countries and companies compete to build oil and gas pipelines from Central Asia to Western and Asian markets. The Taliban's implementation of their extreme interpretation of Islam poses new challenges to the Muslim world and the West's understanding of radical Islam in the post-Cold War era.

A House Of Ghosts

A gripping mystery with a classic feel: And Then There Were None meets The Silent Companions. Winter 1917. As the First World War enters its most brutal phase, back home in England, everyone is seeking answers to the darkness that has seeped into their lives. At Blackwater Abbey, on an island off the Devon coast, Lord Highmount has arranged a spiritualist gathering to contact his two sons who were lost in the conflict. But as his guests begin to arrive, it gradually becomes clear that each has something they would rather keep hidden. Then, when a storm descends on the island, the guests will find themselves trapped. Soon one of their number will die. For Blackwater Abbey is haunted in more ways than one . . . An unrelentingly gripping mystery packed with twists and turns, A House of Ghosts is the perfect chilling read this winter. 'Almost unbearably creepy and beautifully written' Liz Nugent, bestseller author of LYING IN WAIT 'A splendid tale of wartime skullduggery, featuring both kinds of spooks - perfect fireside reading' Mick Herron, CWA Gold Dagger Award Winning author of DEAD LIONS 'Hugely enjoyable, A House of Ghosts has the bones of a taut thriller wrapped up in the gorgeous romance of its ghostly island setting' Jane Casey 'Perfect for a dark and stormy evening: a truly creepy and ingenious ghost story and murder mystery with an irresistible setting' Ragnar Jonasson

Pakistan On The Brink

Ahmed Rashid, one of the world's leading experts on the social and political situations in Pakistan and Afghanistan, offers a highly anticipated update on the possibilities—and hazards—facing the United States after the death of Osama bin Laden and as Operation Enduring Freedom winds down. With the characteristic professionalism that has made him the preeminent independent journalist in Pakistan for three decades, Rashid asks the important questions and delivers informed insights about the future of U.S. relations with the troubled region. His most urgent book to date, Pakistan on the Brink is the third volume in a comprehensive series that is a call to action to our nation's leaders and an exposition of this conflict's impact on the security of the world.

The Things We Carry Home

For anyone who has loved too late, left too soon or believes it isn't too late to begin again. Avdhi thought distance would save her. From grief. From memory. From the mother she could not forgive. But when loss brings her back to Shimla, she finds that the past has not disappeared. It has only waited—in familiar rooms, unfinished conversations and the quiet ache of a house that remembers everything. What follows is not a story of easy forgiveness, but of learning to look again: at a mother who was more human than Avdhi allowed her to be, at a daughter who mistook anger for protection and at the love that survived even in silence.