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Legends Of The Mahasiddhas
A richly illustrated collection of stories about the mahasiddhas, spiritual adventurers who attained enlightenment and magical powers by disregarding convention A modern translation of ancient legends that reveals the human qualities of the rebellious saints known as siddhas and the vital elements of their philosophy Recounts stories of enlightened masters from all walks of life, including a washer-man, a thief, a conman, a gambler and a whore and the magical and crazy deeds of each, such as walking through walls, flying, talking with birds and turning people to stone Richly illustrated with paintings of the tantric saints by artist Robert Beer
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Revival
A spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life. In a small New England town, in the early 60s, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Charles Jacobs. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity. Decades later, Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Now an addict, he sees Jacobs again - a showman on stage, creating dazzling 'portraits in lightning' - and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings. This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It's a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.
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Start-Up City
Traditionally, big business in India was the domain of a handful families. There were few stories of educated middle-class professionals making it big. Then Bangalore burst onto the global business stage. With its fast growing software sector and young, ambitious men and women looking to break new ground, it has dramatically altered the scene as far afield as Silicon Valley. Start-up City is an ode to this new idea of enterprise and to a world where everyday people are making modern business history. There is Bharat Goenka, whose father pushed him to develop a user-friendly accounting software that has captured more than 80 per cent of the market; B.V. Venkatesh, who started his own venture at the ripe age of fifty-eight; Ravi Rangan, who made kiosks a medium of governance to empower the common man; and many more who started out on empty pockets but built companies that are worth crores today. These tales of struggle and success hold lessons too. Policymakers can spot and correct the factors that deter new ventures, while budding entrepreneurs will find ways, means and the inspiration to strike out on their own. Most of all, though, they are a testament to where grit, determination and single-minded focus can get you in life.
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Awakening Indians To India
Awakening Indians to India showcases the depth and richness of the Indian Culture. From legendary saints to modern day management techniques based on the Bhagwad Gita, the facts, the concepts, the sportsmen, the women, the scientists, the literature, the dance, the art, the music, the way of life and all things Indian are thoughtfully presented through concise explanations, beautiful illustrations and images that bring us closer to India.
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Bosses-The God,The Bad And The Ugly
Is your boss the Critic or the Screamer? The Bully or the Ostrich? The Nurturer or the Viper? The Perfectionist or the Eccentric? Find out what kind of boss you have in this fun and handy guide to a hundred types of bosses most commonly seen in the workplace. With anecdotes and examples of each type of head honcho, along with easy-to-reference tips and tricks to please your particular one, this book is essential reading for anyone who wants to climb quickly up the corporate ladder. And if youre a boss yourself, fear not, for there are tips for you too, so that you can better communicate with your employees without them hating you for it! Drawn from the authors own experiences in his years of administrative service, this book is essential reading for all bosses and employees alike.
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The Kill
Maeve Kerrigan is used to investigating murders.But this time a killer has struck far too close to home... When a police officer is found shot dead in his car, DC Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent take on the investigation. But nothing about the case prepares them for what happens next: a second policeman dies . . . and then another . . . The Metropolitan Police struggle to carry out their usual duties, but no one knows where or how this cop killer will strike again. While London disintegrates into lawlessness Maeve's world starts to fall apart too. For if the police can't keep themselves safe, how can they protect anyone else?
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Just The Way You Are
Love happens when you least expect it. Sameer is a Steve Jobs fan, a consultant at an investment bank and a confused soul looking for love. As he moves cities to study and work, he falls in and out of love, but fails to find the one person who belongs with him. In comes Shagun, whom he marries. But he leaves the very next day for Switzerland to start a dream Job. In the meantime, Shagun starts reading his diary! What does she find in there? Will this spell the end of their marriage? With Sameer not around to defend himself, what is the future of their relationship? Just the Way You Are is a humorous, heart-warming story about one mans quest for true love. About the Author Sanjeev Ranjan is an ardent lover of western classical and instrumental music. He enjoys reading and has a keen interest in understanding human behavior and relationships. He is currently pursuing his MBA from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), Kolkata. He is the author of 'Its No Longer a Dream' (2014) and 'In Course of True Love!' (2012). This is his third novel.
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The Prince Of Risk
Robert "Bobby" Astor is a rising New York hedge fund manager on the cusp of making his biggest, most daring killing yet. But everything changes when his father, the chairman of the New York Stock Exchange, is killed in a brazen, mystifying attack on the south lawn of the White House while en route to deliver a terrifying secret to the President. In the wake of the attack, Astor sees the business he built crumble around him and finds himself on the brink of ruin. A cryptic clue leads him deeper into the web of lies surrounding his father's murder, and Astor stumbles onto a sophisticated foreign conspiracy that threatens to wipe out not only Astor's own fund but to destroy the entire foundation of the financial system of the United States. About the Author:- Christopher Reich is the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Deception, Rules of Vengeance, Rules of Betrayal, Numbered Account, The Devil's Banker, and many others. His novel The Patriots Club won the International Thriller Writers award for Best Novel in 2006. He lives in Encinitas, California.
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The Rebel.
Ram Jethmalani has been called many things - a legal legend, a wizard of the law and a magnet for controversy with a knack for defending the most notorious figures in India. With a career spanning the entire history of independent India and still going strong, he has managed to command respect and evoke anger in equal measure. But did you know that he is the most pro-Israel politician in Asia, one of the founders of the prestigious National School of Law, Bangalore, one of the first to raise the issue of corruption in India, founder of the Sunday Guardian in the late eighties, one of the longest-serving parliamentarians and that he is married to two wives at the same time? In The Rebel - A Biography of Ram Jethmalani, Susan Adelman, a longtime friend, presents the most updated, authentic and detailed account of his life. Peppered with personal accounts, unknown facets of his life and insider tit-bits, the book reveals the man behind the larger-than-life persona of Ram Jethmalani. About the Author Susan Hershberg Adelman, MD is an author, a pediatric surgeon and an artist. Born in Rochester, New York, she went to the University of Michigan to study geology. When she married a law student, Martin Adelman, she changed to pre-med, completing the classes while teaching geology at Wayne State University (WSU) and studying in the WSU art school. She graduated from the Wayne State University School of Medicine, secured an internship and surgery residency at Henry Ford Hospital and a pediatric surgery fellowship at Childrens Hospital of Michigan. She was editor of the Detroit Medical News for seventeen years and wrote a monthly column in AM-News for ten years. Dr. Adelman continues to paint, sculpt both marble and wood and she has become a jeweler and silversmith. She has traveled all over the world, collecting textiles, gemstones, art objects and beads. Dr. Adelman speaks French, Arabic and Hebrew and reads several other languages.
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Editor Unplugged-Media,Magnates,Netas & Me
Vinod Mehtas new book takes forward the story of Lucknow Boy, recounting his experiences in the corridors of power in Delhi. His views on Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal and the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty and his decoding of coalition politics and the significant changes ushered in by the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, are expressed with his characteristic sharp insights, wit and wisdom. So too are his analysis of the sweeping changes taking place in the print and TV media and his pen portraits of personalities such as Ratan Tata, Niira Radia, Khushwant Singh, Sachin Tendulkar and Arundhati Roy. Other chapters examine the lack of humour in our political life, the changing aspirations of the Indian middle class and the mistakes and regrets of his life. Peppered with anecdotes and gossip, every page of this honest, lively and irreverent book is both illuminating and entertaining.
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Fear Nothing
Heart-racing suspense and irresistible characters from the bestselling author of TOUCH and GO, CATCH ME, LOVE YOU MORE and many others. If your family are killers, what are you? They say family means everything. But Dr Adeline Glen cannot accept that. When you're bound by blood to a father who slaughtered prostitutes and a sister who followed in his sociopathic footsteps, how can you? But now Boston Detective D.D. Warren needs Adeline's professional help to recover from a brutal attack by a psychopath. A murderer who knows too much about Adeline's dead father, and is someone her imprisoned sister claims she can help catch. With the Rose Killer focused on D.D., will Adeline be able to put aside her personal nightmares to help her? All she knows is if she is going to survive what's to come, Adeline will have to...
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The Cinderella Murder
Television producer Laurie Moran is elated when the pilot for her reality drama under suspicion is a success. Even more, the pro-gram- A cold case series that revisits unsolved crimes by recreating them with those affected-is off to a fantastic start when it helps solve an infamous murder in the very first episode. Now Laurie has the ideal case to feature in the next installment of under suspicion-The Cinderella murder. When Susan Dempsey, a beautiful and multi talented UCLA student, was found dead, her murder left numerous questions. Why was her car parked miles from her body? Had she ever shown up for the acting audition she was due to attend at the home of an up-and-coming director? Why does Susan's boy-friend want to avoid questions about their relationship? and why was Susan missing one of her shoes when her body was discovered? With the help of lawyer and under suspicion host Alex Buckley, Laurie knows the case will make a great program, especially when the former suspects include Hollywood's elite and tech billionaires. The suspense and drama are perfect for the silver screen-but is Cinderella's murderer ready for a close-up?
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The Ex-Files
Ex-Files is the story of a woman, who despite her best efforts to save her marriage, finds herself facing a divorce petition. But instead of wallowing in self-pity, Vandana picked up the pieces of her shattered life and moved straight on. She not only finds a job and becomes self-sufficient, she also starts Indias first divorce support group, and deals inappropriate and hurtful remarks with grace and equanimity. While being true to both the pain and challenges of divorce, Vandana's personal stories reveal the hardships and joys of moving through emotional upheaval and emerging stronger with her positive thinking and humour intact. The book also deals with the legal and social aspects of a divorce which are so often overlooked while women are dealing with the emotional upheaval of divorce. At once funny, tragic and uncompromisingly honest, this memoir will resonate with anyone who has endured the end of a marriage and come out changed.
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Missing You
It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she's ignored for decades come crashing down on her. Staring back at her is her ex-fianc? Jeff, the man who shattered her heart eighteen years ago. Kat feels a spark, wondering if this might be the moment when past tragedies recede and a new world opens up to her. But when she reaches out to the man in the profile, her reawakened hope quickly darkens into suspicion and then terror as an unspeakable conspiracy comes to light, in which monsters prey upon the most vulnerable. As Kat's hope for a second chance with Jeff grows more and more elusive, she is consumed by an investigation that challenges her feelings about everyone she ever loved-her former fiance? her mother and even her father, whose cruel murder so long ago has never been fully explained. With lives on the line, including her own, Kat must venture deeper into the darkness than she ever has before and discover if she has the strength to survive what she finds there
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It Happens For A Reason
It Happens for a Reason is a one of a kind story about love, betrayal, true friendship and making unusual choices in life. Summary of the Book Vipasha is a young, beautiful and single 18-year-old, who gives up a promising career in modeling to have her baby. She ends up cutting ties with her family and the father of her child, Ankush. Sixteen years later, Vipasha is well settled in life with two unusual careers – she owns a dog boarding facility and is a gym trainer. Her son, Aryan, loves her and hopes for her to find a life partner. Vipasha had feelings for Saurabh, the vet and things were going well, when Ankush comes back into their lives all of a sudden. What will Vipasha do now and how will Aryan react to all this? Will she resume her ties with Ankush and repeat the mistakes she made in the past? It Happens for a Reason will make for an engaging and enthralling read for those who enjoy reading love stories. About Preeti Shenoy Preeti Shenoy is a bestselling Indian author. She is best known for her romantic novels including Life Is What You Make It, 34 Bubblegums and Candies and Tea for Two and a Piece of Cake. A sociology graduate, she has since figured on the Forbes List of the 100 most influential celebrities of India in 2013.