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Journey to the River Sea
A new cover edition of this award-winning classic adventure from Eva Ibbotson in which orphaned Maia travels from England to the Amazon with her governess. It is 1910 and Maia, tragically orphaned at thirteen, has been sent from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus, hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She is accompanied by an eccentric and mysterious governess who has secret reasons of her own for making the journey. Both soon discover an exotic world bursting with new experiences in this highly colorful, joyous adventure
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Sweet Filthy Boy
The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Bastard, Beautiful Stranger, and Beautiful Player starts a brand new story of friends, love, and lust with Book One of the Wild Seasons series. One-night stands are supposed to be with someone convenient, or wickedly persuasive, or regrettable. They aren’t supposed to be with someone like him. But after a crazy Vegas weekend celebrating her college graduation—and terrified of the future path she knows is a cop-out—Mia Holland makes the wildest decision of her life: follow Ansel Guillaume—her sweet, filthy fling—to France for the summer and just…play. When feelings begin to develop behind the provocative roles they take on, and their temporary masquerade adventures begin to feel real, Mia will have to decide if she belongs in the life she left because it was all wrong, or in the strange new one that seems worlds away.
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Doctor Sleep
An epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted readers of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King Canon. King says he wanted to know what happened to Danny Torrance, the boy at the heart of The Shining, after his terrible experience in the Overlook Hotel. The instantly riveting Doctor Sleep picks up the story of the now middle aged Dan, working at a hospice in rural New Hampshire and the very special twelve-year old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals. On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless - mostly old, lots of polyester and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows and tween Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the 'steam' that children with the 'shining' produce when they are slowly tortured to death. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him and a job at a nursing home where his remnant 'shining' power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes 'Doctor Sleep'. Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival.
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Forged : The World of Nightwalkers
From New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Frank comes a seductive and sensual new paranormal romance featuring a fierce bodyguard and the alluring beauty who awakens his passions. Virtually indestructible and impenetrable, Ahnvil takes his duty to protect his leader seriously and failure is not an option for this proud gargoyle. He has no time for distractions, even if it comes in the form of a woman who arouses an unexpected hunger within him. Yet he can't seem to push the beautiful, spirited woman away nor does he truly want to. And suddenly he finds himself protecting not just his Night walker friends, but the unforgettable human who has somehow managed to slip past his defenses to claim his heart.
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Private Berlin
Mattie Engel is one of the rising stars at Private Berlin, and believes she's seen the worst of people in her previous life with the Berlin police force. That is until Chris, her colleague - and until recently, her fiance - is found dead, brutally murdered in an old slaughterhouse outside the city. The slaughterhouse is filled with bodies. But just as Private begin their investigations, the building explodes, wiping out all evidence of the crimes, and nearly killing Mattie and her team. Mattie soon realises a masked killer is picking off Chris's childhood friends, one by one, and destroying the trail. But who wants the past buried so badly? What is the truth about that slaughterhouse? And will Mattie becomes the killer's next victim?
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Subterranean
When a hand-picked team of experts is sent to explore an underground labyrinth in the icy wilderness of Antarctica, they believe themselves to be the first humans at the site. But they're wrong. A research team has been here before - and they did not return.In the darkness beneath the ice and rock lies a devastating secret. One that will change human history. But as the team dig deeper, they come face to face with the terror that should never have been disturbed...
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Unleashing Mr. Darcy
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman teetering on the verge of thirty must be in want of a husband. Not true for Manhattanite Elizabeth Scott. Instead of planning a walk down the aisle, shes crossing the pond with the only companion she needs-her darling dog, Bliss. Caring for a pack of show dogs in England seems the perfect distraction from the scandal that ruined her teaching career and her reputation, in New York. What she doesnt count on is an unstoppable attraction to billionaire dog breeder Donovan Darcy. The London tycoons a little bit arrogant, a whole lot sexy and the chemistry between them is disarming. When passion is finally unleashed, might Elizabeth hope to take home more than a blue ribbon? About the Author Teri Wilson grew up as an only child and could often be found with her head in a book, lost in a world of romance and exotic places. As an adult, her love of books has led her to her dream career-writing. Now an award-winning romance author, when Teri isnt traveling or writing, she enjoys baking, ballet, knitting and having fun with friends, family and her four dogs. Teri lives in San Antonio, Texas and loves to hear from readers!
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The Thugs & a Courtesan
Meander through 1819 India with Firangia as he covers villages, jungles and small towns while on a journey of romance, devotion, crime and deception. But there is someone always watching over. This is pre-railways India, when merchants travel in caravans, noblemen with escorts and no road is secure. On his way home after a trade expedition, Firangias path is crossed by the beautiful Chanda Bai, traveling with a small party of guards. Though a warrior, she wishes to travel under his protection. Should he decline? Read about grandiose ambitions pitted against petty schemes, love and deceit and what in our modern times is termed evil. You will find in this intellectually ambitious, meticulously researched, action-packed historical fiction a broader, age-independent significance. About the Book Born in Ithaca, New York and raised in New Delhi, Mukta Singh-Zocchi has to write about India. Several of her short stories and columns have appeared in magazines in India. She is the recipient of the 2008 Story-cove Short Fiction Award in the US. Mukta completed her Ph. D. in Physics and spent a decade in scientific research in universities across the globe. Chicago, Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen-life on the international track surely whetted her desire for storytelling. She now lives in Los Angeles and writes full-time.
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Operation Fox - Hunt
An army addicted to power, a soldier prepared for the ultimate sacrifice and a spy who will go to any length to stop him - Operation Fox-Hunt is a tale of sacrifice, camaraderie and betrayal. The Pakistani army, mauled by the Abbottabad raid, decides to create and execute an operation that will get the Pakistani public opinion firmly behind them. Major Shezad Khan, a much decorated officer from the Pakistani armys elite Special Service Group (SSG) embarks on a mission to attack a strategic target in India. His comrades-in-arms are five ferocious Lashakar-e-Taiba militants. Though he crosses into India through Kashmir, there is one man who has been tasked with the job of ensuring that they don't reach their target. RAWs Senior Field Agent Sanjay Khanna teams up with Military Intelligence and NSG to thwart the attack. The narrative sweeps across the vast expanses of Tajikistan, the malarial jungles of Bengal, through conflict zones in Baluchistan and the Vale of Kashmir as the two men and their teams race against time. A thrilling finale awaits in the maximum city Mumbai. Will the Fox-Hunt succeed? About the Author Siddhartha Thorat is a marketing professional with keen interest in current affairs and military history. As an Army brat and a marketing professional, he has traveled widely across India. He is a passionate fiction reader and draws inspiration from Ken Follett and Jack Higgins. This is his first book.
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Love Lasts Forever... : Only if You don't Marry Y
So you think your love can last forever? Get married! Eighteen-year-old Ronit falls madly in love with Aisha the moment he meets her at his graduation day from a naval college. He believes he has found his perfect soul mate and come what may, his love for her will last forever. Seven years later, he gets married to her. Big mistake! A week later, he completely hates her and believes she has turned into a devil. But his perception about love and life change when he hears the poignant love story of Shekhar, his Captain, on a ship that later gets hijacked by the pirates of Somalia. As they are left fighting for their lives, they confront if love truly can last forever? Or does it get too late? About the Author A sailor by profession and a writer by passion, Vikrant has penned two novels before this.
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The Writer on the Hill : The Very Best of Ruskin B
There are so many lovely things to see, there is so much to do, so much fun to be had and so many charming and interesting people to meet. How can my pen ever run dry? One of Indias finest and most prolific writers, Ruskin Bond has been putting pen to paper for well over six decades. Since The Room on the Roof his award winning debut novel which introduced readers to the unforgettable Rusty, the orphan from Dehradun - Bond has created characters both charming and eccentric, which have endured in popular imagination. And, in what is perhaps his most towering achievement, Bond has brought to pulsing life the mountains, valleys and rivers of Garhwal, as well as the quiet magic of small, tucked away places, in book after book The Writer on the Hillis a comprehensive selection of Bonds fiction and nonfiction, both popular and little known. In Masterji, a young man meets his old Hindi teacher on a train platform, in handcuffs. In the excerpt from The Room on the Roof, Rusty stands up to his bullying guardian. Man and Leopard describes, in mesmerising prose, a heartbreaking encounter between man and the wild. And, in Once upon a Mountain Time, Bond creates a charming portrait of his little patch of earth in Mussoorie. A tribute to one of the most popular and loved writers of India, The Writer on the Hillis also a celebration of the quiet, unhurried life, lived at ones own pace. This volume will delight Bonds fans everywhere. Interesting Facts The Writer on the Hillis a comprehensive collection of Ruskin Bonds work, spanning nearly six decades. The book includes popular works like A Long Walk for Bina as well as ones which arent as well known anymore. A part of the very best of series envisioned by Rupa, The Writer on the Hill will add weight and heft to the series. The collection will jog the memories of die hard Ruskin Bond fans and do well as a nostalgia driven book. It should also interest a new generation of Bond fans.
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Rules of the Game - Discover, Learn, Invent the Ar
A multi-faceted leader, Sumit Chowdhury speaks to readers about treating career like a game, and inventing their own rules to win at any cost. A brand-ambassador of ideas, he shows readers how they can build an ideal career and how they can rise to the top of the ladder through careful planning and deliberation. He teaches them from his vast experience as a mentor and trainer at several start-up companies, and shows how they can translate their career goals and rise up as great players at the game. About Sumit D. Chowdhury Sumit Dutta Chowdhury is an Indian businessman and writer. He is best known for heading the new division of Enterprise Ecosystem, at Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. and for leading several telecom and digital services companies as a Chief Information Officer. A former Vice President and Partner of Global Business Services with IBM India, he is a member on the boards of various companies, including Hello Health, Bravo Consulting, Wireless Nova, and Pine-Lodge Clinic, Melbourne.
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More Men on My Mind - Love em, Leave em cant Live
More Men on My Mind is a whimsical, quirky look at sex from a womans point of view. A sequel to the critically acclaimed Men on My Mind, the protagonists hunt for a good man takes her not only around the world but also into her own soul. And both, she finds, arent exactly what she expected. From speeding illegally down the avenues of New York with Italian men in their alfa Romeos to the hospitals of Brooklyn with doctors who like stirrups, from charming, silver-tongued oriental drug dealers to musicians who alternately delight and terrorise her, there is nothing predictable about her adventures. Life teaches her lessons the hard way, but she dusts herself off pragmatically and soldiers on, skirting danger and flirting with potentially horrible endings. More Men on My Mind takes you directly into the mind of the modern woman, fearlessly exposing its innermost workings. Sometimes frightening, sometimes gut-wrenching, mostly unpredictable and always hilarious, this book does not hold a single dull moment. Interesting Facts Keeping in mind the sales input for the cover of Men on My Mind (1st in the series), More Men on My Mind is jacketed in a bright red colour, highlighting the mood of the book. Target audience-both men and women alike, age group - 18+ Although this book is a sequel, it can be read independently, creating much amusement for readers to pick up the first one too. With its upbeat story telling technique and sassy first person narrative style, this book makes for a fun-filled and breezy summerish read.
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Cross My Heart
Alex Cross's whole world is crashing down around him. He has been hunted, stalked like prey, his predator priming himself for the kill. Cross has devoted his life to protecting others. Now he's unable to protect even those closest to him. As a police detective, he has made many enemies, but never like this. Everything he loves is being taken from him. Soon he will have nothing and no one left.
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Gone.
When Detective Michael Bennett arrested Manuel Perrine, he thought he had brought an end to the drug cartel boss,s reign of terror. But then during the trial Perrine escaped. In a bloody shoot-out, Bennett killed Perrine's wife.Now he wants nothing more than to make Bennett suffer, to make him pay. The whole family are moved to a safe house in California. But as Perrine's attack on US soil become more vicious and more daring, it's clear there is a war coming. No one, anywhere is safe.
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Anti - Social Network : An Inspector Virkar Crime
An up-all-night crime thriller, layered with suspense! - Ashwin Sanghi When college students across Mumbai are murdered one after another in gruesome ways, inspector Virkar from the crime branch is called in. As Virkar investigates, he stumbles upon a ruthless gang of young, tech-savvy miscreants who use social networking sites and the Internet for blackmail and sextortion. But how are the two cases linked? And who is the mastermind behind these killings? As the case grows murkier, the computer-challenged Virkar finds himself greatly out of his depth, chasing a killer who always seems to be one step ahead and a group that soon trains its sights on him. He must race against time to unmask the gang and to find the murderer before his reputation is ruined forever. Thick with suspense and layered with grit, anti-social network brings to you inspector Virkars toughest case yet. Interesting Facts From the bestselling author of Mumbaistan and compass box killer comes the third riveting instalment in the Mumbaistan crime-thriller series. The story once again features inspector Virkar, who is now a popular protagonist amongst readers of crime-thrillers. The book is easy to read and with its striking red and white cover with endorsements from Ashwin Sanghi and Ravi Subramanian, will find a lot of new readers. Anti-social network will appeal to fans of the authors books as well as find new ones.
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Secrets and Second Chances
Tender, bittersweet and moving, Secrets and Second Chances is about the fragile threads that bind a mother and daughter and the brave choices a woman makes to follow her heart. Nandita Dharkar, a strikingly beautiful and talented architect, relocates to Mumbai from Delhi, seeking new horizons and compelling explanations about ghosts from her mothers past. As she revels in her new found independence and forges new friendships, her job at a prestigious architect firm brings suave hotelier Aryan Rai into her life-and she falls hopelessly in love with him. But when her best friend, the carelessly handsome Aditya Arora, suddenly lands on her doorstep, Nandita realises how fickle the heart can be. In the midst of it all, she is unable to forget the mysterious letter she had discovered in her mother's jewellery box. When she embarks on a quest to find out the identity of the letter writer, shocking secrets about her mothers past come to the forefront. Will this shatter Nandita or will she heal through forgiveness? Tender,bittersweet and moving,Secrets and Second Chances examines the fragile threads that bind a mother and daughter,and the brave choices a woman makes to follow her heart.
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Middle School: How I Survived Bullies, Broccoli, a
Rafe Khatchadorian is ready for a fun summer at camp - until he finds out it's a summer school camp! Luckily, Rafe easily makes friends with his troublemaking cabin mates and bunkmate, a boy nicknamed Booger Eater, who puts up with endless teasing from the other kids. Rafe soon realises there's more to a person than a nickname, though, and Booger Eater might be the kind of friend you want on your side when the boys from the Cool Cabin attack. This fourth book in the massively popular Middle School series is an unforgettable summer of hi-jinks, new friends, and surprises, all told with the hilarity and honesty readers have come to expect from blockbuster author James Patterson.
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An Aryan Journey
The author has compiled this brilliant, educative work after referring, studying and doing his thorough research about the origin of the Aryans, their arrival to India and the legacy they have supposedly left behind in the form of literature. But unlike most of the theories, the author asserts that the Aryans came into the nation on trade ships and it was the people of the Indus Valley Civilization who even let them to live amongst them. There are many references to Vedas and Zoroastrian epics and scriptures. A source also claims that the Zoroastrianism also belonged to the same ethnic stock as the Aryans. A must have history aficionados. About Harsh Mahaan Cairae Harsh Mahaan Cairae is an Indian scholar, philosopher and writer. His specialization is the Vedas, which happens to be his chief interest. He is an ardent student of religion and philosophy. He has thoroughly studied the epics and scared scriptures of many religions, including the Zoroastrian and the Vedas. He is currently working on deciphering the Indo-Aryan code written in historical works.
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The Striker
1902, and Isaac Bell is investigating sabotage in a West Virginia coal mine. But when he stops a runway train, saving countless lives, Bell discovers that it is part of a conspiracy to frame striking miners. From West Virginia to Pittsburgh, New York City and Cincinnati, Bell is now on the hunt for clues to discover who is behind this murderous scheme. It puts him up against a ruthless agent provocateur allied to a cabal of staggering ambition and cold-bloodedness. Bell must prevent them starting a war which could bring the nation to its knees. Introducing us to Isaac Bell early in his career, The Striker is a pulse-pounding adventure from the world’s favourite writer of non-stop thrillers.
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Children of the Revolution
Ex-college lecturer Gavin Miller is found dead; his distorted body strewn across a disused railway track near home. There’s no sign of struggle, and no concrete evidence except for one distinguishing package: £5,000 of cash, tucked inside the man’s pocket. But the DCI Banks delves into Miller’s past; he uncovers a troubled existence tarnished by accusations of abuse and misconduct which throws up an array of puzzling questions. What really occurred at the college where the victim used to teach? How was he embroiled in political activism at Essex University, over forty year ago? And what links him to an upstanding pillar of the community, who also harbours a dark secret from her past? One thing is clear: someone will stop at nothing – even murder – to prevent Banks from discovering the truth… ‘If you haven’t encountered DCI Banks before, prepare for a crash course in taut, clen writing and subtle psychology. And watch for those twists – they’ll get you every time.’ IAN BANKIN
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Dust.
After working on one of the worst mass killing in US history, Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta returns home to recover, but an unsettling call drives her straight back to work. The body of a young woman has been discovered inside the gate of MIT, draped in an unusual cloth and posed in a way that is too deliberate to be the killer’s first strike. A preliminary examination reveals that the body is covered in a fine dust that under ultra-violet light fluoresces blood-red, emerald-green and sapphire-blue and physical evidence links this to another series of disturbing homicides in Washington, DC. As she pieces together the fragments of evidence, Scarpetta and her team are drawn deeper into the dark world of designer drugs, drone technology, organized crime, and shocking corruption at the highest level. Dust is a thrilling, addictive novel featuring one of the most iconic, original and compelling characters in crime fiction today.
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Just One Evil Act
When Hadiyyah Upman disappears from London in the company of her mother, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is as devastated as the girl's father. They are her close friends as well as neighbours, but since the child is with her mother, nothing can be done. Five months later, Hadiyyah is kidnapped from an open air market in Lucca, Italy, and this triggers an investigation in the full glare of the media spotlight. Barbara's clever manipulation of the worst of London's tabloids forces New Scotland Yard to become involved. But rather than Barbara herself, her superior officer DI Thomas Lynley is assigned to handle a situation made delicate by racial issues, language difficulties, and the determination of an Italian magistrate to arrest and convict someone - anyone - for the crime.
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Whiskey:There's Nowhere Left to Run
Eli Landon seems to have the perfect life. A beautiful wife, a wonderful house, a dazzling legal career. But when his wife is brutally murdered after confessing to an affair, Eli is named prime suspect. After a year long ordeal the case is dropped for lack of evidence, but Eli's world is in tatters. Abandoned by his friends, hounded by the media and a detective with a grudge, Eli retreats to the small-town sanctuary of Whiskey Beach. Camping out in his grandmother's atmospheric house by the sea he meets Abra Walsh - compassionate, courageous and hiding secrets of her own. But as Abra and Eli take their first tentative steps towards each other, a deadly enemy is watching them from the shadows. An enemy determined to make sure Eli Landon will never have that 'perfect life' - whatever the cost .