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Small Betrayals
17 Stories 17 fierce, honest, moving portraits of women. Shobhaa De unfolds the betrayals and intimacies, the needs and regrets, the secrets that sustain relationships and the ones that threaten to destroy it. In this book, you will be confronted with vaguely familiar scents and images that draw us deeper into a world filled with eccentricities, darkness, love and sorrows-a world that strangely mirrors our own. With lyrical precision and suspenseful storytelling, this volume is rich with contemporary characters that wonderfully integrate different emotions, newly analyzed, examined and experienced. Part dystopian, part dreamy, part romance, part drama, Shobhaa De manages to bring forward a remarkable account of the power of possibility and a womans sense of self. A great read that will force you to question and accept your own society, attitude, purpose and life. About the Author Voted by readers digest as one of Indias most trusted people and one of the 50 most powerful women in India by daily news and analysis, Shobhaa De is one of Indias highest selling authors and a popular social commentator. Her works comprising both fiction and non-fiction have been featured in comparative literature courses at universities abroad and in India. Her writing has been translated into many regional languages as well as French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.
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The Book Of fate.
The Book of Fate gives the readers a rare insight into the lives of the Iranian Society. It gives a view of several decades of turmoil that the society went through, from the 1979 revolution, during the time of the Islamic Republic, and to the present. The story revolves around a young girl named Massoumeh and the events in her life that decide her fate. Summary of the Book Massoumeh is an ordinary teenage girl from pre-revolutionary Iran, and is a passionate learner. One day, when she is returning from school, she meets a man in her locality with whom she falls in love. Unfortunately for her, her family gets to know about this through the letters that the boy sends her, and she is beaten up by her brother. She is troubled as she has to face a life without love or education, but is asked to submit to her destiny by a neighbour. She is eventually married off to a man of political dissident, and who is also a threat to the oppressive regime of the Shah’s. When he is arrested by the secret service, Massoumeh’s life takes a turn and is now tied to the ever-changing fortune of her country. About Parinoush Saniee Parinoush Saniee is a sociologist and psychologist. She has worked as the manager of the research department in Supreme Coordination Council for Technical and Vocational Education Ministry in Iran. She has authored many novels. Her first novel was Sahme Man, and the second was Pedar-E Aan Digari. Both of these books were appreciated and popular. Other books written by her are waiting for approval by the censorship board.
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Longing Belonging-An Outsider At Home In Calcutta
Calcutta was no longer an old piece of furniture in the attic. It was an antique whose value I had realized. With these words Bishwanath Ghosh embarks on an exploration of a city that, as a probashi-non-resident Bengali, he has only recently fallen in love with.He probes the lives of its inhabitants-some famous and others faceless-and at the same time strolls along the Hooghly, wanders in and out of Park Street, College Street, Kalighat, Kumartuli, Sonagachhi, even ending up in a dance bar in Salt Lake.With his adventurous spirit and undeniable witwit intact, Bishwanath Ghosh pieces together his own unique idea of a unique city.Calcutta was no longer an old piece of furniture in the attic. It was an antique whose value I had realised. With these words Bishwanath Ghosh embarks on an exploration of a city that, as a probashi-non-resident Bengali, he has only recently fallen in love with.He probes the lives of its inhabitants-some famous and others faceless-and at the same time strolls along the Hooghly, wanders in and out of Park Street, College Street, Kalighat, Kumartuli, Sonagachhi, even ending up in a dance bar in Salt Lake.With his adventurous spirit and undeniable wit intact, Bishwanath Ghosh pieces together his own unique idea of a unique city.
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Beauty At Your Fingertips-Kitchen Remedies For You
Would you eat the ingredients listed in creams or lotions? Why would you feed the skin what the stomach would refuse? Renowned naturopath Dr. Nirmala Shetty offers us beauty potions that are good enough to taste! Best of all, they come with easy-to-follow recipes. Dipping into the ingredients found in kitchens herbs and fruits, vegetables and spices Dr. Shetty offers us eco-friendly, utterly delectable concoctions for every skin and hair problem, be it rosacea or dark circles, hair fall or premature greying. Within the pages of this book, youll find - The potent Green Pack, a cleansing mixture of margosa, mint and cucumber, known to battle stubborn acne Coconut Magic, a heady mix of pistachios and coconut, that can wipe away the most persistent of tans Beet Blend, with beet juice, curd and olive oil, that can wash off those embarrassing flakes of dandruff There are chapters devoted to male beauty (how about an organic aftershave lotion, with aloe vera, tea tree oil and cucumber?), age-specific potions (did you know that coconut milk and almonds can keep wrinkles at bay, or that green gram packs can nourish your babys body?) and kitchen solutions for anxious grooms and brides! As a bonus, theres a ready reckoner of common natural ingredients and the delightful secrets they hold. Packed with more than a hundred tried-and-tested recipes, with this book, beauty is at your fingertips!
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A Hundred Lives For You
I wish we had the courage to have a second child. Abhimanyu Sharma, 13, is on the threshold of a new beginning when his fathers remark scars him and his relationships forever. Why did you not say it that day? He is in love but does not fathom the depth of his love till it is too late. And mark my words, you are the best! he adores his Daddu, the old man whose faith in him keeps him going. You saved me and in time, I shall rescue you back. And then, there is Simran, the little girl who gives him hope and love. For whom he can give a hundred lives. Join Abhimanyu as he proves every perception against him wrong-even his own-as he lives through tumultuous relationships, a broken friendship, lost love and merciless carnage in the very heart of Delhi. A hundred lives for you is a melting pot of emotions that moves with the anger and pace of a thriller.
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Hooked,Lined And Single
Sometimes I lie awake at night and I ask god, where have I gone wrong? then a voice says to me, this is going to take more than one night. So youre a woman, youre 30-something and living in India? So whats the big deal about it? Well, if youre all of the above and still unmarried or married previously and you just dont seem to find the right man, you suddenly acquire a tragically special status as being cynical, demanding, impractical and chronically single or ambitious. In hooked, lined and single, Alafia Singh meets a similar fate on her journey to find a husband using somewhat more traditional methods.
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Rabda My Sai,My Sigh
Rabda has attempted suicide and chances are that he is going to die. Sai Baba of Shirdi enters the hospital room and awakens the spirit body of Rabda. The two, Master and musician, begin to converse about life, death and everything in between. Set in the present, Rabda takes the reader to the past, to when the Sai lived in His physical body. The life and philosophy of Sai Baba of Shirdi are revealed, often in His own words, and questions pertaining to Him and spirituality answered. A powerful spiritual read, Rabda is a journey you really do not want to miss.
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The Gin Drinkers
New Delhi's liquid colonialism is on its way out. The old social order is crumbling. Those born into English-speaking privilege - Uma, the England-returned graduate; Madhavi, the academic, and journalist Dhruv; Shantanu, the civil servant, and his wife Anasuya; Deekay, the middle-class revolutionary; Pamela Sen, the dedicated teacher; Ikram Gilchrist, the famous author - are slowly but surely yielding ground to the subaltern. In the roil and rustle of this change, a mysterious gang of thieves is stealing old and rare books from the houses of the well-heeled. Who are these people? Where are they taking these books? And who is the mysterious Jai Prakash? What is his secret? The Gin Drinkers is a tragicomedy of manners and a true mirror to the class and caste conflicts that define modern India.
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Shala
Dombivali, Maharashtra. Mukund Joshi is fourteen, has just been promoted to class nine and whats more-he is newly in love with classmate Shirodkar. He attends the same private tuition's as her just to get a glimpse of her beautiful face and follows her back to her house every day. Of course, she has no clue that someones pining away to death for her, because Mukund lives in a time where society discourages social interaction between boys and girls, he is forced to keep his pursuit a secret. When hes not negotiating the tricky alleys of love, he sits out in the school field or loafs about town with close friends, Surya, Chitrya and Favdya, railing against the education system and debating ideas such as discipline and Bohemianism. Set in small-town India in the 1970s during the emergency, Shala is a delicately nuanced novel that tells the story of adolescent struggles, which are as tortuous in real time as they are amusing in retrospect.
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Malice.
Acclaimed bestselling novelist Kunihiko Hidaka is brutally murdered in his home on the night before he's planning to leave Japan and relocate to Vancouver. His body is found in his office, in a locked room, within his locked house, by his wife and his best friend, both of whom have rock solid alibis. Or so it seems. Police detective Kyochiro Kaga recognizes Hidaka's best friend from years ago when they were both teachers. Kaga went on to join the police force while Nonoguchi became a full-time writer, though with not nearly the success of his friend Hidaka. When Kaga suspects something is a little bit off with Nonoguchi's statement, he investigates further, ultimately executing a search warrant on Nonoguchi's apartment. There he finds evidence that shows that the two writers' relationship was very different than they claimed. In a brilliantly realized tale of cat and mouse, the detective and the writer battle over the truth of the past and how events that led to the murder really unfolded. Which one of the two writers was ultimately guilty of malice?
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Chasing Tomorrow
Tracy Whitney returns in this sequel to If Tomorrow Comes. Now, rich from all the heists she has pulled with her partner, Jeff Stevens, Tracy has all the money she needs. However, there is one thing her heart desires: a baby. She tries to settle down and stop all the adventure, but that hasn’t helped her chances of getting pregnant. When a stranger enters their lives, Jeff and Tracy’s relationship explodes, and Tracy vanishes. For more than ten years, Tracy has been gone, assumed dead. However, someone begins a series of murders, seeking to find and kill her. Can Jeff find her before the killers do? About the Authors Sidney Sheldon was an American writer. He has also written Master of the Game, The Other Side of Midnight and Rage of Angels. He has also created the TV series, I Dream of Jeannie. Tilly Bagshawe is a British freelance journalist and writer. She has also written Sidney Sheldon's Mistress of the Game and Sidney Sheldon's After the Darkness.
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Gray Mountain
In a day, 2008 changed the fortunes of billions of people across the Earth. Samantha Kofer was one of them. Her fast track job on Wall Street had veered to a stop, and she had nothing to grab on except for a payless opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic. At the end of a year, there was a small chance she’d get her old job back, a really small chance. From the grand metropolis of Manhattan, her new job takes her to Brady, Virginia, set in the heart of a place she’d only read about: the Appalachia. Here, she works under Mattie Wyatt, who has lived here his entire life and heads the legal aid clinic. He teaches her about helping people with real problems. Samantha’s new job teaches her how to prepare an actual lawsuit, face a real courtroom, take a judge’s scoldings head on and receive threats from townsfolk who are displeased about having an urban lawyer in their town. Her work is pretty much cut out for her, but there’s one problem: Brady has a secret. This town is neck deep in the murky world of coal mining, and there is no law that the mining operations recognize. Samantha didn’t expect that here, she’d find herself at the head of the biggest litigations in recent times.
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The October List
You wait, desperately, for news of your daughter. At last, the door opens. But it is not the negotiators, or the FBI. It is her kidnapper. And he has a gun Twp days ago, life was normal. How did it end like this? Every crime scene begins at the end. To know what happened, you must work backword, piecing together the enents that came before. the ultimate thriller writer, Jeffery Deaver puts your brain - and your nerves - toe the ultimate test with The October List, in a masterful mystery that unfolds from the back to the beginning with many a breath-taking twist along the way. About the Author Jeffery Deaver is the award-winning author of three collections of short stories and 32 internationally bestselling novels, including the 2011 James Bond novelCarte Blanche. He is best known for his Lincoln Rhyme thrillers, which include the number one bestsellersThe Vanished Man, The Twelfth CardandThe Cold Moon, as well asThe Bone Collectorwhich was made into a feature film starring Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie. The first Kathryn Dance novel,The Sleeping Doll, was published in 2007 to enormous acclaim. A three-time recipient of the Ellery Queen Reader's Award for Best Short Story of the year, he has been nominated for an Anthony Award and six Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America. He won the WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award in 2001 and in 2004 won the Crime Writers' Association Steel Dagger for Best Thriller withGarden of Beasts and their Short Story Dagger forThe WeekenderfromTwisted.Jeffery Deaver lives in North Carolina and California.
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And Then One Day-A Memoir
Naseeruddin Shah’s memoir depicts his extraordinary journey from a feudal village near Meerut, to Catholic schools in Nainital and Ajmer, and finally to stage and film fame in Mumbai. Along the way, he narrates his passages through Aligarh University, the National School of Drama and the Film and Television Institute of India, where his life actually started to change. And Then One Day is a compelling tale, written with uncommon honesty and elegance, infused with tongue-in-cheek humour. There are also emotional portraits of family members, darkly amusing accounts of his school days and the vibrant roles of directors and actors he has worked with, including Shyam Benegal, Girish Karnad, Ebrahim Alkazi, Om Puri and Shabana Azmi. The book grippingly describes his struggle to earn a living through acting, his experiments with the craft, his love affairs, his early marriage, his triumphs and let-downs with incredible honesty and impartial self-assessment. It is packed with delightful tales as well as moving and often tender revelations, making it a riveting read throughout. About Naseeruddin Shah Naseeruddin Shah has been an actor-director-teacher in theatre, having played the lead in more than two hundred feature films and over sixty professional theatre productions, both in India and abroad. He is also passionate about playing and watching tennis, cricket and movies. Shah has been honoured with numerous awards, although he seldom talks about them. He currently lives in Mumbai.
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The Mahabharata Quest-The Alexander Secret
In 334 B.C., the young Alexander has already conquered most of the known world. He turns his gaze towards Hindustan, the land of the Indus. There, he seeks a secret buried in the Mahabharata, one that will grant him the powers of a god. In the present day, a tomb is uncovered in Greece, one that has been buried in secrets for over 2000 years. It hides the body of a queen. In New Delhi, the discovery of strange and unexplained corpses in a hidden lab leads Vijay Singh and his team, members of an elite task force, in a hunt for a deadly adversary. Their only clues lie hidden in the Mahabharata, and when they decipher them, they will discover the truth many people have sought for eons. In this journey, they face an ancient enemy who will yet hold the world for ransom with his diabolical plan for total domination. About Christopher C. Doyle Christopher C. Doyle is a historical fiction writer. A graduate of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, he studied business management at IIM Calcutta. He is currently based in Gurgaon where he lives with his family.
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Yoga For A You
Yoga for a New You offers you yoga for every mood with four themed sections; Relaxed, Energetic, Young and Confident. Each section includes 25 detailed yoga postures with full colour photographs and step-by-step pointers as well as seven yoga sequence programmes to bring health and balance to your life. Advice on breathing practices, relaxation, meditation and lifestyle guidance help you stay physically fit, mentally alert and to feel more positive about life. Yoga for a New You is the only yoga guide you'll need. Previously published as the Yoga for Living series.