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The Complaints
Nobody likes The Complaints - they're the cops who investigate other cops. Complaints and Conduct Department, to give them their full title, but known colloquially as 'the Dark Side', or simply 'The Complaints'. Malcolm Fox works for The Complaints. He's just had a result, and should be feeling good about himself. But he's middle-aged, sour and unwell. He also has a father in a care home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship. In the midst of an aggressive Edinburgh winter, the reluctant Fox is given a new task. There's a cop called Jamie Breck, and he's dirty. Problem is, no one can prove it. But as Fox takes on the job, he learns that there's more to Breck than anyone thinks. This knowledge will prove dangerous, especially when murder intervenes.
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Eleven:Triumphs, Trials & Turbulence 1st Edition
A billion heart-beat… It best defines cricket in India. Butter Chicken is not so great Indian equalizer, a cover drive hit with kingly disdain from the magnificent willow of Sachin Tendulkar is. Our secular credentials may come frequently under microscopic scrutiny, but the ability of cricket to bring all Indians together remains unparalleled. From the taxi-driver in Mumbai men in Kumarakom’s backwaters to the CEO of a multinational software in Bengaluru, cricket binds them in an inextricable grip of togetherness. This book traces the fast-paced epochal events in Indian cricket since 2003 ranging from the contentious years of Ganguly's captaincy to the extraordinary rise of an instinctive genius called Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Amazing wins, heart-breaking losses, new heroes, endless controversies, big-ticket cash, dark politics, a T20 World Cup with IPL. Like India, cricket itself is work-in-progress.
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Super Memory
This is one of those rare books that can help all of us with something that is both troublesome and worrisome – our memory. It does this with ease in 12 easy and effortlessly smooth steps. Pub. Date: June 2011 Shakuntala Devi’s down-to-earth writing and encouraging step-by-step approach puts super memory in reach of everyone. As she says, ‘Take my word. You can start applying my memory-enhancing techniques immediately, right now. Before you will realize, applying my methods and strategies will become your second nature.’ Shakuntala Devi has been honing and teaching her memory improvement techniques for more than 40 years. Super Memory is the result of her life’s work, specially tailored to our needs as we age, and encompassing all of the many ways we can use a better memory every day. About the Author Born to an orthodox Brahmin family in Bangalore, Shakuntala Devi manifested an extraordinary love for numbers at a very early age. By the time she was five years old she had become an expert in complex mental arithmetic. The rest, as they say, is now history. She has authored several international bestsellers which have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into many languages. She is also the recipient of Ramanujan Mathematical Genius Award, which was bestowed on her in Washington, USA, in 1988.