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Mumbai Avengers
Retribution for 26 / 11, five years after 26 / 11 the siege of terror in Mumbai that brought the country to its knees India still seeks justice. The terrorists who planned it have disappeared into the darkness they emerged from and Mumbai seethes with fury. All the Indian government has achieved is the establishment of counter terrorism committees. But one man will stop at nothing in his quest to avenge the dastardly act. Retired Lt Gen. Sayed Ali Waris of the Indian army masterminds a covert mission with a team of daredevil agents a sharp policeman, a suave tech expert, a cerebral scientist and two battle hardened army officers. They strike like lightning even as they are pursued by the Pakistani army and the ISI, combing through every land and possibility in pursuit of the deadly killers. From Sweden to Istanbul, through Dubai, Pakistan and Singapore, they annihilate the perpetrators with single minded focus, veiling the deaths as natural ones to save the Indian government diplomatic and political embarrassment. The stakes have never been higher. This is a nifty, edge-of-your seat thriller with an intricate plot and jaw dropping twists. As Waris and his team navigate untold dangers towards a nail-biting climax, will Mumbai be finally avenged? Gripping, intense, keeps you on the edge Mumbai Police Commissioner, Rakesh Maria About the Author Gabriel Khan is a journalist and writer based in Mumbai. S. Hussain Zaidi is a Mumbai based journalist, a veteran of investigative, crime and terror reporting in the media. He has worked for the Asian age, Mumbai mirror, mid day and Indian express. His previous books include best sellers like black Friday, mafia queens of Mumbai, Dongri to Dubai and Byculla to Bangkok. He is also associate producer for the HBO movie, terror in Mumbai, based on the 26 / 11 terror strikes. He lives with his family in Mumbai.
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The 100 Simple Secrets Of The Best Half of Life
What do people who relish the second half of their lives do differently than those who dread getting older? Sociologists, therapists and psychiatrists have spent entire careers investigating the ins and outs of successful aging, yet their findings are inaccessible to ordinary people, hidden in obscure journals to be shared with other experts. Now the international bestselling author of the 100 simple secrets series has collected the most current and significant data from more than a thousand of the best scientific studies on the second half of life. These findings have been boiled down to one hundred essential ways to find and maintain joy, health and satisfaction every day of your life. Each one is accompanied by a true story showing the results in action. David Niven, Ph.D., bestselling author of the 100 simple secrets of happy people,the 100 simple secrets of successful people, the 100 simple secrets of great relationships, the 100 simple secrets of helathy people and the 100 simple secrets of happy families is a psychologist and social scientist who teaches at Florida Atlantic University.
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The 100 Simple Secrets Of Healthy People
From fitness to diets to emotional health and longevity, what kare the essential qualities of living a healthy life? What do people who feel and look healthy do differently than those who complain of being over tired, depressed or out of shape? Everyday we face an avalanche of studies and statistics often contradictory that tell us what we should or shouldn't eat,how long we need to exercise and what we should or shouldn't do to protect against second hand smoke or the harmful rays of the sun. Now the best selling author of the 100 simple secrets of happy people, the 100 simple secrets of successful people and the 100 simple secrets of great relationships has sifted through over a thousand significant studies offering one hundred proven findings on what we can all do to live a healthy life. Moving beyond the myths and misinformation, the advice in the 100 simple secrets of healthy people is not based on one person's opinions, or one expert's study. For the first time all the research available on the health of average Americans has been distilled into one hundred essential ways in which we can become healthier and happier. Each of the core secrets is written in easy-to-understand language accompanied by a true story that shows these results in action. About the Author David Niven, Ph.D., bestselling author of the 100 simple secrets of happy people, the 100 simple secrets of successful people, the 100 simple secrets of great relationships, the 100 simple secrets of healthy people and the 100 simple secrets of happy families is a psychologist and social scientist who teaches at Florida Atlantic University.
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Dangerous Women (Part 3)
Commissioned by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in a three volume paperback set. This third volume features an original short story by Joe Abercrombie. Some desperado centres on shy south, the protagonist of Abercrombies novel red country. Having robbed a bank, shy is carrying 2,000 silver pieces and shes on the run when her horse catches an arrow. Marooned in a dusty ghost town, she faces up to a trio of murderous, flea-bitten criminals.
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Dangerous Women (Part 2)
Commissioned by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in a three volume paperback set. This second volume features an original short story by Megan Lindholm (Who also writes as Robin Hobb). In the bittersweet neighbors Sarah, a rather strange widow, lives isolated and alone, surrounded by young families. But is the old lady afflicted by dementia-or by something far more odd?
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Dangerous Women (Part 1)
Commissioned by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, these tales of dangerous women by the most stellar names in fiction are available for the first time in a three volume paperback set. This first volume features an original 35,000 word novella by George R. R. Martin. The princess and the queen reveals the origins of the civil war in Westeros (Before the events in a game of thrones), which is known as the dance of the dragons, pitting Targaryen against Targaryen and dragon against dragon.
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Sweet Revenge..
Highlander Galen MacDonald is on a mission of revenge-kidnap his enemys bride and make her his. But what he doesnt count on is a clever, fiery lass wielding a blade. When he realizes Kayla is delirious with fever, Galen wastes no time in wedding her. While Kyla is grateful for the Scottish laird who had saved her from marrying a loathsome man, she is just as furious that Galen has claimed her for his bride. But when they share an unforgettable night of passion, will it lead to a marriage of the hearts, or will an enemy tear them apart?
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Never Judge A Lady By Her Cover
By day, she is Lady Georgiana, sister to a duke, ruined before her first season in the worst kind of scandal. But the truth is far more shocking-in Londons darkest corners, she is Chase, the mysterious, unknown founder of the citys most legendary gaming hell. For years, her double identity has gone undiscovered until now. Brilliant, driven, handsome-as-sin Duncan West is intrigued by the beautiful, ruined woman who is somehow connected to a world of darkness and sin. He knows she is more than she seems and he vows to uncover all of Georgianas secrets, laying bare her past, threatening her present and risking all she holds dear including her heart.
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Vampire in Paradise
Its been centuries since the Norseman Sigurd Sigurdsson was turned into a vangel-a viking vampire angel-as punishment for his sin of envy, but hes still getting the hang of having fangs that get in the way when seducing women. Slaying demon vampires known as Lucipires and using his healing gifts as a cancer research doctor, Sigurd is sent to Floridas grand keys island as a resident physician where he encounters the most sinfully beautiful woman. The only hope Marisa Lopez has of curing her five-year-old daughter is a pricey experimental procedure. When she meets the good-looking doctor, Marisa is speechless. Then Sigurd tells her he believes he can help her daughter. Could this too-hotto resist Viking doctor be an angel of some sort sent to bring a miracle for her daughter? Or is he just a vampire bent on breaking Marisas heart?
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How To Stop Your Grownup From Making Bad Decisions
Nina has questions. Are moms just little girls who are taller and wear prettier shoes? Can I call pest control services to get rid of a pesky seven-year-old boy? What if my sister is a voodoo high priestess? Is a grownup refusing to grow up the same as someone pretending to be asleep? Are teachers not allowed to admit theyre wrong? WHO. LEFT. PARENTS. IN. CHARGE? Somebody had better have the answers. Big announcement: Ninas mom is going to marry Dhiraj! Hes not the wicked stepfather by any stretch of the imagination. Hes much, much worse. Hes a rapper! And a bad one at that. And his rapper name is Dhiraj Fist aka Diddy Blood. Case rested. After all, dumb is the new wicked. Nina must stop this catastrophe, but shes going to need co-conspirators. With her sister Nikki, who seems to keep disappearing mysteriously, and her mothers best friend, Ashwin Uncle, whos now fighting with her mother, Nina must find a way to save her favourite grownup from making a really bad decision. Because, really, grownups just cant be trusted to make good life choices. As sweet as it is funny, Nina the Philosopher is a brilliant, witty, thought-provoking series that tells the story of a modern-day fairy tale: a single mother and her two wonderful, hilariously angst-ridden daughters. Its The Princess Diaries for a new generation. Except, you know, without a princess. Or a diary. The book is beautifully designed and illustrated by a remarkably talented new artist, Priyanka Shyam. Check out Ninas blog at www.ninathephilosopher.com. Also check out the book trailer at http://youtu.be/tkopFMFnHCM. About the Author Judy Balan is a best-selling author. She also writes blogs, short plays and columns and is currently working on her next book. Nina the Philosopher is (very loosely) based on Judy's over-thinking, over-analysing daughter, Kiara, with whom she lives in Chennai. They have a shared love of fairy tales and are living their own version of happily ever after (with no prince in the picture).
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Forgetting
When. You. Wake. Up. Tomorrow. Everything. Will. Be. Just. The. Same. Yet. Different. Time is arguably our biggest enemy. And memory, perhaps, our greatest curse. Which makes forgetting the hardest thing to do. These are stories of difficult pasts and the struggle to leave them behind. Identical-twin rickshaw drivers are wrongly suspected of terrorism in paranoid Bombay, a Calcutta merchant envies each saree he sells for the intimacy itll share with the woman who buys it, an illicit love affair is conducted over nine potent text messages, a lonely astronaut sings out loud, hoping his voice will find an ear somewhere, Adivasis, Jawans, Naxalites, policemen and journalists in Orissa are caught in a web of violence unleashed on them by both their own histories and that of a nation helplessly repeating it. Forty-nine tales that speak of the power of forgetting.
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Flash Point
An explosive yet poignant account of the lives of those who walk the red carpet and those who photograph them. Zeeshan Haq, a handsome Kashmiri lad, is forced to relocate to Mumbai after losing his father in a mysterious fire that destroys their ancestral photo studio in Srinagar. With ambitions to become a successful photographer, Zeeshan joins his maternal uncle in the running of a small agency that supplies paparazzi pictures to Mumbais tabloids and newspapers. That is his introduction to the seductive, dazzling, often hedonistic world of Mumbai high society. Zeeshan is instantly smitten by Hazel Haroon, a model and aspiring Bollywood film star, and yearns to vault over the red velvet rope that separates the paparazzo from his glamorous subjects. Soon enough, he succeeds in becoming chief assistant to Kabir Kohli, Mumbais most celebrated fashion photographer. But just when things are looking up for him, Zeeshan gets unwittingly trapped in a web of crime and deceit, the consequences of which threaten his career and very existence. Set between Mumbai and Dubai, two cities where nothing is quite what it seems, Flash Point is a riveting tale of lust, greed and naked ambition.
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Bloodline Bandra
David Cabral is a journalist, and also one of the original peepils: an East Indian from Pali Village. The village is a world unto itself, and the villagers such notables as Salt Peter, Freddy Fakir, Basco Big Stomach, Carla Four Eyes, Lorna Leg Spread, Spunkless Joe and Small Tree Big Fruit. It is a world relatively untroubled by the rapid changes around it, mostly because its inhabitants just ask themselves, 'My fadder wot going?' David, spurred by the sight of childhood friends who have made it big abroad, manages to shake off the stupor of his comfortable life and heads to New York for his piece of the American Dream pie. There, he finds himself a slave: unable to scrape together enough money to return to India, nor able to quit because it would render his stay illegal. There also, he meets and falls in love with Japanese cello student Hatsumi Nakamura - a difficult love, bound by culture and circumstances. All the while, Pali Village beckons David home. Bloodline Bandra captures with flair and wit the flavourful language of the East Indians, life in the tight-knit community of Pali Village and a way of life that's dying out. It is a riveting tale of love and loss, of home and homelessness that will linger on long after the book is read and put away.
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Dark Star:The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna
Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna is the biography of the veteran Indian movie star, compiled by Gautam Chintamani. The book has a foreword written by actress, Sharmila Tagore. Summary of the Book Born as Jatin Khanna to middle-class parents, the actor was adopted by rich relatives who brought him up like a prince. By the time he won the All India Talent Contest organized by United Producers and Filmfare, he was already known for being that struggler who drove an imported sports car! With seventeen blockbuster hits in sequence, and mass worship seldom seen ever before or since, the world was at Khanna’s feet. And then in a matter of months, it all changed. Mirroring the meteoric rise, Khanna’s cinema career hit a downward spiral just three years after the movie, Aradhana, and never really recovered. Recounting the films and the times of Rajesh Khanna, Dark Star looks at the phenomenon of an actor who completely redefined the phrase ‘film star’. Even after decades since his last monstrous hit, Khanna continues to be a benchmark by which every aspiring Bollywood star is measured. About Gautam Chintamani Gautam Chintamani is an Indian writer. He is an avid cinephile, accustomed to writing on the world cinema, Bollywood and absolutely everything in between.
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Desert God
A novel of ancient Egypt from the bestselling author of river god. Wilbur Smith is a master at the helm of one of the greatest stories of all time. On the banks of the Nile, a hero will rise. Across the lush plains of Egypt, Taita, a freed eunuch slave, wears his authority lightly. Not only is he the close adviser to the Pharaoh, but he is guardian to pharaoh tamose two teenage sisters, the young beauties Tehuti and Bekatha. But the kingdom is not at peace. They have been fighting southern Egypts constant and historic enemy, the Hyksos people in the north, since time began. To finally crush them, Pharaoh must turn to his most trusted friend. Taita, philosopher, poet and expert strategist, has a plan that will see Egypt destroy the Hyksos army and form a coveted alliance with Crete in one move. This plan will take him, his expedition commander Zara's and their mighty warriors on a perilous journey up the Nile, through Arabia to the magical city of Babylon, then across the open seas to Crete. The many dangers will cost lives and time and they will meet battle and betrayal head on. But Taita must not forget his two charges, the spirited young princesses, whose attraction to the very warriors who lead the fight threatens Taitas meticulous plan and the future of Egypt itself.
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The Monogram Murders
The new Hercule Poirot novel-another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his little grey cells. The bestselling novelist of all time. The world's most famous detective. The literary event of the year. Hercule Poirot's quiet supper in a London coffee house is interrupted when a young woman confides to him that she is about to be murdered. She is terrified, but begs Poirot not to find and punish her killer. Once she is dead, she insists, justice will have been done. Later that night, Poirot learns that three guests at a fashionable London hotel have been murdered and a cufflink has been placed in each ones mouth. Could there be a connection with the frightened woman? While Poirot struggles to put together the bizarre pieces of the puzzle, the murderer prepares another hotel bedroom for a fourth victim. In the hands of internationally bestselling author Sophie Hannah, Poirot plunges into a mystery set in 1920s London-a diabolically clever puzzle that can only be solved by the talented Belgian detective and his little grey cells.
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Kingdom Of The Soap Queen:The Story Of Balaji Tele
The early 1990s - Doordarshan has had a monopoly over the air waves for a decade with epic programmes like Ramayan, Mahabharat and Hum Log. The government has passed a series of economic and social reforms, allowing private and foreign broadcasters to begin operations in India. With the entry of cable television in 1992, the industry is poised for a gigantic leap. All that it needs is a fairy godmother to wave the magic wand. And it finds one in Ekta Kapoor and Balaji Telefilms. Kingdom of the Soap Queen is the enchanting narrative of Balaji Telefilms. It is the fairy tale of how a laid-back seventeen-year-old metamorphosed into one of the most powerful women in global media, how a teenage project kicks tarted by her mother in her fathers garage turned into the biggest entertainment provider across India. And like every fairy tale, this too has its share of magic, curses, spells, potions and pixie dust. An epic tale that is even more juicy and suspense-ridden than any of the production houses 100-odd soap operas, Kingdom of the Soap Queen showcases the journey that is Balaji.
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Strictly personal:Manmohan & Gursharan
A daughter’s account, Strictly Personal - Manmohan and Gursharan by Daman Singh, is the untold story of Manmohan Singh, India’s thirteenth Prime Minister, and his wife. Summary of the Book The book is not about Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister but about Manmohan Singh, the family man whose life and loved ones were caught up in the maelstrom of history. The author reiterates the fact that other than Jawaharlal Nehru, no other Prime Minister has had such an influence on India and her economic policies as Manmohan Singh. She also tries to reconcile the intellectual picture she has of her father with his portrayal in the media and comes with a picture of great complexity. Daman Singh enlightens her readers about the life and struggle of her father – as a young boy, he lost his mother to eternity, and his family to the partition. He was brought up by his grandfather and was not very close to his father. She talks of an intellectual man who, after completing his studies at the Cambridge University, decided to return to his country. He then sacrifices everything to work for the government and eventually joined Indian politics. Pages have been devoted to bringing out the importance of his wife, Gursharan Kaur, in his life - she was from a similar background as him and she brought the concept of family and togetherness to his life. She supported him in every endeavour of his and is described as a beautiful and vivacious lady who lends her strength to contribute to her husband’s success. What Manmohan never got to experience as a child, Gursharan brought into the marriage - a family - and they had three little girls, Upinder, Daman and Amrit, to complete the family unit. The book also paints the picture of the life the author had with her two passionate sisters, a talented mother and a father who stepped into the limelight for the country, despite his aversion to it. Enthralling yet honest, this book reveals a never-before-seen side of Manmohan Singh.
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Making Breakthrough Innovation Happen: How 11 Indi
For long now, India has been seen as a country that is good at working on products and ideas that are already out there. Indian companies took up products that came in from the West and either replicated it or re-engineered it. Indians, when they went to other countries, were part of creative teams that came up with, and implemented great ideas. But, when in their own country, Indians do not have a reputation for coming up with innovative ideas. So, what is it that stops them? The author laments this situation in his book Making Breakthrough Innovation Happen: How 11 Indians Pulled Off The Impossible. He points out that even the Indian branches of MNCs do not see their Indian operations as centers of innovations. They just work on things that have already been conceived elsewhere. In this book, Munshi tells the true stories of 11 breakthrough ideas conceived and executed by Indians. These ground-breaking examples show that if someone dares to think out-of-the box and follows their dream, then seemingly impossible things can be achieved. The examples cover a wide range of industries. from public sector to private sector, and from MNCs and huge Indian companies to startup firms. The book talks about 11 ideas that had a deep impact, and achievements that were original and influential. The examples include the creation of the slimmest water proof watches by Titan, and the business model of Cavinkare - a small company that took on giants in the field of personal care products and succeeded. It includes the story of how Aravind Eye Hospital came up with an idea - assembly line surgery - to improve the productivity of its surgeons. Today, the hospital treats 70% of its patients free of charge and yet manages to make a good profit. Then, there is the case of the Hindi daily, Dainik Bhaskar, that combined intensive in-house marketing surveys and research with innovative marketing ideas to capture a large segment of the market in each new city they entered. The book throws light on the innovative strategies of Trichy police to turn around a city that was crime prone and known for communal clashes into one of the safest in the country. He further talks about the power backup company Su-kam that succeeded by creating its own niche, and Shantha Biotech that launched a low-cost Hepatitis B vaccine. The other success stories include Surat City’s transformation after the plague outbreak into one of the cleanest cities in the country, and Chic shampoo’s innovation of introducing sachet packs, which revolutionized the retail market. Making Breakthrough Innovation Happen: How 11 Indians Pulled Off The Impossible further elaborates how Bosch India came up with a new cost-effective pump that meets the Euro standards, ITC’s e-Choupal marketing model, and Chola Vehicle Finance’s innovative business model. All these real-life examples in Making Breakthrough Innovation Happen: How 11 Indians Pulled Off The Impossible give an insight into the ability of Indians to go beyond conventions and create innovative products and strategies that could turn their respective industries on their heads.
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Byculla to Bangkok
After the huge success of Dongri to Dubai, here comes its much awaited sequel, Byculla to Bangkok. Chota Rajan, Arun Gawli and Ashwin Naik are among those whose lives Hussain Zaidi recounts with his characteristic flair for narrativizing the Mumbai underworld. Violence and deceit one expects to read of, but the strength of this book is also its ability to capture the mundane and almost naive beginnings of what later became organized crime and brutal vendettas which held Mumbai to ransom through the last decades of the twentieth century, Unputdownable.
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Honored Enemy : Legends of the Riftwar (Book - 1)
In the frozen northlands of the embattled realm of Midkemia, fate can form strange alliances. It is nine long, bloody years into the ongoing Riftwar that is tearing Midkemia asunder. Having survived a disastrous encounter with their sworn enemy, the Tsurani, Dennis Hartraft's cold, hungry, and exhausted Marauders arrive at a frontier garrison—at the same time as a Tsurani patrol. But a more devastating threat resides within the stronghold: moredhel, a migrating horde of dark elves so deadly and vicious that the only hope for survival is if bitter enemies band together and fight as one. Now two hostile groups must make their way to freedom, facing a common foe, braving the merciless elements, and haunted by the voice of conscience demanding, "what is more important, a man's life . . . or his honor?"