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Pleading Guilty
Gage & Griswell is a large law-firm with an even larger problem: $5.6 million has suddenly vanished from the coffers of its biggest client. And the finger of suspicion is pointing directly at G & G's maverick partner, Bert Kamin. He too has gone missing. Mack Malloy,fellow partner, ex-cop and struggling ex-drunk, is charged with finding both Bert and the money - quickly, discreetly and before questions are asked. But questions have already been asked: ones that lead Mack to a cold corpse, to Latin American bank accounts, to a tale of love, corruption and sexual ambivalence, and to Mack's own complex past. 'Worthy to be ranked with Dashiell Hammett or Raymond Chandler' - John Mortimer, The New York Times Book Review. 'Extravagant with danger, sex and especially money - and full of surprises to the end' - Independent on Sunday.
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Deadlocks
Boom Boom's body was found floating near the docks, chewed up and spat out by a ship's propeller. Friends since childhood, Vic and Boom Boom had a pact, they looked out for each other. Now a private eye, Vic wants to know exactly how Boom Boom died.
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A Better India A Better World
What will it take for India to bridge this great divide? When will the fruits of development reach the poorest of the poor, and wipe the tears from the eyes of every man, woman and child, as Mahatma Gandhi had dreamt? And how should this, our greatest challenge ever, be negotiated? In this honest, bold and remarkably well-argued book, N.R. Narayana Murthy, who shows us that a society working for the greatest welfare of the greatest number—samasta jananam sukhino bhavantu—must focus on two simple things: values and good leadership. Drawing on the remarkable Infosys story and the lessons learnt from the two decades of post-reform India, Narayana Murthy lays down the ground rules that must be followed if future generations are to inherit a truly progressive nation.
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The Calcutta Chromosome
Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel of Fevers, Delirium & Discovery In this extraordinary novel, Amitav Ghosh navigates through time and genres to present a unique tale. Beginning at an unspecified time in the future and ranging back to the late nineteenth century, the reader follows the adventures of the enigmatic L. Murugan. An authority on the Nobel prize-winning scientist Sir Ronald Ross, who solved the malaria puzzle in Calcutta in 1898, Murugan is in search of the elusive
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The Bin Ladens
The Bin Ladens are shrouded in secrecy, living in one of the most closed, unaccountable countries on earth. Little has been known about the world that created Osama - until now. In this gripping account prizewinning journalist Steve Coll has interviewed those closest to the family who rose from Yemeni peasants to jetsetting millionaires in two generations. In doing so, he reveals a Saudi Arabia torn between religious purity and the temptations of the West, telling a story of oil, money, power, patronage and dangerous cultural extremes
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White Mughals
James Achilles Kirkpatrick landed on the shores of eighteenth-century India as an ambitious soldier of the East India Company. Although eager to make his name in the subjection of a nation, it was he who was conquered
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Imagining India
A sprawling book of ideas and idealism’—India Today” ‘A tome as memorable and, perhaps, as appropriate as Barack Obama’s Audacity of Hope . . . this is a story told by one of India’s greatest dreamers who, having realised his dreams, is now impatient to help his countrymen realise theirs’—Businessworld ‘This is an inspirational, optimistic book that makes you more hopeful about . . . Nilekani is a liberal and a renaissance man. He not only shares the values that define the Indian republic, he embodies them. He offers a convincing and balanced perspective on the future direction of public policy in ’—Outlook ‘Laced with personal experiences and interactions with over 100 opinion leaders from different walks of life, Nilekani pieces together an exciting journey for the reader’—The Hindu ‘It is hard not to be impressed by an author who alludes to Milton on one page, then turns to the charms of the National Municipal Accounting Manual on another . . . There are shorter, gentler introductions to India. But this is the second book everyone should read about this compelling country’—The Economist In this sweeping and comprehensive book, Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani offers an original perspective on ’s past, present and future. Looking closely at the country’s recent history, he discusses how our early socialist policies, despite good intentions, stifled growth and weakened democracy; how our large and overwhelmingly young population has now become our greatest strength; and how information technology is revolutionizing not just business but also governance in the everyday life of a vast majority of Indians. Nilekani also gets to the heart of charged debates about caste politics, labour reform, infrastructure, urbanization, higher education, the English language in and the role of the state in a globalized world where the wealth of big corporations exceeds that of some nations. Calling for reform and innovation in all sectors of public life, Nilekani argues that only a safety net of ideas—from genuinely inclusive democracy to social security, from public health to sustainable energy—can transcend political agendas and safeguard the country’s future.
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Business @ The Speed Of Thought
Your company probably has a sizeable investment in technology but is realizing only twenty percent of system which unites all systems and processes under one common infrastructure, allowing your company to make quantum leaps in efficiency, growth and profits. Using detailed tours of Microsoft and other major corporations, Gates demonstrates how integrated technology can transform any business by energizing its three major elements; customer/partner relationships, employees and process, and offers practical suggestions on how this can be achieved. 'I have a simple but strong belief,' Gates writes. 'How you gather, manage, and use information will determine whether you win or lose.' Business @ the Speed of Thought gives you the information to win.
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Sex And Power
As squeamish as India is today about sex, this is also the land where queens once copulated with dead horses at religious ceremonies, where the art of love-making was declared the revelation of the gods and recorded in elaborate detail in the kama sutras and prostitution was a form of sacred offering at temples adorned with erotic sculptures. Using India as a paradigm, Rita Banerji illustrates that sexual morality is not an absolute but a facet of living that undergoes periodic upheavals. She delineates four major periods in Indian history when there were significant shifts in the collective social perception of sex and sexuality, and the associated customs and beliefs. What causes this revision in sexual ethos? Examining a modified version of Nietzsche
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The Truth Almost About Bharat
An amazing saga of tender-hearted dacoits, heroic medics, gorgeous women, and assorted encounters with underwear...Bharat a.k.a. Vishwanath a.k.a. Tarzan - teenage philosopher, nearly-there general practitioner and heartbroken victim of unrequited love - takes some time off to chronicle his life.
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Two Lives
Shanti Behari Seth was born on the eighth day of the eighth month in the eighth year of the twentieth century; he died two years before its close. He was brought up in India in the late years of the Raj, and was sent by his family in the 1930s to Berlin
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A New Earth
Eckhart Tolle's first full length book in eight years will be a cornerstone for personal spirituality and self-improvement for years to come. Taking off from the introspective work he began with The Power of Now, the number one bestseller that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Tolle provides the spiritual framework for people to move beyond themselves in order to make this world a better, more spiritually evolved place to live. Shattering modern ideas of ego and entitlement, self and society, Tolle lifts the veil of fear that has hung over humanity during this new millennium, and shines an illuminating light that leads to happiness and health that every reader can follow. Eckhart Tolle is one of the bestselling spiritual teachers of our time. The simple message in his international bestseller The Power of Now, that of living in the present, of enjoying the journey rather than always looking to the next goal, has spread fast. A wise counsellor in this ever changing, chaotic and often violent world, Tolle draws on essential spiritual teachings of all ages and traditions to reveal a fresh evolutionary model of spiritual life for the 21st Century.