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The City

No. 1 New York times bestselling author Dean Koontz isat the peak of his storytelling powers with this major new novel a rich, multi-layered story that moves back and forth across decades and generations as a gifted musician relates the terrible and wonderful events that began in his city in 1967, when he was ten. Jonah Kirks childhood has been punctuated by extraordinary moments like the time a generous stranger helped him realize his dream of learning the piano. Nothing is more important to him than his family and friends and the electrifying power of music. But now Jonah has a terrifying secret. And it sets him on a collision course with a group of dangerous people who will change his life forever. For one bright morning, a single earth-shattering event will show Jonah that in his city, good is entwined with malice, and sometimes the dark side of humanity triumphs. But it will also teach him that courage and honour are found in the most unexpected places and the way forward lies buried deep inside the heart. If he can just survive to find it. About the Author Dean Koontz is the author of more than a dozen New York times No. 1 bestsellers. His books have sold over 450 million copies worldwide, a figure that increases by more than 17 million copies per year and his work is published in 38 languages. He was born and raised in Pennsylvania and lives with his wife Gerda and their dog Anna in southern California

Epic Retold

Epic Retold attempts to pass a camel through the eye of a needle by rewriting the longest epic in the world using one of its shortest vehicles. The Mahabharata is the story of a war-bitter, poignant, devastating. Told here from the perspective of Bhima, Epic Retold makes a fierce antiwar statement. It is complex experiment that was originally micro-blogged on the Internet - a grand old epic reinterpreted for a new generation. About the Author Chindu Sreedharan is an accidental academic, a journalist who strayed into academia and stayed. A severe social media addict, he teaches and researches journalism at Bournemouth University, England.

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.

The Tantalus Redemption

Have you heard of Tantalus, Jurvir? He stole the ambrosia of the gods and was cursed by Zeus to be trapped forever between a bountiful fruit tree and a pool of water. Whenever he tries to eat, the branches rise away. When he tries to drink, the water recedes. Its the source of the English word tantalize. To be ever so close to the unattainable. When Jurvir Nair strikes the deal of a lifetime on the Lionhead mine, a tantalum deposit in Africa worth billions, little does he realize that it will lead him to Magan, a sinister figure from his past. Jurvir is a master of the high-stakes world of international finance, but nothing has prepared him for the clandestine blood-soaked trade in tantalum, an exotic metal without which the twenty-first century would come to a standstill. When Jurvir and Magan come face to face, their conflict spirals out of the boardroom into a battle of retribution that only one of them can survive. A blistering, fast-paced debut novel set against the thunderous monsoons of Mumbai, the wild savannah of Africa, the trading floors of London and the bank vaults of Switzerland, The Tantalus Redemption is a rollercoaster tale of murder, revenge and destiny and the blood lost in making your mobile phone. About the Author Yudhi Raman is the pen-name of an author who is a managing director of a leading international bank in London. He was educated in India, Singapore and the UK and has also worked in New York and Mumbai. While in Mumbai, he was ranked by Business World as one of the top two dealmakers in India.

Gulab

It is a warm summer day, and Nikunj is at the Muslim cemetery attending the burial of Saira. Saira is his true and long-lost love whom he had been looking for since the time of the earthquake. He had been on the look-out for her even though he has been married for a long time, and was not sure what he was going to do about it when he found her. Summary of the Book Nikunj is attending the burial of the love of his life, Saira. However he does not understand what Usman and Parmod are doing at her funeral. He did not know who Mumtaz and Gulab were though they seemed to have taken claim over Saira’s resting place. The book is an offbeat love story as it is between a living man and a dead person. It cannot be possible that they could ever have any kind of future together. We all know that ghosts cannot have children. However, this is questioned in this book. If ghost can walk through walls and reclaim bodies for themselves, then they can also cover that body with scars and marks. The possibilities in the afterlife are infinite. About Annie Zaidi Annie Zaidi is a writer from India. She has had her collection of essays short-listed for the Vodafone Crossword Book Award in 2010. The collection is called Known Turf: Bantering With Bandits and Other True Tales. She has also had many of her essays, poems and short stories appear in many anthologies.

Witness for the Prosecution and Selected Plays

The Listerdale Mystery

The Rose and The Yew Tree

A newly reissued edition of Agatha Christie's 'Mary Westmacott' novel, a Crime of the Heart novel about love and anguish across the class divide. Everyone expected Isabella Charteris, beautiful, sheltered and aristocratic, to marry her cousin Rupert when he came back from the War. It would have been such a suitable marriage. How strange then that John Gabriel, an ambitious and ruthless war hero, should appear in her life. For Isabella, the price of love would mean abandoning her dreams of home and happiness forever. For Gabriel, it would destroy his chance of a career and all his ambitions…

A Daughter's daughter

A romance novel written by Agatha Christie under the name Mary Westmacott. When Ann falls in love she hopes for new happiness but her only child, Sarah, wrecks any chance of her remarriage. Resentment and jealousy corrode their relationship as each seeks relief in different directions.

Betrayed.

After Baba decides that the reins of the Badshah Empire will be handed over to the grandchild who proves his mettle, Sohana Badshah, overindulged heiress and sole granddaughter, decides she wants to try her hand at the game too, if anything, its the sort of thing that can help her win Jag back. Suddenly, from the socialite sister that no one takes seriously, she becomes a rival to reckon with and theres more than one person whod like to see her fail. The second in the bestselling Bombay Girl series Betrayed shows Sohana struggling to keep her footing in a mans world. Without street smarts or business smarts, shes likely to lose grip. Can this sheltered Bombay Girl step up to the task of taking over the Badshah Empire or will she be overpowered by all the people who are trying to bring her down? About the Author Kavita Daswani is an international journalist covering fashion, beauty, travel, design and celebrities for a range of global publications. A former fashion editor for the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong and Asian correspondent for WWD, for whom she still writes, she currently contributes to the Los Angeles Times, Cosmetic News Weekly, Tatler, Crave and numerous other publications. She has also written for the Indian editions of Vogue, Conde Nast Traveler and Grazia Italia. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons. She has authored the best-selling books for Matrimonial Purposes, The Village Bride of Beverly Hills, Indie Girl and Salaam, Paris. Her books have been published in seventeen languages.

Never Have I Ever

My perfect life was a lie. Now I'd do anything to uncover the truth. Not long ago, I had everything a girl could wish for: amazing friends, an adorable boyfriend, a loving family. But none of them know that I'm gone—that I'm dead—and that my long-lost twin sister, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder. But the deeper she digs, the more suspects she uncovers. It turns out my friends and I played a lot of games—games that ruined people's lives. Anyone could want revenge . . . anyone could want me—and now Emma—dead.

Blue : Tales of Reddumone, The Two-faced

This is the tale of Reddumone, or Two-face, a Lankan spy. It is also the tale of Rama of Ayodhya. Clever, loyal and powerful, Reddumone is the perfect spy. Noble, strong and brave, Rama is the quintessential king. Their paths cross often, over several decades and across the length of the Indian subcontinent. Against a background of civil wars and murderous coups, the two form a strange, knotty friendship. It is a bond marked by mutual respect, divided by loyalty and complicated by a seemingly impossible ideal - dharma. The novel follows Ramas moral arc - from an unyielding adherence to dharma to a more nuanced understanding of righteousness. Reddumone too follows a similar curve, balancing loyalty and love as he finds his own moral centre. In this self-assured and complex debut, M. R. Sharan blends mythology with philosophy and spiritual yearning with political machinations. Blue is, ultimately, a love song to Rama, the man and the idea of him. It will forever change the way you read the Ramayana.

Mad in Heaven

Priyanka Prakash is young, good looking and has a cushy bank job. What she doesn't have is a boyfriend. Her parents are looking around for a suitable boy one whose horoscope will match hers. Meanwhile, her younger and more rebellious sister, Palak, is fighting off some serious attention from a tenacious suitor-budding politician 'Su Ko' Muthu. When Priyanka is introduced to Dr. Ravi, both sets of parents are convinced it is the perfect match. But what about Vikram, one of the many young men at her bank who are greatly distracted by her exquisite looks? Will he act? Or will he remain smouldering in silence? Can all these mad twenty-somethings be relied upon to sort out their lives? Or will their conservative parents have to help untangle their mess with some modern remedies? After all, everyone dreams of a match made in heaven.

Baby Makers : The Story of Indian Surrogacy

The baby makers are many. The couple who supply the genetic material for the IVF procedure, the embryologist who creates the test tube baby, the gynecologist who inserts the embryo into the surrogate and delivers the baby and of course, the surrogate herself. Often, the egg or sperm is bought from an anonymous donor. Sometimes, the fully formed embryo itself is bought. Then there are the agents who supply the surrogates to people who need their services. The terrain of surrogacy is a complex one, of thorny ethical issues and delicate emotional ones. This is a book about surrogacy in India and how it got transformed from a marginalized and socially unacceptable procedure to a multimillion-dollar industry. It examines surrogacy laws (Rather, the lack of them) and the experiences of everyone-from the childless couple for whom this is their last hope, to the women for whom renting their womb means a change in their familys fortunes and everyone in between. Baby Makers uses rigorous journalistic research and compelling personal narratives to paint a picture that is as fascinating as it is frightening.

3 Sections

Winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 3 Sections by Vijay Seshadris is assured and expert. In an array of poetic forms from the rhyming lyric to the philosophical meditation to the prose essay, 3 Sections confronts perplexing divisions of contemporary life-a wayward history, an indeterminate future and a present condition of wanting to out-think time. This is an extraordinary book, witty and vivacious, by one of the most important poets of our time. Endorsements An extraordinarily naked modern consciousness, an intensely experienced dislocation, a beautiful intelligence - Seshadris poetry is exhilarating. - Jonathan Franzen Confront[s] contemporary dilemmas with caustic humor. - The New Yorker Deft yet direct, often funny and yet alert to existential quandaries, this third outing could be the most versatile, as well as one of the most successful, volumes this year. - Publishers Weekly, starred review (Seshadri) is so talented, so able and writes with such panache.- Booklist Anyone concerned about the state of American poetry should put aside his or her thesis notes and pick up a copy of 3 Sections Mr. Seshadri is talented and assured enough to. About the Author Vijay Seshadris poems, essays and reviews have appeared in the New Yorker, the Paris Review, Yale Review, the Times Book Review and other journals and anthologies. He has received grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. He has also received the James Laughlin Award, the Paris Reviews Bernard F. Conners Long Poem Prize and the MacDowell Colonys Fellowship for Distinguished Poetic Achievement. He teaches poetry and non-fiction writing at Sarah Lawrence College.

Sun Mere Bandhu Re

S. D. Burman was singer, musician, composer and teacher all at once-a trailblazer in the truest sense of the term. He was a prince who lived a commoners life, a singer who created tunes instead, a classically trained musician who composed for the lay listener. His incredible career in Hindi cinema spanned three decades-through all the years of which his spirit was as fresh and young as when he started. His compositions were filmed on succeeding generations of stars to unflaggingly wonderful effect. This chronicle of the life of S. D. Burman tells his story through a kaleidoscope of montages from the inner and outer worlds he inhabited. Fragmented memoirs of his days in the sylvan surroundings of Comilla, interviews, press clippings and archival material piece together the story of the man who created some of Hindi cinemas most enduring songs. Facts and records are knitted into a multidimensional narrative that carries the reader into the little-known world of a man whose contradictions made him unique and gave him a place to call his own in music.

And Death Came Calling

Engglishhh : Fictional Dispatches from a Hyperreal

My derr Punaita, ths peem isss foor ou: When I saaat too wriit a peem Th woords wooulldnt cme When the didd the wooulldnt rhhym When the rhhymeed the maad n seensee Lik aaa red rose ii aaa blaak annd whit fiilmmm From Rohan Shah to Punita A love poem in Engglishhh, a new language that has numerology as its guiding principle, Arnold MmYum who leaves his bench outside a popular eatery to discover the city of animate beings, a purveyor-director of cinematic porn, a watchman who counts the seconds to death. Altaf Tyrewala has an uncanny ability to write the streets and mind-scapes of Mumbai, the city he first captured in prose as nobody else had in No God in Sight and more recently in verse, in Ministry of Hurt Sentiments. His words are sharp with irony and each story is slashed through with deftly satirical insights into the ways of men and the worlds they inhabit. About the Author Altaf Tyrewala is the author of the critically acclaimed books No God in Sight and Ministry of Hurt Sentiments. He is also the editor of the crime-fiction collection, Mumbai Noir. His works have been published and anthologised around the world. He was awarded the 2011 DAAD Artist-in-Berlin literature grant.

Four : A Divergent Collection

Divergent - a major motion picture in 2014. Readers first encountered Tobias Eaton as 'Four' in Divergent. His voice is an integral part of Allegiant. Readers will find more of this charismatic characters back-story told from his own perspective in Four - A Divergent Collection. When read together, these long narrative pieces illuminate the defining moments in Tobias Eatons life. The first three pieces in this volume 'The Transfer,' 'The Initiate' and 'The Son'-follow Tobiass transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, his Dauntless initiation and the first clues that a foul plan is brewing in the leadership of two factions. br>The fourth story, 'The Traitor,' runs parallel with the events of Divergent, giving readers a glimpse into the decisions of loyalty-and love-that Tobias makes in the weeks after he meets Tris Prior. Exclusive scenes included!

Know Your Heart : The Hidden Links Between Your Bo

The doctor's advice is simple-eat healthy food, cut down on tobacco and alcohol, stay physically active and lose a few kilos, especially around the waist. The responsibility to heed the doctors advice rests with the individual. But is it actually true? Is it just the individual who is to be blamed here? Know Your Heart explodes the myth that an individual alone is responsible for his or her sickness, particularly heart disease and the underlying conditions like diabetes and hypertension. The book is not about risk factors but the causes behind them. What lies behind consumption of unhealthy diets? Why are we becoming physically inactive? What's fuel ling the rise in tobacco consumption? Investigations reveal shocking details. It's the Indian state which is fuel ling the risk factors for heart disease in India to a great extent. Narrow political interests, faulty state policies, along with corporate greed, are boosting heart disease in the country. Read this well researched book to help your heart beat stronger and longer.

Mrs.Kormel is Not Normal!

Something weird is going on! First the school bus gets a flat tire, and then Mrs. Kormel is totally lost in the middle of nowhere! Mrs. Kormel is the weirdest bus driver in the history of the world, and she's driving everyone crazy!

Love Kills

Meet Johnny W - Will, not Walker - named thus by his alcoholic father who died under mysterious circumstances. Johnny is the founder of Thy Will, a dead diction centre for the rich and the famous and the fiance of Mira Kermani, daughter of the richest man in town. His questionable methods aside, Johnnys commitment to ridding his patients of alcohol and drug abuse is beyond doubt. How ironic then that Mira is found dead in her apartment from an overdose of morphine. But why is Officer Ray convinced that Johnny is the killer? Johnnys assistant Sera, who secretly love him and his half-brother Zac are working hard to protect him from the officer. Or are they? Could Aunt Adeles hunger for what was rightfully her sons inheritance have driven her to murder? Or is the murderer an unhappy patient? From the author of the disturbing and controversial Jacob Hills, an unputdownable story of crime and passion in the hill station town of Monele.

Eminent Historians : Their Technology, Their Line,

In an incisive commentary, Arun Shourie highlights the extent to which our history textbooks have been doctored in order to be politically correct. Well researched and highly engaging, this book brings to light the deceptive tricks and specious arguments used by our countrys academicians to further their selfish aims. It also focuses on the shoddy work done by some of the countrys top institutions like the IHRC. Eminent Historians discusses how Indian historians have controlled and misused important institutions like the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), the National Council of Educational Research Training (NCERT) and a large part of academia and the media. Taking on well-known historians like Romila Thapar and Irfan Habib, Shourie argues that Marxist historians have whitewashed the records of rulers like Mahmud of Ghazni and Aurangzeb. With his customary academic rigour and understanding of politics and history, he avers that Marxist historians in India rarely mention important figures of India or of the Indian states and that the standard Soviet work, A History of India (1973), is much more objective and truthful than the history books written by Indian Marxists. Updated with two new chapters which bring to light more recent developments in the field, this is a must read for every Indian who has an interest in the countrys history and a stake in its future. About the Author Scholar, former editor and minister, Arun Shourie is one of the most prominent voices in our countrys public life.

The Americans : A Novel

The Americans: A Novel is based on the Indians settled in America. The author tries to explore what it means to be an Indian and settle down in America and become a part of the hybrid culture which makes up the country. Summary of the Book The protagonist of the book is Tara, a single Indian woman in her mid-thirties who travels to America from Chennai to look after her niece, while her sister Kamala is taking her autistic son to an alternative Indian treatment. The book has eleven different stories and Tara, who holds the book together. Through the book, the author tries to explore what it means to be living in America and not be able to fit in and relate to the place and its culture. The book is about the Indians who have migrated to the states in the hope of a better life. They try and reach out to their own culture and values, but only till a point till it does not affect their American Lifestyle. This book will make for a compelling read for people interested in knowing about the lifestyle of Indian’s settled in America. About Chitra Viraraghavan Chitra Viraraghavan is an author of Indian origin settled in America. She has been an editor at Oxford University Press India and has taught English at university in America. She is currently working as a freelance editor and an academic author. Chitra is also the great granddaughter of second President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.