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Dangerous Games

"An un-put down-able novel from the biggest selling living fiction writer in the world. Dangerous Games is a gripping story of family, ambition and power by bestselling phenomenon, Danielle Steel. Alix Phillips is a successful TV news journalist always willing to put herself on the front-line for her job. All that matters is getting the story. After great loss in her early life, Alix struggles to let anyone get too close. The only people she has allowed to get close to her are her mother, Isabelle-their bond is so strong that it crosses oceans-and her nineteen year-old daughter, Faye. and Ben, her friend and cameraman. Neither of them fears death-it's love that is more terrifying. When Alix's boss suspects a major political scandal in the White House involving the Vice - President, he sends Alix to uncover the truth. This story could blow the corridors of power wide open and this time Alix is feeling the heat. But then she receives some devastating news which helps her to put her life in perspective and find out what is truly important to her. For someone who was never scared, Alix now realizes that the time has come to play some very Dangerous Games."

Numbers Don't Lie 61 Hidden Cricket Stories

"Impact Index is the closest anyone has come to producing crickets Moneyball moment. The frank, pithy insights from Test batsman Aakash Chopra add an extra dimension to a superb idea. Lawrence Booth, Editor, Wisden Alamanack. What I like about Impact Index is that it brings context to the performance of players through the generations.- Greg Chappell. Impact Index is a revolutionary new way of examining performances in cricket: within the context of the game, the conditions that the cricketer played in, the series or tournament, and his age. Created by Jaaideep Varma and led by him with Soham Sarkhel and Nikhil Narain, it constructs a hitherto unexplored macro view of each performance, resulting in the unearthing of truly surprising sometimes shocking stories. Within these pages are tales of cricketers who did not get their due, of rightful comparisons through eras and a completely unexpected look at players you thought you knew. The result is a lively retelling of cricket history. Former Test cricketer and writer commentator Aakash Chopra examines each of the sixty-one Impact stories, drawing on his trademark thoughtfulness, knowledge and experience. This book is an attempt to challenge and enrich conventional readings and ultimately to redefine them by looking at the big picture. You may never see the sport quite the same way again.",

Sunshine On A Rainy Day

On Stage with Lata

"Lata Mangeshkars life and career are widely known, and yet there is an aspect that remains largely unrecorded: her life on the international stage. Beyond the confines of a recording booth, or as the voice of generations of actresses, she was an accomplished and magnetic performer on stage. She attracted vast audiences of Indian origin who have made their home in many countries, including the US and Canada. Mangeshkar transformed how the Indian film music concert was perceived in the West by refusing to be part of the low-key song-and-dance performances that were held earlier in community halls, schools and colleges. She insisted that she and her colleagues would sing only in mainstream auditoriumsthis was an unheard-of demand because Indian film artistes had never performed on those stages at that time. In on Stage with Lata, Mohan Deora co-promoter and co-organizer of Lata Mangeshkars international tours from 1975 to 1998 allows us to journey with her and the top male playback singers, including Mukesh (who tragically died during a Detroit tour), Manna Dey and Kishore Kumar. Deora and Shah write about the participation of big-name stars including Amitabh Bachchan and Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman and Farida Jalal. Mangeshkar is described here in her interactions with musicians, colleagues and friends as she meticulously prepared to sing on stage. The tours led to planning and glitches, camaraderie and tension, and anecdotes galore. They also provided the authors with a unique opportunity to observe the clarity of thought with which Lata Mangeshkar approached her work, and to see a great artiste at the height of her powers. A fine eye for detail makes the book a delight to read as Mohan Deora and Rachana Shah record an important slice of Indias cinematic and cultural history.",

Adiyogi The Source of Yoga

"Shiva does not spell religion. Shiva spells responsibility-our ability to take our very life process in our hands." - Sadhguru. 'Shi - va' is 'that which is not', a primordial emptiness, Shiva is also the first-ever yogi, Adiyogi, the one who first perceived this emptiness. Adiyogi is symbol and myth, historic figure and living presence, creator and destroyer, outlaw and ascetic, cosmic dancer and passionate lover, all at once. A book like no other, this extraordinary document is a tribute to Shiva, the Adiyogi, by a living yogi, a chronicle of the progenitor of mysticism by a contemporary mystic. Here science and philosophy merge seamlessly, so do silence and sound, question and answer-to capture the unspeakable enigma of Adiyogi in a spellbinding wave of words and ideas that will leave one entranced, transformed.

Pathways to Greatness

"What makes a nation great? Is it simply economic prosperity and military strength-or something more? What is it that we as a nation require to make that last-mile journey to what all the plans, investments and projects are meant to lead up to? It is only a matter of time before India is termed economically developed. But a nation has to learn to survive in tough times too. and for that what is most important is national character, born out of the value systems that exist in our families, what schools teach students and the culture of the nation. In Pathways to Greatness, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam shifts focus from the economic development of India by 2020 to the development of our national character, offering key lessons that will help India withstand the forces of change. He identifies what makes a nation great and also compares the standards of living of other nations with India’s. He draws on his travels and his interactions with people. He evolves unique oaths for citizens from all walks of life to ensure that a better life becomes possible for all. In the book he completed just a few months before his death in 2015, one of India’s best-known icons writes about how our nation can lead the whole world on the pathways to greatness."

What If

From the creator of the wildly popular xkcd.com, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask.Millions visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. Fans ask him a lot of strange questions: How fast can you hit a speed bump, driving, and live? When (if ever) did the sun go down on the British Empire? When will Facebook contain more profiles of dead people than living? How many humans would a T Rex rampaging through New York need to eat a day?In pursuit of answers, Munroe runs computer simulations, pores over stacks of declassified military research memos, solves differential equations and consults nuclear reactor operators. His responses are masterpieces of clarity and hilarity, complemented by comics. They often predict the complete annihilation of humankind, or at least a really big explosion.

Tiger The Life Of Tipu Sultan

For over 200 years Tipu Sultan of Mysore has been a controversial historical figure. Was he a cruel and bigoted tyrant or a wise and just ruler; an enlightened thinker or an obscurantist who looked for signs and portents in his dreams; a reckless adventurer or a proud nationalist determined to throw the British out of India. This short account of his life cuts through the myths to make this enigmatic king and his times come vividly alive, as it takes us from his tumultuous youth, his bold military and diplomatic exploits, his family life, and his dramatic swings of fortune, to his death in his final climactic battle against the British.

The Milestone Murder

The Fall Of Butterflies

Willa Parker, 646th and least popular resident of What Cheer, Iowa, is headed east to start a new life.Did she choose this new life? No, because that would be too easy-and nothing in Willa's life is easy. It's her famous genius mother's idea to send her to ultra-expensive, ultra-exclusive Pembroke Prep, and it's only the strength of her name that got Willa accepted in the first place. But Willa has no intentions of fitting in at Pembroke. She's not staying long, she decides. Not at this school-and not on this planet. But when she meets peculiar, glittering Remy Taft, the richest, most mysterious girl on campus, she starts to see a foothold in this foreign world-a place where she could maybe, possibly, sort of fit. When Willa looks at Remy, she sees a girl who has everything. But for Remy, having everything comes at a price.And as she spirals out of control, Willa can feel her spinning right out of her grasp. In Willa's secret heart, all she's ever wanted is to belong. But if Remy, the girl who gave her this world, is slip-sliding away, is Willa meant to follow her down? Andrea Portes's incandescent, heartfelt novel explores the meaning of friendship, new beginnings, and the precarious joy and devastating pain of finding home in a place-a person-with wings.

Age of Anger

Through Thick and Thin

What’s the life of a police officer like? Most of us have been exposed to it either through media or Bollywood, where police personnel are deemed to be insensitive, atrocious, dominating and political. However, is that really true? Are all police officers alike? Through Thick and Thin is a collection of personal memoirs from the diary of an honest and principled police officer, Vivek Deshpande. The book spans his career as a police & Intelligence officer of over thirty-five years and takes the reader through various instances, which show us the real side of the khaki men on duty. The book is an inspirational read for anyone that wants to understand what it takes to be a police officer in India and sets an example for Indian youth. Grab a copy and read about his interesting experiences in the chapters ‘Magic of Pani Puri’ and ‘Communal riots in Hyderabad’.

Freeks

The Woman Who Ran

How do you escape what you can't remember? She can run. But can she hide? Helen Graham is a new arrival in a tiny Yorkshire village, renting dilapidated Wildfell Hall. The villagers are intensely curious -- what makes her so jumpy and why is she so evasive? Their interest is Helen's worst nightmare. Looking over her shoulder every day, she tries to piece together her past before it can catch up with her. With everything she knows in fragments, from her marriage to her career as a war photographer, how can she work out who to trust and what to believe? Most days she can barely remember who she is...

Daughters Of Jorasanko

The Tagore household is falling apart. Rabindranath cannot shake off the disquiet in his heart after the death of his wife Mrinalini. Happiness and well-being elude him. His daughters and daughter-in-law struggle hard to cope with incompatible marriages, ill health and the stigma of childlessness. The extended family of Jorasanko is steeped in debt and there is talk of mortgaging one of the houses. Even as Rabindranath deals with his own financial problems and strives hard to keep his dream of Santiniketan alive, news reaches him that he has been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. will this be a turning point for the man, his family and their much-celebrated home Daughters of Jorasanko sequel to the bestselling novel Jorasanko explores Rabindranath Tagores engagement with the freedom movement and his vision for holistic education, brings alive his latter - day muses Ranu Adhikari and Victoria Ocampo and maps the histories of the Tagore women, even as it describes the twilight years in the life of one of the greatest luminaries of our times and the end of an epoch in the history of Bengal. About the Author : Aruna Chakravarti is a well-known academic, creative writer and translator. Her first novel, The Inheritors, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize and her third, Jorasanko, received critical acclaim and went on to become a bestseller. Her seven translated works include an anthology of songs from Rabindranath Tagores Gitabitaan, Saratchandra Chattopadhyays novel Srikanta and Sunil Gangopadhyays Those Days, First Light and Primal Woman - Stories. She has two academic works to her credit - A biography of Saratchandra Chattopadhyay and a critical work on Ruth Prawer Jhabvalas fiction. Among the various awards she has received are the Vaitalik Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Sarat Puraskar.

Anna And The French Kiss

Anna And The French Kiss starts off with Anna being excited about her senior year in Atlanta. She’s got everything set, from having a car of her own, a good job, her best friend, and her crush. Anna is disturbed when her father decides that she needs to experience culture. He then enrolls her at an American school, located in Paris. The problem here is that Anna doesn’t understand French, making her wonder how she’ll pull through the first year at school. Despite her being sad about the change of plans, Anna finds herself a bit excited about her stay in Paris. Anne starts feeling homesick and alone, after landing in Paris. She then mingles with Meredith’s groups of friends, which include Etienne St. Clair, Josh, and his girlfriend. Etienne is the ladies’ man, having everything that makes men attractive. He possesses a British accent, while being fluent in French. He also knows a great deal about American culture. Apart from having looks in his favor, St. Clair is kind and funny, which makes Anna change her outlook towards staying in Paris. Anna soon gets to know that St. Clair has already got a girlfriend. While developing a fancy for St. Clair, Anna remembers her crush back home, but convinces herself that she doesn’t like him that much. For the time being, Anna and St. Clair become friends, with St. Clair showing Anna some of Paris’ favorite spots. With the two spending a great deal of time together, does that spell curtains for St. Clair’s relationship? What about Anna’s crush back home?

Walking with Nanak

Haroon Khalid's lifelong fascination with Guru Nanak was reignited when he came upon Baburbani, a poem written by the saint. This and the discovery that Guru Nanak spent a large part of his life in Pakistan, inspired Khalid to undertake a journey that he hoped would help him learn more about the revered founder of Sikhism. In this wonderful paean to Guru Nanak, Khalid describes his travels across the length and breadth of Pakistan as he visits the many Gurudwaras and other locales associated with the saint, delving into their history and musing about their place and significance in a Muslim country. But this book is not merely a story about Gurudwaras, it is also a re-telling of the story of Nanak the son, the poet, the wanderer, the father, the friend. Sifting through the stories of his miracles and poetry, we emerge with a picture of Nanak, the man. Also exploring the histories of all the subsequent Gurus after Nanak, the book traces the story of how an unorganized spiritual movement evolved into the institutionalized Khalsa of Guru Gobind Singh. Through the journeys of all the Gurus, the book describes how Nanak the poet became Guru Nanak the saint., About the Author : Haroon Khalid has an academic background in Anthropology from the Lahore University of Management and Sciences (LUMS). He has been a travel writer and freelance journalist since 2008, travelling extensively around Pakistan and documenting its historical and cultural heritage. He has written for several newspapers and magazines, including The News, Express Tribune, The Friday Times and Himal. Born and raised in Lahore, he now lives in Islamabad with his wife and works as an educationist. This is his third book.

A Very Pukka Murder

When the valet of Major William Russell, the English Resident of the small, princely state of Rajpore, knocks on Russell's bedroom door the morning after the 1909 New Year's Ball and receives no response, he and the Resident's elderly secretary eventually task the English Commandant of Cavalry with breaking it down. The Resident is dead in his bed. His Highness Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia Mansur-i-Zaman Maharaja Sikander Singh, Light of Heaven, Sword of Justice, Shield of the Faithful, sole ruler of Rajpore, cannot resist an enigma, relishing a riddle and the rush of resolving it. will the Maharaja work through a surplus of suspects and motives and figure out who killed Russell? Arjun Gaind's clever, fascinating debut introduces an elegant new detective in the tradition of Lord Peter Wimsey, while painting a scathing portrait of the British Raj.

The Curse of Mohenjo Daro

2016 A.D. When footage of a team of archaeologists bursting into flames at the ancient site of Mohenjodaro goes viral, the world is horrified and shaken. While authorities suspect it to be an incendiary terrorist attack, Nadia Osbourne determines to find her archaeologist sister, Layla, convinced that she has survived. Her frantic search takes her to the ruins and forces her to confront her own demonsher inexplicable dreams about a woman named Jaya. 3800 BC. The city of Meluhha is on the brink of a revolution and Iaf and his coterie of corrupt priests will do anything to maintain their power. Jaya is the only one who can read the Bloodstone, the heart of the Goddess Shakari and divine the future. But with her daughter under Iafs control, will Jaya be able to prevent what is to come? Inspired by the legends surrounding the lost Indus Valley city, The Curse of Mohenjodaro is a gripping thriller about a powerful relic, a sinister cult and family secrets that haunt generations.

The Essential

The only Dale Carnegie book youll ever need,Curated wisdom from three of the authors bestselling works comes together in one definitive volume, This book will teach you to develop confidence and build your public speaking skills, help make a great impression on friends, family and coworkers and become a better leader, develop great work habits and stop letting worry and anxiety rule your life, Dale Carnegie is often touted as the father of self-help, his books have been in print for over seventy years, How to Win Friends and Influence People alone has sold over 30 million copies worldwide,It changed my life. Warren Buffet on How to Win Friends and Influence People,

Women at War

I want a unit of brave Indian women to form a Death - defying Regiment who will wield the sword which the brave Rani of Jhansi wielded in Indias First War of Independence in 1857s - Subhas Chandra Bose, The Rani of Jhansi Regiment (RJR), the first all-female infantry fighting unit in military history, was created in Singapore in July 1943 by Indian nationalist and visionary leader Subhas Chandra Bose to liberate India from British colonial oppression. His young recruits were girls from Indian families of the Diasporas in Singapore, Malaya and Burma and consisted entirely of civilian volunteers lacking any prior military training. These soldiers, deployed to the steamy jungles of Burma during the last two years of World War II, were determined to follow their commander to victory. Seven decades later, their history has been forgotten, their service and the role played by Bose himself having remained largely unexplored. Through in-depth interviews with the surviving Ranis in their eighties and nineties and meticulous archival research, historian Vera Hildebrand has uncovered extensive new evidence that separates the myth of the Bengali hero and his jungle warrior maidens from historical fact. The result is a wholly fresh perspective on the remarkable women of the RJR and their place in Indian and world history. The truth is every bit as impressive as the myth.

The CEO Who Lost His Head

Murder in a newspaper office, Bollywood, dhoka - Aditya Sinha�s unputdownable novel is crime fiction at its best Morning Analysis CEO Buster Das has been found dead in his office with his head bashed in. When unlikely detective duo Sandesh Solvekar and Mona Ramteke make it their mission to catch the reckless criminal, they find themselves knee-deep in Mumbai�s sordid world of dissolute starlets, business moguls and a sell-out media, even as they attempt to deal with a dysfunctional police machinery and their own secret lives. The list of suspects is also turning out to be a head scratcher - Theres the eccentric editor-in-chief, the irreverent and savvy dating editor and several vice-presidents who would kill to be CEO. A whodunit as wicked as it is irresistible, this is a cracker of a novel that takes Indian crime writing to dazzling new heights.

The Party Worker

Bestselling author Omar Shahid Hamid's third and most chilling novel yet. A burnt out New York cop, an eighty-year-old Parsi sitting in a decaying Karachi mansion, a hit-man whose days are numbered, a journalist who dreams of the big time. When a Jewish woman is killed on the steps of the Natural History Museum in New York, disparate lives are thrown together for one purpose - To bring about the downfall of the Don, the uncrowned king of Karachi. The Party Worker explores the Machiavellian politics of Pakistan's busiest city, where friends come bearing bullets and enemies can wait patiently for decades before striking. Gritty, disturbing and compelling, this is Omar Shahid Hamid at his best. Praise for Omar Shahid Hamid.,I strongly suggest that Western policy makers read The Prisoner before they next call for a military crackdown on Islamist militancy in Pakistan New York Review of Books., An exhilarating crime novel Hamids portrayal of the city, the police and the byzantine political play is nuanced and sophisticated NPR.,A book that one simply will not be able to put down Dawn.,gripping crime thriller with a heart-wrenching denouement a haunting human-interest story Hindu.,No matter how many books Omar Shahid Hamid writes, he will never fail to give you an ending you never, in your wildest dreams, expected Deccan Chronicle., racy page-turner, a rollicking ride but with dark undertones Hamid has established his status as the first Pakistani crime writer writing in English Friday Times.

Every Time It Rains

"Love is a dangerous thing. It brings with it great joy, and opens you up to pain. But does one really have the courage to say no and look the other way? Laila is yet to recover from her painful past. Hurt, and un-trusting of love, she is fully immersed in work, her only source of cheer. Her bakery franchise is very popular and she just might be able to go national, if she can pull off that big deal. Just when things are looking up, along comes JD, an impetuous, free-spirited creature to stir up the calm. He's her exact opposite. Laila�s self-destructive, he�s life-affirming. She�s cautious, he�s buoyant. But here�s the thing: he makes her feel the very things she wanted to forget. Stirring a familiar passion she longed for but had lost the courage to pursue. They are irrepressibly drawn to each other but will she ever be able to trust him? Every Time It Rains is the story of every girl who has ever had her heart broken. And fallen in love again.",