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Unrivaled

Layla Harrison wants to leave her beach-bum days for digs behind a reporter�s desk. Aster Amirpour wants to scream at the next casting director who tells her �we need ethnic but not your kind of ethnic.� Tommy Phillips dreams of buying a twelve-string guitar and using it to shred his way back into his famous absentee dad�s life. But Madison Brooks took destiny and made it her own a long time ago. She�s Hollywood�s hottest starlet, and the things she did to become the name on everyone�s lips are merely a stain on the pavement, ground beneath her Louboutin heel. That is, until Layla, Aster, and Tommy find themselves with a VIP invite to the glamorous and gritty world of Los Angeles�s nightlife and are lured into a high-stakes competition where Madison Brooks is the target. Just as their hopes begin to gleam like stars through the California smog, Madison Brooks goes missing. And all of their hopes are blacked out in the haze of their lies.

Eligible

This year the book of the summer is going to be Eligible� The Times 'Sheer joy� Giddy and glam and a hearty update of Pride and Prejudice� Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist From the bestselling author of Prep, American Wife and Sisterland comes this brilliant retelling of Austen�s classic set in modern day Cincinnati. The Bennet sisters have been summoned from New York City. Liz and Jane are good daughters. They�ve come home to suburban Cincinnati to get their mother to stop feeding their father steak as he recovers from heart surgery, to tidy up the crumbling Tudor-style family home, and to wrench their three sisters from their various states of arrested development. Once they are under the same roof, old patterns return fast. Soon enough they are being berated for their single status, their only respite is the early morning runs they escape on together. For two successful women in their late thirties, it really is too much to bear. That is, until the Lucas family�s BBQ throws them in the way of some eligible single men . . . Chip Bingley is not only a charming doctor, he�s a reality TV star too. But Chip's friend,haughty neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy, can barely stomach Cincinnati or its inhabitants.Jane is entranced by Chip; Liz, sceptical of Darcy. As Liz is consumed by her father�s mounting medical bills, her wayward sisters and Cousin Willie trying to stick his tongue down her throat, it isn�t only the local chilli that will leave a bad aftertaste. But where there are hearts that beat and mothers that push, the mysterious course of love will resolve itself in the most entertaining and unlikely of ways. And from the hand of Curtis Sittenfeld, Pride & Prejudice is catapulted into our modern world singing out with hilarity and truth.

Stalker

The much-anticipated fifth thriller in Lars Kepler�s bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. A video-clip is sent to the National Criminal Investigation Department. Someone has secretly filmed a woman through her window from the garden. The next day she is found dead after a frenzied knife-attack. The police receive a second film of another unknown woman. There is no way of identifying her before time runs out. When her husband finds her he is so traumatised that he cleans the whole house and puts her to bed. He may have seen a vital clue, but is in such an extreme state of shock that the police are unable to question him. Psychiatrist Erik Maria Bark is called in to hypnotise him - but what the man tells him under hypnosis leads Erik to start lying to the police.If the lights are on, a stalker can see you from outside. But if the lights are off, you can't see a stalker who is already inside the house.

Make Me

The new Lee Child is always one of the most explosive highlights of the publishing year, and this pacy, nailbiting new Jack Reacher thriller is sure to be one of his most addictive yet. Jack Reacher has no place to go, and all the time in the world to get there, so a remote railroad stop with the curious name of Mother's Rest seems perfect for an aimless one-day stopover.

The Apartment

Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It

In the ten years since its electrifying debut, Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love has become a worldwide phenomenon, empowering millions of readers to set out on paths they never thought possible. In this candid and captivating collection, nearly fifty of those readers as diverse in their experiences as they are in age and background share their stories. Eat Pray Love helped one woman to embrace motherhood, another to come to terms with the loss of her mother, and a third to find peace with not wanting to become a mother at all. One writer finds new love overseas; another embraces his sexual identity. The journeys they recount are transformative sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, but always inspiring. Entertaining and enlightening, Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It is a celebration for fans old and new.

Kingpin

"�[Kavita Daswani�s] culture-clash dilemmas ring heartbreakingly true� - Entertainment WeeklyAnil Raichand was once the kind of man you might see in the pages of your favourite society magazine - the handsome high-flying industrialist with the rich father, the Ferrari, the clubs, the cigars, and the secret peccadilloes. At twenty-six he was society�s most sought-after bachelor. Educated, charismatic and heir to his father�s wealth, Anil decided he needed two things: to become a business tycoon in his own right by any means, and the perfect wife to help him get there. But, nearly fifty, Anil looks back at a devastated business empire, a pulverized marriage, an estranged daughter and embittered parents. He pushed himself to amass fabulous wealth but found everything crumbling around him. And now he is compelled to confront the cost of his success even as he desperately holds on to the memory of a woman he once turned his back on. Unfolding over four decades - from Anil's boyhood in Singapore, his foray into the Bombay marriage market, falling in love with the wrong woman in Hong Kong, to his meteoric rise and fall in Dubai - Kingpin is a dazzling, high-octane story that will entertain and enlighten you.

I Still Think About You

Aamir has never met anyone who understands him better than Anvi. But her passion for investigative journalism scares him no end. She is calling while reporting from a crime scene and promising to switch to anchoring when he hears a gunshot. Will she be able to fulfil her promise? Dhruv can do anything to please Vratika, for he seems bound to her for life. They have been going steady for a while, and he feels she brings smiles and light to his life like no other. Can one misunderstanding in a moment of anger finish it all? For Aamir, little Dhruv is the best gift life has given him. More than just brothers, they are the beginning and end of their family. After years, struggles and pain are slowly fading away in the face of happier times. But one phone call changes their entire life. Life throws Aamir and Dhruv in a vortex of pain, loss and guilt. While Dhruv wanders for redemption, he meets Sachi. She reads his heart, soothes his soul and brings him face to face with his real self. I Still Think About You is a story of love, brotherhood, passion, dedication, pain, and the depths to which a heart can go to win back lost love.

A Broken Man

"Take a deep breath before you are born here, my child! You take birth in a land where I struggled, gave it my sweat and blood. A land that I thought belonged to me. unbridled, uncompromising. Krishna is a Dalit boy from Bihar who struggles too verthrow the chains that hold him back. Chhavi is a high caste Brahman girl fighting for the rights of others, propagating equality in a politically charged Lucknow University campus. After Krishna saves Chhavi from getting torched during a protest against reservation, love slowly blossoms, only to be ruthlessly crushed by a society that thrives on divisions of caste and religion. From student politics in Lucknow to the interiors of Bihar, from the corridors of power to the glitz of media and the film industry in Mumbai. A Broken Man is the quest of a deprived Krishna to redeem hope from despair, love from separation and success out of repeated failures. From the bestselling author of It Happened That Night and Three Times Loser, this is a story that reinforces our faith in what love can accomplish as it pushes us to achieve the impossible, making us tap our true inner potential."

Sweet Dreams

Sunny Leone is one of India’s most desired and glamorous women. These romantic, seductive and sexy stories will put the oomph back into your life. ‘Mills & Boon-meets-50 Shades of Grey, with just a dash of Savita Bhabhi - India Today ‘The men have taut stomachs, firm hands, piercing eyes … The women are sexy, voluptuous and sometimes, in a departure from norm, the ones to initiate sexual encounters’ - Times of India ‘Assorted mix of stories that explore heady desire, and occasionally, candy-floss romance’ - Elle

Indian Superfoods

Forget about acacia seeds and goji berries. The secret foods for health, vitality and weight loss lie in our own kitchens and backyards. From aphrodisiacs to fertility boosters, fat burners to mind calmers, top nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar talks you through the ten Indian superfoods that will completely transform you. ‘Rujuta has taught me and Saif to eat right and feel good and that is something we hold on to.’ - Kareena Kapoor

India Vs Pakistan

What stops India and Pakistan from being friends? In this provocative, deeply analysed book, full of riveting revelations and anecdotes, Husain Haqqani, adviser to four Pakistani prime ministers, looks at the key pressure points in the relationship, and argues that Pakistan has a pathological obsession with India, which lies at the heart of the problems between the two countries.

The Gene

Spanning the globe and several centuries, The Gene is the story of the quest to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans, that governs our form and function. The story of the gene begins in an obscure Augustinian abbey in Moravia in 1856, where a monk stumbles on the idea of a 'unit of heredity'. It intersects with Darwin�s theory of evolution, and collides with the horrors of Nazi eugenics in the 1940s. The gene transforms post-war biology. It reorganizes our understanding of sexuality, temperament, choice and free will. Above all, this is a story driven by human ingenuity and obsessive minds�from Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel to Francis Crick, James Watson and Rosalind Franklin, and the thousands of scientists still working to understand the code of codes. This is an epic, moving history of a scientific idea being brought to life, by the author of The Emperor of All Maladies. But woven through The Gene, like a red line, is also an intimate history�the story of Mukherjee's own family and its recurring pattern of mental illness, reminding us that genetics is vitally relevant to everyday lives. These concerns reverberate even more urgently today as we learn to 'read' and 'write' the human genome�unleashing the potential to change the fates and identities of our children. Majestic in its ambition, and unflinching in its honesty, The Gene gives us a definitive account of the fundamental unit of heredity�and a vision of both humanity�s past and future.

Room

Jack is five. He lives with his Ma. They live in a single, locked room. They don???t have the key. Jack and Ma are prisoners. ???Room is a book to read in one sitting. When it???s over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days??? Audrey Niffenegger ???One of the most profoundly affecting books I???ve read in a long time??? John Boyne ???Such incredible imagination, and dazzling use of lan Room is unlike anything I???ve ever read before??? Anita Shreve ???Room is that rarest of entities, an entirely original work of art. I mean it as the highest possible praise when I tell you that I can???t compare it to any other book. Suffice to say that it???s potent, darkly beautiful, and revelatory??? Michael Cunningham

The ISIS Apocalypse

Happily Ever After

A companion volume to the bestselling The Selection series - extra stories and never-before-seen extras. Fans should prepare to swoon! The achingly romantic and stylish four The Selection enovellas � The Prince, The Guard,The Queen and The Favorite � together in one irresistible volume. Plus exclusive extra content � Art for each of the novellas, a new intro for each of the novellas and 3 brand new scenes from each of the first 3 novels.

When Love Meets Ego

Would you dare to fall in love after someone breaks your heart and cheats on you? What if someone uses you to satisfy their ego? Would you play with someone else�s feelings to get even? Of late, falling in love has conveniently been replaced with falling into time-pass. So when He reaches a new city and encounters people who are already a victim of bruised egos, He finds himself a mere mode or object to satisfy their egos. Broken and shattered, He gives up on the thought of finding love. That�s when He gets chatting with someone on His blog and they plan to meet. He ends up meeting someone else instead and that drives Him crazy. It feels like love and He decides to propose to her. But when has life been so simple! Will He be able to find time-pass? Or will love find Him once again ? Read on to know what happens When Love Meets Ego.

2 Peg Ke Baad

2 Peg Ke Baad brings together 14 short stories that happened after 2 pegs, in an inebriated state. World�s greatest stories are created when people are high - asterpieces are painted, universal truths are realised, models on billboards are befriended, lovers are united, butts are kicked, confessions are made and relationships are sorted. The book started as a blog with people from across the world sharing their stories, ideas, confessions and beliefs, and the elixir of the 14 best stories is here to reveal what lies beyond a conscious mind. Though the book does not intend to encourage drinking alcohol in any sense, here�s to celebrate every emotion that kicks after a few pegs. Cheers!!"

Punk Sunk Love

Two men; two personalities; two slants of love; one destiny. Roy�s tender heart is on a quest to find the holy grail of mankind � true love. But, the soft echo of feisty Monica�s whispering words � remember, remember, the sixth of September � will change everything, raining mayhem on him and everyone he touches. Shammi, a serial monogamist, thinks love is an urban myth � a ridiculous creation of the feeble hearts. As awe-inspiring beautiful Sona brisks through his life, the sublime aura of her love brews a raging battle within him. A battle between his objectivity and his heart. Smothered by the haunting shadows of the causality of love, Shammi�s life spirals down a path of retribution against his own demons, and Roy�s life is sunk in a deluge of inexplicable state of affairs. Facing imminent danger, and running out of options, Roy suddenly finds himself cornered and isolated. Roy�s only glimmer of hope is by helping Shammi pull out of the dark tunnels of his inner demons; transforming his retribution into redemption; healing his agony with hope; and swapping his wretchedness with swagger... the swagger of love.

Piranha

The Wedding Photographer

On a seventeen-hour-long flight, a chance upgrade to business class lands journalist Risha Kohli next to handsome real estate hotshot Arjun Khanna. What's more? Risha has been moonlighting as a photographer and her next assignment is Arjun's sister's wedding: the most anticipated social event of the year! But Arjun doesn't trust journalists and suspects this smart, sexy and incredibly spunky girl of using their mutual attraction as a ploy to invade his privacy for a newspaper scoop. And Risha, unaware of Arjun's personal demons, is worried that this dishy tycoon's unnerving behaviour will jeopardize her biggest photography gig so far. What follows is a rollercoaster of snarky quips, sizzling chemistry and simmering drama amidst a Big Fat Punjabi Wedding.

She Swiped Right Into My Heart

"If you've never had friends, you've never really lived Geet, one of the most unpopular girls in college, is best friends with the beautiful and soughtafter Shibani. To win the popularity vote, Geet takes the help of college hottie Rudra, who agrees to act as her 'boyfriend' - he sees an opportunity to get closer to Shibani. Little does he know that Shibani has been harbouring feelings for someone else all along. As misunderstandings and jealousies take centre stage, Geet must make a decision that will affect not just her own life, but also those of her loved ones. She Swiped Right into My Heart is a story about love - gained and lost - and the healing power of friendship."

The Good Earth

Set in a pre-World War I age, the novel tells the story of Wang Lung, a Chinese peasant. Beginning with his wedding to O-Lan, a slave of the House of Hwang, the story follows Wang Lung as he makes and breaks his fortunes. Devastated by abject poverty, Wang Lung moves with his family to the city where they survive off charity. The novel dwells on the lives of Chinese peasants and shows them in a light that western literature had not dared to before. The difficulties that Wang Lung and his family go through, involving heartbreaking scenes where his wife is forced to choose between raising her children in poverty or in ending their life the moment they are born showcase the hardship that plagued pre-World War I China. This novel was adapted into an Oscar winning hit movie in 1937 and was largely a factor in helping the relations between the West and China before the battle with Japan.

Love Loss And What We Ate A Memoir

Long before Padma Lakshmi ever stepped onto a television set, she learned that how we eat is an extension of how we love, how we comfort, how we forge a sense of home--and how we taste the world as we navigate our way through it. Shuttling between continents as a child, she lived a life of dislocation that would become habit as an adult, never quite at home in the world. And yet, through all her travels, her favorite food remained the simple rice she first ate sitting on the cool floor of her grandmother's kitchen in South India. Poignant and surprising, Love, Loss, and What We Ate is Lakshmi's extraordinary account of her journey from that humble kitchen, ruled by ferocious and unforgettable women, to the judges' table of Top Chef and beyond. It chronicles the fierce devotion of the remarkable people who shaped her along the way, from her headstrong mother who flouted conservative Indian convention to make a life in New York, to her Brahmin grandfather - a brilliant engineer with an irrepressible sweet tooth - to the man seemingly wrong for her in every way who proved to be her truest ally. A memoir rich with sensual prose and punctuated with evocative recipes, it is alive with the scents, tastes, and textures of a life that spans complex geographies both internal and external.Love, Loss, and What We Ate is an intimate and unexpected story of food and family - both the ones we are born to and the ones we create - and their enduring legacies.