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The Adulteress
Arunima lives a life of luxury with all the checks in the right boxes yet she is unable to overcome the feeling of not having enough. A chance encounter with her old flame ignites the dormant passions and brings back the memories of her old self when she was a go-getter. Arunima experiences a strange communion with divine when she undergoes a surreal sensual encounter. the experience, although unabashedly carnal in all its manifestations, is spiritual awakening for her. She now has to unravel the purport and onus of this wholesomeness. The author is fiercely hopeful the book will encourage the readers to submit to 'Divine Will' or Love to unravel the mysteries of their lives analogous with her journey to the higher self while writing The Adulteress.
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A Southern Music
.M. Krishna, one of the foremost Karnatik vocalists today, begins his panoramic exploration of that tradition with a fundamental question: what is music? Taking nothing for granted and addressing diverse readers from Karnatik music's rich spectrum and beyond it, Krishna provides a path-breaking overview of south Indian classical music. He advances provocative ideas about various aspects of its practice. Central to his thinking is the concept of 'art music', the ability to achieve abstraction, as the foundational character of Karnatik music. In his explorations, he sights the visible connections and unappreciated intersections between this music form and others - Hindustani music, Bharatanatyam, fusion music and cine music - treading new, often contentious, ground.
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The Ayurvedic Diet
Do you drink six cups of coffee to get through the day? Do you feel bloated, sleep-deprived and tired? Are you on a diet of salami-pizza-alcohol that often leaves you reaching for that box of medicines? If yes, this is the book for you. Ayurvedic expert Reenita Malhotra Hora offers you a helping hand out of the negative cycle you have trapped yourself in. In three simple steps she teaches you the basics of Ayurvedic nutrition: - First, get to know your body and mind by understanding the subtle variations of the three doshas - vata, pitta and kapha - that comprise you, so you know which food combinations are most nutritious. - Second, since food is life source, realize the essential guna in the different food items you consume. - Third, consume only those foods that balance the elements of the six Ayurvedic ritus or seasons - Grishma, Varsha, Sharad, Hemant, Shishir, Vasant - so you are in harmony with nature. A one-stop, easy-to-use, jargon-free guide to nutritional wellness and a happier, healthier life.
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The Precious One
In all her life, Eustacia "Taisy" Cleary has given her heart to only three men: her first love, Ben Ransom, her twin brother, Marcus, and Wilson Cleary professor, inventor, philanderer, self-made millionaire, brilliant man, breathtaking jerk: her father. Seventeen years ago, Wilson ditched his first family for Caroline, a beautiful young sculptor. In all that time, Taisy's family has seen Wilson, Caroline, and their daughter, Willow, only once. Why then, is Wilson calling Taisy now, inviting her for an extended visit, encouraging her to meet her pretty sister - a teenager who views her with jealousy, mistrust, and grudging admiration? Why, now, does Wilson want Taisy to help him write his memoir? Told in alternating voices - Taisy's strong, unsparing observations and Willow�s naive, heartbreakingly earnest yearnings - The Precious One is an unforgettable novel of family secrets, lost love and dangerous obsession, a captivating tale with the deep characterization, piercing emotional resonance, and heartfelt insight that are the hallmarks of Marisa de los Santos's beloved works.
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Full House
Billie Pearce, school teacher and divorced mother-of-two, has always enjoyed a quiet life, right up until the fateful day she starts riding lessons. On her first day at the stables, she meets Nick Kaharchek, the handsome, super-rich playboy who seems - inexplicably, in her view - to like her. To really like her. And despite Nick's own hilariously chaotic family, Billie feels something back, something she never thought she'd feel again. But for Billie and Nick, things are never simple. Someone is not happy about the couple's blossoming romance - and it looks like they're willing to kill over it...