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Yoga For A You
Yoga for a New You offers you yoga for every mood with four themed sections; Relaxed, Energetic, Young and Confident. Each section includes 25 detailed yoga postures with full colour photographs and step-by-step pointers as well as seven yoga sequence programmes to bring health and balance to your life. Advice on breathing practices, relaxation, meditation and lifestyle guidance help you stay physically fit, mentally alert and to feel more positive about life. Yoga for a New You is the only yoga guide you'll need. Previously published as the Yoga for Living series.
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Half Girlfriend
Half Girlfriend is the much-awaited novel by the famous Indian novelist, Chetan Bhagat. It delves into new and different dimensions that relationships have in today’s world. Summary of the Book Madhav is a Bihari boy with big dreams who falls in love with the beautiful Riya, a rich lass from Delhi. There are some fundamental differences between the two. Madhav’s English isn’t all that great, but Riya speaks the best English. Madhav wants Riya to be his girlfriend but Riya disagrees. She wants them to be just friends but he definitely wants more. Riya finally comes up with a suggestion, a compromise – she agrees to become his half-girlfriend! Chetan Bhagat presents a simple and beautiful love story that will move you with all the nuances of a modern-day relationship. It also inspires you to realize your individual dreams. About Chetan Bhagat Chetan Bhagat is a famous contemporary Indian writer, speaker, columnist and novelist. He was born in New Delhi in 1974. Considered one of India's most popular writers of fiction, Chetan Bhagat is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Before becoming a fulltime writer, Chetan worked as an investment banker for a few years. The New York Times called him ‘the biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history’. Some of Chetan's other notable works are Five Point Someone, One Night at the Call Centre, 2 States, The 3 Mistakes of My Life, and Revolution 2020. Three of his books have been adapted into Bollywood movies, two of which went on to become massive hit movies: 3 Idiots and Kai Po Che!
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Dark Star:The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna
Dark Star: The Loneliness of Being Rajesh Khanna is the biography of the veteran Indian movie star, compiled by Gautam Chintamani. The book has a foreword written by actress, Sharmila Tagore. Summary of the Book Born as Jatin Khanna to middle-class parents, the actor was adopted by rich relatives who brought him up like a prince. By the time he won the All India Talent Contest organized by United Producers and Filmfare, he was already known for being that struggler who drove an imported sports car! With seventeen blockbuster hits in sequence, and mass worship seldom seen ever before or since, the world was at Khanna’s feet. And then in a matter of months, it all changed. Mirroring the meteoric rise, Khanna’s cinema career hit a downward spiral just three years after the movie, Aradhana, and never really recovered. Recounting the films and the times of Rajesh Khanna, Dark Star looks at the phenomenon of an actor who completely redefined the phrase ‘film star’. Even after decades since his last monstrous hit, Khanna continues to be a benchmark by which every aspiring Bollywood star is measured. About Gautam Chintamani Gautam Chintamani is an Indian writer. He is an avid cinephile, accustomed to writing on the world cinema, Bollywood and absolutely everything in between.
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The Final Report
I worry how badly my own men are involved, how much we are being used. Above all, I would like to know whos behind this and how high his stakes are. When a young girl falls to her death from the Mission Row Police Housing Complex, home to DSP Bikram Chatterjee, Crime Branch goes into a tizzy. Who is she? Is it murder or suicide? And most importantly, how did she manage to climb up to the roof without being noticed? As DSP Bikram grapples with death in his own backyard, elsewhere in the city two young criminals explore new modus operandi, while there is a sudden spurt in wildlife poaching and the theft of antiques. The deeper he investigates, the more questions he is confronted with. Are all these crimes connected? This time DSP Bikram has more on his hands than he can handle because its not just the crime-he wants to sort out his personal life as well. The third and final book in the series, The Final Report is an engrossing read. About the Author Monabi Mitra was born in Calcutta and educated at Loreto House, Presidency College and Jadavpur University. She teaches English at Scottish Church College, Calcutta. As the wife of an Indian Police Service officer she has developed a keen interest in police procedure. This has led to the writing of the DSP Bikram series.
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The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher Stories
Hilary Mantel is one of Britains most accomplished, acclaimed and garlanded writers. Uniquely, her last two novels, 'wolf hall' and its sequel bring up the bodies, both won the man Booker prize for fiction. In these ten bracingly subversive tales, all her gifts of characterisation and observation are fully engaged, summoning forth the horrors so often concealed behind everyday facades. Childhood cruelty is played out behind the bushes in comma, nurses clash in Harley street over something more than professional differences and in the title story, staying in for the plumber turns into an ambiguous and potentially deadly waiting game. Whether set in a claustrophobic Saudi Arabian flat or on a precarious mountain road in Greece, these stories share an insight into the darkest recesses of the spirit. Displaying all of mantels unmistakable style and wit, they reveal a great writer at the peak of her powers.
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Desert God
A novel of ancient Egypt from the bestselling author of river god. Wilbur Smith is a master at the helm of one of the greatest stories of all time. On the banks of the Nile, a hero will rise. Across the lush plains of Egypt, Taita, a freed eunuch slave, wears his authority lightly. Not only is he the close adviser to the Pharaoh, but he is guardian to pharaoh tamose two teenage sisters, the young beauties Tehuti and Bekatha. But the kingdom is not at peace. They have been fighting southern Egypts constant and historic enemy, the Hyksos people in the north, since time began. To finally crush them, Pharaoh must turn to his most trusted friend. Taita, philosopher, poet and expert strategist, has a plan that will see Egypt destroy the Hyksos army and form a coveted alliance with Crete in one move. This plan will take him, his expedition commander Zara's and their mighty warriors on a perilous journey up the Nile, through Arabia to the magical city of Babylon, then across the open seas to Crete. The many dangers will cost lives and time and they will meet battle and betrayal head on. But Taita must not forget his two charges, the spirited young princesses, whose attraction to the very warriors who lead the fight threatens Taitas meticulous plan and the future of Egypt itself.
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Flower Arranging
This is a delightful book,sueful to both the amateur and experienced flower arranger. Beginning with care and treatment of flower arranging are coverd,from the importance of colour,shape and textures to styles of arrangement for rooms and various occasions. There is a chapter on the importance of chossing containers ; it is surprising just how many different objects can be employed. Another deals with flowers for exhibitions and gives a list of points to note when preparing these. The Lavish Colour drowings provide a helpful illustrations to the text.
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7 Secrets of the Goddess
Lakshmi massages Vishnus feet. Is this male domination? Kali stands on Shivas chest. Is this female domination? Shiva is half a woman. Is this gender quality? Why then is Shakti never half a man? Taken literally, stories, symbols and rituals of Hindu mythology have much to say about gender relationships. Taken symbolically, they reveal many more things about humanity and nature. Which is the correct reading? The fourth title in the bestselling 7 Secrets series focuses on the Goddess and respected mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik tries to unravel the secrets locked within her stories, symbols and rituals.
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In Search Of Your True Self
Walter Staples proves that success in life, personal finance, career and business, and interpersonal relationships is not an accident. He says ?There are secrets to success?but none that cannot be learnt?.
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Dick Dialogues:A Jovial Conversation about Sex
Being deeply pained and jolted by the brutal rape of a girl in New Delhi in December 2012, R. Mohan noticed that, in India, despite all the highways and shopping malls, the stigma about talking about sex is still as rigid as it has been all through. He noticed that there is no sex education for the youngsters either at home or in school and he thought that this was a gap desperately needed to be filled. Since now India youngster is ready to listen to a lecture, he chose to write a spoof, a jovial discussion about sex, with a penis as its narrator.
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India's Greatest Speeches
India's Greatest Speeches is a stimulating collection of thoughtful speeches delivered by some of the most prominent Indian personalities. Set to inspire, this book includes some of the most stirring and eloquent addresses by Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Mother Teresa, JRD Tata, Abdul Kalam, Nardendra Modi and other influential Indian leaders. This impelling selection of expressive moments of oratory would provide the reader a fresh perspective; evoke feelings of patriotism, inspiration and unbounded motivation. Nitin Agarwal introduces each speech with relevant information, providing valuable insight.
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The Land of Lamp Bearers
This Novel speaks of a day of a girl on the verge of adolescence in a tropical town of Malabar. But the very day contains many fractions of time-days, months, years or even centuries of past and future. It could be said that the story is about a girl who called herself 'R ( not 'ar but 'err') and the things which grew inside her like wild parasitic vines, but the very story is entangled with those of some others who bore heavy things inside them including lamps which burn them out.
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Tonight and Always
A story of misplaced expectations from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. For a change of pace, renowned anthropologist Kasey Wyatt takes a job working for bestselling author Jordan Taylor, who needs helps researching his latest novel about the Plains Indians. Upon arriving at Jordans impressive Palm Springs estate, Kasey finds all the trappings of a family, but none of the warmth. Jordans forbidding mother is immediately suspicious of her, while Jordans shy and serious orphaned niece represses her curiosity. Jordan himself is an expert at hiding his emotions behind an aristocratic facade. Hardly the quiet and bookish woman they were all expecting, Kasey infuses their lives with light and laughter. And suddenly Jordan finds himself drawn to a woman unlike any he has ever desired, one who is able to transform his day-to-day existence into a life worth living Includes a preview of Nora Roberts novel Shadow Spell Tonight and Always previously appeared in From the Heart.
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Sita's Curse:The Language of Desire
In a country where anything erotic becomes strictly hush-hush, Sreemoyee Piu Kundu pens Sita's Curse that boldly captures the essence of a woman who struggles with the shackles of a prudish society before breaking out and empowering herself with the freedom to reach out and explore what is denied to her. Summary of the Book The beautiful Meera Patel struggles under the weight of a dead marriage that far from satisfies her natural urges. She lets herself be bound in the confines of her household duties, managing to survive on mere memories and fantasies for fifteen years. When the stress of pretending to be the docile housewife that she is not gets to her, she breaks boundaries and defiantly explores the opportunity presented in the city of Mumbai to satisfy the cravings of mind, soul and body…. mostly body. The cataclysm that ensues changes her life forever - she has to choose between fighting a hypocritical society to make herself happy or bury her emotions forever. About Sreemoyee Piu Kundu Sreemoyee Piu Kundu is the former Lifestyle editor and PR head who is settled in Delhi. The full-time novelist has also penned Faraway Music and is working on a political tragedy entitled Rahula.