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Lost City of the Templars

Retired Army Ranger turned historian John Holiday has thwarted the plots of Rex Deus, the twenty-first-century incarnation of the Templars, all over the world. Now,the lost journal of explorer Percy Fawcett leads Holiday deep into the South American jungles on a quest to uncover the greatest mystery of the middle Ages... Trailed by an infamous tomb raider and menaced by a tribe of hostile natives, Holiday and his crew uncover a five-hundred-year-old society hidden in the cauldron of the Amazon. Descendants of the Templar Knights, they exist for one reason: to hide and project the holy artefact taken from the original Temple of Jerusalem by the legendary Ark of the Covenant.But,will Holiday's obsession with truth finally kill him?

An Uncertain Glory : India and its Contradictions

When India became independent in 1947 after two centuries of colonial subjugation, it immediately adopted a firmly democratic political system, with multiple parties, freedom of speech and extensive political rights. The famines that had been so common in the colonial era disappeared, and steady economic growth replaced the almost complete stagnation characteristic of the long rule of the Raj. The growth of the Indian economy, which has quickened over the last three decades, became the second fastest in the world. Despite a recent dip, it is still one of the highest among nations. Maintaining rapid as well as environmentally sustainable growth is an important and achieveable goal for India. In AN UNCERTAIN GLORY, two of India's leading economists argue that the country's main problems lie elsewhere, particularly in the lack of attention paid to the essential needs of the people, especially the poor. The deep inequalities in Indian society tend to constrict public discussion in India's vibrant media to the lives and concerns of the relatively affluent.One of the biggest failures has been the very inadequate use of the public resources generated by economic growth to expand India's lagging physical and social infrastructure (in sharp contrast, for example, to what China has done): there is a continued inadequacy both of social services such as schooling, medical care and immunization, and of physical services such as the provision of safe water, electricity, drainage and sanitation. Even as India has overtaken a large number of other countries in the rate of economic growth, it has, because of these inadequacies, fallen behind many of the same countries - often very poor ones - in the progress of quality of life. Because of the importance of democracy in India, addressing these failures will require not only significant policy rethinking by the government, but also a better public understanding of the abysmal extent of social and economic deprivations. The deep inequalities in Indian society tend to constrict public discussion in India's vibrant media to the lives and concerns of the relatively affluent. Dreze and Sen argue that if there is to be more effective democratic practice, there has to be a clearer understanding of the severity of human deprivations in India. This book makes a powerful contribution to that understanding.

Blood Guilt

Last night, eight-year old Ethan Reed was abducted at gunpoint from his home by an armed intruder. We are urging members of the public to get in touch. A coordinated search of the local area will be carried out.' Four years ago, Detective Inspector Harlan Miller killed someone. Now - divorced, alone, consumed by guilt - the world outside his prison walls holds little for him. Until, mere days after his release, an eight-year-old boy is abducted. Ethan Reed. The son of the man he killed. Frustrated by a police search that finds nothing, driven to desperation by repeated appeals that bring in no new leads, Ethan's mother knocks on the door of the man she has reason to hate most in the world. She has one question to ask - beg - of Harlan Miller. Find her little boy. Do whatever it takes.

Pawn

The Moment

The MacGregors: WITH All the Possibilities

Creative, compelling, unconventional-Shelby Campbell was unlike any woman Senator Alan MacGregor had ever Known ever known. The cynical Politicain found himself falling in love with the spirited beauty, thought she kept him at arm's lenght. But Alan was determined and nothing was going to keep him from getting what he wanted-not even the centuries-old feud between the MacGregros and Campbells....

A Taint In The Blood

KATE SHUGAK is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. She's 5 foot 1 inch tall, carries a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat and owns half-wolf, half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful, strong-willed, defiant, Kate is tougher than your average heroine - and she needs to be to survive the worst the Alaskan wilds can throw at her. A TAINT IN THE BLOOD. A daughter hires Kate to clear her mother's name. Twenty years ago, her mother was convicted of arson and murder, of setting fire to the family home while her two sons were inside. One died, and one was maimed. Her daughter has always believed in her innocence, though the mother herself had accepted the verdict and the life sentence without protest. Now the mother is terminally ill, and her daughter wants her free. But as Kate begins the investigation, it seems the mother isn't the only one who wants to leave the past alone.

Until The End Of Time

Unseen

Cell.

George Wilson, M.D. a radiology resident in Los Angeles, is about to enter a profession on the brink of an enormous paradigm shift, foreshadowing a vastly different role for doctors everywhere. The smartphone is poised to take on a new role in medicine, no longer as a mere medical app but rather as a fully customizable personal physician capable of diagnosing and treating even better than the real thing. It is called iDoc. Georges initial collision with this incredible innovation is devastating. He awakens one morning to find his fiancee dead in bed alongside him, not long after she participated in an iDoc beta test. Then several of his patients die after undergoing imaging procedures. All of them had been part of the same beta test. Is it possible that iDoc is being subverted by hackers and that the US government is involved in a cover up? Despite threats to both his career and his freedom, George relentlessly seeks the truth, knowing that if hes right, the consequences could be lethal. The author returns with a top notch fusion of ground breaking medical science and edge-of-your-seat suspense.

Cryptonomicon

In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse-mathematical genius and young Captain in the U.S. Navy - is assigned to detachment 2702. It is an outfit so secret that only a handful of people know it exists, and some of those people have names like Churchill and Roosevelt. The mission of Waterhouse and Detachment 2702-commanded by Marine Raider Bobby Shaftoe-is to keep the Nazis ignorant of the fact that Allied Intelligence has cracked the enemy's fabled Enigma code. It is a game, a cryptographic chess match between Waterhouse and his German counterpart, translated into action by the gung-ho Shaftoe and his forces. Fast-forward to the present, where Waterhouse's crypt-hacker grandson, Randy, is attempting to create a "data haven" in Southeast Asia - a place where encrypted data can be stored and exchanged free of repression and scrutiny. As governments and multinationals attack the endeavor, Randy joins forces with Shaftoe's tough-as-nails granddaughter, Amy, to secretly salvage a sunken Nazi submarine that holds the key to keeping the dream of a data haven afloat. But soon their scheme brings to light a massive conspiracy with its roots in Detachment 2702 linked to an unbreakable Nazi code called Arethusa. And it will represent the path to unimaginable riches and a future of personal and digital liberty...or to universal totalitarianism reborn. A breathtaking tour de force, and Neal Stephenson's most accomplished and affecting work to date, Cryptonomicon is profound and prophetic, hypnotic and hyper-driven, as it leaps forward and back between World War II and the World Wide Web, hinting all the while at a dark day-after-tomorrow. It is a work of great art, thought, and creative daring; the product of a truly icon.

Take Me Home : The Inspiring Stories of 20 Entrepr

Parakram Singh Jadeja did it in Rajkot. Deepak Dadhoti did it in Belgaum. Vibhor Agrawal did it in Meerut. Take Me Home is the story of 20 entrepreneurs who have built remarkable enterprises, while remaining true to their roots. From small towns across India, they run giant global companies with locally trained talent. The ability to run a professional business is no longer limited by location. What you need is a vision and a mission and a burning desire. To make it happen, wherever you are.

Operation Mom : How I Got My Mother a Life and a M

When you try to set your moms life right, be prepared to have your own life turned upside down Seventeen-year-old Ila Isham has a lot to worry about. Theres the angst of being an Ali Zafar groupie, for one. Then there are the extra layers of fat she has inherited from her part-Punjabi lineage. Add to this parents who have separated, an enthusiastic best friend, Deepali, whose idea of variety means dating three guys at the same time and Aunty Maleeka, her moms best friend, whose good intentions and savvy skills throw up more problems than solutions and Ilas cup of woes runneth over. Her life takes an exciting turn when she decides to hunt for the perfect partner for her mother. With a little help from Deepali, Aunty Maleeka and Dev of the inviting chocolate-pool eyes, Ila will have to brave it all - from Shaadi.com and Ok-cupid profiles to handlebar-moustache colonels and middle-aged psychos, if she wants to succeed in her quest

Three Dog Night

As Viva turns sixty-one, she decides to speed up the process of going jungle, as her husband once put it. But just as she has begun to back-pedal, de-clutter, disengage, go monochrome and all the other things people her age are supposed to do, life comes romping in again, with all its insistent, multi-coloured demands. Moni is dating someone whos just bad news. Perhaps Aidan, the vet with an interest in Indian mongrels, is the right man for her? What is Shrutis mysterious Nepal connection? How will her grandson Dhruv react to the arrival of Emanto? Should Viva be listening to the sinister Gautam-Gafoors suggestions about media and mandawli? Should she have gone on that date with Raghav? Viva deftly bats this googlys and doors that life throws at her, playing her second innings with an inventive grace. Three Dog Night is imbued with all the drama of a life passionately lived, a life lived with nerve and verve.

Who Wrote the Bhagavadgita : A Secular Enquiry int

The Gita is an evolving response which deals with the conflicts between Veda and Vedanta and then with the challenge posed to Vedanta by Buddhism. Its shift to Bhakti is the climax of the battle between Brahmanism and Buddhism. There are probably multiple authors of the Gita as shown by stylistic changes and the frequent shift of subject matter. For Meghnad Desai, Gita is a secular text, a result of human creation over several centuries. He also contends that some themes in the Gita reinforce social inequality and lack of concern for the other and to that extent he finds Gita to be toxic.

Dead Letter Drop

Now reissued with a brand new introduction by Peter James, Dead Letter Drop is Peter James first ever novel, originally published in 1981. Max Flynn, undercover agent, has the unenviable job of spying on his own side. When to kill, who to kill, whether to kill are all questions which have to be answered at great speed if he wants to stay alive. But why does an innocuous airline ticket No. 14B matter so much? Who has gone to the trouble of committing suicide? And could Flynn's beautiful companion be a spy? The hazy, murky world of counter espionage leaves no room for errors of judgement and Flynn knows hes finished if he makes one false move.

The Midnight Rose

The latest novel from international multi million copy bestselling author Lucinda Riley is a stunning, epic saga. Filled with unforgettable characters, The Midnight Rose is a multi-layered, heart-breaking tale and marks Lucinda Rileys most ambitious novel to date. Spanning four generations and two very different cultures, it sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England, following the extraordinary life of a girl, Anahita Chaval, from 1911 to the present day.

Untruly Yours 101 Lies

Hes truly lost, who cannot find his way back home. A travellers tale tells of the roads but the paths not taken, the shortcuts. Sometimes change the destination. Untruly Yours 101 Lies sums up the life and lies of Aakash Roy. His search for his long lost mother, his twisted love story, Katie his coup de grace and the bunch of crazy friends he makes along the way throw in a blunt, unjustified, fresh take at an ambitious guys life. Aakashs rise and fall and the events escalating to it shape up this tale. It is a deliberate attempt of focusing on a mans urge to find happiness and liberate him from mind forced shackles. Its a story of happiness, love, betrayal and friendship and all those little feelings that make up for this one big lie they call life.

Idris : Keeper of the Light

The year is 1659. Idris, a Somalian trader, is in Kerala to attend the Mamagam festivities. By a strange twist of fate, he meets his nine-year-old son whose existence he had been unaware of. In an attempt to keep his son close to him, he embarks with him on a voyage that ends in the diamond mines of Golconda. Packed with passion, adventure and fascinating aspects of life in the seventeenth century in southern India, Idris is a page-turner that will intrigue and excite readers everywhere.

The Land of Flying Lamas & Other Real Travel Stori

This is probably the only Indian travelogue of the Himalayas, which I loved reading. Gaurav Punj does not give you the Himalayas like you would have expected or read of or seen. He just gives you his version plain and simple and no frills attached. The Land of Flying Lamas is a charming book the sort that also is capable of calming the reader to a large extent. It is wistful and I felt I was there, in the mountains, sharing stories with people around me and sipping my cup of tea. Punj speaks of treks and the life in neighbouring areas. A book that will satisfy the soul for sure.

The White Zone

War has been the backdrop of their lives. Nouri and his cousin Talib have been best friends for as long as they can remember. Though Nouri is a Shiite and Talib is half Sunni, the two never thought about it. Then one day, as groups of Sunnis and Shiites clash in Baghdad, mistrust and suspicion tear the two boys apart. And now, Iraq isnt just at war with America. In a country that is at war with itself, the two boys must battle their own deadly prejudices. Will Talib and Nouri be able to overcome their mutual hatred and rediscover their friendship? Gold Medalist for 2012 Independent Publisher Awards The White Zone is a part of the Duckbill Not Our War series. The NOW series deals with children growing up in times of conflictpowerless, vulnerable and yet, against all odds, brave and hopeful of a better future.

THE SYMPATHY WAVE

Bound to Rise : Radical Ideas for the New Corpora

Corporate life is tough, really tough. If the hours or the jargon (think out of the box, bottomline, topline) dont get you, the politics most certainly will. Given that much of our waking hours are spent at work, how then does one negotiate the minefield that is the office? How does one get a life and also understand that we are much more than our jobs? Enter Sunil Roberts Bound to Rise. Its homespun wisdom and practical advice embellished with real life anecdotes show you the way. Years of experience in varied sectors, job profiles and countries have given Sunil Robert a unique view of corporate life. This depth of understanding has been further enhanced by his avocations sports writing, motivational speaking and marathon running. This rich mosaic of experiences gives the reader a fresh set of insights that enables him not just to survive, but To Rise.

The Eye Of The Serpent