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Dust
A young, A young, female zombie wants to tell you her story. . Zombies are the new vampires! From classic George Romero horror films to the hugely successful Shaun of the Dead they are a prominent feature on our cultural landscape. Dust is a unique and appealing twist on the zombie genre, avoiding all the clichés and telling a thoughtful and moving story instead. Dust is a nail-bitingly good zombie romp that magically morphs into anintelligent treatise on life, death and the fallibility of being human. With its engaging protagonist Jessica, and a host of well-imagined supporting characters - both alive and undead - Dust is a cut above the rest Buffy actress Amber Benson. Dust follows Jessie and her gang of fellow zombies as they battle themselves, humans and a plague that is targeting all humanoids ... Dust can be read on many levels without taking away from the energy of the narrative Amanda Foreman, Telegraph After she was buried, Jessie awoke and tore through the earth to arise, reborn, as a zombie. Jessie\'s gang is the Fly-by-Nights. She loves the ancient, skeletal Florian and his memories of time gone by. She\'s in love with Joe, a maggot-infested corpse. They fight, hunt, dance together as one-something humans can never understand. There are dark places humans have learned to avoid, lest they run into the zombie gangs. But now, Jessie and the Fly-by-Nights have seen new creatures in the woods-things not human and not zombie. A strange new illness has flamed up out of nowhere, causing the undeads to become more alive and the living to exist on the brink of death. As bits and pieces of the truth fall around Jessie, like the flesh off her bones, she\'ll have to choose between looking away or staring down the madness-and hanging onto everything she has come to know as life
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A Vampire For Christmas
As Christmas bells are ringing, a new blood lust is born! With the Yuletide drawing in, a new world of dark demons and strange temptations beckons. As the snow falls and blood flows, four seriously sensual vampires are ready for seduction. Heart-stoppingly handsome and desperately damned, these forbidden lovers want to sink their teeth into the most debauched celebration of the year by taking human paramours to share kisses beneath the mistletoe and so much more.
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Beautiful Chaos
Cursed lovers Ethan and Lena have returned to their home town, which is now ravaged by swarms of locusts, record-breaking heat, and devastating storms. What - or who - will need to be sacrificed to save Gatlin? For Ethan, the chaos is a frightening but welcome distraction. He's being haunted in his dreams again, but this time it isn't by Lena - and whatever is haunting him is following him out of his dreams and into his everyday life. Even worse, Ethan is gradually losing pieces of himself - forgetting names, phone numbers, even memories. He doesn't know why, and most days he's too afraid to ask. Sometimes there isn't just one answer or one choice. Sometimes there's no going back. And this time there won't be a happy ending
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Puritan Bride
A woman of unexpected passion... England, 1663 The sexual games at the Restoration Court of King Charles have turned Marcus, Viscount Marlbrooke, into a cynic. While he doesn t believe that love lies within matrimony, he does need to secure his claim to Winteringham Priory. Marriage to the spirited Puritan Katherine Harley is the key and, given his unexpected response to her, perhaps their marriage needn t be as bleak as he fears. Because, beneath her solemn exterior, he senses a bride of surprising passion
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The Captain
As Mayank grapples with myriad emotions, he relives some of the darkest moments of his life after India s abysmal showing at the ODI World Cup a year earlier. He revisits a damning no-holds-barred report that he had prepared, citing the reasons for India s defeat. Reasons that ranged from ball-tampering to drugs, from philandering to betting. Haunted by these memories, with the T20 World Cup looming before him, Mayank must find out whether the match has been fixed, ease underlying tensions, keep team morale up and play the best cricket of his life. The chronicle of one man s journey through the fickleness that is life and cricket, The Captain is an unputdownable thriller. About the author Tuhin A. Sinha is an author, columnist and scriptwriter based in Mumbai. His other two books That Thing Called Love and Of Love and Politics were well received. Tuhin has also scripted several TV shows, apart from having worked as a story/script/creative consultant with leading film and TV production houses. As a columnist, he writes regularly for The Times of India and other leading publications. Tuhin is presently working on his fourth book and a movie script
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Butchers Hill
LAURA LIPPMAN has been awarded every major prize in crime fiction. The recipient of the first Mayor’s Prize, she lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and New Orleans, Louisiana, with her husband, David Simon, and their family.
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Baltimore Blues
LAURA LIPPMAN has been awarded every major prize in crime fiction. The recipient of the first Mayor’s Prize, she lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and New Orleans, Louisiana, with her husband, David Simon, and their family.
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The Templar's Quest
An ancient relic that holds the key to ultimate power... it can only be another deadly thriller from C.M. Palov. A breathless Indiana Jones-style conspiracy thriller, perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Sam Bourne, Chris Kuzneski and Matthew Reilly The story crackles with tension and imagination from the first to the last page ... intrigue, treachery, history and a wealth of secrets. Super Steve Berry The Montségur Medallion points the way to the most coveted relic, the Holy Grail. In the wrong hands it could destroy civilisation. Finn McGuire finds himself framed for a string of murders moments after he uncovers the legendary Medallion in an ancient Syrian chapel. The culprits are a group of Nazi SS descendents known as The Seven who will stop at nothing to possess the pendant . . . and the Holy Grail. Their wish? To resurrect the Third Reich. Former MI5 operative Caedmon Aisquith is an expert in the Knights Templar and the Grail; he knows the Seven can only desire it for evil and when Finn approaches him, the two join forces in a quest to find the deadly relic and halt the bloodshed. Their race takes them from the Louvre to a medieval citadel in the Pyrenees. But the stakes are high for the fate of mankind hangs in the balance if they fail
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Charm City: A Tess Monaghan Novel
LAURA LIPPMAN has been awarded every major prize in crime fiction. The recipient of the first Mayor’s Prize, she lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and New Orleans, Louisiana, with her husband, David Simon, and their family.
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Songs Of Love & Death
The mass market edition of the groundbreaking anthology of fantasy and romance, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH is a cross-genre anthology exploring the borderlands of fantasy and science fiction and romance, stories from the heart and about the heart, tales of romance played out against every kind of setting, from ghost-haunted fantasy landscapes to mile-long spaceships in transit between the stars. To this end, the book features some of the most prestigious names in romance, fantasy, and science fiction. Contributor list: Neil Gaiman, Diana Gabaldon, Jim Butcher, Jacqueline Carey, Marjorie M. Liu, Robin Hobb, Carrie Vaughn, Jo Beverley , Mary Jo Putney, Yasmine Galenorn, MLN Hanover, Kristine Kathryn Rusch About The Author GEORGE R.R. MARTIN has been called the American Tolkien, and his books, including the volumes in his landmark A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy series, have been on bestseller lists around the world. GARDNER DOZOIS has won fifteen Hugo Awards and twenty-eight Locus Awards for his editing work, plus two Nebula Awards for his own writing
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A Guide To Understanding And Surviving B-Schools
Let me start by saying this - Sameer Kamat’s “Beyond the MBA Hype: A Guide to Understanding and Surviving B-Schools” can be rightly regarded as - “A Comprehensive Solution” for those who have a dream. Dream for a better career, Dream for a better lifestyle and …most importantly – A Dream of pursuing an MBA. This book provides brings in realistic and descriptive process of the entire life cycle of a typical MBA Aspirant who believes that MBA is the key to success. This book starts off from the very basic question – Why go for an MBA? The answer to this question is never simple but Sameer demystifies the question by challenging the assumptions, common beliefs by providing the big and the entire picture. The entire application process is explained in simple layman terms making it easy for a candidate to understand the process. At the same time this book provides you with suggestions of improving your profile. This crucial step is not only helpful for MBA aspirants but also for general public to make themselves different from the league. Sameer makes strong points so that you are aware of the evaluation techniques and yardstick used by Universities throughout the world. The book enters altogether in the next stage when the aspirant is able to secure himself as a student in B-school. The myths and the academic rigors of student life internationally have been discussed. Amazingly true real world issues with students have been cited related to the networking, internships, and career fairs. It gives you the insight of career change and again asks some basic questions and makes you realize that ultimately every action narrows down to just one thing – What’s your goal? In the end Beyond the MBA Hype leaves the reader with a plan. A plan for realizing what’s best for him, a plan for pulling up the socks and a plan for taking important steps to achieve the feat. If you are an MBA aspirant who is a true believer of the saying- “A lot can happen over coffee”, spare your body with some less caffeine. Plan to invest that minimal amount of money in to this book because this book can surely be THE GAME CHANGER.
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Miss New India
Nineteen-year-old Anjali Bose, born into a traditional family in Gauripur, is enrolled in a B.Com programme. Her father, a government clerk, and her mother, a housewife, want her to marry a suitable Bengali boy of their choice. But Anjali, intelligent, ambitious and charming, dreams of adventure and self-fulfillment. Convinced that she has a right to pursue personal happiness, Anjali is a member of a new generation of Indians. Her teacher, Peter Champion, an expat, recognizes Anjali�s potential and encourages her to act on her dreams. When a meeting with the bridegroom candidate her father has selected goes horribly wrong, she decides to take charge and runs away from home. With her well-connected teacher�s help, she arrives in Bangalore, a thriving IT hub, crowded with young migrants, who like her, have come in search of jobs in call centres. In Bangalore, suddenly feeling free of the confines of class, ethnicity and gender, Anjali hurls herself into building a new life. Of course, a new life in a New India comes at a cost .
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Grave Minder
Everyone in Claysville knows that the Barrows are no ordinary family, but no one can really explain why. When respected matriarch Maylene Barrow dies suddenly her granddaughter Rebekkah returns to the small town she grew up in, where she must face the demons of her past � the suicide of her half-sister Ella, the person she was closest to in the world, and the subsequent break-up of her parents' marriage. And she also re-encounters Byron, Ella's old boyfriend, someone to whom she has always felt a deep and mysterious connection. But the demons of the past are nothing compared with what the future has in store for Rebekkah. Her grandmother has left her an inheritance both wonderful and terrible. An onerous responsibility now rests on her shoulders � one for which she is ill-prepared to say the least. For behind Claysville's community-spirited, small-town facade lies a dark secret. One that ties Rebekkah and Byron together in an inextricable bond, and that will require them both to sacrifice everything to keep their friends and neighbours from harm.
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Vampire Diaries The Hunters
A new trilogy in this breathtaking saga of love among the vampires. Since meeting vampire brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore, Elena Gilbert has been to hell and back. Now that she and her friends have saved their hometown from a demonic sprit, everything can finally go back to normal. But Elena should know better than anyone that Fell’s Church will never be normal. In Phantom, a dangerous new other-worldly threat sets its sights on Elena. And this time she can only count on one Salvatore brother to protect her