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How to Seduce a Billionaire is a very misleading book. Firstly, it isn’t about seducing billionaires at all (except by mistake) and secondly, despite tall claims of BDSM and 50 Shades of Grey-like antics, the book is entirely tame.
The Rise of Superman by New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler, at first sight, seems like a fan book about the much loved DC Comics Superhero – Superman. However, within its pages lies something far more potent – the secret to becoming Superman by ‘decoding the science of ultimate human performance’.
Author: Stephen Alter
Publisher: Aleph Book Company
Year: 2015
ISBN: 978938306404
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A son of American missionaries, author of ‘Becoming a Mountain’ – Stephen Alter was born and brought up in India. Despite living all over the world, he calls Mussoorie – a small hill station in the foothills of the Himalayas, home.
Author: Kingshuk Nag
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9788129131270
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Narendra Modi’s landslide victory as the Prime Ministerial candidate for the Bharatiya Janta Party in the world’s largest election in 2014 was a stark moment in Indian history. It not only represented a great high for the BJP, but one of the lowest lows for the ruling party, the Congress.
Author: Ranjit Lal Publisher: Rupa/Red Turtle Publications Year: 2014 ISBN: 9788129130044 Rating: Read book reviews from other readers In a simplistic story written about complex issues, Tigers of Taboo Valley by Ranjit Lal is simply one of his finest. A prolific writer, Lal has written for both adults and children in the past, interweaving issues of environmental concern in mundane everyday activities. Tigers of Taboo Valley is a story about Rana Shaan-Bahadur, the alpha-male tiger of Sher-Kila National Park. With his masculine features and looks that kill, Rana Shaan-Bahadur is used to a constant media frenzy around him and this attention has made him immune to the feelings of others. Father to four adorable cubs, Hasti, Masti, Phasti and Zafraan, Shaan-Bahadur is more concerned with wildlife photographers trailing him than with his children, who he’s abandoned. When his cubs’ mother, the beauteous Raat-ki-Rani falls to a poachers bullets, Shaan-Bahadur suddenly finds himself a single parent, a matter of great shame for a male tiger. To escape the taunts of the other tigers, he moves to the dreaded Taboo Valley, an abandoned area with a dark history inside the national park to raise his juvenile cubs in peace. Little does…
Author: Hanif Kureishi
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9780571277520
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Hanif Kureishi, in his seventh novel, writes the tale of Harry Johnson, a young writer, who is commissioned to write a biography to revitalize the career and bank balance of Mamoon Azam, a giant of post-colonial literature, who has slowly and with age shrunken into irrelevance.
The Shining, Stephen King’s third book was an instant bestseller and Stanley Kubrick’s movie based on the book went on to become a masterpiece in no time and is hailed as one of the scariest movies ever. The question arises which is better?
Two Brothers is set in the time of the Holocaust. Ben Elton attempts to write about the life of four youngsters during this era, and how one of the greatest events in history impacts their lives.
Author: Elizabeth Chatterjee
Publisher: Random House
Year: 2013
ISBN: 978-8184003567
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In her debut novel, Delhi – Mostly Harmless, Elizabeth Chatterjee writes about Delhi in all its glory as a city which is a must visit in any traveller’s list. Join her for a whirlwind tour of our very own capital city, narrated from a videsi-turned-desi’s perspective.
Author: Alice Sebold
Publisher: Hatchette Group
Year: 2007
ISBN: 9780316067362
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A novel about a middle-aged woman who murders her mother, an 88-year-old woman suffering from mental illness, this novel by Alice Sebold traces tough themes that we often ignore. A thought-provoking read by the author of The Lovely Bones.