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Author: Howard Jacobson
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9780224102056
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J is a love story set in the future, cacotopian period of oppression and commonplace brutality, which is recovering from a catastrophe, conceivably similar to The Holocaust.

Author: Rosie Llewellyn-Jones Publisher: Random House India Year: 2014 ISBN: 9788184005493 Rating: Read book reviews from other readers Rosie Llewellyn-Jones impeccably reconstructs the life of the often misunderstood King of Awadh with the help of her meticulous research and vivid portrayal of a life much unknown to Indians. The human mind is so nonchalant. It reads an interesting piece of history, ponders over it and tends to forget it over a period of time. History is full of such ignored and unnoticed lives of which, when we learn the whole truth about, are ashamed for not giving them a second look. The author tells the story of one such life, who tends to be ignored even by our history textbooks. The author calls this book a story of an extraordinary man, the memory of which still creates a division of opinions and she is right to say so. We all know how the mighty Mughals fell to the East India Company’s divide and rule policy. This is the story of an eccentric, artistic king, who stood helpless and unsupported as the East India Company used him as a pawn in their game to take over his Kingdom. It is a…

Author: Kalidasa, Srinivas Reddy
Publisher: Penguin Publications
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9780670086870
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Considered to be Kalidasa’s first work, Malavikagnimitram is the love story of King Agnimitra, the Shunga king of Vidisha and the beautiful dancer Malavika, who is a resident of the Royal Harem.

Author: Ashwin Sanghi and James Patterson
Publisher: Random House India
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9780099586395
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Ashwin Sanghi and James Patterson knead a fast-paced thriller-fiction with a generous helping of Bollywood-ish twists to deliver one of Patterson’s trademark mystery-action plots!

Author: Andy Weir
Publisher: Ebury Publications
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9780091956448
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When you pick a book from your ‘To-read’ list, every once in a while, you pick up a book and wonder why you wanted to read this boring/unusual/unheard-off book but still give it a chance and when you are done with it, you realize that you must never doubt your judgment. This book is one such.

Author: Nelson Mandela
Publisher: Hachette India
Year: 1994
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“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
– Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

Born: December 31, 1965, Omaha, Nebraska
Genre: Romantic fiction, Romantic drama, Non-fiction
Nationality: American
Website: http://nicholassparks.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NicholasSparks

About him…

Nicholas Charles Sparks is an American novelist who has published seventeen novels and one non-fiction work. He has also ventured into screenwriting and production after the success of his novels. Eight of his novels have been adapted to film while two more are in talks for the same. He is one of those few authors who can convey emotions to his readers in the most unpretentious manner and yet make readers empathize for his characters. As Linda Rosencrance of The Boston Globe says, “Readers don’t turn to Sparks’s books because he writes great literature. He’s not Ernest Hemingway, after all. Sparks’s novels serve as a diversion. He can always be counted on to conjure up the twists and turns of a captivating story — formulaic or not — and wrap them up neatly with a surprise ending.”

Author: Eliza Crewe Publisher: Penguin Publications Year: 2014 ISBN: 9780143332916 Rating: Read book reviews from other readers   “You see, I’m a cold-hearted person. Not as in cruel and mean, but as in, someone who very seldom cries, who’s seldom moved by emotional scenes, and so on. The few things that make me reach such a state aren’t the usual kind of triggers; I don’t shed tears over characters dying, romantic scenes, happy-ever-after moments. In fact, it’s so random I couldn’t even explain what may or may not trigger a reaction, whatever reaction, in me.” – Meda Melange Eliza Crewe delivers a gripping and power-packed fantasy novel for young adults who are tired of fantasy novels restricted to vampires and witches. Meda is a Soul-Eater. Being a half-demon, she thirsts and lives on the souls of humans. But, enter the rather clichéd twist – She only eats the souls of really bad guys (literally, only guys!). She knows she is a monster and acknowledges it. She is now a willful captive at the Crusaders’ school, where they train her to fight demons, who intend to destroy the human civilization and create more demons. She feels increasingly stifled by the Crusaders…

Author: Akhil Sharma Publisher: Penguin Books India Year: 2014 ISBN: 9780670087457 Rating: Read book reviews from other readers An Indian family of four – a country hating Father, a typical Indian mom with endless worries and two brothers, immigrate to America in search for a life that India could not provide. But then, tragedy strikes and leaves every member of the family scarred for the rest of their lives. In his second installment, the critically acclaimed Akhil Sharma weaves a dark story that illustrates the irremediable consequences a familial misfortune can bring upon it’s survivors. Ajay’s family relocate to the US when he is quite young. His strict father, who he believes is government appointed to take care of his family, works with a government agency and is a brooding man of few words. His mother is a typical Indian doting mother who values her Indian traditions even in a foreign land. Birju, Ajay’s elder brother is an outstanding student, on his way to achieve great success when a sad (and rather silly for someone so intelligent) accident leaves him brain damaged and bed ridden for the rest of his life. As they say, Disasters and tragedies bring out the…

Author: Jeff Kinney
Publisher: Amulet Books
Year: 2007
ISBN: 9780810993136
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“If there’s one thing I learned from Rodrick, it’s to set people’s expectations real low so you end up surprising them by practically doing nothing at all.”
― Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid