Author: Toni Morrison Publisher: Penguin Books Year: 2015 ISBN: 9780307594174 Rating: Read book reviews from other readers Children are such impressionable little things. They struggle to get their parents’ approval, do everything to make their parents realize that they are the best they could have. The extent they go to to get a pat on their back or a ‘Great going kiddo!’ is often amusing to watch. I strongly believe that a kid is what he/she is raised as, the values and principles that are instilled in them by their surrounding influences – parents, relatives, neighbors, playmates, books, TV etc. And if any of these influences take a bad turn, it not only affects the kid’s choices but all those surrounding the kid as well. It is in this manner, Bride aka Lula Ann ends up choosing to do something so despicable to gain her mother’s acceptance that it will haunt her for all her life. In ‘God help the Child’, Toni Morrison tells the story of Bride aka Lula Ann, who has risen in life from being a familial and social stigma to a successful executive in a cosmetic company and the choices she makes in the course of…
Publisher: Penguin Books
Year: 2013
ISBN: 9780670087051
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Why does this book, some may ask, deserve more attention than others written on similar topics? I would say that the charm of this collection lies in its honesty and directness.
Who would not love an action-packed fantasy voyage to a mystifying world?
This is for all those who like to read novels like Harry Potter
Publisher: Bantam Press (Random House)
Year: 2015
ISBN: 9780593070178
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The Shopaholic is back. And this time she takes on Hollywood!
Why is it that fantastic first books are often followed by less impressive sequels? Think Bridget Jones' Diary, Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants and so on.
Publisher: Black Lace
Year: 2015
ISBN: 9780352347909
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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.
Publisher: Quercus
Year: 2015
ISBN: 9781782060253
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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’.
Publisher: Rupa Publications
Year: 2015
ISBN: 9788129135148
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Ananya is a 17-year-old nerd from Pune who finds happiness in her maths and science books. All is well in her small world and then along comes Rohit.
Publisher: Arrow Books
Year: 2015
ISBN: 9781784750183
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It’s a given that if you are reading Patterson’s Private series, there is no time to breathe! If you do, you might miss a twist in the plot.
Publisher: Penguin Group
Year: 2014
ISBN: 9780143419211
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Lajja talks of the immediate aftermath of the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992 as felt in Bangladesh and suffered by the Bengali Hindus there.
Publisher:Aleph Book Company
Year: 2015
ISBN: 9789384067281
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