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A Call To Honour

Jaswant Singh,

Rs. 495.00

This is a fluent narrative and provides an in-depth look at several vital events that changed the way the world perceived India. As the millennia changed, so did India. This is an account of a part of that transforming journey.

The Afghan

Frederick Forsyth,

Rs. 261.60

When British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation in the world, they are primed for action, but what can they do? They know nothing about the attack: the what, where or when. They have no sources in Al Qaeda, and its impossible to plant someone, impossible, unless... .


Fifty Degrees Below

Kim Stanley Robinson,

Rs. 359.90

Extreme climate change looms. Another Ice Age could be imminent. The last time it happened, eleven thousand years ago, it took just three years to start. The good new is that Frank Vanderwal is part of a massive international effort to destabilise Earth's climate. This is a gripping cautionary tale of progress and its price.

Common Sense Business

Steve Gottry, Rs. 511.35

Providing a unique window into what it is really like to own a small business, this book, guides the readers through overcoming the financial and emotional challenges that make the difference between failure and success.

Nyagrodha

Kalpish Ratna, Rs. 375.00

As their train puffs away into the distance, a monkey leads three runaway children into the world of the forest. Deep within the shadows, beyond the last cloud on the horizon stands Nyagrodha, the ancient banyan. This is an upside story, a story that will turn you inside out.


Blackout

Annie Solomon,

Rs. 272.55

Margo Scott was a book dealer who suddenly can't remember the last four weeks of her life. And she's the prime suspect in a murder. When an intruder attacks, she responds with lightning-quick moves she has no memory of ever learning...

Until I Find You

John Irving, Rs. 260.70

A worthy novel that provides a detailed map of human nature, this work features child abuse, several tragic deaths, a genuine madman and one of the most satisfying endings. It is a novel about the loss of innocence, on many levels. The exceptionally well-written characters breathe full life into the story.


Sacred Games

Vikram Chandra,

Rs. 650.00

This is a sprawling story of friendship and betrayal, of violence, of a modern city and its dark side. Drawing on the best of mystery novels, Bollywood movies and the author's years of research on the streets of Mumbai, this book is a potboiling page-turner but resonates with the intelligence of the best of literature.

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