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The Winner

Stands Alone

Paulo Coelho,


Rs. 325.00

With this work the author has brought his remarkable gift for storytelling to the darker side of celebrity, wealth and excess, and how the world we live in can distort the truth in our hearts.

The Madwoman in

the Attic

Sandra M. Gilbert &

Susan Gubar,

Rs. 395.00

The authors offer a bold new interpretation of the great 19th century women novelists, and in doing so they present the first persuasive case for the existence of a distinctly female imagination.

Clapton: The

Autobiography

Rs. 431.00


Eric Clapton is recognised as the most accomplished and influential guitarist in the history of rock. With striking intimacy and candour, he tells the story of his eventful and inspiring life in this honest autobiography.

Rats

Robert Sullivan,

Rs. 805.00

In this book the author spends a year investigating a rat-infested alley just a few blocks away from Wall Street. He gets to know not just the beast but its friends and foes.

Moveable Type

Rs. 595.00

Book history is an emerging discipline in India. The editors of this volume have consolidated dispersed writings. Reviewers have considered this work as the first significant Indian contribution to an academic discourse that is fast changing literary scholarship.

A Place Within

M. G. Vassanji,

Rs. 599.00

Vassanji’s grandparents left India to settle in Africa. This book begins with diary entries from his very first wide-eyed trip to India in 1993, then moves on to accounts from his subsequent and obsessive visits. An intimate chronicle filled with fantastic stories and unforgettable characters.

Red Sun

Sudeep Chakravarti,

Rs. 350.00

Spread over 15 of the country’s 28 states, India’s Maoist movement is now one of the world’s biggest and most sophisticated extreme-left movements. The author takes us to the heart of Maoist zones in the country, areas of extreme destitution, bad governance and perpetual war.

The Indivisible

Remainder

Slavoj Zizek,

Rs. 538.00

The maverick philosopher combines Schelling with popular film for a fascinating take on modern life.

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life

Jon Lee Anderson,

Rs. 674.00

The author has had access to the Cuban government’s archives and has had cooperation from Che’s widow, Aleida March. This work will stand as the definitive portrait of one of 20th century’s most fascinating, figures.

Stevie Wonder:

Rhythms Of Wonder

Sharon Davis,

Rs. 613.00

Pop music has produced only a handful of people who can rightly be called a genius. Stevie Wonder, as this defintive biography explores, is one of them.

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