Dom Casmurro ?? uma obra-prima publicada em 1899.Nesta grande obra, o g?¦nio de Machado de Assis aponta com maestria os contornos da sociedade brasileira, valendo-se das lembran??as de Bento Santiago, o Bentinho, sobre os eventos mais relevantes de sua exist?¦ncia.Machado, utilizando-se da tem?tica do ci?§me, acaba por dar vida a uma das mais marcantes personagens […]
Jeannette Wallss memoir The Glass Castle was “nothing short of spectacular” (Entertainment Weekly). Now, in Half Broke Horses, she brings us the story of her grandmother, told in a first-person voice that is authentic, irresistible, and triumphant. “Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did.” So begins the story of Lily Casey Smith, […]
When a plane carrying American journalist Aidan Shaw goes down in Kashmir in 1949, his wife Joanna refuses to accept that he is dead. Convinced her husbands disappearance is no accident, Joanna enlists the help of his best friend, Lawrence Malcolm, a member of Australias secret service. In search of answers, they set off, bringing […]
he book readers of The Forest of Stories have been eagerly awaiting Book Two in the unfolding saga of the worlds greatest epic – from Indias epic storyteller, author of the internationally- acclaimed Ramayana and Krishna Coriolis series The Seeds of War, Book Two in Ashok Bankers MBA series, introduces us to the elder protagonists […]
In Death at La Fenice, Donna Leon??s first novel in the Commissario Brunetti series, readers were introduced to the glamorous and cut-throat world of opera and to one of Italy??s finest living sopranos, Flavia Petrelli ?? then a suspect in the poisoning of a renowned German conductor. Now, many years after Brunetti cleared her name, […]
According to the DC cops, the fiery destruction of an upscale plastic surgery clinic and its staff is just business as usual. With the whole city on high alert because of the upcoming presidential inauguration, the Secret Service can afford to let it go. Retired agent Swamp Morgan pulls what appears to be a “firefly” […]
Amit Chaudhuri??s highly acclaimed novel now in a new superbly designed paperback format. Selling Points: A New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe and Irish Times Critics?? Book of the Year. Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, the DSC Literature Prize, and the Crossword Vodafone Prize. ?? A command performance. Even in […]
As a CIA agent “without official cover” in London, Jack Dunphy sets up commercial fronts and banking facilities abroad for unsavory clients with money too hot to handle–a lucrative business that allows him to spy under a false identity. But after someone he has under surveillance is brutally slaughtered, Dunphy is immediately ordered back to […]
It is the biggest treasure hunt in history with contesting nations involved in a headlong race to locate the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. 4500 years ago, a magnificent golden capstone sat at the peak of the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was a source of immense power, reputedly capable of bestowing upon its […]
an addictive and searingly honest novel about childhood and grief from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard karl Ove Knausgaard writes about his life with painful honesty. He writes about his childhood and teenage years, his infatuation with rock music, his relationship with his loving yet almost invisible mother and his distant and unpredictable father, […]
A practical insight on the power of love is provided by a master astrologer in this detailed book. Can a Tarurus man find happiness with a cancer woman? Will it be smooth sailing or perpetual fireworks for the Leo female and Pisces male? Filled with anecdotal, astrological factoids and quick explanations that enhance a deeper
Assassins dont come any deadlier than Carla Benedict, Paul Bannermans most ruthless oprative. And now shes been forced to terminate a smooth, cunning and dangerous spy: her own lover. Bannerman realizes that Carlas extreme actions will ultimately have seriois global repercussions. But he doesnt know how serious until an urgent call from Zurich plunges him […]
In AD 60, Boudica, war leader of the Eceni, led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome – the culmination of nearly twenty years of resistance against an occupying force that sought to crush the vibrant native civilization of our island home … Dreaming The Bull continues the story […]
A girl: Gemma, sixteen, at the airport, on her way to a family vacation. A guy: Ty, rugged, tan, too old, oddly familiar, eyes blue as ice. She steps away. For just a second. He pays for her drink. And drugs it. They talk. Their hands touch. And before Gemma knows whats happening, Ty takes […]