As one of the bestselling writers of legal thrillers like Absolute Power, David Baldacci is known for his hair-raising plots and fast-paced suspense. But in a significant departure from his usual fare (though the end result is no less compelling), Baldacci slows things down a bit for his latest saga,Wish You Well, a story he […]
Unparalleled insight into the personal life of the world??s most notorious terrorist Includes never-before-seen family photos Granting extraordinary access to their private world, Osama??s wife and son reveal the frightening transformation of a loving husband into a hardened terrorist. In 1996, Osama chose the 15-year-old Omar to accompany him to his mountain fortress of Tora […]
Avalon High, Ellies new school, is pretty much what shed expected. Theres Lance, the hunky footballer. Jennifer, the cute cheerleader. Marco, the troublemaker. And then theres Will – the most gorgeous guy Ellies ever met. She can hardly believe he likes HER. When Will says he thinks hes met Ellie before, things start getting a […]
A chubby little girl with blond hair, blue eyes, and ordinary looks, Victoria Dawson has always felt out of place in her family, especially in body conscious Los Angeles. Her parents are disappointed by their daughter??s looks. Later in life, the one thing Victoria knows is that she has to get as far away from […]
Sidney Sheldon is read world over. Something about his plots and the raciness that caught on quite early. After all, at the end of a hard day, all one wants is an easy read, which is what Sheldon delivers every single time. After this death in 2007, it is Tilly Bagshawe who is extrapolating his […]
One of the finest living writers in the English language, V. S. Naipaul gives us a tale as wholly unexpected as it is affecting, his first novel since the exultantly acclaimedA Way in the World, published seven years ago. Half a Lifeis the story of Willie Chandran, whose father, heeding the call of Mahatma Gandhi, […]
Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns continues the story of Andy, now in her thirties, and Miranda Priestly. Andy, a successful magazine co-editor with her former nemesis Emily, is getting married. While she dreams of a happy obstacle-free wedding, her former boss, Miranda Priestly, is back in her life. This novel narrates the events ten […]
Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life. Now Tony is in […]
One of India s finest novelists retells the two great Indian epics as well as some well-known tales from Hindu mythology and folklore. While the eleventh century Tamil poet Kamban s version inspires his Ramayana, Narayan s Mahabharata is based on Vyasa s monumental work. In Gods, Demons and Others, he includes stories from Kalidasa […]
When the recently widowed Melinda Monroe sees this ad she quickly decides that the remote mountain town of Virgin River might be the perfect place to escape her heartache, and to reenergize the nursing career she loves. But her high hopes are dashed within an hour of arriving: the cabin is a dump, the roads […]
In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. River of Smoke follows its storm-tossed characters to the crowded harbors of China. There, despite efforts of the emperor to stop […]
The Partners at Finley & Figg – all two of them – often refer to themselves as “a boutique law firm.” “Boutique,” as in chic, selective and prosperous. They are, of course, none of these things. What they are is a two-bit operation always in search of their big break, ambulance chasers whove been in […]
Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghoshs radiant second novel follows two families — one English, one Bengali — as their lives intertwine in tragic and comic ways. The narrator, Indian born and English educated, traces events back and forth in time, from the outbreak of World War II to the late twentieth century, […]