The Mahabharata, Indias greatest epic, is a huge, sweeping work and is the longest Sanskrit epic. It tells the story of the Kuru family, and the events that lead to the fratricidal Mahabharata War. It describes the events during the 18-day war and its aftermath. In the Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata, Devdutt […]
When his guardian dies in suspicious circumstances, fourteen-year-old Alex Rider finds his world turned upside down. Forcibly recruited into MI6, Alex has to take part in gruelling SAS training exercises. Then, armed with his own special set of secret gadgets, hes off on his first mission to Cornwall, where Middle-Eastern multi-billionaire Herod Sayle is producing […]
The highly anticipated prequel to the bestselling Alex Rider series, charting the journey of a young assassin. A gripping insight into the teenage life of Yassen Gregorovich, set against a backdrop of violence and corruption. From Yassens training to become a deadly assassin, to his later orders to kill a young Alex Rider, this gripping […]
The plane was really near now. But as I flung myself over the wall I saw Rankin kneeling, rifle to shoulder. The range was down to point-blank; there was nothing I could do. The planes engine drowned the sound of the shot, but I knew Rankin had fired-and hit his target. “Rankin! You bloody murdering […]
Endless Night starts off with the love story of Michael Rogers, who is the protagonist, and Fenella ??Ellie? Guteman. They fall in love with each other at first sight. The two first meet at Gipsy??s Acre, which is a piece of land facing the sea, and is filled with dark fir trees. As he met […]
It was called The Devils??s Own: a steep scar in the African earth, around which men toiled with picks, shovels, and dreams of the milky treasures that would become prized, polished diamonds. In this demonic race, native tribesmen became miners. Sometimes they became thieves. And then they became rebels. Zouga Ballantyne, an African-born Englishman, sees […]
A must-own souvenir for all Beatles fans and songwriters! The Beatles Lyrics is an amazing tribute to the most influential band in pop history. For the first time ever together in print, it publishes the lyrics to 192 songs by the Fab Four. Also includes a complete discography, lots of great full-page photos throughout the […]
Hannah Connelly, a twenty-eight-year old designer and rising star in the fashion world, is plunged into a web of horror and grief when she learns that Connelly Fine Reproductions, the family-owned furniture business founded by her grandfather, has been levelled by an explosion in the middle of the night. Everything has been destroyed the warehouse, […]
#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen sets her readers?? pulses racing once again in this relentless psychological thriller of a young woman caught in a maze of secrets and stalked by a merciless killer. The countdown begins the moment you open this riveting novel that only grows more electrifying as the pages turn, […]
This week at Cinderella Cleaners, someone has dropped off a private-school uniform. Diana has always wondered what it would be like to attend a posh academy … and now she has the chance to find out. Her best friend??s cell phone is stolen, and in order to catch the culprit, Diana has to sneak into […]
Lily Thomas is an aspiring young ski champion training for the Olympics, a young woman with her heart set on winning the gold. But in one moment, Lilys future is changed forever, her hopes for the Olympics swept away in a tragic accident. Her father Bill has pinned all his hopes on his only daughter […]
When journalist Shruti Ranjan, newly-wed wife of the Deputy Commissioner of Kishanganj in the lawless Bihar of the 1990s is brutally raped by a ??politically sheltered local goon?? all of her attempts at getting justice are crushed by a corrupt and complicit state government. That??s when the charismatic Sharad Malviya, a leading member of the […]