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 […]
Alexandra “Zan” Moreland has lost her identity. No, its not temporary amnesia; the attractive Manhattan interior designer has had her identity stolen and were not talking about just credit cards or bank accounts. An unknown person is impersonating Zan and plotting to identify her as the kidnapper of her own child. Mary Higgins Clarks latest […]
Described by Stuart Hall as “one of the most riveting and important films produced by a black writer in recent years,” “My Beautiful Laundrette” was a significant production for its director Stephen Frears and its writer Hanif Kureshi. Christine Geraghty considers it a crossover film: between television and cinema, realism and fantasy, and as an […]
When the younger players in Indias cricket team find out that advertising executive Zoya Singh Solanki was born at the very moment India won the World Cup back in 1983, they are intrigued. When having breakfast with her is followed by victories on the field, they are impressed. And when not eating with her results […]
The man whom Indian nationalists perceived as the ??George Washington of India? and who was President of the Indian National Congress in 1938??1939 is a legendary figure. Called Netaji (??leader?) by his countrymen, Subhas Chandra Bose struggled all his life to liberate his people from British rule and, in pursuit of that goal, raised and […]
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rhyannon Byrd fell in love with a Brit whose accent was just too sexy to resist. Luckily for her, he turned out to be a keeper, so she married him and they now have two precocious children, who constantly keep her on
Watch your step. Be careful what you do. Ghosts are everywhere. In houses new and old. In lonely walks and grim gatherings. Underneath the wallpaper. Riding through the night.These are some of the spookiest ghost stories ever written, from authors including Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, and Henry James.Prepare to be haunted…
New York Times Bestseller When distinguished criminal lawyer Venetia Aldridge defends a young man for the brutal murder of his mother, she views the case as simply another opportunity to demonstrate her brilliance in the courtroom. But within weeks of the trial Aldridge is found dead at her desk, a bloodstained barristers wig on her […]
In his book, celebrated Bollywood and theatre actor Anupam Kher talks about his lifes lessons and experiences, and the benefits of looking at our fast-paced modern lives through a positive lens. Kher motivates his readers by sharing his inspiring success story from humble beginnings, the insights hes gained from surviving in a cut-throat industry, and […]
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, […]