After all this time is one of the latest books by a young Indian author, Nikita Singh. She has picked up the issue of positivity and sorrow at the same time. Lavanya, the lead character of this book, is a young girl working in a metro city at a high paying position. However, her job […]
Todd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher: Mr. Dussander. Todd knows all about Dussanders darl past. The torture. The death. The decades-old manhunt Dussander has escaped to this day. Yet Todd doesnt want to turn him in. Todd […]
Obamas First Day in Office set a tone for the country. Re-Read his carefully chosen word to see his promises. All of the Presidents first speeches are include in this great reference book.
First published in 1936, and now available in a centenary edition, this book was written by Nehru almost entirely in prison from June 1934 to February 1935. His account, though replete with autobiographical details, is much more than a personal document; in the words of Rabindranath Tagore, “Through all its details there runs a deep […]
Barack Obamas first book, Dreams from My Father, was a compelling and moving memoir focusing on personal issues of race, identity, and community. With his second book The Audacity of Hope, Obama engages themes raised in his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, shares personal views on faith and values and offers a […]
King Ludwig II, infamous for his eccentric behavior, is declared insane by his government and removed from his throne. A day later, Ludwigs corpse washes up in the shallows of Lake Starnberg. Rumours about the cause of the tragedy abound, but few people know why Ludwig was really killed. Or what secret was silenced by […]
In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy in Colombo boards a ship bound for England. At mealtimes he is seated at the ??cat??s table? as far from the Captain??s Table as can be with a ragtag group of ??insignificant? adults and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship makes its way across the […]
Poor Ellen. Her boyfriend is cheating on her … with her best friend. Her other (male) best friend is in love with her when he really shouldnt be. Her beauty queen sister is on a rampage. And her mom is having an affair with one of her teachers. At first, Ellen wants to climb into […]
On 31 August 2008, sister Jesme left the congregation of Mother of Carmel. The authorities repeated attempts to have her declared insane, she says, left her no other option. This book, a first of its kind in India, is an outpouring of her experiences as a nun for thirty three years. Searing, sincere and sensitive, […]