Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Red Strom Rising

Since the publication of The Hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy has established an unrivalled position as the world’s leading thriller writer, with a string of million-selling novels and three major Hollywood films to his name. He is also the author of SSN and the non-fiction books Submarine, Armoured Warfare, Fighter Wing and Marine, and the co-creator of the Op-Centre series.
ISBN: 9780007340590
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India
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Monday, December 14, 2009

When Kulbhushan Met Stockli

Anindya Roy ran the publishing house Phantomville where he created graphic novels such as The Believers and Kashmir Pending. Now he runs a publishing/film/TV entertainment company called Manic Mongol

An experiment in telling short graphic tales, which, individually and together, create a local universe
This unusual book, originating from a project financed and supported by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council, explores hidden urban themes, opens the psychic core of cities in Switzerland and India and constructs a conversation channel between the two. Artefacts of the cities themselves give rise to the stories. The structure follows connections that are obvious, connections that are ephemeral and connections that don''t exist.
Contributors include Andrea Caprez, Andreas Gefe, Ashish Padlekar, Christophe Badoux, Christoph Schuler, Kati Rickenbach, Orijit Sen, Samit Basu, Sekhar Mukherjee, Vishwajyoti Ghosh, Anindya Roy, Rajiv Eipe, Sunaina Coelho, Michael Husmann Tschäni, Pascale Mira Tschäni, Fahad Faizal, Samrat Choudhury, Esther Banz and Harsho Mohan Chattoraj
ISBN: 9788172239077
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India
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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Your Chinese Horoscope 2010

The year 2010 is the Chinese Year of the Tiger – what will this mean for you? This complete guide contains all the predictions you will need to take you into the year ahead – a year which offers great hope, advancement and opportunity.
The ancient art of Chinese astrology, which predates the Western zodiac, is a detailed system of divination that has been in use in the Orient for thousands of years.
The depth of its wisdom and the accuracy of its character analysis and prediction has caught the imagination of the Western world in recen years and led to a rapid rise in its popularity.
This popular and enlightening bestselling guide – now in its 21st year – includes:
• Everything you need to know about the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac
• An explanation of the Five Elements: metal, water, wood, fire and earth, and which one governs your sign
• Individual predictions to help you find love, luck and success
• What the Year of the Tiger has in store for you, your family, your loved ones and friends.
Author: Neil Somerville
ISBN: 9780007281466
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India
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Friday, December 11, 2009

Badli Hui Duniya

Gyan Prakash Vivek has many books to his credit: Alag Alag Dishayein, Joseph Chala Gaya, Pitaji Chup Rehte Hain, Ikkis Kahaniyan, Dilli Darwaza Aur Akhet, Gali Number terah, Dhoop Ke Hastakshar are some of them.

A motley collection of modern stories about the temperaments, jargons and manners of parlance of a society caught in a cross of changes. They echo the restive questions and confusions of our times. While Club, Dashte-e-tanhai and Tehree transport us to the wilderness of psychological and social isolation, Chabi, Gussa and Kursi are a perfect blend of the fantastic and the real. Governess, Salesman, and Car draw on the thought
that life is lived not only by temporal riches but by empathy and compassion…
ISBN: 9788172238766
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Closure: Some Poems and a Conversation

This unusual volume brings together two disparate voices, of friends who met and conversed over many years, in different cities and at different stages in their life, both of whom turned to poetry in moments both anxious and happy. The poems by Kamala Das include the very last one she wrote before death claimed her, and in many ways Suresh Kohli''s work reflects similar concerns, with death and distances,
both physical and emotional.
Author: Kamala Das / Suresh Kohli
ISBN: 9788172238957
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India
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Monday, December 7, 2009

Soul On Wheels

Sujit Chakraborty has been a journalist since 1982 and has worked on a surprising range of subjects, from culture and art to criminalisation of the Marxist political party in the eastern Indian state of Bengal to telling the world what Mother Teresa was really suffering from in 1990, a closely guarded secret till his revelation. Sujit has specialised in environmental journalism. He lives in Thimphu, Bhutan, and is the driving force behind Bhutan Today, the kingdom’s first and only daily newspaper.

One journalist travels on various errands and assignments across the plains of northern India. Not fussy about personal comforts, passionate about watching and understanding others, he observes and makes mental notes. His background as a former Leftist activist takes him closer to the common people, like the itinerant singer who prays to the long demised Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti to rebuild his future; like the impoverished government janitor Bikol Tanti, who loses money trying to win a gamble.
ISBN: 9788129115492
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Friday, December 4, 2009

The Other Woman


Monica Das’s work on gender studies has been recognized by several international universities. She has presented papers on gender issues and chaired sessions at various international conferences in the USA, Canada, Australia and UK. She edited Her Story So Far: Tales of the Girl Child in India for Penguin Books India in 2003. She teaches Economics in Delhi University and is a Fellow at the Developing Countries Research Centre, Delhi University.

Deceptive, tenacious and sinful, the ''other woman'' seduces husbands, breaks happy and unhappy marriages by playing the dark temptress. She stands as much on the inside as on the outside of the relationship she infringes upon. As lover, girlfriend or second wife, she is not always in the wrong, though she can often end up becoming a victim. This is the woman, powerful yet powerless, that we encounter in story after story of this unusual collection. Manorama''s many men abandon her the day she falls in love with one man. Maganlal Daruwala initiates Shardabai into prostitution and becomes the richest bidder for first nights to her daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter. A tribal girl frees Randhir of all inhibitions in a sexual encounter. A man surrenders his body to an older woman as a devotee''s offering to a deity. A visitor from home brings along Suniti''s little secret from the past, thus shattering the calm of her marital life. Incredibly moving tales of love and heartbreak, The Other Woman bring together the many perceptions of love, lust, fidelity, and the enigmatic ''otherness'' of all women.
ISBN: 9788172238605
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India
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