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Fiction
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Persuader
by Lee Child.
Dell.
Pages 465. $ 5.25.
An ex-military cop and the ultimate loner. No family,
no possessions. No commitments, no fear. Nothing— except a strong
sense of justice. Which is why he agrees to help a woman agent caught in
a death trap. Once Jack Reacher finds trouble, he cannot quit. |
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Blood and Gold
by Anne Rice. Ballantine Books.
Pages 564. $ 4.99.
Once a proud Senator in Imperial Rome, Marius is
kidnapped and forced into that dark realm of blood, where he is made a
protector of the Queen and King of the vampires—in whom the core of
the supernatural race resides. |
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Full Blast
by Janet Evanovich and Charlotte Huges.
Headline.
Pages 340. £ 2.99.
When the millionaire playboy meets the one woman who
must resist his charms, the heat is on. It’s a fine romance with
plenty of kisses and it’s in true Evanovich style. |
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Someday Somewhere
by Eileen Ramsay.
Coronet.
Pages 471. £ 3.50.
In the attic of her beloved Aunt Tony’s cottage,
Holly Noble finds a series of paintings of the world famous opera singer
Blaise Foug`E8re, and her life changes forever. |
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Abandon
by Pico Iyer.
Vintage.
Pages 354. $ 7.50.
A stylish intellectual mystery and a pulse-quickening
love story—the love in question being at once sacred and profane. |
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Non-fiction
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Sun After Dark: Flights into the Foreign
by Pico Iyer.
Knopf.
Pages 223. $ 11.25
Pico Iyer, one of our most compelling and profoundly
provocative travel writers, invites us to accompany him on an array of
exotic explorations. |
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The Goal II
by Eliahu M. Goldratt.
Productivity and Quality Publishing.
Pages 283. Rs 350.
How Alex Rogo, hero of The Goal, applies the Theory
of Constraints to Sales, Marketing, Inventory Control and Business
Strategy to eventually emerge a winner forms the rest of the story. |
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Across the
Wagah: An Indian’s Sojourn in Pakistan
by Maneesha Tikekar.
Bibliophile South Asia.
Pages 360. Rs 750.
The book offers a different point of view about
Pakistan and politics of Islam in Pakistan to academicians of South
Asia. |
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Father Dearest: The Life and Times of R. K. Dalmia
by Neelima Dalmia Adhar.
Lotus Roli.
Pages 257. Rs 395.
"He’s an ugly man with an ugly face and an
ugly mind and an ugly heart!" Nehru blurted out in a fit of rage.
"Just because he owns a few newspapers, he claims to be an expert
on foreign affairs." |
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Bearing Witness: Partition, Independence and End of
the Raj
by Sukeshi Kamra.
Lotus Roli.
Pages 305. Rs 495.
The majority of perpetrators of this pogrom were
never brought to trial. |
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— English Book Shop, Chandigarh.
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