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Delhi: City of Yoginis
by Suphal Kumar City of
Yoginis, searches into the innermost heart of the sacred space,
known to the modern world as New Delhi. Suphal Kumar has amply described
its history, both ancient and modern. He has created a whole new
perspective in his vision of Delhi. Suphal Kumar, mainstream journalist
and postgraduate of Banaras Hindu University, has used not only his
literary skills but also his journalistic experience whilst compiling
this work. His other literary achievements include Date-line Varanasi,
a collection of his experiences as a journalist in the oldest living
city — his hometown — where he served for nearly two decades as a
correspondent of a news agency.
The Mirror of Fire
and Dreaming
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Anand is
ecstatic at his new-found responsibility as Keeper of the Conch in The
Silver Valley. With his dear friend Nisha, and their beloved teacher
Abhaydatta, he is back again venturing on a new a journey into the world
of mystery and fantasy, a world of royal beauty and splendour, and a
world of suspense and action. In this second novel of the
Brotherhood Trilogy, the master storyteller takes us from the
pristine beauty of Himalayas to the world of an ancient kingdom full of
exotic Indian vistas and aromas, where an evil sorcerer and a djinn are
planning the downfall of the royal family. But can Anand defeat the
sorcerer, find his friends lost in the metaphysical journey through
time, and return to his own age and world without the powerful conch?
The answers lie in the depths of the part-fantasy and part-real world of
The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming.
Tell Me Your Secret
by
Deirdere Purcell Headline Review. For
sixteen-year-old Violet Shine falling in love was pure and passionate.
But to her parents the affair was a shameful episode that must be
concealed and so they imprisoned her in the tower of their rambling
cliff-top home, Whitecliff. Sixty years later, Claudine Armstrong is
involved in the sale of the now derelict Whitecliff. At a nursing point
in her life, she is unsure about her marriage, her career, her future. But as her world become entwined with Violet’s it seems that the
secret locked away all those years ago could be the very thing which
sets Claudine free.
The Diamond Frontier
by John Uslecix.
Headline. It’s 1880, and the atmosphere is
explosive in the South African province of the Transvaal. The discovery
of diamonds has bred greed and violence, while British forces contend
with murderous bePedi tribesmen and subversive Boer farmers. Former
army captain Simon Fronthill has had fill of conflict. But when he hears
that an old friend has been kidnapped by diamond smugglers, he and his
servant ‘352’ Jenkins embark on a rescue mission. Yet this is only
the beginning.
For when the acclaimed General Wolseley decides to lead
his column against the bePedi stronghold, Fonthill and Jenkins once
again find themselves marching to war.
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