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Exclusive Excerpt! Ruskin Bond’s Guide on How to Live a Good LifeExclusive Excerpt! Ruskin Bond’s Guide on How to Live a Good Life
Exclusive Excerpt! Ruskin Bond’s Guide on How to Live a Good Life

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A book packed with all the good advice anyone, any age, would love and benefit from because it is sound wisdom distilled from the wonderful life and times of the inimitable Ruskin Bond, unmistakably one of India’s most popular authors. Each piece of valuable advice is worth its weight in

Robert Vlach on How You Can Be a Successful Freelancer | ExcerptRobert Vlach on How You Can Be a Successful Freelancer | Excerpt
Robert Vlach on How You Can Be a Successful Freelancer | Excerpt

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The Freelance Way is THE business book for independent professionals. It presents the best available and fully up-to-date freelance know-how, compiled from hundreds of quality sources, including surveys, the latest market data, advice from world-class experts. Read an excerpt!

Read Thrilling Excerpts from ‘The Maid’ and ‘The Paris Apartment’Read Thrilling Excerpts from ‘The Maid’ and ‘The Paris Apartment’
Read Thrilling Excerpts from ‘The Maid’ and ‘The Paris Apartment’

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Do you like to read nail-biting thrillers that keep you on the edge? Read excerpts from Nita Prose’s The Maid and Lucy Foley’s The Paris Apartment, two books that have taken over the world of crime readers with a storm! The Maid Molly the maid is all alone in the

Read an Exclusive Excerpt from The Wuhan LockdownRead an Exclusive Excerpt from The Wuhan Lockdown
Read an Exclusive Excerpt from The Wuhan Lockdown

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This book tells the dramatic story of the Wuhan lockdown in the voices of the city’s own people. Using a vast archive of more than 6,000 diaries, the sociologist Guobin Yang vividly depicts how the city coped during the crisis. The book features compelling stories of citizens and civic groups

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    Dive into Kollywood with an Excerpt from ‘Dream Factory’Dive into Kollywood with an Excerpt from ‘Dream Factory’
    Dive into Kollywood with an Excerpt from ‘Dream Factory’

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    Based on bestselling writer Sujatha’s first-hand observations, Dream Factory is a page-turner filled with memorable characters and incidents that ring true, providing readers a no-holds-barred look into one of the world’s most prolific film industries. Read an excerpt. He had last seen Kalyani five years ago, and these five years

    Documenting the Climate Crisis: Ellen Prager’s ‘Dangerous Earth’Documenting the Climate Crisis: Ellen Prager’s ‘Dangerous Earth’
    Documenting the Climate Crisis: Ellen Prager’s ‘Dangerous Earth’

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    In Dangerous Earth, marine scientist Ellen Prager explores the science of investigating volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, landslides, rip currents, and–maybe the most perilous hazard of all–climate change. Each chapter considers a specific hazard, begins with a game-changing historical event, and highlights what remains unknown about these dynamic phenomena. Along the way,