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- Make a Beautiful Monsoon Evening Even Better With Our August New Releases
The monsoons have hit India over the last couple of weeks, offering us some much-needed respite from the heat. The sound of rain, a cup of chai, and a comfortable throw. You know what would make this combination even better? A new book to get engrossed in! Check out some of our new releases for inspiration.
Fiction
Operation Trojan Horse by D.P. Sinha, Abhishek Sharan
It is 1996. A fifteen-year-old Lashkar-e-Taiba fidayeen crosses over to India from Pakistan. When officer Shekhar Singh of the Counter-Terrorism Cell captures and interrogates him, he makes a startling revelation. The terror group has begun sending men to settle down in India in the guise of regular civilians.
And thus is born Operation Trojan Horse, a first-of-its-kind Indian counter-terror mission that will go on for years… Inspired by true events!
The 24th Mile: An Indian Doctor’s Heroism in War-torn Burma by Tehmton S. Mistry
In The 24th Mile, Tehmton S. Mistry, part of the next generation of Jehangir’s larger family, evocatively recreates the story of his grit and heroism in his death-defying journey to safety.
Non-Fiction
Stargazing: The Players in My Life by Ravi Shastri
How To Feel: The Science and Meaning of Touch by Sushma Subramanian
Through vivid individual stories – a man who lost his sense of touch in his late teens; a woman who experiences touch-emotion synesthesia; and her own efforts to become less touch-averse – Subramanian explains the science of the somatosensory system and our philosophical beliefs about it. How to Feel offers a new appreciation for a vital but misunderstood sense and shows us the ways in which we can use it to live more fully.
Bullets Over Bombay: Satya and the Hindi Film Gangster by Uday Bhatia
In 1998, Satya opened to widespread critical acclaim. More than two decades later, it has become an iconic film.
Speaking to the people who made Satya a landmark film, Uday Bhatia tells the incredible story of how it all came together, how it drew from the gangster and street film traditions, and why it went on to become a modern classic.
Regrets, None by Dolly Thakore, Arghya Lahiri
Regrets, None is a rare memoir that is unafraid to bare it all. Dolly Thakore brings alive another era – the glitz, the glamour, the struggles. She speaks candidly about love, sex, infidelity, motherhood, commitment, the ecstasy, and heartbreaks.
The First Cell: And the Human Costs of Pursuing Cancer to the Last by Azra Raza
A lyrical journey from hope to despair and back again, The First Cell explores cancer from every angle: medical, scientific, cultural, and personal. Indeed, Raza describes how she bore the terrible burden of being her own husband’s oncologist as he succumbed to leukemia.
The Biography of a Failed Venture: Decoding Success Secrets from the Blackbox of a Dead Start-Up by Prashant Desai
In April 2017, Prashant Desai started a venture to build India’s first truly Indian sports brand, D: FY. In thirty months, the business lost Rs 30 crore, virtually wiping out all that Prashant had earned for nearly thirty years.
One could weep over the fuselage or decode the black box. So, when Prashant decided to decode it, new possibilities emerged, revealing a treasure trove of success secrets.
An Economist At Home And Abroad by Shankar Acharya
Written with warmth and a rare honesty, An Economist at Home and Abroad presents the engaging journey of one of the most accomplished policy economists of our times whose views on contentious issues are often the definitive opinion.
Opium Inc. by Thomas Manuel
This is the story of the world’s biggest drug deal.
For more than a century, the British knew that opium was dangerous and continued to trade in it anyway. Its legacy in India, whether the poverty of Bihar or the wealth of Bombay, is still not acknowledged. Like many colonial institutions in India, the story of opium is one of immense pain for many and huge privileges for a few.
Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut by Marcus du Sautoy
With engaging puzzles and conundrums throughout to illustrate the shortcut’s ability to find solutions with speed, Thinking Better offers many clever strategies for daily complex problems.
A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son’s Memoir of Gabriel Garcίa Marquez and Mercedes Barcha by Rodrigo Garcia
Both an illuminating memoir and a heartbreaking work of reportage, A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes transforms this towering genius from literary creator to protagonist and paints a rich and revelatory portrait of a family coping with loss.
Invested: How I Learned to Master My Mind, My Fears, and My Money to Achieve Financial Freedom and Live a More Authentic Life by Phil Town Danielle Town
In Invested, Danielle tells the entertaining and educational story behind her personal life-changing journey to financial freedom. She lays out the twelve-month plan that she developed with her father, creator of the successful “rule #1 investing” method, to practice step-by-step the principles of value investing handed down from the wisdom of value-investment legends Warren buffet and Charlie munger, and she shows how those principles will reshape your finances and your relationship to money.
The Explosive Child by Ross W.Greene
In the latest edition of this compassionate, insightful, accessible, and practical book, Dr. Greene provides new lenses—based on research in the neurosciences which to view challenging behavior, lenses that help parents understand why traditional parenting strategies often don’t work with these children, and can actually make things worse.
The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey
There’s one sure way to whip your finances into shape, and that’s with The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition. By now, you’ve heard all the nutty get-rich-quick schemes, the fiscal diet fads that leave you with a lot of kooky ideas but not a penny in your pocket. Hey, if you’re tired of the lies and sick of the false promises, take a look at this—it’s the simplest, most straightforward game plan for completely making over your money habits. And it’s based on results, not pie-in-the-sky fantasies.
Master Mentors: 30 Transformative Insights from Our Greatest Minds by Scott Jeffrey Miller
For busy professionals and lifelong learners seeking practical strategies for reaching new heights, Master Mentors distills 30 essential learnings from Seth Godin, Susan Cain, Trent Shelton, General Stanley McChrystal, and other top business minds and thought leaders of our time. Whether you are challenged, affirmed, informed, or inspired—Master Mentors guarantees you will experience a transformative shift in your personal mindset, life skillset, and career toolset.
Talk More. Say Less. Get Ahead.: The Business Speak Dictionary
Whether you’re new to the world of work, or you just want to brush up on your leadership lingo, Talk More. Say Less. Get Ahead. will have you leaping up the strategic staircase to Inspiration Boulevard in no time!
Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind by Kermit Pattison
Based on a half-decade of research in Africa, Europe and North America, Fossil Men is not only a brilliant investigation into the origins of the human lineage, but the oldest of human emotions: curiosity, jealousy, perseverance and wonder.
Children & Young Adult
The Crayons’ Book of Feelings by Drew Daywalt
Everyone knows the crayons love to colour, but did you know that crayons have feelings too? Sometimes they are happy and sometimes they feel downright blue. From the creative minds behind The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home, comes a fun board book to help young readers understand and express their feelings.
The Crayons’ Book of Colours by Drew Daywalt
It’s Duncan’s birthday and the crayons all want to make him a card! With their fun and quirky illustrations of fire engines, dragons, even wheat, the creative crayons each have something special to contribute. But when they come together, they can create a truly spectacular celebration! From the creative minds behind The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home, comes a fun board book to help young readers understand and express their feelings.
Rise Up from the Embers by Kristen Simmons, Sara Raasch
Two gods are dead. The Mother Goddess has returned. War is rising. Fleeing war-ravaged Deimos, Ash and Madoc sail across the ocean to their only possible allies: the water and plant gods. But when Anathrasa attacks on the way, Ash leaps to the defense—by using a power she didn’t know she had.
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
Trapped in cryo-sleep for two centuries, Auri is a girl out of time and out of her depth. But she could be the catalyst that starts a war millions of years in the making, and Tyler’s squad of losers, discipline cases, and misfits might just be the last hope for the entire galaxy.
As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
The third and final thrilling book in the British Book Award 2020 winning A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series.
Pip is used to online death threats, but there’s one that catches her eye, someone who keeps asking: who will look for you when you’re the one who disappears? And it’s not just online.
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