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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'With Sisters in Yellow, [Kawakami] proves she is still the most exciting Japanese novelist at work today' The Times 'Relentlessly riveting . . . My heart felt very tender reading this. Astonishing Kawakami, as always' Frances Cha, author of If I had Your Face...

अस्तबल में नीलोत्पल मृणाल नए मुखर्जी नगर की वास्तविक झलक दिखाते हैं, जहाँ UPSC की तैयारी का सपना अब गहरी खाई में डूब चुका है। CSAT के नए पैटर्न ने पुराने हिंदी माध्यम के छात्रों को जैसे खारिज़ कर दिया है। पुराने धुरंधर कहते हैं, “हमसे ना हो पाएगा।” नए बांकुरे, जैसे रोहन त्रिवेदी, रेड बुल के घूँट के साथ जवाब देते हैं, “हमसे ही होगा!” यहाँ की लड़कियाँ चौखट लाँघकर अपना हक़ छीनने आई हैं। दूसरी तरफ PCS के जाल में फँसी पुरानी पीढ़ी, शादी-ब्याह के दबाव में घुटती जा रही है। अस्तबल इन्हीं संघर्षों का इमानदार दस्तावेज़ है।

This is the story of a countryside boy, Rajat, who, fresh out of village schools, comes to the happening capital city of Lucknow for his higher education. High aspirations to become an officer, raw manners and slight desi pan in his etiquettes, he struggles his way out in the polished surroundings of college. The city and college start to absorb him, and he tries to adapt to the ways of the city.

Sapphire Towers: Just another residential high-rise in Mumbai where the humdrum routine of daily life carries on with clockwork precision. But beneath the tranquil surface lurks a web of lies and deceit spun by a group of lonely housewives.

A perfect college. Three imperfect students. A caring hostel. Three careless mates. The decisive years. Three ignorant souls. A bomb blast and a close shave. Welcome to life through the gate of BHU.

As the Crow Flies is an epic rags to riches tale from Jeffrey Archer, author of the bestselling The Clifton Chronicles. If your dream is big enough, not even your enemies can stop you . . . Charlie Trumper's earliest memory is of hearing his grandfather's sales patter from behind his...

In late 2000, a young boy in Ahmedabad dreams of owning a business. To accommodate his friends' passion, he opens a cricket shop. However, nothing comes easily in a turbulent city. To realise their goals, they will have to face it all - religious politics, calamities, unacceptable love and, above all, their own mistakes. Will they make it? Can an individual's dreams overcome the nightmares of real life? Can we succeed despite mistakes?

Brought to you by Penguin. Read by award-winning narrator Jeff Harding. **NOW A MAJOR PRIME TV SERIES STARRING ALAN RITCHSON** Reacher never backs down from a problem. And he's about to find a big one, on a deserted Arizona road, where a Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around...

Matt Bomer's heart-rending narration in this new audiobook edition offers a fresh and poignant listening experience of Hanya Yanagihara's timeless modern classic. Perfect if you're an A Little Life fan or a new listener. 'I'm not exaggerating when I say this novel challenged everything I thought...

Brought to you by Penguin. Put your heart out there. Let it get broken. Take chances. Make mistakes . . . Let yourself live. ----- Clover Brooks has always felt a stronger connection with those at the end of their life than in the middle of it. She dedicates herself to ushering people peacefully...

It’s the mid-’90s. Studious, smart and sincere, Veda harbours big dreams for the future. But her parents arrange a marriage for her, and the 20-year-old discovers she has no say in the matter. Forced to leave behind an idyllic life in the hill town of Joshimath - filled with conversations and pleasurable times with her siblings and her best friend, the handsome Suraj - she puts aside her ambitions and moves into a flat in Pune with an indifferent husband and a mother-in-law from hell. Though brought up to be quiet and obedient, Veda chafes at the meaninglessness of her existence.

The cosy, heartwarming first book in the multi-million copy bestselling series. **Pre-order Before I knew I loved you, the new book in the series, now!** What would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time? Toshikazu...

THE BESTSELLING SERIES THAT INSPIRED AMAZON PRIME'S BALLARD AND BOSCH 'Michael Connelly is a powerhouse, an unstoppable force in crime fiction. The Waiting is proof he is at the top of his game." MICK HERRON, #1 bestselling author of SLOW HORSES **** IN COLD CASES, IT'S NOT THE HOPE THAT KILLS...

'American storytelling at its era-spanning best . . . An immersive, multi-layered portrait of a marriage, Nathan Hill’s follow-up to The Nix is a work of quiet genius' – The Observer An Oprah's Book Club Pick. Moving from the gritty 90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home...

A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women s lives at all ages a spicy and alluring mix of Together Tea and Calendar Girls. Every woman has a secret life . . . Nikki lives in cosmopolitan West London, where she tends bar at the local pub...

Miss Marple, Agatha Christie’s deceptively mild spinster sleuth, is being treated to a few days’ holiday by her niece, staying at Bertram’s Hotel, a dignified, unostentatious establishment tucked away in a back street of busy Mayfair. Here is a place where sedate upper class ladies, retired military gentlemen and the higher echelons of the clergy can indulge in the comforts of a bygone age. But Miss Marple begins to feel uneasy. Something sinister lurks beneath the polished veneer.

The fourth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Tokyo cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time. Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s poignant Before We Say Goodbye, translated from Japanese, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel...

After a routine delivery, midwife Sarah Brandt visits her patient in a rooming house and finds that another boarder, a young girl, has been killed. At the request of sergeant Frank Malloy, she searches the girl's room and discovers that the victim is from one of the most prominent families in New York - and the sister of an old friend. The powerful family, fearful of scandal, refuses to permit an investigation. But with Malloy's help, Sarah begins a dangerous quest to bring the killer to justice before death claims another victim.

The million-copy bestselling series. Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s touching Before Your Memory Fades, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last...

Yah bhaarat ke ek chhoṭe shahar par aadhaarit ek saamaajik kahaanee hai. Yah kahaanee un logon ko madad karegee jo aksar bade-bade sapane dekhate hain lekin unako pataa naheen hotaa ki un sapanon kaa sach kaise karenge.