Toby Temple: Superstar, the world's funniest man. He gets any women he wants. But underneath the callous super-stud image is a lonely man, desperate for attention, greedy for love. Jill Castle: Beautiful, sensuous starlet. She has a dark and mysterious past and an ambition even greater than Toby's. Together they rule the glittering kingdom of Hollywood until lust, jealousy and revenge turn triumph... ...Read More »

Crime and punishment, passion and loyalty, betrayal and redemption are only a few of the ingredients in Shantaram Shantaram is the name given Mr. Lindsay, or Linbaba, the larger-than-life hero. It means "man of God's peace," which is what the Indian people know of Lin. What they do not know is that prior to his arrival in Bombay he escaped from an Australian prison where he had begun serving a 19-... ...Read More »

When Adi a small-town eighteen-year-old with a giant inferiority complex lands a chance to study medicine in big, bad Bombay, he is overjoyed. Although plagued by the thought that his success is a fluke and hence ill gotten, he plunges headlong into the sights and sounds of this dazzling city.

Adi's initiation into college life isn't the most promising a night of ragging by a bunch of sniggering... ...Read More »

Arindam Chatterjee is a middle-class Delhi boy with an aptitude for science and maths but the yearning to be the drummer of a rock band. Both of which necessitate his admission to the premier engineering college of India, the IIT, where life revolves as much around proving rarefied mathematical truths as it does chasing the elusive high of rock stardom at the IIT Rock Fest ... Lyrical, spare, and ... ...Read More »

My name is Aisha Bhatia, I am twenty-nine years old and single. I work as a Guest Relations Manager at the Grand Orchid Hotel. I dine at luxury hotels and stay in five-stars during my travels; I can name old and new world wines with great lan, and can tell my cheeses apart.  I tolerate my job, hate my boss, and bond big-time with my friends, while routinely suffering from umbilical cord whiplash... ...Read More »

Innovation - the process of taking new ideas through to satisfied customers - is the lifeblood of any organization today. Nothing causes a company and the individuals working in it to lose enthusiasm more than a lack of interest in positive change. You cannot stand still: either you go forwards or you move backwards.

In Effective Innovation John Adair, Britain's foremost expert on leadership tr... ...Read More »

Praise for Good To Great

"This carefuly researched and well-written book disproves most of the current management hype - from the cult of the superhuman CEO to the cult of IT to the acquistions and merger mania. It will not enable mediocrity to become competence. But it should enable competence to become excellence"-Peter F. Drucker

"A book CEOs can't wait to buy"-USA Today

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Known by his alias, "Oliver Stone," John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who hid the truth of Stone's past and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced.But Stone's freedom has come at a steep price; the assassinations he carried out have prompted the highest levels of the United States Government to unleash a massive manhunt.

Joe Knox is leadi... ...Read More »

The villagers of Chipping Cleghorn, including Jane Marple, are agog with curiosity over an advertisement in the local gazette which reads: 'A murder is announced and will take place on Friday October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30 p.m.'A childish practical joke Or a hoax intended to scare poor Letitia Blacklock Unable to resist the mysterious invitation, a crowd begins to gather at Little Paddo... ...Read More »

Narendra Modi, chief minister of Gujarat, is one of the most misunderstood chief ministers that India has seen ever since Independence. He has frequently been criticised following the torching of the coaches of the Sabarmati Express at Godhra and the riots that occurred as a result.

The book encapsulates the journey of this man from the time when he was an RSS pracharak, always ready and willin... ...Read More »