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1. The Tales of Beedle the Bard - Illustrated Edition: A magical companion to the Harry Potter stories
Author: J.K. Rowling (Author), Chris Riddell (Illustrator)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
Print Length: 160 pages
Release Date: 31 March 2022
Price: ₹500.00
Review
An essential companion to the Harry Potter books, The Tales of Beedle the Bard is a collection of fairytales from the wizarding world, via the enchanted pen of J.K. Rowling. Rich with allusions and symbols from the Harry Potter stories, and enhanced with fascinating commentary from beloved sage Professor Albus Dumbledore, this is a Hogwarts Library book to treasure and enjoy for years to come. All of the gorgeous, grim and gothic detail of the Bard's five bewitching tales has been brought to life by Chris Riddell, thrice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. Much loved by generations of witches and wizards, and translated from the original runes by Hermione Granger, this beautiful edition is the perfect gift for Harry Potter fans.
Mischievous and witty, Beedle the Bard's stories are a deeply satisfying read in the tradition of all great fables and fairytales. Kindnesses are rewarded and selfishness shown to be the ruin of many a wizard. Burping cauldrons, hairy hearts and cackling stumps are met along the way. Each tale is brought vividly to life with Riddell's trademark wry humour and elegance, including 'The Tale of the Three Brothers', familiar to readers of Harry Potter from the crucial role it plays in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Now available in a paperback format featuring a brand new cover by Chris Riddell, this edition contains all of the mesmerising illustrations from the original hardback plus an exclusive additional art print of Harry, Ron and Hermione for readers to take out and keep. Prepare to be spellbound!
The Tales of Beedle the Bard is published in aid of Lumos, an international children's charity founded in 2005 by J.K. Rowling.
About Author
J.K. Rowling is best known as the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were published between 1997 and 2007. The enduringly popular adventures of Harry, Ron and Hermione have gone on to sell over 500 million copies, be translated into over 80 languages and made into eight blockbuster films. Alongside the Harry Potter series, she also wrote three short companion volumes for charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in aid of Lumos. J.K. Rowling collaborated with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany to continue Harry's story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which opened in London in 2016 and is now playing worldwide.
In the same year, she made her debut as a screenwriter with the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a series featuring Magizoologist Newt Scamander, which was inspired by the original companion volume. J.K. Rowling has also written a standalone novel, The Casual Vacancy, and is the author of the Strike crime series under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Both have been adapted for television. In 2020 J.K. Rowling returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, the royalties from which she is donating to groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Her latest children's novel The Christmas Pig, a standalone adventure story, was published in 2021. She has received many awards and honours, including an OBE and a Companion of Honour for services to literature and philanthropy. She lives in Scotland with her family.
Chris Riddell is a much loved illustrator and acclaimed political cartoonist. He has won the Nestlé Gold Award and two Kate Greenaway Medals. He is co-creator of the hugely successful New York Times bestseller the Edge Chronicles.
2. The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
Author: Michio Kaku
Publisher: Penguin
Print Length: 240 pages
Release Date: 29 March 2022
Price: ₹467.00
Review
This is the story of a quest: to find a Theory of Everything. Einstein dedicated his life to seeking this elusive Holy Grail, a single, revolutionary 'god equation' which would tie all the forces in the universe together, yet never found it. Some of the greatest minds in physics took up the search, from Stephen Hawking to Brian Greene. None have yet succeeded.
In The God Equation, renowned theoretical physicist Michio Kaku takes the reader on a mind-bending ride through the twists and turns of this epic journey: a mystery that has fascinated him for most of his life. He guides us through the key debates in modern physics, from Newton's law of gravity via relativity and quantum mechanics to the latest developments in string theory. It is a tale of dazzling breakthroughs and crushing dead ends, illuminated by Kaku's clarity, storytelling flair and infectious enthusiasm.
The object of the quest is now within sight: we are closer than ever to achieving the most ambitious undertaking in the history of science. If successful, the Theory of Everything could simultaneously unlock the deepest mysteries of space and time, and fulfil that most ancient and basic of human desires - to understand the meaning of our lives.
About Author
Michio Kaku is a Professor of Physics at the City University of New York, co-founder of string field theory, and the author of several widely acclaimed science books, including Hyperspace, Beyond Einstein, Physics of the Impossible and Physics of the Future.
3. Galatea
Author: Madeline Miller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Print Length: 64 pages
Release Date: 28 March 2022
Price: ₹340.00
Review
From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles and Circe, an enchanting short story that boldly reimagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion.
**A small hardback edition featuring a new foreword by Madeline Miller**
In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece - the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen - the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own, and yearns for independence.
In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant supervision of doctors and nurses. But with a daughter to rescue, she is determined to break free, whatever the cost...
Praise for CIRCE
'A thrilling tour de force of imagination' Mail on Sunday
'A bold and subversive retelling' New York Times
'A novel to be gobbled greedily in one sitting' Observer
'A remarkable achievement' Sunday Times
About Author
Madeline Miller is the author of The Song of Achilles, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012, was shortlisted for the Stonewall Writer of the Year 2012, was an instant New York Times bestseller, and was translated into twenty-five languages. Madeline holds an MA in Classics from Brown University, and she taught Latin, Greek and Shakespeare to high school students for over a decade. She has also studied at the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought, and at Yale School of Drama, where she focused on the adaptation of classical texts to modern forms. Her essays have appeared in publications including the Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Lapham's Quarterly and NPR.org. She lives outside Philadelphia.
4. The Ogress and the Orphans
Author: Kelly Barnhill
Publisher: Piccadilly Press
Print Length: 400 pages
Release Date: 15 March 2022
Price: ₹319.20
Review
A new fantasy classic from the Newbery Medal winning and New York Times author of THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON. Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times. Fires, floods, and other calamities have caused the townsfolk to lose their library, their school, their park, and all sense of what it means to be generous, and kind. The people put their faith in the Mayor, a dazzling fellow who promises he alone can help. After all, he is a famous dragon slayer. (At least, no one has seen a dragon in his presence.) Only the clever orphans of the Orphan House and the kindly Ogress at the edge of town can see how dire the town's problems are.
When one of the orphans goes missing from the Orphan House, all eyes turn to the Ogress. The orphans, though, know this can't be: the Ogress, along with a flock of excellent crows, secretly delivers gifts to the people of Stone-in-the-Glen. But how can the orphans tell the story of the Ogress's goodness to people who refuse to listen? And how can they make their deluded neighbours see the real villain in their midst? The orphans have heard a whisper that they will 'save the day', but just how , they will have to find out .
Generosity over greed, kindness over cruelty, unity over division, and the power of books, Kelly Barnhill's The Ogress and the Orphans is an exceptional allegorical adventure, with its guileful, all-knowing narrative voice (readers are instructed to "Listen") and sparkling characters casting a captivating spell. "Once upon a time, when it was a lovely town", Stone-in-the-Glen used to glow with trust and kindness between neighbours, but not anymore. "It was said that the Library housed the heart of the town. And the mind of the town", and so everything changed the day it burned down. Now the townsfolk have put their faith in the Mayor (apparently a dragon slayer), and lost their former munificence. And the only inhabitants aware of this cruel shift are the fifteen children of Orphan House, who were "studious and hard-working and kind. And they loved one another dearly, ever so much more than they loved themselves". When one of the orphans goes missing, the town turns on the Ogress, who is, in fact, also "hardworking and kind and generous.
She also loved others more than she loved herself". Indeed, the calm kindness and generosity of the Ogress sits in stark contrast to the suave, sweet-talking, self-serving Mayor, an exquisitely-crafted villain who might just bring a few politicians to mind, with the prejudicial scapegoating of the Ogress also striking a powerful chord. It falls to the orphans to expose the true villain of the piece, to change opinions of the Ogress, and to restore goodness to their town. Alongside the thrilling, enchanting quest and message of kindness, the author shares messages about the power of books: "The ideas and knowledge contained inside their pages have mass and velocity and gravity. They bend both space and time. They have minds of their own. There is a power in a book that surpasses even that of a dragon". What a wondrous, timely triumph - I adored every perfectly-placed word. -- Joanne Owen ― Love Reading 4 Kids
About Author
Kelly Barnhill lives in Minnesota with her husband and three children. She is the author of four novels, most recently The Girl Who Drank the Moon, winner of the New bery Medal. The Witch's Boy received four starred reviews and was a finalist for the Minnesota Book Awards.
5. UNHOLY NEXUS
Author: Haranath Ghosh
Publisher: Namya Press
Print Length: 166 pages
Release Date: 22 March 2022
Price: ₹299.00
Review
“Unholy Nexus” is a crime thriller with real life characters and their circumstances and challenges, which culminates into a nerve-wrecking climax situation. It is a fictional story of two Delhi friends Aslam and Kanishk who are caught in an international terror plot targeting India.The book is their journey through love, deceit, hatred, greed, conscience, and integrity. Two friends who worked together at an advertising agency in Delhi many years ago, come together again in a foreign country. With time, many things have changed in their worlds,
Introduction - Mr. Haranath Ghosh is the author of ‘Unholy Nexus’ and is a seasoned branding and marketing professional with over two decades of experience. Bengali by birth, Mr. Ghosh was born and raised in the city of Delhi. He holds a B.Sc. (H) Physics and MBA (Marketing) degree and has worked with multiple top-tier companies including a media group at Johannesburg, South Africa for six years.
What inspired you to become a fictional novel writer?
Ever since childhood, I was always drawn towards fictional novels and classic English literature novels. I share my birthday with Salman Rushdie, a prolific writer and one of my inspirations - which made me believe that writing had a special part to play in my life. As I aged into adulthood, I started my career as a copywriter and devoted the first five years of my professional journey to copywriting.
What qualities according to you make you a unique writer?
In my opinion, every writer is unique and has a peculiar style of writing. I consider myself to be a keen observer who takes inspiration from the world around him. My perspective towards life is broad and objective - each and every event I encounter could be turned into a beautiful story. Imagination and vivid conceptualization are my two best friends who help me weave the eventful encounters of my life into an anecdote or an idea for another story.
About Author
With two decades of experience in copywriting, advertising, media, branding and marketing, Haranath Ghosh brings a medley of perspectives to his stories — ranging from human emotions and psycho-analytics to suspense and thrill, and even a modern outlook on love.
He is ethnically Bengali by birth but was raised in Delhi. He holds a B.Sc. (H) in Physics and also has an MBA (Marketing) degree and has worked as Head of Marketing in a media group at Johannesburg, South Africa for six years.
Haranath Ghosh has travelled to various parts of the world, and met many interesting people from different cultures, all of which has enriched his observations and writings.
He takes his writing inspiration from writers of varied genres such as, HH Munro ‘SAKI’, Paulo Coelho, Agatha Christie, Oscar Wilde, and Frederick Forsyth to name a few. He is also an ardent fan of classic and ‘neo noir’ English movies directed by the likes of Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Orson Welles, Akira Kurusawa, and Ingmar Bergman, among others. He has drafted many campaigns and ad stories in his illustrated career in India and abroad.
6. Be a Triangle: How I Went from Being Lost to Getting My Life into Shape
Author: Lilly Singh
Publisher: Macmillan
Print Length: 112 pages
Release Date: 5 April 2022
Price: ₹388.00
Review
“This book will change your life.” Jay Shetty
“I related to so many aspects of this book. It’s a lesson in accepting yourself as you are, while believing you have the unlimited potential to become whatever you want to be." Rupi Kaur
"I love her honest and helpful advice about achieving happiness.” Mindy Kaling
From the New York Times best-selling author of How to Be a Bawse comes an honest, funny, and inspiring handbook on learning to come home to your truest and happiest self.
“It’s time to flip right side up. It’s time for this book title to make sense. It’s time to be a triangle.”
Everyone knows that sometimes, life just sucks ― even world-famous actress, author, and creator Lilly Singh. In this book, Lilly provides a safe space where listeners can learn how to create a sense of peace within themselves. Without sugarcoating what it’s like to face adversity ― including Lilly’s intensely personal struggles with identity, success, and self-doubt ― she teaches listeners to “unsubscribe” from cookie-cutter ideals.
With her signature blend of vulnerability, insight, and humor, Lilly instructs listeners to “be a triangle”: You must build a solid foundation for your life, one that can be built upon, but never fundamentally changed or destroyed. As she puts it, we must always find a way to come home to ourselves ― “we must create a place, a set of beliefs, a simple set of priorities to come back to should life lead us astray, which it will.”
Like a wise, empathetic friend who always keeps you honest, Lilly pushes you to adjust your mindset and change the conversations you have with yourself. The result is a deeply humane, entertaining, and uplifting guide to befriending yourself and becoming a true “miracle for the world.”
“The pleasure of reading this book is learning that the Lilly you think you know―the joyous, hilarious entertainer―had a sometimes bumpy road to get there. I love her honest and helpful advice about achieving happiness.” Mindy Kaling
“In BE A TRIANGLE, Lilly Singh gets vulnerable, revealing the obstacles and insecurities she had to overcome to find happiness and contentment, while also empowering readers to do the same. This book will change your life.” Jay Shetty
“Insightful and charmingly funny. I related to so many aspects of this book. It’s a lesson in accepting yourself as you are, while believing you have the unlimited potential to become whatever you want to be.”Rupi Kaur
About Author
Lilly Singh is a multi-faceted entertainer, actress, producer, writer and creator. A leading force in the digital world, she has amassed a global audience of over 38 million followers across her social media channels, where she writes, directs, produces and stars in comedic and inspirational videos. Singh recently struck a first-look deal with Universal Television Alternative Studio (UTAS) with her Unicorn Island Productions banner. Currently, she is developing numerous projects across film and television. This April, Singh will appear in the second season of Hulu’s comedy Dollface and appear on the big screen starring in DreamWorks Animation action-comedy Bad Guys.
7. Asymmetric Affections
Author: Tejal Dravid
Publisher: White Falcon Publishing
Print Length: 310 pages
Release Date: 24 March 2022
Price: ₹285.00
Review
As a first year medical student, Trishala, a plain jane, meets RV, an enigmatic charmer and they hit off instantly. The timing isn't right and their destinies throw them on paths which lead them away from each other. After a series of muddled relationships, an unhappy marriage and great turmoil in her inner world, she crosses paths with him again .The chance encounter rekindles deeply felt yet never expressed honest feelings .Will their saga of missed chances, fleeting meetings, unwilling good-byes and hurried phone calls end in a happily ever-after? Or like modern love, will too many inconveniences shatter Trishala's fragile dream of a timeless love?
About Author
Tejal Dravid makes a living by working as a physician but lives mostly to read and write. Asymmetric affections is her first novel. She lives in Pune with her husband and young daughter.
8. Curious Tales from the Desert
Publisher: Puffin
Print Length: 224 pages
Release Date: 28 March 2022
Price: ₹249.00
Review
Deep in the wild jungles of Rajasthan resides a magical sparrow that grants wishes . . .
In Gujarat, a pandit haggles with vendors and chastises merchants as he chases an elusive bargain . . .
A bullocky in Multan encounters a mysterious and wise old man who charges money to talk!
A pandemonium of fools, geniuses and everyone in between gambol across the deserts of India to amusing and delightful results. So sit back with a bowlful of kheench and get ready to be enchanted by the beauty of the Thar, the nights at Cholistan and the markets of Kutch.
About Author
Shaguna Gahilote is a performance storyteller. She is a maths wizard with a double master's degree, having studied in both India and the UK, where she was a Commonwealth Scholar. She came back to India to work on conserving rare and dying folk art forms. She has worked as an education, peace and culture specialist and helms Ghummakkad Narain: The Travelling Literature Festival and Kathakar: International Storytellers Festival, now in its tenth edition.
Shaguna spends her days writing, drawing cartoons, solving maths problems with her nephew and looking after her pet Labrador, Ginger, as well as her neighbourhood strays. She has trotted around the world on a staple diet of potatoes, eggs and hummus.
Prarthana Gahilote has been a journalist with the national media-spanning print, TV and digital platforms-for over two decades, with a stint in the UK as a Chevening Scholar. She is the festival director of Kathakar: International Storytellers Festival, India's first and only oral storytelling festival.
Prarthana suffers from wanderlust and loves walking the Himalayan forests whenever she can escape her homes in Delhi or Mumbai. When not occupied with the alphabet, she is found spinning yarns with family and friends, pampering her nephew, Raghav, and her pet, Ginger. She has an ever-growing collection of books, fountain pens and antiques. She directs short films, documentaries and digital concerts. She also writes poetry in Hindustani as well as lyrics for songs. She can't live without music or gulab jamuns.
Besides writing stories together, Shaguna and Prarthana together are often found pampering their pet Labrador Ginger and chasing their adopted rescues turned pets, Matru, Tchoti, Bucky, Romi, Bella, Jackson and Jerry. Their love for animals has led them to be founding members of an animal welfare trust, Animals Are People Too-a Mohit Chauhan initiative, which looks after over 350 stray animals across India, feeding and providing medical care to stray animals, especially dogs. Shaguna and Prarthana take pride in calling themselves 'dog slaves'.
9. TWO FACED THREE KNIVES
Author: SAIRAM SUBRAMANIAN
Publisher: Evincepub Publishing
Print Length: 274 pages
Release Date: 15 March 2022
Price: ₹379.00
Review
A murder that connects a management consultant from London and a lawyer in Africa. A conspiracy that brings together a large Indian conglomerate, a spiritual guru, a corrupt banker and a foreign company. Why does an NGO founder leave his established Corporate Career in the US to serve farmers in India? Is the professor a teacher, an activist, a social worker or a power broker?
A spiritual guru who transforms and destroys lives.
Discover through the story of Trisha, a competitive management consultant from India working for an international firm is seconded to London for an assignment. A business assignment in the remote lands of Africa exposes her to corruption and murder. Forced to choose between a high-flying career and inner calling, her life transforms completely, bringing her back to India, dedicated to a career in corporate sustainability. Several events put her right in the center of an unholy nexus of a corporate conglomerate, a large bank, an international company and a spiritual sect. Trisha’s story is a medley of ambition, corruption, catharsis and redemption that unravels the accidental crusader within her.
About The Author:
From Banking to Teaching to Development, Sairam’s career has been driven by a quest for greater meaning, scale, impact and complexity in his work. The confluence of his engagements with Indian and International banks before his pivotal transition to development sector where he engaged directly with underserved communities, large NGOs, Corporate CSRs, multilaterals and government, shaped his understanding of various aspects of sustainable development as an interplay of these actors. His current work of crime fiction is an effort in the direction to connect and engage with a wide segment of readers in an entertaining way, informing them of the various social issues and inspiring them to participate in addressing these challenges.
10. SHE'S UNLIKEABLE: And Other Lies That Bring Women Down
Author: Aparna Shewakramani
Publisher: HarperCollins India
Print Length: 204 pages
Release Date: 24 March 2022
Price: ₹319.00
Review
Aparna Shewakramani of Indian Matchmaking fame knows who she is and what she wants-and she is not afraid to ask for it.
When Aparna Shewakramani appeared on Netflix's hit series Indian Matchmaking, it soon became clear that she knew what she wanted. But all stories are told through certain lenses-and her story is no exception. Being on a reality show made Aparna feel like a character. Her decisiveness and sense of self-worth led viewers to see her as a very specific archetype: The villain. The woman you love to hate. The unlikeable woman. It turned around, though, with a single message of support: "Be Like Aparna."
Soon supporters numbered in the tens of thousands. Women are tired of seeing other women being vilified simply because they have a voice. In this book, you will learn about the real Aparna Shewakramani. She bares it all-the good, the bad, and the it-depends-on-how-you-look-at it. There is her mother's bravery in leaving her marriage, Aparna's diagnosis with an autoimmune disease, and her confession that she too is susceptible to the deep-rooted need to be pretty and likeable. But it is also the story of her entrepreneurial spirit and her success. It is about lessons learned and the strength to be your own woman. This is the journey to prevent Aparna-the-person from being erased by Aparna-the-character.
About Author
Aparna Shewakramani is a lawyer who holds a JD from Vanderbilt Law and a BA from Rice University. The breakout star of Netflix's hit series Indian Matchmaking, Shewakramani became an overnight ambassador for women demanding to be heard—in their love lives, workplaces, and in every space they occupy. She is the founder and owner of the luxury travel company My Golden Balloon. She lives in New York City.
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