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THE LONG TAKE
Robin Robertson
9781509846887
POETRY
Picador ǀ Rs 699 ǀ 256pp ǀ Hardback ǀ S Format
Feb 22, 2018
A powerful work from award-winning poet Robin Robertson which follows a D-Day veteran as he goes in search of freedom and repair in post-war America.
Winner of The Roehampton Poetry Prize 2018
A noir narrative written with the intensity and power of poetry, The Long Take is one of the most remarkable - and unclassifiable - books of recent years.
Walker is a D-Day veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder; he can't return home to rural Nova Scotia, and looks instead to the city for freedom, anonymity and repair. As he moves from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco we witness a crucial period of fracture in American history, one that also allowed film noir to flourish. The Dream had gone sour but - as those dark, classic movies made clear - the country needed outsiders to study and dramatise its new anxieties.
While Walker tries to piece his life together, America is beginning to come apart: deeply paranoid, doubting its own certainties, riven by social and racial division, spiralling corruption and the collapse of the inner cities. The Long Take is about a good man, brutalised by war, haunted by violence and apparently doomed to return to it - yet resolved to find kindness again, in the world and in himself.
Watching beauty and disintegration through the lens of the film camera and the eye of the poet, Robin Robertson's The Long Take is a work of thrilling originality.
Author Bio: Robin Robertson was brought up on the north-east coast of Scotland and now lives in London. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he has published five collections of poetry and has received a number of honours, including the Petrarca-Preis, the E.M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and all three Forward Prizes. His selected poems, Sailing the Forest, was published in 2014.
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CHARLATANS Doctors Don’t Always Cure, They Kill
Robin Cook
9781509881987
Fiction > Crime, Mystery & Thrillers
Pan ǀ Rs 350 ǀ 448pp ǀ PB ǀ A Format August 09, 2018
A gripping medical thriller set in a pioneering Boston hospital where a series of unexpected deaths leads to a terrifying revelation.
Charlatans is an explosive thriller from New York Times bestselling author and master of the medical thriller Robin Cook.
Noah Rothauser is the new super chief resident at the state-of-the-art Boston Memorial Hospital. Taking on such a prestigious job is a dream come true, but the pressures of the role become all too clear when a seemingly routine operation ends in disaster. With potential foul play suspected it falls to Noah to investigate what happened. Questioning those involved uncovers bitter feuds within the team when the egotistical Dr. William Mason is quick to blame staff anesthesiologist Dr. Ava London for the tragic outcome. However Dr. London, along with the nursing staff, point the finger at the surgeon.
When two more unexpected deaths occur, Noah is forced to look closer at the impressively competent, charming, yet mysterious Dr. London. With his own job and integrity coming into jeopardy, Noah must decide which doctor is at fault and who he can believe - before any more lives are lost . . .
Author Bio: Doctor and author Robin Cook is widely credited with introducing the word 'medical' to the thriller genre, and decades after the publication of his 1977 breakthrough novel, Coma, he continues to dominate the category he created. Robin Cook has successfully combined medical fact with fiction to produce over thirty international bestsellers, including Outbreak, Terminal and Contagion.
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Growth IQ Master the 10 Paths to Grow Your Business
Tiffani Bova
9781529004670
Non-Fiction > Business, Finance & Management Strategic Planning
Macmillan ǀ Rs 550 ǀ 320pp ǀ TPB ǀ Royal August 09, 2018
The 10 strategies to successful growth whether you're a mom and pop shop or a multi-national corporation.
Tiffani Bova, the Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce, draws on her expertise as a consultant and practitioner to devise a new framework for business leaders looking to pursue growth. We're witnessing an age of endless customization, and growth strategy is no exception. There's no one size fits all strategy; a winning strategy for one business may spell doom for another.
In Growth IQ, Bova determines that there are ten simple--but easily misunderstood--growth paths, and explains how companies can get a handle on their particular business context, and use it to determine the right combination and sequence of growth paths to take them into the future.
Bova breaks down the strategies deployed by a wide range of companies to show you how:
* GE and John Deere have lasted over a century and continue to thrive by combining their strategy of innovative product development with a renewed focus on R&D and customer experience.
* Marvel transformed from a struggling comic book publisher to a global entertainment behemoth by realigning their market penetration strategy to focus on comic book characters, instead of just comic books.
* Gateway's attempt at market expansion into brick-and-mortar retail led to its failure, while the same move by Apple has accelerated its growth.
Whether your company is on a growth spurt, in a worrying stall, or showing signs of decline, Growth IQ is your map to charting the course of your company's future.
Author Bio: Tiffani Bova is Global Customer Growth and Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce. Over the past two decades, she has led large revenue-producing divisions at businesses ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. She spent ten years at Gartner, the world's leading IT research and advisory firm. Bova's cutting-edge insights have helped Microsoft, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Oracle, SAP, VMWare, AT&T, Salesforce, Dell, Amazon-AWS, and other prominent technology companies expand their market share and grow their revenues. This is her first book.
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The 104-Storey Treehouse
Andy Griffiths
9781509833771
Children > Juvenile Fiction > 7-9 years
MCB ǀ Rs 350 ǀ 256pp ǀ PB ǀ B Format August 23, 2018
Laugh-out-loud wacky adventures in the world's most awesome treehouse! The eighth instalment in this hilarious and highly illustrated series will appeal to fans of Captain Underpants and Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
The 104-Storey Treehouse is the eighth book of Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton's wacky treehouse adventures, where the laugh-out-loud story is told through a combination of text and fantastic cartoon-style illustrations.
Join Andy and Terry in their now 104-storey spectacular treehouse. They've added thirteen new levels, including a never-ending staircase, a burp bank, and even a mighty fortress. But Andy and Terry are in a race against time to find a funny story for their next book - will the tooth fairy, the two-million-dollar shop or even the riddles of the deep- thoughts thinking room be able to help?
Well, what are you waiting for? Come on up!
Author Bio: Andy Griffiths is Terry's best mate. He is also Australia's number-one children's author. His books, including the popular Treehouse series, have been hugely successful internationally, winning awards and becoming bestsellers in the UK and the USA as well as in his homeland, Australia. Andy thrives on having an audience: he has worked as a high-school teacher, been the lead singer in a rock band and a stand-up comedian. He is a passionate advocate for literacy, has two daughters and lives in Melbourne, Australia.
Terry Denton is Andy's best mate. He is also a bestselling and award-winning writer and illustrator based in Melbourne, Australia. Among other things, he worked on the Horrible Science series for Scholastic UK. He lives by the beach with his wife and three kids.
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Secrets at the Beach House
Diane Chamberlain
9781509864164
Fiction > General Fiction
Pan ǀ Rs 399 ǀ 400pp ǀ PB ǀ B Format August 09, 2018
This is the story of five friends who share a magnificent house on a barrier island in New Jersey, where secrets lie hidden just beneath the surface of their lives.
Welcome to the Chapel House, an old oceanfront mansion where a group of close friends share their hopes and dreams . . . and where love is sometimes an unexpected guest.
Recovering from her recent divorce, Kit Sheridan finds a safe haven in the grand Jersey shore mansion. But her stay there soon becomes complicated when she falls for Cole Perelle, a young doctor staying at the beach house. Working in the public relations team at the hospital brings her into constant contact with him both at home and at work.
Cole, however, has set his heart on another. Estelle's beauty and high-flying ways are difficult to compete with, but as secrets from the past come to the surface, the lives of the Chapel House residents are about to change forever . . .
Secrets at the Beach House was first published in 1989 by Diane Chamberlain as Private Relations, this updated edition contains an added epilogue joining the characters 25 years later to complete this enduring tale of love and friendship.
Author Bio: Diane Chamberlain is the bestselling author of numerous novels including Necessary Lies, The Silent Sister and Pretending to Dance. Her first book, Private Relations was published in 1989 and it earned the RITA award for Best Single Title Contemporary Novel. Her storylines are often a combination of romance, family drama, intrigue and suspense. She lives in North Carolina with her partner, photographer John Pagliuca, and her Shelties, Keeper and Cole.
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CAPTIVE
Tony Park
9781509876556
Fiction > Crime, Mystery & Thrillers
Pan ǀ Rs 399 ǀ 400pp ǀ PB ǀ B Format August 23, 2018
Set against Africa's war on poaching, a deadly shootout and kidnapping sets in motion a terrifying series of events in the quest for revenge.
Captive by Tony Park, the author of Red Earth and The Cull, is a action-packed thriller that will engross fans of Clive Cussler, Scott Mariani and Andy McDermott.
As a soldier turned wildlife veterinarian, Dr Graham Baird is no stranger to the dangers of the African bush. While on a trip to track down a baby elephant, he's caught up in a deadly shootout with poachers.
Among the fatal casualties of the firefight is the brother of Fidel Costa - corrupt politician and Mozambique's poaching kingpin. Hearing of the death of his younger sibling, Costa unleashes a brutal vendetta to exact his revenge against Baird.
Caught up in his campaign of terror is Australian lawyer, Kerry Maxwell. In Africa to volunteer alongside Dr Baird at a wildlife rehabilitation centre, she soon finds herself in the middle of a bloody feud when she's kidnapped by Costa. Finding themselves on the frontline of the war on poaching, both Baird and Maxwell must fight for their lives if they are to escape a terrifying enemy . . .
Author Bio: Tony Park has worked as a newspaper reporter, a government press secretary, a PR consultant and a freelance writer. He is also a Major in the Australian Army Reserve and served in Afghanistan in 2002. Tony and his wife divide their time between Sydney and southern Africa where they own a home on the border of the Kruger National Park. He is the author of several gripping thrillers, including Red Earth and The Cull.
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I'm Starting Nursery
Marion Cocklico
9781509836345
Children > Pre-School & Picture Books > 0-5 years
Campbell Books ǀ Rs 299 ǀ 10pp ǀ Board Book August 09, 2018
A practical and fun first experiences book for toddlers about starting nursery - with parent and carer tips.
The Big Steps series is designed to help little ones (and their parents) cope with everyday experiences. In I'm Starting Nursery, Ben is sad after Daddy drops him at nursery for the first time. But not for long... he soon makes friends and finds lots of things to do and in no time at all, Daddy is back! In this fun-filled novelty book with flaps and mechanisms watch Ben and his friends play with trucks, paint pictures, dress up and listen to a story.
Each page has really helpful tips for parents and carers that are endorsed by leading Early Years Consultant, Dr Amanda Gummer. With delightful illustrations from Marion Cocklico, I'm Starting Nursery is the perfect book to share and to reassure every little person starting nursery.
Discover more tips for big steps with We're Having a Baby, I'm Not Sleepy and No More Nappies
Author Bio: Marion Cocklico studied graphic design at Pivaut (Nantes) for 4 years before becoming an illustrator. She's worked with over thirty different French publishing houses since 2008 including Gallimard, Nathant, Tourbillon, Deux coqs d'or, Gründ, Fleurus, Larousse, Lito, Auzou, Magnard or Play bac. She lives in Paris. The Big Steps series, including No More Nappies and I'm Starting Nursery, are Marion's first titles for an English publisher.
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Milk of Paradise A History of Opium
Lucy Inglis
9781447285779
Non-Fiction > History
Macmillan ǀ Rs 699 ǀ 464pp ǀ TPB ǀ Royal August 23, 2018
A compelling and comprehensive history of opium, a drug that has both healed and harmed since civilization began.
'The only thing that is good is poppies. They are gold.'
Poppy tears, opium, heroin, fentanyl: humankind has been in thrall to the 'Milk of Paradise' for millennia. The latex of papaver somniferum is a bringer of sleep, of pleasurable lethargy, of relief from pain - and hugely addictive. A commodity without rival, it is renewable, easy to extract, transport and refine, and subject to an insatiable global demand.
No other substance in the world is as simple to produce or as profitable. It is the basis of a gargantuan industry built upon a shady underworld, but ultimately it is a farm-gate material that lives many lives before it reaches the branded blister packet, the intravenous drip or the scorched and filthy spoon. Many of us will end our lives dependent on it.
In Milk of Paradise, acclaimed cultural historian Lucy Inglis takes readers on an epic journey from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and Afghanistan, from Sanskrit to pop, from poppy tears to smack, from morphine to today's synthetic opiates. It is a tale of addiction, trade, crime, sex, war, literature, medicine and, above all, money. And, as this ambitious, wide-ranging and compelling account vividly shows, the history of opium is our history and it speaks to us of who we are.
Author Bio: Lucy Inglis is a historian and novelist, a speaker, and occasionally a television presenter and voice in the radio. She is the creator of the award-winning Georgian London blog and her book of the same name, was shortlisted for the History Today Longman Prize. She is also the author of two novels for young adults, including City of Halves, which was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Branford Boase award and Crow Mountain. She lives in London.
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ONLY CHILD
Rhiannon Navin
9781509855605
Fiction > General Fiction
Pan ǀ Rs 399 ǀ 352pp ǀ PB ǀ B Format August 23, 2018
An ordinary little boy. An extraordinary journey. A story to pull at your heartstrings.
'Captivating . . . Will appeal to fans of Room, The Lovely Bones and The Fault in Our Stars' - Independent
Heartstopping. Heartbreaking. Heartwarming.
Compelling, compassionate and powerful, Rhiannon Navin's Only Child is the most heartfelt book you'll read this year. We all went to school that Tuesday like normal. Not all of us came home.
When the unthinkable happens, six-year-old Zach is at school. Huddled in a cloakroom with his classmates and teacher, he is too young to understand that life will never be the same again.
Afterwards, the once close-knit community is left reeling. Zach's dad retreats. His mum sets out to seek revenge. Zach, scared, lost and confused, disappears into his super-secret hideout to try to make sense of things. Nothing feels right - until he listens to his heart . . .
But can he remind the grown-ups how to love again?
Narrated by Zach, Only Child is full of heart; a real rollercoaster of a read that will stay with you long after you've turned the final page.
Author Bio: German by birth, Rhiannon Navin now lives in New York. She is married, with three children and two cats. This is her first novel.
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Politics and Society Thoughts on Politics and Society
Pope Francis and Dominique Wolton
9781529002294
Non-Fiction > Philosophy & Religion
Bluebird ǀ Rs 699 ǀ 438pp ǀ TPB ǀ Royal August 09, 2018
A fascinating insight into Jorge Mario Bergoglio's life before he was elected Pope, and how his experiences have shaped his vision for the future of the Catholic Church.
Pope Francis has thoroughly re-engaged the Catholic Church with the modern world, by tackling the difficult and urgent questions that we face as a civilization, in order to illuminate the path to change. French sociologist Dominique Wolton interviewed Pope Francis regularly over the course of a year, and their open, warm dialogue builds a detailed picture of how Pope Francis became the most popular leader the Catholic Church has ever seen.
The Pope's clarity, humility and humanity are brought to the fore by Dominique Wolton's engaging and relevant questions. As well as revealing fascinating insights into his early life, in The Path to Change Pope Francis freely addresses the major issues of our time: peace and war, politics and religion, globalization and cultural diversity, fundamentalism and secularism, Europe and migrants, ecology, family, time, trust and joy.
Author Bio: Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected Pope under the name of Francis on March 11, 2013. He is the first Jesuit and Latin American Pope in the history of the Church.
Dominique Wolton is a sociologist and research director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. He is the founder and director of the international journal Hermès and is the author of thirty books, translated into twenty languages.
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We're Having a Baby
Marion Cocklico
9781509836321
Children > Pre-School & Picture Books > 0-5 years
Campbell Books ǀ Rs 299 ǀ 10pp ǀ Board Book August 09, 2018
A practical and fun first experiences book for toddlers who are expecting a baby brother or sister - with parent and carer tips.
The Big Steps series is designed to help little ones cope with everyday experiences in their little lives. In We're Having a Baby, Nancy is going to be a big sister. Her family help her prepare for the new baby. See Grandma and Grandpa come to look after her when Mummy and Daddy go to hospital, then watch as she welcomes her new brother home in this sweet and very practical novelty book with flaps and mechanisms.
Each page has really helpful tips for parents and carers that are endorsed by leading Early Years Consultant, Dr Amanda Gummer. With delightful illustrations from Marion Cocklico, We're Having a Baby is the perfect story book to share and reassure every little person about to have a sibling.
Discover more tips for big steps with I'm Starting Nursery, I'm Not Sleepy and No More Nappies
Author Bio: Marion Cocklico studied graphic design at Pivaut (Nantes) for 4 years before becoming an illustrator. She's worked with over thirty different French publishing houses since 2008 including Gallimard, Nathant, Tourbillon, Deux coqs d'or, Gründ, Fleurus, Larousse, Lito, Auzou, Magnard or Play bac. She lives in Paris. The Big Steps series, including No More Nappies and I'm Starting Nursery, are Marion's first titles for an English publisher.
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Y is for Yesterday
Sue Grafton
9781447260271
Fiction > Crime, Mystery & Thrillers
Pan ǀ Rs 399 ǀ 608pp ǀ PB ǀ B Format August 09, 2018
The alphabet mysteries continue with a harrowing case for private investigator Kinsey Millhone.
Y is for Yesterday is the twenty-fifth in the Kinsey Millhone mystery series by Sue Grafton.
The darkest and most disturbing case report from the files of Kinsey Millhone, Y is for Yesterday begins in 1979, when four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteen-year-old classmate — and film the attack. Not long after, the tape goes missing and the suspected thief, a fellow classmate, is murdered. In the investigation that follows, one boy turns in evidence for the state and two of his peers are convicted. But the ringleader escapes without a trace.
Now, it's 1989 and one of the perpetrators, Fritz McCabe, has been released from prison. Moody, unrepentant, and angry, he is a virtual prisoner of his ever-watchful parents — until a copy of the missing tape arrives with a ransom demand. That's when the McCabes call Kinsey Millhone for help. As she is drawn into their family drama, she keeps a watchful eye on Fritz. But he's not the only one being haunted by the past. A vicious sociopath with a grudge against Millhone may be leaving traces of himself for her to find . . .
Author Bio: Sue Grafton was one of the most popular female writers, both in the UK and in the US. Born in Kentucky in 1940, she began her career as a TV scriptwriter before Kinsey Millhone and the 'alphabet' series took off. Two of the novels B is for Burglar and C is for Corpse won the first Anthony Awards for Best Novel. Sue lived and wrote in Montecito, California and Louisville, Kentucky.
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Helen Paiba is known as one of the most committed, knowledgeable and acclaimed children's booksellers in Britain. For more than twenty years she owned and ran the Children's Bookshop in Muswell Hill, London, which under her guidance gained a superb reputation for its range of chil- dren's books and for the advice available to its customers.
Helen was involved with the Booksellers Association for many years and served on both its Children's Bookselling Group and the Trade Practices Committee. In 1995 she was given honorary life membership of the Booksellers Association of Great Britain and Ireland in recognition of her out- standing services to the association and to the book trade. In the same year the Children's Book Circle (sponsored by Books for Children) hon- oured her with the Eleanor Farjeon Award, given for distinguished service to the world of children's books.
She retired in 1995 and now lives in London.
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BAD BLOOD Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
John Carreyrou
9781509868070
Non-Fiction > True Crime
Picador ǀ Rs 699 ǀ 320pp ǀ TPB ǀ Royal Aug 28, 2018
The shocking true story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a gripping cautionary tale set amid the bold promises and gold-rush frenzy of Silicon Valley.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
'Chilling . . . Reads like a West Coast version of All the President's Men.' New York Times Book Review
The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of Theranos, the multibillion-dollar biotech startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end, despite pressure from its charismatic CEO and threats by her lawyers.
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup "unicorn" promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood testing significantly faster and easier. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising round that valued the company at more than $9 billion, putting Holmes's worth at an estimated $4.7 billion. There was just one problem: The technology didn't work.
In Bad Blood, John Carreyrou tells the riveting story of the biggest corporate fraud since Enron, a tale of ambition and hubris set amid the bold promises of Silicon Valley.
Now to be adapted into a film, with Jennifer Lawrence to star.
Author Bio: John Carreyrou is a member of the Wall Street Journal's investigative reporting team. He joined the Journal in 1999 and has been based in Brussels, Paris, and New York for the paper. John has covered a number of topics during his career, ranging from Islamist terrorism when he was on assignment in Europe to the pharmaceutical industry and the US healthcare system. His reporting on corruption in the field of spine surgery led to long prison terms for a California hospital owner and a Michigan neurosurgeon. His reporting on Theranos was recognized with a George Polk Award. Born in New York and raised in Paris, he currently resides in Brooklyn with his wife and three children.
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The Elephant in My Kitchen What the herd taught me about love, courage and survival
Françoise Malby-Anthony
9781509864911
Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
Macmillan ǀ Rs 699 ǀ 336pp ǀ TPB ǀ Royal Aug 16, 2018
A powerful, moving sequel to the bestselling The Elephant Whisperer that tells the story of one woman's fight to protect a herd of elephants.
'The most magical book about the African bush since Born Free' Daily Mail
Françoise never expected to find herself responsible for a herd of elephants with a troubled past. A chic Parisienne, her life changed forever when she fell in love with South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony. Together they founded a game reserve but after Lawrence's death, Françoise faced the daunting responsibility of running Thula Thula without him. Poachers attacked their rhinos, their security team wouldn't take orders from a woman and the authorities were threatening to cull their beloved elephant family. On top of that, the herd's feisty new matriarch Frankie didn't like her.
In this heart-warming and moving book, Françoise describes how she fought to protect the herd and to make her dream of building a wildlife rescue centre a reality. She found herself caring for a lost baby elephant who turned up at her house, and offering refuge to traumatized orphaned rhinos, and a hippo called Charlie who was scared of water. As she learned to trust herself, she discovered she'd had Frankie wrong all along . . .
Filled with extraordinary animals and the humans who dedicate their lives to saving them, An Elephant in My Kitchen is a captivating and gripping read.
Author Bio: Françoise Malby-Anthony was born in the South of France, brought up in Paris and has lived in South Africa since 1987. She founded the Thula Thula game reserve in 1998 with her late husband, the renowned conservationist and bestselling author Lawrence Anthony. When Lawrence died in 2012, Françoise took over the running of the reserve and is equally passionate about conservation. She was the driving force behind setting up a wildlife rehabilitation centre at the reserve to care for orphaned animals.
Katja Willemsen was born in Holland, grew up in South Africa and now lives in France. A full-time writer, she is the author of the thriller Shepherd's Prayer. An Elephant in My Kitchen is her first work of non-fiction.
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FAIRYTALE
Danielle Steel
9781509800575
Fiction > General Fiction
Pan ǀ Rs 399 ǀ 352pp ǀ PB ǀ B Format August 09, 2018
A twenty-first century Fairytale for readers of all ages, by the ever-magical Danielle Steel.
In Fairytale, Danielle Steel weaves a captivating story of a daughter's love and courage, and the hope that good really can prevail over evil.
Camille Lammenais had a perfect childhood growing up in California's beautiful Napa Valley, surrounded by acres of her family's vineyards. Her parents, Christophe and Joy, still deeply in love after two decades of marriage, have built a renowned winery and chateau inspired by Christophe's native Bordeaux. After graduating, Camille returns to fulfil her lifetime ambition - helping to run Chateau Joy. But the fairytale suddenly ends with her Joy's death.
Six months after losing his wife, Christophe is easy prey for a mysterious, charming French countess visiting the valley. Camille, still grieving for her mother, is shocked that her father risks being trapped, and cannot seem to see past the alluring looks, designer clothes and elegant manners.
As Camille's world falls apart, it will take all of her strength and all the help she can get to fight for her family's legacy.
Author Bio: Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with nearly a billion copies of her novels sold. Her recent many international bestsellers include Dangerous Games, Against All Odds and The Duchess. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and the children's books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood. Danielle divides her time between Paris and her home in northern California.
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The Duchess
Danielle Steel
9781509800278
Fiction > General Fiction
Pan ǀ Rs 399 ǀ 432pp ǀ PB ǀ B Format May 03, 2018
A richly drawn, evocative historical novel set in nineteenth-century England and Paris, from the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel
Orphaned. Betrayed. Determined.
Angélique Latham grew up at the magnificent Belgrave Castle with her father, the Duke of Westerfield, after the death of her mother. But when he dies, her half-brothers brutally deny her very existence and send her out into the world alone.
At eighteen, Angélique has a keen mind, remarkable beauty and an envelope of money her late father pressed upon her. Unable to secure employment, Angélique desperately makes her way to Paris. To survive, she will need all her resources - and one bold stroke of fortune.
Angélique takes an unfamiliar and unimaginable path in setting up what becomes a highly successful business. But she lives on the edge of scandal; can she ever make a life for herself?
From England to Paris and New York, Danielle Steel paints a captivating portrait of a woman of unquenchable spirit in The Duchess.
Author Bio: Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with nearly a billion copies of her novels sold. Her recent many international bestsellers include Blue, Precious Gifts and The Apartment. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; and the children's books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.
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CRUDO
Olivia Laing
9781509892839
Fiction > General Fiction
Picador ǀ Rs 599 ǀ 176pp ǀ HB ǀ B Format Aug 16, 2018
A blisteringly funny and remarkably tender debut novel from Olivia Laing, one of the finest non-fiction writers of her generation.
A Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller Shortlisted for the Gordon Burns Prize
Kathy is a writer. Kathy is getting married. It's the summer of 2017 and the whole world is falling apart.
From a Tuscan hotel for the super-rich to a Brexit-paralysed UK, Kathy spends the first summer of her 40s trying to adjust to making a lifelong commitment just as Trump is tweeting the world into nuclear war. But it's not only Kathy who's changing. Political, social and natural landscapes are all in peril. Fascism is on the rise, truth is dead, the planet is hotting up. Is it really worth learning to love when the end of the world is nigh? And how do you make art, let alone a life, when one rogue tweet could end it all.
Olivia Laing radically rewires the novel in a brilliant, funny and emphatically raw account of love in the apocalypse. A Goodbye to Berlin for the 21st century, Crudo charts in real time what it was like to live and love in the horrifying summer of 2017, from the perspective of a commitment-phobic peripatetic artist who may or may not be Kathy Acker...
Author Bio: OLIVIA LAING is a widely acclaimed writer and critic. She writes for the Guardian, New Statesman and Frieze among many other publications. Her first book, To the River, was shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize and the Dolman Travel Book of the Year. The Trip to Echo Spring was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Gordon Burn Prize. The Lonely City was shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism, and translated into 15 languages. In 2018 she was awarded a Windham-Campbell Prize. She lives in London.
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