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In the slave market in a tropical Colombian seaport, venturing to buy a string of bells, the Marquis’s twelve-year-old daughter, Sierva Maria, is bitten by a rabid dog. ‘No medicine cures what happiness cannot,’ the wily physician Abrenuncio advises her father. Garcia Marquez’s magical no... More

Why did Judas betray Jesus?The Pope recently referred to the continuing ‘mystery of Judas’. This intriguing book – the result of an intense collaboration between one of the world’s most popular storytellers and one of the world’s leading biblical scholars – throws a new light on the eve... More

At a Hallowe’en party, Joyce – a hostile thirteen-year-old – boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no-one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub.That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the ‘ev... More

In her 53rd bestselling novel, Danielle Steel explores how a single shattering moment can change lives forever. "The Kiss is at once a moving testament to the fragility of life and a breathtaking story about the power of love to heal, to free, to transform, and to make broken spirits whole. On a war... More

Both Joseph K in The Trial and K in The Castle are victims of anonymous governing forces beyond their control. Both are atomized, estranged and rootless citizens deceived by authoritarian power. Whereas Joseph K is relentlessly hunted down for a crime that remains nameless, K ceaselessly attempts to... More

As a journalist, Paxton Andrews would experience Vietnam firsthand. We follow her from high school in Savannah to college in Berkeley and then to work in Saigon. For the soldiers she knew and met there, Viet Nam would change their lives in ways they could never have imagined. For the men in her life... More

After the wedding of Diana Goode and Andrew Douglas, Diana teases that they will make a baby on their honeymoon. But long afterward, she is still not pregnant. As Diana and Andrew wait out each month only to be bitterly disappointed, they are forced to question just how much they are willing to go t... More

The story of Karl Rossman who, after an embarrassing sexual misadventure with a servant girl, is banished to America by his parents. Expected to redeem himself in the magical land of opportunity, he instead gets swept up in a whirlwind of strange escapades and dizzying adventures.... More

Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil and has become one of the most widely read authors in the world today. Prior to his career as a bestselling author, he was a playwright, theatre director, hippie and popular songwriter for some of Brazil's most famous pop stars. Renowned for The Alchemist, he has sold... More

Old Mortality is a novel of Scott's search for Scottish spiritual regeneration. His deep-felt anguish on the strife between the Covenanters and the Episcopalians forms the backbone of the novel.Sir Walter Scott, born in 1771, was voracious reader. The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, his first wor... More

This book combines the Hindu sage Vatsyayana's celebrated treatise with illustrations from various schools of painting on the theme of sexual pleasure. The intention of these works was to provide instruction as well as enjoyment. Its view of sexuality is both jaunty and pragmatic, its analysis of se... More

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The Cycle of Spring is a translation of Phalguni. It was one of the two Tagore dramas associated with the festivals of seasons, the other being Autumn Festival. The play is full of nature. There are songs in the rustling bamboo leaves, in birds' nests, and in blossoming branches. They are the herald... More

From the international bestselling author of "Like Water for Chocolate" comes an extraordinary new historical novel about a passionate and tragic love affair during the conquest of the Aztecs.When Malinalli, a member of the tribe conquered by the Aztec warriors, first meets the conquistador Hernan C... More

Passion India by Javier Moro is set in the final decades of the British Raj. This is the true rags-to-riches story of Anita Delgado, an illiterate 16 year old Spaniard, who was working as a dancer in a Madrid nightclub when the Maharaja of Kapurthala whisked her off to India to become his fifth wife... More

The theme of this book is the evolution, patterning and socio-cultural perceptions of status and power relations in this region since the creation of state structure during late medieval times. History and legend are recorded in this book through documents and oral narratives as well as the manner i... More

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An acclaimed author relates issues that involve dating and premarital sex among young adults--a must for every parent and teenager. Exploring the consequences of making bad choices when it comes to promiscuity, this book has been endorsed by hundreds of schools as a guide to prevent teenage sex and ... More