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"Women of India" is a compelling exploration of the diverse roles and experiences of women across the Indian subcontinent. The book delves into the historical, cultural, and social contexts that shape women's lives, highlighting their struggles, achievements, and contributions to society. Through a series of narratives and analyses, it sheds light on the challenges faced by women in various spheres, including education, employment, and family life. The author aims to empower readers by sho...

The bestselling novel of love and sacrifice under fascist rule, and "a treat for the mind. One of the best books I have read in a long time" (Isabel Allende).Raimund Gregorius, a professor of dead languages at a Swiss secondary school, lives a life governed by routine. Then, an enigmatic Portuguese woman stirs his interest in an obscure, and mind-expanding book of philosophy that opens the possibility of changing Raimund's existence. That same night, he takes the t...

A heartwarming story of how friendship can help through the worst traumas, even losing your sight.A heartwarming and funny story about the power of friendship, perfect for fans of Frank Cottrell Boyce, Jacqueline Wilson and Lara Williamson. Victor is a failure at everything – school, girls, making his dad feel better about his mother having left them. When Marie-Jose, the smartest girl in the class and musical prodigy, starts helping him with his maths homework, th...

Twin sisters Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield are about to turn seven—which means party-planning and gift-giving drama! Grab some confetti and celebrate the debut of Sweet Valley Kids, the chapter book graphic novel prequel series to the beloved New York Times-bestselling Sweet Valley Twins graphic novels!Jessica and Elizabeth share a vision for their seventh birthday week: matching outfits, tons of presents, and the BEST PARTY EVER! But then those pesky de...

#2 Borders Bestseller in Malaysia, where English Fast & Easy has sold over 100,000 copies.Too busy to study? Learn the most useful English words for work and everyday life. Improve your vocavulary step by step. Cartoon pictures show you how to use the words. Pronunciation helps you say the words. Examples help you remember. Review exercises help you improve.English Fast & Easy is written by communication specialist Marianna Pascal, TEDx speaker of the popular talk “Learning...

How happiness became mandatory—and why we should reject the demand to "be happy"Happiness today is not just a possibility or an option but a requirement and a duty. To fail to be happy is to fail utterly. Happiness has become a religion—one whose smiley-faced god looks down in rebuke upon everyone who hasn't yet attained the blessed state of perpetual euphoria. How has a liberating principle of the Enlightenment—the right to pursue happiness—become the unavoidable ...

A grandfather who learns to let go.A grandson who learns to love.Eighty-five years old, a rebel, a retired boxer, Napoleon Sunshine is unlike other grandparents.His ten-year-old grandson, Leonard, is unlike the other boys in his class.Together they are unstoppable. Or so they think.From Paris to the coast of Normandy, Napoleon and Leonard run away to seek an adventure: they visit the seaside, adopt a dog and plot to ...

It's been ten years since the Wakefield twins graduated from Sweet Valley High, and a lot has happened.For a start, Elizabeth and Jessica have had a falling out of epic proportions, after Jessica committed the ultimate betrayal, and this time it looks like Elizabeth will never be able to forgive her.Suddenly Sweet Valley isn't big enough for the two of them, so Elizabeth has fled to New York to immerse herself in her lifelong dream of becoming a serious repo...

A passionate defence of religious faith by the great seventeenth-century philosopher, mathematician and physicistBlaise Pascal was the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, but it is his unfinished apologia for the Christian religion upon which his reputation now rests. The Pensées is a collection of philosophical fragments, notes and essays in which he explores the contradictions of human nature in psychological, social, metaphysical and, above all, theologica...

A rare, raw look at the relentless spirit that has driven one of the greatest athletes in Canadian history—in her own words.Cassie Campbell-Pascall is more than just one of Canada’s all-time hockey players—coming of age in the generation that rejected the old-school administrators who thought it acceptable to dress world-class athletes in pink uniforms, she helped build the very foundation of the modern women’s game. As a player, she became the longest-serving capt...

A huge international bestseller, with over 2 million copies sold worldwide, Night Train to Lisbon is an utterly compelling novel about one man's escape from a humdrum life in search of passion and spontaneity.____________________'One of the best books I have read' Isabel Allende'A rare reading pleasure' San Francisco Chronicle'Pascal Mercier now takes his rightful place among our finest European novelists'

WINNER OF THE PETRONA AWARD 2023'Fresh, brilliant writing and utterly compelling, I loved it' Peter JamesWhen 25-year-old Emelie is found murdered in her Stockholm apartment the same week her ex-partner is released from prison, it feels like an open and shut case for Detective Vanessa Frank. Who else would launch such a frenzied attack on the young woman?But Frank suspects there is something they’re missing. Could the killing be linked to the rising ...