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Women Who Think Too Much: How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life

Women Who Think Too Much: How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life

by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema

“Groundbreaking research . . . Women Who Think Too Much tells why overthinking occurs, why it hurts people, and how to stop.” — USA Today It’s no surprise that our fast-paced, overly self-analytical culture is pushing many people—especially women—to spend countless hours thinking about negative ideas, feelings, and experiences. Renowned psychologist Dr. Susan Nolen-Hoeksema calls this overthinking, and her... (more)

Sisters

by Shobha De

Ms De shocks India, and much of its literary set like no other writer today.' --New York Times They were beautiful, wealthy and sought after. They were sisters and they were at war. When her parents die in an air crash, Mikki Hiralal suddenly finds herself the owner of the sprawling Hiralal industrial empire. Abandoning her studies in the United States, she returns to Bombay, only to find her father's business... (more)

Sultry Days

by Shobha De

Starry Nights

by Shobha De

Snapshots

by Shobha De

Selective Memory, Stories from My Life

by Shobha De

autobiographical account of leading Indian novelist, life and times.

Socialite Evenings

by Shobha De

This novel is about Karuna, a prominent Bombay socialite, who is trying to flee the nightmare of the present by escaping into the past. An unhappy divorce and a succession of sordid affairs have left her bruised and battered and, in an effort to forget, Karuna begins writing her memoirs. As the story of her life unfolds we see how the gauche middle-class girl metamorphoses into a star. This is a novel on Bombay,... (more)

When Perfect Isn't Enough: How I Conquered My Fear of the Proverbs 31 Woman

When Perfect Isn't Enough: How I Conquered My Fear of the Proverbs 31 Woman

by Nancy Kennedy

It’s Time to Laugh Away the Myth of the “Perfect Woman.” Women juggle endless responsibilities these days, from bringing home the bacon and frying it up in the pan to making sure husband and kids have a good supply of pork rinds—and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Whether we’re creating (burnt) offerings in the kitchen, balancing listing checkbooks, or keeping romance alive and well (or at least breathing),... (more)

The Secret

by Harold Robbins

The world's bestselling novelist is back with Secrets , a steamy novel chronicling the rise of a lingerie chain. Jerry Cooper of The Predators is back to launch his new empire of intimate women's apparel. He now has a son, Les Cooper, a streetwise young lawyer who slowly uncovers the family's mob involvement, a secret which Jerry has desperately tried to conceal until he finds himself in need of a lawyer.... (more)

Heat of Passion

by Harold Robbins

Win Liberte has it all. He prides himself on never having worked a day in his life. He has everything he wants-fast cars, beautiful women, a racing yacht, a penthouse in Manhattan. Orphaned at eleven, Win inherited an international diamond business that is managed by his uncle. Then Win loses it all when his uncle commits suicide after investing all of Win's money in a scheme that fails. His single remaining... (more)

The Betsy

by Harold Robbins

In The Betsy, Harold Robbins breaks open the shocking world of the automobile industry. A world of savage ambition, searing passion, and breathtaking fortunes won or lost in a desperate struggle for power! They were two men bound together by their daring, their vision - and their erotic power over women. Angelo Perino rose from an immigrant family to life on the razor's edge, where fast cars and faster women were... (more)

The STALLION

by Harold Robbins

Savagely beaten and unemployed after defeating Loren Hardeman III in a corporate battle, Angelo Perino forges a shaky truce with his former adversary and returns to Bethlehem Motors, where the pair launch a two-decade contest of destruction. Reprint. PW.

The Storyteller

by Harold Robbins

Stiletto

by Harold Robbins

The story of this steamy novel centers on an amoral young Italian aristocrat with a penchant for violence who owes his extravagant lifestyle to the favors of a mafia overlord. So when he is asked to silence four witnesses due to testify against the mob, the aristocrat is more than happy to comply in a most brutal manner. Only he did not figure on a special agent--one who helped build the mountain of evidence... (more)

Goodbye Janette

by Harold Robbins

The Female Heart: The Truth About Women and Heart Disease

The Female Heart: The Truth About Women and Heart Disease

by Marianne J. Legato, Carol Colman

A woman doctor tells women everything they need to know to prevent, recognize and recover from heart disease, including a profile of the high-risk woman; why women are different; the truth about stress; a woman's healthy diet; good news about exercise; and much more.

Never Love a Stranger by Harold Robbins. Special Series Binding. 1975.

Never Love a Stranger by Harold Robbins. Special Series Binding. 1975.

by Harold Robbins

Spouse: The Truth about Marriage

by Shobha De

Speedpost: Letters to My Children about Living, Loving, Caring and Coping with the World

Speedpost: Letters to My Children about Living, Loving, Caring and Coping with the World

by Shobha De

Commentary on growing pains, adolescent problems in India, sex, love, religion, and culture. Series of letters that address a wide range of concerns. Compassionate, loving, witty, and as always, provocative. By a leading best-selling novelist. South Asia Books carries several of De's novels.

The Same Sex Kama Sutra

by Sandhya Mulchandani

Sandhya Mulchandani has worked in the print media for well over two decades. She is the author of The Indian Man - His True Colours, a book on the urban Indian male as well as Kama Sutra for Women, which brings the ancient Indian treatise on love to women. She has translated seven medieval Kama Shastra Sanskrit manuscripts into English, to be published later this year. She has also co-authored Love and Lust, an... (more)

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