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Chetan Bhagat - 3 Books in 1; The 3 Mistakes of My Life; One Night At The Call Center; Five Point Someone (1)

Chetan Bhagat - 3 Books in 1; The 3 Mistakes of My Life; One Night At The Call Center; Five Point Someone (1)

by Chetan Bhagat

This are the three best books of Chetan Bhagat combined into one easy to read book:The 3 Mistakes of My Life - In late-2000, a young boy in Ahmedabad called Govind dreamt of having a business. To accomodate his friends Ish and Omi's passion, they open a cricket shop. Govind's wants to make money and thinks big. Ish is all about nurturing Ali, the batsman with a rare gift. Omi knows his limited... (more)

City of Joy

by Dominique Lapierre

Made into a movie starring Patrick Swayze, this is the inspiring story of an American doctor who experienced a spiritual rebirth in an impoverished section of Calcutta.

Room on the Roof

by Ruskin Bond

Fudge: Book 5

Double Fudge

by Judy Blume

Fans young and old will laugh out loud at the irrepressible wit of peter Hatcher, the hilarious antics of mischievous Fudge, and the unbreakable confidence of know-it-all sheila tubman in Judy blume’s five Fudge books. brand-new covers adorn these perennial favorites, and will entice a whole new generation of Fudge—and Judy blume—fans.

Village by the Sea

by Anita Desai

This is a story of survival set in a small fishing village near Bombay. Lila and Hari, aged 13 and 12, struggle to keep the family, including two young sisters, going when their mother is ill and their father usually the worse for drink. When Hari goes to Bombay to find work, Lila seems to be responsible for everything. Although the book paints a picture of extreme poverty, it demonstrates the strength of the... (more)

Argumentative Indian

by Amartya Sen

THE BOSS WHO CAME TO DINNER AND OTHER STORIESBhisham Sahni;Translated by Jai Ratan & P. Lal

THE BOSS WHO CAME TO DINNER AND OTHER STORIES

by Bhisham Sahni;Translated by Jai Ratan & P. Lal

Malgudi Days

by R. K. Narayan

Four gems, with new introductions, mark acclaimed Indian writer R. K. Narayan’s centennial Introducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India "the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story." Powerful, magical portraits of all kinds of people, and comprising stories written over almost forty years, Malgudi Days presents Narayan’s... (more)

The Alchemist

A Fable About Following Your Dream

by Paulo Coelho

This story, dazzling in its powerful simplicity and inspiring wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of a treasure buried in the Pyramids. What starts out as a journey to find worldly goods turns into a discovery of the treasures found within. Lush, evocative, and deeply humane, the story of Santiago is an eternal testament... (more)

It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life

by Sally Jenkins, Lance Armstrong

The #1 New York Times bestseller with legs as strong as its author's. Lance Armstrong is one of the most talked about- and inspirational-sports figures of all time. He was Sports Illustrated 's 2002 Sportsman of the Year-and now, after his record-shattering string of Tour de France victories, some are proclaiming him the greatest athlete of all time. This is the book in which he shares his... (more)

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari

A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny

by Robin S. Sharma

Wisdom to Create a Life of Passion, Purpose, and Peace This inspiring tale provides a step-by-step approach to living with greater courage, balance, abundance, and joy. A wonderfully crafted fable, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari tells the extraordinary story of Julian Mantle, a lawyer forced to confront the spiritual crisis of his out-of-balance life. On a life-changing odyssey to an ancient culture, he discovers... (more)

Five Point SomeoneChetan Bhagat

Five Point Someone

What Not to Do at IIT

by Chetan Bhagat

Novel set in the context of the changing Indian IIT world, funy, but also insightful concerning Indian culture and modernization. excellent reviews. soon to be made into a major movie

Phantoms in the Brain

by V.S. Ramachandran, Sandra Blakeslee

Phantoms In The Brain takes a revolutionary new approach to theories of the brain, from one of the world's leading experimental neurologists. Phantoms In The Brain, using a series of case histories, introduces strange and unexplored mental worlds. Ramachandran, through his research into brain damage, has discovered that the brain is continually organising itself in response to change. A woman maintains that her... (more)

The Blind Watchmaker

Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design

by Richard Dawkins

Patiently and lucidly, this Los Angeles Times Book Award and Royal Society of Literature Heinemann Prize winner identifies the aspects of the theory of evolution that people find hard to believe and removes the barriers to credibility one by one. "As readable and vigorous a defense of Darwinism as has been published since 1859."--The Economist.

Shantaram

by Gregory David Roberts

"It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured." So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in... (more)

Family Matters

by Rohinton Mistry

Rohinton Mistry’s enthralling novel is at once a domestic drama and an intently observed portrait of present-day Bombay in all its vitality and corruption. At the age of seventy-nine, Nariman Vakeel, already suffering from Parkinson’s disease, breaks an ankle and finds himself wholly dependent on his family. His step-children, Coomy and Jal, have a spacious apartment (in the inaptly named Chateau Felicity), but... (more)

The Great Indian Novel

by Shashi Tharoor

In this award-winning, internationally acclaimed novel, Tharoor has masterfully recast the 2,000 year-old epic, The Mahabharata, with fictional but highly recognizable events and characters from twentieth-century Indian politics. Chronicling the Indian struggle for freedom and independence from Great Britain, Tharoor directs his hilarious satire as much against Indian foibles as the bumbling of the British rulers. (more)

Riot: A Love Story

by Shashi Tharoor

Who killed twenty-four-year-old Priscilla Hart? And why would anyone want to murder this highly motivated, idealistic American student who had come to India to volunteer in women’s health programs? Had her work make a killer out of an enraged husband? Or was her death the result of a xenophobic attack? Was she involved in an indiscriminate love affair that had spun out of control? Had a disgruntled, deeply jealous... (more)

The Five Dollar Smile: And Other StoriesShashi Tharoor

The Five Dollar Smile: And Other Stories

by Shashi Tharoor

A collection of short stories by the author of The Great Indian Novel reveals a strong sense of language and narrative development and deals with such subjects as the traumas of youth, deceit, death, and more.

The Complete Works Of Guy de Maupassant (1917)

The Complete Works Of Guy de Maupassant (1917)

by Guy de Maupassant

The Complete Works Of Guy de Maupassant (1917)

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by Chetan Bhagat

by Dominique Lapierre

by Ruskin Bond

by Judy Blume

by Anita Desai

by Amartya Sen

by Bhisham Sahni;Translated by Jai Ratan & P. Lal

by R. K. Narayan

A Fable About Following Your Dream

by Paulo Coelho

by Sally Jenkins, Lance Armstrong

A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny

by Robin S. Sharma

What Not to Do at IIT

by Chetan Bhagat

by V.S. Ramachandran, Sandra Blakeslee

Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design

by Richard Dawkins

by Gregory David Roberts

by Rohinton Mistry

by Shashi Tharoor

by Shashi Tharoor

by Shashi Tharoor

by Guy de Maupassant