Monday, May 7, 2012

10 books that you must read...

Buy them, rent them or borrow them — we bring to you 10 books that you must read...

The Winner’s Price
Author: S V Divvaakar
A business magnate, trader, venture capitalist, social reformer, bureaucrat, public relations officer and an innovator — all former classmates meet at their reunion party 20 years after passing out of college. Following the reunion, their lives get entangled, to give truth a chance, through technological innovation, enormous funds and extreme personal sacrifice.

Summer Of ‘68
Author: Tim Wendel

Relive the baseball season that saw legends such as Bob Gibson, Denny McLain, Don Drysdale and Luis Tiant set new standards for excellence. It shows how each of them went after perfection against the backdrop of one of the most turbulent years in American history.

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Author Jill Hathaway

Vee Bell is certain that her sister’s friend, Sophie, didn’t kill herself but was murdered. And she knows this because she was there! Enmeshed in a terrifying web of secrets, lies, and danger and with no one to turn to, Vee must find a way to unmask the killer before he or she strikes again.
The Wrong Man 
Author John Ktzenbach

Scott Freeman is a man of reason. But he becomes uneasy after finding an anonymous love letter hidden in his daughter Ashley’s, room.  The Wrong Man is an elegantly crafted book that asks the question, “How far would you go to save the child you love?”
The Exorcist
Author: William Peter Blatty

The story focuses on Regan, the 11-year-old daughter of a movie actress. The child is “possessed” and it’s up to a small group of overwhelmed, yet determined humans to  rescue Regan from this unspeakable fate.
The Red Queen
Author Philippa Gregory

This is the story of the child-bride of Edmund Tudor, who although widowed in her early teens, used her determination and wily plotting to ensure that her only son, Henry Tudor, triumphed as the King of England.
On Beauty
Author: Umberto Eco 

In On Beauty, we read not only  about Botticelli and Michelangelo but also about how much the fashion of the 1960s owes itself to the ancient Egyptian dress and how ancient Roman and eighteenth-century hairstyles have much in common. Eco makes the familiar new and sheds a brilliant light on the unfamiliar.
Moloka’i
Author: Alan Brennert

Rachel Kalama, a spirited seven-year-old Hawaiian girl, dreams of visiting far-off lands like her father, a merchant seaman. But her dreams are stolen from her as she is sent to Kalaupapa, the quarantined leprosy settlement on the island. Here, her life is supposed to end, but instead she discovers it is only just beginning.
La’s Orchestra Saves The Day
Author: Alexander Mc Call Smith

La Stone is a widow who, as the Nazi threat looms, assembles a ragtag orchestra in rural Suffolk in the hopes of altering “the temper of the world.” However,  soon after she falls for one of her recruits, a Polish pilot with a suspicious past. Will patriotism triumph over 
Mayil Will Not Be Quiet
Authors:  Niveditha Subramaniam, Sowmya Rajendran

The book is the diary of 12-year-old Mayil Ganeshan, who aspires to become a writer. And in the process she comes up with some of the most hilarious, unique and imaginative stories that will arouse a sense of curiosity and humour in all who reads them.







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