The Alchemist

Writer: Paulo Coelho

Language: Portuguese (Original), English (Translated)

Genre: Fiction

Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers

Catalog Reference: ISBN 978 81 7223 498 0

Website: www.harpercollins.co.uk/paulocoelho
                www.paulocoelho.com

Appreciations Received:  

I am choosing only a very few out of hundreds of so. . .

Madonna -
"The Alchemist is a beautiful book about magic, dreams and the treasures we seek elsewhere and then end on our doorstep"

The Times - 

"His books have had a life-enhancing impact on millions of people"

Glimpse:

This is a story of a boy called Santiago and his journey to the unknown lands of Tangier and Egypt. He is a poor Andalusian shepherd who always dreamt about traveling the world, see new lands, meet new people. He had a dream of discovering some extravagant hidden treasures someday.s

The story tells us how this small shepherd boy travels the world and ultimately meets an alchemist who was actually waiting for him to come.

The Alchemist is a story of our hidden dreams, and it essentially teaches us how to listen to our heart to pursue our dreams no matter how impossible those seem at first. It casts a permanent impression on your mind and after reading this novel you will be a different person, at least your perception about your life surely will change.

Go, get your copy today itself if not yet done so!

Price:  £ UK, ₹250/- INR

Brida

Writer: Paulo Coelho

Language: Portuguese (Original),
                   English (Translated)

Translated into English by: Margaret Jull Costa

Genre: Love, Passion, Mystery, Spiritual

Publisher: Harper-Collins Publishers

Catalog Reference:
ISBN 978 0 00 727859 6

Website: www.harpercollins.co.uk ,
                www.paulocoelho.com

 
Appreciations Received:

I am choosing only a very few out of hundreds of so. . .

Glimpse:

This is a story about an Irish girl Brida and her quest for life and knowledge. It is a story of the transformation of a small shy cocoon into a beautiful free butterfly. Brida is beautiful and has keen interest a undiscovered gift in dark magic or witchcraft.













On her journey to enlightenment she meets a man who teaches her how to overcome all the fear that will come in her path and a woman who will teach her how to dance to the clandestine music of the dark world. She gradually finds out her own path towards the self discovery. But to do so whether she will be able to strike a balance between her loyalty for relationship and the ultimate quest for transforming into something brighter and eternal... Which one she will ultimately sacrifice...



Price:  £UK, ₹299/- INR

The Lost SYMBOL

Writer: Dan Brown

Language: English

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction

Publisher: Transworld Publishers, Corgi Books

Catalog Reference: ISBN 978 0 552 16123 7

Website: www.danbrownofficial.co.uk ,
                www.rbooks.co.uk

Appreciations Received:  

I am choosing only a very few out of hundreds and thousands of so. . .

New York Times -
"Impossible to put down... another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story"

News of the World - 

"Unputdownable... Gripping... Jaw-dropping... The blockbuster read of the year"

Sunday Express -

"So compelling that several times I came close to a cardiac arrest... As perfectly constructed as the Washington architecture it escorts us around" 

Daily Mail -
"A narrative that can grip you like a vice... as engaging a hero as you could wish for"


Washington Post -
"Call in Brownian motion: a comet tail-ride of beautifully spaced reveals and a socko unveiling of the killer's true identity"


San Francisco Chronicle -
"A roaring ride... A caper filled with puzzles, grids, symbols, pyramids and a secret that can bestow 'unfathomable power' "

BBC News - 

"With bestseller status never in doubt, Brown has written another page-turner... A gripping read"

Entertainment Weekly -

"Robert Langdon remains a terrific hero, a bookish intellectual who's cool in a crisis and quick on his feet... The codes are intriguing, the settings present often-seen locales in a fresh light, and Brown keeps the pages turning"

Glimpse:

The plot revolves around the darkest hidden past of The Capitol Building at Washington DC.

Harvard Professor and world renowned symbologist Robert Langdon gets a call from a friend early in the morning. He gets invitation to deliver a lecture on Freemasonry and related matters.

But when Robert arrives at the pre-informed venue he realizes what a pathetic pawn he has become of a horribly merciless game plan. The call he got early in the morning that day was actually a summon to trap him into an apparently extinct, clueless, mythical world of ancient clandestine wisdom.

To add to his misery, Robert gets to know that the mysterious caller has kidnapped Langdon's mentor and close friend Peter Solomon. Peter is a prominent Free-mason and a renowned philanthropist and Langdon is the only person who can save his friend's life, provided he timely deciphers an labyrinth of shadowy, clandestine ancient codes which are clearly beyond common man's understanding.

Although these ciphers are never-before-seen for Robert, but he puts his own life in danger to save his friend's life and uncovers an unimagined and inconceivable truth of creation and existence.

Ultimately having three lives in danger of death including his own, whether Robert Langdon can save his friend Peter or not is a big question. Let the thrill and chill go down your spine and enjoy the Brownian ride to the strictly hush hush world of Freemasonry...

Go, get your copy today itself if not yet done so!

Price:  £7.99 UK, ₹299/- INR

Angels & Demons

Writer: Dan Brown

Language: English

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction

Publisher: Transworld Publishers, Corgi Books

Catalog Reference: ISBN 978 0 552 15970 8

Website: www.danbrownofficial.co.uk ,
                www.angelsanddemons.com ,
                www.rbooks.co.uk

Appreciations Received:  

I am choosing only a very few out of hundreds and thousands of so. . .

San Francisco Chronicle - 

"A breathless, real-time adventure... Exciting, fast paced, with an unusually high IQ"

Amazon.com -

"A no-holds-barred, pull-out-all-the-stops, breathless tangle of a thriller... A heck of a good read"

Glimpse:

There are two simultaneous incidents which happens at the beginning of the story leaving the Vatican City and CERN Institute of Switzerland shocked and clueless.

Illuminati is an ancient and secret brotherhood which people thought is already extinct for about four hundred years suddenly comes up in the scenario claiming to be the mastermind behind those two incidents.

Now Harvard professor and world renowned symbologist Robert Langdon is been summoned to decipher the labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols and codes. If he fails to do so, the Brotherhood of Illuminati will take their revenge against their most hated enemy the Catholic Church and The Vatican City

Now given the fact that Illuminati has openly claimed to be the one to mercilessly kill the world renowned and brilliant scientist of CERN Institute and sear his bare chest with some mysterious ancient symbol representing the Illuminati, will Professor Langdon be able to decipher the hidden code and save the Holy Pope or all hope to save The Vatican City will end up in a vain. . .


An excellent thriller, an unputdownable mystery fiction book which will keep you engrossed until you finish the last word of the book. . .!

The story is so gripping, that no wonder Hollywood actor Tom Hanks came up with the excellent movie with the same name!

Price:  £7.99 UK, ₹299/- INR

Deception Point

 Writer: Dan Brown

Language: English

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction

Publisher: Transworld Publishers

Catalog Reference: ISBN 978 0 552 16124 4

Appreciations Received:  

I am choosing only a very few out of hundreds and thousands of so. . .

New York Times -  

"Wow... Blockbuster perfection... An exhilaratingly brainy thriller. Not since the advent of Harry Potter has an author so flagrantly delighted in leading readers on a breathless chase"

Sunday Times - 

"Brown's novel adroitly blends the chase-scene stuffed thrillers of Robert Ludlum ad the learned romps of Umberto Eco... For anyone who wants more brain-food than thrillers normally provide"

Washington Post -  

"Exceedingly clever... Both fascinating and fun... a considerable achievement"

Guardian - 

"A gripping bestseller... Brown has cracked the bestseller code"

San Francisco Chronicle - 

"A heart-racing thriller. This story has so many twists that it would be a sin to reveal too much of the plot in advance. Let's just say that if this novel doesn't get your pulse racing, you need to check your meds"

F H M - 

"Some genuinely fascinating insights into Grail history make this the best thriller FHM has read in yonks"

Chicago Tribune - 

"A thundering, tantalizing, extremely smart fun ride. Brown doesn't slow down his tremendously powerful narrative engine despite transmitting several doctorates' worth of fascinating history and learned speculation"

Glimpse:

The story revolves around 4 main characters, viz., Rachel Sexton, Senator Sexton, Michael Tolland, and the US President. NASA as an organization is at the center of the story.

The starts with the information that NASA has come up with some fascinating discovery. To cross check that discovery the US President sends the daughter of Senator Sexton. Incidentally Senator Sexton is competing for the post of the US President. She is a Gister working for NRO and presently deployed for the information security of the White House.

Michael Tolland is an naturally talented oceanographer and knowledgeable zoologist. Both Rachel and Michael meet with each other at the temporary camp set up at the north pole to verify and testify the latest discovery claimed by the NASA.

During the process both of them will find out the actual underlying and hidden truth of this discovery and the culprit who plotted this shrewd trap of lie. They struggle for their life and at the same time try to gather proof of the scam.

What happens to them? If you are really interested to know then please go to your nearest library or book store and get the book to read.

Price:  £5.99 UK, ₹299/- INR

A Clash of Kings

Writer: George R. R. Martin

Series: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book Two (II)

Genre: Fantacy


Other Books in the Series: A Game of Thrones,
                                             A Storm of Swords
                                             A Feast for Crows

Language: English

Publisher: Bantam Books

Catalog Reference: ISBN 978 0 553 57990 1

Website: www.bantamdell.com,
               www.georgerrmartin.com

Appreciations Received: 
  

I have chosen only a very few...

The Denver Post -
"Martin amply fulfills the first volume's promise and continues what seems destined to be one of the best fantasy series ever written"


"The major fantasy of the decade."

Robert Jordan -
"Grabs hold and won't let go. It's brilliant""


Chicago Sun-Times -
"Reminiscent of T. H. White's The Once and Future King, this novel is an absorbing combination of mythic, the sweepingly historical, and the intensely personal."

Ann McCaffrey -
"Such a splendid tale and such a fantistorical! I read my eyes out."

 Glimpse:

It is a reign of utter chaos in the land of Seven Kingdoms. From ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell every where there is darkness and blood sport. Enormous and shrewd political planning and plotting are going behind every potent political brain to gain and claim the Throne of the Seven Kingdom. It is such a situation where a brother is ready to kill his brother for gain. Story talks about a princess who disguise as an orphan boy, a knight who plans to kill the witch, wilderness of Mountain of the Moon slashes over the countryside. Incest, Betrayal, Cold heart, hatred takes place of Decency, Trust, Loyalty, Friendship and Love. He will win who has the coldest heart and shrewdest hands which never pangs and trembles when killing his own bother.

Price:  $8.99 US, $9.99 Canada.

Under the Dome

Writer: Stephen King

Other Creations: Shawshank Redemption, Misery, The Shining, The Stand and many more.

Language: English

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, an Hachette UK Company

Catalog Reference: ISBN 978 0 340 99258 6

Website: www,hodder.co.uk, www.stephenking.co.uk

Appreciations Received: 
  

I have chosen only a very few...

Daily Telegraph -
"Whizzing from one cliffhanger to the next"

USA Today -
"Staggeringly addictive"


Financial Times - 
"Expert ratcheting of tension"

 New York Times -
"tight and energetic from start to finish"


Washington Post -
"foot-on-the-gas narrative"

Guardian -
"The pedal in indeed to the metal"

Daily Express -
"You sorry when you come to the end"


Lee Child -
"America's greatest living novelist delivers his masterpiece"


Daily Mail -
"High-concept, high-octane epic with a brilliantly drawn cast"


John Connolly -
"King's most purely entertaining novel in years... utterly compelling"

Glimpse:

The story revolves around a small town called Chester's Mill, Maine. One fine day this town is besieged from the rest of the neighborhood, even from the whole world by some unexplained reason or thing. Nobody can go in or out of the town. Whatever food, electricity, water and oil they had stored up within the town was gradually exhausted people within the town started to panic. People started ti behave out of their way and started to disobey the normal social norms.

 Dale Barbara, a young guy, with the help of a few others try to solve the mystery. He stands against the new born horrid corruption within the town and makes the common people realize the seriousness of the situation and act more maturely. Ultimately he discovers the source of the Dome before anything worse might come in the way.

Stephen King has been described by The Guardian as 'oneof the great storyteller of our time'... so it is wisely said by the publishers that "you don't read it, you live it!"

Price:  £7.99 UK, ₹350/- INR.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest

Writer: Stieg Larsson

Series: Millennium Trilogy - Part II

Language: Swedish (Original), English (Translated)

Genre: Crime, Thriller, Fiction

Original Title:     "Luftslottet Som Sprangdes"

Translated in English by: Reg Keeland (C)

Publisher: MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus

Catalog Reference: ISBN 978 1 84916 275 3

Website: www.girlwhoplayedwithfire.co.uk

Appreciations Received: 
  

I am choosing only a very few out of hundreds and thousands of so...

Mario Vargas Llosa -
"Exceptional... welcome to the immortality of fiction, Lisbeth Salander"


Kate Mosse, Guardian - 
"Larsson has produced a coup de foudre, a novel that is complex, satisfying, clever, moral... This is a grown-up novel for grown-up readers, who want something more than a quick fix and a car chase. And it's why the Millennium trilogy is rightly a publishing phenomenon all over the world."

Anthony Horowitz, Daily Telegraph -
"I was completely enthralled by The Girl WHo Kicked the Hornets' Nest, the tense and almost apocalyptic conclusion to Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy."

Nick Cohen, Observer -
"As a just avenger, Lisbeth Salander is a worthy successor to Edmund Dantes in The Count of Monte Cristo, because Larsson was certain of the righteousness of her cause... tens of millions of readers all around the world agree."

Glimpse:

The whole story revolves around three main characters, viz. Mikael Blomkvist, Lisbeth Salander and Zalachenko There are many more contributing characters who plays a substantial role in the story.

Lisbeth Salander, an ex security analyst and exceptionally genius hacker. She has been admitted to hospital with a bullet in his head and is being madly chased by a monstrous murderer. She already has been alleged for killing a young couple in Stockholm and is guarded by police all around the hospital. She does not have any thing at help to prove her innocence.

Mikael Blomkvist has got a new lead of clues about some highly confidential top notch security information which hints towards a huge and well knitted corruption group. But he does not have the sound proof of the same. The only person he could reply upon in this matter is lying on a hospital bed with chronic injury in her head.

Will Mikael and Lisbeth be able to find the root of this highly foggy clandestine secret agency or group? Will Lisbeth be able to prove her innocence at last or he penalized back to the horrifying institution again by the law?

You want to know what happens to Lisbeth.... Go and pick up the book from the shelf and read it!

Price:  £6.99 UK, ₹350/- INR.

The Girl Who Played with Fire

Writer: Stieg Larsson

Series: Millennium Trilogy - Part II

Genre: Crime, Thriller, Fiction

Language: Swedish (Original), English (Translated)

Original Title:      "Flickan Som Lekte Med Elden"

Translated in English by: Reg Keeland (C)

Publisher: MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus

Catalog Reference: ISBN 978 1 906694 15 9

Website: www.girlwhoplayedwithfire.co.uk

Appreciations Received:  

I am choosing only a very few out of hundreds and thousands of so...

Kate Mosse, The Times -  

"A Unique heroine... a jaw dropping ending"

Glimpse:

The whole story revolves around two main characters, viz. Mikael Blomkvist, Lisbeth Salander. There is one more character who plays a significantly distinctive role which is Police Inspector Bublanski.

Lisbeth Salander, an ex security analyst and exceptionally genius hacker. She has been accused to murder of a couple in Stockholm. All the evidences are against Lisbeth Salander. Even her past adds up to that allegation.

Mikael Blomkvist has already came out with his own publishing company to expose corruptions happening in all over Sweden. Sweden is gasping convulsively for freedom from the suffering from the inner sociopolitical corruption and highly confidential closely knitted and organized sex trafficking.

Mikael is the only person who does not believe in the murder allegation imposed on Lisbeth. Now the story revolves around this murder mystery and how Lisbeth always manage to get involved in problem.

With a murder allegation tagged on her, searching for some unanswered past questions will Lisbeth be able to find out her origin?

Want to what happens to her, then don't just sit around and wait. Go and get the book from library or book store or whatever and read it!

Price:  £6.99 UK, ₹350/- INR

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Writer: Stieg Larsson

Series: Millennium Trilogy - Part I

Genre: Crime, Thriller, Fiction

Language: Swedish (Original), English (Translated)

Original Title: Man Som Hatar Kvinnor

Translated in English by: Reg Keeland (C)

Publisher: MacLehose Press, an imprint of Quercus

Catalog Reference: ISBN 978 1 84728 692 9

Website: www.girlwhoplayedwithfire.co.uk

Appreciations Received:

I am choosing only a very few out of hundreds and thousands of so...

Philip Pullman -  

"Several cuts above most thrillers... intelligent, complex, with a griping plot and deeply intriguing characters"

Val McDermid - 

"Blomkvist and Salander are vivid and complex creations who lodge in the hearts and minds of readers... Larsson's books sparkle with wit and playfulness"

Joan Smith,  Sunday Times -  

"A publishing sensation, an accomplished crime writer who seemingly came from nowhere... Crime fiction has seldom needed to salute and mourn such a stellar talent as Larsson's in the same breath... A gripping crime debut that lives up to the hype"

Peter Guttridge, Observer - 

"A striking novel, full of passion, an evocative sense of place and subtle insights into venal, corrupt minds"

Sydney Morning Herald - 

"Swedish crime fiction, like the country itself, has both class and a social conscience. It was only a matter of time before it produced its own War and Peace... The plotting and pacing are masterful. No wonder Europe has gone wild over Blomkvist and his riveting sidekick."

Glimpse:

The whole story revolves around three main characters, viz. Mikael Blomkvist, Lisbeth Salander and Henrik Vanger. There is one more character who plays a significantly distinctive role is Harriet Vanger.

Lisbeth Salander, a young girl who used to work as a security specialist. Salander is a genius hacker and can play with any computer on earth. She looks more like a small teen girl and sometime gets all decked up like a punk girl. She just hates to live under any sort of restrictions imposed upon her and has a past history of being admitted to rehabilitation center because of her such rebel nature. 

Mikael Blomkvist is an excellent journalist who somehow gets his back burnt by libeling and defaming the financier Hans-Erik Wennerstrom. When his career is completely troubled with all these things, he gets an offer from Henrik Vanger to solve the mystery of his niece Harriet Vanger. He was although a bit hesitant to take up the case at first, but after that he gets involved in the case and ultimately goes beyond anyone's imagination and solves the mystery. Lisbeth Salander helps him in this case.

 Price:  £6.99 UK, ₹350/- INR