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New Spring
By Robert Jordan
Fiction
The city of Canluum lies close to the scarred and desolate wastes of the Blight, a walled haven from the dangers away to the north, and a refuge from the ill works of those who serve the Dark One. Or so it is said. The city that greets Al’Lan Mandragoran, exiled king of Malkier and the finest swordsman of his generation, is instead one that is rife with rumour and the whisperings of Shadowspawn. Proof, should he have required it, that the Dark One grows powerful once more and that his minions are at work throughout the lands.
And yet it is within Canluum’s walls that Lan will meet a woman who will shape his destiny. Moiraine is a young and powerful Aes Sedai who has journeyed to the city in search of a bondsman. She requires aid in a desperate quest to prove the truth of a vague and largely discredited prophecy - one that speaks of a means to turn back the shadow, and of a child who may be the dragon reborn.
(Rs. 900/=) Available at Serendib Bookshop (Pvt) Ltd Mount Lavinia
The Longest Trip Home
By John Grogan
Fiction
Finding your place in the world can be the longest trip home . . .
In his bestseller, MARLEY & ME, John Grogan perfectly described one family's love for their wondrously neurotic dog. He made us laugh and cry, and showed how unconditional love can come in many forms. Now, in THE LONGEST TRIP HOME, John writes with the same honesty, openness and humour about the relationship between a son and his parents.
As a 'bad' boy in a good family, John didn't always live up to his parents' expectations, but as a man he came to understand the love they gave him every day of his life. In THE LONGEST TRIP HOME John describes his painful, funny and poignant journey into adulthood. A fateful call from his father would lead him on the next leg of his journey - the trip back home.
At its heart, this is a universal story about growing up, and making peace with your parents before it's too late. As warm and moving as MARLEY & ME, THE LONGEST TRIP HOME is a tribute to the power of family and love.
(Rs. 700/=) Available at Serendib Bookshop (Pvt) Ltd Mount Lavinia
Calico Joe
By John Grisham
Fiction
Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash with his childhood hero, the Cubs' golden-boy Joe Castle, in a contest from which no winners emerged.
Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that it's time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973, father and son make their way to Calico Rock, Arkansas, where either redemption or rejection awaits them.
Kitchen, Recipes from the Heart of the Home
By Nigella Lawson
Cookery
This newest cookbook from the celebrated TV personality will not disappoint her many fans. Full of feel good food for cooks and eaters accompanied by mouthwatering pictures, it will have you yearning to try each one. Divided into two parts, the first ‘Kitchen Quandaries’ leans towards serving tasty meals in under 30 minutes—useful during the week when this can be a challenge. The second, ‘Kitchen Comforts’, is full of recipes to try when you have a little more time on your hands. It has a chapter devoted to shortcuts and tips to make life a little easier in the kitchen and many of the recipes come with a postscript on what to do with the leftovers—some not as obvious as others, which is useful. As always Lawson’s recipes don’t disappoint and the nice extra features she has added is bound to make this book earn its spot on your cookbook shelves.
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Feast, Food that Celebrates Life
By Nigella Lawson
Cookery
This book is another essential addition to any kitchen by popular TV chef Nigella Lawson. Whether you are a novice or a pro in the kitchen its recipes are written in a way that is clear and straight forward enough it would be difficult to go wrong with them. Still, Nigella’s easy approach to cooking comes through with her encouraging the reader to feel free to adapt ingredients and measurements; meaning the more adventurous you are the more creative the cooking. Her obvious love for the food she is writing about, cooking and her delight in sharing makes the book all the more appealing. While the focus is on festive food, it is also filled with great everyday recipes. Whether it is something a bit different on a week night or creating something delicious and spectacular for a special occasion there will be something in this book for everyone.
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Selling The Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing
By Harry Beckwith
Marketing
SELLING THE INVISIBLE is a succinct and often entertaining look at the unique characteristics of services and their prospects, and how any service, from a home-based consultancy to a multinational brokerage, can turn more prospects into clients and keep them. SELLING THE INVISIBLE covers service marketing from start to finish. Filled with wonderful insights and written in a roll-up-your-sleeves, jargon-free, accessible style, such as:
Greatness May Get You Nowhere
Focus Groups Don'ts
The More You Say, the Less People Hear &
Seeing the Forest Around the Falling Trees (Rs. 1790/=) Available at Vijitha Yapa Bookshop
The Song of Achilles
By Madeline Miller
Adult fiction
This book is on the short-list for Orange Prize for Fiction 2012. Greece in the age of Heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to Phthia to live in the shadow of King Peleus and his strong, beautiful son, Achilles. By all rights their paths should never cross, but Achilles takes the shamed prince as his friend, and as they grow into young men skilled in the arts of war and medicine, their bond blossoms into something far deeper — despite the displeasure of Achilles’s mother Thetis, a cruel sea goddess. But then word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus journeys with Achilles to Troy, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they hold dear.
Madeline Miller was born in Boston, MA, and grew up in both New York City and Philadelphia. She attended Brown University, where she graduated magna cum laude with a BA and MA in Classics. She has also studied at the Yale School of Drama specialising in adapting classical tales to a modern audience. Since graduation she has taught Latin, Greek and Shakespeare, both at her high school, The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, PA, and elsewhere. Madeline began writing fiction when she was in high school, and has been working on The Song of Achilles, her first novel, for the last ten years. She currently lives in New England, where she teaches Latin and writes.
The judges said: “Terrific. The Trojan Wars and the legendary love story of Patroclus and Achilles told with all the intensity and accuracy that this world of violence and superstition and romance deserves.”
Steve Jobs - The Man Who Thought Different
By Karen Blumenthal
Children’s Book
Inventor. Visionary. Genius. Dropout. Adopted. Steve Jobs was the founder of Apple and he was all of these things. Steve Jobs has been described as a showman, artist, tyrant, genius.. Through his life he was loved, hated, admired and dismissed, yet he was a living legend; the genius who founded Apple in his parent's garage when he was just 21 years-old, revolutionising the music world. He single-handedly introduced the first computer that could sit on your desk and founded and nurtured a company called Pixar bringing to life Oscar wining animations Toy Story and Finding Nemo. So how did the man, who was neither engineer nor computer geek change the world we live in, making us want every product he touched? On graduation day in 2005, a fifty-year-old Steve Jobs said: 'Today I want to tell you three stories from my life, That's it. Just three stories'. The first story is about connecting the dots. My second story is about love and loss. My third story is about death. This is his story...Critically acclaimed author Karen Blumenthal takes us to the core of this complicated and legendary man, from his adoption and early years through to the pinnacles of his career, his dismissal from his duties at Apple (for being too disruptive and difficult) to the graduation where he gave the commencement speech just 6 years before his death, giving life to what were soon to become some of most famous quotes of his career, ending with the message: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you." "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life." .
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