“But better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
― Khaled Hosseini
Bang! The Complete History of the Universe
By Brian May
Evolution
Brian May, astrophysics Ph.D., joins forces with legendary astronomer Patrick Moore and astrophysicist Chris Lintott in Bang! to consider the history of the universe from the Big Bang to Heat Death.
Space, time, and matter were birthed 13.7 billion years ago and will continue on longer than we are able to comprehend. Infinitesimally small at first, the Universe is immense and ever expanding.
Bang! explains how it all started, takes you on a tour of what is known about the evolution of the Universe, and posits how the end of time will come about. This fascinating book includes photographs, short biographies of key figures, an at-a-glance timeline, a glossary of terms, and suggested resources for further exploration.
Rs. 2,975/- Available at Serendib Bookshop (Pvt) Ltd Mount Lavinia
Half of a Yellow Sun
By Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
Fiction
In 1960s Nigeria, a country blighted by civil war, three lives intersect.
Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos to live with her charismatic new lover, the professor.
And Richard, a shy English writer, is in thrall to Olanna’s enigmatic twin sister. As the horrific Biafran War engulfs them, they are thrown together and pulled apart in ways they had never imagined.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s masterpiece, winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, is a novel about Africa in a wider sense: about the end of colonialism, ethnic allegiances, class and race – and about the ways in which love can complicate all of these things.
Rs. 1,200/- Available at Serendib Bookshop (Pvt) Ltd Mount Lavinia
Beirut39 : New Writing from the Arab World
By Samuel Shimon
Collection
'Beirut39' is a Hay Festival project which aims to select and celebrate 39 of the best young Arab writers as a centrepiece of the Beirut World Capital festivities in April 2010.
Following the successful launch of 'Bogota 39', which identified many of the most interesting upcoming Latin American talents, including Wendy Guerra, Junot Diaz (Pulitzer Prize), Santiago Roncagliolo and Juan Gabriel Vasquez (short-listed for the IFFP), 'Beirut 39' will bring to worldwide attention the best work from the Arab world.
The judges will select from more than 300 submissions and the writers' names will be unveiled in September 2009.
The book will be published in English throughout the world (except the Arab world) by Bloomsbury, and in Arabic throughout the world and in English in the Arab World by Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing.
Rs.1,296/= Available at Makeen Books, Col 3
Grievous Angel
By Quintin Jardine
Fiction
Edinburgh's toughest cop, Bob Skinner, looks into his past to assuage his demons in Quintin Jardine's thrilling new mystery. Skinner revisits his nightmares: old but not forgotten. Fifteen years in the past, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Bob Skinner is called to investigate a most brutal death.
A man lies at the deep end of an empty swimming pool, his neck broken and almost every other bone in his body shattered. Soon, an organised crime connection looms, and bloody retribution spreads to a second city.
Then violence erupts on a new front, as a vicious knifeman seems to be targeting Edinburgh's gay population.
As if this double dose of homicide isn't enough for a single man with a teenage daughter to raise and protect, Skinner's personal life takes a similar, perilous twist. Can he stay on the side of the angels, or will he fall ...?
Rs.644/= Available at Makeen Books, Col 3
The Hundred Secret Senses
By Amy Tan
Literary Fiction
The Hundred Secret Senses is an exultant novel about China and America, love and loyalty, the identities we invent and the true selves we discover along the way. Olivia Laguni is half-Chinese, but typically American in her uneasiness with her patchwork family.
And no one in Olivia's family is more embarrassing to her than her half-sister, Kwan Li. For Kwan speaks mangled English, is cheerfully deaf to Olivia's sarcasm, and sees the dead with her "yin eyes."
Even as Olivia details the particulars of her decades-long grudge against her sister (who, among other things, is a source of infuriatingly good advice), Kwan Li is telling her own story, one that sweeps us into the splendour, squalour, and violence of Manchu China.
And out of the friction between her narrators, Amy Tan creates a work that illuminates both the present and the past sweetly, sadly, hilariously, with searing and vivid prose.
Rs. 640/= Available at Sarasavi Bookshop Nugegoda
Headhunters
By Jo Nesbo
Crime & Mystery/ Fiction
Roger Brown has it all: clever and wealthy, he's at the very top of his game. And if his job as a headhunter ever gets dull, he has his sideline as an art thief to keep him busy. At a gallery opening, his wife introduces him to Clas Greve.
Not only is Greve the perfect candidate for a position that Brown is recruiting for; he is also in possession of one of the most sought-after paintings in modern art history.
Roger sees his chance to become rich beyond his wildest dreams, and starts planning his biggest theft ever. But soon, he runs into trouble - and it's not long before the hunter becomes the hunted...
Rs. 750/= Available at Sarasavi Bookshop Nugegoda
Guinness World Records 2013
Nonfiction
Guinness World Records 2013 is crammed with new and updated records, and never-before-seen photography. This is the ultimate book to settle all arguments on records and current record details of those who want to break world records.
Entries from Sri Lanka include the biggest partnership in cricket between Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene , the biggest score in test history in an innings and Muralidaran's unique bowling records in one day and also test cricket.
Meet the new shortest living man and a slam-dunking parrot, and witness the fiercest predators in the ocean - you can see them in 3D with our new augmented reality app!
Rs 4030/= Available at Vijitha Yapa Bookshop
Father of Modern Missions
WILLIAM CAREY
Spiritual
Born in England in 1761, Carey sailed for India shortly after his ordination as a Baptist minister. Carey’s harvest would be great, indeed almost unthinkable by today’s standards.
For not only was William Carey winning souls for Jesus — “baptizing them in the name of the Father , and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” — he was keenly involved in improving the quality of life for millions, “teaching them to observe all things...”
William Carey, in his own words, not only expected great things from God, he attempted great things for His Lord and Savior.
Rs 395/= Available at Pragna Publishers (Gte) Ltd, No 5 P.T De Silva Mw, Dehiwala. Tel-O777008997- 2712631
Rich Dad’s Prophecy
By Robert T. Kiyosaki
Economy
Rich Dad's Prophecy answers the question on every working person's mind: "Will I ever be able to retire?"
Be forewarned. With the recent volatility of the stock market and the upheavals in corporate America, millions of workers are watching their life savings melt away in front of their eyes. 401(k) plans are no longer a guaranteed fast track to a secure retirement, but what are the alternatives?
Robert Kiyosaki's rich dad foresaw these unfortunate events more than two decades ago. His prophecy was that these retirement programmes would cause one of the biggest stock market crashes in history...a crash that is still coming. Rich Dad's Prophecy will show you how retirement financing will affect all of us, regardless of our age or where we live. Be prepared.
This book will do more than convince you of the coming stock market crash. It will show you how to build your own personal financial ark that will make sure you not only weather the storm but profit from it. And profit well.
Rs.2,400/- Available at www.books.lk
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