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Sacred Games
Author: Vikram Chandra
Price: 699
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Sacred Games is a story of exceptional richness and power. Vikram Chandra draws the reader deep into the life of Inspector Sartaj Singh, and also in the criminal world of Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India. Sacred Games is a sprawling and magnificent story of friendship, betrayal and violence in a modern city. Drawing on the best of Victorian fiction, mystery novels, Bollywood movies and Chandra'''s years of first-hand research on the streets of Mumbai, Sacred Games reads like a pot boiling page-turner but resonates with the intelligence and emotional depth of the best of literature..
The Racketeer
Author: John Grisham
Price: 315
Publisher: Hachette India
When Judge Raymond Fogletree does not show up for a trial on Monday morning, his law clerks in a fit of panic and anxiety call the FBI, who subsequently finds the Judge dead in the small basement of a lakeside cabin he had built himself and frequently used on weekends. However, on further investigation of the crime scene all that the FBI can lay hand upon were two dead bodies - Judge Fogletree and his young secretary. “I did not know Judge Fogletree, but I know who killed him, and why. I am a lawyer, and I am in prison. It's a long story,” go, get it.
Dongri To Dubai: Six Decades of The Mumbai Mafia
Author : S Hussain Zaidi
Price: 280
Publisher: Roli Books
Dongri to Dubai is the first ever attempt to chronicle the history of the rise of Mumbai mafia Dawood Ibrahim. It is also the story of gangsters like Haji Mastan, Karim Lala, Varadarajan Mudaliar, Chhota Rajan and Abu Salem. The narrative encompasses several milestones in the history of crime in India, from the rise of the Pathans, formation of the Dawood gang, the first ever supari, mafia's nefarious role in Bollywood, Dawood's move to Karachi, and Pakistan's subsequent alleged role in sheltering one of the most wanted man in the world.
Jugaad Innovation: A frugal and flexible approach to innovation for the 21st century
Author : Navi Radjou
Price: 414
Publisher : Random House India
Leading companies such as Facebook and Google, are already practicing jugaad to generate original ideas and pioneer growth. In the midst of rising global competition and swelling RXamp;D budgets, Jugaad Innovation presents ways to innovate, be flexible and do more with less. Peppered with examples of innovative entrepreneurs in emerging markets such as Africa, India, China, and Brazil, Jugaad Innovation illuminates paths to engender breakthrough growth in a complex and resource-scarce world.
It Started With a Friend Request
Author: Sudeep Nagarkar
Price: 125
Publisher: Random House
Akash is young, single, and conservative with a preference for girls with brains than in miniskirts. One day, he bumps into free-spirited Aleesha at a local discotheque. A mass media student, Aleesha is a pampered brat, the only child of her parents who dote on her. This brief meeting leads them to exchange their BlackBerry pins and they begin chatting regularly. As BlackBerry plays cupid, they fall in love. When they hit a rough patch in their life, Aditya, Akash's close pal, guides them through it. But just when they are about to take their relationship to the next level, a sudden misfortune strikes. Can Aditya bring Akash's derailed life back on track? It Started with a Friend Request is a true story which will make you believe in love.
Theodore Boone: The Activist
Author: John Grisham
Price :207
Publisher: Hachette India
Though he's only thirteen, Theodore Boone is a kid lawyer who has spent more time in the courtroom than almost anywhere else, and there's always a new adventure waiting. After having been falsely accused of vandalism and theft, Theo is happy to finally be out and once more dispensing legal advice to friends and community members, when an exciting new case demands his urgent attention.
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