penguin random house india pvt ltd jan 2014 (14 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Join Rinki and the wolf pack in the most exciting year of their lives She has dreamed of it, longed for it, cried for it. And now Rinki Tripathi is finally eighteen! But, as she realizes, being eighteen comes with its own set of troubles: parental expectations (they seem to be obsessed with the 'F' word: Future), romantic complications (in the form of the so-gorgeousit-isn't-fair Tejas), professional tribulations (don't even ask). Rinki can't understand why her male friends prefer her female friends to her. Her college teachers can't understand why her attendance is so poor. And her parents, poor folks, don't understand her at all! Rinki has hit the magic number, but her life is far from magical. Will the eighteenth year of her life make her feel any wiser Read the last instalment in the Rinki series and find out.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A breezy novel with snappy dialogue and mercurial twists of plot' ---Bapsi Sidhwa All Mrinalini Singh wants, she has. A loving husband, a competent cook, the vague hope of a book deal one day. But when her old roommate Jahanara accuses her of being selfish, Mrinalini is forced to practise altruism on the nearest available target: her maid's toddler. All this caring doesn't come easy, though; and it hardly helps that her husband Siddhartha has quit his lucrative job and acquired parental ambitions. Or that Brajeshwar Jha, her upstairs tenant and literary rival, has not only published his book before Mrinalini, but also lampooned her and Siddhartha in it.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The humorous escapades of Narayan Gangopadhyay's immortal character and his ragtag bunch of friends, now in English The leader of a gang of four, Tenida is a brash, loud-mouthed fellow with a large heart and a gargantuan appetite. Along with the quick-witted Kyabla, the Bangladeshi-accented Habul and the cowardly Pela, Tenida falls headlong into one misadventure after the other, that is, when he is not telling tall tales of his own heroism. Full of wit and old-world charm, The Best of Tenida is dotted with vignettes of life in yesteryear Calcutta. Featuring five of Narayan Gangopadhyay's best-known short stories and his timeless novella Charmurti, this English translation introduces one of the most beloved figures in Bengali children's literature to a wider audience.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Angie Kulkarni is totally NUTS about fashion and loves putting together zany outlandish outfits! But life isn't easy when your mother, Bollywood superstar Kajol Kulkarni, constantly doubts your style and thinks you're a complete fashion disaster!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - You didn't think it was going to be easy, did you To move on To break up To find someone else . . . Molested in a nightclub, Aastha is left shaken and reeling. Thankfully, her best friend, Sameer, is a source of constant support, but he's already in a rocky long-distance relationship with Karuna. Their friends Padmini and Rahul love each other, yet forever seem to be on the verge of breaking up. And as life takes its own course, each of them begins to grapple with their own issues. Where and with whom will they end up And where will their relationships finally take them Simply Complicated is a glimpse of life as it is-with a few good laughs and dozens of knotty problems.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'I worry how badly my own men are involved, how much we are being used. Above all, I would like to know who's behind this and how high his stakes are.' When a young girl falls to her death from the Mission Row Police Housing Complex, home to DSP Bikram Chatterjee, Crime Branch goes into a tizzy. Who is she Is it murder or suicide And, most importantly, how did she manage to climb up to the roof without being noticed As DSP Bikram grapples with death in his own backyard, elsewhere in the city two young criminals explore a new modus operandi, while there is a sudden spurt in wildlife poaching and the theft of antiques. The deeper he investigates, the more questions he is confronted with. Are all these crimes connected This time DSP Bikram has more on his hands than he can handle because it's not just the crime-he wants to sort out his personal life as well. The third and final book in the series, The Final Report is an engrossing read.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A timeless selection of writings from India's best-loved author.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The story of India's most exciting junior cricket league When twelve-year-old Neel goes to Ranchi for the summer vacation, he meets Sachin, a local boy who has an amazing new bowling action. Over weeks of practising with each other, Neel realizes that Sachin could be the next Sunil Narine or Muralitharan. Once the vacation is over, Neel returns to Delhi and forgets about Sachin in the excitement of preparing for a place in the Junior Devils, the Delhi team of the first-ever Junior Premier League tournament. But by a quirk of fate, Sachin moves to his uncle's home in Delhi when his father is transferred out of Ranchi. He finally gets his chance to join Neel in the Junior Devils. What follows is a roller coaster of hope, fear, excitement and disappointment that is the lot of every cricketer. It's not easy being a JPL star. But for Sachin, Neel and their friends, the journey's just about to begin.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - All future is defined by the past. And therefore, the end is only the beginning . . . After burying the vicious Kalingan warrior, Akash, Tara and Zubin are continuing their lives as before, hiding the fact that they are a part of King Ashoka's exalted NINE; hiding even, that each of them has powers that are to be used for the benefit of mankind, when needed. Except, things are not as quiet as they seem to be! The Kalingan warrior has risen once again--angrier and more vengeful. And this time he knows each one of them. If they don't destroy him now, they will be hunted down and the world will be battling its worst, most terrifying chemical warfare yet. This second book in the NINE trilogy will change the way you look at time and space.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Rusty is a quiet, imaginative and sensitive boy who lives with his grandparents in pre-Independence Dehra Dun. Though he is not the adventurous himself, the strangest and most extraordinary things keep happening around him.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - To achieve what you want to, to do what you truly believe in, you've got to be unreasonable! How many of us dream about changing the world when we grow up How many of us actually have the courage to take the path less trodden The Unreasonable Fellows chronicles the journeys of ten social and environmental entrepreneurs who, with their go-getting attitude and passionate ventures, are doing their bit to make the world a better place. It is an inspiring account of how, despite the initial setbacks, these fiery men and women refused to give up. Instead, they learnt from each of their failures and turned it into success. This book teaches you to do the same and to never ever give up!

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Sandeep and his younger brother, Manish, are not looking forward to spending three months in the remote, Internet-challenged hill station of Pahadpur, especially under the eagle eye of their military-minded great aunt. Apart from taking care of their kid sister, Chubs, who has a tendency to wander off on her own, the boys have absolutely nothing to do in the holidays. But there is more to Pahadpur than meets the eye. Sandeep and Manish discover that the neighbours next door, at Falcon Heights, are shunned and called 'lepers' by all the townsfolk. Who is the sullen, mysterious girl who lives there and flies a falcon every morning Why do perfectly respectable citizens get up and leave, muttering darkly, every time she enters a shop or cafe As Sandeep unravels the mystery, two terrible but seemingly plausible stories emerge, only one of which can be true.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Wonderfully well researched . . . engrossing, enlightening' The Hindu The Delhi Sultanate period (1206-1526) is commonly portrayed as an age of chaos and violence-of plundering kings, turbulent dynasties, and the aggressive imposition of Islam on India. But it was also the era that saw the creation of a pan-Indian empire, on the foundations of which the Mughals and the British later built their own Indian empires. The encounter between Islam and Hinduism also transformed, among other things, India's architecture, literature, music and food. Abraham Eraly brings this fascinating period vividly alive, combining erudition with powerful storytelling, and analysis with anecdote.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Includes English traslation of selected verses from four Vedas.