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Can you Crack This Code?

Can you Crack This Code?

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CRACK THE CODE: Maths Mysteries for All Ages is packed with clever conundrums and ciphers for anyone interested in critical thinking, logical reasoning and mathematics, of course. Whether you are 11 or 41, you're going to love solving the 25 mysteries in this book that combine simple cryptology and arithmetic with some quick, out-of-the-box thinking. Use these innovative puzzle-based activities and stories to build problem-solving skills, remember maths concepts and practise mental maths in a way that's effective and, most importantly, interesting.Mathematics just became more fun!…

Quichotte by Salman Rushdie

Quichotte by Salman Rushdie

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In a tour-de-force that is both an homage to an immortal work of literature and a modern masterpiece about the quest for love and family, Booker Prize-winning, internationally bestselling author Salman Rushdie has created a dazzling Don Quixote for the modern age with Quichotte.…

The Absolutely True Adventures of Daydreamer Dev

The Absolutely True Adventures of Daydreamer Dev

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Sitting in class or watching clouds from the roof of Kwality Carpets, Dev's flights of fancy land him in challenging environments all over the globe. He brings home notes from his teacher so regularly that Amma only rolls her eyes as she fishes them from his satchel. Baba says that if there were medals for daydreaming, Dev would be an All-India Champion-maybe even an Olympic hero.These action-packed stories transport the reader to three iconic locations, each one testing Dev's survival skills while teaching him to respect environments and cultures that seem alien to him.Follow Dev as he accompanies the ghost of a Sherpa woman on a quest to conquer Mount Everest.Ride with Dev as he traces the Amazon River, which proves much more difficult than going with the flow!Join Dev and his pal OP as they set out from Timbuktu to cross the Sahara on malodorous camels.For Dev and his colourful imagination, it's Access All Areas and No Holds Barred.…

Mrs Escobar

Mrs Escobar

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The closest you'll ever get to the most infamous drug kingpin in modern history, told by the person who stood by his side the story of Pablo Escobar, one of the wealthiest, powerful and violent criminals of all time has fascinated the world. Yet the one person closest to him has never spoken out - until now. Maria Victoria henao met Pablo when she was 13, eloped with him at 15 and despite his numerous infidelities and violence, stayed by his side for the following 16 years until his death. At the same time, she urged him to make peace with his enemies and managed to negotiate her and her children's freedom after Pablo's demise. On the 25th anniversary of Pablo's death, the most intriguing character in the Escobar narrative is ready to share her story and reveal the real man behind the legend.…

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

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WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, is a modern classic. Now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel.…

Dawn: The Warrior Princess of Kashmir

Dawn: The Warrior Princess of Kashmir

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It is AD 3000. Hiding from the world in a cave in Mount Kailash, Dawn encounters two strange beings on her sixteenth birthday. They urge the long-lost princess of Kashmir to fulfil the prophecy of fighting the Troika. This nefarious trinity-the merciless leader Arman, the AI war machine AIman and their supreme, omniscient overlord Dushita-is a vicious manipulator of stories, minds and histories. With an army of weaponized AIs and mind-controlled automatons based in Kashmir, they rule over a deadly world where men have lost their souls and women have been slain-all heading to Sarvanash, the Great Apocalypse.A sci-fi saga that reveals eternal truths as it traverses the terrains of the Kashmir Valley-the birthplace of the greatest stories ever.…

Wish I Could Tell You (CONTEST ENDED)

Wish I Could Tell You (CONTEST ENDED)

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Tell Us What Happens Next! Winners stand a chance to Meet and Greet Durjoy Datta (For Delhi/NCR residents only) and also, get a signed copy of the book Wish I could Tell You by Durjoy Datta.***Can you find yourself after you have lost that special someone?A disillusioned and heartbroken Anusha finds herself in the small world of WeDonate.com. Struggling to cope with her feelings and the job of raising money for charity, she reluctantly searches for a worthwhile cause to support.For Ananth, who has been on the opposite side, no life is less worthy, no cause too small to support.Behind them are teams for whom going to extraordinary lengths to save lives is more than a full-time occupation. In front of them is the virtual world of social media-watching, interacting, judging, making choices, and sometimes, saving lives.From the virtual to the real, their lives and that of their families, entangle in a way that moving together is the only solution. They can't escape each other.In this world of complicated relationships, should love be such a difficult ride?…

Digital AMA Writing Contest -  Rheea Mukherjee ( Contest Ended )

Digital AMA Writing Contest - Rheea Mukherjee ( Contest Ended )

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Read the Excerpt from Rheea Mukherjee's book - The Body Myth and below and and tell us what happens next by writing your own chapter under 500 words.Penguin will pick the top 10 entries. The top 3 entries will receive a direct feedback from the Penguin editors and will also be featured on Social Media by Wattpad. All top 10 entries will receive a physical copy of the book.…

Digital AMA Writing Contest -  Roshan Ali ( Contest Ended )

Digital AMA Writing Contest - Roshan Ali ( Contest Ended )

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Read the Excerpt from Roshan Ali's book - Ib's Endless Search for Satisfaction below and and tell us what happens next by writing your own chapter under 500 words.Penguin will pick the top 10 entries. The top 3 entries will receive a direct feedback from the Penguin editors and will also be featured on Social Media by Wattpad. All top 10 entries will receive a physical copy of the book.…

Sacred Games Writing Contest (Contest ended)

Sacred Games Writing Contest (Contest ended)

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Did you binge through both seasons of Sacred Games? Or still waiting on it? Either way, we want to hear your version of how Sacred Games ends! The winners stand a chance to win a copy of special edition of Sacred Games!…

The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson (Contest Ended)

The President is Missing by Bill Clinton and James Patterson (Contest Ended)

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The President is Missing. The world is in shock.But the reason he's missing is much worse than anyone can imagine. With details only a President could know, and the kind of suspense only James Patterson can deliver.…

A Promised Land by Khadija Mastur

A Promised Land by Khadija Mastur

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In the wake of the Partition, a new country is born. As millions of refugees pour into Pakistan, swept up in a welter of chaos and deprivation, Sajidah and her father find their way to the Walton refugee camp, uncertain of their future in what is to become their new home.Sajidah longs to be reunited with her beloved Salahuddin, but her journey out of the camp takes an altogether unforeseen route. Drawn into the lives of another family-refugees like herself-she is wary of its men, particularly Nazim, the eldest son whose gaze lingers over her. But it is the women of the household whose lives and choices will transform her the most: the passionately beseeching Saleema, her domineering mother Khala Bi, the kind but forlorn Amma Bi, and the feisty young housemaid Taji.With subtlety and insight, Khadija Mastur conjures a dynamic portrait of spirited women whose lives are wrought by tragedy and trial even as they cling defiantly to the promise of a better future.…

Cari Mora by Thomas Harris

Cari Mora by Thomas Harris

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Twenty-five million dollars in cartel gold lies hidden beneath a mansion on the Miami Beach waterfront. Ruthless men have tracked it for years. Leading the pack is Hans-Peter Schneider. Driven by unspeakable appetites, he makes a living fleshing out the violent fantasies of other, richer men.Cari Mora, caretaker of the house, has escaped from the violence in her native country. She stays in Miami on a wobbly Temporary Protected Status, subject to the iron whim of ICE. She works at many jobs to survive. Beautiful, marked by war, Cari catches the eye of Hans-Peter as he closes in on the treasure. But Cari Mora has surprising skills, and her will to survive has been tested before.Monsters lurk in the crevices between male desire and female survival. No other writer in the last century has conjured those monsters with more terrifying brilliance than Thomas Harris. Cari Mora, his sixth novel, is the long-awaited return of an American master.…

Excerpt: Queens of Crime

Excerpt: Queens of Crime

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Dysfunctional families, sexual abuse, sheer greed and sometimes just a skewed moral compass. These are some of the triggers that drove the women captured in these pages to become lawbreakers. Queens of Crime demonstrates a haunting criminal power that most people do not associate women with. The acts of depravity described in this book will jolt you to the core, ensuring you have sleepless nights for months.Based on painstaking research, these are raw, violent and seemingly unbelievable but true rendition of India's women criminals…

Excerpt: Plastic Emotions

Excerpt: Plastic Emotions

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Plastic Emotions is inspired by the life of Minnette de Silva-a forgotten feminist icon and one of the most important figures of twentieth-century architecture. Moving between London, Chandigarh, Colombo, Paris and Kandy, the book by Shiromi Pinto explores the life of a young, trailblazing South Asian woman at a time of great turbulence across the globe.…

Excerpt: Target by James Patterson

Excerpt: Target by James Patterson

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From the author of Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller The President is Missing.TARGET: HEAD OF STATEAlex Cross and his family join men and women from across the nation lining the streets of Washington, DC to mourn the unexpected death of the President.TARGET: UNITED STATES CABINETWith the country still in shock, the assassination of a prominent Senator strikes another devastating blow to the heart of the nation's capital. As Chief of Detectives, Alex's wife Bree Stone faces an ultimatum: solve the case, or lose her job.TARGET: ALEX CROSSThe new President calls on Cross to lead an unparalleled FBI investigation to help capture America's most wanted criminal. But what follows will plunge the country into chaos, and draw Cross into the most important case of his life.…

Excerpt: The Flyaway Boy

Excerpt: The Flyaway Boy

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Kabir doesn't fit in. Not in the wintry hill town he lives in, and not in his school, where the lines are always straight. Backed into a corner with no way out, Kabir vanishes.With every adult's nightmare now coming true, finding this flyaway boy will mean understanding who he really is. Or is it too late?Spirited and powerfully imaginative, Flyaway Boy is a story about embracing everything that makes you uniquely you.…

Excerpt from 'The Bride Test' by Helen Hoang

Excerpt from 'The Bride Test' by Helen Hoang

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Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions-like grief. And love. He thinks he's defective. His family knows better-that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly avoids relationships, his mother takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect bride.As a mixed-race girl living in the slums of Ho Chi Minh City, Esme Tran has always felt out of place. When the opportunity arises to come to America and meet a potential husband, she can't turn it down, thinking this could be the break her family needs. Seducing Khai, however, doesn't go as planned. Esme's lessons in love seem to be working...but only on herself. She's hopelessly smitten with a man who's convinced he can never return her affection.With Esme's time in the United States dwindling, Khai is forced to understand he's been wrong all along. And there's more than one way to love.…

The Children Of Destruction

The Children Of Destruction

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We used to live in a world of magic . . .For Alice, life as a teenager is hard enough without turning into a supernatural herald of destruction. And you would think that after causing minor hurricanes with a major sneeze, being visited by a talking fox and ending up on a journey with death around every corner, things can't get much worse.Wrong.They can.Between a blind and telekinetic mass murderer, a girl bound to a shadow-demon and a genetically engineered pseudo messiah, a whole generation of weird is ready to come of age. And when it does, the world will change.If it survives that long.…

Excerpt: The Bridge Home

Excerpt: The Bridge Home

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Four determined homeless children make a life for themselves in Padma Venkatraman's stirring middle-grade debut. Life is harsh in Chennai's teeming streets, so when runaway sisters Viji and Rukku arrive, their prospects look grim. Very quickly, eleven-year-old Viji discovers how vulnerable they are in this uncaring, dangerous world. Fortunately, the girls find shelter-and friendship-on an abandoned bridge. With two homeless boys, Muthi and Arul, the group forms a family of sorts. And while making a living scavenging the city's trash heaps is the pits, the kids find plenty to laugh about and take pride in too. After all, they are now the bosses of themselves and no longer dependent on untrustworthy adults. But when illness strikes, Viji must decide whether to risk seeking help from strangers or to keep holding on to their fragile, hard-fought freedom.…