The book is about hope and maybe the understanding that at the end of the day it is all about what it is to be human - in times of war and peace. ...
05:32 PM, Dec 13, 2012
The book cleverly tells the tale of a chimpanzee who was once a superstar in the industry and his journey from becoming a superstar to his downfall and what redeems him at the end of it all. ...
07:23 PM, Nov 27, 2012
A darkly lyrical and slyly ambiguous account of love, loss and fury. When Gautam Dogra is found murdered in his study one afternoon in the small hill station of Brooks Town, the police dismiss it as a relatively simple case. But Charlotte Hyde knows well that a murder never happens in a day ? It follows its own timeline. As Kerketta, Charlotte's old retainer, always said, a murder is written...
03:29 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Author JK Rowling's 'The Casual Vacancy' published by Hachette sets a new record for sales for an adult hardback in India. Rowling already holds the record for children's books with her Harry Potter series. The Casual Vacancy is the first ever high-security book to be printed locally in India. In India the book was released under high security at 2:30 pm. There is an Indian character, Parminder Jawanda, in Rowling's...
03:47 PM, Sep 27, 2012
Do you believe in love at first sight? And does love at first sight happens because of collective circumstances that lead to it? 'The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight' is a book as the title says, quite what it is - love and the chances of it at first sight. When Hadley misses her flight to London by four minutes, she never expects to meet Oliver - someone...
01:51 PM, May 22, 2012
Have you ever wondered what would it be like if your mother disappeared one fine day? What would you go through if you were unable to locate her? What would you go through knowing that your mother has disappeared for good? 'Please Look after Mother' by Kyung-Sook Shin is about a mothers disappearance and written with great empathy and emotion. The mother has disappeared in a crowded Seoul subway station,...
01:55 PM, Apr 18, 2012
New Delhi: Hachette UK announced today that it has acquired worldwide rights in the wholly-owned Enid Blyton estate, excluding Noddy, from Chorion for the Hodder Children's imprint of its Hachette Children's Books business. Enid Blyton has an extensive publishing portfolio with 800 titles translated into 40 languages. Till date over 500 million copies of Enid Blyton books have been sold, outselling any other children's author. Blyton's sales continue to flourish...
12:54 PM, Mar 27, 2012
Roopa Farooki's new book is unlike anything else I have read by her earlier. Even the writing for that matter is different from her other books. 'The Flying Man' is about a man's life, lived through cities and countries and in various disguises, from where the title comes about. 'The Flying Man' did take me some time to get into, as it didn't start with the aplomb I thought it...
12:40 PM, Mar 10, 2012
Art imitates life and vice-versa they say. This could not be more true in the case of Hachette India's new release, 'Artist, Undone' by V Sanjay Kumar. I have never been able to understand art. I appreciate it a lot though. I can also distinguish between an MF Husain and a Bhupen Khakhar which I cannot say for most people, who claim to love art. Nonetheless, since this is a...
04:10 PM, Feb 21, 2012
Imagine this: 1656 Delhi. Muzaffar Jang - an aristocrat with friends in low places. He has just finished solving a case that involved two Englishmen and the Imperial Exchequer. All he wants to do is take it easy and here come more cases waiting for him to be solved. Muzaffar Jang also happens to be a detective - a part-time one but a detective nonetheless. The series of mysteries in...
12:53 PM, Feb 01, 2012
Im Feeling Lucky is a memoir by one of Googles early employees. Edwards was one of the few non-geeks in Googles early years. He worked in marketing, and was, in fact, the one responsible for much of the search engines tone in its interface with users. Its hard to remember a time when Google wasnt ubiquitous, but, as the book shows, it took some time to get there, and the...
01:08 PM, Jan 16, 2012
When Indira was born on Nov 19, 1917, the Scottish doctor who was attending to Kamla Nehru announced to Jawaharlal Nehru: "It is a bonny lassie, Sir!" The womenfolk around Jawaharlal's mother, Swaroop Rani, pulled long faces in sympathy. This irritated his father, Motilal, prompting him to chide his wife: "You must not say such a thing. Have we made a distinction between our son and two daughters in their...
12:43 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Los Angeles: A photo book showing pop star Lady GaGa's life on the road and in the recording studio will be released this year, the book's publisher said on Thursday. The photo book, titled 'Lady Gaga,' will feature more than 350 pictures of the Grammy Award-winning singer taken by Terry Richardson between the Lollapalooza festival in August 2010 and the final shows of her "Monster Ball" tour this year, according...
12:48 PM, Jul 29, 2011
