This is a travelogue that offers a quiet yet thought-provoking reflection on nationhood. Through stories large and small, this book shows Americans their country, refracted through the eyes of an Indian who is critical but not intolerant, understanding but not starry-eyed. D'Souza travels American roads, discovering old cultures and new concerns in one of the most revered and reviled nations in the world today.

Targeted at the travel enthusiasts who want to explore the hidden treasures of Maharashtra, the author goes where no conventional guidebooks have gone before. Beautifully illustrated with fact files, photographs & sketches, places where you can get away from commercialized tourist centers and noisy crowds, the book can be used as a handbook for tourists and will also appeal to historians, archaeologists and academicians.

Forced out of the Los Angeles Times amid the latest budget cuts, newspaperman Jack McEvoy decides to go out with a bang, using his final days at the paper to write the definitive murder story of his career. He focuses on Winslow a 16-year-old drug dealer in jail after confessing to a brutal murder. But as he delves into the story, Jack realizes that Winslow's so-called confession is bogus. Jack is soon tracking a killer who operates completely below police radar--and with perfect knowledge of any move against him.

Rome, 63 BC. In a city on the brink of acquiring a vast empire, seven men are struggling for power. The stories of these real historical figures - their alliances and betrayals, their cruelties and seductions, their brilliance and their crimes - are all interleaved to form this epic novel. From the discovery of a child's mutilated body, through judicial execution and a scandalous trial, to the brutal unleashing of the Roman mob, "Lustrum" is a study in the timeless enticements and horrors of power.

A breakthrough solution is exposed when some unexpected events force Caroline and Paul, a married couple working for their family's retail business, to make a few small changes in the way things are done. A solution that propels the family's regional chain of stores into a very profitable, rapidly growing, international enterprise.

Sudha Murty’s new, enchanting collection of stories bubbles over with fun. Delightful colour illustrations bring to life tales of magical creatures, princesses and kings, ordinary witty men and women in a book that will bring hours of joy to readers young and old.

This beautifully illustrated book takes a journey through the majestic subcontinent of India, exploring people, places & wildlife in greatly contrasting  habitats, through a stunning combination of words & pictures.

In an epilogue provided for his incomparable study of Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), Donald Richie reflects on Kurosawa's life work of thirty feature films and describes his last, unfinished project, a film set in the Edo period to be called The Ocean Was Watching.