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From Ouch to Oops
by Ramg Vallath
Genres: Nonfiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.10

RamG Vallath has everything going for him. He has studied at IIT, seen 200 per cent jumps in his salary and become one of the youngest chief operating officers of a telecom company in India. When he steps into the role of a director at a major international computer hardware firm, he thinks life is set. But life is soon about to come crashing down on him. He is diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder that weakens his muscles. Mundane tasks like buttoning up his shirt, climbing down steps and typing on a keyboard become excruciatingly difficult. To make things worse, he loses his job at a time when his annual hospitalization bill has steadily climbed to Rs 20 lakh. But even as the chips are down and hope starts to fade, RamG decides not to give up. He becomes the cheerleader at home and outside, spreading positivity wherever he goes and choosing to meet his fate with a brave face. From Ouch to Oops is the inspirational true story of RamG's life and holds lessons not just for people with disabilities but anyone with a mental demon. It will teach you grit and courage, make you laugh, and show how when the going gets tough, the tough get humorous. You will put it down knowing that RamG is the most positive person you have ever met.
The Hellbound Heart
by Clive Barker
Genres: Horror, Fiction, Fantasy, Novella, Paranormal, Supernatural, Classics
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.07

In a quiet house on a quiet street Frank and Julia are having an affair. Not your ordinary affair. For Frank it began with his own insatiable sexual appetite, a mysterious lacquered box- and then an unhinged voyage through a netherworld of imaginable pleasures and unimaginable horror… Now Frank - or what is left of Frank - waits in an empty room. All he wants is to live as he was before. All Julia can do is bring him her unfulfilled passions… and a little flesh and blood…
Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's Geography
by Sanjeev Sanyal
Genres: History, India, Nonfiction, Geography, Indian Literature, Asia, Ancient History
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.02

Did the Great Flood of Indian legend actually happen? Why did the Buddha walk to Sarnath to give his first sermon? How did the Europeans map India?The history of any country begins with its geography. With sparkling wit and intelligence, Sanjeev Sanyal sets off to explore India and look at how the country’s history was shaped by, among other things, its rivers, mountains and cities. Traversing remote mountain passes, visiting ancient archaeological sites, crossing rivers in shaky boats and immersing himself in old records and manuscripts, he considers questions about Indian history that we rarely ask: Why do Indians call their country Bharat? How did the British build the railways across the subcontinent? What was it like to sail on an Indian Ocean merchant ship in the fifth century AD? Why was the world's highest mountain named after George Everest?
Deferred Consumption (Consumption #1)
by Shana James
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.88

A wealthy Russian psycho with revenge on his mind, a ruthless banker with daddy issues and a naïve, Texas oilman make Deferred Consumption a story you won’t soon forget.Twenty-eight year old investment banker, Heather, finds herself in the middle of the Russian’s evil plot to destroy the United States as the son of a banking giant gives him cover. This, as she tries to maintain her relationship with her tennis star fiancé.Love, lust, lies, intimidation and heartache abound as Heather faces the toughest decisions of her life!
White Star
by Lisa Terry
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.33

When Keira moves in with her sick grandfather, she's faced with the fact that death doesn't just take the sick. And sometimes people cheat it.
The Starving Heart  (Darkeye, #3)
by Lydia West
Genres: Science Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.26

In order to protect the child Tareq from murderous painted dogs, Mhumhi and his sister Kutta have fled Wild Dog City for the endless desert. They are searching for the so-called forbidden place- a building where all the remaining human secrets are locked away. The answers to everything that happened to make Wild Dog City what it is.But they are being pursued, and no place is a safe haven for very long.Between their pursuers and the hopeless quest of keeping Tareq alive, Mhumhi begins to feel his spirit finally breaking. When a new group comes upon the scene- the gray pack, a clan of coyotes and jackals that believe that all species should be united- Mhumhi finds his new bitterness clashing with their ideals. And then someone unexpected asks for his aid: Hlolwa, the leader of the painted dogs, who is carrying her own terrible secret.Torn between his loyalty to his family and his new fascination with Hlolwa, Mhumhi realizes that he will again have to make a difficult choice. For he now knows that there are some barriers even the greatest powers cannot overcome...Includes an extended preview of the upcoming prequel to the Darkeye series!
Christianity Made Simple: A Regular Parent’s Guide to Making Sense of Christianity, Answering the Hard Questions, and Building Lasting Values in the Modern World
by Matthew Fortunato
Average rating on Goodreads: 5.00

Author's description: A commonsense explanation of Christianity, including the hard questions, for normal parents and others who find church teachings weird or unhelpful. The book sets out three simple principles that can be used to make sense of prayer, grace, salvation, sin, etc., and then applies these principles in suggesting ways to deal with the problems and temptations we all face in our lives. It is designed to help in raising children who will feel confident in their values, stand by their convictions, and be successful spouses and human beings.
Give It Back
by Danielle Esplin
Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Suspense, Crime
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.80

This novel follows three characters: Lorraine, Lexy, and Ella.Lorraine:Not long ago, Lorraine lost her husband to another woman. She thought that was the worst thing that could happen to her, but soon she realizes it’s just the beginning of an everlasting nightmare. Lexy:Lexy, an au pair from London, moves to Seattle to help Lorraine with her infant son. But she didn’t come for the child…she came for something else. Ella:When Ella receives a call from her sister, Lorraine, who begs her to leave San Diego to spend time with her, she decides to take a few days off from work to visit her. Frightened to see how much Lorraine has weakened since her diagnosis eight months ago, she packs a bag and heads to Seattle with a foreboding feeling that this might be the last time she sees Lorraine. But on her way to the airport, she learns that something shocking has happened since she last spoke with Lorraine and now. To make matters worse, once Ella arrives in Seattle, Lorraine’s story keeps changing, making Ella question how reliable her sister really is. Soon Ella is entangled in a mysterious investigation, and more so, in the lives of everyone involved. She realizes not only that she won’t go home anytime soon but also that she’ll never look at others the same way she did before.
Hiding Haelo (Candeon Heirs, #1)
by T.M. Holladay
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Adventure, Mermaids
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.34

Real mermaids don't have fins. Haelo Marley is not your typical mermaid. Summoning ocean currents at will and feeling the auras of those around her are Candeon capabilities completely wasted at high school. When the memory of an underwater battle surfaces in her dreams, Haelo realizes there is more to her story than she thought. And Dagger, the only other Candeon at school, might have the answers she needs. Haelo is about to discover that high school is poor preparation for the alarming future set out before her.
The Doors of Perception
by Aldous Huxley
Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Psychology, Classics, Essays, Spirituality, Audiobook
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.91

The Doors of Perception is a philosophical essay, released as a book, by Aldous Huxley. First published in 1954, it details his experiences when taking mescaline. The book takes the form of Huxley's recollection of a mescaline trip that took place over the course of an afternoon in May 1953. The book takes its title from a phrase in William Blake's 1793 poem 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'. Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, which range from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision". He also incorporates later reflections on the experience and its meaning for art and religion.
Mountains of Tibet, The
by Mordicai Gerstein
Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Death, Spirituality, Fiction, Cultural, Asia
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.43

‘This story of the death and reincarnation of a Tibetan woodcutter is a beautifully gentle look at one human being dealing with life’s choices and possibilities.’ —SLJ. ‘The impact of its peaceful message will reverberate long after the last page is read.’ —H. Outstanding Children's Books of 1987 (NYT)Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1987 (NYT)Notable 1987 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)1988 Choices (Association of Booksellers for Children)1987 The Year's Best Books (Publishers Weekly)1987 Children's Books (NY Public Library)
Collected Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Classics, Literature, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Philosophy
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.57

Jorge Luis Borges has been called the greatest Spanish-language writer of our century. Now for the first time in English, all of Borges' dazzling fictions are gathered into a single volume, brilliantly translated by Andrew Hurley. From his 1935 debut with The Universal History of Iniquity, through his immensely influential collections Ficciones and The Aleph, these enigmatic, elaborate, imaginative inventions display Borges' talent for turning fiction on its head by playing with form and genre and toying with language. Together these incomparable works comprise the perfect one-volume compendium for all those who have long loved Borges, and a superb introduction to the master's work for those who have yet to discover this singular genius.
ಆವರಣ [Aavarana]
by S.L. Bhyrappa
Genres: Fiction, India, Historical Fiction, Marathi, Indian Literature, Novels, Historical
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.44

Aavarana (Kannada: ಆವರಣ) is a 2007 Kannada novel by one of the eminent novelists S.L. Bhyrappa. Aavarana means enveloping or covering something. This novel deals with the historical period in Indian history when the Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb ruled most part of India. Aavarana was sold out even before its release in February 2007. The novel went on to create a record in the Indian literary world by witnessing 10 reprints within five months of its release. S.L.Bhyrappa says that 'Aavarana' is the result of his search for truth about history.
20th Century Ghosts
by Joe Hill
Genres: Horror, Short Stories, Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal, Ghosts, Supernatural
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.91

A collection of short stories.Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945.... Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town.... Francis is unhappy. Francis was human once, but that was then. Now he's an eight-foot-tall locust and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing....John Finney is locked in a basement that's stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. In the cellar with him is an antique telephone, long since disconnected, but which rings at night with calls from the dead....The past isn't dead. It isn't even past...
Indian Horse
by Richard Wagamese
Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Canada, Historical, Literary Fiction, Sports, School
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.43

Saul Indian Horse has hit bottom. His last binge almost killed him, and now he’s a reluctant resident in a treatment centre for alcoholics, surrounded by people he’s sure will never understand him. But Saul wants peace, and he grudgingly comes to see that he’ll find it only through telling his story. With him, readers embark on a journey back through the life he’s led as a northern Ojibway, with all its joys and sorrows.With compassion and insight, author Richard Wagamese traces through his fictional characters the decline of a culture and a cultural way. For Saul, taken forcibly from the land and his family when he’s sent to residential school, salvation comes for a while through his incredible gifts as a hockey player. But in the harsh realities of 1960s Canada, he battles obdurate racism and the spirit-destroying effects of cultural alienation and displacement. Indian Horse unfolds against the bleak loveliness of northern Ontario, all rock, marsh, bog and cedar. Wagamese writes with a spare beauty, penetrating the heart of a remarkable Ojibway man.
Colors of the Mountain
by Da Chen
Genres: China, Nonfiction, Memoir, Biography, Asia, History, Autobiography
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.98

Colors of the Mountain is a classic story of triumph over adversity, a memoir of a boyhood full of spunk, mischief, and love, and a welcome introduction to an amazing young writer.Da Chen was born in 1962, in the Year of Great Starvation. Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution engulfed millions of Chinese citizens, and the Red Guard enforced Mao's brutal communist regime. Chen’s family belonged to the despised landlord class, and his father and grandfather were routinely beaten and sent to labor camps, the family of eight left without a breadwinner. Despite this background of poverty and danger, and Da Chen grows up to be resilient, tough, and funny, learning how to defend himself and how to work toward his future. By the final pages, when his says his last goodbyes to his father and boards the bus to Beijing to attend college, Da Chen has become a hopeful man astonishing in his resilience and cheerful strength.
Corners: Voices on Change
by Amy Lou Jenkins
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.66

Every life journey traverses curves and corners. In Corners: Voices on Change, writers find a way through changes. Their literary essays offer honesty, comfort and humor. Tracing their stories helps us to process our own changing lives. Be inspired by thoughtful lives as the writers— - Deal with grief and loss- Reject antiquated patterns of prejudice and selfishness- Get fired- Engage in War- Experience disappointment in God- Find their voice- Say “no”- Navigate the ubiquitous anxiety of loving a recovering addict- Save themselves from disappearing into marriage or parenthood- Discover lynchpins in family and culture- Choose a new religion and choose to love within the backlash- Learn to love a Trump-voting spouse when it seems a betrayal- Recreate a great life when the body, brain, or life circumstance won’t return to the old normal- Accept responsibilities, truths, and realities- Celebrate differencesThese voices don’t prescribe a singular path to self-actualization. That would be a lie. We all face corners. We have to turn. We must make accommodations, or we get stuck clinging to beliefs and ways of life that can no longer sustain us. The beauty in these very human stories is laden with honesty, triumph, humor, resignation, comfort and insight. The cumulative effect of these personal stories is even greater than the sum of the parts. Readers experience the gallant pursuit of managing responses to change. Writers celebrate and lament the past, but don’t cling to it. They find a new normal. They strive. They accept.
چشم‌هایش
by Bozorg Alavi
Genres: Novels, Fiction, Literature, Iran, Romance, Classics, 20th Century
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.66

چشمهایش نام رمانی از بزرگ علوی است که برای نخستین بار در سال ۱۳۳۱ خورشیدی منتشر شد. بزرگ علوی در این رمان روش استعلام و استشهاد را به کار برده، بدین‌گونه که قطعات پراکندهٔ یک ماجرا را کنار هم گذاشته و از آن طرحی کلی آفریده است که برحدس و گمان تکیه دارد این شیوه بیشتر در ادبیات پلیسی معمول است. برخی معتقدند این رمان و شخصت استاد ماکان، با الهام از زندگانی کمال‌الملک نگاشته شده است و گروهی دیگر آن را شرح حالی از زندگی تقی ارانی می‌دانند.این کتاب از آثار معدود زبان فارسی است که در مرکز آن یک زن با تمام عواطف و ارتعاشات روانی و ذهنی قرار گرفته است.
The Divan
by Hafez
Genres: Poetry, Classics, Iran, Literature, Nonfiction, Spirituality, Islam
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.66

The Persian poet Hafez (1320-1389) is best known as a Sufi mystic who incorporated elements of Sufism into his verses. The state of God-Realisation is symbolised through union with a Beloved, and drinking the wine of spiritual love.This compact version of the Divan of Hafez is a facsimile illuminated manuscript, complete with beautiful Persian calligraphy and miniature illustrations. There are 43 ghazals, translated into English by classical scholar Gertrude Bell. It is a truly beautiful introduction not only to the works of this beloved Sufi mystic, but also to the artistry of Mahmoud Farshchian. It is like getting two books in one: poetry and art."Hafiz has no peer." — GoethePoetry is the greatest literary form of ancient Persia and modern Iran, and the fourteenth-century poet known as Hafiz is its preeminent master. Little is known about the poet's life, and there are more legends than facts relating to the particulars of his existence. This mythic quality is entirely appropriate for the man known as "The Interpreter of Mysteries" and "The Tongue of the Hidden," whose verse is regarded as oracular by those seeking guidance and attempting to realize wishes.A mere fraction of what is presumed to have been an extensive body of work survives. This collection is derived from Hafiz's Divan (collected poems), a classic of Sufism. The short poems, called ghazals, are sonnet-like arrangements of varied numbers of couplets. In the tradition of Persian poetry and Sufi philosophy, each poem corresponds to two interpretations, sensual and mystic.This outstanding translation of Hafiz's poetry was created by historian and Arabic scholar Gertrude Bell, who observed, "These are the utterances of a great poet, the imaginative interpreter of the heart of man; they are not of one age, or of another, but for all time."
Long Live Phoenixes
by Jasmine Farrell
Genres: Poetry
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.67

"Long Live Phoenixes" is Jasmine's third poetry collection. With the collection divided up into 9 laws (mantras), "Long Live Phoenixes" is a heavy reminder to never cease growing on the road of self discovery.“Ashes of pain, trauma and fear aren’t burial grounds for phoenixes—they are birthplaces.” - NJ Scribe
The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
by Will Durant
Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, History, Biography, Classics, Audiobook, Psychology
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.14

A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophers, from Plato to Dewey.Few write for the non-specialist as well as Will Durant, and this book is a splendid example of his eminently readable scholarship. Durant’s insight and wit never cease to dazzle; The Story of Philosophy is a key book for anyone who wishes to survey the history and development of philosophical ideas in the Western world.
Archibald Finch and the Lost Witches (Archibald Finch #1)
by Michel Guyon
Genres: Fantasy, Middle Grade, Adventure, Witches, Fiction, Childrens, Magic
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.11

What happened 500 years ago was never supposed to resurface.Exploring his Grandma’s scary manor, Archibald stumbles upon a dark family secret, linked to a time of great fears and superstitions. Key to that mystery: an ancient terrestrial globe, populated by the most fantastic creatures.When he unlocks the storm inside by accident, the risk-averse boy gets whisked into the underworld of Lemurea, where a battle started in the Middle Ages has yet to be settled. Down here, it’s light versus darkness, magic versus fire, witches versus dragons. But not any kind of witches —an army of young girls, with the most magical weapons. And not any kind of dragons —Marodors, enigmatic monsters, part beast, part human, which will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about dragons.While Archibald is thrust into an amazing adventure that will test his survival skills, on the flip side of the Earth, his sister Hailee faces her own challenges. Seeking to solve Archibald’s disappearance, she uncovers the grim plans of a dark priest.Two breathtaking stories, running parallel with one another, but tightly intertwined. Two worlds, on a dangerous collision course...---The first installment in a phenomenal series, The Lost Witches reads like an addicting thriller —and sets the stage for more adventures to come for Archibald Finch.
Matchmaking for Beginners
by Maddie Dawson
Genres: Romance, Fiction, Chick Lit, Contemporary, Audiobook, Contemporary Romance, Adult
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.99

Marnie MacGraw wants an ordinary life—a husband, kids, and a minivan in the suburbs. Now that she’s marrying the man of her dreams, she’s sure this is the life she’ll get. Then Marnie meets Blix Holliday, her fiancé’s irascible matchmaking great-aunt who’s dying, and everything changes—just as Blix told her it would.When her marriage ends after two miserable weeks, Marnie is understandably shocked. She’s even more astonished to find that she’s inherited Blix’s Brooklyn brownstone along with all of Blix’s unfinished “projects”: the heartbroken, oddball friends and neighbors running from happiness. Marnie doesn’t believe she’s anything special, but Blix somehow knew she was the perfect person to follow in her matchmaker footsteps.And Blix was also right about some things Marnie must learn the hard way: love is hard to recognize, and the ones who push love away often are the ones who need it most.
Seraphina (Seraphina, #1)
by Rachel Hartman
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Dragons, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Fantasy, High Fantasy
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.94

Librarian Note: Alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780375866562.In her New York Times bestselling and Morris Award-winning debut, Rachel Hartman introduces mathematical dragons in an alternative-medieval world to fantasy and science-fiction readers of all ages. Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational, mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the treaty's anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high.Seraphina Dombegh has reason to fear both sides. An unusually gifted musician, she joins the court just as a member of the royal family is murdered—in suspiciously draconian fashion. Seraphina is drawn into the investigation, partnering with the captain of the Queen's Guard, the dangerously perceptive Prince Lucian Kiggs. While they begin to uncover hints of a sinister plot to destroy the peace, Seraphina struggles to protect her own secret, the secret behind her musical gift, one so terrible that its discovery could mean her very life.