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Prowling, hunting and fighting amidst the crumbling ruins of one of Delhi's oldest neighbourhoods are the proud Wildings. These feral cats fear no one, go where they want and do as they please. Battle-scarred tomcats, fierce warrior queens, the Wildings have ruled over Nizamuddin for centuries. Now there is a new addition to the clan: a pampered house cat with strange powers that could turn their world on its head. And something is stirring in the old Shuttered House - something dark and cruel and dangerous.

Based on the authors' hugely popular blog and podcast series, this book is for patients and everyone else who is curious about how psychiatrists work. Using compelling patient vignettes, Shrink Rap explains how psychiatrists think about and address the problems they encounter, from the mundane (how much to charge) to the controversial (involuntary hospitalization). The authors face the field's shortcomings head-on, revealing what other doctors may not admit about practicing psychiatry.

THE FORBIDDEN GLYPHS OF THOTH (Anson Hunter Book 6): Egypt's Lost Scrolls of unthinkable power. Kindle Edition Egypt’s Lost Library of esoteric secrets and technology. Trigger for a dangerous new age. Imagine a cache of writings of unthinkable power. Renegade Egyptologist Anson Hunter does. In fact he has a controversial theory that somewhere in Egypt lies the lost library of Thoth, guarded by his consort the goddess Seshat. In legend, this library contained all the forbidden knowledge of ancient Egypt, both human and divine, including secrets of lost technology that built the pyramids. ...

The Last Liberal Republican is a memoir from one of Nixon's senior domestic policy advisors. John Roy Price-a member of the moderate wing of the Republican Party, a cofounder of the Ripon Society, and an employee on Nelson Rockefeller's campaigns - joined Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and later John D. Ehrlichman, in the Nixon White House to develop domestic policies, especially on welfare, hunger, and health.

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER BRONZE MEDALIST IN MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY FOR THE AXIOM BUSINESS BOOK AWARDS An incredible immigrant story from a prominent Canadian Tamil who fled torture and imprisonment, arrived in Canada with $50 in his pocket, then rose from the mailroom to the executive suite of the...

Struggle with the lawyer and the beagle through the Forest of Confusion and the Swamp of Depression. Arrive at the Village of Compromise. Climb the Purple Mountains with them and then cross the Fruited Plains, only to be stopped by the Sea of False Hope. Do you know the way to Destinae? The story's abundant interpretations are sure to make it a favorite among educators, motivators and ministers.

Beagles of Destinae is the second book in the Destinae trilogy, a series about a lawyer named Intellect and a beagle named Intuition on a hero's journey, a multilayered tale packed with essential lessons for business and life.

Welcome to The Personality Test, the panel show in which a brand new host takes the chair for every episode to present a quiz entirely themed around themselves. Each gets to run the show by their own rules, devising topics and queries based on their life, whims, fancies and past glories. Among the showbiz celebrities in the hot seat are Gyles Brandreth, Jennie Bond, Antony Worrall Thompson, Esther Rantzen, Janet Street-Porter and Edwina Currie, while the rounds include Love It Or Hate It, True or False, That Special Day and Life's a Pitch.

All of Mumbai's possessions and memories come to die at the Deonar garbage mountains. Towering at the outskirts of the city, the mountains are covered in a faint smog from trash fires. Over time, as wealth brought Bollywood knock offs, fast food, and plastics to Mumbaikars, a small, forgotten community of migrants and rag-pickers came to live at the mountains' edge, making a living by reusing, recycling, and reselling.

Noah Chance has wealth, but not peace. His marriage is unraveling, his purpose is lost, and his wife has left for Albuquerque to confront the abuse plaguing the Navajo Reservation. Adrift and alone, Noah hits the road in search of something—anything—to make sense of the wreckage. In Amarillo, fate intervenes. A girl sprints through a Denny’s parking lot, a gunman on her heels. Noah reacts. One shot, one wound, one call to the police—and everything changes. The girl is a journalist, deep in the shadows of a human trafficking ring. With nothing to lose, Noah agrees to help her expose ...

It’s War! After learning that her real enemy was David ‘DP’ Petty, Rain Robinson focused all of her attention on finding and ending him and Sterling, DP’s longtime friend and drug dealing business partner. But DP is dealing with problems of his own. DP’s girlfriend, Venus is in love with R.J. and can’t wait to be with him again. As for Carter Garrison, finding and killing Damián Custodio is still at the top of his list. The Reign of Rain Robinson continues in Retaliation, and now it’s time to stop messing around and take the fight to them.

John Crudder is an ordinary 25-year-old law school graduate looking for work in the Old West. What he finds instead is the love of 18-year-old Charlotte and the reality that he cannot have her without placing her in mortal danger. Raised to privilege, Crudder finds life as a cowhand, and later as a marshal, satisfying. Rather than being about to live that simple life, he finds himself thrust into the role of Midnight Marauder. Unless he stands up for those who have no voice, more lives will be lost, and an entire town will be wiped out.

As Black and Shy adjust to life in New York with their children and running the legitimate business, there are events unfolding all around them that will once again turn their world upside down. After the bombing, Impression has reopened for business and Bobby’s problem has returned. Wanda’s reign has been a very dangerous quest to expand her power. Now Wanda is surrounded by her enemies. Carmen Taylor finds that she is in over her head while investigating the bribery of a US Congressman. And that isn’t enough for Black she Shy to have to deal with, Jada West is back in New York.

Arundhati Roy examines the persistent inequality in India through an extensive critique of Gandhi's views on race, caste and imperialism.

The Green Tunnel explores the history and culture of the United States' most iconic long-distance hiking trail, the Appalachian Trail. Hosted by Mills Kelly, the show delves into topics including the quirky history of trail food, the shelters and structures built along the trail, and dangers you might encounter during a hike.

At the onset of the American Revolution, the British expected to quell the rebellion quickly with a show of overwhelming force. In an experiment in asymmetric warfare, David Bushnell created the first submarine vessel designed specifically “for the destruction of vessels of war”. In Turtle, the authors provide new insight into Bushnell’s “engine of devastation”, tracing the history of undersea warfare before Bushnell and the origin of the many innovations Bushnell understood would be necessary for conducting a covert submarine attack.

Lemuel Gulliver sets out on a series of travels, but each time he finds himself shipwrecked in new and unfamiliar lands. And how unfamiliar! In Lilliput, everyone is tiny, and it takes thousands of them to capture him; in Brobdingnag, they’re huge and treat him as a sort of living toy; in Laputa, they live on a floating island inventing impossibly mad projects; and the Houyhnhnms are horses! But through all his adventures, Gulliver learns to see humans in a different way, too.

"Day Trading for a Living" is a book specifically written for beginner and intermediate traders. It is a valuable read for those who want to engage in intraday trading in the Indian Stock Market. The book covers twenty-three back-tested intraday trading strategies, explained with real market charts. The strategies are presented in such a clear manner that even a novice can start trading intraday and potentially earn a living. Reading this book is like taking your first step towards mastering technical analysis for successful intraday trading. The strategies discussed include technical ...

"Modern humanity faces an unprecedented and escalating epidemic of chronic, non-communicable diseases—a pervasive health crisis whose root causes remain largely elusive despite extensive research and devastating human cost. This enigmatic situation, encompassing conditions from cardiovascular disease (including atherosclerosis and heart attacks), type 2 diabetes and its myriad complications, cancer, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and a multitude of other neurodegenerative disorders to systemic inflammation, is further complicated by the very mechanisms contributing to its ...

A thriving law practice and a happy marriage are almost enough to convince solicitor Eric Ward he has overcome his painful past and started a new life. All it takes is the wrong client for it all to unravel. An investigative journalist beaten to a pulp. A crooked Newcastle businessman living the high life in France. A woman from a half-forgotten past. Former police officer-turned-solicitor Eric Ward represents Eddie Stevens, an investigative reporter on the trail of a hot story.