Detective Raghav and the Circus of Doom

Detective Raghav and the Circus of Doom
Author: Hanish Rahane
Publisher: Clever Fox Publishing
Total Pages: 438
Release: 2021-12-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Detective Raghav has a dream about a murder that is yet to happen. But is this just a dream? Or is it a premonition? While interviewing the suspects, Raghav meets a fourteen year old boy who claims to have similar premonitions. Does the old detective have something in common with this young boy? And who is this mysterious character named ‘Black Genie?’ Will Raghav ever solve the mystery behind the six murders at 'The Circus of Doom’?

Cinemas Dark and Slow in Digital India

Cinemas Dark and Slow in Digital India
Author: Lalitha Gopalan
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2021-03-16
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 3030540960

This book provides a sustained engagement with contemporary Indian feature films from outside the mainstream, including Aaranaya Kaandam, I.D., Kaul, Chauthi Koot, Cosmic Sex, and Gaali Beeja, to undercut the dominance of Bollywood focused film studies. Gopalan assembles films from Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Trivandrum, in addition to independent productions in Bombay cinema, as a way of privileging understudied works that deserve critical attention. The book uses close readings of films and a deep investigation of film style to draw attention to the advent of digital technologies while remaining fully cognizant of ‘the digital’ as a cryptic formulation for considering the sea change in the global circulation of film and finance. This dual focus on both the techno-material conditions of Indian cinema and the film narrative offers a fulsome picture of changing narratives and shifting genres and styles.

The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: Spirit Week Showdown

The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: Spirit Week Showdown
Author: Crystal Allen
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2016-01-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062342355

A hilarious and spunky new heroine in the vein of the heroines of such beloved books as Ramona the Pest, Ivy and Bean, and Clementine, from Crystal Allen—the acclaimed author of How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy. Nine-year-old Mya Tibbs is boot-scootin’ excited for the best week of the whole school year—SPIRIT WEEK! She and her megapopular best friend, Naomi Jackson, even made a pinky promise to be Spirit Week partners so they can win the big prize: special VIP tickets to the Fall Festival! But when the partner picking goes horribly wrong, Mya gets paired with Mean Connie Tate—the biggest bully in school. And she can’t get out of it. Good gravy. Now Naomi is friend-ending mad at Mya for breaking a promise—even though Mya couldn’t help it—and everyone at school is calling Mya names. Can Mya work with Mean Connie to win the VIP tickets and get her best friend back?

The Laura Line

The Laura Line
Author: Crystal Allen
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2013-04-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062208446

A touching and funny story of one girl’s journey to discover where she came from and the unlimited possibilities of who she can become, from Crystal Allen, the acclaimed author of How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy and The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: Spirit Week Showdown. Laura Dyson wants two things in life: to be accepted by her classmates and to be noticed by ultracute baseball star Troy Bailey. But everyone at school teases her for being overweight, and Troy won’t give her a second glance. Until one day, their history teacher announces a field trip to the run-down slave shack on her grandmother’s property. Heck to the power of no way! Her grandmother insists that it’s more than just an old shack; it’s a monument to the strong women in their family—the Laura Line. But Laura knows better: her classmates will never accept her once they see the shack. So she comes up with the perfect plan to get the trip canceled . . . but when a careless mistake puts the shack—and the Laura Line—in jeopardy, Laura must decide what’s truly important to her. Can Laura figure out how to get what she wants at school while also honoring her family’s past?

Illuminating the Dark Side: Evil, Women and the Feminine

Illuminating the Dark Side: Evil, Women and the Feminine
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2020-09-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1848880448

Evil. Women. The Feminine. The relationships that bring together these three ideas form the basis for the papers gathered together in this volume. By asking how, why, when, and to what purpose these three terms are often linked serves as the starting point of interrogation for each of the authors here considered.

Conscience of The Race

Conscience of The Race
Author: BIBEKANANDA RAY
Publisher: Publications Division Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Total Pages: 631
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 8123026617

The book is a detailed and wonderful study on the Offbeat cinema in India. The author through the title says that the offbeat genre, more than the mainstream, truly reflects the conscience of the Indian people.

Everfair

Everfair
Author: Nisi Shawl
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 076533805X

An "alternate history novel that explores the question of what might have come of Belgium's ... colonization of the Congo if the native populations had learned about steam technology a bit earlier"--Amazon.com.

Vincent Comes Home

Vincent Comes Home
Author: Jessixa Bagley
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2018-02-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250304822

Vincent lives on a cargo ship. His paws have never touched land. He spends his days chasing seagulls and eating fresh fish, and at night he stares at the stars that chart his ship’s course. The cargo ship makes stops all over the world but it never stops at “home.” What is “home?” Vincent wonders. As the ship makes one final stop, Vincent takes his first steps on land and follows a crew member to his home. Alone for the first time, Vincent wanders the city until he discovers the most important thing: Home is where the people you love are.

Suicide Club

Suicide Club
Author: Rachel Heng
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2018-07-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1250185351

"A provocative new author. A fascinating debut novel. Read it!” —Jeff VanderMeer In Rachel Heng's debut set in near future New York City—where lives last three hundred years and the pursuit of immortality is all-consuming—Lea must choose between her estranged father and her chance to live forever. Lea Kirino is a “Lifer,” which means that a roll of the genetic dice has given her the potential to live forever—if she does everything right. And Lea is an overachiever. She’s a successful trader on the New York exchange—where instead of stocks, human organs are now bought and sold—she has a beautiful apartment, and a fiancé who rivals her in genetic perfection. And with the right balance of HealthTechTM, rigorous juicing, and low-impact exercise, she might never die. But Lea’s perfect life is turned upside down when she spots her estranged father on a crowded sidewalk. His return marks the beginning of her downfall as she is drawn into his mysterious world of the Suicide Club, a network of powerful individuals and rebels who reject society’s pursuit of immortality, and instead choose to live—and die—on their own terms. In this future world, death is not only taboo; it’s also highly illegal. Soon Lea is forced to choose between a sanitized immortal existence and a short, bittersweet time with a man she has never really known, but who is the only family she has left in the world.

King of Joy

King of Joy
Author: Richard Chiem
Publisher: Catapult
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1593763107

Named a Writer to Watch by the Los Angeles Times, Richard Chiem brings readers a novel that is equal parts sledgehammer and sweet song--a neon, pulsing portrait of grief, and an electrifying story of one woman's survival against all odds. Corvus has always had an overactive imagination. Growing up, she develops a unique coping mechanism: she can imagine herself out of any situation, no matter how terrible. To get through each day, Corvus escapes into scenes from fantasy novels, pop songs, and action/adventure movies, and survives by turning the everyday into just another role to play in the movie of her life. After a tragic loss, Corvus finds a sadness so great she cannot imagine it away. Instead, she finds Tim, a pornographer with unconventional methods, who offers her a new way to escape into movies. But when a sinister plot of greed and betrayal is revealed, Corvus must fight to reclaim her independence, and discovers she is stronger than even she could have imagined.