Book of Rachel


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Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2010 A gripping story of a lone Jewish woman battling land sharks to keep her community alive Rachel lives alone by the sea. Her children have long migrated to Israel as have her Bene Israel Jew neighbours. Taking care of the local synagogue and preparing exquisite traditional Jewish dishes sustains Rachel's hope of seeing the community come together again at a future time. When developers make moves to acquire the synagogue and its surrounding land, Rachel's vehement opposition takes the synagogue committee and the town by surprise. Written with warmth and humour, Book of Rachel is a captivating tale of a woman's battle to live life on her own terms. Continuing the saga of the unique Bene Israel Jews in India, it adds to Esther David's reputation as a writer of grace and power.




THE BOOKS OF RACHEL


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Naming Your Little Geek


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The ultimate book of baby names for comic book nerds, sci-fi fans and more—with the meanings and stories behind more than 1,000 names! Having trouble finding a baby name that celebrates your favorite fandom? Whether you want your child’s name to stand out in a crowd or fit in on the playground, Naming Your Little Geek is here to save the day! This ultimate guidebook is complete with every name a geek could want to give their baby—from Anakin and Frodo to Indiana and Clark; and from Gwen and Wanda to Buffy and Xena—plus their meanings, and a list of all the legends who have borne them. Naming Your Little Geek covers everything from comic book superheroes to role-playing game icons, Starfleet officers to sword and sorcery legends with characters who have appeared on film and TV, in novels and comic books, on the tabletop, and beyond. With nearly 1,100 names referencing more than 4,400 characters from over 1,800 unique sources, it's the perfect resource for parents naming a child or anyone looking for a super cool and meaningful new name.




The Adult


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An engrossing, page-turning story about an introverted student and the mysterious older woman whose unexpected interest in her sparks an insidious, all-consuming love affair. Eighteen-year-old Natalie has just arrived for her first year of university in Toronto, leaving her remote, forested hometown for an unfamiliar city. Everyone she encounters seems to know exactly who they are. Chatty, confident Clara from down the hall, who wants to be her friend; intense, determined Rachel from her poetry class, who is going to be a writer. Natalie doesn't know what she wants. She reads advice listicles and watches videos online and thinks about how to fit in, how to really become someone. Just as she is trying to find her footing, she meets Nora, an older woman who takes an unexpected interest in her. Natalie is drawn magnetically into Nora's orbit. She begins spending more and more of her time off campus at Nora's home, enveloped by the intensity of her feelings and the version of adulthood she imagines Nora leads. Worried about how her floormates will react to news of her relationship with a woman, Natalie explains her absence by inventing a secret boyfriend called Paul; she carefully protects the intimate, sacred adulthood she is building for herself. But when it becomes clear that Nora is lying, too, her secrets begin to take an alarming shape in Natalie's life, even as Natalie tries to look away. What, or who, is Nora hiding? The Adult is a startlingly gorgeous and perceptive debut novel examining identity, love, insecurity, desire, and deceit.




Rachel's Machine


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Rachel is a 17-year-old student who falls in love with a VW Beetle. To raise the money to buy it, she starts work in a factory where she befriends a young man, P.T. She soon shares his fascination for electricity, then she begins to suspects his real intentions, but it may already be too late.




Rachel's 5 Miracles


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This is a journey taking you into a young woman’s unbelievable reality while trapped in a world that could have physically, emotionally and spiritually destroyed her-- a world from which only a few successfully escape and even fewer recover. You will get insight into her childhood, teenage, college and young adult years. Her dad shares his pain and purpose as their relationship and their destinies unfold. Where or to whom do you run to when you realize you have made a terrifying, possibly deadly mistake or you are suddenly overwhelmed by an unbelievably horrendous storm?




Rachel's Cowboy


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They Had Nothing In Common. Except One Night… That magical night was everything model Rachel Barlow had ever hoped for. But in the morning, J. D. Stanley was gone, and he'd taken her heart with him. Rachel knew she'd never see him again…until, like a white knight, he charged in and rescued her from exhaustion, taking her to his west Texas ranch to recuperate. Rachel has known her share of hardship, but nothing is as difficult as living with the sexy cowboy who tries his best to avoid her. But the ranch isn't big enough. Her eyes find him out on horseback, with the herd, fixing fences. With J.D., and on his ranch, Rachel is sure she's found her piece of heaven—but how can she convince J.D.? Men of the West




Rachel Carson


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By drawing on previously unavailable sources and on interviews with those who knew her, Linda Lear gives a compelling portrait of this heroic woman, illuminating the origin of her connection with nature and of her determination to save what she loved. Lear reveals the unexpected influence of Carson's early experience with industrial pollution and examines her life-changing encounter with the possibility of global extinction in the frightening days of the early Cold War. The book follows Carson's efforts to become a marine biologist at a time when women were unwelcome in the academic community. It shows how her connections with nature were confirmed and strengthened through her work as a government scientist and editor, where her views about the potential dangers of synthetic chemical pesticides evolved. By the late 1950s, Carson had transformed colorless government research into three brilliant, popular books about the sea, including The Sea Around Us, and had become the most respected science writer in America. Rachel Carson challenged the culture of her time and, in the process, shaped a powerful social movement that altered the course of American history




The Angel's Love Story


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They say, loves found in love garden, But, in our case, Christian found the love of his life in his bike race, Love at First Sight always looks so cute right? Well not in this case... As Christian stared on Julia’s beautiful blue eyes, Christian forgot about everything and just keep looking on Julia’s eyes and- ACCIDENT! Christian was riding his bike but because of losing concentration he falls on the road and gets heavily injured. Never heard a love story what starts with accident? Well... Afterwards Christian tries to find his dream girl Julia again but- Christian’s younger sister Rachel, kept her eyes on Christian and before our hero Chris, could find his dream girl again, Rachel finds out Christian’s secret treasure, the book not made for kids from behind his college’s text books. Time got instated as Rachel takes the book for read at night and Chris says no but, in their conversation, Chris’s mom enters like a war in paradise. “Which book you are talking about? Let me read too” Chris’s mom asked with an innocent mind, not knowing what may be inside the book. Rachel runs out of the room, throwing the book on Chris’s face and saying to her mom, “Its Chris’s favourite book!” Chris’s face turns red with regret why did he forget to hide his treasure?! Days passes, Chris’s crave desire for see his dream girl Julia again becomes louder, little did Chris knew that he seen Julia near the Church. Confused Chris asked to Rachel for help while finding no extra hands to get help. Does Rachel help? Yep, she does but, with a condition, “Not to tell mom about Jack” Now, who is Jack? Teenage lovers probably? “I agree” Chris says with a deep desire to find his dream girl. Rachel shares information about Julia, where she lives and who’s daughter is she. Who’s daughter? Local Church’s Priest’s daughter is Julia! So, is Julia the church girl? Who knows? Chris needs to find it out by himself. “Where can I get Julia?” Chris asked to Rachel. “Under the oldest oak tree” Rachel winks on Chris. Chris did not understands the meaning of the wink but, the very next day, he sits on his bike for the destination of ‘under the oldest oak tree’ There is Julia! Brown hairs, blue eyes, glossy pink lips, angel like smile and more! But there’s a catch! What is Julia doing under the oldest oak tree? Playing hide and seek with invisible friends? Ah no! She is 19! Julia was reading her favourite books which of course she won’t read in at home! Well you guessed it right! It was the same book, as Chris was reading, well not for children edition too! Chris appears in front of Julia, when she was swimming in the holy water of paradise by reading the books which was not made for kids. As Chris tries to approach Julia, Julia did not reply. How can she? She had her all focus on reading! Such a good girl! As Chris approaches again, this time Julia notices Chris and gets a wave of apprehension seeing a unknown man, got to know about her biggest secret! Chris says, “The next chapter is juicier than the current one you are reading. I read it all” Julia gets more fear and started to think, did Chris found out about her all the secrets? Well he sure did. Chris tries to calm Julia down but, embarrassed Julia immediately picks up her books and runs to her home while thinking about that this is the most embarrassing day in her life. “Can I see you tomorrow again?” Chris asks while smiling. Slowly Julia also forgot her embarrassment and in low and shy voice Chris says, “If you don’t let so” Chris gets the hints. The next day Chris and Julia meets again and they started to develop a friendship among them and it did not take much time to be love. Days passes again and days by days Chris and Julia’s love gets more stronger and it was the time of Chris and Julia’s second date. Well First date went well so, no need to mention. But, the second date, well... A little blunder? A MASSIVE BLUNDER HAPPENS! Julia gets sick and so she had to cancel the date and Chris wasn’t happy with that so Chris asks Julia to stay up at night till 2am. Julia agrees without knowing why Chris said that. Little the Julia knows, there ghosts roam around the churchyard in night and there’s no ways Julia will open the window! What if the ghost eats Julia?! Well how about a bite?! “Julia open the window! I am here” Chris calls Julia from behind the window at 1am. “No, no, no! This is must be ghost! I won’t open the window!” Julia says in her defence, thinking the ghost will run away well the ghost could but, it’s our hero Chris! He won’t give up too easily! After half of an hour negotiations, Julia agrees to open the window but, with a twist, if it’s really ghost, the ghost must not kill Julia, in defence Julia complains, “I am not even married yet!” That makes Chris laughs but, Chris says nothing while trying to get into his girlfriend’s house at 2am. Julia opens the windows and sees that it’s really Chris and Julia’s all fears gets away and Julia helps Chris to get inside the room and Chris also like a nice athlete gets in the room but- CHRIS FALLS ON THE FLOOR! Julia laughs seeing Chris’s athlete skills but, then suddenly Julia’s laughs turns into embarrassment as Chris tries to stand up and looks on Julia and finds her with fewer clothes, for the first time Chris seen such heavenly things by his eyes and his eyes gets 2x bigger and he keeps looking in. Julia understands, the tables has turned! Julia immediately tries to cover herself but finds out nothing and so for an easy solution, Julia throws the nearby flower vase on Chris’s face and Chris’s eyes gets closed and he had to look away. At that time, Julia immediately tried to put on more clothes fast but, our hero peeks on Julia, while pretending to look away. Julia understands Chris will never change and Julia smiles on Chris after getting dressed and says, “Which boyfriend visits at girlfriend’s house at 2am???” Chris answers romantically, “Boyfriends girlfriends may don’t but, husband wives do...” It makes Julia blush and then Julia and Chris sits on bed and spends a nice time, with cuddling, loving and having fun with each other. Beep! Footsteps sound! Whose footsteps?! Julia’s mom... Chris did not waste any more times and hides under the bed while Julia pretends to sleep on the bed. Minutes passed by and Julia’s mom enters and sees nothing wrong, so, she goes away but- She comes back after sometimes and this time Chris does not waste any more times and jumps out of the window with the help of Julia but- “Boyfriend?” Julia’s mom asked while wondering. Julia turns back and becomes confused and says nothing with embarrassment. Want to know what will happen next? Don’t waste your time, looking for other books with shirtless male heroes in the cover! Read, ‘Angel’s Love Story’ by Somnath Bhattacharjee and gets into an exciting world, made with unexpected surprises, cute romantic moments, real love and lots more!




After the New Age


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Its 1976, and Janet Tanhurst is a teenager who feels stifled by life with her strict mother, and the authoritarian church she must attend. Once out of high school, however, Janet is initiated into a fascinating new world of Astrology, Tarot cards, and Spirit Mediums. Next, she encounters the mysterious world of UFOs?a bewildering and sometimes frightening realm encompassing ancient astronauts, alien abductions, and shadowy government conspiracies. As the 1980s arrive, the Christian-dominated Piscean Age seems to be giving way to a long-anticipated Aquarian Age, with its hope for a coming revolution in higher consciousness. There are new paradigms in philosophy and science?promoting a holographic conception of the universe as engaged in a Cosmic Dance?along with the emergence of an introspective type of instrumental music known as New Age. With the help of bookstore owner Whisper Wynn, Janet investigates subjects such as reincarnation, quartz crystals, chakras and the human aura, in addition to an exciting new form of spiritual teaching called channeling. Following movement leaders including Shirley MacLaine and Marianne Williamson, studying enigmatic teachers like G.I. Gurdjieff and Carlos Castaneda, and inspired by medical doctors such as Deepak Chopra and Andrew Weil, she learns about Alternative Medicine and Holistic Health, as well as traditional health practices from China, Japan, and India. She assimilates wisdom from the ancient Celts along with rituals from contemporary Goddess worshippers, in formulating her own unique concept of the Divine that is within us all.