His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery. That-s when the first Ace arrives.

That-s when Ed becomes the messenger. .

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Chosen to care, he makes his way through town helping and hurting (when necessary), until only one question remains: Who-s behind Ed-s mission' Winner of the 2003 Children-s Book Council Book of the Year Award in Australia, I Am the Messenger is a cryptic journey filled with laughter, fists, and love (less)

In 2000 she gained a First Class Honours Degree in Health studies, which included the study of Psychology, Nutrition, Biology, The Sociology of Health, Complementary Therapies and Health Promotion. Since then, she's delivered seminars and lectures in Health Promotion and Nutrition, both in Further and Higher Education.

She's currently working in the Voluntary Sector as a Co-ordinator and Trainer on 'Focus on Health', a health project delivering a health promotion programme to the deaf community (less)

But I have also created life inside me, as women do. What does that make me? Will a body such as mine fetter or free me?'Among the many hundreds of characters who inhabit the Mahabharata, perhaps the world's greatest epic and certainly one of the oldest, is Yuvanashva, a childless king, who accidentally drinks a magic potion meant to make his queens pregnant and gives birth to a son (less)

When a naked, half-drowned man washes up on the beach, everything changes. .

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Told through the eyes of Klymene, a young girl who is like a daughter to Penelope--and who longs for more than friendship from the young prince Telemachus-- Ithaka captures the quiet strength and patience of a woman's enduring love for her husband and the ensuing chaos that threatens all as Penelope is pressured to remarry (less)

Sriram too becomes a follower of the Mahatma and gets involved in the Quit India movement. This leads to a series of adventures and misadventures and even lands him and Bharati in jail .

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Independent India's first few years are eventful and epoch-making: before the traumas of Partition and of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi have fully subsided, the focus must shift to laying the blueprint of the new nation, with the making of the Constitution, the integration of the 565 princely states, the setting-up of the administrative, legislative and judiciary systems, and the establishment of an infrastructure for industry and agriculture. The author follows this key period in Indian history closely, from the first Republic (less)

These perceptive essays introduce the reader to the many moods that inform Indian cinema, the austerity of Pather Panchali, the lavishness of Hum Aapke Hain Koun;!, the solemnity of Samskara and the fun and frolic of Amar Akbar Anthony.Illustrated with rare posters and stills this is an invaluable (less)

But I have also created life inside me, as women do. What does that make me? Will a body such as mine fetter or free me?'Among the many hundreds of characters who inhabit the Mahabharata, perhaps the world's greatest epic and certainly one of the oldest, is Yuvanashva, a childless king, who accidentally drinks a magic potion meant to make his queens pregnant and gives birth to a son (less)

A man of Gandhian principles, Jagan cannot reconcile himself to Mali's modern ways, but develops a fondness for Grace. Unable to find a place in the new world, Jagan decides to retire, only to learn that Mali has been arrested by the police and has deserted his wife.

Insightful and moving, The Vendor of Sweets is R.K.

Narayan's story of an India trying to find its own identity (less)

Banker has recreated this epic tale for modern readers everywhere (less)

. and everything to share but time.

Over 21 million copies of Love Story have been sold in 33 languages. About the Author : Erich Segal has contributed to Love Story as an author.

Erich Segal's first three novels, "Love Story, Oliver's Story, " and "Man, Woman and Child, " were all international bestsellers and became major motion pictures. His fourth novel, "The Class, " was a New York Times bestseller and won literary prizes in both France and Italy.

Segal is also the author of "Doctors, "and most recently, "Acts of Faith and Prizes." (less)

She has a new home, the perfect job - working for a famous novelist - two wonderful children and is on good terms with her ex-husband. Then Steve - attentive, charming, the perfect gentleman - comes into Kit's life and she thinks she may have found the right one.

But is Steve as perfect as he seems? And why does it bother Kit when her friend Tracy starts dating Kit's boss? Sparkling, poignant and wise, Girl Friday is a captivating tale of second chances and discovering that it's never too late to start your life again (less)

The Sentinel is a magnificent retrospective showcase of Arthur C. Clarke's finest shorter fiction.

Spanning four decades of writing, this book includes many gems of a genius at the height of his powe The title piece is the story that inspired 2001. 'Guardian Angel' is a rarely anthologised work that gave birth to Childhood's End, and 'The Songs of Distant Earth' is the original version of Clarke's own favourite novel.

Along with other vaulting tales of imagination are fascinating introductions telling the history of each story from conception to completion.From one of the greatest science-fiction writers of all time.

The Sentinel is one of those all-too-few collections that must be read, re-read, then treasured (less)

Narayan's enchanting novels'--The New Yorker Raju, a corrupt tourist guide, together with his lover, the dancer Rosie, leads a prosperous life before he is thrown into prison. After release he rests on the steps of an abandoned temple when a peasant passing by mistakes him for a holy man.

Slowly, almost reluctantly, he begins to play the part, acting as a spiritual guide to the village community. Raju's holiness is put to the test when a drought strikes the village, and he is asked to fast for twelve days to summon the rains.

Set in Narayan's fictional town, Malgudi, The Guide is the greatest of his comedies of self-deception. 'A brilliant accomplishment .

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Narayan is the compassionate man who can write of human life as comedy'--The New York Times Book Review 'Narayan is such a natural writer, so true to his experience and emotions'--V.S.

Naipaul (less)