How do you punish an immortal?By making him human.After angering his father Zeus, the god Apollo is cast down from Olympus. Weak and disoriented, he lands in New York City as a regular teenage boy. Now, without his godly powers, the four-thousand-year-old deity must learn to survive in the modern world until he can somehow find a way to regain Zeus’s favour.But Apollo has many enemies – gods, monsters…
The second title in Rick Riordan’s Trials of Apollo series – set in the action-packed world of Percy Jackson.The god Apollo, cast down to earth and trapped in the form of a gawky teenage boy as punishment, must set off on the second of his harrowing (and hilarious) trials.He and his companions seek the ancient oracles – restoring them is the only way for Apollo to reclaim his place…
When snow shuts down Greg Heffley’s middle school, his neighbourhood transforms into a wintry battlefield. Rival groups fight over territory, build massive snow forts and stage epic snowball fights. And in the crosshairs are Greg and his trusty best friend, Rowley Jefferson. It’s a fight for survival as Greg and Rowley navigate alliances, betrayals and warring gangs in a neighbourhood meltdown. When the snow clears, will Greg and Rowley…
My mom kept running to each bouquet, tearing open the card and reading the writing on it out…
I was a god, once. Until I was cast out by my father, Zeus.Now I’m an awkward mortal teenager called Lester. My way out. A series of scary and dangerous trials, of course. For my third mission, I must, journey through the labyrinth to free an oracle who only speaks in puzzles. Defeat a vicious and bloodthirsty roman emperor the most vicious of three very vicious and bloodthirsty roman…
In his latest book, What Young India Wants, Chetan Bhagat asks hard questions, demands answers and presents solutions for a better, more prosperous India.Why do our students regularly commit suicide?Why is there so much corruption in India?our political parties ever work together?Does our vote make any difference at all?We love our India, but shouldnt some things be different?All of us have asked these questions at some time or the…
My name is not actually Penny Dreadful. It is Penelope Jones. The ‘Dreadful’ bit is my dad’s JOKE. But I am definitely not dreadful… it’s just sometimes people don’t appreciate the brilliance of my ideas! I mean, it was a BRILLIANT IDEA to hunt a VAMPIRE and Cosmo said Mr. Bentley-Bucket was only pretending to be human. Also Grandma Overall who does not see the BRIGHT SIDE needed cheering…
Evil pixie, Opal Koboi, is back and she’s more dangerous than ever. This time she doesn’t just want power over the fairy People – this time she wants the humans too. Captain Holly Short is the only fairy with a hope of stopping her, but as Holly knows, it takes one genius criminal mastermind to fight another. But the 14-year-old genius that Holly is thinking of doesn’t even remember…
Artemis calling Captain Holly Short, Foaly and Wing Commander Vinyáya over for a meeting. Artemis invites them to an isolated place in Iceland. He claims to have invented the Ice Cube, with which he can stop global warming. They arrive to find Artemis behaving strangely and later discover that he is affected by the Atlantis Complex.The Atlantis Complex is a mental disorder where the person experiences symptoms like hallucinations,…
Percy Jackson and The Titan’s Curse marks the return of demigod son of Poseidon, Percy Jackson, as he embarks on a mission to save his kidnapped friend Annabeth. The book opens with Percy, Thalia and Annabeth travelling to Westover Hall to help the half-bloods, Nico and Bianca. Artemis comes to their aid when Dr. Thorn springs a surprise attack on them. However, even though they survive they realize Annabeth…
An anthology with a collection of some of the most endearing romances in Indias history, including that of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal and Prithviraj Chauhan and Samyogita among others. A collection of Indias favourite classic love stories, this book gives us a glimpse into the fascinating world of princes and princesses and will hold young readers spellbound from start to finish Great characters, courageous heroes, conflict, sacrifice, all…
The Eighth Tale in the Harry Potter Saga:
Being labelled as ‘the boy who lived’ for his whole life has not been easy for Harry Potter. In the official eighth instalment of the Harry Potter series penned in the form of a two-part stage production play, J. K. Rowling weaves yet another thrilling and magical yarn featuring the life of Harry Potter nineteen years later in the post-Voldemort wizarding world.
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