*Postmodern Essays on Love, Sex and Marriage in Shakespeare; Edited by Bhim S Dahiya (Viva Books, 2008, pp 197, Rs 595) This is a collection of essays contributed by scholars of eminence from different countries focused on the related themes of love, sex and marriage.
*Book of Meditations for Every day of the Year; James Allen (Sterling Paperbacks, 2008, pp 366, Rs 250) The meditations given in this book for each day of the year keep us company and at intervals, when we pause from our work, recharge our energies.
*Dateline 1857— Revolt against the Raj; Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Pramod Kapoor (Roli Books, 2008, pp 144, Rs 795) This splendidly illustrated book with maps of the six major storm centres and rare photographs of the destruction that brought the people of India together to fight as one, relooks at the sepoy rebellion charting its journey from Barrackpore to Jhansi.
*The Lost Keys to Paradise; Dr Benedicta Leonilla Ageira (Yogendra Kumar Jain, 2008, pp 240, Rs 190) A guide to get in touch with the soul, mind, body and the purpose of being.
*Songs of the Survivors; Yvonne Vaz Ezdani (Frederick Noronha, 2007, pp 289, Rs 295) Six decades ago a little known chapter of history of Goans occurred in Burma which was at that time a part of the British Empire. This is the story of Goan migrants who were caught in the real life drama of Japanese bombings of the city of Rangoon.
*Lessons in Leadership— Put the moose on the Table; Randall Tobias (East West Books, 2008, pp 279, Rs 295) ‘American business has never produced an individual more qualified to address the irreplaceable qualities of the real issues— of people, character and human decency.’
*Birds of India— A Literary Anthology; Edited by Abdul Jamil Urfi (Oxford University Press, 2008, pp 385, Rs 650) Showcasing some of the best pieces, this book takes a fresh look at natural history writing in India and discusses the role of birds in human life from religion to entertainment, mythology to science, superstition to wisdom.
*The Pregnant King; Devdutt Pattanaik (Penguin, 2008, pp 349, Rs 295) Building on Hinduism’s rich and complex mythology, the author creates a lush work of fiction in which the lines are continually blurred between men and women, sons and daughters, husbands and wifes.
*Kari; Amruta Patil (HarperCollins, 2008, pp 117, Rs 295) Sensuously illustrated and livened by wry commentaries on life and love, this book gives a new voice to graphic fiction in India.
