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The best aspect of the book is Ms Jones free reference to other material on Freddie she considers insightful, rendering this book more useful for those who want to know more.Books
For rock 'n' roll fans, Freddie's show still goes on

It's interesting to see how one of rock 'n' roll's biggest stars endures almost 20 years after his death.

9 Nov 2011 9:58 AM IST

A past woven in silkBooks
A past woven in silk

Reading Swarnalata is taking a step back in time in more ways than one.

23 Oct 2011 9:24 AM IST

Kerala chromosomeBooks
Kerala chromosome

Secrets have a chequered life. The first attempt to keep a secret is often the beginning of its end.

21 Sept 2011 3:42 AM IST

Marriage, Maoism meet in new IndiaBooks
Marriage, Maoism meet in new India

The Wedding Wallah, a boisterous read of a novel, combines marriages and Maoism to create a lovely story, written in...

21 Sept 2011 3:38 AM IST

The chameleon called karmaBooks
The chameleon called karma

During the reign of 17th century emperor Jehangir, gold coins were minted for the king’s beloved wife Nur Jahan....

7 Sept 2011 8:50 AM IST

Thriller zooms in on business of bloodBooks
Thriller zooms in on business of blood

The tale of the hunt, if told by the lion, would be a totally different one,” reads the epigraph of Shantanu...

31 Aug 2011 9:17 AM IST

Caught in the dog rose creepersBooks
Caught in the dog rose creepers

When we meet Maya, the schoolteacher at St. Hilda’s School in Ranikhet, she has already spent six years in the...

24 April 2011 5:07 PM IST

CARAMBA! THE COUNT IS DEADBooks
CARAMBA! THE COUNT IS DEAD

The people of San Felice, still dizzy from Count Jeorge de la Bolla’s party, wake up to the news that their host...

16 March 2011 7:30 AM IST

Dancing to the tune of destinyBooks
Dancing to the tune of destiny

Morals are purely relative. What’s virtuous to one can be a sin to the other. That’s perhaps the guileless...

28 Nov 2010 12:39 AM IST

The other side of EdenBooks
The other side of Eden

David Martinez, an American of Anglo-Hispanic parentage, is a lawyer with a dead-end job in London, working for a...

28 Nov 2010 12:38 AM IST

A tribute that leaves things unsaidBooks
A tribute that leaves things unsaid

The word “hagiography” was originally used to describe the study of the lives of saints but thereafter came...

28 Nov 2010 12:37 AM IST

The truth about liesBooks
The truth about lies

We have all lied at one time or another and we have all been lied to as well. We are lied to routinely — by our...

28 Nov 2010 12:35 AM IST

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