Omni Book Club Choices
1. Winter Of The World: Book Two Of The Century Trilogy
Ken Follett
Price: Tk. 700/= In Winter of the World, Follett takes readers into the heroism and horror of World War Two, and the dawn of the atomic age. From on the ground inside Nazi Germany to above Pearl Harbor, from the halls of power in London and Washington D.C. to the deeply hidden spy networks in Russia and Europe, Winter of the World shows how close the world came to selfdestruction in the midtwentieth century under the leadership of both brilliant and insane leaders. Brilliantly plotted, expertly researched, and with all the pageturning thrills Follett is known for, Winter of the World proves the promise of Fall of Giants and is guaranteed to be one of Ken Follett's biggest successes. About the Author Ken Follett was twentyseven when he wrote Eye of the Needle, an awardwinning thriller that became an international bestseller. After several more successful thrillers, he surprised everyone with Pillars of the Earth, about the building of a cathedral in the Middle Ages, which continues to captivate readers all over the world. Its longawaited sequel, World Without End, was a national and international bestseller. Follett's new magnificent historical epic, The Century Trilogy, opened with the bestselling Fall of Giants, which introduced readers to five interrelated families navigating the 20th century. He lives in England with his wife, Barbara Follett. Do and Die : The Chittagong Uprising 1930-34
Manini Chatterjee
Price: Tk. 1,000/= 'A forgotten chapter of Indian history come alive' On 18 April 1930 at around 10 p.m., a clutch of men, most of them still in their teens, challenged the might of the British Empire through a series of raids in Chittagong. Their actions stunned the colonial power and ignited the spark of rebellion throughout Bengal. In this book, the first of its kind, journalistManini Chatterjee gives a riveting account of the dramatic events that unfolded over three years. Drawing on police records and government files and interviews with revolutionaries, Chatterjee reconstructs the events of that fateful night when six ex-detenus, inspired by the famous Easter Uprising in Dublin (1916), attacked the armouries of the police and the Auxiliary Force in Chittagong. What followed were the battle of Jalalabad, the encounter at Dhalghat, the attack at Pahartali and the underground resistance, led by the mysterious Masterda, the irrepressible Kalpana Dutt and the brooding, tragic Pritilata Waddadar. This is a story of their zeal and fervour, love and loss. Meticulously researched and skillfully narrated, the story of young idealists, heady with patriotism and ready to die, this is an important, and so far neglected, story of the freedom struggle in India. About the Author Manini Chatterjee was born on 4 November 1961 in Bombay and went to school in Cochin, Bombay and New Delhi. While still in school, she did a diploma course in journalism from the Dateline School of Journalism and started writing for Dateline Delhi . After completing school, she went to the Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific in Vancouver Island, Canada. On returning to India, she began a career in journalism with a stint in Surya magazine in 1982- 83, followed by a long spell at The Telegraph , where she currently heads the Delhi bureau. When it was first published, Do and Die received the Rabindra Puraskar (2000). It is the basis of the Hindi film, Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey (2010), directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. Like a Virgin: The Science of a Sexless Future
Aarathi Prasad
Price Tk.1,000.00 A single mother with a PhD in biology perfect combination of expertise and feature angle on making babies without a man (or a woman!) In demand with the media, Prasad has written for The Guardian, Telegraph, Prospect, and Wired, and has recently presented for BBC Radio 4 and Channel 4 TV, with more appearances sure to follow Controversial issues the limits of sex, definition of motherhood, and rights of a foetus will stir debate, like Cordelia Fines Delusions of Gender Most cultures tell the tale of a maiden who gives birth untouched by a man. Is this just a myth, or could virgin birth be the way we make babies in the future? In Like a Virgin, biologist Aarathi Prasad looks at inconceivable ideas about conception, from the Jesus Christ lizards ability to self-reproduce (it walks on water, too) to the tabloid hunt for a real-life virgin mother by geneticists in the 1950s. Prasad then transports us to the maverick laboratories that today are inventing the equivalent of non- sexual selection, from mother-to-daughter womb transplants to egg-fertilizing computer chips, from sperm replacements for women to silicone wombs for men. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever
Jeff Kinney
Price: Tk. 600/= With a winter theme just in time for the holidays, Book Six will bring a blizzard of new attention to the Wimpy Kid series. Book 6 explores the Heffley family dynamic even further as they become snowed in. Their resolve will be tested as they confront their greatest challenge each other. Family Matters
Rohinton Mistry
Price: Tk.1,000.00
Nariman Vakeel, a seventy-nine-year-old Parsi widower, beset by Parkinson's disease and haunted by memories of the past, lives in a once-elegant apartment with his two middle-aged stepchildren. When his condition worsens he is forced to take up residence with Roxana, his own daughter, her husband, Yezad, and their two young sons. The effect of the new responsibility on Yezad, who is already besieged by financial worries, pushes him into a scheme of deception. This sets in motion a series of events - a great unravelling and a revelation of the family's love-torn past, that leads to the narrative's final outcome. About the Author
Rohinton Mistry was born in 1952 and grew up in Bombay, India, where he also attended university. In 1975 he emigrated to Canada, where he began a course in English and Philosophy at the University of Toronto. He is the author of three novels and one collection of short stories. His debut novel, Such a Long Journey (1991), won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book and the Governor General's Award, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was made into an acclaimed feature film in 1998. His second novel, A Fine Balance (1995), won many prestigious awards, including the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction and the Giller Prize, as well as being shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Irish Times International Fiction Prize. His collection of short stories, Tales from Firozsha Baag, was published in 1987. In 2002 Faber published Mistry's third novel, Family Matters, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize as well as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. It won the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize for Fiction and the Canadian Authors' Association Award. In translation, his work has been published in twenty-nine languages. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2010. To be had from Omni Books at Genetic Plaza, Dhanmondi Road 27 (old), Dhaka. Tel: 8126433, 8121472.
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