Have we all not wished to keep forever the one person we love the most?

The secluded beaches of a sun-drenched Mediterranean island are the perfect playground for young Sebastian and Adora. Emotionally adrift from their mother, Adora shelters her sensitive older brother from the cruelties of the world. Sophie does not question her children’s intense need for one another until it’s too late. Her beloved son’s affections belong to Adora, and when he drowns in the sea, she has no one else to blame.

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This is Samantha Bruce-Benjamin’s debut novel.

Liaquat Ahamed has won the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2009 for his title about the Great Depression and the central bankers caught up in it; Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World is published by William Heinemann.

Each of the shortlisted authors also received £5,000.

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Find a penny pick it up and all day long you’ll have good luck…except, of course, if that Penny is charming and pretty and funny, and the person picking her up just happens to be your boyfriend. Alice McKinley’s freshman year is not as “lucky” as she was hoping it would be. But she’s is trying to look on the bright side. There are worse things than being single for a semester… for a school year…for the whole summer…. At least Alice can count on her best friends for support–in theory, anyway. Lately they haven’t been all that there-for-her. In fact, it seems like Pam and Liz are suddenly involved in intense, secret conversations whenever Alice is around.

Single is starting to feel a whole lot like solo.

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Change Anything: The New Science of Personal Success

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If you’re like most human beings, you’re stuck in one or more areas of your life and want to change, but you think you lack the willpower. But suppose willpower isn’t the answer? the truth is, there are powerful yet subtle influences that shape your choices. This innovative book explains what they are and how you can make them work in your favor. Based upon the latest social science research, it features fascinating real-world examples that will empower you to transform your life.

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Talk about presentation. Talk about selling. Talk about how to stand out from the crowd. You’ve got it all in this book. Three words to sum up how good this book are; Simplicity, resourceful, and inspiring.

A mixture of mentoring, graphics, anthropology, market research and modern Machiavellianism, this book is a preparation for success. So whether at a sales conference in corporate conference room hell or over lunch at a glamorous meeting, it’s a drama. It is business, but it’s also theatre. It’s not about transferring information. It’s about transferring power. And the results of a successful pitch are, quite simply – money and power.

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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother - Amy Chua

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All decent parents want to do what’s best for their children. What Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother reveals is that the Chinese just have a totally different idea of how to do that. Western parents try to respect their children’s individuality, encouraging them to pursue their true passions and providing a nurturing environment. The Chinese believe that the best way to protect your children is by preparing them for the future and arming them with skills, strong work habits, and inner confidence.

This book gives you an eye-opening exploration of the differences in Eastern and Western parenting, and the lessons parents and children everywhere teach one another.

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The Corner Office - Bryant, Adam

The Corner Office draws together lessons, memorable stories, and eye-opening insights from chief executives like Steven Ballmer (Microsoft), Carol Bartz (Yahoo), Jeffrey Katzenberg (DreamWorks), and Alan Mulally (Ford), as Bryant reveals the keys to success in the business world, including the five qualities CEOs value most in their employees, and shows how executives at the top of their game get the most out of others.

For aspiring executives, of any age, The Corner Office offers perspectives that will help anyone who seeks to be a more effective leader and employee, and a path to future success.

This book is scheduled to be released on March 2011. You can purchase the book here.

A Perfect Proposal - Fforde, Katie

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Sophie Apperly has spent her whole life pleasing others – but when she realises her family see her less as indispensable treasure and more as general dogsbody, she decides she’s had enough. So when an old friend offers her the chance of a lifetime, she decides to swap Little England for the Big Apple, and heads off to the land of opportunity. From the moment Sophie hits the bright lights of Manhattan she’s determined to enjoy every minute of her big adventure. And when fate throws her together with Matilda, a spirited grande dame of New York society who invites her to Connecticut for Thanksgiving, she willingly accepts. English-born Matilda is delighted with her new friend – though her grandson Luke, undeniably attractive but infuriatingly arrogant, is anything but welcoming. When Luke arrives in England a few weeks later, Sophie hardly expects him to seek her out. But Matilda has hatched some complicated plans of her own – and so Luke has a proposal to make …

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Emma Donoghue’s Man Booker-shortlisted novel Room may have another shot at the top, as the Picador novel has made it onto the longlist for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011.

The 20-strong list is almost half made up of debut authors including The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obrecht, already named as one of the New Yorker’s 20 under 40 list, while Joanna Kavenna, who won the 2008 Orange New Writers’ Prize for her debut novel Inglorious, has been longlisted for her second, The Birth of Love.

“What proved a genuine delight this year was the power of observation and sympathy on the page,” said Bettany Hughes, Chair of Judges.  “As a panel we had works of searing originality and epic scale in front of us—plus books that were intimate and sometimes magical . . .

“It was a huge tussle to get the list down to 20, but what we have is a gorgeous, widely varied longlist— we’ll certainly enjoy re-reading each and every one as we make tough choices to select the Orange Prize shortlist for 2011.”

The judging panel this year also comprised Liz Calder, founder-director of Bloomsbury Publishing and Full Circle Editions; novelist Tracy Chevalier; actress and writer Helen Lederer; and journalist and broadcaster Susanna Reid.

The shortlist will be revealed on 12th April, with the winner of the £30,000 prize announced on 8th June.

To view the Orange longlist, click here.

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Being a business marketing fan myself, this book certainly caught my eyes when I flipped through several of its pages. As soon as I looked at the content, I realize that this is not another business book filled with all the serious business jargon. There are pictures, diagrams, accompanied with descriptions all over it. In other words, this is a great book!

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