206 Bones by Kathy Reichs - Death ties up with Forensic mysteries

Kathy Reichs, number one New York Times bestselling author and producer of the FOX television returns firmly, establishing her dominant talent in forensic mystery writing in her striking new novel --206 Bones that features an America's favorite forensic anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan.

The story begins with Tempe, who is regaining consciousness and discovering that she is in some kind of very small, dark and cold enclosed space that appears to be an underground tomb. Tempe begins slowly to reconstruct back her memory. From here, the storylines move back to a flashback which reveals that Tempe and Lieutenant Ryan had escorted the recently discovered remains of missing women who are entitled to high rank from Montreal to the Chicago morgue. Unexpectedly, Tempe was accused of mishandling the post-mortem of Canadian heiress Rose Jurmain, thereby made to stay away from the case.

Within hours, Tempe joins with another mysterious death case of an unknown person who made an incriminating phone call to her for informing related clues to the heiress’s trafficking. Back in Montreal, the dead body of a second elderly woman was found in the woods, and then a third. As the story moves over continues death tragedies, Tempe finds herself to be helpless over these incidents but soon realizes that not only is Jurmain's death is possibly linked to the brutal murders of other elderly women, but also about those whoever is out to tarnish her reputation refuses to back off. Also the story contours the incredible devastation that would occur if a forensic colleague spoiled the work in the lab.

Back to the present situation, Tempe just tries to move out from the unknown place. The author will make readers to get stuck with several queries at the middle of the story like, what did Tempe find in the case of trafficking? Did Tempe rescue herself from the danger after being brought to an unknown place? And who is behind these illegal acts?

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When Fate Comes Calling by Sean Doyle - Fate’s Play over a Romantic Couple

Sean Doyle has worked as an Investment Manager since gaining a degree in economics. He spent two years living in Bahrain and traveled throughout the Middle East. When comes to romantic and non-fictional subjects, Sean is at his best.

“When Fate Comes Calling”, a romantic story book written by Sean is the story about two young lovers who got departed due to darker forces. Jack, the hero of this story is a carefree student who meets and falls in love with a beautiful French girl, Abrielle on holiday in the Catalan resort of Rosas. Abrielle is a sweet, gorgeous young girl who is bit mysterious but enigmatic in nature. These couples loved each other to an extreme end which surprised out everyone, but not lasting for long due to the spectre of terrorism that overshadows their dwindling days together. The swift intensity of their relationship is brought to a sudden and devastating end, before their youthful affair.

From here, the author takes the story to continue from almost two decades later, the couple meets again by chance while on business in Beirut. They are now very different people holding different positions. Jack is a successful businessman who was living with a troubled marriage, while Abrielle is a committed political journalist, entirely wedded - or so it seems - to her career. As they meet each other, they reveal those golden days, when they were in love with each other. This reminisce made Jack to realize that old feelings are being awakened and sleeping fires rekindled. Also this raises question within them that, Is this should be their second chance?

Soon they come to know that life is more complicated this time around thereby their brief reunion comes towards its end symbolizing that fate yet again threatens to intervene. Credits go to the author for providing such an impressive story that unbinds the experience in real-time life, which would have been felt by many people in this world.

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The Lost Symbol (Hardcover) by Dan Brown

The Lost Symbol is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown's No. 1 international phenomenon with 81 million copies in print worldwide and the UK's biggest selling paperback novel of all time, and it will once again feature Dan Brown's unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon. This book's narrative takes place in a 12-hour period, and from the first page, Dan's readers will feel the thrill of discovery as they follow Robert Langdon through a masterful and unexpected new landscape.The Lost Symbol is a brilliant and compelling thriller. Dan Brown's prodigious talent for storytelling, infused with history, codes and intrigue, is on full display in this new book.

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Eastenders Annual 2009 by Tim - Get all the Gossip behind the Scenes

The brand new Eastenders Annual is based entirely in the fictional world of Walford that takes a glittery, gossip-magazine-style approach to the Square, with a focus on Roxy’s cocktail recipes. It looks in depth at key themes, such as adultery and doomed romances.

Eastenders is a BBC show which has been airing continuously on our screens since February 1985. Eastenders 2009 annual is written in its traditional black lettering, standing out above a picture of Bradley and Stacey (Charlie Clements, Lacey Turner). There are various other small images dotted around to lure you in with brief captions too. There is a contents page briefly outlining what is in store throughout the 128 pages of the book, split into four headings: Your Favorite Faces, Fun Stuff, Fabulous Fashion and Games & Quizzes.

Packed with exclusive features, Love is quite a popular hot topic on the Square, so there was no surprise to find a few pages dedicated to the romantics in Walford. There is a wedding exclusive section, taking the readers through various weddings from Walford. The quite upsetting part of the annual is the cemetery of Walford, Where readers can read about all the deaths that have occurred to their beloved characters. The A-Z of Eastenders is quite an interesting feature of this annual where some new comers pick up the hot spot. Also containing fun quizzes and games including the 'Queen Vic Challenge', this annual is a riotous board game for all the family.

In short, Eastenders Annual 2009 is all about the gossips behind the scene, news and some exclusive pictures of the cast on and off the set.

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Oceans by Paul Rose & Anne Laking - A Journey to the Underwater World

Paul Rose, an expedition leader and co-presenter of the BBC television series Oceans, is a professional diver, polar guide, and mountaineer. He was the base commander of the British Antarctic Survey and ran the U.S. Navy's diver training program. Rose has presented several other BBC television series, including Voyages of Discovery, Climate Change, and Take One Museum. Anne Laking has worked in science programming at the BBC for 20 years and has been an executive producer in science programming for eight years.

“Oceans” is a book that draws on the stories from the fields of sub-aquatic archaeology, geology, marine biology and anthropology and also reveals a hidden world of lost cities, forgotten shipwrecks, underwater caves and submerged volcanoes. It explores the Mediterranean, the Sea of Cortez, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Southern Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. This book stresses the real facts and also unveils that the oceans are the single most important feature of our planet as they shape our climate, our culture, our future.

This book also raises several questions like, what lies below the frozen Arctic ice-sheets? Or in the intriguing black holes under the Caribbean Sea? What lurks within the tannin-stained waters of the Southern Ocean? In short, "Oceans: Exploring the Hidden Depths of the Underwater World" unravels the mysteries of the deep and provides light up insights into this vast undersea domain. Also it outlines that the oceans contribute more to the wellbeing of life on Earth than any other global system, providing food and oxygen and regulating the weather.

Beautifully illustrated with more than 150 color photographs, this book takes the readers to the underwater world that has an unknown history immersed in the depth.

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The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon - A Dark Tale

The Angel’s Game is a dazzling new story about the perilous nature of obsession, in literature and in love. The first few pages of the story just unveil out lush descriptions of Barcelona, of the characters that inhabit her, the rising crescendo of the plot. The story’s main character is David martin --a young man working in a newspaper office. This young novelist obsessed with a forbidden love, receives an offer from an enigmatic publisher to write a book like no other before -- a book for which "people will live and die. In return, he is promised a fortune and perhaps much more.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon was born in Barcelona and is the author of six novels, including “The Shadow of the Wind”, the most successful novel in Spanish publishing history. His work has been translated into more than 35 languages and has received numerous international awards.

The resulting story is a huge success and becomes David's first step on the path to a career as an author. As David's books gain certain recognition, he receives a mysterious letter from a French editor called Andreas Corelli who wants to help him achieve his aims. But the character is not all that he seems and soon David has entered an agreement that will lead him question everything he values. He is also befriended by the bookseller Sempere who introduces him to the strange world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. From here this dark, gothic tale underscores the various situations like threads of a mystery, love, and friendship.

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Understanding Morphology by Andrea Sims - A Synchronic Study of Word Structure

Andrea D. Sims is Assistant Professor of Slavic Linguistics at the Ohio State University. He has successfully presented out an introduction to the study of word structure that starts at the very beginning in his book -- Understanding Morphology.

“Understanding Morphology” is the fully revised new edition by the author which inline with the latest research in the field of Morphology - a study of forms of things, especially words and their structure. After a deep research and analyzes, the author has neatly described out the theories, assuming no knowledge of the field of morphology on the part of the readers.

This book presents a broad range of morphological phenomena from a wide variety of languages. Starting with the core areas of inflection and derivation, the book presents the interactions and boundaries between morphology and syntax and also between morphology and phonology -- the study of sounds in languages. The synchronic study of word structure is covered based on the phenomena of historical development and changes such as analogy and grammaticalization. Theories are presented clearly in accessible language with the main purpose of shedding light on the data, rather than as a goal in them. The author has consistently drawn on the best research available, thus utilizing and discussing both functionalist and generative theoretical approaches.

In this book, each chapter includes summary, suggestions for further reading, and exercises so that readers are guided and developed wisely in a systematic manner. This is the ideal book for either beginning students of linguistics or anyone in a related discipline looking for a first introduction to morphology.

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