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New arrivals: Books to stir a world inside you!

The Statesman brings to you a list of newly arrived books that you should read this weekend. Magnus Chase and…

New arrivals: Books to stir a world inside you!

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The Statesman brings to you a list of newly arrived books that you should read this weekend.

Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead: Rick Riordan

Publisher: Penguin Random House

Price: Rs 599/-

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Loki the trickster god is free from his chains. He’s put together a crew of giants and zombies to sail Naglfar, the Ship of the Dead, in a battle against the Norse gods. If he succeeds, the final battle of Ragnarok will extinguish all the worlds.

With help from Percy Jackson and my cousin Annabeth, and with friends by my side, I have to sail across the oceans to reach Naglfar before Midsummer’s Day.The only problems are the angry sea gods, hostile giants and evil fire-breathing dragon in the way.

But even if we survive the journey I’ll need more than just Jack, my talking sword, to beat Loki. I must find a magical elixir so deadly that it will either make me powerful enough to defeat Loki and put him back in chains for good…or destroy me entirely.

The Trial by Fire: G Ramachandram

Publisher: Wordizen Books

Price: Rs 399/-

This autobiography is a rare story of the courage and the conviction of a person holding a position of power and authority, taking on the high and the mighty, refusing to buckle under pressure and do what is unethical and defiance fighting relentlessly against the corrupt system. During his two-decades-long tenure, he had to quite often face ‘the trials by fire’ in order to secure his college with a solid foundation of perennial values, transparency and commitment to truth.

Terribly Tiny Tails

Publisher: Penguin Books

Price: Rs 250/-

Never upon a time, there was nothing. Then once came along and the stories never stopped. What you hold is a collection of some of the finest tiny tales from over 100 writers. Each written in 140 characters or fewer, waiting to stir a world inside you.

Squeeze it in between your favourite titles, gift it to someone really special or simply take it with you wherever you go. This one’s for keeps, on a tiny shelf in your heart. Promise. Terribly Tiny Tails,the Internet’s most loved micro-fiction platform, and Penguin come together for the first time on the same page.

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