1. Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy, hardbound, published by Hachette India, pp 250, Rs 798
2. Cometh the Hour by Jeffery Archer, paperback, published by Macmillan, pp 420, Rs 958
3. On Paper by Nicholas A Basbanes, paperback, published by Vintage Books, pp 430, Rs 1,438
4. 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself: Change Your Life Forever by Steve Chandler, paperback, published by Maanu Graphics Books, pp 192, Rs 256
5. The Z Factor: My Journey As the Wrong Man at the Right Time by Subash Chandra and Pranjal Sharma, hardbound, published by Harper Collins, pp 280, Rs 1,118

Sleeping on Jupiter A train stops at a railway station. A young woman jumps off. She has wild hair, sloppy clothes, a distracted air. She looks Indian, yet she is somehow not. The sudden violence of what happens next leaves the other passengers gasping. The train terminates at Jarmuli, a temple town by the sea. Here, among pilgrims, priests and ashrams, three old women disembark only to encounter the girl once again. Unexpected connections are revealed between devotion and violence, friendship and fear as Jarmuli is revealed as a place with a long, dark past that transforms all who encounter it. This is a stark novel about religion, love, and violence in the modern world. Cometh the Hour Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for Harry and Emma Clinton, Giles Barrington and Lady Virginia. Giles must decide if he should withdraw from politics and try to rescue Karin, the woman he loves, from behind the Iron Curtain. But is Karin truly in love with him, or is she a spy? Jeffery Archer’s Cometh the Hour is the penultimate book in the Clifton Chronicles. And like the five previous novels — all of which went to number one on the Sunday Time Bestseller list — Cometh the Hour showcases master storyteller Archer’s extraordinary storytelling skill with his trademark twists. On Paper In this book, Nicholas A Basbanes — the consummate bibliophile’s bibliophile — shows how paper has been civilisation’s constant companion. It preserves our history and gives record to our very finest literary, cultural and scientific accomplishments. Since the invention of paper in China nearly two millennia ago, the technology of paper has spread throughout the inhabited world. With deep knowledge and care, author Basbanes traces paper’s trail from the earliest handmade sheets to the modern day’s mills in his book On Paper.Lavishly researched, and compellingly written, Basbanes’ On Paper is the masterful guide that illuminates you with paper’s endless possibilities. 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself: Change Your Life Forever will help to break through the negative barriers and banish the pessimistic thoughts that are preventing one from fulfilling their lifelong goals and dreams. This edition by author Steve Chandler also contains new mental and spiritual techniques that give readers more immediate access to action and results in their lives. If you are ready to finally make a change and reach your goals, Chandler challenges you to change your defeatist attitude in 100 Ways To Motivate Yourself. He challenges you to turn your attitude into optimistic, enthusiastic accomplishments. The Z Factor Subhash Chandra, the promoter of Essel/ Zee Group, is an unlikely mogul. Hailing from a small town in Haryana, India, where his family ran grain mills, Chandra has been a perennial outsider, repeatedly aiming high and breaking into businesses where he was considered an interloper. His Zee TV, India’s first private Indian TV channel, changed the rules of the game and tickled the fancy of a public starved of entertainment. The Z Factor by Chandra and Pranjal Sharma is an unusually candid memoir of a truly desi self-made businessman who came to Delhi at age 20 with INRs 17 in his pocket. Today, he has a net worth of $6.3 billion and annual group revenues of about $3 billion. EKTA BOOKS Ekta Books, Thapathali, Kathmandu, 4245787, 4230729; Ekta Educational Palace, Manbhawan, Lalitpur, 5533862 Ekta Books Pvt Ltd, Lamachaur, Pokhara, 061-440409 ektabook@mos.com.np