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Guidance from the Universe!: A 50 – Card Deck

Unveil a deck where creativity meets spirituality!

Featuring the charming and joyful illustrations of The Doodle Desk, this card deck brings her signature doodle magic right into your hands. Whether you are seeking a daily dose of inspiration, a unique gift, or simply a fun way to brighten your day, each card carries a touch of magic, gently reminding you that the universe has your back.

So, shuffle, pick, and let the doodles offer you timeless wisdom and heartwarming celestial guidance!

USPs:

1. Whimsical Art with Purpose: Each card features Bhavya Doshi’s signature, colourful illustrations designed to uplift, inspire, and spread joy, making it more than just a deck—it’s a daily dose of positivity.

2. Stress-Relief with Style: A perfect blend of creativity and mindfulness, the deck serves as a vibrant stress-management tool, offering light-hearted motivation and a mental refresh.

3. Versatile and Gift-Worthy: Ideal for personal use, creative prompts, or as a thoughtful gift, the deck’s artistic charm makes it a unique keepsake for art lovers and self-care enthusiasts alike.

4. Minimalistic and Easy to Use: With its clean, visually appealing design, the deck offers a simple yet impactful way to boost your mood—whether you are seeking inspiration, motivation, or just a smile.

5. Cosmic Guidance for the Soul: More than just a deck, these cards act as whispers from the universe, offering gentle guidance and uplifting messages when you need them most. Whether you are navigating a rough day, healing from heartbreak, or seeking clarity, each card carries a touch of magic—reminding you that the universe always has your back.

Scamlands

Snigdha Poonam’s Scamlands takes you to parts of the world where a scamster is born every minute. Beginning from the rural heartland of eastern India, where she grew up and ending in a shining city by the South China Sea, Poonam follows the networks of deceit across an invisible empire that thrives on inequality, technological change and the erosion of trust. It is a world where fraud is at once a route to upward mobility, an act of revenge against the privileged and uncaring, and a blatant disregard for the pain of others.

A gripping account of the people and forces behind the scams reshaping societies and economies in India, Asia and beyond, this book describes places where corruption is not just an abuse of power but also an expression of agency and of ingenuity. It uncovers what it means for the social order, in India and elsewhere, when deception becomes a way of life. When fraud triumphs over trust, none of us anywhere in the world will escape its armies of foot soldiers and scam lords. We may all become unwilling citizens of this dark empire.

Half Light

‘A stunning novel, gorgeously written’ Kamila Shamsie

‘Intelligent, keenly observed’ Times Literary Supplement
‘Beautifully rendered’ Telegraph
‘Excellent’ Irish Times
‘Tender yet piercing’ Dua Lipa’s Service 95
‘A gentle, exquisite portrait’ Daily Mail

In the misty mountains of Darjeeling, a landslide entraps the guests and staff of a dilapidated hotel. Cooped up inside, two men exchange lingering glances. For carefree Neville, this is one of many exhilarating encounters, stolen kisses in stairways and parked cars. But for Pavan, an employee desperate to avoid detection, their entanglement prises open his carefully contained and solitary existence with unforgettable consequences.
Four years later, their paths cross again amidst the towering skyscrapers and ghostly smog of Mumbai. Pavan has fled the hills, burying all memories of their encounter, while Neville is now a flailing graduate, craving something more than the naked torsos blowing up his phone. When he glimpses Pavan working behind the reception of a luxurious hotel, he demands a meeting, pursuing him with mischief and menace as the secrets of their time together threaten to tumble into the light.
Set on the brink of India’s ruling to decriminalise homosexuality, this is a tender, richly atmospheric and elegantly wry story of outlawed desire and the hope of a life beyond concealment.

Rise to the 1%

What separates the 1% isn’t luck, timing, or inheritance.
It’s mindset, planning, and execution.
In Rise to the 1%, Sharan Hegde, one of India’s most trusted voices in personal finance, pulls back the curtain on the money myths we inherit, the mistakes we repeat, and the mindset shifts that quietly create wealth over time. This isn’t just a book about saving or investing. It’s a full rewire.
From early retirement and health planning to insurance, loans, credit cards, cars, taxes, and even giving back, Sharan breaks down life’s biggest financial decisions with clarity, honesty, and real-world examples you’ll actually relate to.
With a voice that is equal parts expert and friend, he dismantles toxic money beliefs, simplifies complex ideas, and most importantly, shows you that financial freedom isn’t reserved for the ultra-rich. It’s for the intentional.
This book won’t just change how you handle money. It’ll change how you see yourself.

The Elephant and Piggie Collection | The Bestselling Series by Mo Willems | Funny Books for Children | For Ages 6+

Discover the wonderful world of Gerald and Piggie with these 16 delightfully humorous tales for beginner readers from internationally acclaimed Caldecott Medal winning author, Mo Willems!

Young readers will ABSOLUTELY love these books:
 Vibrant new edition of Mo Willems’ award-winning series for beginner readers, with bright colours and lively humour that will appeal to small children and parents alike.
 Told entirely in speech bubbles, with a repetitive use of familiar phrases, this highly original book is perfect for children who are just learning to read.
 Mo Willems is a Caldecott Award winner and is a beloved children’s books writer known globally.
“In the world of children’s books, the biggest new talent to emerge thus far in the ’00s is the writer-illustrator Mo Willems.” The New York Times Book Review

Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.
Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.
Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.
Gerald and Piggie are best friends.

Titles included in this boxset:
• Are You Ready to Play Outside?
• I Am Invited to a Party!
• I Love My New Toy
• I Wil Surprise My Friend!
• My Friend Is Sad
• There Is a Bird on Your Head
• Watch Me Throw the Ball!
• Today I Will Fly!
• Let’s Go for a Drive!
• I Broke My Trunk
• We Are in a Book
• Can I Play Too?
• Elephants Cannot Dance!
• Pigs Make Me Sneeze!
• Should I Share My Ice-Cream?
• I’m A Frog! Join Gerald and Piggie on their many adventures!

The Ultimate Healing Code

In this, the sequel to her bestselling book, Heal Your Gut, Mind and Body, Dimple Jangda:

  • Unpacks the five Ds of mental health and shows you how to Disconnect, Destress, Detox, Decompress, and Decode your internal software.
  • Unwraps five powerful healing tools—Time, Space, Nature, Sound, and Energy.
  • Shares dietary protocols to tap into the boundless human potential to heal itself and perform daily miracles.

In sharing these codes and powerful game-changers, Dimple brings you closer to the source of healing, so you can become the master of your body, health and destiny. Accessible and comprehensive, this book will help you unlearn old habits, learn new health protocols and become the healthiest, happiest version of yourself, so you can live a more powerful now.

The Heartfulness Way, Book 2: Contemplating Life’s Great Questions on the Nature of Reality | Daaji & Elizabeth Denley on the Purpose of Life, Happiness, and Balance

In The Heartfulness Way, Volume 2, Daaji continues with the conversational format that he used so effectively in the previous volume, this time with Elizabeth Denley. Daaji takes us through the journey of expanding consciousness to the ultimate realization of the purpose of human life.
Essentially, The Heartfulness Way, Volume 2 is a guidebook for any of us wishing to transform from our current state, with all our beliefs, limitations, fears and weaknesses, in order to realize happiness, balance and our full potential in this very lifetime.
Daaji outlines the approach required, which is clear and practical, maps out the journey and provides the practices and tools needed. He sheds light on the obstacles and the solutions to help us overcome them. His approach is simple and experiential and can be practised by anyone with interest and willingness while working and living a normal family life.

Spectres of Vengeance

In a world where shadows conceal the truth and power is the ultimate prize, Amitabh Mehta, India’s resolute chief of intelligence, stands firm against corruption and terror.
Haunted by the legacy of the IC 814 hijacking, Amitabh has tirelessly safeguarded his nation through decades of combating terrorism, from the Khalistan movement to the serial bombings in Bombay and relentless attacks in Kashmir. Frustrated by indecisive politicians, he finds hope in a new prime minister—a charismatic strongman from Maharashtra with unprecedented public support.
As an Indian Air Force base is attacked, Amitabh proposes a bold solution: kill India’s enemies wherever they are. With the prime minister’s sanction, Amitabh spearheads a covert assassination programme, targeting high-priority enemies across the globe. However, a failed attempt on one of India’s most wanted terrorists reveals a mole within the government, leading to a frantic operation to capture the elusive terrorist. In their pursuit, they uncover a hidden power undermining India from within. Can this clandestine force be dismantled?

Philosophies On Self-Discipline

What if you could stop procrastinating—not by trying harder, but by thinking smarter?

Philosophies on Self-Discipline is your guide to getting things done, no matter what life throws your way. It’s not about hustle culture—it’s about using centuries of timeless wisdom to build habits that stick.

Through 8 concise meditations, you’ll learn how to rewire your mindset with insights from history’s greatest thinkers—Plato, Nietzsche, Freud, and more. Break patterns, build momentum, and make discipline second nature.

Whether you’re a chronic procrastinator or just seeking more consistency, this book reminds you: you don’t have to figure it all out alone.

Written by bestselling author and human performance expert Peter Hollins, this is a no-fluff guide to getting things done—calmly, consistently, and confidently

AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference

From two of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in AI, what you need to know about AI—and how to defend yourself against bogus AI claims and products

Confused about AI and worried about what it means for your future and the future of the world? You’re not alone. AI is everywhere—and few things are surrounded by so much hype, misinformation, and misunderstanding. In AI Snake Oil, computer scientists Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor cut through the confusion to give you an essential understanding of how AI works and why it often doesn’t, where it might be useful or harmful, and when you should suspect that companies are using AI hype to sell AI snake oil—products that don’t work, and probably never will.

While acknowledging the potential of some AI, such as ChatGPT, AI Snake Oil uncovers rampant misleading claims about the capabilities of AI and describes the serious harms AI is already causing in how it’s being built, marketed, and used in areas such as education, medicine, hiring, banking, insurance, and criminal justice. The book explains the crucial differences between types of AI, why organizations are falling for AI snake oil, why AI can’t fix social media, why AI isn’t an existential risk, and why we should be far more worried about what people will do with AI than about anything AI will do on its own. The book also warns of the dangers of a world where AI continues to be controlled by largely unaccountable big tech companies.

By revealing AI’s limits and real risks, AI Snake Oil will help you make better decisions about whether and how to use AI at work and home.

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