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Daktarin Jamini Sen

A trailblazer in her field, Jamini Sen was one of British India’s first women doctors and the first ever woman to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

Driven by her ideals, she served as the physician to the Nepal Royal Family, introducing modern medicine to the kingdom. Her close friendship with King Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah and her discretion in a palace rife with intrigue earned her trust and respect. Despite facing significant personal and professional challenges, including the loss of loved ones, Jamini’s resilience and dedication to her work and faith never wavered. Her legacy as a pioneering and fearless woman in medicine continues to inspire generations.

This book is about her journey.

Father Cabraal’s Recipe for Love Cake

Father Cabraal’s Recipe for Love Cake explores the complex legacies of colonial exploitation and slavery in a tropical island in the Indian Ocean (a loosely fictionalised Sri Lanka). Two compelling stories run in parallel:

In the 21st century, Katharina Silvaria, formerly a tv news journalist and war reporter based in London, now lives on the island, in an ancient house she has recently inherited. Damaged by her experiences as a war reporter and seeking a quiet life, Katharina earns a living by baking and exporting cakes made to an old recipe she found in the house. Amid one of the periodic rebellions against a repressive and unjust government, wounded fugitive Rajiv Almeida takes refuge in Katharina’s house, and she reluctantly agrees to shelter him from the police.

In the late 17th century, significant areas of the island are controlled by a powerful European trading enterprise known only as The Company. Santiago De Melo, one of the first Europeans to reside in the island Fort, builds an imposing house for himself and, defying convention, chooses as his bride a local woman, Maria, who has good reason to hate The Company. Unusually, Maria has inherited from her lover – and now runs – one of the best pepper farms in the area. But the casually brutal deputy governor of the island is determined to seize control of its lucrative pepper trade, and tragedy follows.

Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: Everyday Tools for Life’s Ups and Downs | Over One Million Copies Sold

Give your mind the one thing it needs in 2026 with the SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER everyone is STILL talking about, from clinical psychologist and TikTok sensation Dr Julie Smith.

‘A brilliant book’ Steven Bartlett, Diary of a CEO podcast

‘Full of sound, helpful advice with life skills, from building confidence to managing stress’ Sunday Times

AS FEATURED IN THE OBSERVER, STYLIST, EVENING STANDARD, WOMEN’S HEALTH, MARIE CLAIRE AND GRAZIA

Drawing on years of experience as a clinical psychologist, online sensation Dr Julie Smith shares all the skills you need to get through life’s ups and downs.

Filled with secrets from a therapist’s toolkit, this is a must-have handbook for optimising your mental health. Dr Julie’s simple but expert advice and powerful coping techniques will help you stay resilient no matter what life throws your way.

Written in short, bite-sized entries, you can turn straight to the section you need depending on the challenge you’re facing – and immediately find the appropriate tools to help with . . .

• Managing anxiety
• Dealing with criticism
• Battling low mood
• Building self-confidence
• Finding motivation
• Learning to forgive yourself

This book tackles the everyday issues that affect us all and offers easy, practical solutions that might just change your life.

‘Sound wisdom, easy to gulp down. I’m sure this book is already helping lots of people. Great work, Dr Julie‘ Matt Haig, bestselling author of Reasons To Stay Alive

‘I’m blown away by her ability to communicate difficult ideas with ease, simplicity and practicality. Amazing. Go and buy it now!’ Jay Shetty

‘It’s real, it’s authentic . . . Very practical and very, very helpful’ Lorraine Kelly

‘Relatable, real and easy to digest . . . As if your wise best friend is chatting to you. An essential mental-health bible for adults and teenagers’ YOU Magazine, Daily Mail

‘If you want to feel like you have a therapist sitting across from you, empowering you with how to be your best self, this book is for you!’ Nicole LePera, New York Times bestselling author of How to Do the Work

The 9 Points of Potential: The New Enneagram Test to Discover Your Strengths and Master Leadership, Communication, and Collaboration in Workplace

A revolutionary take on the enneagram test that provides a unique way of looking at your greatest strengths in the workplace and how to use them to succeed as a business leader and team player.

Everyone in their respective workplace aims to be efficient, adhere to deadlines, and contribute meaningfully to the bottom line. But what if we examined our talents through a different typology? One that looks at emotional intelligence, reasoning, excellence, diligence, and bearing?

The 9 Points of Potential introduces a new Enneagram test that will help you identify your greatest talents and equip you with strategies to use them to your greatest output and benefit, all while harnessing the power of collaboration to achieve across-the-board success.

This personality-based comprehensive model for high achievement will help you to:

• Utilize your specific skillset to manage your time and workload more effectively
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with colleagues
• Excel as a leader and team player

By knowing how to bring your best innate self to the table, both with your own traits and understanding the dynamics of others, you will able to navigate through any challenge and reach your loftiest goals.

The Aura Color Wheel: The New Enneagram Test to Discover Your Strengths and Master Leadership, Communication, and Collaboration in Workplace

Find joy and fulfillment by exploring your Soul Aura Color evolution and living your soul’s purpose.

Is there untapped potential you can feel within yourself but can’t quite figure out how to access? Do you feel your inner world changing but it seems like you aren’t changing along with it? What if there was a way to discover and understand your life’s purpose by looking at the evolution of your soul?

The Aura Color Wheel is here to help you find and live your soul’s purpose. By taking the dynamic 20-question quiz and identifying which of the 9 Soul Gift Archetypes and 36 Soul Aura Colors your soul aligns with, you will be able to:

• Access spiritual knowledge that will help you chart a new life path
• Use your newly discovered soul gifts as lessons
• Heal your soul wounds
• Get to know your soul as it grows alongside you

Harness your unique qualities to fully embody your soul’s evolution and lead a more joyful and fulfilled life.

In the Cosmic Zone: The New Enneagram Test to Discover Your Strengths and Master Leadership, Communication, and Collaboration in the Workplace

Step out of the Comfort Zone and into the Cosmic Zone with 12 actionable keys, and embark on a journey to unlock your highest potential and navigate life with clarity and cosmic alignment.

The Cosmic Zone is where everyday individuals flex their supernatural powers and live to their highest potential. We all have access to the Cosmic Zone, and we were all born with the 12 Universal Keys; each chapter is dedicated to one of those keys, which are based on astrological archetypes.

In her debut book, Madi Murphy, co-founder of the digital astrology community CosmicRx, reveals how each Key manifests in your life and also identifies the barriers that keep you rooted in the Comfort Zone, hindering growth and fulfillment. From working with imposter syndrome, to accessing your creativity, to fighting for what’s right, The 12 Universal Keys to The Cosmic Zone will unlock readers ability to:

• Go from stagnation to empowered action.
• Feel “at home” wherever you go.
• Shift from perfectionism to progress.
• Overcome shame and take back your power.
• And more!

Murphy empowers readers with actionable tools and rituals designed to dissolve these barriers and embody the essence of each Key. By recognizing when to assert themselves and when to cultivate a more receptive stance, readers will learn to navigate life’s challenges with resilience and purpose.

A Life in Public Service

In 1960, King Mahendra Shah summoned a twenty-four-year-old Nepali PhD student in California to serve as the Member Secretary of National Planning Council. In the extraordinary six-decade long career that followed, Bhekh Bahadur Thapa witnessed first-hand the enormous challenges, as well as the heartbreaks and triumphs, of nation-building in Nepal. He revisits those times, offering deeply personal observations into the transformation of his country, from a feudal protectorate under the rule of the Rana dynasty to its current-day manifestation as a boisterous federal democratic republic. An ‘insider-account’ in the truest sense, A Life in Public Service is a fascinating, intimate look at the modern-day governance of South Asia’s oldest nation.

Things We Don’t See

Things We Don’t See is the story of a boy from a small village who dared to dream beyond what he could see. It’s a journey powered by imagination, shaped by setbacks, fueled by questions about life, existence, and what it means to matter. From chasing butterflies and stories of ghosts to navigating corporate boardrooms and global strategy, L.C. Singh takes us through a life of sharp contrasts—rural innocence to global ambition, failure to recognition, longing to stillness. It’s a deeply human tale of becoming someone in the world’s eyes, only to discover that true action comes when it aligns with one’s purpose.

Told with honesty and quiet strength, this memoir explores the unseen threads that guide us—our inner drive, our curiosities, and our need to find peace not just in what we do, but in who we are.
At the edge of all ambition and all inquiry, he found what he wasn’t chasing: stillness.

The Real Deal | A Guide for Aspiring Girl Scientists to Discover What Life in Science Is Really like | Contains Illustrations, Case-Studies, and Research-Backed Analyses

What does an education and career in science truly look like from the inside? What does it mean to be a woman in science? Is a career in science compatible with marriage, motherhood, hobbies and work-life balance?

The Real Deal offers aspiring girl scientists an authentic, behind-the-scenes view of a contemporary woman scientist’s journey in India. Blending memoir and reportage, Dr Karishma Kaushik shares real-life stories from her career in medicine and science—complete with failed experiments, hard choices, and moments of joy and fulfilment. Honest, insightful, and often humourous, this book reveals the challenges, questions, and triumphs that shape a life in science, inspiring readers to discover their own path with purpose and curiosity.

Are You Lonesome? | Stories and Lessons for Personal Transformation

In a world overflowing with connections, why do so many of us still feel unseen, unheard, and utterly alone?
Are You Lonesome? invites you to explore this silent epidemic of loneliness through six powerful stories that reflect the invisible battles that many people face. Whether it’s the absence of friendship, intimacy, guidance or moral support, each story reveals an emotional void that can leave us adrift, even in the company of others. But this is not just a book of stories. It’s a mirror and a map. Blending poignant fiction with deeply personal reflections and practical strategies, this book offers readers a unique framework to identify and heal six distinct manifestations of isolation.

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