An Almond for a Parrot, Mencius and Love From Lexie

An Almond for a Parrot by Wray Delaney 
Price: Rs 638

In prison, accused of murder, Tully Truegood begins to write her life story – a story that takes her from a young girl in the backstreets of 18th century London to her stepmother Queenie’s Fairy House—a place where decadent excess is a must. Trained by Queenie to become a courtesan, and by Mr. Crease—a magician who sees that Tully holds similar special powers to his own—Tully soon becomes the talk of the town.  But as Tully goes on a journey of sexual awakening, she falls in love with one of her clients and the pleasure soon turns to pain. Especially when the estranged husband she was forced to marry by her father suddenly seeks her out. Now Tully is awaiting her trial for murder, for which she expects to hang and her only chance of survival is to get her story to the one person who might be able to help her.  

Mencius by Mencius and D. C. Lau 
Price: Rs 798

Mencius was the philosopher whose influence upon ancient Chinese thought was second only to that of Confucius, whose teachings Mencius defended and expanded. The Mencius, in which he recounts his dialogues with kings, dukes, and military men, as well as other philosophers, is one of the four books that make up the essential Confucian corpus. It takes up Confucius’s theories of jen, or goodness, and yi, righteousness, explaining that the individual can achieve harmony with mankind and the universe by perfecting his innate moral nature and acting with benevolence and justice. Mencius’s remarkably modern views on the duties of subjects and their rulers and on the evils of war created a Confucian orthodoxy that has remained intact since the third century BCE.

Love From Lexie by Cathy Cassidy 
Price: Rs 880

Ever since Lexie’s mum vanished, her world hasn’t stopped spinning. A new home, a new school – even a new family but Lexie never gives up hope that her mum will come back and writes her letters every day to tell her all about her new life. There’s plenty to tell – the new group of misfits she calls friends, the talent for music she never knew she had and the gorgeous boy with blue eyes and secrets to hide. But her letters remain unanswered and she’s starting to feel more alone than ever. But Lexie’s about to learn that sometimes you need to get lost in order to be found. This is the first book in a gorgeous new series from the bestselling author of the Chocolate Box Girls. ‘Love from Lexie’ is a perfect, gentle introduction to the power of community activism and a commentary on budget cuts and library closures.

 
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