Minni lives in the poorest part of Mumbai, where access to water is limited, and she often has to wait hours to use the communal tap. Lately, though, even that access is threatened by water shortages and thieves who are stealing this precious commodity -- an act that Minni accidentally witnesses one night. Meanwhile, in the high-rise building where she has begun working as a maid, she discovers that water streams out of every faucet and there's even...

The prize-winning author "entices lucky readers with a dissenting, potentially heretical, refreshingly fascinating interpretation" of Jesus's life (Shelf Awareness). The Francophone Belgian author Amélie Nothomb has won high praise for her provocative and philosophical novels, including Fear and Trembling, which won the prestigious Prix du Roman. Now Nothomb presents a highly original reexamination of an all-too-familiar story. In a first-person...

Thirst by C. Sweets In the unforgiving streets of Chicago, loyalty is the ultimate currency, and love is conditional. Shug and Thirst found each other in this harsh world, each shaped by their tough environment. Thirst, a hustler with an unstoppable drive, made everything possible for Shug, painting her life with shades of luxury and love. In return, Shug became the sweetest thing Thirst ever knew. But when Thirst is suddenly taken away,...

THIRST: Two Tales of Trouble in PetticoatsSharp heroines, mysterious heroes, and romance with more wit than a drawing room full of gossips...THIRST serves up two stories guaranteed to leave you parched for more.The Earl's Acquired Bride Hazel Freya brought a broom to her betrothal because someone has to clean up this mess. Spectacle-wearing and sharp-tongued, she'd rather battle dust bunnies than eligible bachelors. But when she discovers she's contractually...

THIRST is a living testimony of the author of God's promise in Acts 1: 8 on the empowerment of the Holy Spirit to make believers witnesses for Him in their own locality, and indeed, all over the world. Born in a remote village in South India, her first knowledge of God came through a picture of Jesus with John 3: 16 printed at the back, given to her as a small child by a British missionary. A temporary spiritual set back occurred after the death of...

Venice, July, 1613: A suspicious drowning in the Lagoon and a deadly assault on a bridge shatter the dreams of Captain Lorenzo Contarini and his fiancée, la Signorina Caterina Zanchi, members of two noble Venetian families. While Caterina's severe injuries banish her from society, her parents remove their other daughter, Leonora, from the convent to become Lorenzo's hasty wife. Lorenzo's investigation into his half-sister's death compels him to accuse...

Stu Carlson serves people drinks. Night after night, in the dry Texas heat, he stands behind the bar and listens to troubles and sorrows and worries and regrets-not too far off from his old position behind a pulpit. Doling out counsel and care, Stu's a compassionate man. When the scotch he serves Andrew Washburn-Dean of Fine Arts and all-around asshole-turns out to have been poisoned, Stu is shaken. A regular at Stu's bar, meek and talented Daniel...

The beginning of a relationship is usually all about getting to know each other. Not so for Dave and Alena. He's from London, she's from Siberia. They meet in a slick Bond Street department store, where she's up to no good and it's his job to catch her. So begins an unlikely relationship between two people with pasts, with secrets. But despite everything they don't have in common, they're still fighting for a future together.