The Trials of Apollo Series by Rick Riordan

THE BOOK

You will get to the Tiber alive. You will start to Jive.
The former God Apollo is having a pretty rough time of it. Well, for one thing, he's called Lester.
But being an awkward mortal teenager is the least of his worries. Though he and his friends (some of them) have emerged from the Burning Maze, they still have a triumvirate to defeat, oracles to rescue, and prophecies to decipher, so that the world may be saved, and Lester can become Apollo once again.

Skill Builder by Penguin Random House India

The Skill Builder series aims to foster in children the numerical, logical, thinking and language skills that are essential for success in the twenty-first century. The books are broadly aligned to school curricula
and are available at four different levels of complexity, so you can choose the one that best suits your child’s learning stage.

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Spring Festival 2011 organised by Penguin

Following the success of Spring Fever 2010, the first ever literary spring festival and OPEN AIR LIBRARY by Penguin Books India, Spring Fever 2011 is being organized in the month of March. The festival will be held at the Amphitheatre at India Habitat Centre from 4^th  to  13^th  March, 2011.

The unique open air library, open to all, will feature a complete range of Penguin India titles, from landmark fiction and non-fiction titles, to the latest bestsellers, children's books and cutting-edge books. I’m sure reading this all book lovers will be vying to be in that cozy and silent corner in the company of their beloved books!

To top it all, there will be special literary evenings featuring key authors, new books and previews of forthcoming attractions as well as some musical performances.

The details of the programmes are as under:

IN THE BAZAAR OF LOVE

Presenting a selection of Penguin Classics: In the Bazaar of Love: The Selected Poetry of

Amir Khusrau, Zafarnama and Kama Sutra followed by a performance by Shubha Mudgal

LOSING MY VIRGINITY

Taking a book to bed

Madhuri Banerjee, Ira Trivedi and Ismita Tandon Dhankher in a candid chat

with Kaveree Bamzai followed by a performance by rock band U.8.NOISE

COMING OF AGE

The launch of Penguin Young Adult

Sheba Karim, author of Skunk Girl, in conversation with Samit Basu, followed by

dramatized readings from David Hair’s Pyre of Queens and Swayamvara

A WRITER’S LIFE

Javed Akhtar, William Dalrymple, Namita Gokhale and Sunil Sethi Sethi in conversation

HOWZZAT!

Cricket mania at its best!

Quiz on India’s favourite game with cricket analyst and quizmaster Joy Bhattacharjya, open to all

(On the spot registration for the quiz)

FINDING ANANDA

An open workshop by the Osho Foundation

THE CULTURE OF CONSUMPTION

Four distinguished economic thinkers shed light on the promises and perils of capitalism

Bimal Jalan, Gurcharan Das, Kaushik Basu and Vinay Bharat-Ram

BOX OFFICE

A special film screening in association with The American Center

BLOCKBUSTER FRIDAY

Mega books in the making

Readings by Shobhaa Dé from Sethji, William Dalrymple from The Return of the King: Shah Shuja and the First Anglo-Afghan War, Suhel Seth from Jamil Ahmad’s The Wandering Falcon

HINDI: BADLEGI TO CHALEGI!

A quirky dialogue on the changing forms of Hindi over time

Sudhish Pachauri, Noor Zaheer, Anamika, Ravish Kumar and Ashutosh Kumar

in conversation with Satyanand Nirupam

LIGHTS, CAMERA . . . ACTION!!

Celebrated film-maker Vishal Bhardwaj and Ruskin Bond in a very special conversation

CLOSING PERFORMANCE: Qawwali by the acclaimed Warsi Brothers of Hyderabad

Watch this space for more updates on the festival.