Historical

Prithvi, a twenty-one-year-old, is searching for a mysterious middle-aged aghori (Shiva devotee), Om Shastri, who was traced more than 200 years ago before he was captured and transported to a high-tech facility on an isolated Indian island....

India, 3400 BCE. A land in tumult, poverty and chaos. Most people suffer quietly. A few rebel. Some fight for a better world. Some for themselves. Some don't give a damn. Raavan. Fathered by one of the most illustrious sages of the time....

In Tamil: Ponniyin Selvan is a historical novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy, written in Tamil. In five volumes, it tells the story of early days of Arulmozhivarman, who later became the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I....

அமரர் சாண்டில்யனின் அற்புதமான புதினம் ஒலி வடிவில் 42 மணி....

Saleem Sinai is born on the stroke of midnight on 14th-15th August 1947, at the exact moment that India and Pakistan become separate, independent nations....

அமரர் சாண்டில்யனின் அற்புதமான புதினம் ஒலி வடிவில் 42 மணி....

1946 में साहित्य के क्षत्रमे योगदान के लिए नोबेल पुरष्कार से सम्मानित लेखक हरमन का यह विश्वप्रशिद्ध उपन्यास है....

Drake, Duke of Manchester is searching the Marriage Mart for a perfect bride. He wants a woman who is poised, sophisticated, and worthy of the title Duchess....

Ponniyin Selvan is Kalki’s magnum opus based in the 10th century and presents the early life of Rajaraja and the kings of Chozha Empire....

2017, Delhi – Vidyut’s dying ancestor summons him to Banaras. The old Brahmin chieftain of the Dev-Raakshasa Matth, or the God-Demon Clan, bears a chilling secret. Their bloodline carries an ancient curse that will plague mankind - towards its own violent extinction....

Bled dry by violent confrontations with the Magadhan Empire, the Mathuran Republic simmers on the brink of oblivion. Senator Krishna and his third wife Satyabhama have put their plans in motion, both within and beyond the Republic’s blood-soaked borders, to protect it from total annihilation....

India, 1025 AD. Repeated attacks by Mahmud of Ghazni and his barbaric Turkic hordes have weakened India’s northern regions. The invaders lay waste to vast swathes of the subcontinent—plundering, killing, raping, pillaging....

लेकिन आदर्शवाद की एक कीमत होती है. उसे वह कीमत चुकानी पड़ी....

இந்தியா சுதந்திரம் அடையும் முன்பு அடைந்த பின்பு நடந்த சம்பவங்களை உள்ளடக்கி வெளியான எழுத்தாளர் கல்கியின் நாவல் அலை ஓசை....

Vernon Alverstoke sees no reason to put himself out for anyone. But when a distant connection asks for help, he is quickly plunged into one drama after another by the disorderly Merriville family.... 

In Tamil: Ponniyin Selvan is a historical novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy, written in Tamil. In five volumes, it tells the story of early days of Arulmozhivarman, who later became the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I....

Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand new novel featuring Dame Agatha's most beloved creation, Hercule Poirot....

Max Pzoras is the poster child for the American dream. The child of Greek immigrants who grew up in a dangerous New York housing project, he triumphed over his upbringing....

It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields....

Kadal Pura - Part 3, an audiobook narrated in Tamil....

The passionate relationship between Cathy Earnshaw and the foundling, Heathcliff, is a story of love, hate....

Sethe was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. Sethe has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened....

CeCe D’Aplièse, in her mid-twenties, has never felt she fitted in anywhere. Following the death of her father, the elusive billionaire Pa Salt – so-called by the six daughters he adopted from around the globe – she finds herself at breaking point....

In the seventh century the Cholas are vassals of the Pallavas. Parthiban conveys his dream of the Chola dynasty regaining its glory - which he believes is lost since they are no longer the independent rulers - to his young son Vikraman....

Ponniyin Selvan is a historical novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy, written in Tamil. In five volumes, it tells the story of early days of Arulmozhivarman, who later became the great Chola emperor Rajaraja Chola I....

Die Schweiz im Jahre 1474. Eiserne Rüstungen und Schwerter blitzen im Sonnenlicht, der Pulverdampf der Steinbüchsen liegt in der Luft … Lassen Sie sich auf die Schlachtfelder der Burgunderkriege katapultieren, wenn der tapfere Söldner Matthias um Ehre, Freiheit und die Liebe seines Lebens kämpft! Kühles Bier, saftiger Wein, reichlich Kriegsbeute und natürlich Ehre – dafür verdingt sich Matthias von Altstetin als Söldner. Er steht unter dem Befehl von Hauptmann Hans Waldmann aus Zürich.

Machen Sie sich bereit für einen atemberaubenden, historischen Seefahrer-Roman und begleiten Sie Captain Walker auf seinem Abenteuer durch die gefährlichsten Gewässer des 19. Jahrhunderts! KLAPPENTEXT: Der Krieg ist vorbei, die Freibeuterei verboten worden und die amerikanische Korvette „Cougar“ unter Captain James Walker am Ende. Auf der Suche nach einer Möglichkeit sich und seine treue Crew über Wasser zu halten, stoßen Walker und seine Männer durch Zufall auf einen vielversprechenden Auftrag.

Wszystko wskazuje na to, że oddajemy w Wasze ręce ostatni tom serii komediowej poświęconej perypetiom Marii Kostki z Kostki, czyli ostatniej arystokratki. Zamkowe życie podglądaliśmy przez okrągły rok i wraz z bohaterami tej szalonej opowieści przeżyliśmy wiele zwariowanych przygód. Zadbała o to pani Cicha, nieszczędząca sobie i innym swego orzechowego eliksiru, pan Spock, umilający czas hipochondrycznymi piosenkami, oraz oczywiście Józef, posępny kasztelan, odziany w nieodłączny szlafrok i dzwoniący pękiem kluczy. Czas sprawdzić, jak to wszystko się skończy.

La insurrecció de dos mil homes a la Bisbal el 1869 contra la Corona espanyola. Amb dos protagonistes històrics: el revolucionari Pere Caimó i la primera sindicalista catalana, Isabel Vilà. El 6 d'octubre de 1869, a la població empordanesa de la Bisbal, va esclatar un combat entre prop de tres mil homes alçats en armes i les tropes del Regne d'Espanya. Va ser el Foc de la Bisbal, un aixecament revolucionari que pretenia posar fi a la monarquia absoluta i convertir Espanya en una República federal.

Eine Frau kämpft für die Rechte der Kinder. 1830: Nicht nur in Preußen herrscht die Überzeugung, dass man von Kindern nichts hören und sehen sollte. Um sie vom Weg der Sünde abzubringen, ist körperliche Züchtigung notwendig. Entsetzt verfolgt die junge Luise Levin, wie ihre Neffen geschlagen werden und wie man die Kinder von Arbeiterinnen in Verwahranstalten diszipliniert. Als sie von einer neuartigen Erziehungsanstalt erfährt, die Friedrich Fröbel in Thüringen gegründet hat, bewirbt sie sich dort gegen den Willen ihrer Familie als Haushälterin.

El año en que la democracia se perdió, una mujer lo dejó todo para impedirlo. Mientras Alfonso maneja hacia Tixtla donde agoniza Ubalda, una maestra rural y luchadora social, recuerda el momento en que la conoció, así como los acontecimientos políticos y sociales que sacudieron la vida democrática de México en los años ochenta y que, inevitablemente, terminaron marcando la historia de ella: el abandono de su hija, la desaparición forzada de su esposo, y su doloroso exilio.

"Liebster Ehemann, es ist mein vordringlichster Wunsch, dass unsere Ehe fortbestehen wird." Voller Sehnsucht schreibt Francesca an Tristan des Îles. Seit zwei Jahren ist der Graf in der fernen Bretagne, hat auf keinen ihrer Briefe geantwortet. In ihren Träumen fühlt sie sich ihm so sinnlich verbunden wie damals. Doch was, wenn Tristan sich nicht meldet, weil er ihre Ehe annullieren will? Denn inzwischen hat Francesca durch einen Schicksalsschlag ihr Erbe verloren. Und dann steht sie ihm unerwartet auf einem Fest gegenüber! Beim Blick in seine tiefblauen Augen schlägt ihr Herz rasend schnell.

In fuga dalla schiavitù, il viaggio di una madre alla ricerca dei figli e della libertà. "È questa la libertà?" si chiede Rachel, mentre corre in una foresta immersa nel buio, sola, atterrita, esausta. Sta scappando dalla piantagione in cui ha trascorso tutta la sua esistenza, da un lavoro sfibrante, da un padrone brutale. Lo stesso padrone che, quella mattina del 1834, ha annunciato la fine della schiavitù, per poi aggiungere che tutti loro avrebbero dovuto prestare servizio come apprendisti per altri sei anni. Una beffa atroce. In quell'istante, qualcosa in Rachel si è spezzato.

Cuando su hermana Bluebell se escapa para evitar casarse con Diego de Valterra, Rose Wadlow se siente obligada a ocupar su lugar. Sabe que el matrimonio pactado con ese hombre no le traerá felicidad. Aun así, está dispuesta a no permitir que su carácter mujeriego le afecte, porque, a cambio, su sangre española la liberará de la maldición que pesa sobre su familia.

When a German pilot bails out into the town square, members of the Housewives League are more intent on salvaging the parachute than capturing the enemy. The pilot escapes, and shortly after, the body of a Land Army girl is discovered. Blame falls on the missing pilot, but Lady Elizabeth believes otherwise and sets out to prove it. Meanwhile, her forbidden attraction to the charming American major, and her attempts to placate the hostility between the Yanks and the Brits, complicate her already challenging life.

No one is at all sure what a book wraith might be, but whatever it is definitely has the battered tomes in the Library of the Sapphire Wind very worried indeed. Figuring out what a book wraith could be is hardly the least of the challenges that the newly formed House of Rough Diamonds will face as the motley assortment of members-including three women who are literally "out of this world"-attempt to secure ownership of the Library.

Two years have passed since the Spirit King's Curse shook the world. In this time, Souma and the Kingdom of Friedonia have been preparing for an impending period of unprecedented chaos. However, the Kingdom was not the only country to burgeon over the two years. Fuuga has been expanding the border of his Great Tiger Kingdom of Haan as well. Following the acquisition of the Lunarian Orthodox Papal State, Fuuga sought to bring the Mercenary State Zem under his control. Now, having gained such powerful forces, he declares war on mankind's greatest nation—the Gran Chaos Empire.

In this immersive novel, Zuravleff weaves Russian fairy tales and fables into a family saga within the storied American landscape. The challenges facing immigrants-and the fragility of citizenship-are just as unsettling and surprising today as they were 100 years ago.

When Her Majesty demands she attend The Monsters Ball, a three-day affair at a remote gothic estate, her family threatens to shun her if she attends. She plans to seduce the noblest members of this monstrous society to get information on the fearsome Wolven King.

With her husband imprisoned in eternal purgatory, Julia O'Connor and her friends must use every tool in their arsenal to stop Salvatore della Porta from completing his plan of global supremacy through Veritism—the one veritable religion—and save millions of souls from a similar fate.