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....

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

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....

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....

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....

1699 BCE, the Marshes of Aryavarta - As the titanic waves of pralay swallow city after city, a final battle for the Ark and the Earth begins. A ruthless barbarian-king threatens the very existence of mankind, heralding Kaliyuga - the eon of Kali....

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

It is 1884, and when a fellow landlady finds her lodger poisoned, Mrs. Hudson turns to Sherlock Holmes. The police suspect the landlady of murder, but Mrs. Hudson insists that her friend is innocent....

1700 BCE, Harappa – the devta of Harappa has fallen tortured and condemned to the dungeons of the dead. His murdered wife’s pious blood falls on the sands of the metropolis, sealing the black fate of Harappa forever....

Thiruvarangan Ula is a novel written by Sri Venugopalan based on the historical fact that the forces of Delhi Sultan Mohammad bin Tughlaq led by Malik Kapoor looted Thiruvarangan....

The Catenan Republic—the Hierarchy—may rule the world now, but they do not know everything. I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school....

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....

Thirty-eight year old Cassandra is lost, alone, and grieving....

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

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

Nine BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas by Mike Walker. Drawing on historical sources including Suetonius’ ‘Lives of the Caesars’, Walker’s compelling drama cycle follows the story of the leaders of Rome, from Julius Caesar’s ascension to power to the collapse of the Roman Empire....

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....

திருவரங்கன் உலா என்னும் சரித்திர‌ நாவல் உண்மை சம்பவங்களின் பின்னணியில்....

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

1700 BCE, Harappa - The devta of Harappa has fallen tortured and condemned to the dungeons of the dead. His murdered wife’s pious blood falls on the sands of the metropolis, sealing the black fate of Harappa forever....

For two decades Zeba was a loving wife, a patient mother, and a peaceful villager. But her quiet life is shattered when her husband, Kamal, is found brutally murdered....

Jason, Earl of Coventry, needs to discreetly locate his unwanted and abandoned bride among London society to request an annulment....

Only she knows the truth. Only he can tell the world....

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....

Mano Majra is a place, Khushwant Singh tells us at the beginning of this novel, where Sikhs and Muslims have lived together in peace for hundreds of years. Then one day, at the end of summer, the "ghost train" arrives, a silent funeral train loaded with the bodies of thousands of refuges....

Audiolibro producido con sonido 3D. El mismo está diseñado para ser escuchado con auriculares. Werther, es un joven de carácter sensible y pasional que se enamora perdidamente de Charlotte, una mujer que se halla comprometida a otro hombre. Werther es un hombre apuesto que suscita el interés de muchas otras mujeres, pero él está enamorado de Charlotte, quien no lo ama, y a pesar del intenso dolor que le causa el amor no correspondido, Werther desarrolla una amistad íntima con ella.

Premi Ramon Llull 2024. Una novel·la inoblidable sobre el poder de redempció de la música. El protagonista de la novel·la troba el piano de so vellutat que sempre havia volgut en una petita botiga del barri de Gràcia. En Janusz Borowski, un home misteriós nascut en un bosc a l'est de Polònia, l'adverteix que es tracta d'un piano molt especial que ha de cuidar. El piano de cua, amb el número de sèrie 31887, és un Grotrian-Steinweg construït a Brunsvic (Alemanya) l'any 1915.

Der Zauber einer Ballnacht. 2. März 1810: Heute habe ich mich verliebt! Dreizehn Tagebücher und neun Jahre später sind Miss Mirandas Gefühle für Viscount Turner noch genauso unsterblich – und ebenso aussichtslos. Eine kurze, verhängnisvolle Ehe hat ihn verbittert. Dennoch hegt Miranda Hoffnung. In ihrer ersten Saison will sie sich ihren Mädchentraum erfüllen und endlich mit dem Viscount tanzen. Dabei will sie ihm ihre Gefühle gestehen... Witzig und unwiderstehlich romantisch: Der erste Roman der Bevelstoke-Trilogie.

The war has had a devastating effect on the Sweet family, with young Charlie Sweet, lost at sea, presumed dead and bombs falling on nearby Bristol. Still there is a glimmer of hope on the horizon in the form of Mary Sweet’s upcoming wedding to her Canadian beau. But even that has failed to rouse their father from his grief. But in London a baby has been found in a bombed out house, sheltered in the arms of his dead mother. A child to make life worth living again...

Joanna Ryan’s father has gone off to war, leaving her in the care of her step-mother, a woman more concerned with having a good time than being any sort of parent to her. But then she finds a puppy, left for dead, and Joanna becomes determined to save him, sharing her meagre rations with him. But, in a time of war, pets are only seen as an unnecessary burden and she is forced to hide her new friend, Harry, from her step-mother and the authorities. With bombs falling over Bristol and with the prospect of evacuation on the horizon, can they stay together and keep each other safe?

he Sweet family have run the local bakery for as long as anyone can remember. Twins Ruby and Mary Sweet help their widowed father out when they can. Mary loves baking and has no intention of leaving their small Gloucestershire village. while Ruby dreams of life in London. But as war threatens, there will be changes for all of the Sweet family, with brother Charlie off to serve and cousin Frances facing evacuation. But there will be opportunities, too, as the twins' baking talent catches the attention of the Ministry of Food.

After escaping a train bound for a death camp with a trusty German Shepherd dog, a girl wakes to find that she has no memory of her former life. Lily is fostered by the kind RAF pilot who found her and his wife, Meg. It is not long before their lives are disrupted once again by the war and, with their home in ruins, they are forced to flee to the country. In the Somerset countryside, Lily is reunited with Rudy, the heroic German Shepherd.

Novena entrega de "Las guerreras Maxwell". Una saga romántico-histórica que nos traslada a la Escocia medieval. Lady Johanna McRae, hija de lady Megan y el laird Duncan McRae, es una joven intrépida que, junto con su hermana Amanda, trae a su padre de cabeza. Si algo le gusta a Johanna es disfrutar de su libertad ayudando a quien puede y, en especial, retar a todo aquel que se enfrente a ella. Alan McGregor es un valeroso guerrero que, junto con su buen amigo y familiar Iver McGregor y con Beth, esposa de este, se dedica a la compraventa de caballos y ovejas en sus tierras en Fort William.

Holland im Jahr 1636. Mareikje hat in Amsterdam während des Tulpenfiebers ihr Glück gemacht – und dann alles verloren, weil Rosshändler Pitt Henseler sie hintergangen hat. Sie könnte glücklich mit der Liebe ihres Lebens, dem Maler Wim, und ihrer Tochter Marie in dem beschaulichen Ort Bruikelaar leben, doch der Verrat des alten Freundes sitzt wie ein Stachel in ihrem Fleisch. Als Wim für ein Jahr mit der Ostindien-Kompanie nach Java fährt, nutzt Mareikje die Chance: Sie reist allein in die große Stadt, um den Tulpenhandel wieder aufzunehmen und um Pitt zur Rede zu stellen.

Ottobre 1945. L'anno scolastico inizia in ritardo. È il primo dell'Italia liberata e non è semplice ripartire dalle macerie. La maestra Gilla guarda con angoscia quei muri che fino a poche settimane prima alloggiavano nazisti. È arrivata a Borgo di Dentro per sfuggire alle bombe che martoriavano la sua Genova, e come tanti giovani ha combattuto e ha rischiato la vita, scommettendo sulla costruzione di un futuro migliore che altri compagni non vedranno.

England 1147: Eingesperrt in einer verfallenen Inselfestung, fristen sie ein unwürdiges Leben, weil sie nicht zu den Kindern Gottes gehören: Simon hat die Fallsucht, Edmund hält sich für einen Märtyrerkönig, Regy ist ein Mörder, Losian hat sein Gedächtnis verloren. Er führt die Gruppe an, als ein Unwetter ihnen den Weg in die Freiheit öffnet. Ein Abenteuer beginnt und eine Suche - bis Losian einer Frau begegnet, die ihm nicht nur helfen könnte, seine Vergangenheit wiederzufinden.

Norwegen, A. D. 785: Der Krieger Sigurd Haraldarson hat blutige Rache geschworen, doch König Gorm, der einst seinen Vater verriet, lebt immer noch. Und solange ein Atemhauch in ihm ist, so lange ist der Blutdurst Sigurds nicht befriedigt. Aber Sigurd und seine Mannen brauchen mehr Waffen und mehr Silber, um ihre Aufgabe vollbringen zu können. Die Waffenbrüder machen sich auf nach Schweden, um Schlachtenruhm und Söldner für ihre Sache zu gewinnen. Im Angesicht Walhallas geraten sie in ein Inferno aus Eis und Blut.

In Europa la guerra è cominciata, eppure da noi qualcuno si illude ancora che sia possibile tenerla fuori della porta. E poi sta arrivando la piú bella delle feste, quella dove si mangia, si beve, ci si abbraccia, quella in cui ci si scambiano doni con le persone care. Erminia Cascetta era diversa, a modo suo. Aveva troppa voglia di vivere, perciò l’hanno uccisa. In questo tempo che accelera verso l’abisso, spetta al commissario Ricciardi e al brigadiere Maione scoprire chi è stato. La chiave di tutto, però, è sempre la solitudine.

Lei è la sua stessa vita, il suo respiro, il suo amore. E ora è in pericolo. Roma, 46 d.C. Il senatore Marco Quinto Valerio Rufo questa volta non è chiamato a combattere guerre né ad affrontare feroci barbari ai confini dell’Impero. La vendetta ha bussato alla sua porta e pretende un tributo di sangue, quello di una creatura indifesa che ama più di se stesso e che un vile nemico gli ha sottratto senza pietà.

Marsin nettipäiväkirjat on blogipäiväkirjojen muotoon puettu humoristinen tieteissaippuaooppera, joka kertoo tosi-tv-tähtien matkasta punaiselle planeetalle ja heidän seikkailuistaan siellä. Toisessa osassa selviydytään Marsissa.