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, 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....

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....

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....

In ancient Judea, Magdalene is drawn to Yeshu'a, a man touched by the divine in the same way she was during her days of illness, when she received the power of prophecy....

From the Nobel Prize-winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude comes a masterly evocation of an unrequited passion so strong that it binds two people's lives together for more than half a century....

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....

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....

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....

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....

One winter night, seven men and a woman are parachuted onto a mountainside in wartime Germany....

Lubji Hoch escapes from the Nazis, moves to Berlin and changes his name to Richard Armitage. After a successful career in the British Army...

இராஜராஜ சோழன் என்றதுமே, நம் மனக்கண்களின் முன்....

The beautiful bronzed body of Arlena Stuart lay face down on the beach. But strangely, there was no sun and Arlena was not sunbathing - she had been strangled....

The story of Ravana and his people has been told innumerable times. This is the Hindi translation of the number one national best seller. This saga is of victory and defeat - a story that has been tainted by India's oppressed and exploited caste for 3,000 years....

When Maneka Pataudi is arrested as the prime suspect for the murder of her ex-husband, she reveals a chilling tale of marital abuse and neglect....

It begins to dawn on the nine-year-old Sambhaji that his father has fled from the clutches of the Mughal badshah Aurangzeb and left him behind. He must now find his way back home with the help of strangers....

Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Vamsadhara and experience the compelling world of the Vamsadhara River....

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....

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....

Tempestuous winds of change rip through Chozha Naadu as events hurtle toward a climactic end that will shape the very future of the empire. The land gasps under a devastating flood....

The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival....

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, this novel about a resilient and courageous woman has become a Broadway show and a cultural phenomenon....

In 1806 William Thornhill, a man of quick temper and deep feelings, is transported from the slums of London to New South Wales for the term of his natural life....

Eine Liebesgeschichte zwischen duftenden Hyazinthenfeldern und den Wirren der Märzrevolution. Berlin, 1848: Wo später einmal der Boxhagener Platz sein wird, erstrecken sich duftende Hyazinthenfelder so weit das Auge reicht - die Ländereien der fünf Sonntag-Schwestern. Früher waren sie unzertrennlich, doch seit dem Tod ihres Bruders Heinrich steht ein dunkles Geheimnis zwischen ihnen. Vor allem die mittlere Schwester Alba leidet sehr unter dem großen Streit. Zumal ihre Familie drauf und dran ist, die Felder zu verkaufen, die Alba über alles liebt.

436 AD. The Burgundars are confident of destroying Rome's legions. Their forces are strong and they have beaten the Romans in battle before. But they are annihilated, their king killed, his people scattered. Their fabled treasure is lost. For Rome has new allies: the Huns, whose taste for bloodshed knows no bounds.

In einer atemberaubenden Beichte bekennt im Amsterdamer Hafenviertel Jean-Baptiste Clamence, ehemals angesehener Anwalt, der sich stets für einen Wohltäter der Menschen gehalten hat, Selbstgefälligkeit und Opportunismus als Triebfedern seines einstigen Rechtsbewusstseins. Als er eines Nachts eine Frau auf einer Brücke stehen sah, im Begriff, in den Fluss zu springen, hat er sie nicht daran gehindert.

Una historia inolvidable sobre el poder redentor de la música. La esperada novela del creador de This is Opera y This is Art. El protagonista de esta novela encuentra el piano de sonido aterciopelado que siempre ha querido en una pequeña tienda de un barrio barcelonés. Janusz Borowski, un hombre misterioso nacido en un bosque al este de Polonia, le advierte de que se trata de un instrumento muy especial, que deberá cuidar.

Наши дни. Парижскую подругу Ореста Волина, капитана французской полиции Ирэн Белью прямо на улице обворовывает банда малолетних налетчиков. Однако Ирэн удается задержать самого младшего из них, двенадцатилетнего Венсана Ретеля. Тот приводит ее к своей матери, торгующей на блошином рынке старинными и просто ветхими вещами разной ценности. Ирэн обнаруживает, что на лотке у мадам Ретель лежит фотоальбом с частью украденного фотоархива иранского шахиншаха Насер ад-Дина, которого когда-то спас Нестор Загорский. Май 1910 года.

Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The story takes place in the fictional village of Highbury and the surrounding estates of Hartfield, Randalls, and Donwell Abbey and involves the relationships among individuals in those locations consisting of "3 or 4 families in a country village". The novel was first published in December 1815 while the author was alive, with its title page listing a publication date of 1816.

Die dunkle deutsche Vergangenheit stellt Luise vor eine unmögliche Wahl. Hamburg 1951. Luise Vossen ist in London aufgewachsen und hat sich ihr ganzes Leben danach gesehnt, die Stadt kennenzulernen, in der ihre Eltern sich vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg zum ersten Mal trafen und in der sie selbst das Licht der Welt erblickte. Sie ist beeindruckt vom alten Glanz der Metropole, der zwischen den Trümmern hindurchschimmert. Und noch etwas fasziniert Luise: der charmante Anwalt Jens Thomsen. Die Familiengeschichten der beiden sind eng mit dem Warenhaus Tietz verbunden.

When three little girls—Anna, Bernie, and Elica—make a pact to be blood sisters for life, they believe nothing can come between them. Anna is from an affluent Jewish family, while Bernie and Elica are from poor Austrian families who barely make ends meet. As they get older, their social differences become all too real. With infectious Jew-hate-laden rhetoric from Nazi Germany spreading into Austria, it is only a matter of time before their bond of friendship gets severely tested.

お江戸は本所亀沢町にある貧乏長屋。万造、松吉の「万松」コンビを筆頭に、左官の八五郎・お里夫婦や後家女のお染、浪人の島田鉄斎ら個性的な面々が住んでいる。

お江戸は本所亀沢町にある貧乏長屋。万造、松吉の「万松」コンビを筆頭に、左官の八五郎・お里夫婦や後家女のお染、浪人の島田鉄斎ら個性的な面々が住んでいる。

お江戸は本所亀沢町にある貧乏長屋。万造、松吉の「万松」コンビを筆頭に、左官の八五郎・お里夫婦や後家女のお染、浪人の島田鉄斎ら個性的な面々が住んでいる。

吉原の不幸な女たちを組織し武装勢力を作り上げようと企む夜霧ノ治郎兵衛一味の残党お峰。狙いは八巻卯之吉の抹殺と豪商三国屋の財力。折しも、長雨で関東全域が洪水罹災し江戸市中は米不足で大混乱。

武家の次男坊・林只次郎は、当代一の美声を誇る鶯ルリオの雛が成長し、美しい声音で歌い始めたことに喜ぶ。

Jem begins to track down the people who were there the night Toby died – a close circle of friends once known as the ‘Seven Wonders’ for their charm and talent – only to find them as tormented and broken as himself. All of them knew and loved Toby at Oxford. Could one of them really be his killer? As Jem grows closer to uncovering what happened that night, his pursuer grows bolder, making increasingly terrifying attempts to silence him for good. Will exposing Toby's killer put to rest the shadows that have darkened Jem’s life for so long? Or will the gruesome truth only put him in more danger?

Город в огне. Лондон, 1666 год. Великий пожар превращает улицы в опасный лабиринт. В развалинах сгоревшего собора Святого Павла находят тело человека со смертельным ранением в затылок и большими пальцами рук, связанными за спиной, — это знак цареубийцы: одного из тех, кто некоторое время назад подписал смертный приговор Карлу I. Выследить мстителя поручено Джеймсу Марвуду, клерку на правительственной службе. Женщина в бегах. Марвуд спасает от верной гибели решительную и неблагодарную юную особу, которая ни перед чем не остановится, чтобы отстоять свою свободу.