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....

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....

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....

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, 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....

Rakhi, a young painter and single mother, is struggling to come to terms with her relationship with ex-husband Sonny, a hip Bay Area DJ, and with her dreamteller mother....

In which Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and courageous Puritan, pursues knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe....

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....

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

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....

The Mahabharata endures as the great epic of India. But while Jaya is the story of the Pandavas, told from the perspective of the victors of Kurukshetra, Ajaya is the narrative of the ‘unconquerable’ Kauravas, who were decimated to the last man....

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

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

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

In A Quitter’s Paradise, the darkly humorous debut by bold, new voice Elysha Chang, a young woman does everything she can to ignore her mother’s death, even as unearthed family secrets become increasingly inextricable from her own....

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....

Our hero Vallavarayan Vandhiyathevan's adventures continue as he rides into marshy quagmires, befriends a mysterious girl, becomes the object of intense suspicion by the wily Pazhuvettarayars—and meets the hero of his dreams....

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....

When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind.... 

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....

ஸ்ரீரங்கம் கோவிலை நோக்கி ஓர் பேராபத்து, தில்லி படையினர் ரூபத்தில் வருகிறது....

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.... 

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

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....

Giovanni ha ventiquattro anni e ha coronato il suo sogno, quello di lavorare nella redazione di un quotidiano. Intorno a sé, però, ha soltanto colleghi più anziani, ormai apatici, storditi da un mestiere sempre più in crisi. Tranne uno, Sergio Fabiani, caposervizio della cultura, che gli affida il compito di scrivere un pezzo su Donato Carretta, direttore del carcere di Regina Coeli, linciato in modo selvaggio dalla folla nel settembre 1944.

Nelle voci registrate in una canzone, nelle fotografie scattate nel corso degli anni, in un diario tenuto insieme alla persona amata per quindici giorni, nelle sottolineature sull'ultimo libro letto, cosa rimane di noi? Cosa ci dicono le tracce che lasciamo nel nostro passare? È possibile arrivare alla fine di una storia e da lì cominciare per evocare, rievocare, ridarle vita? Nella notte tra il 10 e l'11 gennaio 2022, Elisa Bricchi, Domenico Di Canio, Costantino Merli e William Pagani, quattro amici tra i venti e ventitré anni, si ribaltano con l'auto nel fiume Trebbia, nel piacentino, e muoiono annegati.

Geheimnisse unter der Mitternachtssonne. 1941: Für Solveig ist das Leben im okkupierten Stavanger ein Balanceakt. Sie arbeitet für die Besatzer und ist im Widerstand tätig - gemeinsam mit ihrer großen Liebe Roar. Der Plan, einem befreundeten deutschen Paar zur Flucht zu verhelfen, bringt diesen in Lebensgefahr. 1970: Als ihr Vater von seiner Ölbohrfirma aus den USA nach Norwegen geschickt wird, ahnt Lizzy nicht, dass in seiner alten Heimat ein Geheimnis aus seiner Vergangenheit schlummert, das auch ihr Leben durcheinanderwirbeln wird.

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.

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.

Schon wieder hat Sindbad Schiffbruch erlitten und muss sich in der Ferne gegen Feinde und Monster durchschlagen, um irgendwie seinen Weg nach Hause zu finden! Das klassische Märchen aus 1001 Nacht erzählt die sieben Seefahrten Sindbads, auf denen er jedes Mal einem Unglück anheim fällt und sich doch auf abenteuerlichste Weise aus seinem Schlamassel befreit. Einmal bindet er sich an einem riesigen Vogel fest und lässt sich davontragen, ein anderes Mal landet er in einer Ehe, die ihn lebendig ins Grab führt, aus dem er doch wieder entkommt und wieder ein anderes Mal muss er Zauberer und Menschenfresser überlisten!

Rivales peligrosos, rescates atrevidos y un deseo prohibido... ¡para los fanáticos de Forastera! El highlander Angus Mackenzie ha luchado por la independencia de Escocia. Como no puede pagar el tributo de su clan, renuncia a su libertad para casarse con la poderosa y depredadora Eufemia de Ross. Mientras busca a su hermano en el castillo de Eilean Donan, la historiadora Rogene Wakely descubre una piedra cubierta de runas que la envía al año 1310, directo a los brazos de Angus.

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.

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.

Jeff and the settlers spend the winter in Missouri, preparing to leave for the West in the spring. But tensions flare between the settlers and anti-Confederate locals, and between Jeff and Abe Hackett. Abe, who shot a man down in cold blood a few weeks earlier in Tennessee, is willing to turn one settler against another to get what he wants.

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.