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This landmark collection is the definitive introduction to the Buddha's teachings - in his own words. The American scholar-monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, whose voluminous translations have won widespread acclaim, here presents selected discourses of the Buddha from the Pali Canon, the earliest record of what the Buddha taught. Divided into 10 thematic chapters, In the Buddha's Words reveals the full scope of the Buddha's discourses, from family life and marriage to renunciation and the path of insight.

On a road trip through Africa, two English people - Bobby, a civil servant with a guilty appetite for African boys; and Linda, a supercilious "compound wife" - are driving back to their enclave after a stay in the capital. But in between lies the landscape of an unnamed country whose squalor and ethnic bloodletting suggest Idi Amin's Uganda. And the farther Naipaul's protagonists travel into it, the more they find themselves crossing the line that separates privileged outsiders from horrified victims.

On her 12th birthday, Sierva Maria - the only child of a decaying noble family in an 18th-century South American seaport - is bitten by a rabid dog. Believed to be possessed, she is brought to a convent for observation. And into her cell stumbles Father Cayetano Delaura, who has already dreamed about a girl with hair trailing after her like a bridal train. As he tends to her with holy water and sacramental oils, Delaura feels something shocking begin to occur.

The story of a writer's singular journey - from one place to another, from the British colony of Trinidad to the ancient countryside of England, and from one state of mind to another - is perhaps Naipaul's most autobiographical work. Yet it is also woven through with remarkable invention to make it a rich and complex novel.

In Ghostly Japan collects 12 ghostly stories from Lafcadio Hearn, deathless images of ghosts and goblins, touches of folklore and superstition, salted with traditions of the nation. While some of these stories contain nightmare imagery worthy of a midnight creature feature, others are not ghostly or ghastly at all. "Bits of Poetry" offers an engaging study on verse, and "Japanese Buddhist Proverbs" explains the meaning of several aphorisms based on Japanese cultural references.

Free-spirited and easygoing Taylor Vandenberg left her hometown of Faircombe, Tennessee, as soon as she could, and in the twenty-five years since, she has rarely looked back. She wouldn't change anything about how her life has turned out—having traveled to nearly every country, never staying anywhere long enough to feel stifled. Brooke Watson has known Taylor for her entire life, and lifelong knowledge means that Brooke knows she's trouble: irresponsible, takes nothing seriously, and irritatingly attractive.

ഭാവനയിലൂടെ ചരിത്രത്തെ പുനഃസൃഷ്ടിക്കുന്ന ഒ.വി. വിജയന്‍ ജാതീയതയെ പുതിയൊരു കാഴ്ചപ്പാടില്‍ സമീപിക്കുന്നു. ജാതികള്‍ക്കിടയിലുള്ള അതിസൂക്ഷ്മമായ വ്യത്യാസങ്ങളെയും വൈരുദ്ധ്യങ്ങളെയും മൂന്നു ഘട്ടത്തിലൂടെ- ബ്രാഹ്മണ്യം നേടാനുള്ള തീവ്രശ്രമം, അതു നേടിയെടുത്തപ്പോള്‍ തോന്നുന്ന നിഷ്പ്രയോജനത, കഠിനയാതനകളിലൂടെ നേടിയെടുത്ത ബ്രാഹ്മണ്യത്തോടുള്ള തികഞ്ഞ അവജ്ഞ- തലമുറകളില്‍ അവതരിപ്പിക്കുകയാണ്.

Take one of the crowning musical geniuses of mid-nineteenth century Europe; surround him with enemies, some of whom are fiercely jealous of his talent, others in love with his beautiful wife (a musical genius in her own right); add several scoundrels including a seller of stolen jewels and a kleptomaniac music critic who ends up murdered under highly mysterious circumstances and there you have the world of Robert and Clara Schumann in the Germany of the 1850s, as told by the narrator, Dsseldorfs top detective, Inspector Hermann Preiss.

Dating back to around 2400 BCE, this profound collection of teachings from the vizier Ptahhotep offers invaluable insights on ethics, leadership, family life, and personal conduct. Often hailed as one of the earliest surviving works of literature, these maxims provide a blueprint for living a balanced, honorable life—lessons that resonate just as powerfully today as they did in the courts of the pharaohs. From advice on humility and justice to the art of wise speech and self-control, Ptahhotep’s words guide listeners toward moral excellence and practical success.

Nuclear proliferation, Zionism, and the global economy are just a few of the insightful and surprisingly prescient topics scientist Albert Einstein discusses in this volume of collected essays from between 1931 and 1950. Written with a clear voice and a thoughtful perspective on the effects of science, economics, and politics in daily life, Einstein’s writings provide an intriguing view inside the mind of a genius addressing the philosophical challenges of the Depression, the Second World War, and more.

આ પુસ્તક મુખ્યત્વે કૃષ્ણની મહાભારત યુદ્ધ તેના યાદવ પરિવાર સાથેના તેમના યુગના અંત સુધીના 36 વર્ષની અર્ધ-સાહિત્યની યાત્રા વિશે છે, શરૂઆતમાં ગાંધારી અને આખરે મહર્ષિ કશ્યપ દ્વારા શ્રાપિત હતો.

ചരിത്രപരവും സാമൂഹ്യവുമായ കാരണങ്ങൾകൊണ്ട് ദലിത് സമൂഹത്തിലെ ജനവിഭാഗങ്ങൾ അടിമമനോഭാവം പുലർത്തുന്നതായി ഡോ. അംബേദ്കർ ചൂണ്ടിക്കാണിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. ആ മനോഘടനയിൽനിന്ന് അവർക്ക് എളുപ്പത്തിൽ മോചനം നേടാനാവില്ലെന്നും അദ്ദേഹം വിശദീകരിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. ദലിത് സമൂഹത്തിലെ ഓരോ വ്യക്തിയും സ്വന്തം ആത്മാഭിമാനം വീണ്ടെടുത്തുകൊണ്ട് പൊതുസമൂഹത്തിനൊപ്പമെത്താൻ കഴിവുള്ളവരാകുന്നതിനെക്കുറിച്ചാണ് ഡോ. അംബേദ്കർ ചിന്തിക്കുകയും അന്വേഷിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തിട്ടുള്ളത്. കുഞ്ഞാമന്റെ കാര്യത്തിലും ഈ വിഷയം ഏറെ ഗൗരവമുള്ളതാണ്. ഈ മനോഘടനയുടെ സങ്കീർണതകൾ ദലിതരല്ലാത്തവർക്ക് മനസ്സിലാവണമെന്നുമില്ല. ആ അവസ്ഥയുടെ തീക്ഷ്ണത അനുഭവത്തിൽതന്നെയേ ഉറ്റക്കൊള്ളാനാവുകയുള്ളൂ.

રાજેશ કાવાના અવાજમાં પન્નાલાલ પટેલ ની પુસ્તક પાછલે બારણે ની ઓડિયો બુક છે

આ મયુર વ્યાસ ના અવાજ માં ધૂમકેતુ ની પુસ્તક મહાઅમાત્ય ચાણક્ય ની ઓડિયો બુક છે

Bukowski's mad immortal origins, surfaced from the literary underground, have addicted legions of audiences who've recognized Bukowski as one of America's greatest realist writers and poets. Audible Studios narrator and OBIE winner Will Patton ( Remember the Titans, The Good Wife, Armageddon) gives a tour de force performance of Bukowski's greatest work in his prime.

It was supposed to be a fancy, intimate dinner party by the pool. Instead, Lana Lee’s first-ever catering event turns into full-course madness when a domestic worker is found dead. Is the party’s host Donna Feng, the sweet-and-sour owner of the Asia Village shopping plaza where Ho-Lee is situated, somehow to blame? That’s what Lana―whose plate is already plenty full with running the restaurant, pleasing her often-disapproving mother, and fretting over her occasionally serious boyfriend Detective Adam Trudeau―must find out.

முதல் உலகப்போரின் ஆரம்பத்தில் சென்னை மீது குண்டு போட்ட எம்டன் எனும் ஜெர்மானிய போர்க்கப்பல், அதிக கால அவகாசமிருந்தும் பத்தே நிமிடம் குண்டுகள் போட்டு ஏன் ஓடிவிட்டது என்பதையும் அந்தக் கப்பல் அந்தக் கால கட்டத்தில் சகல வல்லமையுள்ள பிரித்தானிய அரசாங்கத்தை எப்படியெல்லாம் ஆட்டி வைத்தது என்பதையும், அதே சமயத்தில் ஏதோ ஒரு வகையில் சோழமன்னன் ராஜராஜசோழனோடு இந்தக் கப்பல் எந்த விதத்தில் சம்பந்தப்படுகிறது என்பதையும் கடலிலும் நிலத்திலும் மாறி மாறி நடைபெறும் நிகழ்ச்சிகளையும் சுவாரசியமாக விவரிக்கிறது இந்தக் கதை.

William Faulkner: a titan of American literature. You probably already know all about his life and work, right? No? Don’t sweat it! In five minutes, we’ll bring you up to speed on this national treasure. First we’ll fill you in on a few key facts about his career, and then we’ll hit five important aspects of his writing that are guaranteed to impress friends, family, and potential dates.

World War II is over, and a family mourning a son missing in action plants a memorial tree and tries to go on with their lives. When a storm blows down the tree, a devastating family secret is uprooted, setting the characters on a terrifying journey towards truth.

Mention the name Niccolò Machiavelli and you might unleash a powerful response-even among people who have never read a word of his writing. The word "Machiavellian" conjures up images of an indistinct figure quietly making his way through the darkest corridors of power; a cold-blooded political liar; or a coolly practical leader - amoral at best - willing to do whatever is necessary in a world governed not by ideas of right or wrong, but by solutions dictated by realpolitik.