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Dark Horse is one of the most popular novels of this decade written in Hindi. Such a live and vivid portrayal of the life of candidates preparing for the civil services examination in the Hindi medium were not focused in any other book to date. A candidate preparing for the country's highest honored examination is not only an aspirant but also has a multifaceted lifestyle and struggles in his lap. This is the story of the same struggle.

A natural storyteller and raconteur in his own right - just listen to Paddle Your Own Canoe and Gumption - actor, comedian, carpenter, and all-around manly man Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) brings his distinctive baritone and a fine-tuned comic versatility to Twain's writing. In a knockout performance, he doesn't so much as read Twain's words as he does rejoice in them, delighting in the hijinks of Tom - whom he lovingly refers to as a "great scam artist" and "true American hero".

‘आवार भीड़ के खतरे’ पुस्तक हिन्दी के अन्यतम व्यंग्यकार हरिशंकर परसाई के निधन के बाद उनके असंकलित और कुछेक अप्रकाशित व्यंग्य-निबन्धों का एकमात्र संकलन है।

A workhouse orphan, Oliver experiences the terror and brutality of the criminal underworld. His companions, a thief, a whore, a pickpocket, and a fence, are destined for gruesome ends, but Oliver emerges unscathed from the darkness of the underworld.

शिकायत मुझे भी है' में हरिशंकर परसाई के लगभग दो दर्जन निबन्ध संगृहीत हैं और इनमें से हर निबन्ध आज की वास्तविकता के किसी न किसी पक्ष पर चुटीला व्यंग्य करता है। परसाई के लेखन की यह विशेषता है कि वे केवल विनोद या परिहास के लिए नहीं लिखते। उनका सारा लेखन सोद्देश्य है और सभी रचनाओं के पीछे एक साफ-सुलझी हुई वैज्ञानिक जीवन-दृष्टि है, जो समाज में फैले हुए भ्रष्टाचार, ढोंग, अवसरवादिता, अन्धविश्वास साम्प्रदायिकता आदि कुप्रवृत्तियों पर तेज रोशनी डालने के लिए हर समय सतर्क रहती है।

‘खट्टर काका’ हरिमोहन झा की प्रसिद्ध व्यंग्यकृति है, जिसमें धर्म, इतिहास और पुराणों के रूढ़िवादी व लोकविरोधी प्रसंगों की तीखी आलोचना हास्य-विनोद के माध्यम से की गई है। लगभग पचास वर्ष पहले मैथिली में प्रकाशित यह कृति अपनी अनूठी शैली और चौंकाने वाले तर्कों के कारण अत्यंत लोकप्रिय हुई।

परसाई हँसाने की हड़बड़ी में नहीं होते। वे पढ़नेवाले को देवता नहीं मानते, न ग्राहक, सिर्फ़ एक नागरिक मानते हैं, वह भी उस देश का जिसका स्वतंत्रता दिवस बारिश के मौसम में पड़ता है और गणतंत्र दिवस कड़ाके की ठंड में। परसाई की निगाह से यह बात नहीं बच सकी तो सिर्फ़ इसलिए कि ये दोनों पर्व उनके लिए सिर्फ़ उत्सव नहीं, सोचने-विचारने के भी दिन हैं। वे नहीं चाहते कि इन दिनों को सिर्फ़ थोथी राष्ट्र-श्लाघा में व्यर्थ कर दिया जाए, जैसा कि आम तौर पर होता है।

‘वैष्णव की फिसलन’ प्रसिद्ध व्यंग्यकार हरिशंकर परसाई की श्रेष्ठ रचनाओं का संकलन है। इस संग्रह की व्यंग्य रचनाएँ यह स्थापित करने में कामयाब हैं कि जीवन की श्रेष्ठ आलोचना की संज्ञा व्यंग्य है।

Countess Ellen Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society. She bears with her an independence and an awareness of life which stirs the educated sensitivity of the charming Newland Archer, engaged to be married to her cousin, May Welland. Though he accepts the society's standards and rules he is acutely aware of their limitations. He knows May will assure him a conventional future but Ellen, scandalously separated from her husband, forces Archer to question his values and beliefs.

Homer's epic poem, written near the end of eighth century BC in Greece, follows the hero Odysseus as he journeys home after the fall of Troy. Many scholars believe that The Odyssey was originally composed as an oral tradition and was more likely meant to be heard than read, making it a great listen.

When Lady Miss returns to her great-aunt's church in New Orleans to plan the funeral of the beloved Mother Miss Pearline, she discovers that the humble congregation of her youth has been transformed into a megachurch conglomerate run by holograms, subscriptions, and an AI named Earncybot. At the center of it all is the scheming Illuminate Slanders, a woman with five dead husbands, a suspicious will, and a dangerous plan to upload every church member's consciousness into her AI network.

ज़िंदगी, ज़िंदगी भर नहीं है दोस्त! ज़िंदगी कभी वेटिंग टिकट है, कभी तय रिजर्वेशन के बावजूद बग़ल वाले पसेंजर से सीट की अदला-बदली है। कभी सीट के नीचे से झोले की चोरी है तो कभी शौचालय की जंज़ीर से बंधी मग है।.

A Signature Performance: Four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce delivers an air of lovable self-importance in his rendition of the classic social satire that remains as fresh today as the day it was published.

The novel begins in the decade of 1990s. The world had changed overnight. The wall of Berlin had vanished, and the great and mighty Soviet Union was vanishing. But in India, the report of the Mandal Commission was creating new frontiers. Meanwhile Advani started his rathyatra.

Welcome back to the Night Realm, where Queen Mortuana, Evil Mistress of the Night, rules with an iron fist and questionable judgment. When we last left our gloriously unhinged queen and her raven sidekick JoJo, the unlikely besties had fled to the woods for a simpler life. (Spoiler: it didn't last.) Now Mo's back on the throne, confronting her reign's greatest threat yet: turning 40 without an heir. No matriarch escapes the patriarchy.

'Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life.' So says Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy, utilitarian school board superintendent. Father to Tom and Louisa, he shapes the minds of all the young children, including his own, with the exception of only one: the circus-born Sissy Jupe.

Acclaimed author of The Adults Alison Espach’s short story "In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People" is an at-once hilarious and heart-breaking portrait of a dead woman’s marriage and the Volvo that stood in the middle of it all.

Kos-Kos Shabdkosh, by Rakesh Kayasth, can be categorized as a valuable dictionary or thesaurus or essays of sarcasm in Hindi. This pause-resisting parody of 50 contemporary Hindi words used in various social and political contexts defines them differently with an edge of sarcasm. Although the words are most commonly used, the author’s wit gives them new dimensions of unusual, satirical interpretations. You will find your smiles evolving into roaring chortles and sometimes find yourself delving deep into the delicate nuances of the author’s elucidations.

Catherine Morland reads tales of Gothic romance, yet leads a country life in Wiltshire. When she travels to Bath, she meets and falls in love with Henry Tilney. She is invited by his sister and father to stay at Northanger Abbey, where she meets all the trappings of Gothic horror that she has read about. Fortunately, she has her own good sense and irresistible but unsentimental hero, Henry Tilney.

Benjamin Button was literally born an old man. He lived a backwards life, for his body grew younger as the years passed him by. Come and listen to the original, unabridged story by F. Scott Fitzgerald which inspired the movie.