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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER When Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he was about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history? Abroad in...

A definitive, comprehensive and engrossing chronicle of one of the greatest dynasties of the world—the Mughal—from its founder Babur to Bahadur Shah Zafar, the last of the clan the magnificent Mughal legacy is an inexhaustible source of inspiration to historians, writers, moviemakers, artists and ordinary mortals alike. Here is a fascinating and riveting saga that brings alive a spectacular bygone era—authentically and convincingly.

Meet Keiko. Keiko is 36 years old. She's never had a boyfriend, and she's been working in the same supermarket for eighteen years. Keiko's family wishes she'd get a proper job. Her friends wonder why she won't get married. But Keiko knows what makes her happy, and she's not going to let anyone come between her and her convenience store.

When Rooh tells Manav in a bar in New York that he ought to go to back home to the hills in Kashmir, he's suddenly thrown into the loop of his past-a blue door, white walls and a house at the end of a lane. Soon, the seemingly small worlds in which his memories reside coalesce into a giant mass...

A Signature Performance: Tim Curry, the source of our inspiration, returns – this time, he captures the quirky enthusiasm of this goofily visionary adventure.

Practical, fun and effective. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking German fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been proven...

A thrilling chronicle of the tragedy-ridden history of climbing K2, the world's most difficult and unpredictable mountain, by the bestselling authors of No Shortcuts to the Top At 28,251 feet, the world's second-tallest mountain, K2 thrusts skyward out of the Karakoram Range of northern Pakistan...

The Appalachian Trail covers 14 states, and over 2,000 miles. It stretches along the East Coast of the United States, from Maine in the north to Georgia in the south. It is famous for being the longest continuous footpath in the world. (Compare this with the Pennine Way, which is a mere 250...

In his retelling of a Chinese history stretching back 5,000 years, author and China-expert Jonathan Clements focuses on the human stories which led to the powerful transformations in Chinese society - from the unification of China under its first emperor, Qinshi Huangdi, to the Mongol invasion under Genghis Khan and the consolidation of Communist rule under Mao Zedong. Clements even brings listeners through to the present day, outlining China's economic renaissance under Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping.

गहन साक्षात्कार प्रत्येक मानवी जीवनात दैवी स्वरूप स्वत:ला व्यक्त करीत असतं; पण मानवाने त्याच्याकडे काणाडोळा केला, तर असा साक्षात्कार म्हणजे खडकाळ जमिनीत पेरलेलं बीज ठरेल, जे कधीच रुजत नाही. या दैवी जाणिवेतून कोणालाही वगळले जात नाही. किंबहुना मानवच स्वत:ला त्यातून वगळून टाकतो. नेहमीच हिरव्या फांदीवर झुलणाऱ्या प्रत्येक पक्ष्याने, आपल्या मातेचा प्रेमळ हात धरून ठेवणाऱ्या मुलाने जीवनाचे गूढ कोडे केव्हाच सोडवलेले असते आणि त्याचं उत्तरही त्याच्या मुद्रेवर झळकत असतं.

Practical, fun and effective. Welcome to Learn with Paul Noble – a unique, tried and tested language learning method that has been used by millions. You'll be speaking French fluently and confidently in no time at all. Take a simple, relaxed approach to learning a language that has been proven...

कोई भी यात्रा मात्र व्यक्ति की यात्रा नहीं होती। अगर वह जिस रास्ते पर चल रहा है वह रास्ता भी यात्रा में शामिल है तो–और रास्ते शामिल हैं तो क्या कुछ नहीं शामिल! अरे यायावर रहेगा याद? अज्ञेय का एक ऐसा ही यात्रा-संस्मरण है जिसमें रास्ते शामिल हैं। इसलिए यह पुस्तक अपने काल के भीतर और बाहर एक प्रक्रिया, एक विचार और एक विमर्श भी है।

In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his...

'Will break your heart and open your eyes' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz 'I've never read anything quite like Songbirds - a beautifully crafted novel.' Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of Wish You Were Here. Her courage to cross oceans. Her hope for a better life. Her love...

By the YouTube sensation with more than two million followers, the inspiring account of a woman in her thirties who, in a moment of personal crisis, embarked on an epic, transcontinental motorcycle ride – and along the way found a new sense of purpose. Noraly Schoenmaker was a thirty-something...

They shouldn't have tear gassed best-selling (bald) author Adam Fletcher. It ruined his supposedly normal holiday in Istanbul, made him curious, and began a quest to visit places everyone else is trying to escape from, and tourists don't normally go to. In this hilarious travel memoir, he'll enter a blizzard in China armed with only biscuits; pose as a scientist to sneak into Chernobyl; be chased by Croatian police boats en route to Liberland (the world's newest country); become a reluctant diving board star in a North Korean water park, and much more.

Himalaya is one of the world's most extraordinary geophysical, historical, environmental and social regions. Historian John Keay introduces us to the myriad mysteries of this vast, confounding and utterly fascinating corner of the planet, and makes the case that it is one of our most essential...

Bloomsbury presents Nine Lives by William Dalrymple, read by Mikhail Sen. LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE ‘Beautifully written, ridiculously erudite, warm and open-hearted’ The Times ‘Compelling and poignant’ Guardian ‘This is travel writing at its best’ Observer...

Australia has more things that can kill you than anywhere else. Nevertheless, Bill Bryson journeyed to the country and promptly fell in love with it. The people are cheerful, their cities are clean, the beer is cold, and the sun nearly always shines.

‘घुमक्कड़-शास्त्र’ साहित्य मात्र की अद्वितीय उपलब्धि है।यात्रा-वृत्तान्त दुनिया की तमाम भाषाओं में लिखे गए हैं और पर्यटकों के लिए दर्शनीय स्थानों, स्मारकों, तीर्थों, नगरों आदि की गाइड बुक्स भी। किन घुमक्कड़ी के लिए ‘शास्त्र’ रचने की आवश्यकता महाघुमक्कड़ राहुल सांकृत्यायन को छोड़कर किसी और ने महसूस नहीं की।