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Mohammad Iqbal was a poet and political philosopher who is known both for his poetry and his ideas that were influential in the creation of Pakistan. Mohammad Iqbal was born in Sialkot, Punjab, in 1877 and graduated from Government College, Lahore, with a master's degree in philosophy. He then taught there until 1905. This book presents a collection of some of the best poems and ghazals of Iqbal, along with their English translation as well as transliteration so that the listeners can enjoy the original flavor of Urdu poetry.

A stunningly beautiful youth and the city of Venice set the stage for Thomas Mann’s introspective examination of erotic love and philosophical wisdom.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Allan Corduner, best known for his extensive stage and screen credits including Homeland, Da Vinci's Demons and portraying Sir Arthur Sullivan to Jim Broadbent's Gilbert in Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy. This definitive recording...

அயோத்திப்பெருமாள் - தமிழ் மரபில் இராமகதை எனும் இந்த ஒலிப் புத்தகம் தமிழ் மரபின் 1600 ஆண்டுகால இராமகதைத் தொடர்பை விரிவாக விளக்கும் ஆய்வு நூலாகும். ஆய்வு நூல்களுக்கான துல்லியத்திலிருந்து விலகாமல் அதே சமயம் விறுவிறுப்புக் குறையாமல் இந்தப் புத்தகம் அனைவரும் கேட்கும் வகையில் உருவாகியுள்ளது.

മനുഷ്യജീവിതത്തിന്റെ ഒളിമങ്ങാത്ത കഥാവിഷ്‌കാരങ്ങളാണ് ഭാരതീയ ഇതിഹാസപുരാണങ്ങള്‍. ആധുനിക കഥാകൃത്തുക്കളെപ്പോലും അമ്പരപ്പിക്കുന്ന രീതിയില്‍ അവ മനുഷ്യരുടെ മാനസികവും സാമൂഹികവുമായ ജീവിതരഹസ്യങ്ങളെ കഥകളിലൂടെ പകര്‍ത്തിവെച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. ആധുനികകാലത്തെ വായനക്കാരന് ആസ്വാദ്യകരമാംവണ്ണം ഭാഗവതപുരാണകഥ പുനരാഖ്യാനം ചെയ്യുന്നു എന്നതാണ് ഈ ഗ്രന്ഥത്തിന്റെ പ്രത്യേകത. ശ്രീകൃഷ്ണന്റെ ജീവിതകഥ ഒരു മികച്ച നോവല്‍പുസ്തകത്തിലെ കഥയെന്നപോലെ വായനക്കാരനു മുന്നില്‍ ഇതള്‍ വിരിയുന്നു. — വിവര്‍ത്തനം: ആലത്തൂര്‍ ദാമോദരന്‍ നമ്പൂതിരിപ്പാട്‌

This story of Lord Rama — the 7th incarnation of Lord Vishnu— i s a wondrous tale of cosmic adventure that immerses the listener in a world of heroes, gods, and demons.

Carmen Sanchez is a tough Homeland Security agent who plays by the rules. But when her sister is attacked, revealing a connection to a series of murders across Southern California, she realizes a conventional investigation will not be enough to stop the ruthless perpetrator. With nowhere else to turn, Sanchez enlists the aid of Professor Jake Heron, a brilliant and quirky private security expert who, unlike Sanchez, believes rules are merely suggestions. The two have a troubled past, but he owes her a favor and she’s cashing in.

A woman settles in a remote Polish village. It has few inhabitants, but it teems with the stories of its living and its dead. There's the drunk Marek Marek, who discovers that he shares his body with a bird, and Franz Frost, whose nightmares come to him from a newly discovered planet.

No Longer Human (1948, Ningen Shikkaku / A Shameful Life / Confessions of a Faulty Man) was an attack on the traditions of Japan, capturing the postwar crisis of Japanese cultural identity. Framed by an epilogue and prologue, the story is told in the form three notebooks left by Ōba Yōzō, whose calm exterior hides his tormented soul. Osamu Dazai was a Japanese author who is considered one of the foremost fiction writers of 20th century Japan. A number of his most popular works, such as Shayō (The Setting Sun) and Ningen Shikkaku (No Longer Human), are considered modern-day classics in Japan.

Jim, the first mate aboard a small steamer named the Patna, travels from port to port in the Pacific Ocean. When the ship hits floating wreckage, Jim and the crew are forced to abandon it, leaving hundreds of ethnic travelers onboard. However, Jim's reprehensible actions are soon discovered by the court, and he is compelled to face his guilt and redeem himself - a journey that leads him to a remote exotic location where he is revered as the Lord, "Tuan Jim".

National Book Award Finalist Shortlisted for the 2013 Man Booker Prize From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling author of The Namesake comes an extraordinary new novel, set in both India and America, that expands the scope and range of one of our most dazzling storytellers: a tale of two...

ONE OF THE ATLANTIC’S GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS OF THE PAST 100 YEARS The debut novel from critically acclaimed and New York Times–bestselling author of On Such a Full Sea and My Year Abroad. In Native Speaker, author Chang-rae Lee introduces readers to Henry Park. Park has spent his entire life...

For over 40 years, Carlos Castaneda’s The Teachings of Don Juan has inspired audiences to expand their world view beyond traditional Western forms. Originally published as Castaneda’s master’s thesis in anthropology, Teachings documents Castaneda’s supposed apprenticeship with a Yaqui Indian sorcerer, don Juan Matus. Dividing the work into two sections, Castaneda begins by describing don Juan’s philosophies, then continues with his own reflections.

આમ્રપાલી થી શરુ થયેલી નવલકથાઓને ગુપ્ત્યુગ નવલકથાવલી નામ આપ્યું છે,તે ઇતિહાસના ક્રમને જાણતા છતાં એમ સમજીને કે, ગણતંત્ર રાજતંત્ર ની પશ્વાદ ભૂમિકા ઉપર પણ નજર આવી જાય.'ચૌલુક્ય નવલકથાવલી' તેમજ 'ગુપ્ત્યુગ નવલકથાવલી' ની હિન્દી આવૃત્તિઓ પણ વોરા એન્ડ કં. મુંબઈ તરફ થી પ્રગટ થઇ છે. આ આવૃત્તિ માં ખાસ ફેરફાર કર્યો નથી.

Stacy Keach and Jane Kaczmarek star in this 1949 masterpiece by Arthur Miller, a searing portrait of the physical, emotional, and psychological costs of the American dream. Willy Loman (Keach) is the play's iconic traveling salesman, whose family is torn apart by his desperate obsession with greatness and social acceptance. As his two sons cast about aimlessly for their station in life, Willy begins to come unraveled when the reality of his life threatens his long-cherished illusions.

त्याचं नि माझं कित्येक वर्षांपूर्वी हे ठरलं होतं! मृत्यू! मृत्यू म्हणजे एक्झॅक्टली काय? मानसिक स्तरावर ती अवस्था कशी असेल? मृत्यूनंतर माणसाचं खरं काय होतं? आत्मा उरतो का? केल्या पाप-पुण्याची फळं भोगण्यासाठी तो स्वर्ग- नरकात जात असेल, का काही उरतच नसेल? असले विषय गप्पांचे. त्यामुळे आम्ही दोघंच एकमेकांना! मला कोणी मित्र नाही; त्याला कोणी नाही. म्हणूनच आमचं ठरलं... एकदम पक्कं ठरलं! आमच्या दोघांपैकी जो आधी मरेल, त्यानं दुसर्‍याला या ना त्या प्रकारे सगळं सांगायचं. जमलं तर भेटायचं. तुम्हालाही जाणून घ्यायचेय पुढं काय होते ते? तर मग ऐका सु.शिं.ची अंगावर शहारे आणणारी थरार कथा... 'संदेह'.

“If Carpentier is ever to get a new reading in English, it should be now. . . . West’s translations . . . reintroduce English-language readers to this giant of Latin American fiction.” —Natasha Wimmer, The New York Review of Books The best-known book by Cuba’s most important...

Despite his early death from tuberculosis at the age of 44, Chekhov was a prolific writer and produced more than 250 short stories in addition to several novellas and a novel. The Russian was also a practicing doctor. A celebrated playwright, Anton Chekhov is often recognised as an influential figure of early modernism of the theatre in addition to being held in high esteem by the likes of George Bernard Shaw and Virginia Woolf, although much praise was not as forthcoming until after his death in 1904.

May 1938. The young novelist Aoyama Chizuko has sailed from her home in Nagasaki, Japan, and arrived in Taiwan. She's been invited there by the Japanese government ruling the island, though she has no interest in their official banquets or imperialist agenda. Instead, Chizuko longs to experience real island life and to taste its authentic cuisine.

One of the most transcendent poets of his generation, Darwish composed this remarkable elegy at the apex of his creativity, but with the full knowledge that his death was imminent. Thinking it might be his final work, he summoned all his poetic genius to create a luminous work that defies categorization.