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സി.വി. രാമന്‍പിള്ളയുടെ 1891ല്‍ പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ച ഒരു മലയാള നോവലാണ് മാര്‍ത്താണ്ഡവര്‍മ്മ. പരിണാമദിശയിലെത്തിയ രാമ്മവര്‍മ്മ മഹാരാജാവിന്റെ ഭരണകാലം മുതല്‍ മാര്‍ത്താണ്ഡവര്‍മ്മയുടെ സ്ഥാനാരോഹണം വരെയുള്ള വേണാടിന്റെ (തിരുവിതാംകൂര്‍) ചരിത്രം വിവരിക്കുന്ന ഒരു ഹിസ്‌റ്റൊറിക്കല്‍ റൊമാന്‍സ് ആയിട്ടാണ് പ്രസ്തുത കൃതി അവതരിപ്പിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നത്. ശീര്‍ഷകകഥാപാത്രത്തെ തിരുവിതാംകൂര്‍ രാജസ്ഥാനഭ്രഷ്ടനാക്കുന്നതിനുവേണ്ടിയുള്ള പത്മനാഭന്‍തമ്പിയുടെയും എട്ടുവീട്ടില്‍പിള്ളമാരുടെയും പദ്ധതികളില്‍ നിന്ന് രക്ഷിക്കാന്‍ ശ്രമിക്കുന്ന അനന്തപത്മനാഭന്‍, സുഭദ്ര, മാങ്കോയിക്കല്‍കുറുപ്പ് എന്നിവരെ ചുറ്റിപറ്റിയാണ് കഥ നീങ്ങുന്നത്.

Teetapur, an unassuming village just a few hours outside of bustling Delhi, is famous for nothing—until one of its children, eight-year-old Munia, is found dead, hanging from the branch of a Jamun tree. In the largely Hindu village, suspicion quickly falls on an itinerant Muslim man, Mansoor. Suspicion ignites like wildfire, fueled by religious tensions that simmer beneath the surface.

ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಲೇಖಕ ಎಸ್.ಎಲ್. ಭೈರಪ್ಪನವರ 'ನಾಯಿ ನೆರಳು' ಒಂದು ಅಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಮನೋರಂಜಕ ಕತೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಕಾದಂಬರಿ. ೨೪೦ ಪುಟಗಳಿರುವ ಈ ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯನ್ನು ಲೇಖಕರು ಕೇವಲ ಮೂರು ವಾರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆದು ಮುಗಿಸಿರುವುದಾಗಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ತಿರುಮಲ ಜೋಯಿಸರಿಗೆ ಅವರ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಗರ್ಭಿಣಿಯಾಗುವ ಕಾಲ ದಾಟಿದ ಮೇಲೆ ಮಗ ಹುಟ್ಟುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಅವನು ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ ತಕ್ಷಣ ಚೀರಿ ಮೂರ್ಚೆ ಹೋಗುವ ಅವನ ತಾಯಿ ಮುಂದೆ ಎಂದೂ ಎಚ್ಚರ ಆಗುವುದೇ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಬೆಳೆದು ದೊಡ್ಡವನಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಈ ಹುಡುಗ ತನಗೆ ಮದುವೆಯಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳ ತೊಡಗುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಬೇರೆ ಮಕ್ಕಳೊಡನೆ ಬೆರೆಯದೆ ಇದ್ದಕ್ಕಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ ನಾಯಿಯ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಅವಿರತವಾಗಿ ಜೊತೆಗಿರತೊಡಗುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಆ ನಾಯಿಯ ನೆರಳು ಎಂಬಂತೆ ಬೆಳೆಯ ತೊಡಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Combining mystery and mythology, this epic fantasy is a global best seller with over 300,000 copies sold. India, 3400 BCE. The ancient kingdom of Mithila is divided by corruption, resentment, and poverty. An abandoned baby is found in a field protected by a vulture from a pack of wolves. Soon adopted by the rulers of the land, she is named Sita, and raised as a princess and beloved daughter.

यह उपन्यास असली खिलाड़ी उनके चर्चित उपन्यासों में से एक है. इसका हर पन्ना कुछ ऐसे राज़ खोलता है, जो कि उपन्यास के किरादारों में हमारी रूचि को और बढ़ाते हैं. ऑडियोबुक में रूप इस उपन्यास का आना उन सभी के लिए तोहफ़ा है जो उपन्यासों के लिए अपने दिल में ख़ास जगह रखते हैं.

Sentaro has failed. He has a criminal record, drinks too much, and his dream of becoming a writer is just a distant memory. With only the blossoming of the cherry trees to mark the passing of time, he spends his days in a tiny confectionery shop selling dorayaki, a type of pancake filled with sweet bean paste. Into his life comes Tokue, an elderly woman with disfigured hands and a troubled past. Tokue makes the best sweet bean paste Sentaro has ever tasted. She begins to teach him her craft, but as their friendship flourishes, social pressures become impossible to escape.

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.

A vivid, unforgettable story of an unlikely sisterhood—an emotionally powerful and haunting tale of friendship that illuminates the plight of women in a traditional culture—from the author of the bestselling The Pearl That Broke Its Shell and When the Moon Is Low. For two decades, Zeba was a...

Shiva, 'the destroyer' among the Hindu trinity (of gods), is depicted in many contradictory manners. The author, Devdutt Pattanaik, introduces listeners to these varied aspects and representations, and then sets about interpreting them. He explains the different anomalies and conflicts in beliefs, as well as the symbolism, rituals and reasons behind Hindu worship.

The shocking and brutal murder of a young American woman rips apart the peace of the ancient city of Benares. Hawa Singh, a senior inspector from the Delhi crime branch on a visit to Benares, gets embroiled in the case. He finds that the murdered woman had been researching the Bhrigu-Samhita, an astrological classic dating back to pre-Vedic times, its original manuscript believed to be lost. The FBI sends in Ruby Malik, a Pakistani American to investigate the murder.

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, read by Max Deacon and Dan Stevens. At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex...

Pride and Prejudice has delighted generations of readers with its unforgettable cast of characters, carefully choreographed plot, and a hugely entertaining view of the world and its absurdities. With the arrival of eligible young men in their neighbourhood, the lives of Mr and Mrs Bennet and their five daughters are turned inside out and upside down.

Forty-eight of H.P. Lovecraft’s most important stories are brought together in this collection–available only from Audible–selected and with introductions by the award-winning, best-selling Lovecraft editor Leslie S. Klinger. Howard Philips Lovecraft was the early 20th-century genius who, almost singlehandedly, pioneered horror and scientific fiction, only to die in near-obscurity. Rediscovered by critics and scholars in the 1970s, Lovecraft’s work has influenced—by their own admission—every major horror or science-fiction writer of today.

Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man, get a respectable job. Then it all fell apart. Burned out, Yeongju abandons her old life, quits her high-flying career, divorces her husband, and follows her dream. She opens a bookshop. In a quaint neighbourhood in Seoul, surrounded by books, Yeongju and her customers take refuge. From the lonely barista to the unhappily married housewife, and the writer who sees something special in Yeongju - they all have disappointments in their past.

With the epic sweep of Min Jin Lee's Pachinko and Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing and the lyrical beauty of Vaddey Ratner's In the Shadow of the Banyan, The Mountains Sing tells an enveloping, multigenerational tale of the Trần family, set against the backdrop of the Việt Nam War. Trần Diệu Lan, who was born in 1920, was forced to flee her family farm with her six children during the Land Reform as the Communist government rose in the North.

981 AD. The Viking King of Dublin is dead. His young widow, Gormflaith, has ambitions for her son – and herself – but Ireland is a dangerous place and kings tend not to stay kings for long. Gormflaith also has a secret. She is one of the Fomorians, an immortal race who can do fire-magic. She has kept her powers hidden at all costs, for there are other immortals in this world – like the Tuatha DE Danann, a race of warriors who are sworn to kill Fomorians.

In The Gateless Gate, one of modern Zen Buddhism’s uniquely influential masters offers classic commentaries on the Mumonkan, one of Zen’s greatest collections of teaching stories. This translation was compiled with the Western listener in mind, and includes Koan Yamada’s clear and penetrating comments on each case. Yamada played a seminal role in bringing Zen Buddhism to the West from Japan, going on to be the head of the Sanbo Kyodan Zen Community.

Ayodhya is weakened by divisions. A terrible war has taken its toll. The damage runs deep. The demon King of Lanka, Raavan, does not impose his rule on the defeated. He instead imposes his trade. Money is sucked out of the empire. The Sapt Sindhu people descend into poverty, despondency and corruption. They cry for a leader to lead them out of the morass. Little do they appreciate that the leader is among them. One whom they know....

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century. From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn, New...

'यार जादूगर' हिंदी साहित्य की मुख्य धारा के उपन्यासों में विषय-वस्तु के लिहाज से एकदम नया और चौंकाने वाली कहानी है। कल्पना की जमीन पर बोया गया ऐसा यथार्थ जो मानवीय संबंधों और उसके मनोविज्ञान पर दार्शनिकता की गाँठ खोलता रेशा-रेशा उघाड़ते हुए एक प्राकृतिक शाश्वत सत्य के समीप पहुँच पूर्ण होता है। 'यार जादूगर' मृत्यु का महोत्सव है और जीवन का लोक संगीत भी, जो मृत्यु की अनिवार्यता को स्वीकार कर जीवन की सार्थकता को मलंग हो स्वीकार करने की कोशिश है। लेखक नीलोत्पल मृणाल की आवाज़ में सुनिए "यार जादूगर"!