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‘प्लेग’ में एक जनसमूह पर महामारी के रूप में आई भीषण विपत्ति का और उससे आक्रान्त लोगों की वैयक्तिक और सामूहिक प्रतिक्रियाओं का चरम यथार्थवादी अंकन किया गया है, साथ ही सर्वग्रासी भय, आतंक, मृत्यु और तबाही के बीच अजेय मानवीय साहस की मार्मिक संघर्षगाथा भी प्रस्तुत की गई है।

शेखर : एक जीवनी’ अज्ञेय का सबसे अधिक पढ़ा गया उपन्यास; हिन्दी की एक ऐसी कथा-कृति जिसे हर पीढ़ी का पाठक जरूरी समझता आया है और जिससे गुजरने के बाद वह जीवन की एक भरी-पूरी छलछलाती नदी में डूबकर निकल आने जैसा अनुभव करता है। उपन्यास का नायक शेखर स्वयं अज्ञेय हैं अथवा कोई और व्यक्ति, यह हमेशा कौतूहल का विषय रहा है। कुछ लोग इसे पूरी तरह उनकी आत्मकथात्मक कृति मानते हैं, लेकिन स्वयं अज्ञेय का कहना है कि यह 'आत्म-जीवनी’ नहीं है।

एक महान् कृति, भारतीय समाज और परिवार के विकास की विविध दिशाओं और रूपों का एक विराट एवं प्रभावोत्पादक चित्र। -डॉ. एस.एन. गणेशन

E. H. Gombrich's world history, an international best seller now available in English for the first time, is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity's achievements, and an acute witness to its frailties.

When ideas become weapons, who survives the lesson? In the shadowed streets of Pataliputra, a city built on order begins to rot from within. Symbols drawn in funeral ash appear overnight. Bodies fall — not at random, but with purpose. Each death desecrates an ideal that once held the empire together. At the centre stands Chanakya — architect of power, master of strategy, and the mind that shaped kings.

In the dusty village of Tenali, while others ploughed the land, a lazy boy dreamed beneath tamarind trees. Tenali Raman — sharp-tongued, sharp-minded, and dangerously underestimated — seemed destined to amount to nothing. Burdened by his father's debts and mocked for his idleness, he carried only one inheritance: a mind that refused to think like the rest.

Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin’s actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit. One slip could bring doom not only for Feyre but for everything—and everyone she holds dear.

Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and haunting Quarter Quell, and it is by design that she has long been part of the revolution without knowing it. District 13 has come out of the shadows and is plotting to overthrow the Capitol. Everyone, it seems, has had a hand in the carefully laid plans - except Katniss.

My pen won't remember you—but my blade certainly will. All Khalani Kanes has ever known is survival. She escaped the world's deadliest prison and is one of the few people alive to have ever walked beneath the sun. But now, death has her in his grasp, and her luck has finally run out. The man...

Heaven is no paradise : Reflections on Contentment, Happiness and Success is an Audible Original audiobook by Devdutt Pattanaik, narrated by himself. Across twelve chapters, he explores why humans are wired to feel inadequate, how myths and tales shape societies, and how the East, West, and India each frame success differently.

Against all odds, Katniss has won the Hunger Games. She and fellow District 12 tribute Peeta Mellark are miraculously still alive. Katniss should be relieved, happy even. After all, she has returned to her family and her longtime friend, Gale. Yet nothing is the way Katniss wishes it to be. Gale holds her at an icy distance. Peeta has turned his back on her completely. And there are whispers of a rebellion against the Capitol - a rebellion that Katniss and Peeta may have helped create. Much to her shock, Katniss has fueled an unrest she’s afraid she cannot stop.

The first in a brand new Shadowhunters trilogy set in Edwardian London by internationally bestselling author Cassandra Clare. For years there has been peace in the Shadowhunter world. James and Lucie Herondale, children of the famous Will and Tessa, have grown up in an idyll with their loving...

A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: Humanity has conquered all those things and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end life - and they are commanded to do so in order to keep the size of the population under control. Citra and Rowan are chosen to apprentice to a scythe - a role that neither wants. These teens must master the "art" of taking life, knowing that the consequence of failure could mean losing their own.

The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those don't. As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture around her, enemies must become allies if Aelin is to keep those she loves from falling to the dark forces poised to claim her world. With war looming on all horizons, the only chance for salvation lies in a desperate quest that may mark the end of everything Aelin holds dear.

The classic recording of Northern Lights, read by Philip Pullman and a full cast of narrators. 'Without this child, we shall all die.' Lyra Belacqua lives half-wild and carefree among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon, Pantalaimon, always by her side. But the arrival of her...

Rudeus's brief meeting with his time-travelling future self leaves him struggling to process the terrible suffering that version of him endured. But he might be able to avert those losses in this timeline, if he takes his future self's advice--starting with reaching out to Eris for the first time in years!

It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the 10th annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to out charm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low.

You’re never too young to learn the language of money… and the lessons that his rich dad taught Robert. Like it or not, money is a part of our everyday lives and the more we understand it, the better the chance that we can learn to have our money work hard for us - instead of working hard for money all our lives. That starts with learning the language of money. This book, created from the international bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad, shares Robert’s inspiring person story but teaches how to make smart choices.

Alyssa and Aaron have been best friends since they were in diapers, but at school, they pretend not to know each other. If they did, Aaron’s popular reputation might suffer, and Alyssa would be subjected to the thing she hates most: attention. What Aaron doesn't realize is that the reason why Alyssa hates attention might be more serious than he thought—serious enough that it might even be enough to force her to throw her future dreams away.

Brought to you by Penguin. Gerrard Shale's reading turns this magnificent adventure into a thrilling audiobook for fans of all ages. When Eragon finds a polished stone in the forest, he thinks it is the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy; perhaps it will buy his family meat for the winter. But...