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Bored roommates use a planchette to contact a legendary ghost that haunts Pune University. Will she answer? Is the abandoned Khairatabad Science College in Hyderabad really haunted? A gang of students break inside to investigate. Nirav and Pavi love each other . . . most of the time. Will...

Newly married to novelist Rosie M. Banks, Bingo bucks the current trend by being extremely happy, although he does tend to lose his shirt on various horses. This collection of wonderfully funny stories features a cast of outrageous characters.

Vetaal and Vikram is a playful retelling of one of India's most celebrated cycles of stories. The narrative of King Vikram and the Vetaal is located within the Kathasaritsagara, an 11th-century Sanskrit text. The Vetaal, who is neither living nor dead, is a consummate storyteller, and Vikram is a listener who can neither speak nor stay silent. Together they are destined to walk a labyrinth of stories in the course of a moonless night in a cremation ground.

Bees saal ki umr paar karte hee Rusty Dehra chodhkar London chala jata hai. Uske mann mein sapna hai vahan jaakar ek lekhak banne ka. Din mein vah clerk ki naukari karta hai aur der raat jaagkar likhta hai. Tees saal vahan bitaane ke baavjood Rusty ko London ras nahin aata. Uske mann mein, yaadon mein ab bhi basa hai Bharat aur Dehra, jahan usne apna bachpan bitaya tha. Aakhirkaar vah Dehra vaapis aa jata hai aur fhir vahin rehta hai.

A young man accompanies his cousin to the hospital to check an unusual hearing complaint and recalls a story of a woman put to sleep by tiny flies crawling inside her ear; a mirror appears out of nowhere and a night watchman is unnerved as his reflection tries to take control of him; a couple's...

Agatha Christie’s Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are Partners in Crime—or rather partners in crime solving—and must demonstrate their deductive skills in a wide range of confounding cases after agreeing to take over Blunt’s International Detective Agency. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford are...

அப்பா பிள்ளை வாழ்வின் ஓட்டத்தில் தந்தை மகனாகவும், மகன் தந்தையாகவும் மாறும் சூழல் ஏற்படுகிறது. எதனால்? இந்த அப்பாவும் பிள்ளையும் கற்பனையல்ல. நிஜம். இரத்தமும் சதையுமாய் வாழ்பவர்கள். அன்பு நிறைந்ததே வாழ்க்கை.

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich" is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his death so much as a passing thought. But one day, death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise he is brought face to face with his own mortality.

From the story of a young bride whose fairy-tale vision of California is shattered when her husband is murdered and she must face the future on her own, to a proud middle-aged divorced woman determined to succeed in San Francisco, Divakaruni's award-winning poetry fuses here with prose for the first time to create 11 devastating portraits of women on the verge of an unforgettable transformation.

हिन्दी साहित्य के आधुनिक कहानीकारों में अग्रगण्य राजेन्द्र यादव की अपनी चुनी हुई कहानियाँ इस संकलन में संगृहीत हैं।

Here are two complete audiobooks by Denis Johnson, narrated by Will Patton. Listen to both Train Dreams, and Jesus’ Son, as well as an excerpt from Denis Johnson’s National Book Award-winning Tree of Smoke.

Discover the compelling world of Munshi Premchand in Mansarovar 5, a masterful collection that delves into the heart of rural India. Each story in this anthology reveals Premchand's profound insights into human nature and societal challenges, portraying vivid characters and intricate narratives. Through themes of struggle, empathy, and social justice, Premchand captures the essence of the human experience with both tenderness and authenticity.

सत्यजित राय भारतीय सिनेमा के जाने-माने व्यक्तित्व हैं और सिनेमा के क्षेत्र में उनके योगदान के लिए उन्हें ‘दादा साहेब फाल्के’ पुरस्कार से सम्मानित भी किया गया। एक सफल फिल्म निर्माता-निर्देशक, पटकथा-लेखक होने के साथ-साथ वे एक साहित्यिक लेखक भी थे। इस पुस्तक में सत्यजित राय की कलम से बारह कहानियों का एक गुलदस्ता प्रस्तुत है, जिसमें मनुष्य के हर भाव के रंग के फूल हैं।

कुल नौ कहानियों का यह संग्रह अपने आप में स्त्री-पुरुष संबंधों की जटिल सच्चाइयों को समेटे हुए है। ये फँतासियों और नाटकीयता से बहुत दूर अवसाद और कुंठाओं की सहज कहानियाँ हैं।

The indomitable sleuth Miss Marple is led to a small town with shameful secrets in Agatha Christie’s classic detective story, The Moving Finger. Lymstock is a town with more than its share of scandalous secrets—a town where even a sudden outbreak of anonymous hate mail causes only a minor...

આ કૃણાલ પંડિત ના અવાજ માં ધૂમકેતુ ની પુસ્તક ધૂમકેતુની શ્રેષ્ટ વાર્તાઓ ની ઓડિયો બુક...

Her må Holmes og Watson bekæmpe Ku Klux Klans forfærdelige forbrydelser, bevæge sig rundt blandt professionelle tiggere i London, opklare sagen om tyveriet af en i sandhed sjælden ædelsten og løse mysteriet i mesterstykket Det brogede bånd – den historie Conan Doyle selv opfattede som en af sine bedste. For slet ikke at nævne sagen om den legendariske eventyrerske Irene Adler, som for Holmes altid vil være Kvinden.

Un tremendo incendio se ha desatado en el centro de vacaciones donde se alojan las amigas. ¿Qué consecuencias tendrá para ellas? A Andrés parece interesarle Sara, y a ella el taxista, pero huye a hurtadillas de la pija, ¿qué habrá entre ellos?

Стефан Цвейг — один из величайших новеллистов XX века, непревзойдённый знаток тайных движений человеческого сердца. «Летняя новелла» — изящная и щемящая...

In the hands of these classic American humorists, even the simplest household task can become a spectacular catastrophe. A cook turns a respectable home upside down. A burglar alarm causes more trouble than any burglar. Weddings descend into chaos, automobiles become runaway hazards, and the...