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Birth & Death... A painful death and a creation of life from pain such is the cycle of nature! Ramji's soul, his son, has been taken away by destiny. Ramji is fighting his pain...forgetting his own loss, the environment, the rains... this is a very touching story!! A masterpiece from Di Ba Mokashi.

It was a preference for cricket over schoolwork that united Mike and Psmith in their reluctance to attend their new school, Sedleigh. The school insists that its attendees be keen, but it is sorely unprepared for boys of such foresight and resources as Mike and Psmith who have decided to indulge in all manner of high-jinks and adventures.

Meet Jovi Mehta: corporate high-flier, accidental rebel, and reluctant role model. She’s the woman who can rescue any project, can silence any boardroom, but can never silence her own self-doubt. Armed with conviction, red lipstick, and a steel dabba, Jovi is ready to prove her worth. But at her workplace, women’s competence is measured by their clothes, late nights are praised in men, but questioned in women, and passion is politely rebranded as “aggression.”

If Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own petticoats, Sarah thought, she would be more careful not to trudge through muddy fields. It is wash-day for the housemaids at Longbourn House, and Sarah's hands are chapped and bleeding. Domestic life below stairs, ruled tenderly and forcefully by...

दो डायरी; एक अज्ञात शराबी की, जो न सिर्फ भगवान के साथ मदिरा सेवन करता है अपितु भगवान के साथ समाज के हर पहलू पर बातचीत भी करता है। दूसरी डायरी ख़ुदकुशी कर चुके कृष्ण नामक व्यक्ति की है जो एक मुस्लिम लड़की से प्रेम करता था।

One summer following the Second World War, Robert Appleyard sets out on foot from his Durham village. Sixteen and the son of a coal miner, he makes his way across the northern countryside until he reaches the former smuggling village of Robin Hood’s Bay. There he meets Dulcie, an eccentric, worldly, older woman who lives in a ramshackle cottage facing out to sea. Staying with Dulcie, Robert’s life opens into one of rich food, sea swimming, sunburn and poetry.

நாம் வாழும் மண்ணுக்குக் கீழ் ஏழு உலகங்கள் உள்ளன என்பது புராண நம்பிக்கை. ஏழாவது உலகம் பாதாளம். ஆனால் புராணத்தில் மட்டும்தான் அப்படியா? நிஜவாழ்க்கையில் இல்லையா என்ன? நாம் வாழும் இந்த சமூகத்துக்குக் கீழே நம்மால் மிதிக்கப்பட்டு அமுக்கப்பட்ட எத்தனை சமூகங்கள் நம் கவனத்துக்கு வராமலேயே இருந்து கொண்டிருக்கின்றன!

"Pentru un traducator e un privilegiu sa transpuna în alt vesmânt lingvistic povestirile lui Katherine Mansfield, asa cum pentru un cititor e un privilegiu sa le citeasca. Dupa valurile, mai vechi sau mai noi, de realism - socialist, magic, erotic etc. -, existentialism, structuralism, textualism, postmodernism, dupa avalansa de literatura cu iz de kitsch hollywoodian, debordând de violenta si sexualitate, cât de reconfortanta apare adierea de aer proaspat pe care o degaja povestirile lui Katherine Mansfield!

世界35ヶ国で翻訳決定！柚木麻子の新境地にして集大成。男たちの財産を奪い、殺害した容疑で逮捕された梶井真奈子(カジマナ)。若くも美しくもない彼女がなぜ──。週刊誌記者の町田里佳は親友の伶子の助言をもとに梶井の面会を取り付ける。

A paying guest seems like a win-win proposition to the Joshi family. He's ready with the rent, he's willing to lend a hand when he can and he's happy to listen to Mrs Joshi on the imminent collapse of our culture. But he's also a man of mystery. He has no last name. He has no family, no friends...

A bracing meditation on fame and celebrity, and the redemptive, healing power of art; a portrait of the ravages of disappointment and divorce; a poignant consideration of the rites of fatherhood and manhood; a novel soaked in rage and sex, longing and despair; and a passionate love letter to the world of theatre, A Bright Ray of Darkness showcases Ethan Hawke's gifts as a novelist as never before.

On a beautifully restored barge on the Seine, Jean Perdu runs a bookshop - or, rather, a 'literary apothecary', for this bookseller possesses a rare gift for sensing which books will soothe the troubled souls of his customers. The only person he is unable to cure, it seems, is himself. He has nursed a broken heart ever since the night, twenty-one years ago, when the love of his life fled Paris, leaving behind a handwritten letter that he has never dared read.

In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup: bringing an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDs epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying, and after his friend Nico's funeral, he finds his partner is infected and that he might even have the virus himself. The only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister. 

Brought to you by Penguin. The hilarious, sexy and smart new romantic comedy perfect for fans of You've Got Mail, Attachments and Good Material Rebecca Blume knows two things about Ben Heath: He’s a new editor at a rival publishing division, and he has terrible desk-sharing skills. What starts...

KABIR–a young and dynamic travel journalist, he lands in Afghanistan for a special project. But his actual destination is Noosh, the love of his life. NOOSH–smart and spirited, she has known Kabir since her college days. In her hometown, buried under political unrest, she is waiting for Kabir, the man of her dreams.

Divakaruni's descriptive, evocative writing makes you race through the book and then mourn its completion. For those who are fans of the author, this is a must-read. For those who have yet to discover her, this book is a must People Troubled by the silence that surrounds her parents' death...

What does a bunch of 20-somethings have in common? 1. A plan for how their lives will shape up in regards their careers, passions, dreams, love or sex. 2. A plan for completing the above plan. Not if you are Vik or belong to his friend circle. Life here is anything but a plan. Here ideas for life are scoffed at, dreams never appear in their long slumber and having fun and being laidback is considered to be an 'in' thing.

The unforgettable story of a young woman's odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes on her journey to redemption. Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty to intimidate and manipulate men. Astrid worships her...

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Arniko wird mitten im Winter in einem Zelt am Waldrand geboren. Die Ursitory, die drei Schicksalsengel, geben ihm nur ein paar Tage zu leben. Nur durch eine List seiner Großmutter überlebt der Junge. Fortan hüten die Frauen sein Schicksal. Arniko gilt als unverwundbar. Erst als er seine Familie und seinen Stamm verlassen will, wird ihm der Schicksalsspruch zum Verhängnis.