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The Story of a New Name follows Elena Ferrante's critically acclaimed My Brilliant Friend, featuring Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their 20s, and marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile Elena continues her journey of self-discovery.

ಎಸ್.ಎಲ್. ಭೈರಪ್ಪನವರ 'ಗ್ರಹಣ' ಕಾದಂಬರಿಯು 1972 ರಲ್ಲಿ ರಚನೆಯಾದ ಕೃತಿ. ಗ್ರಹಣ, ಅಸತ್ಯವು ಸತ್ಯವನ್ನು ಆವರಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ...

Harlow Donne has devoted his life to the Classical world. In the depths of the Bodleian Library, Harlow discovers a lost account of the Trojan War, a glimpse into the founding of Western civilization itself. As sole translator and interpreter of the Psoad, Harlow dedicates the poem and its footnotes to his daughter, Helen.

या पुस्तकात सवयी अंगी कशा बाणवाव्यात या विषयातील विशेषज्ञ जेम्स क्लियर सांगतात की, छोटे छोटे बदल जीवनात महान...

धर्मवीर भारती के इस उपन्यास का प्रकाशन और इसके प्रति पाठकों का अटूट सम्मोहन हिन्दी साहित्य-जगत् की एक बड़ी...

When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy the freedom that her fortune has opened up and to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors, declaring that she will never marry. It is only when she finds herself irresistibly drawn to the cultivated but worthless Gilbert Osmond that she discovers that wealth is a two-edged sword.

Devdutt Pattanaik is the author of over twenty-five books and 500 articles on the relevance of mythology in modern times. Trained in medicine (MBBSfrom Grant Medical College, Mumbai University), he worked in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries for fifteen years before devoting all his...

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Rajkumar is only another boy, helping on a market stall in the dusty square outside the royal palace, when the British force the Burmese King, Queen and all the Court into exile. He is rescued by the far-seeing Chinese merchant, and with him builds up a logging business in upper Burma. But haunted by his vision of the Royal Family, he journeys to the obscure town in India where they have been exiled.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BETSELLING TRILOGY "Captivated me from the first chapter to the final page."—Reese Witherspoon "Powerful and evocative.” —Kate Quinn The Henna Artist A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK Vivid and compelling, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and...

As Sita prepares to go into exile, her younger sisters stay back at the doomed palace of Ayodhya, their smiles, hope and joy wiped away in a single stroke. And through the tears and the tragedy one woman of immense strength and conviction stands apart - Urmila, whose husband, Lakshman, has chosen to accompany his brother Ram to the forest rather than stay with his bride. She could have insisted on joining Lakshman, as did Sita with Ram. But she did not. Why did she agree to be left behind in the palace, waiting for her husband for 14 painfully long years?

சிப்பாய் கலகம் என்று அழைக்கப்படும் முதல் இந்திய சுதந்திரப் போரின் பின்புலத்தில் எழுதப்பட்டது சுஜாதாவின்...

It is a popular belief that the Ramayana is idealistic while the Mahabharata is realistic. Yet these two epics have identical building blocks, identical themes, and identical history. In this groundbreaking book, Devdutt Pattanaik, India’s most popular mythologist, explores the similarities and dissimilarities between the two epics in a ‘playful analaysis’. Whether it is the family structure, forest exile, or war, the comparison between the two epics prove a startling point - the Mahabharata is in fact a reaction to the events in the Ramayana.

Hardy's first major literary success, here brought to life by narrator Nathaniel Parker, is the story of the independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene, who inherits her uncle's farm, the largest estate in the area. She surprises the villagers of Weatherbury by deciding to run it herself. Attracted to this bold young woman are three suitors all vying for her affections. They include the lonely gentleman-farmer Boldwood, the young and handsome but inconsiderate Sergeant Troy and the faithful shepherd Gabriel Oak.

It is September 1995. Selin, a Turkish-American college freshman from New Jersey, is about to embark on her first year at Harvard University, where she is determined to decipher the mysteries of language and to become a writer. In between studying psycho­linguistics and the philosophy of language, teaching ESL to a Costa Rican plumber, and befriending her classmate Svetlana (a Serbian refugee from Connecticut), Selin falls in love with a Hungarian maths student in her Russian class.

ಮನುಷ್ಯನನ್ನು ದುಃಖ, ಅಸಹನೆ, ನಿರಾಸೆ, ವಿಕಾರ, ಆತ್ಮನಿಂದೆ, ಲೌಕಿಕ ಸಂಕಟ, ಇವೆಲ್ಲವುಗಳಿಂದಲೂ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡಬಲ್ಲಂತ ಅದ್ಭುತ ಚೈತನ್ಯವೇ ಪ್ರೇಮ. ಒಂದೇ ಒಂದು ಹಿಡಿ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ದೊರೆತ ಮನುಷ್ಯ ಬದುಕಿನ ಯಾವ ಹೋರಾಟದಲ್ಲೂ ಕೈ ಸೋತು ಮಲಗಲಾರ.

Brought to you by Penguin. The haunting love story that turned Murakami into a literary superstar. When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, read by Dominic Hoffman. Effia and Esi: two sisters with two very different destinies. One sold into slavery; one a slave trader's wife. The consequences of their fate reverberate through the generations...

Countess Ellen Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society. She bears with her an independence and an awareness of life which stirs the educated sensitivity of the charming Newland Archer, engaged to be married to her cousin, May Welland. Though he accepts the society's standards and rules he is acutely aware of their limitations. He knows May will assure him a conventional future but Ellen, scandalously separated from her husband, forces Archer to question his values and beliefs.