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The story of the birth of India's states is the story of the birth and continuing rebirth of India, the nation. It is a story that everyone in India must know, from young to old. This rigorously researched book lays out the fascinating political and historical circumstances of the birth of...

An absorbing and original narrative history of American capitalism NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY THE ECONOMIST From the days of the Mayflower and the Virginia Company, America has been a place for people to dream, invent, build, tinker, and bet the farm in pursuit of a better life. Americana...

ரகு, மதுமிதா, ரத்னா, ராதா கிருஷ்ணன் இப்படி நான்கு முக்கிய கதாப்பாத்திரங்களை மட்டும் வைத்து வாழ்க்கைக்குத்...

Crown Prince Aditha Karikalan is riding hell-for-leather towards Kadambur to honour Ilaiya Rani Nandhini’s kind invitation—while Vandhiyathevan is hurrying in the same direction, hell-bent on thwarting their meeting. Mandhakini Devi is abducted by ruffianly unknowns towards Thanjavur—while Poonguzhali, her niece, is hastening thither, to rescue her aunt. Peril threatens Sundara Chozhar, confined to his sickbed and at the mercy of Pandiya assassins—while Ilaiya Piratti strains every nerve to protect her father. Will all three succeed in their quests?

On 8 November, when the clock strikes 8, your money will be no good. Somewhere on the India-Nepal border, a car full of passengers swerves off a highway and plunges into a valley, its trunk full of cash. In the UK, a Bollywood starlet wins Big Survivor, the most popular reality TV show in the country. In Panama, Central America, a whistle-blower at a law firm brings down billionaires across the globe. And in India, a new RBI Governor is appointed. Aditya Kesavan is dynamic, charismatic and ambitious. He's about to carry out the most brazen act of his life.

One of the greatest figures of wisdom and knowledge in the Indian history is Chanakya. Chanakya is regarded as a great thinker and diplomat in India who is traditionally identified as Kautilya or Vishnu Gupta. Originally a professor of economics and political science at the ancient Takshashila...

Paandimadevi' is a Tamizh historical novel by veteran writer Deepam Na.Parthasarathy. The story revolves around Vanavanmadeviyar the queen of 'Thenpaandi Naadu', widow of Paranthaga Pandiyan who was its erstwhile ruler. Na.Pa's flowery language describing the landscape of the countryside paints...

Pallikondapuram' is definitely one of the fine novel written by Neela.Padmanabhan. This story is around Anandhan Nair whose life is surrounded by sorrows. He has beautifully narrated yesterday's and today's Trivandrum along with its true culture...

திருமதி. சிவசங்கரி அவர்களின் சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்பின் இரண்டாம் பாகத்தில் உள்ளடக்கப்பட்டுள்ள கதைகளும் முதல்...

Ambai, one of the finest modern Tamil short-story writers, is much read, discussed and written about, and loved for the wit, innovative storytelling, and lyrical grace of her writing. Here is a hand-picked collection of her short stories. அம்பை என்ற...

In 1766, an insatiable vampire sails from London to the Malabar Coast, aboard an East India Company ship. But along the shores of the Indus lurk darker and more ancient powers, and a war is brewing in the night. Two centuries after the first European ship sailed to the Malabar Coast and made landfall at Calicut, The East India Company seeks to secure its future along the lucrative Silk Route, in the year 1766. An old evil now sails aboard a company ship, hoping to make a home in this new found land.

Orphaned. Trained to fight. Raised to fear the power of Underhill. Secretly in love with a man who doesn’t want me. I’m still just Alli, aka the half-human orphan fae, but my life is looking up for the first time. It only took me my whole 24 years. But when Underhill—the ancestral home of the fae—shatters, making it impossible for any fae to enter, I’m the only one who knows who did it. A secret that will be the death of me if I do nothing. 

Enthusiasm and determination with a healthy dose of entrepreneurial vision that is enhanced by rapid strides in technology has provided the platform for young Indians to become the makers of a new India. Millions of young Indians are entering the workforce annually with a continually major shift from rural to urban areas, and a burgeoning middle class with demands and expectations of quality health and education, further increasing the dependence on sustainable, viable, and continuous growth.

Paandimadevi' is a Tamizh historical novel by veteran writer Deepam Na.Parthasarathy. The story revolves around Vanavanmadeviyar the queen of 'Thenpaandi Naadu', widow of Paranthaga Pandiyan who was its erstwhile ruler. Na.Pa's flowery language describing the landscape of the countryside paints...

பன்னிரண்டாண்டுகளுக்கு ஒரு முறை நீலக்குறிஞ்சி பூக்கும் மலைகளில் வண்டுகள் அந்தப் பருவத்தில் பாறை...

மாநிலத்தின் பல்வேறு பகுதிகளிலும் பல்வேறு வகைப்பட்ட மனிதர்களுடனும் வாழும் வாய்ப்புக் கிடைக்கப்பெற்றவர்...

பண்டைய கால இலக்கியங்கள் மற்றும் இதிகாசங்கள் என்னும் அந்த சமுத்திரத்தில் முங்கி எடுக்கும் முத்துக்களுடன், இன்றைய நிர்வாக இயலில் விவரிக்கப்படும் பல கருத்துக்களை ஒப்பிட்டு அந்த யதார்த்தங்கள் இன்றும் பிரதிபலிப்பதை விவரிப்பது இந்த புத்தகத் தொகுப்பின் நோக்கம். அந்தக் காலத்திலேயே நம்மிடம் எல்லா வித்தையும் இருந்தன என்று பழங்கணக்கு பார்ப்பதோ அல்லது Old is gold என்று பழைய பெருமை பேசி மார்தட்டுவதோ நோக்கமல்ல இங்கு.

In this provocative book, Ramesh Srinivasan describes the internet as both an enabler of frictionless efficiency and a dirty tangle of politics, economics, and other inefficient, inharmonious human activities. We may love the immediacy of Google search results, the convenience of Amazon, and the elegance of our Apple devices, but it’s a one-way, top-down process. We’re not asked for our input or our opinions - only for our data. The internet is brought to us by wealthy technologists in Silicon Valley and China. Srinivasan argues that we must think in terms beyond the Valley.

The creator of Little Owl's Night explores and celebrates the complexities of what makes us who we are in this comforting and thoughtful picture book, adapted for audio. A young narrator describes herself: a girl, a granddaughter, Indian, and American. Soon, we see the young girl as a plethora...

One of the greatest figures of wisdom and knowledge in the Indian history is Chanakya. Chanakya is regarded as a great thinker and diplomat in India who is traditionally identified as Kautilya or Vishnu Gupta. Originally a professor of economics and political science at the ancient Takshashila...