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Loosely based on his real life, 2 States: The Story Of My Marriage charts the love story between a Tamil Brahmin girl and a Punjabi boy who find their relationship jeopardized by this very ethnic disconnectKrish Malhotra meets Ananya Swaminathan at IIM Ahmedabad where they are both pursuing an M.B.A. Ananya s charm and good looks bring her to the f..

Tendöl Namling Turned 60 in March 2019. She Was Born at the Time When the Dalai Lama Fled From Lhasa and the Uprising of His People by the Chinese People's Army Was Brutally Suppressed. She Has Lived for 22 Years Under Chinese Rule. As the Daughter of a High Government Official, She Underwent the Ordeal of 're-education' With Full Force. All She Ha..

John Leechs Original, Magnificent Illustrations to a Christmas Carol Have Been Beautifully Hand - coloured by Barbara Frith in This Wonderful Gift Edition From Collectors Library.A Celebration of Christmas, a Tale of Redemption and a Critique on Victorian Society, Dickens' Atmospheric Novella Follows the Miserly, Penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge Who..

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Published in Celebration of the Twentieth Anniversary of George R. R. Martin’s Landmark Series, This Lavishly Illustrated Special Edition of a Game of Thrones?with Gorgeous Full-page Illustrations in Every Chapter?revitalizes the Fantasy Masterpiece That Became a Cultural Phenomenon.In a Land Where Summers Can Last Decades and Winters a Lifetime, T..

In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov Is Deemed an Unrepentant Aristocrat by a Bolshevik Tribunal, and Is Sentenced to House Arrest in the Metropol, a Grand Hotel Across the Street From the Kremlin. Rostov, an Indomitable Man of Erudition and Wit, Has Never Worked a Day in His Life, and Must Now Live in an Attic Room While Some of the Most Tumultuous Dec..

In the Spring of 1971, Rehana Haque Is Throwing a Party for Her Two Children. What She Does Not Know Is That, After Today, Their Lives Will Change Forever. For This Is East Pakistan, a Country Erupting Into War. As She Struggles to Keep Her Children Safe, Rehana Will Find Herself Faced With a Heartbreaking Dilemma. Set Against the Backdrop of the B..

The New York Times No.1 Bestselling YA Crime Thriller.The Winner of the British Book Awards' Children's Book of the Year 2020Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2020'a Fiendishly-plotted Mystery That Kept Me Guessing Until the Very End.' – Laura Purcell, Bestselling Author of the Silent CompanionsA Debut Ya Crime Thriller as Addic..

A Poignant Novel About the Triumph of the Human Spirit Over Poverty’s Privations and Predicaments Ravi, the Son of a Peasant, Joins in the General Exodus Away From Destitution the Indifferent and Harsh Streets of the City Lead Him to the Underworld of Petty Criminals a Chance Misdeed Acquaints Him With Apu, a Tailor Ravi Begins Working as Apu’s App..

About two hundred years ago, Nepal arose as a single entity, based on the Kathmandu Valley with its two thousand years of urban civilization. While the history of John Whelpton centers on the time after the 1950-51 abolition of the Rana family autocracy, the early chapters dedicate themselves to the roots of the kingdom and the changing relations o..

An Inventor Since Childhood, Tesla's Patents Encompassed Everything From Radar and Remote-control Technology to Wireless Communications. But His Greatest Invention Was the Ac Induction Motor, Which Used Alternating Currents ( Ac) to Distribute Electricity and Which Remains the Standard for Electric Distribution Today.Tesla's Love of Animals Also Re..

When Four Classmates From a Small Massachusetts College Move to New York to Make Their Way, They're Broke, Adrift, and Buoyed Only by Their Friendship and Ambition. There Is Kind, Handsome Willem, an Aspiring Actor; Jb, a Quick-witted, Sometimes Cruel Brooklyn-born Painter Seeking Entry to the Art World; Malcolm, a Frustrated Architect at a Promine..

On the Day That Jacob, an Anglo-dutch Trader, Agrees to Accept a Slave in Lieu of Payment for a Debt From a Plantation Owner, Little Florens's Life Changes Irrevocably.With Her Keen Intelligence and Passion for Wearing the Cast-off Shoes of Her Mistress, Florens Has Never Blurred Into the Background and Now at the Age of Eight She Is Uprooted From ..

Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 Books for Penguin's 80th Birthday. Little Black Classics Celebrate the Huge Range and Diversity of Penguin Classics, With Books From Around the World and Across Many Centuries. They Take Us From a Balloon Ride Over Victorian London to a Garden of Blossom in Japan, From Tierra Del Fuego to 16th Century Californi..

A New Dawn Is a Story of Hope, Faith and Belief. Life Is Not Always a Basket of Ripe Cherries. Things Can Go Beyond the Control of Human Ability as the Unpredictability of Life Can Stir Chaos, Creating Frustration, Depression and Feelings of Unworthiness. However, No Matter What Life Has to Bring, There Is Always Hope, Giving Each Individual the Co..

A Nights Drama : A Collection of Short Stories is written by the author Ammaraj Joshi...

Myths and Legends Jostle With the Contemporary in These Stories Where Social Issues of Our Times Resonate With the Inevitability of the Past.The Lyricism of Carnatic Ragas Permeate the Pages of This Quiet and Powerful Book in Which Love Is Rendered in All Its Immeasurable Avatars—parental, Carnal, Platonic, Romantic, Divine. There Is the Woman Who ..

He Was Not Himself Because His Wife Was Not Herself, Because in Marriage You Acted and Reacted One Upon the Other, However Much You Wished It Otherwise, and Whether You Wanted to or No' Dandekar Is a Routine-bound Government Clerk Who Is Able to Provide His Family With a Comfortable Life but His Ordered Existence Is Thrown Off Course When, One Day,..

Who Is an Indian? Who Is a Nationalist? Who Is Antinational? This Selection of Speeches, From 1930 to 1956, Shows Dr B.R. Ambedkar as the Most Original Among the Architects of Modern India as He Asks and Answers Such Difficult Questions. Whether He Was Dealing With the British or the Congress, His Commitment to Equality and Justice for Minorities R..

Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love.After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with..

Clara's Sister Is Missing. Angry, Rebellious Rose, Had a Row With Their Mother, Stormed Out of the House and Simply Disappeared. Eight-year-old Clara, Isolated by Her Distraught Parents' Efforts to Protect Her From the Truth, Is Grief-stricken and Bewildered.Liam Kane, Newly Divorced, Newly Unemployed, Newly Arrived in This Small Northern Town, Mov..

Primo Levi Was One of the Most Astonishing Voices to Emerge From the Twentieth Century. This Landmark Selection of His Short Stories Opens Up a World of Wonder, Love, Cruelty and Curious Twists of Fate, Where Nothing Is as It Seems. In "the Fugitive" an Office Worker Composes the Most Beautiful Poem Ever With Unforeseen Consequences, While "Magic P..

A Turn in the South is a reflective journey by V. S. Naipaul in the late 1980s through the American South. Naipaul writes of his encounters with politicians, rednecks, farmers, writers, ordinary men and women, both black and white, with the insight and originality we expect from one of our best travel writers. Fascinating and poetic, this is a rema..

A Turn in the South Is a Reflective Journey by V. S. Naipaul in the Late 1980s Through the American South.Naipaul Writes of His Encounters With Politicians, Rednecks, Farmers, Writers and Ordinary Men and Women, Both Black and White, With the Insight and Originality We Expect From One of Our Best Travel Writers. Fascinating and Poetic, This Is a Re..

From We Need Diverse Books Fifteen Award-winning and Celebrated Diverse Authors Deliver Stories About a Princess Without Need of a Prince, a Monster Long Misunderstood, Memories That Vanish With a Spell, and Voices That Refuse to Stay Silent in the Face of Injustice.Alucard and Prince Rhy's Relationship in V.e. Schwab's Shades of Magic Series Is Fi..