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White Fang (English, Paperback, London Jack)C-0535
White Fang is part dog and part wolf, and the lone survivor of his family. In his lonely world, he soon learns to follow the harsh law of the North--kill or be killed. But nothing in White Fang's life can prepare him for the cruel owner who turns him into a vicious killer. Will White Fang ever know the kindness of a gentle master?
David Copperfield
David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr Murdstone; his brilliant, but ultimately unworthy school-friend James Steerforth; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble, yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora Spenlow; and the magnificently impecunious Wilkins Micawber, one of literature's great comic creations. In David Copperfield - the novel he described as his 'favourite child' - Dickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of the most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure. This edition uses the text of the first volume publication of 1850, and includes updated suggestions for further reading, original illustrations by 'Phiz', a revised chronology and expanded notes. In his new introduction, Jeremy Tambling discusses the novel's autobiographical elements, and its central themes of memory and identity.
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens wrote the historical novel A Tale of Two Cities. It depicts the tale of Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, two men with similar exteriors but completely dissimilar personalities. Carton is a cynical English barrister, while Darnay is a romantic French aristocrat. The same woman, Lucie Manette, is the object of both of their affections.
Almond novel by won pyung sohn
공감 불능 사회, 차가움을 녹이는 아몬드매혹적인 문체, 독특한 캐릭터, 속도감 넘치는 전개! “고통과 공감의 능력을 깨우치게 할 강력한 소설”영화보다 강렬하고 드라마처럼 팽팽한, 완전히 새로운 소설이 나타났다. ‘감정을 느끼지 못하는’ 소년의 특별한 성장 이야기로, 첫 장부터 강렬한 사건으로 시작해 다음 페이지가 궁금해지게 만드는 흡입력 강한 작품이다. 또한 타인의 감정에 무감각해진 ‘공감 불능’인 이 시대에 큰 울림을 주는 소설로, 작품 속 인물들이 타인과 관계 맺고 슬픔에 공감하며 성장해 나가는 과정을 탁월하게 묘사했다. 영화처럼 펼쳐지는 극적인 사건과 매혹적인 문체로 독자를 단숨에 사로잡을 것이다. 『완득이』 『위저드 베이커리』를 잇는 제10회 창비청소년문학상 수상작. 『아몬드』의 주인공 ‘윤재’는 감정을 느끼는 데 어려움을 겪는 독특한 캐릭터다. 다른 사람의 말과 행동의 이면을 읽어 내지 못하고 공포도 분노도 잘 느끼지 못하는 윤재는 ‘평범하게’ 살아가려고 가까스로 버텨 오고 있다. 엄마에게서 남이 웃으면 따라 웃고, 호의를 보이면 고맙다고 말하는 식의 ‘주입식’ 감정 교육을 받기도 한다. 세상을 곧이곧대로만 보는 아이, ‘괴물’이라고 손가락질받던 윤재는 어느 날 비극적인 사건을 맞아 가족을 잃게 되면서 이 세상에 홀로 남는다. 그런데 모든 것을 잃었다고 생각하던 순간에 윤재 곁에 새로운 인연이 다가온다. 어두운 상처를 간직한 아이 ‘곤이’나 그와 반대로 맑은 감성을 지닌 아이 ‘도라’, 윤재를 돕고 싶어 하는 ‘심 박사’ 등이 그러한 인물들이다. 윤재와 이들 사이에서 펼쳐지는 이야기는 우리로 하여금 타인의 감정을 이해한다는 것이 얼마나 어려운지, 그럼에도 얼마나 소중한 일인지 다시 한번 생각해 보게 한다. 상실을 애도할 시간, 감정을 보듬을 여유를 잃어버린 채 살고 있는 독자들은 윤재를 응원하면서 자신의 마음 또한 되돌아볼 기회를 얻을 것이다. 윤재의 덤덤한 어조는 역설적으로 읽는 이의 가슴을 더욱 슬프게 저미며, 독자는 이 작품을 통해 깊고 진실한 감정의 고양을 경험할 수 있을 것이다.
Kalki-Eye Of Brahma Book-2
About the BookAfter a defeat at the hands of Lord Kali, Kalki Hari must journey towards the Mahendragiri mountains with his companions to finally become the avatar he is destined to be.But the road ahead is not without peril . . .Not only is he trapped by the cannibalistic armies of the Pisach, he is also embroiled in the civil war of the Vanars. And in midst of all this, he meets a face from the legends.Meanwhile, Manasa, the sister of the late Vasuki, plots to overthrow Lord Kali by bringing a massive war to his kingdom. But Naagpuri, her homeland, has been infiltrated by their sworn enemy, the Suparns. Not only does she need to protect her kingdom from the Suparns, she must also protect her close ones from the league of conspirators at her own home. Who can she really trust? And will she be able to put an end to Lord Kali’s rule?As the plot thickens and Lord Kali sees his ambition crushed right before his eyes, he comes to know about his race and its history that threatens to destroy the very fabric of this world’s reality.Kalyug has begun.Can Kalki become the avatar in time before it finally unfolds?Will Manasa fight through the internal politics to bring an invasion against Lord Kali?Can the secret that changes everything change Lord Kali as a person too?About the AuthorKevin Missal is a twenty-one-year-old graduate of St. Stephen’s College. He has recently released the first book of the Kalki Trilogy, DHARMAYODDHA KALKI: AVATAR OF VISHNU, which has received praise from newspapers such as Millennium Post and Sunday Guardian who have termed it as "2017’s mythological phenomenon". Kevin loves reading, watching films, and building stories in his mind. He lives in New Delhi.
Our mutual friend by charles dickens
A work of sublime genius and dark, epic scope, Our Mutual Friend is Charles Dickens's last completed and most modern novel. In it he paints an intricate portrait of London life, embracing all levels of society - from the poor to the fantastically wealthy, from the criminal to the virtuous.Two love stories form the heart of the novel. In one, John Harmon discovers that his inheritance is conditional upon his marrying Bella Wilfer, a girl he has never met. John must conceal his true identity from Bella in order to win her affections and she, in turn, must learn the value of real love in order to recognize his worth. In the other story, the elemental and all-consuming passions of Eugene Wrayburn and Bradley Headstone for the working girl, Lizzie Hexam, result in violent and terrible consequences as love makes them both abandon reason.The atmospheric landscapes of life on the river Thames and life among the dust heaps provide the backdrop for this gripping and radical tale, which restates the genius of Dickens for our times.Includes full-colour photographs from the BBC dramatization.
Ghost of the silent hills
About the BookThe dead do not rest till they get what they want. You have arrived in the hills. In here, you are surrounded by dense, menacing forests, enveloped in a deadly silence... You never know what lurks here in the Cold, dark night. Do not walk alone after sunset in the hills. A beautiful woman in white haunts the Lonely pathways, looking to enchant and ensnare men... All the people who died in accidents here... They say you hear their screams at night. And the deserted lodges sitting amidst lush greenery and calm streams... Spirits lie in wait here, ready to prey on the living. There are sceptics who did not heed these warnings. They tried to rationalize what they saw, what they felt. But when they came face to face with the beings that they believed didn’t exist, they couldn’t run away anymore... Ghosts of the silent hills is a collection that will make your nights a little scarier, encompassing the very best spine-chilling stories based on true hauntings.About the AuthorBorn in Shimla in 1955, Anita Krishan spent the initial twenty-two years of her life in this pristine Himalayan town, earning her master’s degree in English literature from Himachal University, and moving on to a career of introducing delights of the language to her young learners. In her long tenure as an educator, she has enriched the lives of countless students with the mystery of the narrative. A versatile writer, each of her literary works appertains to a different genre... from the joys and travails of life, to terrorism that has brought the world to its tenterhooks, to now the paranormal. She has travelled extensively around the globe absorbing the diverse human ethos and cultures—the delectable food for her thoughts. Presently, she lives in Gurgaon with her family.
Revolution Twenty20
In Revolution Twenty20, Chetan Bhagat explores the lives of three close friends from Varanasi, set against the backdrop of India's corrupt political system. Gopal and Raghav are the best of friends. Although they hail from completely different family backgrounds they share a common passion for success and realizing their dreams in life. Gopal's family has been caught up in a never-ending property dispute and he aspires to come out the mess and amass a lot of wealth, Raghav, on the other hand, desires to bring about a revolution in the system and do something significant for the society. Their lives take a surprising turn when both of them fall in love with their mutual friend, Aarti. Gopal gives in to the corrupt system but Raghav tries to set things right. This situation turns the friends against each other. Will Raghav be successful in bringing about a social change or will he succumb to his desires like Gopal? Who will Aarti choose to spend the rest of her life with? Revolution Twenty20 will make for a riveting read for all Chetan Bhagat fans.
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.From the bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami, comes a sharp and illuminating novel about a fourteen-year-old boy subjected to relentless bullying.In Heaven, a fourteen-year old boy is tormented for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, he chooses to suffer in silence. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate, Kojima, who experiences similar treatment at the hands of her bullies. Providing each other with immeasurable consolation at a time in their lives when they need it most, the two young friends grow closer than ever. But what, ultimately, is the nature of a friendship when your shared bond is terror?Unflinching yet tender, sharply observed, intimate and multi-layered, this simple yet profound novel stands as yet another dazzling testament to Mieko Kawakami’s uncontainable talent. There can be little doubt that it has cemented her reputation as one of the most important young authors at work today.
The Celestine Prophecy (English, Paperback, Redfield James)
"Je revins à la nage jusqu'à la rive et me hissai sur la jetée de bois devant la maison. Je savais que tout cela était incroyable. J'étais là, caché dans cette vallée, me sentant en total désaccord avec ma vie, lorsque, sortie de nulle part, Charlène était apparue, m'avait expliqué les causes de mon inquiétude. Et m'avait parlé d'un Manuscrit qui promettait la révélation du secret de la vie humaine..." À l'origine, un manuscrit fabuleux rédigé six cents ans avant J.-C. et une prophétie : notre société va subir un grand bouleversement. Intrigué, le héros de cette histoire s'envole pour le Pérou à la recherche du mystérieux grimoire, objet de toutes les convoitises, qui va transformer sa vie. Commence alors une aventure magique et enchanteresse, une dangereuse initiation qui le mène du sommet des Andes au cur de la forêt amazonienne, sur la voie des révélations de la vie. Quand, au terme de son périple, il découvre le vrai sens de son existence, c'est notre propre quête qui débute...
The Inheritance Games
The book follows Avery Kylie Grambs, a high school girl who lost her mom and is now living with her step-sister Libby. Avery has just discovered that Tobias Hawthorne, a billionaire, has left her in his will. However, Avery will not simply inherit the fortune. She must play Tobias Hawthornes' inheritance game.
THAT NIGHT
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN AN INNOCENT PRANK GOES HORRIBLY WRONG? Natasha, Riya, Anjali and Katherine were best friends in college—each different from the other yet inseparable—until that night. It was the night that began with a bottle of whisky and a game of Ouija but ended with the death of Sania, their unlikeable hostel mate. The friends had vowed never to discuss that fateful night, a pact that kept their friendship and guilt dormant for the last twenty years. But now, someone has begun to mess with them, threatening to reveal the truth that only Sania knew. Is it a hacker playing on their guilt, or has Sania’s ghost really returned to avenge her death? As the faceless enemy closes in on them, the friends come together once again to recount what really happened that night. But when the story is retold by each of them, the pieces don’t match. Because none of them is telling the whole truth . . . That Night is a dark, twisted tale of friendship and betrayal that draws you in and confounds you at every turn.
YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE
'Warm, funny, and life-affirming!' - Anshu Mor, Stand-up Comedian. Imagine you disappear. Twenty years later, three people are looking for you.One is dying to meet you again.The other wishes you had never met them.The third wishes to have met you at least once.You are one person. Aren't you? But you are not the same for each one of them.Find answers about your own life in this inspiring story reflective of the youth in India. You will join a broken but rising YouTube star Alara, a struggling but hopeful stand-up comedian Aarav, and a psycho but zen beach-shack owner Ricky. Together, take the journey to seek the truth behind the famous singer Elisha's disappearance somewhere by the deep sea in Goa.Will you be able to find Elisha? Or will you end up finding yourself? Read yet another gripping tale from the bestselling author of On The Open Road - three lives five cities one startup!
Kafta on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Alternate cover edition here.Kafka on the Shore, a tour de force of metaphysical reality, is powered by two remarkable characters: a teenage boy, Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home either to escape a gruesome oedipal prophecy or to search for his long-missing mother and sister; and an aging simpleton called Nakata, who never recovered from a wartime affliction and now is drawn toward Kafka for reasons that, like the most basic activities of daily life, he cannot fathom. Their odyssey, as mysterious to them as it is to us, is enriched throughout by vivid accomplices and mesmerizing events. Cats and people carry on conversations, a ghostlike pimp employs a Hegel-quoting prostitute, a forest harbors soldiers apparently unaged since World War II, and rainstorms of fish (and worse) fall from the sky. There is a brutal murder, with the identity of both victim and perpetrator a riddle—yet this, along with everything else, is eventually answered, just as the entwined destinies of Kafka and Nakata are gradually revealed, with one escaping his fate entirely and the other given a fresh start on his own.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.'A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much.To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story, an anti-racist novel, a historical drama of the Great Depression and a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition.
Sense And Sensibility (Classic, Paperback)
'The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!' Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.
Emma by Jane Austen (Fiction, Paperback)
"Reviews and Criticism" presents a wide variety of perspectives, both contemporary and recent, including essays by Sir Walter Scott, Henry James, A. C. Bradley, E. M. Forster, Robert Alan Donovan, Marilyn Butler, Mary Poovey, Claudia Johnson, Juliet McMaster, Ian Watt, and Suzanne Juhasz. New to this edition are essays by Maggie Lane, Edward Copeland, and Linda Troost and Sayre Greenfield, the last of which discusses film adaptations of Emma.A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are included.
The Hope Factory (Hardcover)
Bangalore: where innocence, deceit and love collideAnand is a Bangalore success story: successful, well-married, rich. At least, that's how he appears. But if his little factory is to grow, he needs land and money and, in the New India, neither of these is easy to find.Kamala, Anand's family's maid, lives perilously close to the edge of disaster. She and her clever teenage son have almost nothing, and their small hopes for self-betterment depend on the contentment of Anand's wife: a woman to whom whims come easily. But Kamala's son keeps bad company. Anand's marriage is in trouble. And the murky world where crime and wealth and politics meet is a dangerous place for good men, and those who rely on them.
The Secret of the Nagas (Fiction, Paperback)
Today, He is a God. 4000 years ago, He was just a man. The hunt is on. The sinister Naga warrior has killed his friend Brahaspati and now stalks his wife Sati. Shiva, the Tibetan immigrant who is the prophesied destroyer of evil, will not rest till he finds his demonic adversary. His vengeance and the path to evil will lead him to the door of the Nagas, the serpent people. Of that he is certain. The evidence of the malevolent rise of evil is everywhere. A kingdom is dying as it is held to ransom for a miracle drug. A crown prince is murdered. The Vasudevs Shivas philosopher guides betray his unquestioning faith as they take the aid of the dark side. Even the perfect empire, Meluha is riddled with a terrible secret in Maika, the city of births. Unknown to Shiva, a master puppeteer is playing a grand game. In a journey that will take him across the length and breadth of ancient India, Shiva searches for the truth in a land of deadly mysteries only to find that nothing is what it seems. Fierce battles will be fought. Surprising alliances will be forged. Unbelievable secrets will be revealed in this second book of the Shiva Trilogy, the sequel to the #1 national bestseller, The Immortals of Meluha.
The Oath of the Vayuputras (Fiction, Paperback)
ONLY A GOD CAN STOP IT. Shiva is gathering his forces. He reaches the Naga capital, Panchavati, and Evil is finally revealed. The Neelkanth prepares for a holy war against his true enemy, a man whose name instils dread in the fiercest of warriors. India convulses under the onslaught of a series of brutal battles. It's a war for the very soul of the nation. Many will die. But Shiva must not fail, no matter what the cost. In his desperation, he reaches out to the ones who have never offered any help to him: the Vayuputras. Will he succeed? And what will be the real cost of battling Evil? To India? And to Shiva's soul? Discover the answer to these mysteries in this concluding part of the bestselling Shiva Trilogy.
