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Henry V part 2
This edition offers a fully modernized text of one of Shakespeare's most fascinating plays. Henry IV, Part 2 is the only play in the canon whose structure almost exactly mirrors that of its predecessor, and thereby affords unique perspectives on Shakespeare's art and craft. Far from being the impoverished country cousin of an illustrious work, Part 2 introduces unforgettable new characters like Pistol and Shallow, and memorable minor players such as Doll Tearsheet and the reluctant Goucestershire recruits. Above all, it gives us more Falstaff. Although he is now politically distanced from Hal, he looms larger than ever as a mischievous figure who never ceases to fascinate with his unique blend of native wit, inventiveness, and corruption. Through a radical reconsideration of the play's text(s) and date, it is argued here for the first time that the character of Falstaff was called Oldcastle in Part 2 as well as in as in Part 1 , and that it was the vetting of Part 2 for the 1596-7Christmas performances at Court which led to the change of name in both plays. This edition moreover takes the view that the Folio-only passages in the play reflect the text of the original prompt-book.
city of spies
The stunning debut from the new name to watch in espionage thrillers. For fans of CHARLOTTE GRAY, THE BLETCHLEY CIRCLE and A TREACHERY OF SPIES, this is perfect Sunday night (or any night) drama. LISBON, 1943. After escaping from Nazi-Occupied France, SOE agent Elisabeth de Mornay, codename Cecile, receives new orders: she must infiltrate high society in neutral Lisbon and find out who is leaking key information to the Germans about British troop movements. As Solange Verin, a French widow of independent means, she will be able to meet all the rich Europeans who have gathered in Lisbon to wait out the war. One of them is a traitor and she must find out who before more British servicemen die. Complications arise when 'Solange' comes to the attention of German Abwehr officer, Major Eduard Graf. As they get to know each other, she struggles to keep her lies close to the truth.But in a city that is filled with spies, how can she tell who is friend, or foe?
The Stationery Shop of Tehran
1953, Tehran. In a small shop in a country on the brink of unrest, two people meet for the very first time.Roya loves nothing better than to while away the hours in the stationery shop run by Mr Fakhri. The store, stocked with fountain pens, shiny ink bottles, and thick wads of writing paper, also carries translations of literature from all over the world. Bahman, with his burning passion for justice, is like no one else she has ever met.But all around them, as their relationship blossoms, life in Tehran is changing.Suddenly, shockingly, violence erupts: a coup d'etat that forever changes their country's future, as well as their own.Marjan Kamali's beautiful novel explores themes of love and loss, and delivers and unforgettable ending.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION - THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATHIt's a small story, about:a girlan accordionistsome fanatical Germansa Jewish fist fighterand quite a lot of thievery.ANOTHER THING YOU SHOULD KNOW - DEATH WILL VISIT THE BOOK THIEF THREE TIMES--back cover
Romancing Mr. Bridgeton
Everyone knows that Colin Bridgerton is the most charming man in London. Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend's brother for...well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret...and fears she doesn't know him at all.Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of everyone's preoccupation with the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can't seem to publish an edition without mentioning him in the first paragraph. But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same - especially Penelope Featherington! The girl haunting his dreams. But when he discovers that Penelope has secrets of her own, this elusive bachelor must decide...is she his biggest threat - or his promise of a happy ending?
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SPECIAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION with exclusive extra behind-the-scenes material from the authorIt is 1939. In Nazi Germany, the country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier - and will become busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed forever when she picks up a single object, abandoned in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, and this is her first act of book thievery. So begins Liesel's love affair with books and words, and soon she is stealing from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library . . . wherever there are books to be found.But these are dangerous times, and when Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, nothing will ever be the same again.In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.Now a major film from Twentieth-Century Fox starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson.
Three Bullets Burgess Melvin
The Bloods are in control and they’re desperate to turn Britain into the world they want to see: right, white, Christian supremist. Anyone who they call abnormal is a target. Amidst the chaos of civil war the country is on the move as small militia groups fight each other and a sea of refugees escapes the cities and the pursuing Bloods.When her home is destroyed in a bombing raid, Marti must strike out on a mission of her own - to save her father and get his vital software into the right hands. But Marti is mixed race and trans and has her three-year-old brother in tow. Crossing into enemy territory could prove suicidal. Yet Marti's enemies haven't reckoned with her indomitable will to survive - and the gun she carries, which has three bullets . . .
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This book is meant to reinvigorate your thought process and give your life a new vision and perspective. This book is a spiritual journey with the teachings of Shri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. The approach is not to be religious or dogmatic but spiritual and liberal. the book contains the teachings of Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, which contains the teachings of Sikh Gurus, other saints, and words of eternal wisdom.Each chapter is like peeling a layer of an onion, intended to step by step, on a daily basis, unclutter your mind and sharpen your vision. This book is meant for those who are searching for or are at the edge of a new direction, a new beginning in their life but are unsure whether or not to take the plunge. This may also be helpful to those who have a deep-seated unfulfilled purpose in their life but are just unsure whether or not to do what they would be happy to do in their lives.Modern day youth often finds themselves at cross roads because they find a sea of difference in the value system that they have grown up in and the value system that contemporary society demands. The correct way would be to have a strong value system so that one is unmoved by the conflicting thought processes that one comes across on a daily basis. This book is intended to give that strength and robustness of thought process to those who are always in two minds in choosing what's right for them and what is in front of them.
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From the back cover: 'I am Rani Jindan, Mother of the Khalsa. That is my identity. That is my fate.'While we have all heard tales of Rani Lakshmi Bai and Padmavati, not many of us are familiar with another Indian queen.Daughter of the royal kennel keeper, the beautiful Jindan Kaur went on to become Maharaja Ranjit Singh's youngest and last queen; his favourite. She became regent when her son Dalip, barely six years old, unexpectedly inherited the throne. Sharp-eyed, stubborn, passionate, and dedicated to protecting her son's heritage, Jindan distrusted the British and fought hard to keep them from annexing Punjab. Defying tradition, she stepped out of the zenana, cast aside the veil and conducted state business in public. Addressing her Khalsa troops herself, she inspired her men in two wars against the 'firangs'. Her power and influence were so formidable that the British, fearing an uprising, robbed the rebel queen of everything she had, including her son. She was imprisoned and exiled. But that did not crush her indomitable will.An exquisite love story of a king and a commoner, a cautionary tale about loyalty and betrayal, and a powerful parable of the indestructible bond between mother and child, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's unforgettable novel brings alive one of the most fearless women of the nineteenth century, an inspiration for our times.
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इ. स. पूर्व 300 वर्षापूर्वीची ही कहाणी. त्यावेळी भारतात अनेक गणराज्य नांदत होती. परंतु त्यांच्यात एकमेळ नव्हता. आपापसात सतत संघर्ष होत होती. मगध हे त्यांपौकीच एक ! त्या राज्याचा राजा धनानंद हा विलासी राजा होता. अतोनात कर लावून तो प्रजेची पिळवणूक करीत असे. त्याच्या अनियंत्रित कारभाराला प्रजा कंटाळली होती. चाणक्य विष्णुगुपत हा त्या राज्यातील एक तेजस्वी ब्राह्मण. तक्षाशिलेला जाऊन विद्यासंपन्न झालेल ! राजाचा दानाध्यक्ष या नात्यानं काम करताना धनानंद राजानं त्याचा अपमान केला. ते पाहून चाणक्यनं शपथ घेतली की, उन्मत्त धनानंद राजाचं सिंहासन मी यथावकाश उलथून टाकीन.' त्याच वेळी जगज्जेता बनण्याचं स्वप्न उराशी बाळगून ग्रीक सेनानी सिकंदर यानं भारतावर आक्रमण केलं. चाणक्यानं अपार परिश्रम करून सिकंदराचं आक्रमण थोपविण्यासाठी अनेक योजना आखल्या. त्याचीच परिणीती म्हणून सिकंदराला भारतविजेता न होता परतावं लागलं. चंद्रगुप्ताला हाताशी धरून चाणक्यानं त्याला उत्तम शिक्षण दिलं. अनेक तेजस्वी तरुणांची एक मळी उभी केली आणि अनेक युक्त्या-प्रयुक्त्या योजून त्यानं धनानंद राजाला पदच्युत केलं. त्याच्या सिंहासनावर चंद्रगुप्त मौर्याला अधिष्ठित करून त्याच्याच सहाय्यानं चाणक्यानं एकसंध, बलसंपन्न आणि अखंड भारत निर्माण केला. आपल्या आयुष्याच्या उतरार्धात "कौटिलीय अर्थशास्त्र' हा ग्रंथ लिहून भारतीय साहित्यात अनमोल भर घातली. अशा या नृपनिर्मात्या युगंधर क्रांतिकारी महापुरुषाच्या जीवनावरील ही ललितरम्य कादंबरी अनेक नाट्यपूर्ण, रहस्यमय प्रसंगांनी सजलेली !प्रचलित असलेल्या 'चाणक्यनीती'च्या आणि प्रसिद्ध असलेल्या 'कौटिल्याचे अर्थशास्त्र'च्या 'चाणक्य'वर संदर्भांचा छडा लावून लिहिली गेलेली ही कादंबरी. स्वत: सत्तेपासून अलिप्त राहायचे पण सत्ता परकीयांच्या हातातून दिसणार नाही म्हणून डावपेच रचायचे, त्यासाठी एखाद्या चंद्रगुप्ताला अगदी श्रीगणेशापासून तयार करायचे न् प्रजाहित साधण्याचा प्रयत्न करायचा हे सारेच अजब आहे म्हणूनच अशी व्यक्तिरेखा लेखकालाही आव्हानात्मक आहे, असे मूळचेच जबरदस्त कथानक लेखकाचीही परिक्षा घेणारे आहे अर्थात भा. द. खेर ह्यांच्यासारख्या ज्येष्ठ श्रेष्ठ लेखकाला हे शिवधनुष्य न पेलवते तरच नवल ! खेर ह्यांनी ते कसे समर्थपणे पेलले आहे हे एकदा वाचलेच पाहिजे असे आहे.
Empire :Story Of the Cholas
‘Sumptuously detailed, beautifully imagined...Empire is an exceptional achievement and will be the mark against which later books will be measured.’—The Wire‘As high on adrenaline as it is on authentic detailing.’—Firstpost‘A gripping historical novel.’—Hindustan Times‘Yesodharan does a beautiful job of bringing alive a distant and dramatic past and peopling it with heroes and heroines that will intrigue, surprise and delight the readers – and stay with them long after they’ve finished reading.’ – Chitra Divakaruni‘Perfect tapestry intricately woven with threads of history and fiction. Imaginative, intriguing and intense.’ – Ashwin SanghiA woman of courage, with dagger and bow, Will do countless deeds: dark and light, right and low. Her armour dark, her armour gold, Around her red rivers will flow. An Indian empire at the peak of its power. A great port heaped with spices, silks, jewellery, perfumes, weapons. Everyone wants a share of the riches of Nagapattinam. When a Greek pirate ship sails in to loot the wealth of the Cholas, it is brutally defeated by the navy and forced to pay a compensation. A payment that includes a twelve-year-old girl, Aremis. Aremis grows up to be a skilled warrior, a great asset to the Cholas. But she is a foreigner among her captors, even though the emperor trusts her to guard his person. Anantha, the man who took her captive, the supreme commander of the empire’s armies, is a wily strategist. But he no longer has the stomach for war. The emperor’s ambitions weary him. Rajendra Chola has conquered Lanka, now he wants to rule the Indian Ocean. Their future is set: a dangerous journey across the seas and a bloody, brutal war they cannot survive undamaged.https://www.amazon.in/Empire-Devi-Yes...
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Five families are brought together through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution and the struggle for votes for women.It is 1911, and the coronation day of King George V. Thirteen-year-old Billy Williams begins his first day at work in a coal mine.The Williams family connected by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter Von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London. Their destiny is entangled with that of Gus Dewar, ambitious young aide to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson. Two orphaned Russian brothers soon become involved, but Grigori and Lev Peshkov's plan to emigrate to America falls foul of war, conscription and revolution.FALL OF GIANTS combines richly developed historical detail with fast-moving action and powerful emotion to deliver this absorbing narrative
River God Ancient Egypt
For Tanus, the fair-haired young lion of a warrior, the gods have decreed that he will lead Egypt's army in a bold attempt to reunite the Kingdom's shared halves. But Tanus will have to defy the same gods to attain the reward they have forbidden him, an object more prized than battle's possession of the Lady Lostris, a rare beauty with skin the color of oiled ceder--destined for the adoration of a nation, and the love of one extraordinary man.
