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Runaway
Alice Munro, Rs. 389.00
This is about the power and betrayals of love, about lost children, lost chances. There is pain and desolation beneath the surface, like a needle in the heart, which makes the book more potent and compelling than anything she has written before.
The Rainmakers and other stories
Shanta Rameshwar Rao,
Rs. 295.00
Intrepid young women and men, foolish and wise animals, the antics of tricksters, all these and more are included in this wonderful, witty, retelling of folk stories and legends, lavishly illustrated, from regions as far apart as China and Latin America.
New Indian Fiction
Ed. by Khushwant Singh, Rs. 295.00
This collection presents an absorbing view of one of the most fertile literary landscapes in the world. This anthology features a rich assortment of voices from both new authors and established names.
Home
Manju Kapur, Rs. 395.00
In this novel the seemingly tranquil world of a joint family is coming apart. With attention the novelist follows the members of the family into the uneasy world they come to inhabit. This work is startling in its sweep and unerringly accurate in the bleakness and hope it presents.
Maturity
Osho, Rs. 195.00
Osho takes us back to the roots of what it means to grow up rather than just to grow old. Both in our relationships with others and in the fulfilment of our own individual destinies, he reminds us of the pleasures that only maturity can bring.
Indian Heritage Hotels
Anuradha Kapoor,
Rs. 695.00
History, tradition and cultural heritage are not mothballed relics consigned to museums and inner recesses of the people's collective memory. They are an integral part of her people's everyday life. It is in this spirit that many of India's numerous forts, palaces, havelis and colonial mansions have been rescues from oblivion and converted into heritage properties. This book gives a comprehensive look at them.
Brushing Up The Years
R. K. Laxman, Rs. 750.00
This is a selection of the very best of Laxman's cartoons, drawn over a career spanning six decades. From India's first general elections to Nehru's Five-Year Plans, from the wars with China and Pakistan to the reign of Indira Gandhi and the Emergency, from Rajiv Gandhi's government... it reveals what modern India is all about.
They Found Him Dead
Georgette Heyer,
Rs. 266.00
The sixtieth birthday party of Silas Kane was marred by argument and dissension amongst his family. And then, the morning after the celebrations, Kane is found dead at the foot of a cliff... Heyer is second to none in her ability to make detective stories entertaining.
Too Much Trouble
Ruskin Bond, Rs. 95.00
In this collection the author takes us to Dehra Dun, where the young narrator lives with his grandparents and a host of troublesome guests, including an elusive python, a naughty monkey and even a mischievous ghost!
The Spiritual Perceptions of Mahatma Gandhi,
Ravindra Varma,
Rs. 395.00
This is a deep and insightful study of Gandhi's beliefs and `disbeliefs' in all that was spiritual and in the concept of spirituality.
Red Herrings &
White Elephants
Albert Jack, Rs. 306.00
From `bringing home the bacon' to `leaving no stone unturned,' the English language is peppered with hundreds of common idioms borrowed from ancient traditions and civilisations throughout the world. In this work the author has uncovered the amazing and sometimes downright bizarre stories behind many of our most familiar and eccentric modes of expression.
(Source: Just Fiction,
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