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A team of three scholars travel for their research work from Delhi to Mangalam, a thuruth (island) located on a coastal belt in the Alappuzha District of Kerala. It is believed that a part of the coastal area submerged after a tsunami, and Sree Moolavasam, one of the largest cultural seats of Buddhism,...

Cruise to Mayhem, the debut novel in the Lucky & Led cruise ship mystery series, promises to transport you across the open oceans from one port to the next, but not without excitement, romance and intrigue. Lucky is the volunteer ship chaplain whose cruises end up being so much more than holy. Led, his...

The very acute and lively Spanish critic who signs himself Clarin, and is known personally as Don Leopoldo Alas, says the present Spanish novel has no yesterday, but only a day-before-yesterday. It does not derive from the romantic novel which immediately preceded that: the novel, large or little, as it was with Cervantes, Hurtado de Mendoza, Quevedo, and the masters of picaresque fiction.

Through inspiring stories and touching little anecdote, the author takes you through the journey of his life. The book shows us how a person can evolve in life if taken the right perspective. Narrated in Simple everyday language, it is easy and interesting read that will elevate the reader to a new way of looking at life.

Is mere knowledge enough, without action?How rounded is your personality once you finish school or college?Does rote education offer you life skills?All this and more is dealt with in ‘Knowing is not the same as Doing’, where the author uses simple language to communicate life skills and value-based...

First published in 1907, this large collection includes short humorous prose and verse by such writers as James Whitcomb Riley, Carolyn Wells, Bill Nye, William Henry Drummond, John Kendrick Bangs, and Eugene Field.

What does love mean to you? How many different ways do you use the word? Since love has such a broad range of meanings, it can be defined in many different ways. The love for God can be different than love for family, a friend, or a spouse. In Conversations with Love we express in poetic dialog the four...

This book introduces readers-whether they are native New Yorkers or Mad Men fans who have never set foot in the city-to the places, both famous and not so famous, that play a role in the historical and dramatic tapestry of Mad Men, from the famous Madison Avenue ad agencies that inspired its setting...

About the end of the year 1639, a troop of horsemen arrived, towards midday, in a little village at the northern extremity of the province of Auvergne, from the direction of Paris. The country folk assembled at the noise, and found it to proceed from the provost of the mounted police and his men. The...

Russian-born Helena Blavatsky was a fascinating figure who is best remembered as the creator of the spiritual tradition known as Theosophy. She undertook (and successfully completed) the ambitious task of synthesizing the whole of the world's religious traditions and distilling the timeless wisdom contained...

Although younger than most European theatrical traditions, the Russian professional theater has generated an exciting body of criticism and theory which until recently has remained unknown or nearly inaccessible in the West. This anthology presents a selection of important Russian writing on the aesthetics...

Edgar Allen Poe, Langston Hughes, Louisa May Alcott, and Stephen King are just a handful of famous authors who began their publishing careers in their teens. Many young adults would like to write and publish but few know where to begin. While there are many books on how to write and how to get published,...

Michael Berman shows how healing can be brought about through shamanic journeying, through shamanic stories, through shamanic poetry, and through shamanic counselling.