R K : 972 books

In the novels of R. K. Narayan (1906-2001), the forefather of modern Indian fiction, human-scale hopes and epiphanies express the promise of a nation as it awakens to its place in the world. The three novels brought together in this volume, all written after India’s independence, are masterpieces...

A venerable tiger, old and toothless now, looks back over his life from cubhood and early days roaming wild in the Indian jungle. Trapped into a miserable circus career as 'Raja the magnificent', he is then sold into films (co-starring with a beefy Tarzan in a leopard skin) until, finding the human...

In the novels of R. K. Narayan (1906-2001), the forefather of modern Indian fiction, human-scale hopes and epiphanies express the promise of a nation as it awakens to its place in the world. In Waiting for the Mahatma, a young drifter meets the most beautiful girl he has ever seen–an adherent of...

R. K. Narayan (1906—2001) witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of uncommon warmth and vibrancy. In The Dark Room, Narayan’s portrait of aggrieved domesticity, the docile and obedient Savitri, like many Malgudi women, is torn between submitting to...

In the novels of R. K. Narayan (1906-2001), the forefather of modern Indian fiction, human-scale hopes and epiphanies express the promise of a nation as it awakens to its place in the world. In The Financial Expert, a man of many hopes but few resources spends his time under a banyan tree dispensing...

In the novels of R. K. Narayan (1906-2001), the forefather of modern Indian fiction, human-scale hopes and epiphanies express the promise of a nation as it awakens to its place in the world. Mr. Sampath–The Printer of Malgudi is the story of a businessman who adapts to the collapse of his weekly...

Laugh your way to long life! The humourist, R.K. Murthi has tapped the depths of humour, struck a rich vein of ribÃÂtickling jokes and put them together between the covers of this slim volume. These are jokes shared with friends, relations and colleagues during interaction with them which whipped up...

How could life tumble in turfs that are unravelling to the human mind , how could I succumb to this latitude of proportions that take me to this darkness. It's breaking me. I keep believing that the world is whole , that my mind isn't. Its like my soul is pushing me to the place I can't see,...

IRIS (THE WILD SIDE #2)  ARE YOU READY FOR A TWIST?  Who is Iris? Where did she come from? Where has she gone?  Alasdair Masters has more questions than answers about his new, too young obsession, and when he finds out she’s been lying to him, from their first meeting to their last...

DAIR (THE WILD SIDE #3) ARE YOU READY FOR THE TRUTH?   I’d started writing everything about her down.  I didn’t want to forget. The color of her hair.  The depth of her eyes.  The stubborn shape of her jaw.  The way her lips shaped words...

Stop right there! If you like your fantasy filled with fellowships and noble quests, this anthology is not for you. And if you love lengthy tales of politics and power, then it won’t be to your taste either. But if you like a little intimacy with your evil, and your vengeance short and sweet,...

Reveal the Word is a unique book first ever publishing on the net. It is a new kind of puzzle book. It deals completely with numbers to reveal the word. This kind of exercise will help to improve your memory and concentration. This book is suitable for all the age groups. **Take a pen & a paper and start writing to "Reveal the Word" ** ** **

Senator Bart Brightman, a flag-waving patriot among a party of spineless Republicans, has watched his nation slip from its founding principles. Bitter and despondent, he's counting the days to retirement. But when an army of genetically-mutated 50-foot Democrats begin to ravage the landscape,...

For thousands of years the immortal Gilgamesh has presided over the legendary Ur-Bar, witnessing history unfold from within its walls. Some days it is a rural tavern, others a fashionable wine shop. It may appear as a hidden speakeasy or take on the form of your neighborhood local. For most patrons...