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Their eyes met from across the room...A feeling of warmth took over...Locked in an embrace...Capturing a heart...50 Greatest Love Stories brings to you the most charming and heart-warming tales that encapsulate the affection and fondness of the human heart. Witness the way two souls fall in love and the different forms in which love exists. Featuring the work of some of the greatest writers in the history of literature, from Maupassant to Mansfield to Maugham, this book will leave you feeling all warm and fuzzy inside.

'We don't have to circle the world in order to find beauty and fulfilment. After all, most of living has to happen in the mind. And, to quote one anonymous sage from my trivet, "The world is only the size of each man's head."'Writers will often tell you that the most important thing you can do to build your skill is to readother great writers. Reading is not only food for the soul but also fodder for the brain. We often onlyrealize in hindsight what impact reading a book leaves on us-when we work in new knowledge inconversations, when we use a word that even impresses us, when we articulate a thought so well ittakes us by surprise, when we meet new people because of a book they saw us reading.In Read Well, Write Well, Ruskin Bond brings us a collection of stories, personal essays and poems that take us to wonderful fictional worlds, that illuminate-through his own encounters with reading and writing-the significance of association with the written word.

'With great reverence, I spread flowers on the skull, brought soil from the surroundings and made a grave for it. It was clear that she had been tortured. I also knew that there would never be a trial for the killing of this girl, but I felt we, as human beings, had done our duty.'Bosnia is reeling under the effects of the Bosnian War and large-scale ethnic cleansing of Bosniaks.Beaten and destroyed, the country needs to be brought back to life with care and compassion.Sabyasachi, a disillusioned and exhausted police officer of West Bengal cadre, lands in Bosnia ondeputation duty with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force.Suzanne, a language assistant working with the UN Mission in Bosnia and a true-blue Bosnian, hasexperienced the war first-hand and has a past that still haunts her.The two meet in the gloomy winter landscape of Bosnia and fall in love. Will the ghosts of thewar-torn country let their love endure?

Having separated from her husband Om, Ziva keeps wondering: can there be a happy forever family? Her new neighbours-Ovya and Aadit-appear to be a perfect couple, and they make her reminisce the good times she spent with her once loving husband.Soon, however, Ziva discovers that everything is not so rosy with the couple. As Ovya starts sharing her views about Aadit, the myth of perfection begins to crumble. One night, Ziva hears a penetrating scream and then Ovya goes missing.Caught in the middle of a family scandal, Ziva finds herself in a fix as she struggles with a simple question. Should she pursue her heart, or give up on her dreams and finally accept that family bliss is perhaps a misnomer?Watch the book trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCYxcC6Mezo.

When all you have learnt is running away, having a reason to stay is the revelation.Ambitious, smart and overachieving Rhea is ready to pack her bags and start her glamorous newcourse in London School of Fashion. Her mother's best friend and everybody's 2.00 a.m. call, sheis dependable and loved by all.Saahil, burdened by the pain of his parents' divorce, goes through life pretending not to care aboutanything-his MBA, his father's numerous girlfriends, his mother's drunken calls and all the womenhe meets.What happens when their two opposite worlds collide? Is it a disaster waiting to happen? Or canlove blossom in even the unlikeliest places?

'When the guava season was over...Gopal had nothing to offer them but his stories...'Will Koki prove the boys wrong and save their cricket match? What animals will Mukesh inviteinto his backyard zoo? Will Sita and the river be friends or enemies? Will Nathu's grumbling shutdown the bank? Will the panther catch its prey or lose the battle?Find the answers to all these questions in this must-have collection of stories that brings togethersome of Bond's favourite characters-from trouble-making animals, to steadfast children and eccentric adults. Gorgeously illustrated, and curated by Bond for his lovely readers, it is the perfect addition to a Bond fan's library-children and adults alike!

Challenging the institutionalized religion and legitimacy of the Bible, The Age of Reason was Paine's years of study and reflection on the role of religion in society. His arguments had long been available to the educated elite, but by presenting them in an engaging and irreverent style, he made deism appealing and accessible to the masses. Originally distributed as unbound pamphlets, the book was cheap in order to put it within the reach of a large number of buyers. Fearing the spread of whatwere potentially revolutionary ideas, the British government prosecuted printers and booksellerswho were associated with its publication and reach. However, even through that, The Age of Reason surpassed the boundaries of the religious agendas throughout the world at the dawn of the nineteenth century, and its resonance remains undiminished by time.In this influential and controversial work, Paine criticized organized religion as power hungry andcorrupt and advocated for religious tolerance and freedom of thought. Accessible, clever, humorousand far ahead of its time, The Age of Reason continues to resonate with readers today.

The habit of learning and practising begins at a very young age. Even the streams of colours, alphabets and numbers on the walls of your house are a form of learning for your child. All-in-One is a wide experience ranging from English and Hindi alphabets to numbers from 1 to 100. This book aims to become a building block in shaping and sharpening your child's mind, both in English and Hindi.

Not only is colouring a fun experience, it also helps in developing your child's motor skills and concentration as well as the ability to distinguish between various colours. 365 Colouring Book is packed with delightful animals, fruits, vegetables and various everyday objects, including colour suggestions for each image to guide your child at each step.

Love for colouring is something that is common to all children. It plays an important role in the growth and development of a child's creativity, concentration and motor skills. ABC letters and colouring combined in this wonderful book will make learning a fun and engaging experience for your child.

A pencil is your child's best friend-it helps them in expressing themselves through drawing and writing as well as remembering important information. A pencil is a tool that always comes in handy for your little one, both at school and at home. Keeping this in mind, this book has been specially designed to help your child improve their motor skills, concentration and handwriting. With its engaging and vivid tracing exercises, mazes and colouring activities, this is your child's super activity book!

How did a nondescript YouTube channel become a unicorn startup?The journey started when Gaurav Munjal and Hemesh Singh quit their jobs at CommonFloor and Roman Saini quit the Indian Administrative Service to start a YouTube channel that helped students prepare for competitive exams. Six years and 49 million users later, Unacademy has changed the way Indians learn and also democratized access to high-quality education.If COVID-19 was a trial by fire for every industry, edtech was one of the sectors perfectly poised for a boom. Many online education startups were in the fray but only a few survived. Unacademy not only outsmarted the competition, but also surpassed every projection and created a new yardstick of success, becoming a $3.5 billion valued edtech startup.In Unstartup, bestselling startup author Nistha Tripathi traces the gravity-defying ascent of Unacademy. Drawing on numerous conversations with people in and around Unacademy including its founders, board members, advisors, current and ex-employees, Nistha takes the reader through a page-turning rhapsody of startup strategies and lessons. These insider accounts and anecdotes reveal the day-to-day thinking, decisions and discipline of a unique (un)startup.Reams have been written about the glitz surrounding startups, but it is the daily grind, small choices and critical pivots that no one tells you about. Unstartup offers a ringside view of how Unacademy ignored conventional advice and created its own playbook for success.

Do you feel like just staying in bed every morning? Maybe you don't feel like going to work either and have no energy to talk to your family or meet up with friends. Or maybe someone close to you has been feeling down for a long time. Are you or your loved one going through just a bad patch? Or is it something more serious? Could it be depression?Regardless of how successful you are in your life, there may come a time when you face low moods and sometimes even depression. This is simply a consequence of our urban lifestyle and the often stressful and disorienting circumstances in which we live. And a key to navigate through these is to understand and address them.Based on Dr Pallavi Joshi's extensive experience in diagnosing and treating clinical depression, Fast but Lost can help you do just that. Focusing on depression in urban India, it addresses special challenges like maintaining a work-life balance, dissatisfactory relationships, poor lifestyle and disillusionment. This book also addresses the myths and facts about depression and its treatment. Through stories and case studies, Dr Joshi helps you understand your own condition and/or help loved ones around you.The concerning fact is that many people spend years or even their whole life suffering from depression without recognizing that it's a treatable illness. Correct and timely treatment can drastically improve the quality of life of a person suffering from depression. Fast but Lost can make you aware of this silent killer and help destigmatize the illness and its treatment.

What do you do when an imaginary world takes over your life?Anant Vohra is an interior designer. A death in the family-his uncle's-sows in him a life-long dread of the inevitabledemise of his loved ones. Entrapped by this fear, he builds an imaginary world-a retreat-where death doesn't exist. Aplace to escape whenever reality becomes overpowering.Anant feels a sense of relief in his escapes until things begin to change. He discovers a companion in the retreat-a voicethat calls itself the 'Resident'. As the real and the unreal worlds coalesce, Anant struggles with his sanity and fears thepossibility of being locked away in the retreat while the Resident takes over. The unreal world begins to influence Anant'sreality as the retreat floating in the abyss reveals a new order-one made by the increasingly tyrannical subconscious.Echo of the Abyss presents a vivid portrayal of the primal fear of death and mortality, and how it shapes people in differentways. Aarti, Rajat and the Vohras are all trying to deal with the same truth-death. Despite their differences, they are on the same journey-a quest to negate death through life, work, immortality, art, lineage or an imagined world. But is that all?Is the human condition condemned to await the inevitable, or is there more?

The Great War at Kurukshetra is over. Eighteen lakh men have died. But the winners are not happy. Yudhishthira and hisbrothers are gripped with sorrow over what they have done. Who will bear the child to continue the Kuru clan? Uttara?Will Asvatthama also destroy the child that she is carrying?Hastinapur is barren of men of any age. It is the King's dharma to help every virgin in the kingdom, cross into womanhood.But Yudhishthira fails. There is now a dharmic crisis. The young woman, who will bear the child, must be found anotherking for the task before sunrise. Else, the kingdom will suffer even more.Who can solve the problem?Krishna, who else! Or rather he knows such a king who can. It is Maya.But Maya declines to follow the king's dharma. His refusal plunges the Kuru kingdom, and even Krishna himself, intoanother crisis.Who is Maya? Can Krishna eventually win him over?Mayabharata is a fascinating narration of the post-Mahabharata story, aided by the deployment of the author's imaginativeand creative powers.

India and Germany: Dynamic Partnership illustrates the unique relationship marked by centuries of friendship and cooperation between the two countries. The engagement across the ages has extended to intellectual, literary and economic levels, gaining momentum in modern times as a vibrant partnership. This engrossing narrative with colourful images captures different dimensions of the bilateral relationship, emphasizing the trade and commercial aspects in particular. It outlines the positive impact of German companies in India's development journey and also documents the growing interest of Indian companies in Germany as they gain maturity. The book touches upon the experiences of companies from both countries in each other's economies, which has benefitted both sides, as the two countries have embarked on a strategic partnership.The Confederation of Indian Industry has been playing a proactive role in strengthening and deepening exchanges with German business, offering a platform for entrepreneurs from both India and Germany to expand awareness about each other and forge new partnerships. It will continue to build on its multiple initiatives, and play an integral role in further cementing Indo-German economic engagement.

Learn phrasal verbs with Terry O'Brien

on the eve of the battle of panipat, zahiruddin muhammad babur gathers his forces to fight the formidable lodhi sultan and regain hindustan, the land of riches that his ancestor temur once ruled. his confidence is boosted by his pride in the martial skills of his beloved son and heir, humayun. but little do the father and son know that their biggest threat lies not in the fields of war, but within the intricate web of relationships they have woven around themselves babur with his wives, who are constantly engaged in games of oneupmanship, and humayun with the alluring concubine sona. can babur really trust anyone, even those who are closest to him? will the mughals be able to defeat their enemies, both outside and within?

An ancient art with many systems of interpretation, palmistry is a subject that has enthralled mankind for ages. In this comprehensive and easy-to-read volume, P. Khurrana bestselling author and renowned exponent of astrology, tarot, vaastu provides to the reader a guide to the art and science of palm reading. Explore the mysteries of palmistry in this book. Understand the connections between your past, your present and your future. Learn not only how to interpret the lines on your own hands and those of people around you but also the ethics and methods of the practice of palmistry

Improve your memory and harness the hidden potential of your brain! A complete memory training program, this book is a step-by-step guide to improve your memory and harness the hidden potential of your brain. This book, written by the Guinness Book of World Records holder Neerja Roy Chowdhury, comes with certified memory techniques and a Secret Memory Formula that will help readers discover the simplicity of the otherwise vastly complex human memory system. This book will show you how to:Memorize a dictionaryNever forget any appointmentRecall every formula correctlyRemember shopping lists, birthdays and anniversariesOvercome absent-mindednessAchieve career goals through memory techniquesSecure better marks in every exam

A Preposition is a word which shows relationship among other words in the sentence. The relationships include direction, place time, cause, manner and amount. A preposition comes before a noun or pronoun. A preposition phrase contains a preposition and object. Prepositional phrases are like idioms and are best learned through listening to and reading as much as possible, Little Red Book of Prepositions is a ready reference book with a check list of propositions.

The Clayton couple is marooned in a coastal jungle of Africa, with no hope of escape. Then, Alice Clayton gives birth to a boy, and the family makes the best of its predicament and settles down in the jungle. But Alice's death on her son's first birthday, and the murder of John Clayton by a rampaging ape tribe led by Kerchak, leaves the infant defenceless.The baby is rescued from Kerchak's wrath by the she-ape Kala, and he grows up to become Tarzan, the ape-man. The jungle is paradise for Tarzan; he makes a place for himself in the ape tribe, makes friends with other animals, and fights great predators. But when Tarzan discovers his parents' old cabin, long-buried questions about his true nature begin to surface.Edgar Rice Burroughs's most acclaimed novel has become, over time, one of the most important cornerstones of popular culture.

Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat (To say nothing of the dog), published in 1889, is the hilarious account of three men, a dog and their boating holiday on the Thames. Originally intended to be a serious travel guide, the book is now known for its compelling humour and gentle mockery of English society in the 1880s.