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The Canterbury Tales (Unabridged Classic Collector’s Edition) by Geoffrey Chaucer (HB)
- Page : 884
- ISBN : 978-9394885738
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 5.3 cm
“It is not all gold that glareth.”On an evening in April, at The Tabard Inn, as Harry Bailly awaits to begin his pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas Beckett in Canterbury, there comes a group of twenty-nine pilgrims, belonging to the various ranks of the English society. And the next morning, as they all embark on their journey together, begins The Canterbury Tales.From the Knight, the Reeve, the Wife of Bath and the Clerk to the Monk, the Cook and the Yeoman, each one narrates his/her story as a part of the story-telling contest. As rich and varied as their lives are, interspersed with quarrels, conversations and opinions, the tales give a colourful insight into the medieval English society and social milieu of that period. Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales is one of the greatest works of English Literature. This fourteenth century masterpiece has been delighting its readers for almost six centuries and will continue to do so for years to come.
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Religion
Hindu Tales From The Sanskrit by S. M. Mitra (Hardback)
- Page : 120
- ISBN : 9789394885820
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm
Thanks to Mr. S. M. Mitra, the well-known Hindu psychologist and politician, who has done so much to draw more closely together the land of his birth and that of his adoption, I am able to bring within reach of English children a number of typical Hindu Tales, translated by him from the Sanskrit, some of them culled from the ancient classics of India, others from widely separated sources. The latter have hitherto been quite inaccessible to western students, as they are not yet embodied in literature, but have been transmitted orally from generation to generation for many centuries.
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Fiction, Novel
Heidi by Johanna Spyri (Hardback)
- Page : 174
- ISBN : 9789394885806
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1.2 cm
Let’s enjoy the beautiful things we can see, My dear, and not think about those we cannot. A book “for children and those who love children”, Heidi (1881) is a story of an orphan girl who is sent to live with her grumpy grandfather in the Swiss Alps. The embittered grandfather who lives in seclusion, is known as ‘uncle ALP’, and deeply resents Heidi’s arrival. But soon, he grows fond of her. Lost in the idyllic world of snow-covered mountains, Heidi befriends Peter, the goatherd, his mother, Bridget, and his blind maternal grandmother. While all seems well in Heidi’s Wonderland, she is soon compelled to leave the comforts of the hills and go to Frankfurt to live with a differently-abled girl named Clara. Overcoming the initial difficulties, Heidi and Clara become friends. Amidst the grey streets of a new city, Heidi struggles to overcome her homesickness. If only she could return to the mountains. Will she ever meet her grandfather again? Written well over a century ago, Johanna Spyri’s Evergreen tale of a young girl’s coming of age, of her bravery and compassion, remains a classic.
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Fiction, Novel
Heart of Darkness (Unabridged Classic Collector’s Edition) by Joseph Conrad (HB)
- Page : 91
- ISBN : 978-9394885370
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm
“The mind of man is capable of anything.”Charles Marlow, an English seaman, narrates his journey up the River Congo in search of an ivory trader named Mr. Kurtz. As he sails into the heart of Africa, from the company’s outer station to the central and inner stations, he comes across scenes of brutality, torture, slavery and horror. What happens when Marlow finally meets Kurtz?A journey not only into the depths of the African jungles but also into the dark recesses of the human soul, Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is a critical exploration of the spine-chilling truths and hypocrisy of the European colonialism. The novella has undergone several adaptations across radio, theatre, television and motion pictures. It continues to remain one of Conrad’s outstanding works.
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Poetry
THE ILIAD (Unabridged Classic Red Collector’s Edition) by Homer (HB)
- Page : 644
- ISBN : 9789394885622
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 3.9 cm
Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.”In the final year of the siege of Troy, Chryses tries to ransom his daughter, Chrysies, who is held a captive by the Achaean leader, Agamemnon. as Agamemnon refuses to release her, Chryses beseeches Apollo, who inflicts plague on the Achaeans. When Achille, the Myrmidons leader, calls upon a council to discover the cause of the plague, Agamemnon is compelled to send her back. What happens as Agamemnon demands for Briseis, Achille’s captive; and enraged, Achilles refuses to the fight the war?With twenty-four thrilling books which celebrate and glorify war, Homer’s the Iliad is an exquisite composition. Considered to be one of the most influential works of the Western Canon, it is among the oldest extant works of Western literature.
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Fiction, Novel
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne (Hardback)
- Page : 279
- ISBN : 9789394885004
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 2 cm
Professor Liedenbrock, a man of incredible impatience and Axel, his unadventurous nephew, come across a coded note in an original runic manuscript of an Icelandic saga. as they try to decipher the code and reveal the message, the results are not quite meaningful.“I will get at the secret of this document andI will neither sleep nor eat until I have found it out.”My comment on this was a half-suppressed “Oh!”“Nor you either, Axel,” he added.As Axel discovers the secret, he decides to keep it to himself. But defeated by his hunger after two days, he reveals it to Liedenbrock. and what follows is a journey to the center of the Earth through Iceland, down a volcanic crater.Encountering grave dangers and bizarre phenomena, as they descend down the underground world, will they reach the center of the Earth?Adapted into numerous movies and television series, Journey to the Centre of the Earth is a brilliant science fiction adventure. Demonstrating Verne’s power of imagination, this masterpiece is one of his most successful works.
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Fiction, Novel
A Christmas Carol( An Original Classic ) by Charles Dickens (H.B)
- Page : 90
- ISBN : 9789394885271
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm
“A merry Christmas, uncle! God save you!” cried a cheerful voice.“Bah!” said Scrooge, “Humbug!”In the city of London, on the night of Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge—a bitter, cold-hearted old miser—refuses his nephew’s invitation for Christmas dinner and rudely turns away the gentlemen seeking donation for the poor. And as he comes to sit down alone in his cold, dark apartment, he is visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley, his dead partner. Haggard and double-ironed, Marley is cursed to wander the earth. as Marley relates his unfortunate story, Scrooge is warned. and before Marley leaves, Scrooge is told that he would be haunted by Three Spirits.As the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come take Scrooge on respective journeys, will he learn the true meaning of the season? Will Ebenezer Scrooge be redeemed?One of the best-loved Yuletide tales by Dickens, a Christmas Carol is filled with compassion and humor. with larger than life characters, who continue to live outside the pages, this Ghost story of Christmas will make you laugh and cry in the same breath. Published more than two centuries ago, it continues to be adapted into films, stage operas and other media.
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Fiction, Novel, Story Books
Three Ghost Stories by Charles Dickens (Hardback)
- Page : 60 pages
- ISBN : 9789394885837
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm
In ghost stories there is no path to escape. Charles was such a versatile writer that he could put life in such simplistic stories with his amazing wit. In “the haunted house,” a new homeowner discovers he is sharing his bed with the skeleton of the house’s former master. In “the trial for murder,” a revengeful ghost haunts a juror serving at his killer trial. In “the Signal-Man,” An apparition warns a man of impending disaster.
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Fiction, Novel
The Call of The Wild by Jack London (Hardback)
- Page : 83
- ISBN : 978-9394885554
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm
Stolen from his home in Santa Clara Valley, California, Buck—the pampered pet of Judge Miller—is kidnapped, sold, and shipped to Canada where he is trained as a sled dog. Ill-treated and subjected to extreme conditions under various cruel masters, Buck struggles and turns into a wild beast. Will Buck survive the harsh conditions and answer the call of the wild? Set against the backdrop of the Klondike Gold Rush, The Call of the Wild is one of Jack London’s most well-received works, and has never gone out of print.
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Fiction, Novel
Hunted Down by Charles Dickens (Hardback)
- Page : 35
- ISBN : 9789394885387
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 0.5 cm
A unique collection of Dickens stories, rarely seen in print, establishing him as one of the masters of the detective genre Charles Dickens was one of the great pioneers of detective fiction. While the larger-than-life characters in his novels have settled themselves in the public imagination, his detectives have had a profound effect on the development of crime fiction, and Dickens is now seen as the first major publicist for the police detective. Here, Peter Haining has assembled a fascinating selection of Dickens’s detective stories. Added to these are extracts from the novels in which the men of the law make their mark, including Mr. Nadgett from Martin Chuzzlewit, the first serious detective in an English novel, and Inspector Bucket from Bleak House.
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Short Story
The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde (Hardback)
- Page : 50
- ISBN : 978-9394885561
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 0.5 cm
Despite the repeated warnings of Lord Canterville, the Otis family is moving to Canterville chase—an ancient, sprawling mansion that is believed to be haunted by a ruthless English nobleman who murdered his wife. All this is a bunch of hokum to the Otises, who don’t believe in ghosts. What happens when the family spots reappearing bloodstains and hears chains clanking in the night? They still aren’t petrified! Now, the ghosts pride is hurt. Will he keep on attempting to scare the living daylights out of people that refuse to be frightened? Or will he finally give up?.
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Philosophy
The City of God by Saint Augustine & Bishop of Hippo Volumes 1 & 2 set (Hardback)
- Page : 972
- ISBN : 978-9394885127
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 6.5 cm
The City of God” is Saint Augustine’s highly influential work of Christian philosophy. This expansive theological work provided an articulate defense of Christianity against the claims that it lead to the downfall of Rome in the years preceding its publication. It outlines a citizenship that goes beyond the worldly, the political, and the self centered, instead focusing on a place where the inhabitants are devout, God-focused, and seeking grace. In examining history with a clear perception of good and evil, Augustine was in effect interpreting human actions in relation to eternity. He contrasts earthly and heavenly cities to great effect, in addition to inspecting pagan religions, Greek philosophers like Plato, and the Bible. A monumental influence upon Augustine’s contemporaries,
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Fiction, Novel
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (Hardback)
- Page : 188
- ISBN : 9789394885417
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1.5 cm
The grey family is not well off to begin with. And now, Richard grey, the head of the household has lost all his savings in a dodgy investment. He now lies in his home, depressed. The family is on the brink of abject poverty. It is time for the women to take over. Richard‘s wife Alice tries to reduce the expenses, daughter Mary sells her water colours, but it is the youngest child of the family that really helps in its financial rebuilding. Agnes grey has decided to work as a governess. She arrives at bloomfield mansion for her first job, mildly excited from the sense of freedom and independence she feels. But she has no clue just how uppity the English gentry can be and how difficult it will be to manage the unruly, bordering on cruel, children of this house. Will Agnes remain determined to pull through, despite the ill treatment she receives? Or will she cave and fall in despair, just like her penniless father?.
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Play
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde (Hardback)
- Page : 96
- ISBN : 978-9394885639
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1 cm
What happens when two women fall in love with ?Ernest? and Ernest doesn?t exist? the Importance of Being Earnest!Secret identities, alter-egos, invented romances and someone named Ernest. . While Jack Worthing leads a double life?representing himself as Ernest?little does he know what he is setting himself for. Things get interesting or worse, when his friend, Algernon Moncrieff, also impersonates Ernest, all in the pursuit of winning his lady love!What ensues is a satire that will tickle you, scintillate you and leave you in awe, admiring Wilde?s deftness and capacity to produce powerful social comedies. A play that has thrilled readers for over a century, the Importance of Being Earnest, is a brilliant experiment in Victorian melodrama, replete with its farcical conventions and pinching satire. Subtitled a Trivial Comedy for Serious People, this amusing, eccentric farce brings for you as one of its paradoxes the impossibility of being either earnest or moral while claiming to be so.
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Music
Raag Rahasya Vol. 2 by Acharya Brihaspati (Hardcover)
- Page : 194
- ISBN : 978-9393198839
- Dimensions : 22.5 x 14.5 x 1.5 cm
The secret of Hindustani Sastriya Sangeet Raagas such as Yaman, Raag Yaman, Shuddh Bilawal, Shuddh Khamaj, Misra Khamaj, Shuddh Kafi & Misr Kafi etc (History book, india history, history of india, modern india, historical book, inspiration book, story of india)
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