Book: Falling in Love Again, ( Stories of Love and Romance) Author: Ruskin Bond Publication: Rupa publication India 2013 Pages: 197 Price: Click the link \”Falling in Love Again\” is a perfect love story collection by our most adorable and honourable author Ruskin Bond. I grab the book. First of all, he is Ruskin Bond, […]
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Book Review, Love Story, Short Story CollectionBook: The Dark Room Author: R.K.Narayan Publication: Indian Thought Pub. Pages: 162 Price: Click the Link Author: R.K. Narayan (1906-2001), born in Madras, is one of the most prolific Indian writers whose name is well known for his extraordinary competency in drawing the simple legends of everyday Indian life. Introduction: His novel, The
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Book Review, Social IssuesBook: Animal Farm Author: George Orwell Publication: Penguin India Pages: 104 Price: Click the link Author: George Orwell alias Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) is an illustrious name in the history of English literature. Generally speaking, his creations are unique and oblique with a deep-rooted tone of satire as well as a protest against totalitarianism and
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Book Review, Satire, Social IssuesBook Name: Invisible Man Author: Ralph Ellison Publication: Penguin Pages: 608 Price: Click the link Author: Afro-American novelist and literary polymath Ralph Waldo Ellison (1914-1994) is best known for his novel Invisible Man. It was published by Random House in 1952. For this book, he won The National Book Award in 1953. Introduction: ‘I
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Book Review, Classic Novels, Social IssuesWhite as Milk and Rice Stories of India\’s Isolated Tribes By nidhi dugar kundalia Publication: Penguin Random House Pages:256 Price: Click the link Review Rate: 4 Introduction: Author of \”The Lost Generation: Chronicling India\’s Dying Profession\”, Nidhi Dugar Kundalia always raises her voice on social, cultural issues, meticulously documenting human lives and struggles. Therefore her
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Book Review, Social IssuesBook: The Five People You Meet in Heaven Author: Mitch Albom Publisher: Sphere Pages: 240 Price: Click the link Introduction: Everyone is born, lives and dies, and in this eternal cycle of birth and death our lives demand the only answer- \” Is it worth living?\” In search of that philosophical answer I get the
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Book: After Dark Author: Haruki Murakami Publication: RHUK (5 June 2008) Pages: 208 Price: Click the link Review Rate: 5 Introduction: Norwegian Wood cannot provide me with the satisfaction that I expect from Haruki Murakami (born in on1949, Kyoto, Japan). I feel desperate to taste more of his intoxicating language. So, I grab After Dark.
Books…why should we read them? Yes, there are a lot of highly evocative reasons any wise person will suggest behind reading a book- career-building, cognitive development, vocabulary improvement, boosting mental metabolism, rising concentration level etc. For me books can do something more than these, some miracles, that nothing can do…even an Apple iPhone. A Rollercoaster
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Book: The Picture of Dorian Gray Author: Oscar Wilde Publication: Fingerprint Pages: 256 Price: Click the link Introduction: I\’m not sure if it is a book on art or on character or on an everlasting conflict between human vices and virtues or the pamphlet of the movement art for art\’s sake. The Picture of Dorian
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