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Khushwant Singh's Big Book of Malice brings together some of his nastiest and most irreverent pieces. Witty, sharp, and brutally honest, this collection is certain to delight and provoke listeners of all ages.

On a far ridge of a Himalayan hill station, a crumbling ruin holds devastating secrets. Spanning 70 years of India’s turbulent history, A House Called Askival, follows three generations of an American family from Partition to the present day. An estranged daughter returns for her father’s death, but can the past be healed? A legendary cookbook holds a fateful recipe, but what dark story does it hide? A winged creature arrives, but does it know the 100th name of God?

From the author of The Vegetarian and Human Acts comes an audiobook like no other. The White Book is a meditation on colour, beginning with a list of white things. It is an audiobook about mourning, rebirth and the tenacity of the human spirit. It is a stunning investigation of the fragility, beauty and strangeness of life.

The poetry of great poets such as Rumi and Hafis, masterfully recited in the Persian original by Reza Ghotbi in the German translation by the actress Ulrike Kriener with a warm timbre. Interweaves with music to create an atmospheric overall experience. Mulo Francel, saxophonist of the celebrated world music band Quadro Nuevo, improvises on the icons of European music: Handel, Bach, Schubert, Caccini, Satie. Together with the sensitive pianist Nicole Heartseeker, the melodies will be atmospherically juxtaposed with Persian poetry.

This album is the second in the series Ancient Poems, which recites and interprets ancient words. Ancient words are a form of expression of ancient songs in words. They are the general term for classical lyrics and their changes. Literary works created according to the specific organization method based on the rhythm of ancient lyrics are also called ancient words.

"47 ronin" es el emblemático relato que aúna todos los valores que se asocian al samurái. En él encontramos honor, disciplina, justicia y, en última instancia, venganza. Narra la historia del Asano Naganori, convertido en ronin por haber desenvainado la katana en el palacio del shogun. Él y sus leales seguidores emprenderán un camino en busca de la venganza de quien ha traído el deshonor a su clan: el malvado Kira.

In this rather extensive collection of 3-line Japanese haiku poems, the mystical blends with the simplicity of the world to create sacred, transparent, and yet profound and inspiring insights, to guide you further, on your spiritual path. Listening to these poems will sustain your mindfulness and will inspire you to practice/meditate more, in your daily routine. Each chapter begins with a general spiritual explanation of the subject of the haikus, continuing with the haikus of that particular chapter.

魯迅の代表作ともいえる短編小説のひとつ。1921年5月『新青年』に発表され、のちに魯迅の最初の作品集である『吶喊』（1923年）に収録された。作品に描かれた主人公の生家の没落、故郷からの退去

Do Kadam Aur Sahi is an excellent compilation of selected poems by the renowned Urdu poet Rahat Indoori. The compiler, Sachin Chaudhary, has named the collection as ‘selected pearls of the ocean’. The magic that flows from the pen of Rahat Indauri gives a different feeling.

【解説】 「人間失格」は、「恥の多い生涯を送って来ました。」という告白で始まる人間を恐れる男の手記。子どもの頃から、人間を恐れる一方で求愛するがために、道化となり人を笑わせる。長じて、女性に好かれる天性があることを悟り、女道楽に耽り心中未遂も起こす。実家から縁を切られた「私」は、編集者の女との同棲、荒れた飲酒などの日々の後、人を疑うことを知らない処女のヨシ子に惹かれて結婚。しかし、彼女が出入りの商人に汚され、「私」は荒れて薬物中毒となり、遂に脳病院に入れられてしまった。人間失格・・・。しかし、それでも、ある女性は彼のことを、「とても素直で気がきいて、神様みたいないい子でした。」と語るのだった。 「日の出前」は、実際にあった殺人事件をもとに書かれた小説で、昭和十七年に「花火」という題名で発表されたが、検閲で全文削除された。戦後に改題して刊行。高名な画家の息子が、非行に走り凶暴化していく。チベットで事業をやるなどと非現実的なことをいい、金や妹の着物、親の作品を持ちだして売り払う、家族を脅し、女中を犯す、無頼の作家や左翼の活動家とつきあう。一家は疲弊しきった。そんなある月夜の晩、泥酔した息子と一緒に、井の頭公園でボートに乗った父親が、一人だけで岸に戻ってきた…。最後の妹の言葉が衝撃的である。 ...

Ghalib is the greatest Urdu poet and one of the greatest in any Indian language. He would rank perhaps among the great poets of the world. With Meer Ghalib, Iqbal and Faiz, to name only four, the firmament of Urdu poetry is truly star studded, with numerous starlets strewn around. Ghalib has not only a pride of place among them; his stature is growing with every passing decade. In fact it is well nigh impossible to do full justice to his poetry, particularly the ghazal in translation. The best that could be done was to translate the verses into independent rhymed couplets.

Dans la lignée du monumental "1Q84", un roman somme, ambitieux, profond. Deux tomes pour une odyssée initiatique étrange, inquiétante, envoûtante, où le maître Murakami dévoile ses obsessions les plus intimes. Quand sa femme lui a annoncé qu'elle voulait divorcer, le narrateur, un jeune peintre en panne d'inspiration, a voyagé seul à travers le Japon. Et puis, il s'est installé dans la montagne dans une maison isolée, ancienne propriété d'un artiste de génie, Tomohiko Amada. Un jour, le narrateur reçoit une proposition alléchante : faire le portrait de Wataru Menshiki, un riche homme d'affaires.

Dans ce second titre consacré au tarot, Mariane Costa explore les liens poétiques et symboliques que tissent entre eux les nombres, les couleurs, et les arcanes majeurs et mineurs au sein du tarot de Marseille. Marianne est poète, romancière, actrice, traductrice et conférencière. Normalienne, elle est également une de meilleures spécialistes mondiales du tarot de Marseille. Elle a coécrit avec Alessandro Jodorowski le livre de référence "La voie du tarot".

Shruti and Aman were once inseparable. Theirs was a love that would last forever and more. Then, out of the blue, Shruti left Aman. A devastated Aman moved abroad in the hope of forgetting Shruti and to heal. Shruti married Rishabh. Now Aman is back in India and looking for a fresh start. But he is still haunted by memories of his love. Can he ever break free from it? His head tells him to move on, to find love with Anjali, but his heart won't listen. No matter what he does, Shruti's shadow looms large. Can there be a happily ever after for any of them?

At 16 Diksha, like any girl her age, finds her life revolving around school, boys and endless hours of fun with her best friend. But one day all that changes. What starts as an innocent crush explodes into something far beyond her control. Eighteen years later she finds herself at the crossroads of life. Urged by a twist of events, a wish list is born. But can a wish list help her piece her life back together? Will she succumb to the tangled mess of an extramarital relationship?

In this excellent English translation of The Analects, or Sayings, of Confucius, listeners will find a rich distillation of the timeless precepts of one of history's most influential teachers and social theorists. A Chinese philosopher who lived c. 551 to c. 479 B.C., Confucius originated and taught an ethical, socially oriented philosophy that stressed proper behavior and a sympathetic, mutually supportive attitude among individuals, their families and society.

EL FENÓMENO COREANO QUE HA DADO LA VUELTA AL MUNDO. Una historia conmovedora sobre los momentos decisivos de la vida y de cómo los libros pueden sanar heridas y cambiar a las personas. En un pequeño callejón de un barrio tranquilo de Seúl se encuentra la librería Hyunam-dong. La dueña, Yeongju, ha pasado su vida haciendo lo que se esperaba de ella (estudiar, casarse y tener una carrera exitosa) hasta que, tras su divorcio y cansada de cumplir con las expectativas de otros, decide dejarlo todo atrás para perseguir su sueño de tener una librería.

In Gezeichnet, dem meisterhaften Roman von Osamu Dazai, navigieren wir durch die zutiefst persönlichen Aufzeichnungen von Yozo, einem Mann, der sich von der Menschheit entfremdet fühlt. Dieser introspektive Rückblick auf ein Leben voller Missverständnisse und Fehlinterpretationen lädt uns ein, die Facetten der menschlichen Existenz zu betrachten, die oft im Verborgenen liegen. Mit feinsinnigem Witz und einer beklemmenden Offenheit erkundet Dazai die Dunkelheit, die sich hinter der Fassade des Lächelns verbirgt.

Twenty-five years in the making, this anthology of centuries-old folk tales from the villages of South Asia recreate the oral traditions of old. Treat yourself to 27 old-fashioned short stories of kings, princesses, fools, wisemen, talking animals, treacherous villains, and unlikely heroes. Plucked and distilled from the anthropological literature, these tales hearken to a simpler time and faraway places, when old and young alike were entertained by fireside storytellers who wandered from village to village to ply their yarn-spinning trade.

The sheer volume of commentaries on the Mahabharata is awe-inspiring. So, what is it in the Mahabharata that gives it its timeless magic? Is it the mythical characters with which it is replete that makes the epic so enchanting? Or is it the great wealth of philosophical and metaphysical ideas in it that dazzles its audiences? Or could it be a combination of all these that makes it ever-fascinating to scholars and audiences around the world? And, most of all, what accounts for its incredible effect on the subconscious of millions of Indians through several generations?