Goodreads Annual Choice Awards is in its 10th year this time. It’s one of the major book awards that is solely decided by the readers through online votes in its portal. Over the years it gained popularity and its reputation pulled in the readers this time as well to decide on the best books of...
Goodreads Annual Choice Awards is in its 10th year this time. It’s one of the major book awards that is solely decided by the readers through online votes in its portal. Over the years it gained popularity and its reputation pulled in the readers this time as well to decide on the best books of...
Goodreads Annual Choice Awards is in its 10th year this time. It’s one of the major book awards that is solely decided by the readers through online votes in its portal. Over the years it gained popularity and its reputation pulled in the readers this time as well to decide on the best books of...
Publisher: Rupa Publications Language: English ISBN: 9788129141859 Price: 140 INR Pages: 128 Where ‘Man-eaters of Kumaon‘ ended, started the journey of ‘The Temple Tiger and more man-eaters of Kumaon’ by Jim Corbett. If ‘Man-eaters of Kumaon‘ made Jim Corbett the most well-known wildlife specialist, naturalist and author in the country, ‘The Temple Tiger and more...
Publisher: Rupa Publications Language: English ISBN: 9788129140364 Price: 140 INR Pages: 170 ‘Man-eaters of Kumaon‘ is undoubtedly the best book written by the revered tracker-turned-environmentalist, author and naturalist Jim Corbett. Jim Corbett is famous for his hunting of man-eating tigers and leopards in different places in the mountainous terrains of North India. In 1957, the...
Publisher: Penguin India Language: English ISBN: 9780140290479 Price: 399 INR Pages: 232 ‘The Company of Women‘ by Khushwant Singh might be one of the reasons the critics used to mockingly call him the ‘dirty old man‘ of Indian journalism. The other novel which might help the naysayers to stay firm on their logic is his...
Publisher: Aleph Language: English ISBN: 9789383064144 Price: 599 INR Pages: 278 “Uncle Subhas’s habit of working till very late was known to all, including the police. We incorporated this into our plan for his escape from Calcutta (and India) in January, 1941. He instructed by cousin Ila that the lights in his first-floor bedroom in...
Publisher: Rupa Publications Language: English ISBN: 9788129137272 Price: 395 INR Pages: 291 “Badri, chief miner of the Kuru empire and a soldier with a dark past, has given up the glamorous life of a Kshatriya and lives like an ordinary citizen, hiding in the intricate mesh of tunnels he has created for the protection of...
Publisher: Fingerprint Language: English ISBN: 9788175993204 Price: INR 250 Pages: 292 “A heart warming tale of the selfless love and boundless devotion that only canines are capable of showering, Anita Krishan’s Fluffy and Me will take you on an emotional journey full of laughter and tears, fun and fear.” When a book titled ‘Fluffy and...
Publisher: HarperCollins Language: English ISBN: 9789351160915 Price: 299 INR Pages: 320 “As empires rose and fell and mighty kings jostled for power, its glittering radiance never dimmed. It is the ‘Mountain of Light’ – the Kohinoor diamond – and its facets reflect a sweeping story of love, adventure, conquest and betrayal.” Through ‘The Mountain of...
Publisher: Rupa Publications India Language: English Price: 299 INR Pages: 296 “God may be in the details, but the goddess is in the questions. Once we begin to ask them, there’s no turning back.” ~ Gloria Steinem It seems to be the era of mythology in Indian writing circuit. We have many retellings of classic tales juxtaposed...
Publisher: Rupa Publications Language: English ISBN: 9788129137494 Price: 500 INR Pages: 199 “I was obsessed with films and everything in them. Be it the gun in Amitabh Bachchan’s hands in Zanjeer or Sridevi’s thighs in Himmatwala … Everything about films used to give me almost orgasmic pleasure.” ‘Guns and Thighs: The Story of My Life’...