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A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the nation and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin’s early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two “letters,” written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism. Described by The New York Times Book Review as “sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle…all presented in searing, brilliant prose,” The Fire Next Time stands as a classic of our literature.

पुरुषोत्तम लक्ष्मण देशपांडे तथा पु.ल. देशपांडे (८ नोव्हेंबर १९१९ - १२ जून २०००) हे एक लोकप्रिय मराठी विनोदी लेखक होते. ते एक प्रसिद्ध अभिनेते, पटकथालेखक, संगीतकार आणि गायकही होते. महाराष्ट्राचे लाडके व्यक्तिमत्त्व असे त्यांना म्हणले जाते. त्यांच्या आद्याक्षरांवरून ते नेहमी पु.ल. म्हणून ओळखले जातात.पु. ल. देशपांडे हे शिक्षक, लेखक, नट, नकलाकार, गायक, नाटककार, कवी, पेटीवादक, संगीत दिग्दर्शक, वक्ते, होते. त्यांनी एकपात्री-बहुपात्री नाटक, चित्रपट, नभोवाणी, दूरचित्रवाणी अशा सर्व क्षेत्रांत काम केले.त्यांच्या पुस्तकांची इंग्रजी आणि कन्नडसारख्या बऱ्याच भाषांमध्ये भाषांतरे झालेली आहेत. दूरदर्शन सुरू झाल्यावर भारताचे पहिले पंतप्रधान पंडित जवाहरलाल नेहरु यांची पहिली मुलाखत &

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चित्रा और सुदीप सच और सपने के बीच की छोटी-सी खाली जगह में ‍10 अक्टूबर 2010 को मिले और अगले 10 साल हर 10 अक्टूबर को मिलते रहे। एक साल में एक बार, बस। अक्टूबर जंक्शन के ‘दस दिन’ 10/अक्टूबर/ 2010 से लेकर 10/अक्टूबर/2020 तक दस साल में फैले हुए हैं। एक तरफ सुदीप है जिसने क्लास 12th के बाद पढ़ाई और घर दोनों छोड़ दिया था और मिलियनेयर बन गया। वहीं दूसरी तरफ चित्रा है, जो अपनी लिखी किताबों की पॉपुलैरिटी की बदौलत आजकल हर लिटरेचर फेस्टिवल की शान है। बड़े-से-बड़े कॉलेज और बड़ी-से-बड़ी पार्टी में उसके आने से ही रौनक होती है। हर रविवार उसका लेख अखबार में छपता है। उसके आर्टिकल पर सोशल मीडिया में तब तक बहस होती रहती है जब तक कि उसका अगला आर्टिकल नहीं छप जाता। हमारी दो जिंदगियाँ होती हैं। एक जो हम हर दिन जीते हैं। दूसरी जो हम हर दिन जीना चाहते हैं, अक्टूबर जंक्शन उस दूसरी ज़िंदगी की कहानी है। ‘अक्टूबर जंक्शन’ चित्रा और सुदीप की उसी दूसरी ज़िंदगी की कहानी है।

लेखक संपूर्ण जीवन को अपनी रचना का विषय बनाता है, रचता है। ऐसे लेखक को फिर अपनी रचना का विषय बनाना एक विषेष प्रकार के अनुभव और संवेदनशीलता की अपेक्षा रखता है। श्रीमती कान्ता भारती ने अपने इस उपन्यास 'रेत की मछली' में' लेखकीय जीवन और उसके निकट परिवेश को मानवीय संदर्भो में रचने का प्रयास किया है। विदेशी साहित्यों मे इस प्रकार की कई औपन्यासिक कृतियाँ प्रसिद्ध हुई है; हिन्दी में यह अनुभव-क्षेत्र अभी नया है, और विशेष संभावनाओ से युक्त है। कान्ता की यह कथा-कृति अपने ब्यौरों में कही निर्मम है तो कहीं सहानुभूतिपूर्ण भी, और इस माने में जीवन के सही अनुपात, को साधती है। पाठक यहाँ रचना की पृष्ठभूमि को रचना के रूप में पाकर एक नये अनुभव-संसार में प्रवेश करता है, जहाँ उसके लिए बहुत-सी उपलब्धियाँ संभव हैं।

Opening in Calcutta in the 1960s, Amitav Ghosh's radiant second novel follows two families—one English, one Bengali—as their lives intertwine in tragic and comic ways. The narrator, Indian born and English educated, traces events back and forth in time, from the outbreak of World War II to the late twentieth century, through years of Bengali partition and violence, observing the ways in which political events invade private lives.

A young man's close-knit family is nearly destitute when his uncle founds a successful spice company, changing their fortunes overnight. As they move from a cramped, ant-infested shack to a larger house on the other side of Bangalore, and try to adjust to a new way of life, the family dynamic begins to shift. Allegiances realign; marriages are arranged and begin to falter; and conflict brews ominously in the background. Things become “ghachar ghochar”—a nonsense phrase uttered by one meaning something tangled beyond repair, a knot that can't be untied. Elegantly written and punctuated by moments of unexpected warmth and humor, Ghachar Ghochar is a quietly enthralling, deeply unsettling novel about the shifting meanings—and consequences—of financial gain in contemporary India.

First published in Collier's, May 6, 1950. The story concerns a household in Allendale, California, in the aftermath of a nuclear war.

What does it mean to be lonely? How do we live, if we're not intimately engaged with another human being? How do we connect with other people? Does technology draw us closer together or trap us behind screens? When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by this most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving fluidly between works and lives -- from Edward Hopper's Nighthawks to Andy Warhol's Time Capsules, from Henry Darger's hoarding to the depredations of the AIDS crisis -- Laing conducts an electric, dazzling investigation into what it means to be alone, illuminating not only the causes of loneliness but also how it might be resisted and redeemed.

Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this new epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds.The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace.But that god cannot be contained forever.With the aid of Jun, a guard broken by his guilt-stricken past, and Keema, an outcast fighting for his future, the god escapes from her royal captivity and flees from her own children, the triplet Terrors who would drag her back to her unholy prison. And so it is that she embarks with her young companions on a five-day pilgrimage in search of freedom—and a way to end the Moon Throne forever. The journey ahead will be more dangerous than any of them could have imagined.Both a sweeping adventure story and an intimate exploration of identity, legacy, and belonging, The Spear Cuts Through Water is an ambitious and profound saga that will transport and transform you—and is like nothing you’ve ever read before.

The first woman ever admitted to a prestigious order of mages unravels a secret conspiracy that could change the practice of magic forever, in this standalone dark fantasy from the author of The Sword of Kaigen. For twenty years, Sciona has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fueled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry at the University of Magics and Industry. When Sciona finally passes the qualifying exam and becomes a highmage, she finds her challenges have just begun. Her new colleagues are determined to make her feel unwelcome—and, instead of a qualified lab assistant, they give her a janitor. What neither Sciona nor her peers realize is that her taciturn assistant was not always a janitor. Ten years ago, he was a nomadic hunter who lost his family on their perilous journey from the wild plains to the city. But now he sees the opportunity to understand the forces that decimated his tribe, drove him from his homeland, and keep the privileged in power. At first, mage and outsider have a fractious relationship. But working together, they uncover an ancient secret that could change the course of magic forever—if it doesn’t get them killed first.

A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history, dredging up secrets long submerged. Left behind is a lonely fifteen-year-old girl. Parentless and friendless, she now finds herself in the care of her mother's sister, a fearful stranger who has been dragged back to the place she deliberately ran from--a place to which she vowed she'd never return. With the same propulsive writing and acute understanding of human instincts that captivated millions of readers around the world in her explosive debut thriller, The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins delivers an urgent, twisting, deeply satisfying read that hinges on the deceptiveness of emotion and memory, as well as the devastating ways that the past can reach a long arm into the present. Beware a calm surface--you never know what lies beneath. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR MYSTERY/THRILLER

In seventeen consecutive bestselling novels, Jonathan Kellerman has distinguished himself as the master of the psychological thriller. Now in Kellerman's most compelling and powerful novel yet, L.A. psychologist-detective Alex Delaware confronts a long-unsolved murder of unspeakable brutality -- an ice-cold case whose resolution threatens his survival, and that of longtime friend, homicide detective, Milo Sturgis. The nightmare begins when Alex receives a strange package in the mail with no return address. Inside is an ornate album filled with gruesome crime scene photos -- a homicide scrapbook entitled The Murder Book. Alex can find no reason for anyone to send him this compendium of death, but when Milo views the book, he is immediately shaken by one of the images: a young woman, tortured, strangled, and dumped near a freeway ramp. This was one of Milo's first cases as a rookie homicide cop: a vicious killing that he failed to solve, because just as he and his training partner began to make headway, the department closed them down. Being forced to abandon the young victim tormented Milo. But his fears prevented him from pursuing the truth, and over the years he managed to forget. Or so he thought. Now, two decades later, someone has chosen to stir up the past. As Alex and Milo set out to uncover what really happened twenty years ago, their every move is followed and their lives are placed in jeopardy. The relentless investigation reaches deep into L.A.'s nerve-centers of power and wealth-past and present. While peeling back layer after layer of ugly secrets, they discover that the murder of one forgotten girl has chilling ramifications that extend far beyond the tragic loss of a single life. A classic story of good and evil, sacrifice and sin, The Murder Book is a gripping page-turner that illuminates the darkest corridors of the human mind. It is a stunning tour de force.