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All about My Walkabouts
‘The adventure is not in getting somewhere, it’s the on-the-way experience. It is not the expected; it’s the surprise. Not the fulfilment of prophecy, but the providence of something better than that prophesied.’ The world has a lot to offer to the people who seek new experiences and are curious about the places, each distinctly unique, that makes up the world and the people that inhabit these places. Although one lifetime is not enough to visit and know every place in the world, we have books that introduce us to new cultures, foods and peoples. In All about My Walkabouts, Ruskin Bond offers us delightful stories from his travels around the world. From the stories from Indian hills, to the streets of London, to small towns in India like Mathura and Meerut, this book is for children and adults alike.
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Friends of My Youth
‘I needed a friend but it was not easy to find one among a horde of rowdy, pea-shooting fourth formers, who carved their names on desks and stuck chewing gum on the class teacher’s chair. Had I grown up with other children, I might have developed a taste for schoolboy anarchy; but, in sharing my father’s loneliness after his separation from my mother, I had turned into a premature adult.’ There is no telling where friendships might be made and how. Friends of My Youth is a collection of short stories by Ruskin Bond on how little and almost seemingly insignificant incidents of life can lead us to the person in whom we may find a companion, a comrade. These are the stories of how unknowingly, at times, friends are found and how they help eliminate our loneliness or become partners in crime in our personal missions. Narrated with utter simplicity, the tales make for a delightful remembrance of the friends made in the early years of life.
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Judy Moody Goes to College
Another day. Another mood. Meet Judy Moody at her moodiest-best, in this laugh-a-minute eighth adventure in the international bestselling series. Judy Moody's maths skills need improving (not to mention her attitude!) in the eighth book in the internationally bestselling series, perfect for fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Judy Blume and Lauren Child. Judy doesn't want to see a private maths tutor. But when Judy meets her tutor – a crucial college student with an uber-funky sense of style – and gets a glimpse of college life, her attitude soon changes. Before long she's acing her maths tests. Say goodbye to Judy Moody and hello to Ms College.
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The Blue Umbrella
?The Umbrella was like a flower, a great blue flower that had sprung up on the dry brown hillside.' In exchange for her lucky leopard's claw pendant, Binya acquires a beautiful blue umbrella that makes her the envy of everyone in her village, especially Ram Bharosa, the shop-keeper. Ruskin Bond's short and humorous novella, set in the picturesque hills of Garhwal, perfectly captures life in a village, where both heroism and redemption can be found.
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Rajacha Ghoda Aani Itar Katha (राजाचा घोडा आणि इतर
राजाचा घोडा खंतावतो, त्याच्याकडे वेगळं काही नाही म्हणून...पण घोड्याची खंत कशी दूर होते...इतर प्राणी-पक्ष्यांना बघून चिमणीला वाईट वाटतं की आपल्याला चालता येत नाही...चिमणीचं दु:ख कशामुळे दूर होतं?...जिराफाला दु:ख असतं त्याच्या उंचीचं, कोणाला शाबासकी देता येत नाही याचं...खारूताई त्याला दु:खातून कशी बाहेर काढते?...काळी आणि पांढरी कबुतरं वेगळ्या रंगामुळे एकमेकांशी फटकून वागतात...पण एका प्रसंगातून साळुंकी त्यांना एकत्र आणते...प्राणी-पक्षी यांच्या माध्यमातून स्वत:कडे काय आहे याचा शोध घ्यायला लावणाऱ्या कथा
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Ajab Dongar Aani Itar Katha (अजब डोंगर आणि इतर कथा
एका गावात होता एक मोठा डोंगर...त्याच्यावर होत्या फळबागा, पुÂलबागा, मुलांना खेळायला ऐसपैस बागा, कारंजी आणि बरंच काही...सगळ्या गावाचं डोंगरावर भारी प्रेम...तरीही नाराज का होता हा डोंगर...कशी दूर झाली त्याची नाराजी?...एका घनदाट जंगलात होता एक हत्ती...खूप मस्तवाल होता तो...लहान लहान प्राणी-पक्ष्यांना मुद्दामहून घाबरवायचा...एकदा तर त्याने चिमणीच्या घरट्याला आणि तिच्या पिलांना धोका पोचवायचा प्रयत्न केला...कसा गेला या हत्तीचा मस्तवालपणा?...एका जंगलातील एका अस्वलाला वाटलं आपण जंगलचा राजा का होऊ नये...आपल्या तर सगळ्या अंगावर आयाळ आहे आणि सिंहापेक्षा आपण जाडजूड आहोत...त्याने गुपचूप सिंहाचं निरीक्षण सुरू केलं...त्याचं डौलदार चालणं, झाडाखाली बसणं वगैरे...इतर प्राण्यांनीही आपल्याला राजा म्हणावं, असं अस्वलाने त्यांना सांगितलं...पण त्यांनी ऐकलं नाही...मग अस्वल राजा झालं की त्याची फजिती झाली?...प्राणी-पक्षी-निसर्ग यातून पुÂलत गेलेल्या गोष्टी...जोडीला रंगीबेरंगी आणि मनाला मोहवणारी चित्रं...
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Phule Fhulali Aani Itar Katha (फुले फुलली आणि इतर
फार फार वर्षांपूर्वी फुलंच नव्हती... पानांच्या वेगवेगळ्या रंगगंधांमुळे विविध कारणांसाठी पानंच तोडायला लागले लोक...पण मग का आणि कशी फुलली फुलं?...एकदा झाडांना कंटाळा आला सकाळी सकाळी फुलण्याचा...मधमाश्यांच्या आणि भुंग्याच्या गुणगुणण्याचा...मग काय केलं झाडांनी?...एकदा झाडांना उभं राहायचा, ऊन-पाऊस झेलायचा आला कंटाळा...मग झाडं झाली आडवी...त्यामुळे काय झालं? ...आधी सगळी पानं होती गोलमगोल...त्यामुळे काय व्हायचं?...पूर्वी फुलपाखरं होती बिनरंगाची...मग ती रंगीबेरंगी कशी झाली?... झाडं, पानं, फुलं, फुलपाखरू ...निसर्गाची सुंदर रूपं...या सुंदर रूपांच्या तितक्याच सुंदर चित्रांसह सजलेल्या गोष्टींचा संग्रह
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Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Big Shot
In Big Shot, book 16 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestsetlling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley and sports just don't mix. After a disastrous field day competition at school, Greg decides that when it comes to his athletic career, he's officially retired. But after his mom urges him to give sports one more chance, he reluctantly agrees to sign up for basketball. Tryouts are a mess, and Greg is sure he won't make the cut. But he unexpectedly lands a spot on the worst team. As Greg and his new teammates start the season, their chances of winning even a single game look slim. But in sports, anything can happen. When everything is on the line and the ball is in Greg's hands, will he rise to the occasion? Or will he blow his big shot? See the Wimpy Kid World in a whole new way with the help of Greg Heffley's best friend in the instant #1 bestsellers Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal, Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure and Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories! Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and the Awesome Friendly Kid series. He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award winner for Favorite Book and has been named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England, where he and his wife own a bookstore named An Unlikely Story.
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Jerome K Jerome (2 Books In 1) : The Idle Thoughts
A book of essays and observations by one of the finest humourists of all time, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow has remained a classic since it was first published in the late nineteenth century. Writing on a whimsically diverse range of topics on being idle (‘It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do’); on memory (‘That is just the way with Memory; nothing that she brings to us is complete’); on being hard up (‘Being poor is a mere trifle. It is being known to be poor that is the sting’); on being in love (‘Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it. Also, like the measles, we take it only once’) Jerome K. Jerome has delighted readers over generations. Now part of the Speaking Tiger Ruskin Bond Selections, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is a book for all seasons and comes especially recommended for idle holidays. But who wants to be foretold the weather? It is bad enough when it comes, without our having the misery of knowing about it beforehand. Published in 1889, Three Men In A Boat is the most widely acclaimed novel by English author Jerome K. Jerome. Jerome wrote the novel after going on a boating trip along River Thames. Intended initially to serve as a tour guide, the novel, however, was soon overtaken by the comical elements and transformed into the humorous travelogue that is a classic today. Three friends, J. (Jerome), Harris and George, are apparent hypochondriacs in need of a vacation. A two-week long boating trip, they feel, would be good for their health. Narrated by “J.”, an embodiment of Jerome K. Jerome himself, the story chronicles in the form of ramblings and digressions, the hilarious adventures and mishaps of the three friends. The novel’s success led to a sequel, Three Men On The Bummel (1900) and was adapted in several art-forms including film and theatre. Jerome Klapka Jerome, born on 2 May 1859 in Caldmore, Wallsall, England, was a famous English novelist, playwright and humorist. Before embarking on a literary career, he had worked as a railway clerk, actor, high school teacher and a journalist. In 1889, even though he became well known in the English literary circle with his comic travelogue Three Men In A Boat, success did not come easily to him. Jerome, however, continued to write short stories and satirical essays that he sent to various magazines. Finally, he achieved mild success with his memoir On The Stage And Off (1885) which consisted of comic sketches of his experiences as an actor. This was followed by Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow (1886) initially published as a series of humorous essays in Home Chimes the famous magazine to which Jerome contributed regularly along with other authors like J.M. Barrie and E. Nesbit. Three Men In A Boat and Idle Thoughts Of An Idle Fellow turned Jerome into one of the most influential and celebrated English authors. Jerome K. Jerome also served as an ambulance driver for the French army during World War I. He died at the age of 68 on 14 June 1927 after suffering from a paralytic stroke and cerebral haemorrhage. In memory of the author, a museum was opened in Walsall in 1984, which subsequently closed in 2008. Start reading The Originals Three Man in a Boat on your Kindle in under a minute.
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The Fang Of Summoning
'You will never have it', she whispered. 'Not in this life.' In the frozen mountains of Iceland, amid the leaping Northern lights Vasuki - the giver of life, Protector and Friend - leaves a vital secret with a young girl. Over a thousand years later, in the bustling suburb of Gurgaon in India, six young people with startling gifts discover the secret. Hurled into a testing crusade against the terrifying Adversary, they are called upon to decipher the long-buried past and save the future of mankind. They have no choice but to follow a destiny enmeshed with the fate of dying planets ancient, warriors and the Universe. Racy and spell binding, The Fang of Summoning is the story of inconceivable danger that can continually threaten life as you know it. And end it forever.