Download or read book The Boy Who Flew and Other Tales of India for Children written by Shahzad Rizvi and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cobra who can foretell the future unites an orphan boy with a princess. A boy who yearns to fly has his wish granted in a most astonishing way. A crocodile helps save a drowning village. Five magical tales of India and enchantment, illustrated with vivid watercolors by artist Laurie McLaughlin Ward.
Download or read book The Boy Who Flew written by Shahzad Rizvi and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five fairy tales of India for children. A boy who dreamed of flying gets his wish in a most astonishing way. A child lost in an earthquake turns up in a jungle Eden. When a boy befriends a crocodile, the two overcome their neighbors' dread with an act of heroism. An orphan boy weds a princess with the help of a snake goddess. A talking dog guides his starving master to wealth and fame. Illustrated with watercolors by Laurie McLaughlin Ward.
Download or read book A Window in the Wall and Other Stories written by Shahzad Rizvi and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively collection of short stories, some set in India and some in contemporary America, explores love, loss, and the muddle between the two. In the title story, a student falls in love with his mysterious neighbor, who would be perfect... if she weren't dead. In "Rage," an actor discovers a wrenching truth about the boy he has killed in anger. And in "Break-up," a husband draws the wrong conclusion from his wife's emotional withdrawal.
Download or read book The Gijjigadus and the Fireflies written by and published by Katha. This book was released on 2011 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Behind the Veil written by Shahzad Rizvi and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rashida, an Indian Muslim woman with a questing spirit, falls in love with an author whose work she admires, though she's never laid eyes on him. She refuses other suitors, to the horror of her large, loving family. After years of political turmoil have convulsed India, with the author's fate unknown, he suddenly appears at her door. Rashida marries him at last, and sees him for the first time on their wedding night. His ugliness, slovenly habits, vanity--and finally, treachery--throw her emotions and her family's life into chaos. She begins a scandalous affair with a handsome teacher, defying her culture and destroying her family's honor. Rashida's story unfolds against a sweeping panorama of Indian history and culture, and a vivid, sensuous portrait of a changing India.
Download or read book Murder in the Dorm written by Shahzad Rizvi and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a Mafia princess is found dead in her dorm, her roommate Sabby, the daughter of Pakistani immigrants, is arrested for murder. Both girls were rivals for the love of the same handsome classmate. And why is Sabby so fascinated with poisons? As the action moves from Pakistan to Sicily to Hollywood, international vendettas, double-crosses, and surprises abound, involving everyone from academics to Mafia molls to the President of the United States.
Download or read book Woman with a Curve written by Shahzad Rizvi and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-01-31 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two small-town girls, lifelong friends, make it to the the top in Washington, DC in very different ways. Gentle, conscientious Minnie finds love, while scheming, ambitious Maxie's relentless pursuit of wealth and influence attracts two powerful men: a grasping Senator, no stranger to dirty tricks, and the handsome, vapid President. A satirical look at politics, power, and sex in the nation's capital.
Download or read book The Boy Who Grew a Forest written by Sophia Gholz and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a boy, Jadav Payeng was distressed by the destruction deforestation and erosion was causing on his island home in India's Brahmaputra River. So he began planting trees. What began as a small thicket of bamboo, grew over the years into 1,300 acre forest filled with native plants and animals. The Boy Who Grew a Forest tells the inspiring true story of Payeng--and reminds us all of the difference a single person with a big idea can make.
Download or read book Mayu The Life of a Finnish Woman written by Shahzad Rizvi and published by Shahzad Rizvi. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mayu - A brilliant woman. A troubled past. Can she trust a man not to let her down again? Mayu, a divorced single mother, is juggling not only a career, but a defiant teenage son, a house full of dog hair, and those extra pounds that refuse to budge. Her trust has been shattered by an abusive alcoholic father and a chronically unfaithful ex-husband. Will this new man in her life break the cycle? One woman struggles to find love in a messy world.
Download or read book River Boy written by William Anderson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2003-02-18 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ste-e-e-eamboat's a-comin'!" Along the banks of the great Mississippi River, a young boy named Samuel Clemens raced to the docks whenever he heard that familiar cry. He dreamed of exploring the world beyond his river town. Little did he know that one day he would become the famous writer Mark Twain, and write about his boyhood adventures along the bustling river waterfront in the classic stories The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Sam's exploits take him from the printing presses of the Hannibal Courier to the decks of the steamboats that travel the mighty Mississippi, and even to the Wild West. Now noted historian William Anderson tells the colorful story of Sam's life as he grows from a mischievous boy into the enterprising author. Dan Andreasen's fresh, vibrant paintings capture the spirit of the storyteller who will live on forever as one of America's literary icons.
Download or read book Rusty the Boy from the Hills written by Ruskin Bond and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-10-10 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rusty is a quiet, imaginative and sensitive boy who lives with his grandparents in pre-Independence Dehra Dun. Though he is not the adventurous himself, the strangest and most extraordinary things keep happening around him. The house in Dehra is full of strange creatures. Rusty has to deal with everything from his grandfather’s pet python to the ever-inventive Uncle Ken. Visiting his father in wartime Java, Rusty narrowly escapes enemy bombardment, and survives a plane crash in the Arabian Sea. Back in India, he spends his time encountering a ghost in the garden and recreating his grandmother’s youthful days from an old photograph. Then, something totally unexpected happens and Rusty is forced to leave Dehra, his future uncertain ... This volume of Rusty stories, the first in a series, traces Rusty’s development from early childhood to his early teens and is a riveting read for younger and older children alike.
Download or read book The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar written by Roald Dahl and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-05-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven superb short stories from the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG! The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar is coming soon to Netflix! Meet the boy who can talk to animals and the man who can see with his eyes closed. And find out about the treasure buried deep underground. A clever mix of fact and fiction, this collection also includes how master storyteller Roald Dahl became a writer. With Roald Dahl, you can never be sure where reality ends and fantasy begins. "All the tales are entrancing inventions." —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book The Case of Mr Lucraft and Other Tales written by Walter Besant and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stephen Curry written by Anthony Curcio and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The inspiring true story of NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry. This ... picture book tells the story of a young boy who many said was too short to play in high school, too weak to play in college, and not good enough to play in the NBA. Against all odds, this small boy ... not only makes it to the NBA, but becomes one of the greatest players to ever play the game of basketball"--Back cover.
Download or read book Shakuntala and Other Stories from Ancient India written by Adithi Rao and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2007 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six unforgettable stories of love and bravery, treachery and injustice, from ancient Indian literature Classical Sanskrit and Tamil writing teem with a myriad characters, and here we meet some truly memorable ones. This collection of six plays, poems and epics retold for children includes ‘Shakuntala’, a heartrending story of the love between the beautiful Shakuntala and King Dushyanta; ‘The Little Clay Cart’, where the evil designs of the king and his family are foiled by the righteous Charudatta and Vasantasena; ‘The Story of an Anklet’, about Kannagi, who wreaks a terrible revenge for the wrong done to her; ‘Manimekalai’, the extraordinary account of a woman’s search for her true calling; ‘The Last Trial of Sita’, in which the playwright gives a whole new ending to the Ramayana, and ‘The Broken Thigh’, about the final, desperate combat between Duryodhana and Bheema on the battlefield of Kurukshetra. Accompanied by descriptions of the authors’ lives and the time when the stories were written, these lively retellings are an ideal introduction to some of the best-known stories from the Indian classics.
Download or read book The Boy Who Wanted to Fly JRD Tata Dreamers Series written by Lavanya Karthik and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2023-05-22 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Jeh started India's first airline and changed the way the nation travelled, he was a boy who dreamt of flying.
Download or read book A Tale of Sin and Other Tales written by Mrs. Henry Wood and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
