Download or read book The Rupa Book Of Great Suspense Stories written by Ruskin Bond and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystery And Terror Lurk In The Pages Of These Great Suspense Tales Written By Some Of The Masters Of The Short Story During The Last Hundred Years.

Download or read book The Rupa Book of Great Suspense Stories written by Ruskin Bond and published by books catalog. This book was released on 2003 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystery and terror lurk in the pages of these great suspense tales written by some of the masters of the short story during the last hundred years.

Download or read book The Rupa Book Of Great Crime Stories written by Ruskin Bond and published by . This book was released on with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ghost Stories from the Raj written by Ruskin Bond and published by books catalog. This book was released on 2005-08 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruskin Bond's readers range from nine to ninety. And if there are such things as ghosts there are probably a few who are reading him in the spirit world. In these stories Ruskin Bond presents a picture of a `haunted India' as witnessed and described by British writers, officials and travellers during the pre-independence era. Ruskin Bond, resident of Mussoorie, is a well-known writer of fiction and a raconteur par excellence. His Tales and Legends from India, Angry River, Strange Men, Strange Places, The Blue Umbrella, A Long Walk for Bina and Hanuman to the Rescue are also available in Rupa paperback. The Ruskin Bond's Children's Omnibus has been a firm favourite with young readers for several years. Ghost Stories from the Raj, The Rupa Book of Great Animal Stories, The Rupa Book of True Tales of Mystery and Adventure, The Rupa Book of Himalayan Tales and The Rupa Book of Great Suspense Stories are some of his recent books for Rupa.

Download or read book Classic Tales for Children written by Terry O'Brien and published by Rupa Publications India. This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young man, searching for his lost love, commits suicide. A murdered man's spirit returns to seek revenge on his killer. An elderly woman keeps a window open for the dead to come in. An Englishman spends the night by a tomb with the inscription 'Th e dead travel fast'. Excerpted from some of the best-known classics in the horror genre, Classic Tales for Children: Scary Stories is guaranteed to keep you awake at night.

Download or read book THE ROOM ON THE ROOF written by Ruskin Bond and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A CLASSIC COMING-OF-AGE STORY WHICH HAS HELD GENERATIONS OF READERS SPELLBOUND Rusty, a sixteen-year-old Anglo-Indian boy, is orphaned, and has to live with his English guardian in the claustrophobic European part in Dehra Dun. Unhappy with the strict ways of his guardian, Rusty runs away from home to live with his Indian friends. Plunging for the first time into the dream-bright world of the bazaar, Hindu festivals and other aspects of Indian life, Rusty is enchanted . . . and is lost forever to the prim proprieties of the European community. This special edition marks the 60th anniversary of this award-winning book, written when the author was just seventeen. Poignant, heart-warming and an absolute classic, this book is forever a joy to read.

Download or read book Best Day Ever written by Kaira Rouda and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “FABULOUS.” —B.A. Paris, New York Times bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors and The Breakdown THE PERFECT MARRIAGE IS THE PERFECT ILLUSION. Paul Strom has the perfect life: a glittering career as an advertising executive, a beautiful wife, two healthy boys and a big house in a wealthy suburb. And he’s the perfect husband: breadwinner, protector, provider. That’s why he’s planned a romantic weekend for his wife, Mia, at their lake house, just the two of them. And he’s promised today will be the best day ever. But as Paul and Mia drive out of the city and toward the countryside, a spike of tension begins to wedge itself between them and doubts start to arise. How much do they trust each other? And how perfect is their marriage, or any marriage, really? Forcing us to ask ourselves just how well we know those who are closest to us, Best Day Ever crackles with dark energy, spinning ever tighter toward its shocking conclusion. In the vein of The Couple Next Door, Kaira Rouda weaves a gripping, tautly suspenseful tale of deception and betrayal dark enough to destroy a marriage…or a life. Praise for Best Day Ever “Highly entertaining and truly surprising!” —Kate Moretti, New York Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Year “Best Day Ever is a creepy, spine-tingling and utterly addictive tale of domestic suspense.” —Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke, bestselling authors of The Good Widow

Download or read book Hold That Breath 2 written by Abhirup Dhar and published by Redgrab Books pvt ltd. This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daksh Sehgal, a corporate employee on a business tour meets Agastya Roy, a writer in the midst of penning a book, in a train coupe. Both are on their way to Kolkata from North East after their respective works and strike up a conversation. It’s a night journey but they aren’t sleepy anymore now so, they decide to kill time. Agastya begins telling Daksh six ghost stories… May 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has spread around the world and Mumbai is the worst hit in India. Dr. Balagopal Reddy and his nurse, Mancy Varghese meet a peculiar man, Wridhesh Surve during a night shift in the hospital they work in. Every hundred years or so, a pattern is formed and there might just be more to it. Come, meet the beast! Izna Mehra gets arranged to Udarsh Sachdev and moves to the outskirts of Gurgaon. It’s an old secluded house away from the hustle and bustle where Izna discovers a fridge in one of the rooms which is always locked – a fridge full of meat. Udarsh has his own little secret which he might want to share with her that is, only if he gets an opportunity. Basant Agarwal becomes a businessman reluctantly but quite naturally and shifts base from Pune to Panchgani with his wife, Anaisha. It’s a wonderful house that he has bought and there is nobody around – just another house which is seemingly abandoned during the day but comes alive on one night every year. Their neighbour, Harini Srivastava wants to tell them something and invites for a party. Rushil Chatterjee travels from Vancouver to Kolkata after over three decades for some property-related work he can’t skip. His cousin, Laltu requests him to visit their ancestral home in Serampore where his father, an old man on his deathbed has to confess something. Karma always pays back! Tanay and Sushant, two close friends wake up one morning and realize things are different around them in the remote town of Himachal Pradesh. They meet The Transformer who tells them how they can go REVERSE – we all do! Know it. Hold That Breath once again as one of the stories connects the others and fear is unleashed from the mind of the master storyteller and bestselling author. Yours truly, Abhirup Dhar.

Download or read book Tiger Boy written by Mitali Perkins and published by Charlesbridge Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a tiger cub goes missing from the reserve, Neil is determined to find her before the greedy Gupta gets his hands on her to kill her and sell her body parts on the black market. Neil's parents, however, are counting on him to study hard and win a prestigious scholarship to study in Kolkata. Neil doesn't want to leave his family or his island home and he struggles with his familial duty and his desire to maintain the beauty and wildness of his island home in West Bengal's Sunderbans.

Download or read book Right Under Your Nose written by R. Giridharan and published by Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited. This book was released on 2020 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kumudini's brown hair fitted her small head almost like a cap. She had a petite figure that matched perfectly with her narrow face, small nose, little lips and pouting mouth. She was pretty, and men fell for her in hordes. An outstretched hand held a prepaid card and a paper with perforation. The hand came closer.

Download or read book The Rupa Book of Great Escapes written by Ruskin Bond and published by books catalog. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ruskin Bond brings to the comfort and safety of your armchair a collection of inspiring and hair-raising stories of courage and wits, from dangerous and exotic locales all over the world. The stories in this collection are mostly non-fictional, first-person accounts, all the more gripping for their direct narrative style and terse description. We travel through different yet equally exciting periods in history, from Casanova’s goal, to the erstwhile French colonies in North Africa; from the horrific battlefields of the First World War, to Malekula in the South Pacific. Besides being compelling accounts of famous escapes, this anthology provides a peek into fascinating histories, geographies and cultures, and urges you to be, as Ruskin Bond says, a global traveler.

Download or read book The Rupa Book Of True Tales Of Mystery And Adventure written by Ruskin Bond and published by . This book was released on with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Rupa Book of Great Animal Stories written by Ruskin Bond and published by books catalog. This book was released on 2003 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are exciting tales of hair-breadth escapes and thrilling encounters in the wild - stories of man's relationships with other living creatures, furred or feathered, fierce or friendly. All the stories were written out of the writers' own experiences. F

Download or read book Best Stories from Around the World written by Deepa Agarwal and published by Rupa Publications. This book was released on 2017-06-02 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best Stories from Around the World is a collection of timeless pieces from the world's greatest storytellers-Oscar Wilde, O' Henry, Saki, H.G. Wells, Conan Doyle, Washington Irving and many more. Hailing from different countries such as America, Ireland, the United Kingdom and India, this book is an entertaining consolidation of diverse stories which cover a broad range of topics and themes. While 'The Gift of the Magi' resonates with the sense of love and loss, 'The Selfish Giant' and 'Rip Van Winkle' relives our childhood. Some stories warm your heart, some make you think and some delight you with their magical language while at the same time they explore universal themes and arouse a gamut of responses. A must-have, this book offers a plethora of classics to read and enjoy for any lover of a good story.

Download or read book Whispering In The Dark written by Ruskin Bond and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One by one the clocks of the town struck midnight, when the sounds died away the deep silence of windless night fell again over everything...' A great imagination makes for terrific ghost stories-stories that go beyond the tapping on the doors in the middle of a night or a whistling thrush or even a squeaky swing in the wind. This is a collection of some such horror stories selected and compiled by Ruskin Bond that will send shivers down your spine

Download or read book The Quest of the Sparrows written by Kartik Sharma and published by Rupa Publications India. This book was released on 2011 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A highly acclaimed best selling Indian spiritual fiction appreciated by Indian and global readers. A refreshingly insightful novel from Indian writers, that stays away from preaching. A seemingly ordinary young man is forced to become a spiritual guru and takes a leap of faith. He sets off with his followers on a 600 km journey on foot, without money and belongings to test the truth of the scriptures and spiritual laws. Inspired by the life of a sparrow which survives every day without any worry and never hoards for the future, he wishes to prove that survival, which has become a central concern of all human beings is no big deal. He believes that human beings are destined to play a much bigger, evolutionary role. A higher calling awaits us. Will Guru Partibhan and his disciples complete the journey, successfully? Will they discover their true potential and find everlasting joy? The journey is experienced from the perspective of four people - The explorer, the experimenter, the doubter and the hater. Each of these states exist in most individuals, at some point or another in their life's journey. What insights does the journey reveal to these protagonists? Does it change their mindsets and lives forever? The twists in the tale will keep the reader guessing till the end. The fast paced novel, looks at the importance and relevance of spirituality in today's World. The story weaves life's important lessons through interesting incidents. A must read for all. The book unlocks the hidden potential within us by connecting us with the higher being within for us to unlock our potential and achieve greatness. A must read for all those looking for simple, answers to questions, and doubts. Read this popular, top quality, best selling, novel to discover your qualities - fearlessness, confidence, wisdom, forgiveness, a balanced outlook, loving nature. This life transforming novel helps readers to overcome negative qualities like anger, jealousy, lust, suspicion, hatred, anxiety, subordination, and fears. The easy to understand, interesting Indian writing, is the key to self-development, happiness, evolution and peace.

Download or read book Yakshini written by Neil D'Silva and published by Rupa Publications. This book was released on 2019 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Halfway to the heavens, in a realm hidden by clouds, a divine beauty-a yakshini-is facing a sentence for her folly. Down on Earth, a couple in Maharashtra is expecting their seventh child and is performing a special yajna to fulfil their desires.