Download or read book The Rupa Book Of Scary Stories written by Ruskin Bond and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rupa Book of Scary Stories written by Ruskin Bond and published by books catalog. This book was released on 2003 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen hair-raising stories to make your flesh creep. Here are literary masterpieces by Kipling, Saki, Algernon Blackwood and others with tales filled with chilling terror and unfathomable horror.
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 Ghost Stories of Shimla Hills written by Minakshi Chaudhry and published by books catalog. This book was released on 2005 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was getting closer. His mouth ran dry and his scream died deep inside him. His wobbly legs refused to move. . .The fear of the unknown, enhanced by the mist, darkness and pattering raindrops is part of life in the hills. But there have been real encounters with the supernatural, and included in this collection of chilling tales are personal experiences of people. Read on for some spine-chilling adventures with the spirits in Shimla.
Download or read book The Rupa Book of Nightmare Tales written by Ruskin Bond and published by books catalog. This book was released on 2004 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The popularity of Ghost Stories from the Raj resulted in a number of requests for more this period. Ruskin Bond delved into his archives and came up with another entertaining collection of strange or ‘nightmarish’ tales written by Englishmen who came to India and the East Indies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Her are spooks, werewolves, dacoits, assassins, man-eating tigers, and head-hunters! And in his Introduction Ruskin Bond tells us why those “mad dogs and Englishmen” went out in the mid-day sun and what happened to some of them! Never a dull moment – and never a dull sentence in this, the eleventh of Rupa’s fast-selling anthologies.
Download or read book The Book of Scary Stories written by Ruskin Bond and published by . This book was released on 200? with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My Dadima Wears a Sari written by Kashmira Sheth and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Indian grandmother and her American granddaughter explore culture, imagination, and individuality through a collection of saris. Every day, Rupa's grandmother wears a beautiful Indian sari. Each is brightly colored and very pretty. "Don't you ever want to wear a gray skirt and red blouse with round buttons like Mommy or a green dress like me?" Rupa asks. But Dadima prefers to wear her traditional saris. Dadima shares all the wonderful things that saris can do—from becoming an umbrella in a rainstorm to providing a deep pouch to carry seashells. Soon Rupa's own imagination is sparked as she envisions saris protecting her in the scary Gir Jungle, bandaging up an injured knee, and holding a special secret for her and Dadima to share. Kashmira Sheth provides a warm, unique peek into Indian culture in this sensitive portrait of a grandmother and her American granddaughter. Hindi words defined and sprinkled throughout the text further add to the story's authenticity. Yoshiko Jaeggi's sweeping, colorful, and fanciful watercolor illustrations capture the extraordinary bond of love that unites families across generations and cultures. A note from the author and instructions for wrapping a sari are included.
Download or read book The Empty House written by Ruskin Bond and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange creatures and supernatural elements abound in this collection of stories. From exploring an empty house with dreadful secrets to the account of an eccentric children's ayah and from vengeful animals carrying a spirit to a bunch of anxious children in a stark landscape-these are some of the most interesting stories about the supernatural. Selected and compiled by Ruskin Bond, this collection includes stories by authors like Rudyard Kipling, Algernon Blackwood, R.L. Stevenson and Alice Perrin, among others.
Download or read book Falling in Love Again written by Ruskin Bond and published by Rupa Publications India. This book was released on 2013 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once I saw her, leaning over the balcony railing. I stopped the taxi and waved to her. She waved back, smiling like the sun breaking through clouds. Suffused with warmth and passion, the stories in Falling in Love Again showcase the myriad variations of romantic love-fleeting, intimate, joyous, heartbreaking. Featuring classic stories by Ruskin Bond, such as 'The Eyes Have It' and 'The Girl from Copenhagen', this stirring collection captures the range of feelings that are indubitably part of the infinite spectrum of love.
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.
Download or read book The Laughing Skull written by Ruskin Bond and published by Rupa Publications. This book was released on 2016 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the middle of the night, I woke to a loud rattling sound. A rat, perhaps? But no. As soon as I opened the cupboard door, out popped the skull-landing near my feet and bouncing away right across the drawing room. Ghosts and spirits, prets and jinns abound in this collection of stories. From the skull that refused to be given away to the spirits of long dead hill-station residents and from the mysterious man you meet on a dark road to the malevolent presence at the bottom of a pond-these are some of Ruskin Bond's best stories about the supernatural. Dive under the covers, leave the lights on and lose yourself in these scary, funny and adventurous tales.
Download or read book Right Behind You written by Neil D'Silva and published by StoryMirror Infotech Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2019-08-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Right Behind You is a collection of 13 horror stories of different genres. The thing that connects these stories is the emotion of our inner fears that resides in all of us. We might mask these fears, we might even deny them, but they emerge when least expected and then they begin to encroach upon every aspect of our lives. In this collection of assorted horror stories, you will find noir horror, urban myths, fantasies, campfire tales, stories of phobias, gore, and even a story that takes place entirely on chat. An e-horror story, if you could call it that. Just like a rollercoaster is a source of unexpected adventure and you won’t find its shocks and thrills unless you actually ride on it, you won’t get the real experience of Right Behind You unless you read it. So, sit back, fasten your seatbelts, and plunge into the drive.
Download or read book The Rupa Book Of Haunted Houses written by Ruskin Bond and published by . This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Haunted houses are injurious to -health. With few exceptions, the occupants of the houses in these stories have come to an unpleasant, sometimes messy end. Ghosts resent being disturbed. They are fussy about who they must have as a neighbour. From his haunted rocking chair, Ruskin Bond takes you on a goose-pimply tour of some famous haunted houses in fiction. There's Thurnley Abbey, with its terrifying midnight apparition; M. R. James's haunted doll's house; Hugh Walpole's sinister staircase; and the old manor houses whose hauntings are investigated by Flaxman Low, the Sherlock Holmes of the supernatural. And there's Brain Stoker, who gives Dracula the night off and replaces him with an equally terrifying hanging Judge.
Download or read book The Rupa Book Of Eerie Stories written by Ruskin Bond and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A haunted old house, a terrifying werewolf, the echoes of a heinous crime, the mark of a sinister beast . . . these and many more grisly tales are in this compilation of eerie stories that will take you to unexplored territories of the unknown, the uncanny and the plain terrifying. These classic tales have been written by great literary giants like Bram Stoker, Rudyard Kipling, C.A. Kincaid, Gerald Kersh, and many others. Compiled by master anthologiser Ruskin Bond, these riveting tales are a heady mixture of crime, mystery, and terror, sure to chill your bones and give you goose pimples. So, here is your chance to savour every morsel of this sumptuous assortment. Meet the rich cast of characters and read, if you dare . . .
Download or read book Penguin Book Of Indian Ghost Stories written by Ruskin Bond and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000-10-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Conan Doyle and Rudyard Kipling to Satyajit Ray and R. K. Narayan, this text is a collection of spine-chilling tales of the supernatural from India.
Download or read book The Best of Tall Tales written by Michael Burns and published by Rupa Publications. This book was released on 2018 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Afterlife written by Jessica Faleiro and published by Rupa Publications. This book was released on 2012 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afterlife: Ghost Stories From Goa is a story that revolves around a family get-together in Goa. The Fonseca family gathers in the Carvalho mansion for the birthday of Savio Fonseca. for his 75th birthday, Savio Fonseca's two daughters Joanna and Carol, who are settled abroad, come down to celebrate his birthday with Savio's son-in-law Sam. On this occasion, Eduardo, who is Savio's cousin drops in with his wife. On the night before Savio's birthday, when the family is spending time together, the electricity fails, because of which the entire place is in darkness. In this dark setting, the occasion seems right for sharing ghost stories. Soon the entire family starts to swap ghost stories, which revolve around the history of the Fonseca family. These stories range from mysterious sightings to lonely buildings and magic spells. The stories are split up into two sections and every character has a story to narrate. These stories have their roots in the Fonseca family and give readers a look into the happenings of the family members in the past. The hopes, dreams, personalities and traits of all the members of this family are revealed through the course of this book. Even the family name is a topic of speculation, with Savio's wife Lillian being keener on safeguarding its honor than Savio himself. This interest raises a number of doubts. The secret that Savio and his wife have been guarding from their daughters is soon to be unravelled.
