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One freezing winter morning a dead body is found in the backyard of the Dharma family’s house. It’s the body of Anu Krishnan. For Anu, a writer seeking a secluded retreat from the city, the Dharmas' "back-house" in the sleepy mountain town of Merrit's Point was the ideal spot to take a year off and begin writing.

Tulasi is a 10 year-old child of a rich man Sridhar and Sharada. Anita is her sister. Sridhar saves the daughter of his boss Robert. As a gratitude, he presents Rs. 10 lakhs in the name of Tulasi. If she dies before the age of 10 years, the money goes to Sri Krishna Saranalayam. She was witch-crafted by some enemies of her father for getting the money. Kadra has applied "Kashmora" on her, as a result she becomes serious sick. She is expected to be killed by its effects in 21 days time. The story is about the attempts by four persons to save her from death.

Reminiscent of Stephen King's brilliantly cinematic short stories that went on to inspire films such as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, here's a collection crackling with Craig Davidson's superb craft and kinetic energy: in the visceral, crystalline, steel-tipped prose; in the psychological perspicacity; and in the endearing humor.

In this searing and insightful critique, Adrienne Buller examines the fatal biases that have shaped the response of our governing institutions to climate and environmental breakdown, and asks: are the ‘solutions’ being proposed really solutions? Tracing the intricate connections between financial power, economic injustice and ecological crisis, she exposes the myopic economism and market-centric thinking presently undermining a future where all life can flourish.

The True American tells the story of Raisuddin Bhuiyan, a Bangladesh Air Force officer who dreams of immigrating to America and working in technology. But days after 9/11, an avowed "American terrorist" named Mark Stroman, seeking revenge, walks into the Dallas minimart where Bhuiyan has found temporary work and shoots him, maiming and nearly killing him. Two other victims, at other gas stations, aren't so lucky, dying at once. The True American traces the making of these two men, Stroman and Bhuiyan, and of their fateful encounter.

Written for millennials and Gen Z, this approachable guide reframes addiction and provides tools from psychotherapy to help the listener break harmful behaviour cycles. You don't need to be an addict to engage in destructive addictive behaviours. Do you use social media to distract yourself from difficult emotions, or find yourself seeking a boost through shopping, relationships or drinking? Do you feel that you have habits that are holding you back, but you cant seem to break them?

Ages before the dawn of modern medicine, wild animals were harnessing the power of nature's pharmacy to heal themselves. Doctors by Nature reveals what researchers are now learning about the medical wonders of the animal world. In this visionary book, Jaap de Roode argues that we have underestimated the healing potential of nature for too long and shows how the study of self-medicating animals could impact the practice of human medicine.

The Patient Assassin covers the events of the Amritsar Massacre of 1919 in which hundreds of lives were lost when the army opened fire on a crowd with no warnings. An injured survivor, Udham Singh, vowed, wiping blood-soaked earth onto his forehead, that he would kill the men responsible. The Patient Assassin follows him through Africa and the US and across Europe to end up in front of Sir Michael O'Dwyer, who had sent the men to attack.

From travelling on India's chaotic roads to drinking chai at a streetside stall, from battling mosquitoes to meditating in an ashram, the author takes you on a journey of vivid impressions that brings you the taste, sounds, and smells of life in this amazing country.

Mehak and Aakarshan are in love, but Mehak is in a relationship with someone else. The complicated lives of these complicated city people leads them to point where they must make a firm choice. Loving someone doesn't necessarily mean that you have to be with that person. The most important thing about love is to let go.

Gurri, a super-rich haryanvi boy, joins a call centre to learn the English language as he wants to impress his girlfriend. Amrita, a married woman agrees to teach him in return if he'd teach him Haryanvi. They meet to learn the languages but make a beautiful connect with each other, where they do not need words to communicate with each other.

Priya is home alone and she receives a call, on the other side is guy who is kidnapped and locked in a house for days without food and water. Priya tries to help but fails, she becomes his only support till the end. They share something very special

Rimjhim, a foodie decides to cope up from her break up by binge eating and she orders from a food app called Grub Station. Her order gets late and she complains on the chat messenger. The replies she got were so warm and empathetic that she falls in love with the person on the other side. Not realising if there is a real person on the other side or an AI.

Sunder a cool gangster, who never misses his target, falls in love with a girl while executing an assassination job. He falls so bad that he crosses all the limits for his love. Love actually becomes a primal necessity for him to live. Exploring the influence that the love drug has on the protagonist, the narrative takes you through a journey that will make you question the boundaries that you float in the name of love. The world may see you as crazy, but is it even love if it's not crazy enough.

Shriya and Shubham, meet on a rooftop for the first time. Two very different and contradicting people, but with the only thing common between them being that they were there to commit suicide. Sometimes one doesn't need air, water, or other basics to be live. All one needs is a person who loves you and give you the comfort to be alive.

60 year old Bala wakes up every morning to a room full of pictures and a husband who suffers from Alzheimer's. So everyday she tells him a new story about their fictional past. That's how they live a new love story everyday. Love is the best medicine, love is the best healer. No matter whatever one suffers with all one needs is a person who loves.

Sonam was kept away from color RED since the time she was born, because of a prophecy by a godman. But as she hit puberty she couldn't keep herself away from the color of love. And fall in love with the first man she encounters when she wore red. This story is about the fierce nature of first love.

Aakash is in love with a Bollywood star "Kohinoor". He designs dresses for her and meets her. His dream comes true. But is she the same person he had always imagined her to be, or is she someone who disgusts him? They say, work as if whatever you create, your beloved is going to consume your creation, but what if the beloved doesn't respect your creation? Will the love remain, or will it end?

Veena has been living a monotonous life, until one day when by mistakes she receives a shirt in her laundry pile which isn't hers. The shirt smells of the man she loved. This is Veena's last chance to find him and find happiness.

When we think of wellbeing, we often think of our physical and mental health-tending to our bodies and minds to find peace, purpose, and connection in our lives. But as Kamlesh D. Patel, spiritual leader of the Heartfulness Organization and fourth in line to the raja yoga tradition illuminates, there is a third system we too often overlook: The Spiritual Anatomy. Acting as a sort of atlas for consciousness, the chakras—the centers of spiritual energy that comprise our spiritual anatomy—lead us back to our hearts, ourselves, and the sustainable happiness and meaning we crave.