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The Rise is a gleaming residential tower, newly constructed from steel and blackened glass, that stands on some of London’s most prestigious real estate. Looming imposingly over Hyde Park, only multi-millionaires need apply for one of its sumptuous apartments. But when the young night concierge is found murdered in the building’s lobby, the elite residents quickly find their gilded lifestyles under unwelcome police scrutiny.

Rumer Godden is well known for her acclaimed novels for adults and children. She wrote over 60 works in her lifetime, nine of which were made into films. Included here are dramatisations of three of her classic tales, as well as a fascinating interview with the renowned author.

England's 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688 and the reign of new monarchs William and Mary signified a turning point for Restoration comedy with laws being passed to restrict playwrights' freedoms. The latter years are marked by a shift towards more moral storylines, mixing humour with social and political issues, alongside the lighthearted 'comedy of manners'. The works in this collection bring together these complementary styles, full of humour while also focusing on hard hitting themes.

Imagine a world in which classes are divided not by wealth or religion but by how much each group can remember. Monos, the majority, have only one day's worth of memory; elite Duos have two. In this stratified society, where Monos are excluded from holding high office and demanding jobs, Claire and Mark are a rare mixed marriage. Clare is a conscientious Mono housewife, Mark a novelist-turned-politician Duo on the rise. They are a shining example of a new vision of tolerance and equality—- until...

After her younger sister died suddenly, broadcaster Indira Naidoo's world was shattered. Turning to her urban landscape for solace, Naidoo found herself drawn to a fig tree overlooking Sydney harbour. A connection began to build between the two—one with a fractured heart, the other a centurion offering quiet companionship while asking nothing in return. As Naidoo grappled with her heartbreak, an unnoticed universe of infinite beauty revealed itself.

Inspired by the novels of D.H. Lawrence, particularly The Rainbow and Women in Love, this ambitious quartet from Booker Prize-winning novelist A.S. Byatt charts the lives of the Potter family between 1953 and 1970. Set against the changing social and political landscape of England in the '50s and '60s, it follows the heroine, Frederica, from precocious teenager to TV talk-show host and from her Yorkshire home to the heart of swinging London.

రచయిత్రులు అందరిలోనూ ఓల్గా కి ఒక ప్రత్యేకమైన స్థానం తప్పక ఉంటుంది. తనకంటూ ఒక శైలిని ఏర్పరుచుకొని స్త్రీ వాదాన్ని బలంగా వినిపించిన రచయిత్రులలో వోల్గా ఎప్పుడూ ముందు వరుసలోనే ఉంటారు. ఆవిడ కథలు అన్నీ స్త్రీల చుట్టూ, వారి ఆలోచనల చుట్టూ నే తిరుగుతాయి. రాజకీయ కథలు అనే పేరు మీద ఆవిడ స్త్రీల శరీరాల చుట్టూ, స్త్రీలకు తోటి స్త్రీలతో, సమాజంతో, తమ పురుషులతో వుండే సంబంధాల చుట్టూ కథలను రాయగా, ఈ "ప్రయోగం" ఆ కథలకు సంబంధించిన రెండో సంకలనం. ఇందులో కూడా ఆవిడ సహజ సిద్ధమైన శైలి లో స్త్రీల శరీరం చుట్టూ కథలు అల్లి కొన్ని నిజాలని కళ్ళకి కట్టినట్టు చూపించే ప్రయత్నం చేశారు.

பாஷாணம் என்றாலே விஷம் என்றுதான் எல்லோரும் சொல்வார்கள். ஒரு பாஷாணத்தைத் தனியாகப் பயன்படுத்தும்போதுதான் அது விஷமாகிறது. அதை இன்னொரு பாஷாணத்துடன் சேர்த்துப் பயன்படுத்தும்போது அந்த விஷமே வேறுவிதமாக மாறி வினைபுரியத் தொடங்கிவிடுகிறது. அதிலும் ஒன்றுக்கு ஒன்பது பாஷாணங்கள் ஒன்றுபடும் போது அங்கே ஒன்பது கிரகங்களின் சக்தியே வந்துவிடுவதாக சித்தபுருஷர்கள் கண்டறிந்தார்கள்.’

We follow the fortunes of Mickey Bliss and his fellow signallers from the Lahore Division of the British Indian Army as they experience life - and death - on the front line. Meanwhile, Dr Celestine de Tullio battles to save soldiers suffering from gas gangrene and trench fever - and experiences the fighting firsthand when she enlists in the Serbian Army and commands a dangerous offensive. They are all cogs in an immense machine, one which connects situations across the whole theatre of the war, over four long years.

Katherine Mansfield is remembered as one of the great modernist short-story writers, who managed to pack a huge amount of creative work into her 34 years before she died of TB in 1923. This impressive collection includes brand-new full-cast BBC dramatisations of 'Bliss', 'Something Childish but Very Natural', 'Marriage a la Mode', 'Daughters of the Late Colonel', 'The Garden Party', 'Life of Ma Parker and Her First Ball', plus many more readings brought to life by a wealth of narrators.

Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. A novelist, poet, playwright, composer, artist and philosopher, he wrote both the Indian and Bangladeshi national anthems; exchanged ideas with Yeats, Einstein and Gandhi, and was hugely influential in promoting Indian culture to the West. This collection includes some of Tagore's key novels, plays and short stories, as well as his best-known poem and four fascinating biographical programmes.

Cardiff Bay. The government has ordered the excavation of the wreckage of a secret underground base. DCI Tom Cutler is watching from a distance, fascinated by the process. There are people in his dreams. People he feels he should know. The disbanded Torchwood Institute spent a century accumulating non-terrestrial artefacts and catching aliens. Who knows what - or who - might still be intact down there. But by the time they find the first body, Suzie Costello is long gone. Based on the hit series created by Russell T. Davies, Long Time Dead is a prequel....

Late 21st century and Earth has been reduced to an uninhabited wasteland. What was left of humanity was evacuated into overpopulated space stations, or 'Habitats'. A hotbed for crime and strange new religious sects, the Habitat Security Division has no shortage of work. No-nonsense Investigator Bridget Kurtis soon finds herself embroiled in a life or death struggle with a sinister cult, and what she uncovers has disturbing implications for the future of the human race....

Fast Forward to Hope: Choosing to Build the Power of Self recounts Indira’s journey from fear to hope as she struggled to face various challenges, particularly related to her advanced breast cancer diagnosis. Bolstered by her strength of fighting cancer, she fully discovered her true capacity and reconsidered life choices to create the reality she desired. This book is an homage to the journey of life. It is a tribute to the struggle of finding one’s own power, and cultivating life’s trajectory.

Written by a host of top radio writers and starring some of Britain's finest actors, these sparkling, beautifully crafted comedy dramas are centred around people with unconscious yearnings. From the serial seducer to the lonely mother's boy, each is looking for love - but will they find it?

அஷ்டமாசித்து வரிசையில் நான்காவது சித்தான அணிமா பற்றி சிந்தித்து பின் அதற்கேற்ப கதை காலத்துடன் வடிவமைக்கப்பட்ட விறுவிறுப்பான நாவல் தொகுப்பு....

This diverse, eclectic collection of plays explores an array of social, political and historical events from a female point of view. In these captivating dramas, we see the world through their eyes, giving us a fresh perspective on a female history that is too often unrecorded, misrepresented or misunderstood.

கலைமகள் மாத இதழில் நான் தொடராக எழுதிய தொடர் கதைதான் இந்த ‘நான் ராமசேஷன் வந்திருக்கேன்' என்னும் புதினம்.

அஷ்டாம சித்திகளில் முதலாவது சித்தி “அணிமா” சித்தி.

நகைக்கடைகளில் சீட்டுப்பணம் வசூலிப்பவன், அட்சய திதியன்று வசூலித்தை பணத்தை முத்துலிங்க அடியாட்கள் திருடிய பின் அவனுடைய வாழ்க்கையே மாறி போனது.