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Rahasyamayi Safar: रहस्यमयी सफ़र

अनजान रहस्यमयी टापू, खौफनाक कहानी और रहस्यमयी सफ़र, डबडबा टापू की भूमि पर जहाँ वीरता और बलिदान की कहानियाँ कदम-कदम पर नज़र आती थी, वहीं अब कदम-कदम पर नज़र आता है, रहस्य और रोमांच से परे एक ऐसा अद्भुत संसार जो अपनी बर्बरता की दास्तां ख़ुद कहता है। वहीं दूसरी तरफ़ है कालुभर टापू, जहाँ शाम के साये गहराने लगते हैं तो हवा में एक रहस्यमयी-सी सरसराहट घुल जाती है। अपनी ही आहट से हृदय की धड़कने रुकने को अक्सर विवश हो जाती है। अटल के घुमक्कड़ी के शौक ने उसे निशा से मिलवाया, जिसके मोहपाश में फँसकर वह पहुँच गया, हर चौबीस साल में जलमग्न हो जाने टापुओं पर। यहाँ उसका सामना हो रहा था ऐसे अतीत से, जिसके वर्तमान में खुद को पाकर, वह अपने भविष्य को लेकर चिंतित हो चला था। कैसा था ये रहस्यमयी सफर? क्या अटल को मिल पाई थी निशा? आखिर कौन थी ये निशा? क्या निशा कोई थी या थी कोई मरीचिका?

Saalok - Devtao Ka Sabse Bada Dar: सालोक: देवताओं का सबसे बड़ा डर

सालोक-एक ऐसा अस्त्र जिसका रहस्य ब्रहमा, विष्णु तथा महादेव ने लाखों वर्षो से अपने अंदर छिपा कर रखा था किंतु ये राज अब कलियुग जान चुका है और इससे पहले की इन्द्र तथा बाकि देवताओं को ये बात पता चले उससे पहले ही विष्णु और महादेव को बचाना होगा 'सालोक' को कलियुग से। क्योंकि 'सालोक' मिलने का अर्थ है देवताओ का अंत और अगर देवताओ को ये बात पता चली तो वो खुद को बचाने के लिये पृथ्वी का सर्वनाश कर देंगे। पृथ्वी का सर्वनाश!! यानि इंसानो को सर्वनाश! किंतु जिस इंसानो से विष्णु तथा महादेव इतना प्रेम करते है वो भला ऐसा कैसे होने देंगे। विष्णु के सामने एक कठिन चुनौती है ना वो देवताओ को मरने दे सकते है और ना ही इंसानो का साथ छोड़ सकते है और साथ ही उन्हे खत्म करना है कलियुग को भी। और आज महादेव के सुझाव से लेने जा रहे है वो अपना दसंवा अवतार किंतु ऐसा करते ही वो कलियुग तथा ब्रहमा के बीच हुये समझौते को तोड़ देगें और जिसका अर्थ है इंसानो की मौत। कैसे तोड़ेगें इस चक्रव्युह को विष्णु? और कैसे जन्म लेगा उनका दसंवा अवतार? कैसे आयी पृथ्वी पर सालोक? कौन सी शक्तियां है सालोक में जिसने त्रिदेवों को भी चिंता मे डाल दिया है और कैसे पता चला कलियुग को सालोक के बारे मे? सालोक के इस पुस्तक में परत दर परत खुलते इन सभी रहस्यो के साथ ही जिक्र है किवदंती बन चुके उन देवों का तथा उन शापित इंसानो का जो हजारों सालो से छुप कर रह रहें है किंतु अब उन्हे भी बाहर आना ही होगा। और वे आयेंगे विष्णु के दसंवे अवतार के आवाहन पर। क्योंकि विष्णु भी ये समझ चुके है की उनके सभी अवतार ने अपने अपने युगो मे पैदा हुये दुष्टों को खात्मा किया है किंतु इस बार उनका सामना हुआ है खुद एक युग से कलियुग से।

Gumshuda: गुमशुदा

स्नेहलता यादव की गुमशुदगी का मामूली सा दिखाई देने वाला केस अचानक ही मेरे जी का जंजाल बन गया। हालात, जिनपर मेरा कोई काबू नहीं था, यूं बिगड़ते चले गये कि लड़की का पता लगाने की बजाये मुझे खुद को जेल जाने से बचाने की कवायद में जुटना पड़ा। पुलिस की निगाहों में मैं रेपिस्ट था, खूनी था, और वह बात साबित हो जाना महज वक्त की बात थी, क्योंकि मेरे खिलाफ सबूतों का अंबार लगा हुआ था, और सबूत भी ऐसे जो चींख चींखकर कह रहे थे कि अपराधी मैं ही था। सबसे ज्यादा डैमेजिंग बात मेरे लिए ये थी कि केस की इंवेस्टिगेशन ऑफिसर इंस्पेक्टर गरिमा देशपांडे मेरे खिलाफ थी, इतना खिलाफ कि उसका वश चलता तो अदालत में गुनाह साबित होने से पहले ही मुझे फांसी के फंदे पर लटका देती। ऐसे मुश्किल हालात में सच्चाई की तह तक पहुंच पाना कोई आसान काम नहीं था। मगर पहुंचना फिर भी जरूरी था, क्योंकि बलि का बकरा बनने का मेरा कोई इरादा नहीं था।

Jahnavi: जाह्नवी

‘ख्वाहिशों और सपनों में फर्क’, ‘धर्म और अध्यात्म में फर्क’, ‘प्रेम में होने और प्रेम के होने में फर्क’ की बात करता यह उपन्यास, ये सोचने पर मजबूर करता है कि जीवन जीते-जीते कब हम मरना सीख जाते हैं और जीवन से दूर होते चले जाते हैं। यह उपन्यास हमें बताता है कि वापस लौटकर आने के लिए हमें खुद के अन्दर झाँकने के अलावा और कोई विकल्प नहीं तलाशना चाहिए, सब कुछ इन्सान के अंतर्मन में ही है, वहीं मिलेगा। हमारी मदद हम खुद कर सकते हैं और अगर इस काबिल हैं तो दूसरों को भी रास्ता दिखाया जा सकता है। तलाकशुदा से प्रेम, बाल वैधव्य, बुज़ुर्गों की वर्तमान दशा-दिशा, स्वयं के ख़्वाबों का बिखराव, उनका खो जाना। व्यक्तित्व, जिसे निखारने का वादा इंसान को स्वयं से करना चाहिए, किन्तु जब यही सब बातें आरोप-प्रत्यारोप के रूप में जाह्नवी पर ही भारी पड़ने लगती हैं, तब उसका खुद से जूझना और इन सब से पार पाने का स़फर ही उपन्यास की आत्मा है। इंसान का दोहरा व्यवहार जब आइने के रूप में उसके सामने आकर उस पर लानत भेजता है, तब उसे क्या करना चाहिए?

Jaipur diaries: जयपुर डायरीज़

यह मोहब्बत की ऐसी कहानी है जिसके साकार होने की तमन्ना हर दिल में हमेशा जवाँ रहती है, फिर वह नौजवान हो या बु़जुर्ग। यह प्यार का ऐसा स़फर है जिस पर अमूमन हर कोई चलना चाहेगा। किशोरवय और यौवन के बीच खड़े किरदारों की यह कहानी स़ख्त दिलों को भी छू लेने की क्षमता रखती है। इसमें एक प्रेम-त्रिकोण है; एक नायक और दो नायिकाएँ। आम कहानियों के उलट, इस अलहदा कहानी में दोनों ही नायिकाएँ अपने नायक को पा लेती हैं और अंत में आकाश, सिया और नव्या ‘साथ-साथ' रहने लगते हैं। कैसे? यही तो इस प्रेम कहानी की ख़ूबसूरती है और इसका रहस्य भी। मुख्य कथानक के साथ ही समांतर रूप में चलने वाली अन्य दिलचस्प उपकथाएँ भी हैं। सहज भाषा-शैली में रचा गया यह उपन्यास पाठक को अंत तक बाँधे रखता है और अंतत: उसके मन में सुखद एहसास के साथ एक मीठी-सी कसक भी छोड़ जाता है। इसमें प्यार है, रोमांस है, चुहल है, कॉलेज की मस्ती है, लड़कपन की शरारतें हैं, दोस्ती के रंग हैं, साज़िशें भी हैं, और वह सबकुछ है जो आपको गुदगुदाएँगा, हँसाएगा, रुलाएगा, सपने दिखाएगा और रोमांचित करेगा। हकीक़त और कल्पना के मेल से रची गई ऐसी कथा जिस पर हर दिल सौ फ़ीसद यक़ीन करना चाहेगा।

Journeys To The Heartland

An age of heroes is dawning...The time has come for the wolves of Europe to take back their ancient Heartland. For centuries is has been corrupted and poisoned by the Mennen and by the evil Magyar wolf-pack. Only by reclaiming it can the true gods be reborn and the natural order restored.

How to Build a Car: The Autobiography Of The World's Greatest Formula 1 Designer

The World's Worst Children 3 (World's Worst Ser.)

The World's Worst Children 3: Fiendishly Funny New Short Stories for Fans of David Walliams Books [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2008] David Walliams

The World's Worst Teachers

Millions of young readers have loved the World’s Worst Children tales – now they will revel in this delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups ever: The World’s Worst Teachers. From the phenomenally bestselling David Walliams and illustrated in glorious colour by the artistic genius, Tony Ross. Think your teachers are bad? Wait till you meet this lot. These ten tales of the world’s most splendidly sinister teachers will have you running for the school gates. Dr Dread teaches science and is half man, half monster… Watch out for the ghastly Miss Seethe. She is ALWAYS furious – and she’s on a detention rampage. And as for Pent, he’s a teacher with a real difference. He is bone-shakingly terrified of… children! Millions of children have loved the World’s Worst Children – now they will revel in this delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups ever, The World’s Worst Teachers. Brought to you by number one bestselling author, David Walliams, with every story illustrated in glorious colour by artistic genius, Tony Ross.

Families: A Memoir and a Celebration

Personal experiences are recounted in a celebration of the family which illuminates the significance of blood relationships.

Elusive Victory: The Arab-israeli Wars, 1947-1974

From the prologue, "All wars have political causes, all have political origins. However, the series of conflicts between Israelis and Arabs since 1948 have their roots farther back in history than most of the wars of recent times, and their causes are a complicated mixture of political, ideological, and religious differences that are not easily susceptible to negotiation and resolution."

House Thinking: A Room-by-Room Look at How We Live

“A fascinating book that investigates and explains the emotional impact our homes have on our lives. House Thinking . . . guides the way for us to live out our most creative selves at home.” —Wendy Goodman, interior design editor, New York magazine IKEA, Ethan Allen and HGTV may have plenty to say about making a home look right, but what makes a home feel right? In House Thinking, journalist and cultural critic Winifred Gallagher takes the reader on a psychological tour of the American home. By drawing on the latest research in behavioral science, an overview of cultural history, and interviews with leading architects and designers, she shows us not only how our homes reflect who we are but also how they influence our thoughts, feelings, and actions. How does your entryway prime you for experiencing your home? What makes a bedroom a sensual oasis? How can your bathroom exacerbate your worst fears? House Thinking addresses provocative questions like these, enabling us to understand the homes we've made for ourselves in a unique and powerful new way. It is an eye-opening look at how we live . . . and how we could live.

It's Not About the Money: Unlock Your Money Type to Achieve Spiritual and Financial Abundance

What do the latest financial thinking and ancient spiritual teachings reveal to us about financial freedom? Top financial advisor Brent Kessel insists financial success and security is "not about the money." Rather, it's about what's inside us—first understanding your emotional relationship to money, and only then taking action. It's Not About the Money expertly and compassionately guides you along the path to financial security and true peace of mind.Kessel, founder of two top wealth-management firms, has the inside scoop on the higher wisdom of personal finances, and he wants to share it with you. Through extensive experience as a financial advisor and spiritual seeker, Kessel has discovered that people need to understand their core financial story in order to make meaningful changes. Some of us are savers or caretakers, says Kessel, while others are pleasure seekers and spend like Hollywood stars; some people are idealists who place greater value on creativity or compassion than on financial security; some of us innocently believe our finances will work out without effort; and others obsess about building empires with lasting value. It's Not About the Money will help you identify your money type, providing information and resources as well as exercises and meditations to inspire a fresh approach to your relationship with money that will change your life.

Alluring Tales—Awaken the Fantasy: Awaken The Fantasy

What is your most wicked fantasy?Pleasure beckons and satisfaction is guaranteed in seven titillating stories of love that know no boundaries. Surrender to the passion and follow your desires into unexplored realms of sensuous delights. Awaken the fantasy!A man harbors impure thoughts about a voluptuous stripper—and sets out to make his erotic dreams come true . . .A big-city cop discovers that once bitten is not twice shy after spending a tantalizing night with a beautiful vampire . . .A sheltered young woman opens a mysterious locket—and is plunged into a legendary battle of good versus evil to set her imprisoned lover free . . .A seductive warlock will not rest until the powerful temptress he lusts for is begging to be dominated . . .A television executive lets loose when her favorite heartthrob strides into her office—and gives her the ride of her life . . .This one-night stand may be too hot to handle for a newly single woman, but that won't stop her from enjoying every delicious second . . .When a mysterious package opens to reveal an oh-so-sexy, nearly naked man, these two have no choice but to hide out . . . for a good, long time.

Reality Isn't What It Used to Be: Theatrical Politics, Ready-to-Wear Religion, Global Myths, Primitive Chic, and Other Wonders of the Postmodern World

Anderson reveals the reality of postmodernism in politics, popular culture, religion, literary criticism, art, and philosophy -- making sense of everything from deconstructionism to punk.

Some Kind of Miracle

From the mega-bestselling author of Beaches, a new novel, available in mass market for the first time, once again celebrating female relationships. Two very different women fulfil a childhood promise to take care of one another no matter what.Dahlia Green is a struggling songwriter in Los Angeles who has fallen on hard times. She's had few of her songs recorded, but lately there's been a long pause between sales and she's starting to believe she'll never sell another song. As a child Dahlia and her cousin Annie wrote duets together as child play. Then Annie was diagnosed with schizophrenia and for all of her adult life has cycled in and out of mental hospitals where no one ever goes to visit her. Now twenty-five years later Dahlia has a chance to shine again by selling a song she and Annie wrote. So she tracks Annie in an institution and brings her home in hopes of convincing her to sign away her rights to the tune. But what starts out as a scheme to get ahead and exploit her cousin results in Dahlia putting someone else's needs above her own for the first time in her life. She fulfils a childhood promise made long ago to take care of one another no matter what.

4: A Miss Marple Mystery (Miss Marple Mysteries #7)

In Agatha Christie’s classic mystery 4:50 From Paddington, a woman in one train witnesses a murder occurring in another passing one…and only Miss Marple believes her story.For an instant the two trains ran side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth McGillicuddy stared helplessly out of her carriage window as a man tightened his grip around a woman's throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away. But who, apart from Mrs. McGillicuddy's friend Jane Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there are no other witnesses, no suspects, and no case -- for there is no corpse, and no one is missing. Miss Marple asks her highly efficient and intelligent young friend Lucy Eyelesbarrow to infiltrate the Crackenthorpe family, who seem to be at the heart of the mystery, and help unmask a murderer.

Bedding the Heiress: A Spinster Heiresses Novel (Cameron Sisters #4)

When a loathsome rake steals one of her most cherished family heirlooms—and nearly her virtue as well!—Francesca Dunroy devises the perfect plan to put him in his place. At a ball being held in her honor—she didn't "take" in her first season, now her family is determined to get her a match in her second—she'll offer him a clandestine kiss sure to convince him to return what is rightfully hers. But in the dark hallways surrounding the ballroom, Francesca makes a terrifying mistake. She seduces the wrong man!The recipient of Francesca's caresses is none other than Justin Maddox, London's newly titled duke and most eligible bachelor. A defiant Scotsman who disdains London society, he's sworn to steer clear of the ladies of the ton, but he can't escape the memory of Francesca urgently pressing her lips upon his . . . and neither can she. But when a shocking and dangerous secret from Justin's past resurfaces, the couple will have to risk tattered reputations and treacherous enemies to nurture what has quickly become true love.

American Soldier

To America, he was a hero.To his troops, he was a soldier.Now hear his story.Each new era in American history has given rise to a military leader who defines the nation’s proudest traditions—of leadership and honor, of vision and commitment and courage in the face of any challenge. From Washington and U.S. Grant to Dwight D. Eisenhower and Norman Schwarzkopf, these men have captured the nation’s imagination, and entered the small pantheon of

Breaking Back: How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life

James Blake's life was getting better every day. A rising tennis star and People magazine's Sexiest Male Athlete of 2002, he was leading a charmed life and loving every minute of it. But all that ended in May 2004, when Blake fractured his neck in an on-court freak accident. As he recovered, his father—who had been the inspiration for his tennis career—lost his battle with stomach cancer. Shortly after his father's death, Blake was dealt a third blow when he contracted zoster, a rare virus that paralyzed half of his face and threatened to end his already jeopardized career.In Breaking Back, Blake provides a remarkable account of how he came back from this terrible heartbreak and self-doubt to become one of the top tennis players in the world. A story of strength, passion, courage, and the unbreakable bonds between a father and son, Breaking Back is a celebration of one extraordinary athlete's indomitable spirit and his inspiring ability to find hope in the bleakest of times.

Buddhism Is Not What You Think: Finding Freedom Beyond Beliefs

Bestselling author and renowned Zen teacher Steve Hagen penetrates the most essential and enduring questions at the heart of the Buddha's teachings: How can we see the world in each moment, rather than merely as what we think, hope, or fear it is? How can we base our actions on reality, rather than on the longing and loathing of our hearts and minds? How can we live lives that are wise, compassionate, and in tune with reality? And how can we separate the wisdom of Buddhism from the cultural trappings and misconceptions that have come to be associated with it?Drawing on down-to-earth examples from everyday life and stories from Buddhist teachers past and present, Hagen tackles these fundamental inquiries with his trademark lucid, straightforward prose. The newcomer to Buddhism will be inspired by this accessible and provocative introduction, and those more familiar with Buddhism will welcome this much needed hands-on guide to understanding what it truly means to be awake. By being challenged to question what we take for granted, we come to see the world as it truly is. Buddhism Is Not What You Think offers a profound and clear path to a life of joy and freedom.

A Career Girl's Guide to Becoming a Stepmom: Expert Advice from Other Stepmoms on How to Juggle Your Job, Your Marriage, and Your New Stepkids

You have an exciting, fulfilling job. You've fallen in love with the man of your dreams—and met his three kids! Now what? Jacquelyn B. Fletcher shows how any professional woman turned wife and instant stepmother can build on the skills she employs at work—organization, team-building, goal-setting, and planning—to succeed at home in her new role as stepmom. Drawing on the latest research, her own experiences, and those of other real-life stepmothers, Fletcher offers advice, hope, encouragement, and much-needed answers to common conundrums, including:Why don't I have control over my own schedule?What kind of relationship do I want with my stepkids?What if I want to have a baby of my own?How do we create a budget that feels fair if I make more money than my husband does?A Career Girl's Guide to Becoming a Stepmom is essential reading for the professional woman who has it all—and then suddenly has more than she expected.

The Connection: How al Qaeda's Collaboration with Saddam Hussein Has Endangered America

In the wake of 9/11 no one knew when the next attack would come, or where it would come from. America's enemies seemed gathered on all sides, and for several nerve-racking months, we lived in fear that the perpetrators might be plotting another action or, worse, that our most dangerous enemies -- al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's murderous regime in Iraq -- could be banding together against us.The Bush administration and CIA director George Tenet warned against complacency and pointed to growing indications that al Qaeda and Iraq were in league. But their case was undercut by unnamed intelligence officials, skeptical politicians, and a compliant media. So America relaxed. A comforting consensus settled in: Osama bin Laden was an impassioned fundamentalist, Saddam a secular autocrat. The two would never, could never, work together. ABC News reported that there was no connection between them, and the New York Times said so too, and pretty soon just about everyone agreed.Just about everyone was wrong.In The Connection, Stephen Hayes draws on CIA debriefings, top-secret memos from our national intelligence agencies, and interviews with Iraqi military leaders and Washington insiders to demonstrate that Saddam and bin Laden not only could work together, they did -- a curious relationship that stretches back more than a decade and may include collaboration on terrorist acts, chemical-weapons training, and sheltering some of the world's most wanted radicals.Stephen Hayes's bombshell Weekly Standard piece on this topic was cited by Vice President Cheney as the "best source of information" about the Saddam-al Qaeda connections. Now Hayes delves even deeper, exposing the inner workings of America's deadliest opponents and providing a clear-eyed corrective to reams of underreported, politicized, and just plain wrong information.The Connection is both a gripping snapshot of the War on Terror and a case study in how bureaucratic assumptions and media arrogance can put us all at risk.

The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life

For a growing number of people, simplicity has been a path to experience the joy in life, to cherish its richness and vitality.It strips away the burdens of our daily lives so that we are left with exhilaration, spirit and fullness. These people are finding that less -- less work, less rushing, less debt -- is more -- more time with family and friends, more time with community, more time with nature, and more time to develop a meaningful and compelling spirituality.In The Circle of Simplicity: Return to the Good Life, author Cecile Andrews helps you discover and create the good life for yourself. She is renowned for her workshops on voluntary simplicity and her seminars on creating simplicity circles, where people explore their own life stories and share information and knowledge, helping one another develop lives of simplicity and satisfaction. The circles do not only give people the tools to change, but they also fill unmet needs for community and intimacy and the desire to search for truth in the company of kindred spirits.

Emily Post's Etiquette: The Definitive Guide to Manners

For the first time in its history, this American classic has been completely rewritten. Peggy Post gives us etiquette for today's times. Read by millions since the first edition was published in 1922, Emily Post—the most trusted name in etiquette—has always been there to help people navigate every conceivable social situation. The tradition continues with this 100 percent revised and updated edition, which covers the formal, the traditional, the contemporary, and the casual.Based on thousands of reader questions, surveys conducted on the Emily Post Institute and Good Housekeeping Web sites, and Peggy's travels across the country, the book shows how to handle the new, difficult, unusual, and everyday situations we all encounter. The definition of etiquette—a code of behavior based on thoughtfulness—has not changed since Emily's day. The etiquette guidelines we use to smooth the way change all the time.This new edition resolves hundreds of our key etiquette concerns: dealing with rudeness, netiquette, noxious neighbors, road rage, family harmony, on-line dating, cell phone courtesy, raising respectful children and teens, and travel etiquette in the post-9/11 world...to name just a few.Emily Post's Etiquette, 17th Edition also remains the definitive source for timeless advice on entertaining, social protocol, table manners, guidelines for religious ceremonies, expressing condolences, introductions, how to be a good houseguest and host, invitations, correspondence, planning a wedding, giving a toast, and sportsmanship.Peggy Post's advice gives us the confidence of knowing we're doing the right thing so we can relax and enjoy the moment and move more easily through our world. Emily Post's Etiquette, 17th Edition will be the resource of choice for years to come.