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Homer's The Iliad, an ancient epic of unparalleled significance, transports readers to the heart of the Trojan War, an epoch-defining conflict between gods and mortals. With eloquence and poetic prowess, Homer weaves a tapestry of heroism, tragedy...

The Comedy of Errors, in five-acts, is one of the shortest and most lively of Shakespeare’s comedies. It was written during 1589—94 and first published in the First Folio of 1623 from Shakespeare’s manuscript. It is based on Menaechmi by Plautus, ...

Sons and Lovers is considered to be D.H. Lawrence’s first mature novel. What is unique about this novel is its profound psychological insights into the complex relationships between son and mother and between son and other women. Novel is largely ...

Mansfield Park is a unique novel in its moral design, with a heroine remarkably different from the author’s previous creations. This young lady, Miss Fanny Price, the eldest daughter of a large improvident family, is brought to live at Mansfield P...

कवि, ज्ञानी और चित्राकार खलील जिब्रान ने लेबनान में जन्म लिया, जहां की धरती ने अनेक पैगम्बर उत्पन्न किये हैं। अरबी भाषा के ही नहीं अपितु विश्व भर में अनगिनत लोग, क्योंकि विश्व की अनेक भाषाओं में उनकी पुस्तकों का अनुवाद हुआ है, उन्हें सदी की सर्वोष...

A Dictionary of Modern English Usage is a guide to the rules of good written British English including British English usage, pronunciation, and writing. It covers topics such as plurals and literary technique, distinctions among like words (homon...

Shakespeare produced most of his work between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were comedies and histories—genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the 16th century. He then wrote tragedies until about 1608, includin...

In view of growing complexities in today’s allopathic medical systems, the complementary alternative medicinal healing systems are gaining more acceptance, and prana healing is one of the important ones. It is a ‘no touch, no drugs’ therapy, which...

Shakespeare produced most of his work between 1589 and 1613. His early plays were comedies and histories—genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the 16th century. He then wrote tragedies until about 1608, includin...

During the year 1866, some ships spot a mysterious sea monster. The US government assembles an expedition in New York City to find and destroy the monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist and narrator of the story, receives an ...

Twelfth Night is a tale of unrequited love, hilarious and heartbreaking, written around 1601-02 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centers on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shi...

The Return of the Native, both powerful and sombre, is considered to be the most representative of Hardy’s novels. It is set in Egdon Heath whose lowering, titanic presence dominates the men and women who live on it, and whose menace and beauty Ha...

Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, The Age of Innocence is a social satire, a bitter-sweet romance, bringing to life the grandeur and hypocrisy of the stuffy upper crust of 1870s New York. Rich, intriguing and beautifully written,...

Red Oleanders/Raktakarabī is one of the best plays of Tagore, the myriadminded and multifaceted genius; understandably ‘meanings’ have been sought ‘under the petals’, in spite of the author’s admonition, by countless readers, theatre-goers, perfor...

On War is the English translation of the book Vom Kriege, originally written in German. Written at the time of Napoleon’s greatest campaigns, Prussian soldier and writer Carl von Clausewitz created this landmark treatise on the art of warfare, whi...

Regarded notoriously pornographic when published in 1928, the novel is a triumph of passion, an erotic celebration of life, exploring the emotions of a lonely woman, Constance Chatterley, trapped in a sterile marriage and her growing love for Mell...

King Lear is one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies and was believed to have been written be-tween 1605-1606, and was based on a legend of the Leir of Britain, a pre-Roman Celtic king from my-thology. It brilliantly depicts the senility and in...

कवि, ज्ञानी और चित्रकार खलील जिब्रान ने लेबनान में जन्म लिया, जहां की धरती ने अनेक पैगम्बर उत्पन्न किये हैं। अरबी भाषा के ही नहीं अपितु विश्वभर में अनगिनत लोग, क्योंकि विश्व की अनेक भाषाओं में उनकी पुस्तकों का अनुवाद हुआ है, उन्हें सदी की सर्वोष्ट...

One of the most acclaimed Russian works of literature, Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev is a philosophical fiction cutting across a wide-ranging spectrum of societal institutions. The novel depicts a generational conflict between the Russian aris...

Arms and the Man, one of Shaw’s most glittering comedies, was first produced on 21st April, 1894 at the Avenue Theatre and published in 1898 as part of Shaw’s Plays Pleasant volume, which also included Candida, You Never Can Tell, and The Man of D...

A Midsummer Night's Dream, comedy in five acts by Shakespeare, written about 1595-96 and published in 1600 in a quarto edition from the author's manuscript. With its multilayered examination of love and its vagaries, it has long been one of the mo...

“As a matter of practical necessity, socialist democracy may eventually turn out to be more of a sham than capitalist democracy ever was...” Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy presents a captivating analysis of the dynamic forces shaping modern ...

James Joyce’s Ulysses, a landmark of modernist literature, takes place over a single day—16 June 1904—in Dublin, as Leopold Bloom journeys through the city. Drawing structural inspiration from Homer’s Odyssey, Joyce reimagines classical figures in...

(1) The Jungle Books: - Kipling's allegory, The Jungle Books, set in India and filled with high adventure and extraordinary characters that touch both our intellect and our emotions, is an unforgettable mythic tale of a boy Mowgli, the fearless ma...

Collection of (1) Oliver Twist : The only token of identity left by Dicken's dying mother to Oliver Twist – born in the workhouse, and orphaned at birth – is stolen. Spending his early childhood in neglect and near starvation Oliver joins the work...

The Way of the World is based around two lovers Mirabell and Millamant. In order for the two to get married and receive Millamant’s full dowry, Mirabell must receive the blessing of Millamant’s aunt, Lady Wishfort. Unfortunately, she is a very bit...

A universal classic and a masterful exploration of humanity’s unending struggle with sin, guilt and pride, The Scarlet Letter is a foundational work of American literature. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a ...

The novel is set in the period of George Eliot’s own childhood, in the pre-railway, pre-industrial age, with its settled and secure order, and patterns of life and trade inherited from the earlier period. Tom and Maggie, the principal characters, ...

The Importance of Being Earnest is a farcical comedy in three Acts. The protagonists maintain fictitious personae to escape burdensome social obligation. John Worthing, a carefree young gentleman, invents a fictitious brother, Ernest, whose wicked...

Tess of the D’Urbervilles, a brilliant tale of seduction, love, betrayal, and murder, is generally regarded as Thomas Hardy’s finest novel. This is a tragic story of the intelligent, charming and naturally dignified Tess. Daughter of a poor villa...

Collection of (1) Pride and Prejudice: "In the delightful social comedy of Pride and Prejudice (1813) Jane Austen delicately handles the problem of love and money in marriage where, in spite of many hurdles, eventually love triumphs over 'pride' a...

The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza, a wry political satire, was completed in December 1928 and first performed in Warsaw (in Polish) in June 1929. Its English premiere was at the first Malvern Drama Festival in August 1929. It is a satirical...

कवि, ज्ञानी और चित्रकार खलील जिब्रान ने लेबनान में जन्म लिया, जहां की धरती ने अनेक पैगम्बर उत्पन्न किये हैं। अरबी भाषा के ही नहीं अपितु विश्वभर में अनगिनत लोग, क्योंकि विश्व की अनेक भाषाओं में उनकी पुस्तकों का अनुवाद हुआ है, उन्हें सदी की सर्वोष्ट...

Set in Scotland just after the Jacobite rebellions and narrated by the teenager David Balfour, Kidnapped is an adventure book that focuses very much on travel. It moves from the Lowlands of Scotland, to a ship, to the west of Scotland and then all...

The book is a collection of very interesting and readable pieces of narrations/short stories earlier published by the author in different reputed newspapers. Most of these pieces have India’s local backdrop as their themes which revolve around com...

Heart of Darkness is the finest of all Conrad's tales, showing him at the height of his powers as a writer of great vividness, intensity, and sophistication. The story has come to be regarded as classic of the twentieth century. Its ambiguity has ...

Emma was the last novel which Jane Austen lived to see through the press and is perhaps her most accomplished and representative work, happily combining the qualities for which she has been most praised—irony, wit, realism, vivid characterization,...

Interest in supernatural phenomena was high during the time of Charles Dickens. He was open-minded, willing to accept, and put to test the existence of spirits. A fascinating and lesser known side of Dickens’s work is his flair for ghost stories. ...

The goal of yoga science is to calm the mind, that without distortion it may hear the infallible counsel of the Inner Voice. First published in 1946, The Autobiography of a Yogi recounts the life of Paramahansa Yogananda, born as Mukunda Lal Ghos...

As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 and first published in the First Folio in 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been sugge...

The Prophet (1923) is a book of 26 prose poems by the Lebanese American artist, philosopher and writer Khalil Gibran. A collection of philosophical, spiritual and motivational poetic essays, it reflects Gibran's experience as an immigrant. The tex...

Collection of (1) Robinson Crusoe: "Published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe has remained one of the best-known and most read of English novels. It gained popularity among children and adults alike. The adventure story became one of the classics of Engl...

Eating a nutritious diet, taking healthy drinks, keeping hygienic environment, exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy weight, getting eight hours of sleep, taking necessary vitamins, balancing our hormones and visiting our doctor for regular ...

The new millennium has ushered in a lot of hope and enthusiasm for creation of a new life order where, besides a longer life span, human beings would be interested in quality and fullness in their lives. This would mean stress management, which is...

Collection of (1) Macbeth; The Tragedy of Macbeth, or Macbeth, is one of his Shakespeare's shorter tragedies, and was probably written between 1599–1606, and is thought to have been first performed in 1606. (2) Romeo And Juliet; Romeo and Juliet i...

Collection of (1) Macbeth; The Tragedy of Macbeth, or Macbeth, is one of his Shakespeare's shorter tragedies, and was probably written between 1599–1606, and is thought to have been first performed in 1606. (2) Romeo And Juliet; Romeo and Juliet...

The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), is an exquisite portrait of village life whose idealization of the countryside, where sentimental moralizing, and melodramatic incidents are based on a sharp but good-natured irony. It was one of the most popular an...

The Mayor of Casterbridge displays the influence of Hardy's upbringing, rural background, and architectural studies. His characters are primitive and exhibit all the passions, hates, loves and jealousies that rustic life seems to inspire. Yet thes...

The Hound of the Baskervilles is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s third crime novel featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. It was originally serialized in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902 and published in the book form in 1902. The sto...

An enthralling retelling of Shakespeare’s twenty masterpieces, Tales from Shakespeare is a real feast of simple words flavoured with those tasty tidbits of Shakespearean language which appeared to Charles & Mary Lamb comprehensible. Conveying ...

The book is in the form of memoirs by the author who is a native of Kashmir but his community was forced to leave their homes and hearths in 1990, due to dangerous conditions prevailing there, perpetrated by terrorists and fundamentalists, aided b...

Measure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. Originally published in the First Folio of 1623, where it was listed as a comedy, the play's first recorded performance occurred in 1604. The play...

All Hindus hold the Ramcharitmanas in great reverence. A few recite it regularly. Most recite it on special occasions as it is considered auspicious and provides an inspiring and devotional experience. It advocates a life of moderation—a life wher...

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. In the heart of Blunderstone, England, David Copperfield's idyllic life with his loving mother is shattered by th...

Candida, a classic comedy, was written in 1894. Set in London’s East End during the Victorian era, the play is about the domestic turmoil that ensues when an impetuous young poet comes between a progressive-minded clergyman and his charismatic wif...

Vaastu Shastra is the ancient Indian science of architecture, building construction and interior layout with furniture, colours and pictures. It seeks to bring an agreeable connection between the builder, the building, the occupant and the environ...

In the bustling streets of seventeenth-century Paris, a young and ambitious swordsman from Gascony, D'Artagnan, arrives seeking to join the illustrious Musketeers of the Guard. Little does he know that his journey will intertwine with the lives of...

Eleanor H. Porter's Pollyanna narrates the story of eternally optimistic Pollyanna who goes to live with her strict aunt Polly after being orphaned. Despite her challenging situation, Pollyanna introduces her "Glad Game," finding joy in even the m...

"The organs are the horses, the mind is the rein, the intellect is the charioteer, the soul is the rider, and the body is the chariot." Swami Vivekananda's interpretation of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras delves into ancient wisdom, encapsulating the s...

“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.” The Trial by Franz Kafka, first published posthumously in 1925, is a haunting exploration of bureaucracy, guilt and the oppressive nature of authority. The novel...