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An absorbing and original narrative history of American capitalism NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2017 BY THE ECONOMIST From the days of the Mayflower and the Virginia Company, America has been a place for people to dream, invent, build, tinker, and bet the farm in pursuit of a better life. Americana...

Orphaned. Trained to fight. Raised to fear the power of Underhill. Secretly in love with a man who doesn’t want me. I’m still just Alli, aka the half-human orphan fae, but my life is looking up for the first time. It only took me my whole 24 years. But when Underhill—the ancestral home of the fae—shatters, making it impossible for any fae to enter, I’m the only one who knows who did it. A secret that will be the death of me if I do nothing. 

In 1766, an insatiable vampire sails from London to the Malabar Coast, aboard an East India Company ship. But along the shores of the Indus lurk darker and more ancient powers, and a war is brewing in the night. Two centuries after the first European ship sailed to the Malabar Coast and made landfall at Calicut, The East India Company seeks to secure its future along the lucrative Silk Route, in the year 1766. An old evil now sails aboard a company ship, hoping to make a home in this new found land.

Crown Prince Aditha Karikalan is riding hell-for-leather towards Kadambur to honour Ilaiya Rani Nandhini’s kind invitation—while Vandhiyathevan is hurrying in the same direction, hell-bent on thwarting their meeting. Mandhakini Devi is abducted by ruffianly unknowns towards Thanjavur—while Poonguzhali, her niece, is hastening thither, to rescue her aunt. Peril threatens Sundara Chozhar, confined to his sickbed and at the mercy of Pandiya assassins—while Ilaiya Piratti strains every nerve to protect her father. Will all three succeed in their quests?

Eleven-year-old Akash Patil lives happily with his mother and extended family in a small, secluded community on the American East Coast—a haven for South Asian immigrants. However, an unforeseen tragedy in his town sets off a harrowing sequence of events, disrupting the peace within his family and close-knit neighborhood.

ரகு, மதுமிதா, ரத்னா, ராதா கிருஷ்ணன் இப்படி நான்கு முக்கிய கதாப்பாத்திரங்களை மட்டும் வைத்து வாழ்க்கைக்குத்...

In this provocative book, Ramesh Srinivasan describes the internet as both an enabler of frictionless efficiency and a dirty tangle of politics, economics, and other inefficient, inharmonious human activities. We may love the immediacy of Google search results, the convenience of Amazon, and the elegance of our Apple devices, but it’s a one-way, top-down process. We’re not asked for our input or our opinions - only for our data. The internet is brought to us by wealthy technologists in Silicon Valley and China. Srinivasan argues that we must think in terms beyond the Valley.

The creator of Little Owl's Night explores and celebrates the complexities of what makes us who we are in this comforting and thoughtful picture book, adapted for audio. A young narrator describes herself: a girl, a granddaughter, Indian, and American. Soon, we see the young girl as a plethora...

The story of the birth of India's states is the story of the birth and continuing rebirth of India, the nation. It is a story that everyone in India must know, from young to old. This rigorously researched book lays out the fascinating political and historical circumstances of the birth of...

A set of charming short stories for children by the famous Irish writer and poet Oscar Wilde. The stories include: "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket."

தொழிலதிபர் தந்தை மற்றும் காதலன் புவனேந்திரன் - இவ்விருவரின் பாசப்பிணைப்பில் சமநிலை அடைய போராடுகிறாள்...

Eleven-year-old Akash Patil lives happily with his mother and extended family in a small, secluded community on the American East Coast—a haven for South Asian immigrants. However, an unforeseen tragedy in his town sets off a harrowing sequence of events, disrupting the peace within his family and close-knit neighborhood.

On 8 November, when the clock strikes 8, your money will be no good. Somewhere on the India-Nepal border, a car full of passengers swerves off a highway and plunges into a valley, its trunk full of cash. In the UK, a Bollywood starlet wins Big Survivor, the most popular reality TV show in the country. In Panama, Central America, a whistle-blower at a law firm brings down billionaires across the globe. And in India, a new RBI Governor is appointed. Aditya Kesavan is dynamic, charismatic and ambitious. He's about to carry out the most brazen act of his life.

Tamilnadu Government's Best Novel award winner - En Peyar Ranganayaki is the story of Ranganayaki. Srikanth is a pyscopath womanizer who marries women by cheating them. While his victims want to take revenge on Srikanth, Ranganayaki tries to turn Srikanth over into a new leaf...

ரகு, மதுமிதா, ரத்னா, ராதா கிருஷ்ணன் இப்படி நான்கு முக்கிய கதாப்பாத்திரங்களை மட்டும் வைத்து வாழ்க்கைக்குத்...

பண்டைய கால இலக்கியங்கள் மற்றும் இதிகாசங்கள் என்னும் அந்த சமுத்திரத்தில் முங்கி எடுக்கும் முத்துக்களுடன், இன்றைய நிர்வாக இயலில் விவரிக்கப்படும் பல கருத்துக்களை ஒப்பிட்டு அந்த யதார்த்தங்கள் இன்றும் பிரதிபலிப்பதை விவரிப்பது இந்த புத்தகத் தொகுப்பின் நோக்கம். அந்தக் காலத்திலேயே நம்மிடம் எல்லா வித்தையும் இருந்தன என்று பழங்கணக்கு பார்ப்பதோ அல்லது Old is gold என்று பழைய பெருமை பேசி மார்தட்டுவதோ நோக்கமல்ல இங்கு.

BYOB is a professional's passport to entrepreneurship. Any professional with experience can build a successful business in their own area of expertise. Why continue in a career that seems to be going nowhere? Why let bosses decide your earnings, career growth and peace of mind? You can take back control of your life, earnings, and time. This is the promise of BYOB - Be Your Own Boss, a book on entrepreneurship.

Enthusiasm and determination with a healthy dose of entrepreneurial vision that is enhanced by rapid strides in technology has provided the platform for young Indians to become the makers of a new India. Millions of young Indians are entering the workforce annually with a continually major shift from rural to urban areas, and a burgeoning middle class with demands and expectations of quality health and education, further increasing the dependence on sustainable, viable, and continuous growth.

One of the greatest figures of wisdom and knowledge in the Indian history is Chanakya. Chanakya is regarded as a great thinker and diplomat in India who is traditionally identified as Kautilya or Vishnu Gupta. Originally a professor of economics and political science at the ancient Takshashila...

Paandimadevi' is a Tamizh historical novel by veteran writer Deepam Na.Parthasarathy. The story revolves around Vanavanmadeviyar the queen of 'Thenpaandi Naadu', widow of Paranthaga Pandiyan who was its erstwhile ruler. Na.Pa's flowery language describing the landscape of the countryside paints...