Indian Languages

What can one Taino boy do against a man determined to conquer an empire?Horses, sailing ships, Mayans and conquistadors... Unbroken has been hailed as “a great read for all ages!” Felipe Ferrer's young life is turned upside down when Hernan Cortes rides into the Ferrer stable yard. Cortes, planning his expedition to Mexico, is in desperate need of horses. When Felipe’s father refuses to sell his prize stallion, Majesty, Cortes cheats him out of the horse and sends Ferrer to prison. To save Felipe from the same fate his father arranges for the boy to go along with Cortes as Majesty’s...

THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES AND #1 NYT BESTSELLER ‘One for Philip Pullman fans’ THE TIMES ‘This one is an automatic buy’ GLAMOUR ‘Ambitious, sweeping and epic’ EVENING STANDARD ‘Razor-sharp’ DAILY MAIL ‘An ingenious fantasy about empire’ GUARDIAN 'Literary super-stardom doesn't seem...

For over a thousand years, the Swahili civilization stood at the crossroads of Africa and the Indian Ocean world. Along the eastern coast of Africa, the Swahili people built wealthy trading cities, sailed across vast maritime networks, spread one of Africa’s most influential languages, and created a culture shaped by Africa, Islam, Arabia, Persia, India, and global commerce. But who exactly are the Swahili? Are they a people, a tribe, a civilization, or simply speakers of a language? In THE SWAHILI PEOPLE, Frederick Amakom explores the remarkable rise of one of Africa’s most ...

Award-winning author Michelle Porter makes her fiction debut with an enchanting and original story of the unrivaled desire for healing and the power of familial bonds across five generations of Métis women and the land and bison that surround them. Written like a crooked Métis jig, A...

A historical novel that brings to life the resiliency of the indigenous Taíno people in the Caribbean whose culture was virtually destroyed within two generations of their “discovery” by Christopher Columbus in 1492 Paradise Once is a sweeping historical novel that brings to life the...

What if the struggles that have nearly broken you contain the very lessons you need to obtain peace of mind? According to the Isha Upanishad, this is exactly how life works. Though not widely known by the masses, the Upanishads have shaped nearly every spiritual and philosophical tradition we know of, including Buddhism,the philosophies of the Greeks (via Pythagoras, Plato, and others), the mysticism of Plotinus, the hidden teachings of the Gnostics, the meditations of Sufis and early Christian mystics, and even the New Age movement … along with countless others. The wisdom contained ...

An enchanting collection of stories from the heartland of India Ruskin Bond’s simple characters, living amidst the lush forests of the Himalayan foothills, are remarkable for their quiet heroism, courage and grace, and age-old values of honesty and fidelity. Residents of nondescript villages...

Following on the Giller Prize-nominated and Governor General's Literary Award-winning success of Ru, Kim Thúy's latest novel is a triumph of poetic beauty and a moving meditation on how love and food are inextricably entwined. Mãn has three mothers: the one who gives birth...

This is the Malayalam language audiobook edition of Mark Manson's bestselling book The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, translated from the English. In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be ""positive"" all the...

This is the Gujarati language audiobook edition of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, translated from the English. In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be ""positive"" all the time so that we can truly become...

Do you want to learn Hindi the fast, fun and easy way? And do you want to travel to India and get around like a pro? Then this is the audiobook for you. Learn Hindi: A Complete Phrase Compilation for Traveling to India is designed for absolute beginner learners and travelers. You learn the must-know travel phrases, survival phrases, vocab, and cultural insights to make your trip to India a breeze. All were hand-picked by our team of Hindi teachers and experts.

An introduction to the Kannada language for children, including everyday phrases. Phrases are reviewed in three ways: listening, understanding, and repeating. Topics include phrases used in every day discussion, such as greetings, weather, color, foods, vehicles, animals, and many others. This is an ideal introduction to the Kannada language.

IndicGPT: A Multilingual Foundational Model for the Indian Linguistic Landscape by Abhijeet Sarkar, CEO & Founder, Synaptic AI Lab One man's mission to solve a local problem became a global blueprint for the future of AI. This is the story of a machine with the soul of a civilization. In a world dominated by a handful of tech giants, the future of artificial intelligence is being written in a single language. But what happens to the rest of us? For Abhijeet Sarkar, this question became his life's work. From his hometown in West Bengal, India, he witnessed a digital world that was leaving ...

"Since time immemorial, India has been an ocean bed over which numerous stories have flowed and enriched the world. Storytellers from Tulsidas to Rohinton Mistry have added their magic to this magnificent repository. Inspired in part by Somadeva’s Kathasaritasagara, William Radice collects...

In The Search for the Codex Cardona, Arnold J. Bauer tells the story of his experiences on the trail of a cultural treasure, a Mexican “painted book” that first came into public view at Sotheby’s auction house in London in 1982, nearly 400 years after it was presumably made by Mexican artists and scribes. On folios of amate paper, the Codex includes two oversized maps and 300 painted illustrations accompanied by text in 16-century paleography.

The Mahabharata is one of the greatest stories ever told. Though the basic plot is widely known, there is much more to the epic than the dispute between the Kouravas and Pandavas that led to the battle in Kurukshetra. It has innumerable sub-plots that accommodate fascinating meanderings and...

Authored by the most influential Indian President yet, this book delves into the obstacles that are preventing India from rising up to the challenge of development. India has unmatched talent and ambition with an inherent tendency to work hard, then what is it that keeps India from overtaking...

Do you want to learn about Indian culture, holidays, and traditions? And do you want to learn a bit of Hindi along the way? Then this is the audiobook for you. Learn Hindi: The Master Guide to Indian Holidays for Beginners is designed for learners of all levels and anyone interested in Indian culture.

We, The Citizens A Simple Guide to the Indian Constitution for Everyday Indians What does the Constitution of India really mean for an ordinary citizen? Beyond courtroom arguments, exam syllabi, and legal jargon, the Constitution quietly shapes everyday life—our freedoms, our duties, our relationship with the State, and the limits of power exercised in our name. Yet for most people, it remains distant, complex, and intimidating. We, The Citizens is written to change that. This book is a clear, engaging, and accessible guide to the Indian Constitution, written especially for non-lawyers—...

Between the third centuries BC and AD were written thousands of verses in Tamil that have collectively come to be known as Sangam literature. The expressions of love between a man and a woman in these love poems gave way to passionate expressions of devotional love, where the heroine became the...