A Murder in Mussoorie and Other Tales (Pb)

A Murder in Mussoorie and Other Tales (Pb) PDF Author: Ruskin Bond
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ISBN: 9789353337605
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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September 1911. The sleepy little hill-town of Mussoorie-British in its garb and Indian in its soul-is jolted out of its reverie by a mysterious murder. A woman is found dead in her bed, her body laid out perfectly, and the door locked from inside. Sundry suspects and sensational speculations about black magic and crystal-gazing abound, but no one has been able to identify the murderer. Outgrowing the small town, the story travels to all the way to faraway London, and catches the fancy of the master of mysteries, Arthur Conan Doyle... Interwoven with clever wit and lively humour, A Murder in Mussoorie and Other Tales will transport you to a world of wonder and adrenaline-pumping adventure.

A Murder in Mussoorie and Other Tales (Pb)

A Murder in Mussoorie and Other Tales (Pb) PDF Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789353337605
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
September 1911. The sleepy little hill-town of Mussoorie-British in its garb and Indian in its soul-is jolted out of its reverie by a mysterious murder. A woman is found dead in her bed, her body laid out perfectly, and the door locked from inside. Sundry suspects and sensational speculations about black magic and crystal-gazing abound, but no one has been able to identify the murderer. Outgrowing the small town, the story travels to all the way to faraway London, and catches the fancy of the master of mysteries, Arthur Conan Doyle... Interwoven with clever wit and lively humour, A Murder in Mussoorie and Other Tales will transport you to a world of wonder and adrenaline-pumping adventure.

The Poison of Love

The Poison of Love PDF Author: Independent Writer K R Meera
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Pvt.Limited
ISBN: 9780143435532
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Prankenstein

Prankenstein PDF Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books
ISBN: 9789387164444
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Watch out as mischiefs and mischief-makers of all shapes and sizes come tumbling out in this hilarious collection of stories. Is your school a hotspot for jokes? Do your family members regularly fall victim to pranks? Do ghosts and spooks get you into trouble? Find every kind of funny, crazy, impossible mischief in this book. Here you will find the girl who turned into a sloth just for her mother, the horse who went to the library and ate up some classics, the substitute teacher who saw dead people, the play where everything that could go wrong did go wrong, and many more amazing tales of pranks and troublemaking! Selected by Ruskin Bond and Jerry Pinto, these stories have been written by some of the best children's writers of the country, including Sukumar Ray, R.K. Narayan, Ranjit Lal, Subhadra Sen Gupta, Paro Anand, Bulbul Sharma and many more. As an added bonus, watch out for brand new stories by Ruskin Bond and Jerry Pinto, too. Prankenstein is a delicious treasure trove of trouble and will have every mischief-maker plotting that perfect prank!

Panther's Moon and Other Stories

Panther's Moon and Other Stories PDF Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184754442
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Ten unforgettable tales of fascinating human encounters with animals and birds—of a man-eater that terrorizes an entire village; the strange and wonderful trust that develops between a fierce leopard and a boy; revengeful monkeys who never forgive a woman who grows dahlias; a crow who genuinely thinks human beings are stupid; and many others— that create a world in which men and wild creatures struggle to survive despite each other: a world where, in the end, one is not quite sure which side one is on. Panther’s Moon and Other Stories is another marvellous collection of stories from India’s most-loved author that will once again amuse, enchant, and delight readers of all ages.

The Laughing Skull

The Laughing Skull PDF Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: Rupa Publications
ISBN: 9788129142191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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In the middle of the night, I woke to a loud rattling sound. A rat, perhaps? But no. As soon as I opened the cupboard door, out popped the skull-landing near my feet and bouncing away right across the drawing room. Ghosts and spirits, prets and jinns abound in this collection of stories. From the skull that refused to be given away to the spirits of long dead hill-station residents and from the mysterious man you meet on a dark road to the malevolent presence at the bottom of a pond-these are some of Ruskin Bond's best stories about the supernatural. Dive under the covers, leave the lights on and lose yourself in these scary, funny and adventurous tales.

Maharani

Maharani PDF Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 8184756828
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 125

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H.H. is the spoilt, selfish, beautiful widow of the Maharaja of Mastipur. She lives with her dogs and her caretaker, Hans, in an enormous old house in Mussoorie, taking lovers and discarding them, drinking too much and fending off her reckless sons who are waiting hungrily for their inheritance. The seasons come and go, hotels burn down, cinemas shut shop and people leave the hill station never to return, but H.H. remains constant and indomitable. Observing her antics, often with disapproval, is her old friend Ruskin, who can never quite cut himself off from her. Melancholic, wry and full of charm, Maharani is a delightful novella about love, death and friendship.

The Assassination of Indira Gandhi

The Assassination of Indira Gandhi PDF Author: Upamanyu Chatterjee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789388874397
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages :

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An Underground Walk

An Underground Walk PDF Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789353334284
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Terror. The word conjures up images of ghosts, monsters, half-creatures and phantoms. But terror doesn't always stem from the paranormal. It can turn up in unexpected ways in everyday life, clutching at our heart with icy fingers! Feel the blind panic of Hansard, a young student of Forestry, when he finds himself in the grip of a maneating tiger; the desperation of a Navy officer and his comrades in a slowly flooding chamber of a sinking submarine; or the terror of two children stuck at the bottom of a cave, several miles under the earth, and unable to find a way out. Written by masters of the genre and compiled by Ruskin Bond, here are gems from Sylvia Green, R.L. Stevenson, C.A. Kincaid and Aubrey Wade, among others. An Underground Walk is a collection of stories sure to keep you at the edge of your seat.

Small Towns, Big Stories

Small Towns, Big Stories PDF Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: Rupa Publications
ISBN: 9789382277545
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190

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'It is easier to know people in small places. Sometimes you can't help knowing them. Like the boy who walks four miles to school; or the elderly gentleman who is up every morning at five o'clock, taking his morning walk (tap-tap-tap, I hear his walking stick below my window); or that busy little woman gathering firewood for the winter; or the man from the nursery who sells me a potted geranium and ends up telling me the story of his life... So many stories waiting to be told! And, as I have discovered, small towns may be smaller than cities, and there may be fewer people living in them, but the stories they provide a writer with are big, they contain worlds upon worlds within them.'

School Times

School Times PDF Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788129141774
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 182

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Who would you like to meet-the adventurous 'four feathers' from the prep-school in Shimla or the Eurasian schoolboy and his funny grandmother who detests the dirty manners of the English? There are more options: would you like to catch up with the father who became a school boy and attended school again or the small girl who lived on hope that her father would return home from war one day?