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Bloomsbury presents The Rest is History: A History of the World in 51 Heroes and Villains, written by Goalhanger Podcasts with Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, with David Whitehouse, read by Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland, Ben Onwunkwe, Clare Corbett, Daniel York Loh, David Rintoul, Homer...

For two years, Jia Khan has been running her late father’s organised crime business in the north of England. So far, her authority has remained unchallenged, but now things are beginning to unravel. When she finds her father’s notebook recounting his arrival from Pakistan in the 1970s, it awakes an old family feud that could have devastating repercussions for Jia. And worst of all, one of her staff lies brutally slain, his corpse displayed provocatively in her garden despite her sophisticated security.

Collected dramas by April De Angelis, specially written for BBC Radio April De Angelis is an award-winning playwright for stage, radio, TV and film. Her acclaimed dramas include Playhouse Creatures, After Electra and Jumpy, which was nominated for a 2012 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play...

Bloomsbury presents Railsong by Rahul Bhattacharya, read by Sudha Bhuchar. 'Magnificent' KAMILA SHAMSIE 'Majestic yet profoundly tender' MEGHA MAJUMDAR A breathtaking novel about a woman forging a life for herself on the railways, Railsong is the story of an individual coming of age amid the...

A gripping collection of elaborate thefts, confidence tricks and impossible missions, including the Hatton Garden heist Eight of the best heist stories packed with suspense, ingenuity, humour and deception, these fantastic productions will have you gripped from start to finish. In the audacious...

Vandana Shiva has been described in many ways: the “Gandhi of Grain,” “a rock star” in the battle against GMOs, and “the most powerful voice” for people of the developing world. In Terra Viva, Dr. Shiva shares her most memorable campaigns, alongside some of the world’s most celebrated activists and environmentalists, all working toward a livable planet and healthier democracies.

Bloomsbury presents Maharabharata Unravelled by Ami Ganatra, read by Sudha Buchar. Millennia have passed since the dharma yudhha of the cousins shook the land of Bharata. But this history of our ancestors continues to fascinate us. Even today, we have passionate discussions about the people and...

Bloomsbury presents Ramayana Unravelled by Ami Ganatra, read by Sudha Buchar. Though the story of Rama is much loved and well known, questions remain: Why did Rama agree to go to vanvas—was it only to obey his father or was there more to it? What was the relationship between Rama and Seeta?...

Middle class, middle aged, multicultural mother of millennial sons, Sudha lives a ‘squeezed middle’ life in Wimbledon. As she navigates her career, family and returning to India as a NRI (Non-Resident Indian), she is prompted to investigate her own sense of home and place in the world. Evening Conversations is a warm-hearted monologue inspired by Sudha’s banter with her dual-heritage (Pakistani/East African Indian) millennial sons who have grown up in leafy Wimbledon while her life has spanned three continents. She invites her boys to ‘crack open a cold one’ and share their views on life.

Mukesh has just moved from Kenya to the drizzly northern town of Keighley. He was expecting fame, fortune, the Rolling Stones and a nice girl, not poverty, loneliness and racism. Still, he might not have found Keith Richards, but he did find the girl. Neha is dying. Lung cancer, a genetic gift from her mother and an invocation to forge a better relationship with her brother and her widowed father before it's too late. The problem is, her brother is an unfunny comedian and her idiot father is a first-generation immigrant who moved to Keighley, of all places.

Meet Tula, Vinny, Jabeen, Sonal and Samina - best friends and members of the 'Girlie’ club. Listen to this joyous exploration of friendship, family, work and womanhood in the British Asian community in the 90s. In their regular gatherings for ‘Girlie’ evenings the friends drink, laugh, blow off steam and commiserate. Nothing is sacred and friendships are tested, marriages analysed, and secrets exposed.

In The Nature of Nature, world-renowned environmental thinker and activist Vandana Shiva argues that food is the currency of life, a thread woven throughout the web of all life, indivisible from Earth and its natural systems. When this interdependence is ruptured—as it is now—the conditions for the “metabolic disorder” of climate change and countless other ecological imbalances come into being.

Multan, Pakistan. A conservative city where an unmarried woman over the age of 25 is considered a curse by her family. Ayesha is 27. Independent and happily single, she has evaded an arranged marriage because of her family's reduced circumstances. When she catches the eye of powerful, wealthy Raza, it seems like the answer to her parents' prayers. But Ayesha is in love with someone else, and when she refuses to give up on him, Raza resorts to unthinkable revenge. Ayesha travels to London to rebuild her life and there she meets Kamil, an emotionally damaged man with his own demons.

A Highland heist from award-winning author Abir Mukherjee Sunita lives a quiet life in the village of Glentorrance, running the local post office. When a letter arrives on her doorstep, her husband’s shady past threatens to disrupt their lives, spurring Sunita into an unwanted adventure which...

காதல் மட்டுமா, உறவு, சகோதர பாசம் என்ன அனைத்தையும் தான்.

சின்ன நூல்கண்டா நம்மைச் சிறைப்படுத்துவது?' என்னும் கட்டுரை 'ராஜா சர் அண்ணாமலை செட்டியார்' பரிசு பெற்ற நூலாகும். தனி மனிதனுள் தோன்றும், தவிர்க்கப்பட வேண்டிய சில சின்ன நூல் இழைகள் போன்ற உணர்வுகள் படிப்படியாகப்

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உறவுகளுக்கு முக்கியத்துவம் அள்ளிப்பவனாக மோகன், உண்மையான அன்புக்கு ஏங்குபவளாக வாணி, இவர்களுக்கு இடையே மோகனின் குழந்தையாக, சோனா என்கிற காவியா.

கவிப்பிரியா அழகு, அறிவு, பெண்களே பொறாமை கொள்ளும் அளவுக்கு சர்வ லட்சணத்துடன் இருப்பவள்.

அப்படி கலவையான பல உணர்வுகளை பிரதிபலிக்கும், நான் எழுதிய சில சிறுகதைகளை தொகுத்து இங்கே கொடுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.