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TIME & TIDE - Stories shaped by the passage of time

by Amit Suri, Parizad Srivastava, Arati Raval ...

What is time, if not the silent companion to every story we live, tell, and remember?In this anthology, writers connect to share and weave tales that flow like tides - sometimes gentle, sometimes turbulent, yet always profound.Within these pages, time becomes a character: it heals, it haunts, it teaches, and it transforms. The stories offer a glimpse into moments that linger long after they have ... Read more

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What is time, if not the silent companion to every story we live, tell, and remember?In this anthology, writers connect to share and weave tales that flow like tides - sometimes gentle, sometimes turbulent, yet always profound.Within these pages, time becomes a character: it heals, it haunts, it teaches, and it transforms. The stories offer a glimpse into moments that linger long after they have
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The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park

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The enchanting new novel by the multimillion-copy bestselling author of What You Are Looking For Is in the Library, about five strangers who each seek comfort from a healing hippo ride.Nestled at the bottom of a five-story apartment block in the community of Advance Hill is the children's playground in Hinode Park. If you look to the side, standing on stubby legs, is a hippo. Its upturned eyes ... Read more

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The enchanting new novel by the multimillion-copy bestselling author of What You Are Looking For Is in the Library, about five strangers who each seek comfort from a healing hippo ride.Nestled at the bottom of a five-story apartment block in the community of Advance Hill is the children's playground in Hinode Park. If you look to the side, standing on stubby legs, is a hippo. Its upturned eyes
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Dinner at the Night Library

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by Hika Harada ...

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**The Night Library is no ordinary library.Within it are found the rarest and most unusual collections – the books of deceased famous writers:the books they wrote;the books that inspired them;the books they loved.**All Otaha Higuchi wants to do is work with books. However, the exhausting nature of her work at a chain bookstore, combined with her paltry salary and irritating manager quickly bring ... Read more

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**The Night Library is no ordinary library.Within it are found the rarest and most unusual collections – the books of deceased famous writers:the books they wrote;the books that inspired them;the books they loved.**All Otaha Higuchi wants to do is work with books. However, the exhausting nature of her work at a chain bookstore, combined with her paltry salary and irritating manager quickly bring
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Will You Still Love Me?

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There is more to love than just loving . . . It is also a promise Lavanya Gogoi is from the scenic hills of Shillong while Rajveer Saini belongs to the shahi city of Patiala. Worlds apart from one another, the two land up next to each other on a flight from Mumbai to Chandigarh. It's love at first flight, at least for one of them. For the other . . . well, it's going to take more than a plane ride ... Read more

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There is more to love than just loving . . . It is also a promise Lavanya Gogoi is from the scenic hills of Shillong while Rajveer Saini belongs to the shahi city of Patiala. Worlds apart from one another, the two land up next to each other on a flight from Mumbai to Chandigarh. It's love at first flight, at least for one of them. For the other . . . well, it's going to take more than a plane ride
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Gather Up Your World in One Long Breath

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A fearless, tender memoir from the prize-winning writer of Counting and Cracking.Shakthi lives with his family, in the house his great-grandparents built in Colombo, Sri Lanka, before the civil war. Carried across the seas to Australia, on the strength of his grandmother's will, this house breathes the joy and grief that has passed through generations. And it's here Shakthi writes about the people ... Read more

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A fearless, tender memoir from the prize-winning writer of Counting and Cracking.Shakthi lives with his family, in the house his great-grandparents built in Colombo, Sri Lanka, before the civil war. Carried across the seas to Australia, on the strength of his grandmother's will, this house breathes the joy and grief that has passed through generations. And it's here Shakthi writes about the people
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When Karma Goes Upside Down

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Karma has a wicked sense of humour.All we can do is laugh when it’s our turn.By day, Aarush is struggling to get admission in a reputed college forhis Master’s degree; by night, he is a technical support man workingin a call centre. His lady love plans the most unexpected surprise gifton their fourth love-anniversary a break-up!In trying to accept that she is gone, he bumps into several girls, ... Read more

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Karma has a wicked sense of humour.All we can do is laugh when it’s our turn.By day, Aarush is struggling to get admission in a reputed college forhis Master’s degree; by night, he is a technical support man workingin a call centre. His lady love plans the most unexpected surprise gifton their fourth love-anniversary a break-up!In trying to accept that she is gone, he bumps into several girls,
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Lost in Tokyo: A Year of Sex, Sushi and Suicide in the Real Japan

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After half a decade in Japan, Garett Wilson thought that nothing could shock him anymore...until he started a new job and a new life at a high school in downtown Tokyo. Here he discovered the real Japan, not the version sold to tourists, and realized that it was far more thrilling, heartbreaking, and beautiful than anything he had ever experienced.Over the course of one year in Tokyo, Garett ... Read more

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The Mud of a Century

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by Yūka Ishii ...

Yūka Ishii’s debut novel The Mud of a Century was a major literary success in Japan where it won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize.Several days after a once-in-a-century flood moves through the Indian city of Chennai, choking the Adyar River with the titular mud, a Japanese woman contracted to an IT company as a language instructor finds herself caught up in a deluge of flashbacks and memories, ... Read more

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Yūka Ishii’s debut novel The Mud of a Century was a major literary success in Japan where it won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize.Several days after a once-in-a-century flood moves through the Indian city of Chennai, choking the Adyar River with the titular mud, a Japanese woman contracted to an IT company as a language instructor finds herself caught up in a deluge of flashbacks and memories,
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Hollow Inside

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A witty, deadpan novel about modern relationships, pets, and living as a single woman; for fans of Sayaka Murata, offbeat humor, and sharp social observationIn this skewed, mordantly funny Japanese novel, two women navigate aging and relationships in divergent ways.Hirai, 38, has recently started living with her colleague Suganuma, 42. Both women are single and feel ambivalent at best about the ... Read more

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Circumstances Grew Him Up

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The author tells about unfavorable circumstances of a boy named Pushpraj that he faced in his life. He struggled harder for his career, love, displaying a never-give-up attitude. He was a Band vala, Bhangre vala, sweepers son, and soft-skills trainer who was diligent and determined to face all the circumstances. He was a boy who belonged to a low-class family and grew among discrimination. He ... Read more

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The One from the Stars

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“The cost of not following your heart isspending the rest of your life wishing you had.”Vishesh is a dreamer, who is driven by his passion for writing and words. But like most Indian middle class families, his parents are impatient to see him settled in a government job. Despite all obstacles, making no complaints, he continues to follow the hard path, holding up the promise he had made to himself ... Read more

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by Ravinder Singh, R Kokcha, R Mukherjee ...

From the King of Romance, Ravinder Singh, come four beautiful and heartwarming stories about love, life and hope. In My Ex, a man runs into the only woman he has ever loved and gets a chance to find answers to questions he's spent years asking himself. In My Mother's Boyfriend, a marriage falls apart, and a question arises - can you find love again in your twilight years? A Kiss in the Air brings ... Read more

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