A Story That Didn’t Leave Me the Same I picked up the book, The Forty Rules of Love, expecting something gentle and philosophical. I wasn’t wrong — but I also wasn’t prepared for how deeply it would stay with me. It didn’t hit me all at once. Instead, it settled in slowly, like a thought Read more…
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Book Review: What Happens When Stories Are Taken Seriously There are books you admire, and then there are books that feel dangerous in a quiet way. As a book, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress falls into the second category. It looks small. It reads quickly. And yet, it leaves Read more…
A Tall History of Sugar book — A Review At first, sugar feels like one of the least threatening things in the world. It dissolves easily. It sweetens quietly. It rarely asks to be examined. Yet, as a book, A Tall History of Sugar by Curdella Forbes insists that we look again — and then Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Alfred Assollant (1827-1886) was a French novelist and educator best known for his adventurous and satirical works. Born in Aubusson, France, Assollant pursued teaching before focusing on writing. His most celebrated novel, Aventures merveilleuses mais authentiques du capitaine Corcoran (1867), follows a bold adventurer and his tiger in colonial India, blending humor Read more…
Synopsis: Love scorched the heavens and when it was lost, it turned everything to ashes… He was no hero. He was not one to rescue his loved one by hauling her back from the blazing wreckage of a broken world or by fighting a war to win her hand. But he was sweet and sensitive. Read more…
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Born in 1969, Sara Gruen is well known for her captivating storytelling abilities. Raised in Canada, Gruen later moved to the United States. Her breakthrough came with the novel Water for Elephants, which went on to become a bestseller. The book was even adapted into a successful film. Gruen’s writing often delves Read more…
Synopsis: Twenty-one-year-old Prithvi is pursuing a mysterious middle-aged aghori, or a devotee of Lord Shiva. Om Shastri was traced over two centuries ago before he was captured and moved to a high-tech facility on the isolated Andamans. After being drugged and hypnotized for interrogation by a team of specialists, Shastri claimed to have witnessed all Read more…
Synopsis: The 7th century CE marked a time of great religious revival for Bharat. The country was undergoing radical political, ideological and social changes. Sanatana Dharma was trying to reassert itself with the start of the Bhakti movement in the South.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Kristin Harmel has been working as a professional writer since she was sixteen. She has had a long magazine writing career that included articles published in Glamour, Ladies’ Home Journal, Travel + Leisure, Every Day with Rachael Ray, and many more. The author was also a frequent contributor to the national television Read more…
Synopsis: Even as a child, Sambhaji knew that he needed to fend for himself. His mother passed away when he was hardly two. His father, the great Shivaji, was always busy chasing his dream of ‘Swaraj’ (or self-governance) and keeping the vicious Mughal emperor Aurangzeb at bay. Sambhaji is the eldest son of Shivaji. He Read more…
