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This book revolves around the life of renowned Indian Urdu poet and lyricist of films in Hindi, Majrooh Sultanpuri. This book describes his life and career as an Urdu poet, lyricist, and songwriter in the Hindi film industry. He has written lyrics for a number of Hindi–Urdu soundtracks. He was one of the most dominant figures in Indian Urdu poetry and is still considered to be one of the finest avant-garde poets of 20th-century Urdu literature.

Dans la lignée du monumental "1Q84", un roman somme, ambitieux, profond. Deux tomes pour une odyssée initiatique étrange, inquiétante, envoûtante, où le maître Murakami dévoile ses obsessions les plus intimes. Quand sa femme lui a annoncé qu'elle voulait divorcer, le narrateur, un jeune peintre en panne d'inspiration, a voyagé seul à travers le Japon. Et puis, il s'est installé dans la montagne dans une maison isolée, ancienne propriété d'un artiste de génie, Tomohiko Amada. Un jour, le narrateur reçoit une proposition alléchante : faire le portrait de Wataru Menshiki, un riche homme d'affaires.

Les proverbes sont une véritable sagesse populaire. Ils sont le fruit de centaines d'années d'histoires, de légendes, de spiritualité d'un peuple. Transmis oralement pendant des siècles, leur vérité et leur simplicité nous parlent immédiatement. Ces proverbes visent à donner accès à un peuple, une culture populaire, dans un format accessible à tous. Un proverbe est plus qu'une phrase anodine, ce peut être un trait d'esprit, un résumé d'une pensée complexe, une maxime, une ouverture sur une réflexion plus profonde.

Arise, Awake is the story of young entrepreneurs who started a business while studying in college or right after graduation, turning their backs on lucrative placements to pursue dreams of their own. The ability to start a business is not defined by age or education. It takes energy and passion, an idea and an Internet connection. Your first 'office' could be your very own hostel room.

As the Japanese battleship Yamato steams toward the island of Okinawa in the closing months of World War II, a naval officer on board makes an unexpected discovery among the stores of rice, leeks, and pickled radishes. A child has stowed away there, hoping to return to her mother on Okinawa. His reluctant decision to protect her prompts a voyage of inner discovery and stirs emotions as deep as the seas that threaten to swallow his “unsinkable” ship. Recorded live in performance at the Doubletree Guest Suites, Santa Monica, in July 1995.

A wonderful collection of spine-tingling ghost stories and thought-provoking essays on insects. This new version has an introduction "Hearn and Japan", which details the continuing influence of Hearn on contemporary Japan.

A spiritual journey with extraordinary encounters. Yon Rou's memoir is a kaleidoscopic ride through the upper echelons of New York Society and the nature-worshipping, sword-wielding world of East Asian religious and martial arts. Monk of Park Avenue divulges a privileged childhood in Manhattan, followed by the bitter rigors of kung fu in China and meditations in Daoist temples. Join Yon Rou's adventure as he encounters kings, Nobel laureates, and the Mob. 

Some interesting Haiku poems for poetry lovers, these will make you think!

ゆかはゆかによる「宮沢賢治　銀河鉄道の夜」朗読です

道ばたの石や木、小さな池や山も、遠い昔から言い伝えられてきた伝説で彩られている。

かつては私たちの身近にいくつも伝えられ、民間信仰と結びついて生活の一部となっていた伝説。「咳のおば様」「山の背くらべ」「神いくさ」など、今では語る人も少なく、忘れ去られようとしている伝説の数々を、民俗学の先駆者が、全国からくまなく採集し、美しく平易な文章で後世に残さんとした名著。

Saris and a Single Malt is a moving collection of poems written by a daughter for and about her mother. The audiobook spans the time from when the poet receives a phone call in New York City that her mother is in a hospital in New Delhi to the time she carries out her mother's last rites. The poems chronicle the author's physical and emotional journey as she flies to India, tries to fight the inevitable, and succumbs to the grief of living in a motherless world.

Bhaskar Chakrabarti’s poetry is synonymous with the romantic melancholia inherent to Calcutta. His trenchant poetic voice was one of the most significant to emerge in the 1960s and ’70s—perhaps the most prolific period of modern Bengali poetry.

This book, written by Prakash Pandit, describes the events in the life of Firaq Gorakhpuri, who was an Urdu poet, writer and critic. He was one of the most noted contemporary Urdu poets from India, and he has written a number of ghazals, nazmas, rubais and stories. Many of his works are still revered for their contemporary relevance, and he was awarded Padma Bhushan in the later part of his life. The number of ghazals written by him is said to be in the hundreds, and a few selected ones are given in a separate section of the book.

Mirza Ghalib was an Urdu poet who is known for his unique and smooth style of writing. This book is a compilation of the events which happened throughout his life, along with few of the poems written by him. The poems in this book are an ideal listen for people who are fascinated by Urdu poetry but do not understand the nastaliq, the script in which Urdu is written.

With direct access to the top Maoist leadership, Rahul Pandita provides an authoritative account of how a handful of men and women, who believed in the idea of revolution, entered Bastar in Central India in 1980 and created a powerful movement that New Delhi now terms India's biggest internal security threat. It traces the circumstances due to which the Maoist movement entrenched itself in about 10 states of India, carrying out deadly attacks against the Indian establishment in the name of the poor and the marginalised.

阪神特殊鋼専務・万俵鉄平は、アメリカ企業からの契約を破断され、窮地に陥る。鉄平の旧友である大同銀行頭取・三雲による多額の融資を受け、九死に一生を得る。その矢先、熱風炉の爆発事故が起こり、さらに状況は悪化する。

舞台は終戦を乗り越え、高度経済成長期をひた走る日本。大本営の作戦立案参謀であった壹岐正は、終戦の詔にを聞き入れず、武装解除をしない関東軍へ説得に向かう最中、ソ連軍に拘束されシベリアに抑留される。

国立浪速大学第一外科助教授・財前五郎は食道噴門癌の治療を得意とし、その道の若き権威として高い知名度を誇る。＜br＞財前のもとには全国から著名な有力者など成功者たちが患者として集まり、その実績と確かな手術の腕前から、次期教授に就任するものと考えていた。

万俵大介は、大同銀行頭取・三雲を快く思わない専務らと結託する。鉄平の阪神特殊鋼を倒産に導き、それを踏み台に上位銀行である大同の吸収を画策する。そして、三雲頭取にクーデターを起こした専務と父・大介の関係性を知った鉄平は極端な行動に出る。

A Tōkyō c’è un quartiere che raccoglie il più alto numero di librerie al mondo. Si chiama Jinbōchō, e gli amanti dei libri possono trovarci di tutto, purché stampato: romanzi dell’epoca Meiji, manga, copioni teatrali e vecchie mappe. Ma non solo: i cacciatori di prime edizioni o di copie autografate sono di casa qui, e vederli all’opera è uno spettacolo. Alla libreria Morisaki, un piccolo negozio a gestione familiare specializzato in letteratura giapponese moderna, entrano a malapena cinque persone insieme. I libri affollano gli scaffali fino a invadere ogni angolo del pavimento.