"Amarnath Yatra: A Photo Story to the Abode of God and the Secret of Immortality" invites readers on an evocative journey to one of Hinduism’s holiest shrines. Through stunning photographs and heartfelt narrative, this book chronicles a memorable pilgrimage starting from Srinagar to the sacred Amarnath Cave. The journey unfolds with a vivid description of the life of the people, the flora and fauna of Kashmir valley, description of the serene landscapes of Jannat e Kashmir and spiritual re...

'The first great novel of the war in Afghanistan' Wall Street JournalYou’ve had no sleep since the firefight last night.The morning fog beyond the walls of your base lifts to reveal a lone woman approaching the gate.She says she has come to claim the body of her brother killed in last night’s attack.Is she a terrorist? A spy? A lunatic?Or what she says she is – a grieving sister?What should you do?What do you...

"An enigmatic fable in the tradition of 'The Thousand and One Nights.' " —Anderson Tepper, New York Times Book ReviewHassan, a storyteller, has gathered listeners in Marrakesh's fabled Jemaa el Fna to perform his annual re-creation of the night on which two foreigners mysteriously disappeared from the square. But as his audience offers contradicting testimonies, and details transform or dissolve in the haze of memory, the couple takes on an air as enigmati...

Following a desperate night-long battle, a group of beleaguered soldiers in an isolated base in Kandahar are faced with a lone woman demanding the return of her brother’s body. Is she a spy, a black widow, a lunatic, or is she what she claims to be: a grieving young sister intent on burying her brother according to local rites? Single-minded in her mission, she refuses to move from her spot on the field in full view of every soldier in the stark outpost. Her presence quickly proves dangero...

'The first great novel of the war in Afghanistan' Wall Street JournalYou’ve had no sleep since the firefight last night.The morning fog beyond the walls of your base lifts to reveal a lone woman approaching the gate.She says she has come to claim the body of her brother killed in last night’s attack.Is she a terrorist? A spy? A lunatic?Or what she says she is – a grieving sister?What should you do?What do you...

Each year, the storyteller, Hassan, gathers listeners to the city square to share their recollections of a young, foreign couple who mysteriously disappeared years earlier. As various witnesses describe their encounters with the couple, Hassan hopes to light upon the details that will explain what happened to them, and to absolve his own brother, who is in prison for their disappearance. But is this annual storytelling ritual a genuine attempt to uncover the truth, or is it intended instea...

**One of the New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.In this New York Times bestseller, four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan—read by Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Sandra Oh.“Stunning.” —New York Times Book Review**In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger. When she discovers she is pregnant—...

In this new Chris Ryan adventure, the best soldiers in the world come together to fight Al-Qaeda. It is the early days of the war in Afghanistan. SAS hero, Jock, has never fought alongside America's select Tier 1 Operators before now, but when their mission goes pear-shaped, he will find out just what they are made of... Battling against overwhelming odds in unknown territory, and with the enemy well dug-in, even the most elite soldiers with the most advanced weaponry at their disposal are...

"Follow your bliss!" Joseph Campbell famously said, so she did. After several harrowing years of losses, author Mariellen Ward set out to recover from grief, understand the essence of yoga and rediscover the joy of living by traveling, studying yoga and volunteering in India.The stories in this collection are inspired by the scorched earth of the Rajasthan desert; the hypnotic currents of India's most sacred river; the awe-inspiring spectacle of the sunrise reflected against the wh...

From New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Hunter comes a thriller that pits former Marine sniper Bob Lee Swagger against the only man who might be able to outshoot him.A marine sniper team on a mission in tribal territories on the Afghan-Pakistan border, Whiskey 2-2 is ambushed by professionals using the latest high-tech shooting gear. Badly wounded, the team’s sole survivor, Gunnery Sergeant Ray Cruz, aka “the Cruise Missile...

**From the Nobel Prize winner and acclaimed author of My Name is Red comes a portrait of Istanbul by its foremost writer, revealing the melancholy that comes of living amid the ruins of a lost empire."Delightful, profound, marvelously origina.... Pamuk tells the story of the city through the eyes of memory." —The Washington Post Book World**A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. ...

In his unique and provocative style Osho takes on here an issue nobody really likes to discuss because we are all affected by it and have very few solutions how to deal with it: JEALOUSY, a terrorizing emotion which has infiltrated our understanding of love and damaged it badly. Osho takes us through an understanding and the historical development and sources of jealousy and that happens always by taking on so called 'holy cows' - institutions and facts we almost take for granted and don't...