en-US Sat, 03 Feb 2018 08:44:59 -0800 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 849788 The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (now more commonly rendered as The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe) is a novel by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1719. Like its significantly more popular predecessor, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719), the first edition credits the work's fictional protagonist Robinson Crusoe as its author. It was published under the considerably longer original title: The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the Second and Last Part of His Life, And of the Strange Surprising Accounts of his Travels Round three Parts of the Globe. Although intended to be the last Crusoe tale, the novel is followed by a non-fiction book involving Crusoe by Defoe entitled Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: With his Vision of the Angelick World (1720).

The story is speculated to be partially based on Moscow embassy secretary Adam Brand's journal detailing the embassy's journey from Moscow to Peking from 1693 to 1695.

The book starts with the statement about Crusoe's marriage in England. He bought a little farm in Bedford and had three children: two sons and one daughter. Our hero suffered a distemper and a desire to see "his island." He could talk of nothing else, and one can imagine that no one took his stories seriously, except his wife. She told him, in tears, "I will go with you, but I won't leave you." But in the middle of this felicity, Providence unhinged him at once, with the loss of his wife.]]> 224 Daniel Defoe 0809594625 Arjun.ps 4 3.89 1719
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]]> 2287461 300 Kamala Suraiyya Das 8171302440 Arjun.ps 3 3.88
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]]> 16167567 151 Rajan Kakkanadan 8130000032 Arjun.ps 0 to-read 3.91 2010
author: Rajan Kakkanadan
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average rating: 3.91
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]]> 15738354 290 S.K. Pottekkatt 8171305792 Arjun.ps 0 to-read 4.06
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]]> 15775888
ഇരുട്ടിന്റ�� ആത്മാവ്��, അറ്റുപോകാത്ത ഒര�� കണ്ണ��, ചിരിയുടെ വി��, രാവിലലിയാത്ത ഒര�� നിഴൽ, മൂപ്പുകുറഞ്ഞ ബന്ധ��, ജമന്തിപ്പൂക്കൾ, ഒരദ്ധ്യാപക�� ജനിച്ച��, അക്കല്‌ദാമയി�� പൂക്കൾ വിടരുമ്പോൾ എന്നിങ്ങനെ എട്ട�� കഥകളുട�� സമാഹാര��.]]> 95 M.T. Vasudevan Nair 812260854X Arjun.ps 0 arju 3.92 1957
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]]> 12552804 84 M.T. Vasudevan Nair Arjun.ps 0 book-stall 4.03
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]]> 18806744 394 Andrew Critchley 1910053511 Arjun.ps 0 book-stall, to-read 3.81 2013
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]]> 13404325 191 M.T. Vasudevan Nair 8122607276 Arjun.ps 0 to-read, book-stall 3.92 1958
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]]> 11162896 566 S.K. Pottekkatt 8171305709 Arjun.ps 0 to-read, book-stall 4.19 1971
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]]> 6961313 152 William Shakespeare Arjun.ps 0 to-read 3.27 1597
author: William Shakespeare
name: Arjun.ps
average rating: 3.27
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]]> 9242236 212 Benyamin 8184231172 Arjun.ps 0 to-read, book-stall 4.24 2008
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]]> 769212 204 Willy Lindwer 0385423608 Arjun.ps 0 to-read, book-stall 4.35 1988
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]]> 42547 A Call to Conscience and A Knock at Midnight, THE ESSENTIAL BOX SET is a must-have for any home, library, or school collection.
]]> 400 Martin Luther King Jr. 0446676500 Arjun.ps 0 to-read 4.33 1986
author: Martin Luther King Jr.
name: Arjun.ps
average rating: 4.33
book published: 1986
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]]> 318431
Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.

The foster son of a Thembu chief, Mandela was raised in the traditional, tribal culture of his ancestors, but at an early age learned the modern, inescapable reality of what came to be called apartheid, one of the most powerful and effective systems of oppression ever conceived. In classically elegant and engrossing prose, he tells of his early years as an impoverished student and law clerk in a Jewish firm in Johannesburg, of his slow political awakening, and of his pivotal role in the rebirth of a stagnant ANC and the formation of its Youth League in the 1950s.

He describes the struggle to reconcile his political activity with his devotion to his family, the anguished breakup of his first marriage, and the painful separations from his children. He brings vividly to life the escalating political warfare in the fifties between the ANC and the government, culminating in his dramatic escapades as an underground leader and the notorious Rivonia Trial of 1964, at which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Herecounts the surprisingly eventful twenty-seven years in prison and the complex, delicate negotiations that led both to his freedom and to the beginning of the end of apartheid. Finally he provides the ultimate inside account.]]> 656 Nelson Mandela 0316548189 Arjun.ps 0 to-read 4.34 1994
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]]> 1738852 107 Kamala Suraiyya Das 8171300596 Arjun.ps 3 3.77 1973
author: Kamala Suraiyya Das
name: Arjun.ps
average rating: 3.77
book published: 1973
rating: 3
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]]> 2071926 National Bestseller

In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Theroux recreates an epic journey he took thirty years ago, a giant loop by train (mostly) through Eastern Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, China, Japan, and Siberia. In short, he traverses all of Asia top to bottom, and end to end. In the three decades since he first travelled this route, Asia has undergone phenomenal change. The Soviet Union has collapsed, China has risen, India booms, Burma slowly smothers, and Vietnam prospers despite the havoc unleashed upon it the last time Theroux passed through. He witnesses all this and so much more in a 25,000 mile journey, travelling as the locals do, by train, car, bus, and foot.

His odyssey takes him from Eastern Europe, still hungover from Communism, through tense but thriving Turkey, into the Caucasus, where Georgia limps back toward feudalism while its neighbour Azerbaijan revels in oil-driven capitalism. As he penetrates deeper into Asia’s heart, his encounters take on an otherworldly cast. The two chapters that follow show us Turkmenistan, a profoundly isolated society at the mercy of an almost comically egotistical dictator, and Uzbekistan, a ruthless authoritarian state. From there, he retraces his steps through India, Mayanmar, China, and Japan, providing his penetrating observations on the changes these countries have undergone.

Brilliant, caustic, and totally addictive, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is Theroux at his very best.]]> 496 Paul Theroux 0771085338 Arjun.ps 3 4.04 2008
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]]> 332873 32 Ranganathananda 8175080353 Arjun.ps 4 4.61
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]]> 93101
The tales told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahriyar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature, as recounted by Sir Francis Burton. From the epic adventures of "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp" to the farcical "Young Woman and her Five Lovers" and the social criticism of "The Tale of the Hunchback", the stories depict a fabulous world of all-powerful sorcerers, jinns imprisoned in bottles and enchanting princesses. But despite their imaginative extravagance, the Tales are anchored to everyday life by their realism, providing a full and intimate record of medieval Islam.']]> 1049 Anonymous 0812972147 Arjun.ps 4 4.06 800
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]]> 39988 “The Trunchbull�� is no match for Matilda!

Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world...

For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the large, busty nightmare of a school principal, Miss ("The") Trunchbull, a former hammer-throwing champion who flings children at will, and is approximately as sympathetic as a bulldozer. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge.

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter-pilot, chocolate historian, and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG, and many more brilliant stories. He remains the World's No. 1 Storyteller.]]> 240 Roald Dahl 043512398X Arjun.ps 3 4.33 1988
author: Roald Dahl
name: Arjun.ps
average rating: 4.33
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]]> 13645110 130 Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Arjun.ps 4 4.16 1951
author: Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> 8845183
Widely regarded as the author's magnum opus, the novel vividly describes the political and social background of Mahe (Mayyazhi), the former French colony, in the past, in a mystical way.[1] The novel was translated into English and French, both the versions winning accolades.]]> 340 M. Mukundan 8171302319 Arjun.ps 0 to-read 4.15 1974
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]]> 13414818 276 M. Mukundan Arjun.ps 3 4.09 1993
author: M. Mukundan
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average rating: 4.09
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]]> 12588437
എല്ല�� ഇന്ത്യ�� ഭാഷകളിലേക്കു�� ഒട്ട�� വളരെ വിദേശഭാഷകളിലേക്കും വിവർത്തന�� ചെയ്യപ്പെട്ട കൃതി. ലോകപ്രശസ്തനാ�� തകഴിയുടെ വിഖ്യാതമായ നോവലുകളിലൊന്നാണ് രണ്ടിടങ്ങഴ��.]]> 112 Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Arjun.ps 0 to-read 4.09 1948
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]]> 1389285 Chemmeen) tells the story of the relationship between Karutthamma, a Hindu woman from the fisherfolk community, and Pareekkutty, the son of a Muslim fish wholesaler. Unable to live with the man she loves, Karutthamma marries Palani, who, despite the scandal about his wife's past, never stops trusting her, a trust that is reaffirmed each time he goes to sea and comes back safe since the 'sea-mother' myth among the fishermen community goes that the safe return of a fisherman depends on the fidelity of his wife. Then, one night, Karutthamma and Pareekkutty meet and their love is rekindled while Palani is at sea, baiting a shark ...

The hugely successful novel was adapted into a film of the same name, and won critical acclaim and commercial success. Anita Nair's evocative translation brings this classic of Indian literature to a new generation that hasn't had the opportunity to savour this tale of love and longing.

Chemmeen won the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, India's second highest literary prize, in 1957.]]> 228 Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai 0313212139 Arjun.ps 4 4.01 1956
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]]> 112803
In a new foreword, noted peace expert and teacher Sissela Bok urges us to adopt Gandhi's "attitude of experimenting, of testing what will and will not bear close scrutiny, what can and cannot be adapted to new circumstances," in order to bring about change in our own lives and communities.

All royalties earned on this book are paid to the Navajivan Trust, founded by Gandhi, for use in carrying on his work.]]> 528 Mahatma Gandhi Arjun.ps 5 4.13 1927
author: Mahatma Gandhi
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]]> 141152 461 �������ī�쾱 0520227034 Arjun.ps 5 4.19 -400
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]]> 634583 180 A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 8173711461 Arjun.ps 4 4.28 1999
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average rating: 4.28
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]]> 10413697 88 Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Arjun.ps 4 4.22 1944
author: Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
name: Arjun.ps
average rating: 4.22
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]]> 13170496
ടി കെ പരീക്കുട്ടി ചന്ദ്രതാരയുട�� ബാനറില്�� നിര്‍മിച്ച ‘ഭാര്‍ഗവീനിലയ�� �� എന്ന ചലച്ചിത്രത്തിന്റ�� തിരക്ക�� ബഷീര്�� അറിഞ്ഞ�� അറിയാതെയ�� കൌമുദി പത്രാധിപരാ�� കെ ബാലകൃഷ്‌ണന്�� കൈവശപ്പെടുത്തി. ഇത�� വിശേഷാല്�� പ്രതിയില്�� പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കാന്�� പോകുന്�� വിവര�� അറിഞ്ഞ�� ബഷീര്�� തിരുവനന്തപുരത്തു ചെന്ന് �� തിരക്കഥയ്‌ക്ക�� പകരമായ�� എഴുത�� കൊടുത്ത് കഥയാണിത്.

മതിലുകള്�� പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ചതു കൊണ്ടു തന്ന�� �� വിശേഷാല്‍‌പ്രതിക്ക് ഉടന്�� ഒര�� രണ്ടാം പതിപ്പും അടിക്കേണ്ട�� വന്ന��. അടൂര്�� ഗോപാലകൃഷ്‌ണന്�� പിന്നീട് മതിലുകള്�� സിനിമയുമാക്ക��.]]> 64 Vaikom Muhammad Basheer 8171300162 Arjun.ps 3 4.17 1965
author: Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
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average rating: 4.17
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]]> 865 197 Paulo Coelho 0061122416 Arjun.ps 4 3.85 1988
author: Paulo Coelho
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]]> 2623267 164 O.V. Vijayan 8171301266 Arjun.ps 4 4.13 1969
author: O.V. Vijayan
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> 12516807
നോവലില�� കഥാപാത്രങ്ങൾ അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ കുടുംബത്തിലെ അംഗങ്ങളാണ്. തലയോലപറമ്പില�� അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ വീട്ടിലാണ് കഥ നടക്കുന്നത��. കഥയിലെ ആട��, സഹോദരി പാത്തുമ്മായുടെതാണ്. പെണ്ണുങ്ങളുട�� ബുദ്ധി (സ്ത്രീകളുട�� ജ്ഞാനം) എന്ന ഒര�� ബദ�� ശീർഷകത്തോടെയാണ�� ബഷീ�� നോവൽ ആരംഭിക്കുന്നത്. 1959-�� ആണ�� നോവൽ പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കുന്നത്.]]> 120 Vaikom Muhammad Basheer 8171302092 Arjun.ps 3 4.18 1959
author: Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> 2757012 The novel is set as a retelling of the Indian epic Mahabharata, from the view of Bhima, the second Pandava.]]> 300 M.T. Vasudevan Nair 8122613047 Arjun.ps 4 4.32 1984
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]]> 24213
When Alice sees a white rabbit take a watch out of its waistcoat pocket she decides to follow it, and a sequence of most unusual events is set in motion. This mini book contains the entire topsy-turvy stories of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, accompanied by practical notes and Martina Pelouso's memorable full-colour illustrations.]]> 239 Lewis Carroll Arjun.ps 4 4.07 1871
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> 48855
In 1942, with the Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, the Franks and another family lived cloistered in the “Secret Annexe�� of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death. In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and surprisingly humorous, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
--back cover]]> 283 Anne Frank Arjun.ps 0 to-read 4.19 1947
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average rating: 4.19
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