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  Where the Sky feels Cold

  Shrutidhora P Mohor

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  A reticent Mehra family, comfortably nested in obscure Kaudiyala on the lower folds of the Himalayas, is rocked by emotional unrest as their daughter Supriya provides refuge to Farooq, a Kashmiri student of temple art, a distantly related family unit of the Mehras, empowered by a new citizenship law arrives and settles down with them, and Sudarshan, forever indifferent towards Supriya’s love for him, comes in search of his love Farooq at a time of raging political crisis in India. 
  Where the Sky Feels Cold is a tale of disappointment and despair, but it is also an acknowledgement of the fact that the most difficult love stories are the ones which are the most appealing. Attractive in its rich symbolism, intangible in its creation of love at multiple levels and in several forms, this short novel portrays four primary characters of drastically dissimilar dispositions who respond to the changing socio-political realities of India from their respective positions. Each one of them is situated beyond binaries of black and white; yet their muted colours bring to the story their pining for all that they hold dear. From Farooq’s never-ending search for a perfectly sculpted romantic statue to Supriya’s experience of unreciprocated love, and from Sudarshan’s sceptical submission to the power of a legend about the neighbourhood mosque to impish Pooja’s yearning for a home which she is prepared to trade for her heart, this is a story of reciprocal pain and tangential empathy, of love that survives lovers, of desire that can be planted afresh on new ground to yield as strong a scent as ever.  
  In this novella four lonely hearts redefine love, rediscover longing and explore the strings that continue to tug at their hearts in difficult times.

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  The Facts In The Case of M Valdemar

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  The narrator presents the facts of the extraordinary case of Valdemar, which have incited public discussion. He is interested in mesmerism, a pseudoscience involving bringing a patient into a hypnagogic state by the influence of magnetism, a process that later developed into hypnotism. He points out that, as far as he knows, no one has ever been mesmerized at the point of death, and he is curious to see what effects mesmerism would have on a dying person. He considers experimenting on his friend Ernest Valdemar, an author whom he had previously mesmerized, and who has recently been diagnosed with phthisis (tuberculosis).

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  Les Misérables: Volume 5: Jean...

  Victor Hugo

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  Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres: lyrics, satires, epics, philosophical poems, epigrams, novels, history, critical essays, political speeches, funeral orations, diaries, and letters public and private, as well as dramas in verse and prose.BOOK 2: THE INTESTINE OF THE LEVIATHAN: Paris casts twenty-five millions yearly into the water. And this without metaphor. How, and in what manner? Day and night. With what object? With no object. With what intention? With no intention. Why? For no reason. By means of what organ? By means of its intestine. What is its intestine? The sewer.

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  A Tale of the Ragged Mountains

  Edgar Allan Poe

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  "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains," published in 1844, is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe partially based on his experiences while a student at the University of Virginia. Set near Charlottesville, it is the only one of Poe's stories to take place in Virginia. It was first published in 1844. "A Tale of the Ragged Mountains" highlights scientific theories of Poe's day, engages with British imperial history and forecasts contemporary interest in psychoactive drugs, the transmigration of the soul and the dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship.

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  Red

  John Logan

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  The artist Mark Rothko has just hired Ken, an aspiring artist, to be his assistant – and errand boy. Ken discovers that Rothko’s temper can run hot; but as he gets to know his boss better, he finds that Rothko has opened him up to more than just painting.A 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Play.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Alfred Molina as Mark RothkoJonathan Groff as KenDirected by Bart DeLorenzo. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

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  Adventures of Sherlock Holmes...

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It was first published on 14 October 1892; the individual stories had been serialised in The Strand Magazine between July 1891 and June 1892. The stories are not in chronological order, and the only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson. The stories are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view.In general the stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes identify, and try to correct, social injustices. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice. The stories were well received, and boosted the subscriptions figures of The Strand Magazine, prompting Doyle to be able to demand more money for his next set of stories. The first story, "A Scandal in Bohemia", includes the character of Irene Adler, who, despite being featured only within this one story by Doyle, is a prominent character in modern Sherlock Holmes adaptations, generally as a love interest for Holmes. Doyle included four of the twelve stories from this collection in his twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes stories, picking "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" as his overall favourite.Content: I. A Scandal in Bohemia / II. The Red-Headed League / III. A Case of Identity / IV. The Boscombe Valley Mystery / V. The Five Orange Pips / VI. The Man with the Twisted Lip / VII. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle / VIII. The Adventure of the Speckled Band / IX. The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb / X. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor / XI. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet / XII. The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

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