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Ruskin Bond
This is a book that carries decades of experience on how to be contented, how to lead a fulfilling life, how to inhabit the delightful world of books and stories…
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Reminiscing tales of his boyhood and youth, the author urges us to learn from mistakes, embrace empathy and hold on to our dreams through life's vicissitudes. Complemented with poignant art…
Bursting with delightful illustrations, this chapter book features endearing characters and hilarious episodes, making it a perfect introduction to the wonderful world of Ruskin Bond!
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In the stillness of the air every tree, every leaf, every bough, every tendril of creeper and every petal of minute blossoms seemed to have been bewitched into an immobility…
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This volume brings together the best of Ruskin bond’s prose and poetry. This anthology presents selections for all his major book, and also features his unpublished novella, Delhi is Not…
A book of verse that brings together the poetry of one of India’s best loved writers. This collector’s edition contains poems on love and nature, travel, humour and childhood.
A collection of spooky tales.
Ruskin Bond's Children's Omnibus is a collection of his beloved stories like Grandfather's Private Zoo, Angry River, The Blue Umbrella, and more. Witty and charming, these tales are timeless classics…
Heart-warming, funny and spirited, this boxset is a perfect gift for beginners and independent readers.
Kloud9 is an exclusive magazine for youth, encapsulating within its pages interesting and motivational content for the readers, by the readers. The aim is to develop their creative talents and…
Ruskin Bond's collection of charming tales celebrates life, nature's wonders, ghost stories, and unique animal-human friendships. Illustrated by Sumouli Dutta, "Tales From My Heart" is a family treasure filled with…
The finest non-fiction by Ruskin Bond, a singular writer who has inspired and comforted three generations of readers, collected in a single volume.
A lifetime of reading and writing, observation…
Description
Since he was a young boy, Ruskin Bond has made friends easily. And his most
rewarding friendships have often been with animals, birds and plants-big
and small; outgoing and…
Autobiographical sketches and stories from India’s best-loved writer in English. For over four decades now, by way of innumerable short stories, essays, poems and novels, Ruskin Bond has championed simplicity…
Features playful tigers, ghosts, elephants, and crows, as well as old favorites like Uncle Ken, and Miss Bun. The author’s slightly eccentric grandfather and Bond himself ease in and out…
In this delightful collection, Ruskin Bond introduces us to the Dehradun he knows intimately and loves unreservedly - the town that he had spent many years of his childhood and…
Extracts from works of many English authors who have influenced the literary journey of Ruskin Bond; with short snippets of his own experiences.
Time passes and yet it doesn’t pass; people come and go, the mountains remain. Mountains are permanent things. They are stubborn, they refuse to move…no matter how hard they try…
A timeless selection of writings from India’s best-loved author
I know the world’s a crowded place,And elephants do take up space,But if it makes a difference, Lord,I’d…
In this delightful little book, Ruskin Bond writes about some of the most interesting insects, birds, trees and flowers he has observed. As a person with a deep and abiding…
Tales of vampires, ghouls, werewolves and spirits rub shoulders with shikar stories and thrillers from all over the world in this eclectic collection. Selected by Ruskin Bond, these are stories…
These and other elements of the night find place in this book compiled by India’s favourite author, Ruskin Bond. Comprising stories by Rudyard Kipling, H.H. Munro, Bram Stoker and others…
Compiled by India’s favourite author, Boyhood Dreams and Other Tales will take you on a roller-coaster journey of emotions.
In that last year at Prep school in Shimla, there were four of us who were close friends […] We called ourselves the Four Feathers , the feathers signifying that…
Ruskin Bond’s writing brings the world to us in profound and remarkable ways. His signature style is simplicity itself, but the themes he tackles are big, deep and universal-love, loss…
A beloved tale of genies, a magic lamp, an evil villain, and the remarkable adventures of a boy called Aladdin.
Fifteen-year-old Aladdin is befriended by a stranger who says he…
‘As a writer, I have difficulty in doing justice to momentous events, the wars of nations, the politics of power; I am more at ease with the dew of the…
For decades now, Ruskin Bond has been charming us with his captivating stories about life in the hills. For this collection, India’s favourite storyteller has rummaged through his archives and…
Features ‘Haunted India’ as seen by British writers, officials and travellers during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Unhappy with the strict ways of his English guardian, Rusty runs away from home to live with Indian friends. Plunging for the first time into the dream-bright world of the…
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A lifetime in the hills and a bountiful collection of stories throughout it-for over six decades Ruskin Bond has been charming readers with his stories from India’s hinterland. He has…
The stories have been personally selected and compiled by Bond, making it a must-read for readers of horror fiction.
In this book, Ruskin Bond very skillfully puts together some of his most cherished and best-loved quotations and sayings. A Little Book of Life, as the title says is a…
Ruskin Bond has been writing for over sixty years, in the course of which he has come to be known for his simple and witty writing style. These twenty-five stories…
Dicky must have thought the General had something to do with his detention, or else he may have felt an explanation was due to him. Whatever his reasoning, he chose…
‘Mist fills the Himalayan valleys, and monsoon rain sweeps across the hills. Sometimes, during the day, a bird visits me-a deep purple whistling thrush. She perches on the window sill…
this is a collection of Ruskin Bond’s novellas and short stories that explores the infinite spectrum of love with great sensitivity.
This is a collection of mysterious horror stories that will make you hold your breath at every turn and gasp with shock at every twist.
RUSKIN BOND
Letters to My Father is a deeply personal anthology of essays that have made an impact on Bond’s life. It talks of his father, his mother, his neighbours, his boyhood…
Granny was a tree-climbing genius at sixty-two. Grandparents are cherished for their love, affection, and entertaining stories. "Granny's Tales" by Ruskin Bond shares heartwarming and humorous anecdotes of grandparents' antics…
The text describes the beauty and allure of the mountains, capturing the essence of life in the hills through stories that highlight the adventures, scenic sights, and mysterious charm of…
This book Novellas brings together, for the very first time, Ruskin Bond’s favourite (and finest) novellas.
Ruskin Bond is a celebrated Indian writer known for his captivating stories featuring memorable misfits, con artists, and drifters. A collection of thirty stories showcases his irresistible fiction, including new…
The magician shrieked, ‘Someone has cut the rope! What will my boy do now?’ A minute later, down came the boy’s head. It bounced on the ground, like a coconut…
In Legends of the Hill, Ruskin Bond puts together a selection of stories and personal essays that take us into this world of the unknown that lives among the majestic…
“On the morning of 19 September, while Miss Mountstephen was still away, Miss Garnett-Orme was found dead in her bed. The door was locked from the inside. On her bedside…
“They pass me everyday, on their way to school-boys and girls from the surrounding villages and the outskirts of the hill station. For many of them, it’s a very long…
