D.H. Lawrence (11 September 1885 - 2 March 1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter.
Lawrence’s best-known short stories include The Captain’s Doll, The Fox, The Ladybird, Odour of Chrysanthemums, The Princess, The Rocking-Horse Winner, St. Mawr, The Virgin and the Gypsy and The Woman who Rode Away. Among his most praised collections is the Prussian Officer and Other Stories, published in 1914. His collection “The Women Who Rode Away and Other Stories”, published in 1928, develops his themes of leadership that he also explored in novels such as Kangaroo. His collected works represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation.
In them, Lawrence confronts issues relating to emotional health and vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. Lawrence is now valued by many as a visionary thinker and significant representative of modernism in English literature.

Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a master of the 19th‑century French short story and is widely regarded as one of the founders of the modern form. Celebrated for his elegant irony, psychological insight, and brilliantly concise prose, he crafted narratives that reveal the complexities of human life in just a few pages.
A gifted storyteller with a flair for clever plotting, Maupassant influenced writers such as Somerset Maugham and O. Henry. His famous tales about jewellery—most notably The Necklace and Les Bijoux—inspired later reinterpretations like Maugham’s Mr Know-All and A String of Beads.
Drawing inspiration from Balzac, Maupassant moved effortlessly between high Realism and the fantastic. Even his supernatural stories often hint at deeper psychological turmoil, blurring the line between external mystery and inner disturbance.
This collection brings together some of his finest work, including the classic The Necklace. With a crisp, accessible layout, it offers readers an inviting gateway into timeless French literature and the enduring brilliance of Maupassant’s storytelling.

H.G. Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books. Together with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback, Wells has been referred to as “The Father of Science Fiction.”
Wells was an outspoken socialist and sympathetic to pracifist views, although he supported the First World War once it was under way, and his later works became increasingly political and didactic. His middle-period novels (1900-1920) were less science-fictional; they covered lower-middle class life (The History of Mr Polly) and the “New Woman” and the Suffragettes (Ann Veronica).

Henry James (15 April 1843 - 28 February 1916) was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary reaslism. James spent the last 53 years of his life in England, becoming a British subject in 1915, one year before his death. He is primarily known for the series of novels in which he portrays the encounter of Americans with Europe and Europeans. His method of writing from the point of view of a character within a tale allows him to explore issues related to consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting.
James is one of the major figures of trans-Atlantic literature. His works frequently juxtapose characters from the Old World (Europe), embodying a feudal civilisation that is beautiful, often corrupt, and alluring, and from the New World (United States), where people are often brash, open, and assertive and embody the virtues, freedom and a more highly evolved moral character of the new American society. James explores this clash of personalities and cultures, in stories of personal relationships in which power is exercised well or badly.

The Russian novelist and moral philosopher Leo Tolstoy ranks as one of the world's great writers. Tolstoy’s stories are very humorous, with an underlying political or philosophical message. The message in all his stories is presented with such humor that the reader hardly realizes that it is strongly didactic. The book contains well-known works by the author, including the book that is considered by many as his best, War and Peace. 

O. Henry was the pen name of the American writer William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910).
O. Henry’s short stories are well known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.
Fundamentally a product of his time, his work provides one of the best examples of catching the entire flavour of an age written in the English language. He wrote a story a week for over a year for the New York World Sunday Magazine. His wit, characterization and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by critics.
His health began to deteriorate in 1908, which affected his writing. He died on June 5, 1910, of cirrhosis of the liver, complications of diabetes and an enlarged heart.

Oscar Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s.
At the height of his fame and success, whilst his masterpiece, “The Importance of Being Earnest”, was still on stage in London. Wilde published The Happy Prince and Other Tales in 1888, and had been regularly writing fairy stories for magazines. “The Portrait of Mr. W.H.”, which Wilde had begun in 1887, was first published in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine in July 1889, it is a short story.
He died destitute in Paris at the age of forty-six.

Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 -  11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet. While his works typically belong to the Naturalism movement, several poems display elements of the previous Romantic and Enlightenment periods of literature, such as his fascination with the supernatural.
While he regarded himself primarily as a poet who composed novels mainly for financial gain, he became and continues to be widely regarded for his novels, such as Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd. The bulk of his fictional works, initially published as serials in magazines, were set in the semi-fictional land of Wessex (based on the Dorchester region where he grew up) and explored tragic characters struggling against their passions and social circumstances. An additional short-story collection, beyond the ones mentioned above is, A Changed Man and Other Tales published in 1913.

Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England, London and Kent between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, two daughters of Mr Dashwood by his second wife. They have a younger sister, Margaret, and an older half-brother named John. When their father dies, the family estate passes to John, and the Dashwood women are left in reduced circumstances. The novel follows the Dashwood sisters to their new home, a cottage on a distant relative’s property, where they experience both romance and heartbreak. The contrast between the sisters’ characters is eventuall  resolved as they each find love and lasting happiness. This is how Elinor and Marianne find a balance between sense and sensibility in life and love.

Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen, and was her first published
work when it appeared in 1811 under the pseudonym “A Lady”. A work of romantic fiction, Sense and Sensibility is set in southwest England between 1792 and 1797, and portrays the life and loves of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. The novel follows the young ladies to their new home, a meagre cottage on a distant relative’s property, where they experience love, romance and heartbreak. The philosophical resolution of the novel is ambiguous: the reader must decide whether sense and sensibility have truly merged.

His Last Bow Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 8 Sherlock Holmes stories; 1. The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge, 2. The Adventure of The Carboard Box, 3. The Adventure of The Red Circle, 4. The Adventure of The Bruce-Partington Plans, 5. The Adventure of The Dying Detective, 6. The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, , 7. The Adventure of The Devil’s Foot, 8. His Last Bow

Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of self-discovery of a man named Siddhartha during the time of the Buddha. The book, Hesse's ninth novel (1922), was written in German, in a simple, lyrical style. It was published in the U.S. in 1951 and became influential during the 1960s. in fact, the Buddha's own name, before his renunciation, was Siddhartha Gautama, Prince of Kapilvastu. in this book, the Buddha is referred to as "Gautama". The story takes place in ancient Nepal. Siddhartha, the son of a Brhamin, decides to leave behind his home in the hopes of gaining spiritual illumination by becoming an ascetic wandering beggar of the Samanas. Joined by his best friend Govinda, Siddhartha fasts, becomes homeless, renounces all personal possessions, and intensely meditates, eventually seeking and personally speaking with Gautama, the famous Buddha, or Enlightened One. Afterward, both Siddhartha and Govinda acknowledge the elegance of the Buddha's teaching. Although Govinda hastily joines the Buddha's order, Siddhartha does not follow. Siddhartha decides to live out the rest of his life in the presence of the spiritually inspirational river. Toward the end of his life, Govinda hears about an enlightened ferryman and...

‘How can someone fall in love at the very first sight? Do love really exists in today’s world?’  
‘Love means problems. Love means ultimate pain.’
‘Being in love is very simple but to achieve balance in love-life is a real art. And that is known only to a true SOUL MATE’.   “Soul Mate is an extraordinary classic of romance & devotion. And Pandey is not afraid to flame your heart to make emotions melt.”

All time favorite Stories of Panchatantra series is a compilation of moral bases stories from the bag of wisdom that has  forever been an inherent part of the Indian culture. The stories were initially designed to train the not so wise princes in political and social etiquette by Pandit Vishnu Sharma. With time these stories have gelled in our culture and have truly become a source of learning the worldly ways. Each of these stories, in which even animals have been depicted as live characters, carries a moral for the young and old to apply in their lives.

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the evil Edward Hyde.
The tale describes a sinister figure named Mr. Hyde who tramples a young girl, disappears into a door on the street, and re-emerges to pay off her relatives with 10 pounds in gold and a cheque signed by respectable gentleman Dr. Henry Jekyll (a client and friend of Utterson's) for 90 pounds. Jekyll having recently and suddenly changed his will to make Hyde beneficiary, Utterson is disturbed and concerned about this development, and makes an effort to seek out Hyde. This is instilled by Utterson's fear that Hyde is blackmailing Dr. Henry Jekyll for his money.

Dr. Jekyll’s experiments unleash a terrifying alter ego: the ruthless and uncontrollable Mr. Hyde. As the two identities battle for dominance, the line between good and evil begins to fade in this gothic tale of psychological suspense. Retold with haunting illustrations, this edition explores identity, morality, and the hidden darkness within the human soul.
Driven by curiosity, Dr. Jekyll creates a potion that transforms him into Mr. Hyde—a twisted embodiment of his darkest impulses. At first he believes he can control the change, but Hyde soon begins to appear on his own, growing stronger and more dangerous with every transformation.

Tables are the most important part of learning for children after alphabet and numbers. No one can be a good doctor, engineer, teacher or scientist without learning tables.

Tables are the most important part of learning for children after alphabet and numbers. No one can be a good doctor, engineer, teacher or scientist without learning tables.
The book has been developed specially for children, containing multiplication tables from 1 to 40 where children have an opportunity to read and learn to lead a better future. The book also provides basic learning of Geometrical Shapes, The Number System, Even and Odd Numbers, Test of Divisibility, Squares and Cubes, Measurement of Time, Jubilee Celebration, The Metric Systems, Days in a Month, Mathematical Symbols, The Hindu-Arabic and International Numeration Systems, and Indian Currency for enhanced learning of the little scholars.

The Book Helps Learn Your Kids not just Tables & Numbers but Many Things More and Keeps them Ahead of Other Children.
The Book Contains: Tables 1 to 40; Numbers with their; Different Expressions; Number System; Even & Odd Numbers; Prime & Composite Numbers; Factors & Multiples; Geometrical Shapes; Directions; Tests of Divisibility; Measurement of Time; Days, Months & Years; The Metric System; Arithmetical Terms; Mathematical Symbols; Squares & Cubes; The Numeration System; Indian Currency.