The Shattered Thigh and Other Plays
By: Bhāsa
3.99
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A selection of the earliest existing plays by a major dramatist in classical Sanskrit Bhasa is o…
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By: Virginia Woolf
4.21
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
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2. Norwegian Wood
By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin
4.01
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a be… read more
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By: Jay Rubin , Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
4.20
Format: 58 pages, Paperback
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By: Francesc Miralles , Héctor García
3.75
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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5. The Dhammapada
By: Anonymous , Thich Nhat Hanh , None , None
3.43
Format: 42 pages, Paperback
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6. Why I Assassinated Mahatma Gandhi
By: None , Gopal Godse
4.58
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
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By: Sadhguru
3.86
Format: 256 pages,
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8. Subhashitavali: An Anthology Of Comic, Erotic And Other Verse
By: A.N.D. Haksar
3.56
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By: A.K. Ramanujan , None , None , None , None
4.15
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
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10. The Recognition of Śakuntalā
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3.93
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
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4.34
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
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By: Thomas Hardy , Rosemarie Morgan , Shannon Russell
3.73
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
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By: Anonymous , Wendy Doniger
4.60
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14. India that is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution
By: J. Sai Deepak
4.46
Format: 472 pages, Hardcover
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15. The Shattered Thigh and Other Plays
By: Bhāsa
3.99
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
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16. Malavikagnimitram: Malavika and Agnimitra
By: Kālidāsa
3.63
Format: 123 pages, Hardcover
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