âUnable to stand the whole weary and sordid business, Mr Fennimore hit upon a solution.Loading his revolver, he moved to his wifeâs bedside and shot her through the head.âIt is the many myths and legen...
âHeaven. Is that the real heaven-the perfect place with the perfect companion? And if you and I meet again, Dad, will you look the same, and will I be a small boy or an old man?â
She was there every morning, chasing butterflies, stalking squirrels and mynahs, her voice brimmingwith laughter, her slight figure flitting about between the trees.âChildhood memories are cherished by everybody. They are a reminder of...
Description. A little boy goes riding on a boat. He has been told many fearful stories of sea. monsters and strange sea creatures. But what really happens on the boat? Then. he is taken high up, far above the land in a tiny plane. The pilot loves to take....
Childhood. A time of endless adventures and daring discoveries. A time when the worlds all its Attendant fantasies, some good, some not so much-open up in front of the curious little eyes of impressionable minds. A time of both wonderment and bewilderment...
Ruskin Bond is the most addictive and entertaining writer in modern Indian literature.The author of over a hundred novels and short-story collections, his fiction is especiallycelebrated for the unforgettable misfits, dreamers, small-time con artists,...
The residents of Fosterganj are shocked and speculations run rife as the Fairy Glen Palace mysteriously catches fire. Once the Queen of Ranipur, the Rani Ma looks at her people from the balcony-only this time, she is contemplating suicide. An actor-couple...
Terror. The word conjures up images of ghosts, monsters, half-creatures and phantoms. But terrordoesnât always stem from the paranormal. It can turn up in unexpected ways in everyday life,clutching at our heart with icy fingers!Feel the...
Ruskin Bondâs readers range from nine to ninety. And if there are such things as ghosts there are probably a few who are reading him in the spirit world.
There is an inexplicable pull that we feel towards stories about horror and mystery. The fear ofthe unknown, coupled with the thirst to know the âtruthâ, keeps us turning page after page. Thisis a collection of mysterio...
I am now over eighty years old. A very grand age, when I am allowed to sit back and listen to birds, examine the shapes of mountain ranges, and let my mind wander. These days I find my thoughts going back to my childhood all the timeWe become like little...
Vintage storyteller Ruskin Bond has created some unforgettable characters in his novels and stories, but perhaps the most memorable and unusual among them are the ghosts and spirits he has encountered. These ghosts are not always horrific; they are myster...
The Ruskin Bond Horror Omnibus is a collection of some of the most frightening stories ever written by the masters of the genre. Including stories such as Bram Stokerâs âDraculaâs Guestâ...
Ruskin Bond, Indias favourite writer, draws from his own experiences, and those of some of the worlds greatest thinkers and doers, to offer words of inspiration and wisdom. A Little Book of Courage is the perfect guideto dip into and to giftfor the good...
Few writers anywhere have celebrated the beauty of the world, of all creatures great and small, as magically as Ruskin Bond has done. This little anthology brings together his own ideas and images of beauty and those of writers and thinkers he has read...
About ten yards in front of him, crawling along the floor, was a manâs hand. Eustace stared at it in utter amazement. It was moving quickly in the manner of a geometer caterpillar, the fingers humped up one moment, flattened out the next...
âRemember the old road,The steep stony pathThat took us up from Rajpur,Toiling and sweatingAnd grumbling at the climb,But enjoying it all the same.âFrom âRemember the Old Roadâ by...