Most Popular Books by David Robert

दूर देशाहून आलं होतं एक गोरं पाखरू. पळून आलं होतं. तुटलं होतं माणसांपासून... मातृभूमीपासून... जगण्यापासूनच! मागावर असलेले पोलीस आणि स्वत:च्या डागाळलेल्या आयुष्याची लाज वाटणारं मन यापासून त्याला पळून जायचं होतं... लपून राहायचं होतं.ते उतरलं होतं मुंबईत. अंधारी, काळी, कलकलाटाची दुनिया. पिचलेली... तरीही ताठ उभ्या कण्याची! क्षणात नरडीचा घोट घेणारी, क्षणात प्रेमाची पाखर घालून पोटाशी कवटाळणारी दुनिया! घर सुटलेलं, कुटुंब तुटलेलं, जिवलग दुरावलेले, अशा शून्य अवस्थेत भिरभिरणारं ते एकुट पाखरू शिरलं मुंबईच्या कुशीत. – आणि बघता बघता सारं बदललं. एक नवीच दुनिया उलगडत गेली. प्रेमाचा पाऊस... द्वेषाचा जाळ... विश्वासघाताचे सुरे... रहस्यांचं चक्रव्यूह आणि गुपितांच्या गुहा! शरीरसुखाच्या उफाळत्या लाटांवर नाचणारा उत्कट प्रणय आणि तुरुंगाच्या अंधारकोठडीतला रक्तरंजित छळ. जगण्याच्या लढाईत धगधगणा-या झोपड्या आणि पंचतारांकित हॉटेलातलं थंडगार ऐश्वर्य. अंडरवल्र्डमधल्या टोळीयुद्धांच्या चिखलात रुजलेली तत्त्वज्ञानाची कमळं आणि बॉलीवुडच्या झगमगाटाआडचा सुन्न अंधार. या कहाणीत काय नाही? तिच्या पोटाशी आहे पंखांवर खिळे ठोकणा-या नियतीला झुगारून, जगण्याचा अर्थ शोधत भिरभिरणारं एक पाखरू, त्याच्या पंखांवरचे प्रेमाचे रंग आणि एक शहर – मुंबई. "It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured." So begins this epic, mesmerizing first novel set in the underworld of contemporary Bombay. Shantaram is narrated by Lin, an escaped convict with a false passport who flees maximum security prison in Australia for the teeming streets of a city where he can disappear. Accompanied by his guide and faithful friend, Prabhaker, the two enter Bombay's hidden society of beggars and gangsters, prostitutes and holy men, soldiers and actors, and Indians and exiles from other countries, who seek in this remarkable place what they cannot find elsewhere. As a hunted man without a home, family, or identity, Lin searches for love and meaning while running a clinic in one of the city's poorest slums, and serving his apprenticeship in the dark arts of the Bombay mafia. The search leads him to war, prison torture, murder, and a series of enigmatic and bloody betrayals. The keys to unlock the mysteries and intrigues that bind Lin are held by two people. The first is Khader Khan: mafia godfather, criminal-philosopher-saint, and mentor to Lin in the underworld of the Golden City. The second is Karla: elusive, dangerous, and beautiful, whose passions are driven by secrets that torment her and yet give her a terrible power. Burning slums and five-star hotels, romantic love and prison agonies, criminal wars and Bollywood films, spiritual gurus and mujaheddin guerrillas---this huge novel has the world of human experience in its reach, and a passionate love for India at its heart. Based on the life of the author, it is by any measure the debut of an extraordinary voice in literature.

Ecodharma è la risposta buddhista alla crisi ambientale, la più grande sfida che l'umanità si sia mai trovata ad affrontare: una crisi che è anche spirituale. Unendo le diffuse preoccupazioni ecologiche (eco) con gli insegnamenti del buddhismo (Dharma), l'autore sottolinea come per sviluppare una visione risolutiva sia necessario fondere lo sviluppo della consapevolezza interiore con l'impegno eco-sociale. È sufficiente entrare in un bosco per riscoprire la connessione con la natura e senza troppe elucubrazioni mentali ci si rende conto che il mondo non è un insieme utilitaristico di cose separate, ma una confluenza di processi naturali che includono l’intera umanità. In queste potenti pagine il noto filosofo buddhista David Loy espone come la saggezza buddhista possa ispirare a guarire il mondo che si condivide, stimolando il lettore a sviluppare una mente ecologica, e come sia necessario tradurre queste idee in azioni impegnate.

Había una vez una Familia Feliz: una mamá, un papá, un jerbo y la más hermosurísima, inteligentísima, bondadosísima Princesa de divinos, largos y ondulados cabellos. Pero un terrible día llegó el soberano más tirano de todos: Su Majestad Chiquitita, ¡Rey Bebé! Ahora el Reino está devastado, asediado de alaridos, llanto y loas al nuevo monarca. ¿Qué será de la bondadosísima Princesa? Tal vez el primer cumpleaños del Rey Bebé es la oportunidad perfecta para que la princesa recupere su reino perdido. Un libro de enorme originalidad y sentido del humor, mucho más sofisticado de lo que puede pensarse a primera vista... Definitivamente merece una lectura detenida, de preferencia sin tiránicos hermanos menores cerca. Once upon a time, there was a happy family: a mom; a dad; a gerbil; and the incredibly beautiful, smart, and kind princess with gorgeous, long, curly hair. But one terrible day the tyrannical ruler arrives: His Tiny Majesty King Baby! Now the kingdom is devastated, full of screaming, crying, and praise for the new monarch. What will become of the princess? Perhaps the Baby King's first birthday will be the perfect opportunity to recover her lost reign. This hugely original book offers much more than it may appear at first glance and is worth a closer look, preferably without tyrannical little siblings around.

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