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Seawitch
समुद्र म्हटला की संघर्ष! जीवन-मरणाचा संघर्ष! असा संघर्ष करून त्यातून संपत्ती मिळवणार्यांचा एक वर्ग तयार होतो. मग त्या वर्गात अंतर्गत संघर्षाचे अंगार फुलतात. समुद्र म्हटला की साहस! ...एका तेलसम्राटाची समुद्रातील तेलविहीर म्हणजे त्याच्या साम्राज्याचे केंद्र. हा तेलसम्राट. संपत्तीच्या जोरावर काहीही करण्याची हिंमत असणारा. त्याची दोन मर्मस्थळे होती. ती तेलविहीर आणि त्याच्या दोन लाडक्या कन्या. शेवटी त्यांच्यावरच घाला पडला. केवळ सूडापोटी! संघर्ष, साहस, संपत्ती व सूड यांनी रंगलेले एलिस्टर मॅक्लीनने लिहिलेले हे समुद्रावरचे नाट्य.
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The Diving Bell And The Butterfly
अर्धांगाच्या तीव्र झटक्याने पूर्ण गारद झालेल्या; पण हलणा-या एका पापणीने जीवनाचे रहस्य उलगडले जाते, त्याची ही भावस्पर्शी कथा. यातून जीवननिष्ठा म्हणजे काय? ते समजते. माणुसकीची शिकवण मिळते. मनाची उदारता प्रत्यक्ष अनुभवाद्वारे वाचायला मिळते. मन हेलावून सोडणारे एक भावस्पर्शी आत्मकथन.
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Japanese Magnolia
Fusao is a teenage boy who has the unusual gift of writing. Lord Okimoto is the son of a samurai. Both have a nature of swinging the other way and soon there developes a forbidden love affair between the two who live during the Edo period, which breaks all rules of Japan's orthodox society. About four centuries later, an ancestor of Lord Okimoto finds a diary. As the diary is read by a historian, it unfolds the heartbreaking account of shattered dreams and tragic deaths. What happened after the two were caught red handed? Could the lovers get away with what they did? The story does not end with the Edo period. The spirit of the gay samurai carries on even in modern days. How does such a twist in situation come about?
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Japanese Orchid
Tetsuyo Akinicho is a wealthy Japanese industrial baron who moves in the most highly respected circles of New York. One day he receives an e-mail which he can not afford to ignore. Someone tries to blackmail him by threatening to reveal a family secret and to destroy his reputation. Seeking help from Akira Tanaka, his lawyer; Paul Griffin, a well known American private investigator; and his assistant, Japanese historian, Mayumi Onodera, Tetsuyo Akinicho decides to probe into the matter. The investigations lead to one shocking discovery after another. Does Tetsuyo Akinicho reach the blackmailer? Did he bow to the demands put in the blackmailer who said he would dig up the past? Are the ghosts of the past still haunting him?