Jaico Publishing House: 169 books

Hugh Toye’s study of Subhash Chandra Bose is valuable on three counts: as a history of a little known facet of World War II, as a study in Anglo-Indian relations over a vital period, and as a study of the new kind of leaders in Asia. The story of Bose’s life is of absorbing interest, and the author...

Our story begins with the murder of Sir Charles Baskerville, hunted down by a supernatural hound. The next target of the hound, haunting the Grimpen Mire is Sir Henry Baskerville. Sherlock Holmes, the super sleuth, steps in to solve the secret of the legend and a maze of mysteries haunting the moor....

New Reformatted EditionMahatma Gandhi’s life was an experiment with truth. Put your principles to real practice—this was his message to the contemporary world.To him God was Truth and Truth was God. Here are essays and reflections on Mahatma Gandhi, one of the outstanding personalities not only of...

This big book presents the four best stories of Edgar Wallace.* The Forger* The Four Just Men* The Man Who Knew* The Clue of the Twisted CandleThe Forger : Can you justify when God given talents are honed to perfection and utilized for wrong means? Can you identify this line of difference between the...

This story goes back to the era of saints and satans, of sorcery, witchery, demonry, devilry, martyrs and their faiths. Set during the medieval period. This story ia about a priest who falls for a beautiful gypsy girl, Esmeralda. Unable to control his infatuation any longer, he attempts to kidnap her...

The Journey of Cricket’s Ultimate CenturionINTRODUCTION BY SACHIN TENDULKARIncludes four colour 70 rare photos.Sachin: Born to Bat by veteran journalist Khalid A-H Ansari and edited by Clayton Murzello is a unique ode to contemporary cricket’s finest batsman. In the words of the author: “This is...

The Buddha was the first most active missionary in the world. He wandered from place to place for forty-five years preaching His doctrine to the masses and the intelligentsia. Till His last moment, He served humanity both by example and by precept. His distinguished disciples followed suit. Penniless,...

Phileas Fogy, a wealthy Londoner, was a member of the Reform Club. He was also slightly eccentric by nature. His friends at the club challenged him for 20,000 pounds to go around the world in eighty days. He accepted the wager and set out from London with his wallet, passport etc. Did he win the wager? Come, let us join Phileas Fogy on his tour and find out.

Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked on an uninhabited island. He was the only survivor. The ship was grounded on a rock. Crusoe managed to salvage as much as possible from the ship. With great perseverance and industry he made for himself a secure & comfortable habitation. It was twenty five years later...

The story goes back to the time of Yore in a small town called Nottinghamshire in merry old England. It happened like this. On a bright day a young lad, while walking through the forest of Sherwood, chanced upon the Sherrif’s soldiers and was innocently dragged into arguing with one of them. Consequently...

This is an exciting story of the adventures of knights and their followers in England ruled by King Richard, the Lion Heart. It is a dangerous time for the country because the noble king is away fighting enemies in a foreign land; while at home, his greedy dissatisfied brother is plotting to grab the...

Rudolf Rassendyll, a peace loving English gentleman goes to Ruritania on a secret visit. By a strange quirk of fate, Rassendyll happens to look like Rudolf the Fifth, the real heir to the throne of Ruritania, who is imprisoned in the castle of Zenda by Black Michael the evil Duke of Strelsau. Rudolf...

The days of Knight and Squires, of exciting adventures and romances come alive in the hilarious account of Don Quixote’s travels. A small time poor land owner, Don Quixote imagines himself placed in the world of knights. He convinces Sancho Panza, a good for nothing fellow from the same village, to...

New Reformatted EditionA compilation of classic short stories by 5 great Russian writers: Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Maxim Gorky, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Ivan Turgenev.Though not necessarily representative of the authors complete works, the stories have been carefully chosen to showcase their versatility...