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Vedanta Deshika (1268-1369) was perhaps the most outstanding Sanskrit author in the South Indian tradition focused on Vishnu and one of the most original poets in all of Sanskrit literature. Two of his best-known works appear here. "The Mission of the Goose," in the genre of messenger-poems modeled on Kali dasa s famous "Cloud Messenger," has Rama send a goose with a message for Sita, flying to Lanka over graphically described Tamil temples. "Compassion" is a meditation about the compassionate aspect of Vishnu, particularly as embodied in the great temple of Tirupati. Appayya Dikshita...

A wedding ceremony opens On My Eyes. Hidden from view, the bride shifts her glance from the groom to his younger brother standing by his side as the best man. If only, she thinks, if only they would trade places. The bride's love and affection is torn between the two brothers. On My Eyes follows these three lovers over the course of years, exposing a deep vein of sibling rivalry, the dangerous power of unrequited love and their individual quests for passion.

Throughout his career, Alexander Graham Bell, one of the world's most famous inventors, was plagued by a secret: he stole the key idea behind the invention of the telephone. While researching at MIT, science journalist Seth Shulman scrutinized Bell's journals and within them found the smoking gun: a hint of deeply buried historical deception. Delving further into Bell's life, Shulman unearthed the surprising story behind the telephone, a tale of romance, corruption, and unchecked ambition.

Beautiful and talented Keira's career comes to a screeching halt by the shocking and untimely death of her parents. Thrust into the role of motherhood, she must give up her perfect life in Manhattan to care for her sister, Morgan, a wild and self-centered twelve-year-old.

After sacrificing years of her life, Keira breathes a sigh of relief when Morgan becomes engaged to be wed. At last Keira is free to pursue both her art and her budding romance with Chet, a handsome man-about-town. A tragic accident, however, ruins these plans and destroys her dreams.

Keira's past leaks into...

Unlocking the Sky tells the extraordinary tale of the race to design, refine, and manufacture a manned flying machine, a race that took place in the air, on the ground, and in the courtrooms of America. While the Wright brothers threw a veil of secrecy over their flying machine, Glenn Hammond Curtiss -- perhaps the greatest aviator and aeronautical inventor of all time -- freely exchanged information with engineers in America and abroad, resulting in his famous airplane, the June Bug, which made the first ever public flight in America. Fiercely jealous, the Wright...