Book Archive

“Growing up in Disneyland” is part biography about Ron’s father, Broadway, movie, and TV star, Don DeFore, and his own autobiography. Don DeFore earned a star on Hollywood Boulevard’s…

By 1840 the colony of New South Wales was expanding. Transportation of convicts to the east coast ended, and many free squatters set out to settle on lands to the south. In 1836, the Government in London…

Crime is rampant. People live in fear. Government officials and the media offer solutions. Sounds like life in the 21st century. But it isn’t. It’s the 1910s: a decade filled with a myriad of crimes,…

When does self-defense become murder? Kyle Morrison is about to find out. Kyle is an ordinary guy living a life he chose for himself. He has his own diner. He has a great girlfriend. He has his privacy…

In the 1930s medicine was still very much a hit and miss affair. The surgeons were still experimenting and learning about the human body. This at a period when there was little in the way of pain relief.…

ANGEL FIERCE Azura Chronicles Book 2 by Vijaya Schartz Amazon Smashwords Something’s rotten on the angel planet. When Avenging Angels turn up dead, Urielle, their Legion Commander, suspects the handsome…

Sundara Kãnda – Hanuman’s Odyssey BS Murthy ISBN 81-901911-7-9 Copyright © 2005 BS Murthy Originally published by Self Imprint in 2005 This improved E-book edition is of 2013 Cover designed with…

Bhagavad-Gita is the most beautiful, perhaps the only true philosophical song existing in any known tongue’ – so opined William von Humboldt, who wrote seven-hundred verses in its praise. In this modern…

This thought-provoking work, besides dissecting the anatomy of Islam, steeped in the Quran, seeks to depict the psyche of the Musalmans, shaped by the proclivities of their prophet, vicissitudes of his…

How would you feel if you were a private eye and the mayor of your hometown called you up to help solve a murder case? On top of that, everyone in town still hates you, including your ex-girlfriend. Well,…

A compendium of the author’s stage and radio plays – while ‘Slighted Souls’ deals with the rebellion of the downtrodden, ‘Men at work on Women at work’ is about sexual harassment…

‘Stories varied’ is about women’s dilemmas in the Indian social milieu accompanied with unique denouements. While ‘Ilaa’s Ire’ contrasts woman’s lot of the day with her…

Copyright © 2014 BS Murthy ISBN 81-901911-4-4 Cover design of Gopi’s water color painting by Lattice Advertisers, Hyderabad. Self Imprint F-9, Nandini Mansion, 1-10-234, Ashok Nagar, Hyderabad – 500…

This is the story of the rise and fall of an ambitious man, the decline and decay of his conniving wife, the trials and tribulations of their wayward son as well as the grit and gall of a spirited woman,…

Glaring Shadow in a stream of consciousness mode is the self-account of the life and times of a man, who liquidates his immense wealth only to consign it to the flames. The agony and ecstasy of his life…

If passing through youth was like crossing the mirage of life for Chandra and Nithya, it proved to be chasing the mirage of love for Sathya and Prema though for plain Vasavi, Chandra’s pitiable sibling,…

The attractions Roopa experienced and the fantasies she entertained as a teen shaped a male imagery that ensconced her subconscious. Insensibly, confident carriage came to be associated with the image…

Prior to World War I, Hitler never rose above the rank of Lance-corporal, as his superiors considered he lacked leadership qualities. But, what hypnotized Hitler, that he transformed into a merciless tyrant…