Books published by publisher Rupa Publishing House/India

Butterball is a curious fun-loving poodle who doesn’t like being left home alone. She is looking for fun and digs her way out under a fence, but Butterball wanders too far. How will Butterball find her way home? Join Butterball on her adventure and meet Binky the bunny, JillaRoo the kangaroo and Barny the owl. This easy-to-read picture book features cute illustrations, supports the development of literacy and numeracy skills, and includes some fun activity pages.

So You Are a Leader? Inspiring Leadership Stories and Lessons for Kidz of all Ages is full of lively inspirational leadership stories and lessons for kids of all ages. It has short heart-warming stories each depicting in a rich, practical, and simple way leadership lessons that will enrich and inspire your kids. Stories such as "Danny Makes a Cool Escape", "Leaders Are Brave Regardless of the Obstacles", "Abie and the Beautiful Country", "Leaders Embrace the Unknown", "Mo Fights for His Brother", "Leaders Stick Up for Their People", and much more will fill your child's or children's heart with memories of great heroes and at the same time plant the invaluable seed of leadership and character building.

You Cannot Chase Two Antelopes at the Same Time will teach your child(ren) the invaluable lesson of determination and focus. This heartwarming story about the courage and determination of a little boy and his sister who set out to chase two antelopes unsuccessfully, extracts the important character traits of determination and focus. The little boy and girl set out to accomplish an impossible task and try different approaches, but to no avail. They finally figured out that in life some pursuits are too delicate to focus on multiple things at the same time. The story will thrill, entertain and motivate your children.

After everything Trish has done to get to Sanctuary, nothing on earth could get her to leave. But when Trish’s ex shows up with news that Starren’s life is in danger, her conscience refuses to let her sit idly by, even though that means abandoning her family, security, and everything she’s worked so hard to earn. Luckily, those who love her won’t let her go alone.Leaving Sanctuary requires a trip to Faerie, a vicious and dangerous place where humans are hated and her people are most vulnerable. There she meets a dark and sinister relative.As trouble escalates and the mission becomes deadly, can Trish draw enough power from her abilities to save her team and herself, or was this mission doomed to fail from the start?

Selected a top sales book of 2017 by Top Sales Magazine! Thousands of books have been written about the right things to do in sales. Sales Insanity is the EXACT OPPOSITE of those books. Rather than extolling the virtues of good behavior, Sales Insanity helps you avoid the disastrous outcomes of bad sales behavior. It reveals the things you should NEVER do under any circumstance, because these actions always cause you to lose sales. So what are these deadly Worst Practices in sales? What unintentionally insane things do you do every day that cost you money? Cannon Thomas has the answers, because he’s witnessed the sales Worst Practices first-hand. With keen insight and excellent storytelling, Cannon shares 20 entertaining stories that prove a point: While it’s good to know what to do, it’s even better to know what not to do. Read this book, laugh out loud, end your bad behaviors, and sell more!

A penetrating and beautiful story about grief, love, and standing in the end. When Livia Stone suddenly loses her twin brother, Jasper, she must learn to navigate her new life alone. As she faces tragedy and starts down a road toward self-destruction, Daniel enters Livia's life - at a moment when she needs it most.˃˃˃ Standing Sideways is a poignant, relevant, and touching story of survival, courage, and compassion. Guaranteed to have readers crying, laughing, and most of all, debating the issues affecting the lives of parents and teens alike on a journey of hope and forgiveness.˃˃˃ A powerful must-read account of the sign of the times.

Imagine if tomorrow morning you woke to find every channel on TV, social media, and the entire internet, all exploding with images of a massive ocean liner hovering fifty feet in the air over the Long Beach harbor. There for the world to see, the RMS Queen Mary had been levitated by parties unknown. This is how the world learns of Jack & Jamie's new invention: gravitational disaffinity.After inventing an energy efficient form of antigravity, the Sparks brothers are ready to cash in on their billion-dollar discovery. But very soon they realize that there is no government or corporation on the planet that would not kidnap them for control of this technology. After all, gravitational disaffinity would not only change the entire world paradigm, but it would also be a priceless tactical advantage for the nation that possesses it first. Desperate to see their invention change the world while enriching them, the brothers hatch a scheme to make their dreams come true while preemptively derailing those who would seek to steal their designs. In a funny and twisting story that never stands still, Jack and Jamie decide to chase their dreams, even if it kills them. Like all Rotten novels, TDGBI is a fun, character-driven story, filled with tantalizing personalities that leave you with a warm fuzzy feeling. In a David vs Goliath match-up, the Sparks brothers take on massive forces in their quest to change the entire world paradigm. With the entire world beating down their door for control of their invention, will they succeed or be steamrolled by their own government?

An ancient fortress ...A desperate last stand ...Trapped in a time she doesn't belong ...Will Gwyn change the course of history just to survive?On holiday from university with her family in Israel, Gwyn stumbles across a strange device while exploring the ruins of Masada. She is unwittingly thrown back two thousand years in time to the bloody siege between the Roman invaders and fiercely nationalistic Jewish defenders. Blending in is her only option to stay alive; but can she escape before the siege comes to a head?Meanwhile, Michelle is the Time Space Agent from the year 2623 AD trying to escape her enemies and recover her lost time machine, all while inadvertently stumbling on a dangerous political plot.The clock is ticking as Gwyn and Michelle's timelines hurtle towards each other in this historical adventure based on the real events of Roman conquest in Ancient Judea. The actions of these two time travellers, born centuries apart, will impact not just each other's survival, but the fates of past and future worlds alike.

They say everything’s bigger in Texas. From its towering mountains, to its endless sparkling rivers and everything in between, the Lone Star State has plenty to offer. The sheer size and beauty of its landscape is only matched by the welcoming arms of its people. Here, nature’s majesty and human kindness fuse to create a tapestry that can’t help but inspire poetry.In Texas’s Best Emerging Poets, 140+ up-and-coming poets have their own chance to shine. Covering a wide array of topics ranging from love and heartbreak, family and friendship, the inherent beauty of nature, and so much more, these young talents will amaze you. Containing one poem per poet, this anthology is a compelling introduction to the great wordsmiths of tomorrow.

Bad stuff is going down in the desert...Ricky Rayburn has a theory about life. There are adventurers, like Indiana Jones, his dad, and sister. But he’s not. Maybe the adventurer gene skips a generation?Summer vacation is off to a terrible start when Ricky’s family takes a trip to the Mojave Desert. His dad must embark on another “work vacation” and Ricky’s not invited, again. But in between swimming at the motel pool, miniature golfing, arguing with his sister about a mythical boyfriend, danger strikes, and everything changes.Ricky is the only hope of saving a desert town from destruction and becoming the adventurer he always dreamed of. Will he harness the adventurer spirit — or fail and prove his life theory right? Follow Ricky’s hilarious journey in proving his adventurer family wrong, saving a town, and hoping to make it home to start the sixth grade. Grab a copy today!

Autobiography of a Yogi is the story of the life of Paramahansa Yogananda (January 5, 1893-March 7, 1952) first published in 1946. Born as Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, India, into a Bengali family, this book takes the reader on a journey into the life of Paramahansa Yogananda and his encounters with spiritual figures of both the East and West. Beginning from his childhood, his family life, to finding his guru and becoming a monk and establishing his teachings of Kriya Yoga meditation, this book allows the reader to see the spiritual yearning of the man and how he realizes that over the years. It draws on both his personal experiences-anecdotes and meetings with eminent spiritual personalities, his association with nineteenth-century master Lahiri Mahasaya who had prophesized the writing of this book-as well as how he travels across America lecturing and establishing his teachings in Los Angeles, California. Autobiography of a Yogi is an introduction to the methods of attaining God-realization and emphasizes the value of Kriya Yoga and a life of self-respect, calmness, determination, simple diet and regular exercise. It has been in print for the last seventy years and has been translated into over forty languages. It has been highly acclaimed as a spiritual classic and is designated as one of the '100 Most Important Spiritual Books of the 20th Century.