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Now recognised as the standard work on the subject, Realm of St Stephen is a comprehensive history of medieval Eastern and Central Europe. Pal Engel traces the establishment of the medieval kingdom of Hungary from its conquest by the Magyar tribes in 895 until defeat by the Ottomans at the Battle of Mohacs in 1526. He shows the development of the dominant Magyars who, upon inheriting an almost empty land, absorbed the remaining Slavic peoples into their culture after the original communities had largely disappeared.

Baltu Mitter is an entrepreneur by profession. Because of his entrepreneurship, he has to travel to several places in the world. He is in a habit of going around several impassable places in mountains, deep forests, the ocean in search of something strange & unknown subjects during the leisure period of the business. While doing so he faced many difficult situations in his life even a fatal death. He courageously encountered the tough & critical state of life one after the other. He discovered some mystic objects. Sometimes I also associated him in his adventurous footsteps. I am being a close friend of him, Baltu narrated about his several adventures & discoveries to me.

Puchku loves to read. But one day she discovers that she has read every book in the library. To her delight, she sees a bookshelf she’s never seen before, and it’s full of books! There’s just one problem: Puchku is far too small to reach them. But then she has an idea... "A Book for Puchku" was originally published by Pratham Books on the online platform StoryWeaver. Several of the stories are written by Indian authors and set on the other side of the world. In particular, the stories explore exciting topics such as scientific discoveries and how we can look after each other and our planet.