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Abanindranath Thakur
Raj Kahini (Shishu) ($3.50)

Abhijit Sen
Abhijit Sen-er 50-ti Golpo (Golpo) ($30)
Shreshtho Golpo (Golpo) ($12) Amiyabhushan Majumdar
Shreshtho Golpo (Golpo) ($6)
McDuff Saheb o Anyanya Golpo (Golpo) ($5)

Ananda Bazar Patrika/"Desh"/Anandamela (Sa:)
"Desh"-er Galpo (2003-2005) (Golpo) (Sonkolon) ($40)
Anandamela Golpo-Songroho (Golpo) (Kishore, Sonkolon) ($25)
Pujabarshiki Anandamela Golpo-Songroho (Golpo) (Kishore, Sonkolon) ($30)
Ananda-Songi (Golpo) (Golpo, Sonkolon) ($20)

Anita Agnihotri
Forest Interludes (English Trans. by Kalpana Bardhan)($19.95) (Novel, Stories, Journals)
Toroni (Golpo) ($6)

Ashapurna Debi

Golpo-Somogro (Vol.1) (Golpo) ($12.50)
Golpo-Somogro (Vol.2) (Golpo) ($12.50)
Golpo-Somogro (Vol.3) (Golpo) ($12.50)
Golpo-Somogro (Vol.4) (Golpo) ($12.50)
Golpo-Somogro (Vol.5) (Golpo) ($12.50)

Ashok Mitra
Chaturongo Theke (vol.1; 1345-1354)(Songkolon) ($17)
Chaturongo Theke (vol.2; 1355-1363)(Songkolon) ($22)

Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay
Swo-nirbachito Golpo(Golpo) ($8)

Atin Bandyopadhyay
Shreshtho Golpo(Golpo) ($10)

Bibidha; Sankalan (Miscellaneous)
The Stream Within - Short Stories by Contemporary Bengali Women [Ashapurna, Mahasweta, Nabanita, Bani, Selina, Jahanara, Sabitri, etc.](Trans. & Ed. by Swati Ganguly and Sarmistha Dutta Gupta)($13) (Stories)
Her Stories: 20th Century Benglai Women Writers [Ashapurna, Mahasweta, Nabanita, Bani, Joya, Suchitra, Minakshi, Anita](English Trans. by Sanjukta Dasgupta)($16.95) (Stories)
In The Same Boat - Golden Tales from Bengal - ed. tr. Gopa Majumdar (English Trans. of Six Famous Bengali Authors) (Short Stories)($7.50)
Chaturongo Nirbachito Golpo (Bikhyata Potrika Chaturonge Prokashito Dui Banglar Sera Golper Sonkolon) (Sankalan, Golpo)($15)
Pnaach Doshoker Kishor Golpo - Sa: Ashok Sen (Kishor)($8)
Bengali Hosehold Tales (vol.1-4) - William McCullogh (English) (Folk Tales)($20)
Bengali Hosehold Tales (vol.3) - William McCullogh (English) (Folk Tales)($5)
Bengali Hosehold Tales (vol.4) - William McCullogh (English) (Folk Tales)($5)

Bani Basu
Galpo Samagro (in 3 Vols.) (Golpo) ($37.50)
Golper Sat-Sotero(Golpo)($10)
Naanaa Swader Golpo (Golpo) ($6.50)
Chhotoder Galpo-Samogro (Golpo) ($8)

Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay
Kamalakanta (English Trans. by Monish Ranjan Chatterjee) (Satire)($10)

Bhagirath Mishra
Shreshtho Golpo (Golpo) ($10)

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Shreshtha Golpo(Golpo)($6.50)

Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay
Shreshtho Golpo (Golpo) ($7.50)
Ranu Golposomogro (Golpo) ($8)

Bimal Mitra
Shreshtha Golpo (Golpo) ($5)

Bonophul
Wildfire and Other Stories (English trans. by Somnath Zutshi) (Short stories)($29.95)
Chhoto Golpo Somogro (Sompurna; V1-2) ($39)
Nutan Golpo (Golpo) ($4)
Shreshtho Golpo (Golpo) ($9)
Nirbachito Golpo (Golpo) ($8)

Buddhadeva Bose
Shreshtho Golpo (Golpo) ($10) Buddhadeb Guha
Shreshtho Golpo (Golpo) ($10)

Debal Deb Barma
Shreshtho Golpo (Golpo) ($5)

Dibyendu Palit
Golden Life >(In English, translated by Sahana Ghosh) (Stories) ($16.95)
Shreshtho Golpo (Golpo) ($6)

Gauri Ayyub
Dur-Pradesher Sonkirno Path (anubaad: gauri Ayyub)(Romyo-rochona; Kabita)($2)

Gautam Sengupta
Sahaj Paath (Golpo) ($10)

Harsha Datta
Jyotsna-baRi (Golpo) ($6.50)

Hasan Azizul Haq
Namheen Gotroheen (Golpo) ($6)
Atmaja o Ekti Karabi Gachh (Golpo) ($7)
Pataale Haspatale (Golpo) ($5)
Ma-Meyer Songsar (Golpo) ($5)
Amra Opekkha korchhi (Golpo) ($6)
Somudrer Swopno Sheeter Aranya (Golpo) ($8)

Imdadul Haque Milon
Desh-bhaager Por (Golpo) ($4)

Jyotirmoy Dutta
Golpo-Songroho (vol. 1) (Golpo) ($10)

Jyotirmoyee Devi
The Impermanence of Lies(Trans. into English by Various; Intro. by Mahasweta Devi) (Short Stories) (13)

Kaliprasanna Sinha
Hotom P(n)yachar Noksha (Romyorochona) ($15)

Kalyani Datta
Prabadmaalaa (Lok-Sonskriti) ($4)
AshTorombhaa (chhobi: Prakash Karmakar) (Romyo-Rochona) ($7)
ThoR BoRi KhaaRaa (chhabi: Purnendu Patri) (Romyo-Rochona) ($14)

Kamalkumar Majumdar
Golpo-Somogro (Golpo) ($15)

Karuna Banerjee
An Actress in Her Time (In English)($10)
Sorbojoya ($10)
Arek Sarbajaya ($8)

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Lal Behari Dey
Folk-Tales of Bengal (English) (Fiction) ($12)

Lila Majumdar
Kheror Khata (Romyorochona) ($8)

Mahasweta Devi
Bashai Tudu (English Trans. by Samik Bandyopadhyay and Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak)(Novel, Short Story) ($8.50)
Our Non-veg Cow and Other Stories (English Trans. by Paramita Banerjee)($12.95)
Old Women (English Trans. by Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak) (Short Stories) ($14.95)
Breast Stories(English Trans. by Gayatri Chakravarty Spivak) (Short Stories, and novella) ($21.95)
The Armenian Champa Tree(English; tr. Nirmal kanti Bhattacharjee) (Fiction; Childrens) ($8.95)
Dakate Kahini (Kishor) ($3.50)
Niranobbuier Golpo (chhobi: Shubhaprasanna) (Golpo) ($5)
Talaq o Anyanya Golpo (Golpo) ($3.50)
Stonodayini ebong Anyanyo Golpo (Golpo) ($6)

Manik Bandyopadhyay
Selected Stories (English Tr. by Various) (Short Stories) ($12.95)
Shreshtho Golpo (Golpo) ($8)

Mati Nandi
Shreshtho Golpo (Golpo) ($12.50)
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Nabaneeta Dev Sen
Naba-Neeta ($15) (Akademi Puraskar, 1999) ($15)
Polashpurer Picnic (Golpo) ($6)
Golpo-Somosgro (Vol.1) (Golpo) ($12)
Golpo-Somosgro (Vol.2) (Golpo) ($12)
Jara Hatke o Anyanya (Golpo) ($6)
Baranda (Romyorochona)($6)
Shobdo PoDe Tapur Tupur (Romyorochona) ($4.50)
Sopto Kando (Golpo) ($5)
Ghulghuli (Probondho; Romyorochona) ($4)
Sita theke Shuru (Golpo) ($7.50)
Nati Nabaneeta (Romyorachana) ($5)
Khagenbabur Prithibi ebong Anyanya ($6)

Nabarun Bhattacharya
Andha Beral($6)

Nahid Jamal Rianon
Jibon Geetali (Golpo) ($7)

Narayan Gangopadhyay
Somogro Kishore Sahitya (Sonkolon)($30)
Sunanda'r Journal (Romyo-rochona; cartoon: Chandi) ($15)
Teni-da Somogro (Kishor) ($15)

Narendranath Mitra
Selected Short Stories Short Stories, English tr. by Amitava Ray, Intro. by Shibnarayan Ray) ($7.50)

Nasreen Jahan
Nirbachito Golpo (Golpo) ($20)
Nirbachito Golpo (Golpo) ($20)
URe Jaay Nishipokkhi (Uponyas) ($5)

Nirmal Verma
Indian Errant - Stories by Nirmal Verma (English Trans. by Prasenjit Gupta) (Short Stories, with Hindi originals and a critical Introduction) ($39.95)

Women's Studies

The Impermanence of Lies - Jyotirmoyee Devi(Trans. into English by Various; Intro. by Mahasweta Devi) (Short Stories) (13)
Nabankur: Seedling's Tale - Sulekha Sanyal (Tr. into English by Gouranga P. Chattopadhyay) (Womens Studies) ($19.95)
The Stream Within - Short Stories by Contemporary Bengali Women [Ashapurna, Mahasweta, Nabanita, Bani, Selina, Jahanara, Sabitri, etc.](Trans. & Ed. by Swati Ganguly and Sarmistha Dutta Gupta)($13) (Stories)
Her Stories: 20th Century Benglai Women Writers [Ashapurna, Mahasweta, Nabanita, Bani, Joya, Suchitra, Minakshi, Anita](English Trans. by Sanjukta Dasgupta)($16.95) (Stories)
Zenana Mehfil: Bangali Musalman Lekhikader Nirbachita Rachana [1904-38] - (Sa: Shahin Akhtar and Mousumi Bhowmik (Naari) ($22)
Shabda-Noi:shobdyer Chitra: Priyambada Devi'r Nirbachita Rachana- (Bhu: Sumita Chakraborty) (Womens Studies) ($8.50)
Krishnabhabini Das-er England-e Bongo Mahila- (Sa: Seemanti Sen) (Womens Studies) ($17.50)
Andore Antare: Unish Shotoke Bangali Bhodramohila- (Sa: Sambuddha Chakraborty) (Womens Studies) ($15.00)
Shataborshe Ashalata Sen- (Sa: Abhijit Sen & Jashodhara Bagchi) (Womens Studies) ($6.50)

"Parashuram"/Rajshekhar Basu Selected Stories (Translated by Sukanta Chaudhuri and Palash B. Pal) (Humor) ($22.95)
Parashuram Golpo-Somogro (Sonkolon) ($32.50)
Parashuram Granthaboli (Vol.1) (Sonkolon; Gaddalika; GolpoKolpo, Dhusturi Maya ityadi Golpo; Loghu-Guru; Kabita) ($12)
Parashuram Granthaboli (Vol.2) (Sonkolon; Kajjali, Anandibai ityadi Golpo, Chomotkumari ityadi Golpo, Cholochchinta; Kabita) ($12)
Parashuram Granthaboli (Vol.3) (Sonkolon; Hanumaner Swapno; Krishnakali; Nil Taraa; Bichinta, Kabita) ($12)
Anandibai and Other Stories (Anandibai ityadi galpa, Short Stories, English tr. by Swapna Dutta) ($4)
Not All In Fun : Stories (Short Stories, English tr. by J. M. Joardar) ($10)

Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay
Nirbachito Saras Golpo (Golpo) ($5)

Prafulla Roy
Shreshtha Golpo (Golpo) ($6.50)

Prasenjit Gupta
A Brown Man and Other Stories(English) (Short Stories) ($12.95)
Indian Errant - Stories by Nirmal Verma (English Trans. by Prasenjit Gupta) (Short Stories, with Hindi originals and a critical Introduction) ($39.95)

Premendra Mitra
Mosquito and Other Stories - Ghana-da's Tall Tales (English Transl. by Amlan Das Gupta) (Short Stories) ($16.95)
Shreshtha Golpo (Golpo) ($10)
Snake and Other Stories(English Transl. by Rina & Pritish Nandy) (Short Stories) ($7)
Ghonada Somogro (Vol.1-3) (Kishor) ($50)
Mindscape ( Short Stories, English tr. by Tutun Mukherjee) ($6.50)

Protiva Bose
Pothe Holo Deri o Anyanya Golpo (Golpo) ($10)
Jiboner Jolchhobi (Smriticharon) ($8)
Haariye Jaaowa Golpo (Golpo) ($10)

Rabindranath Tagore (and Tagore Related)
Rabindra-Rochonaboli(18 Vols. Sulobh Songoshkoron) (Sonkolon) ($225)
The Broken Nest(English; Tr. of Nashto-NeeR by Mary Lago and Supriya Bari) (Novella) ($7.50)
Tagore Omnibus (Vol.1) (English; Tr. by Various; Includes: Gitanjali; Post Office; Creative Unity; Hungry Stones & Other Stories; Gora; My Boyhood Days -- Rupa Ed.) (Misc.) ($32.95)
Tagore Omnibus (Vol.2) (English; Tr. by Various; Includes: Religion of Man; Four Chapters; Red Oleanders; The Hidden Treasures & Other Stories; Shesh Lekha; My Reminiscences-- Rupa Ed.) (Misc.) ($22.95)
The Crown and Other Stories(English; Tr. by Ranjita Basu-- Rupa Ed.) (Short Stories) ($16.95)
Selected Short Stories(English; Ed. Sukanta Chaudhuri; The OUP Series) (Short Stories) ($24.95)

Selected Writings for Children(English; Hardcover; Ed. Sukanta Chaudhuri; The OUP Series) (Short Stories) ($37.95)

Selected Short Stories(English; Tr. by William Radice) (Short Stories) ($12.50)
Hungry Stones and Other Stories(English; tr. by Sister Nivedita, Andrews, et. al.) (Short Stories) ($5)
Kaishorak - Rachana Sankalan (Kishor Songkolon) ($13)
Golpo-Guchho (Somogro)(Golpo Songkolon) ($25.50)

Radice, William
Stupid Tiger & Other Tales(English; Tr. from Upendrakishore Raychaudhury) (Fiction) ($5)
Selected Short Stories - Rabindranath Tagore(English; Tr. by William Radice) (Short Stories) ($12.50)

Raghab Bandyopadhyay
Prantojoner Katha ($6.50)

Rashed Un Nobi
Amader Keu Naa (Golpo) ($5)

Ritwik Ghatak
Ritwik Ghatak-er Golpo (Golpo) ($5)
Ritwik Ghatak : Stories(English Trans. by Rani Ray; w/Forword by Sumanta Banerjee)($16.95) (Stories)

Rupodorshi
Brojodar Gulposomogro (Romyo-rochona) ($4)

Sabarni Chakravarty
Ban-er Bhitar BaRi o Anyanya Golpo (Golpo) ($4.50)
Drishtikon o Anyanya Golpo (Golpo) ($3)

Sagarmoy Ghosh /"Desh"
Param Romoniyo (Romyo-Rochona; Sonkolon; Sa: SG) ($10)
"Desh" Subarnajayanti Golpo Sankalan (sa: SG) (Golpo) ($15)
"Desh" Sharodiya Golpo Sankalan (sa: SG) (golpo) ($17.50)

Sajjad Ahmed
Ama(de)r Katha Hote paarto (Golpo) ($5)

Samaresh Basu
Selected Stories (Vol.1) (English translation by Sumanta Banerjee)($12)
Prometheus Unbound--Short Stories of Samaresh Basu >(In English, tr. by Sudipto Raychowdhury) (Stories) ($16.95)

Samaresh Majumdar
Shreshtha Golpo (Golpo) ($7.50)

Samir Chaudhuri
Hungry Generation Rachana Sankalan (sa: SC) (Bibidha) ($15)

Sanjib Chattopadhyay
Sofa-cum-Bed (Romyorochona) ($4.50)
Lota-Kombol (Vols.1-2)(Romyorochona) ($27.50)
Rakhis Ma Roshe-Boshe (Romyorochona) ($5)
Besh Achhi Rose-Boshe (Romyorochona) ($6)
Roshe-Boshe (Romyorochona) ($5)
Shwet Pathorer Tebil (Golpo) ($6)

Saradindu Bandyopadhyay
Byomkesh Somogro ($40)
Golpo Songroho (Golpo) ($40)
Picture Imperfect and Other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries (English tr. by Sreejata Guha)(Mystery) ($16.95)

Saswati Bhattacharya
Phire Dekha ($6)

Satyajit Ray
Stranger: Stories (English Trans. Gopa Majumdar)($19.95)
Indigo Stories (English Trans. by Satyajit Ray & Gopa Majumdar)($19.95)
20 Stories (English Trans. by Gopa Majumdar)($13.95)
Golpo 101 (Golpo) ($35)
Sera Satyajit ($22.50)
Aro Satyajit ($20.00)
Mollah Nasiruddin-er Golpo (Shishu) ($2)
Ek Dojon Goppo($5)(Golpo)
Ebaaro Baaro($5)(Golpo)
Phatik Chand($4)(BoDo-Golpo)

Shakti Chattopadhyay
Agranthito Podyo-Godyo ($10)
Godyo-Songroho (4 Vols.) ($56.50)

Shailen Sarkar
O Comrade (Chhotogolpo) ($15)

Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay
Golpo-Somogro (2 Vols.) ($20)
Shreshtho Golpo ($10)

Sreejata Guha (Translator)
Picture Imperfect and Other Byomkesh Bakshi Mysteries - Saradindu Bandyopadhyay(English tr. by Sreejata Guha)(Mystery) ($16.95)

Subhas Ghoshal
Subhash Ghoshaler Chhotogolpo (golpo) ($3)

Sudipto Roy Choudhury (translator)
The Arabian Nights of Kolkata (An Anthology of Bengali Short Stories) (English translations.) (Short Stories) ($33)

Sukanta Chaudhuri
Selected Nonsense of Sukumar Ray >(English; Trans. by Sukanta C.) (Misc.) ($10)
Selected Short Stories(English; Ed. Sukanta Chaudhuri; The OUP Series) (Short Stories) ($24.95)
Selected Writings for Children(English; Ed. Sukanta Chaudhuri; The OUP Series) (Short Stories) ($37.95)

Sunil Gangopadhyay
Aloklatar Mul ($10) (Golpo)
*Lover and other stories (English Trans. by Bulbul Sur)($16.95)(Short Stories)
Shreshtho Golpo ($10) (Golpo)

Syed Mujtaba Ali
Chacha Kahini (Romyorochona) ($9)
Pancha-Tantra (Romyorochona) ($10)
Shreshtha Golpo (Golpo) ($6)
Shreshtha Romyo-Rochona (Romyo-Rochona) ($6)

Syed Mustafa Shiraj
Shreshtha Golpo (Golpo) ($7)

Syed Waliullah
Golpo-Somogro (Golpo) ($16)

Swapnamoy Chakravarty
Sotorkotamulok Rupkotha (Golpo) ($4.50)
Shreshtho Golpo(Golpo) ($10)
Oshtochoron Sholo-h(n)aatu (Golpo) ($4.50)

Tapan Roychaudhury
Romonthan athaba Bhimrati-prapta'r Paracharit-Charcha (Romyorachana) ($10)

Tapati Gupta (Ed.)
Harvest (Vol.1) - Bangla Short Stories(English Trans. Ed. Tapati Gupta)($10)

Harvest (Vol.2) - Bangla Short Stories by Women(English Trans. Ed. Tapati Gupta)($10)

Tarapada Roy
Dhenki-shaak, Bnashpatamaachh... (Ramyarachana, pub. 2007) ($5)
Saras Passenger (Golpo) ($7)
Knathal Kather PniDi (Golpo) ($6)
Ramya-Rachana 365 (Sankalan, pub. 2005) ($35)
Mojar Golpo(sompadok: Tarapada; bibidha lekhok) ($10)
Sandhya-Malati (Golpo) ($5)
Golpo-Somogro (Golpo) ($12.50)
Saras Galo-Samagro (Golpo) ($20)
Dada Somogro (Golpo) ($5)
Sandhyamaloti (Golpo; Smriti) ($5)
Ki Khobor (Romyorochona) ($6)
Litikiti (Romyorochona) ($5)
Ki Khobor (Romyorochona) ($5)
Shreshtho Golpo (Golpo) ($8)
Shreshtho Kabita (Kabita) ($5)
Bhaagaa-bhaagi (Golpo) ($4)
Ka Kha Ga Gha (Ramya-rachana) ($3.50)
Bhalo Achho, Gorib Manush (Kabita) ($4)
Kandogyan (Romyorachana) ($7.50)
Kishor Uponyaas Somogro (Kishor) ($6)
Neel Digonte Tokhon Magic (Bhraman) ($4)
Alaabholaa (Golpo) ($4)
Samagra Dodo-Tatai (Kishor) ($5)

Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay
Kishor Sahitya Somogro (Kishor-Sankalan) ($4)
Shreshtha Golpo (Golpo) ($8)

Tilottoma Majumdar
Ri (Golpo) ($20)

Trailokyanath Mukhopadhyay
Trailokyanath Rachanabali (Sankalan) ($17)

Upendrakishor Raychaudhury
Majantali & Co. (English Trans. by Madhuchhanda Karlekar) (Childrens) ($3)
Rachanabali (Sankalan) ($20)

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