[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-detail-135353-en":3,"doc-seo-135353-105":31,"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":91},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",{"doc_id":7,"user_id":8,"nickname":9,"user_avatar":10,"doc_module":4,"category_id":11,"category_name":12,"doc_title":13,"doc_description":14,"doc_content":15,"file_id":16,"file_url":17,"file_type":18,"file_size":19,"view_count":20,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":21,"is_downloadable":21,"audit_status":21,"page_count":22,"language":23,"language_code":24,"site_id":25,"html_lang":24,"table_of_contents":26,"faqs":27,"seo_title":28,"seo_description":14,"update_tm":29,"read_time":30},135353,962075006959,"Anda","https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/e0002397efbe92a78e?_k=1776741047341049297",2,"Literature","The Book of Aleph - Volume 5 - January - December 2016","Seasonal publishing catalogue for 2016, presenting Aleph Book Company’s curated list under “The Book of Aleph 5”. The note from the publisher explains the catalogue’s dual role: delivering sales and marketing information while offering reviewers and readers a sample of forthcoming writing. The contents highlight seasonal sections and features such as prize-winners and finalists, paperbacks, back list, and an index. Selections include Summer Requiem and The Public Intellectual in India.","the book of aleph  \nv  \nv olume 5  \nthe book of  \njanuary – december 2016  \naleph  \nALEPH BOOK COMPANY An independent publishing firm Promoted by Rupa Publications India  \nPublished in India in 2016 by Aleph Book Company 7/16 Ansari Road, Daryaganj New Delhi 110 002  \nCopyright © Aleph Book Company 2016  \nAll rights reserved.  \nCopyright in individual excerpts vests in the authors or proprietors. Copyright in this selection vests in Aleph Book Company. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in a retrieval system, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from  \nAleph Book Company.  \nIn the works of fiction in this selection characters, places, names and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to any actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.  \nIn the works of non-fiction in this selection the views and opinions expressed are the author’s own and the facts are as reported by him/her which have been verified to the extent possible, and the publishers are not in any way liable for the same.  \nISBN: 978-93-82277-80-4  \nPrinted and bound in India by  \nDisclaimer: All prices, publication dates, and other specifications in this volume are liable to change without notice.  \ncontents  \nNOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER 6 PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED IN 2015 7 WINTER 23 | SPRING 49  \nSUMMER 59 | MONSOON 69 AUTUMN/WINTER 91  \nPRIZE-WINNERS & FINALISTS 111 PAPERBACKS 133  \nSELECT BACK LIST 142  \nINDEX 156 | ABOUT US 167  \nNote from the publisher }  \nOnce upon a time, when the world was a different place, catalogues such as this one were a staple of every publisher’s sales and marketing armoury. They were put together with a lot of effort by harried editors and marketing people for they were often the single most important way to present a publishing list to all the intermediaries responsible for relaying a publisher’s wares to the reading public. The highlights of the books on the list were framed as succinctly and imaginatively as possible. This was because the sales reps, distributors, retailers and book reviewers that the catalogues were aimed at had to plough through hundreds of them and had little time to process information about the tens of thousands of books being published in every season. Brevity was best. Today, in an age of online sales feeds, realtime marketing on social networks, B to B and B to C sites, central buying, and a shrinking number of independents, it is hard to justify the time and effort that goes into the making of a seasonal publishing catalogue. This is why Aleph’s catalogue, The Book of Aleph, tries to do two things at once—impart sales and marketing information to whoever needs it, as well as showcase the best writing from our forthcoming books for the reviewer and reader to sample.  \nAleph is beginning to hit its stride. We think we have our best list yet in 2016. We hope you will agree when you leaf through The Book of Aleph 5. We are especially thrilled with the range, and reach of the books on the list—great poetry, narrative non-fiction, fiction, meditations on the most important issues of the day, and a lot else besides.  \nWe turn five in May, and as we arrive at that important landmark we would like to express our gratitude for a few things—our brilliant authors, whom we cherish, our readers, who have embraced our books, and our promoters, who have stood solidly behind us. As the red ink begins to recede on our balance sheet, the future seems stable and filled with light.  \nNew Delhi, January 2016  \npreviously  \npublished  \nin 2015  \n‘I have so carefully mapped the corners of my mind  \nThat I am forever waking in a lost country…’  \nsummer requiem  \nvikram seth  \nVikram Seth’s first standalone book of poems in twenty-five years, Summer Requiem traces the immutable shifting of the seasons, the relentless rhythms of a great world that both‘gifts and harms’. Luminous, resonant a","cbCaifyaqhfi5XRu","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifyaqhfi5XRu","pdf",7888331,4,1,168,"English","en",105,"# Contents\n## Note from the publisher\n## Previously published in 2015\n## Winter\n## Spring\n## Summer\n## Monsoon\n## Autumn/Winter\n## Prize-Winners & Finalists\n## Paperbacks\n## Select Back List\n## Index\n## About Us","[{\"question\":\"What is The Book of Aleph 5 and what purpose does it serve?\",\"answer\":\"It is Aleph Book Company’s seasonal catalogue for 2016 that combines sales/marketing information with a showcase of forthcoming writing for reviewers and readers.\"},{\"question\":\"Which time span does this volume cover?\",\"answer\":\"This volume is labeled “January – December 2016,” organizing content across seasons within that year.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of sections are included in the contents?\",\"answer\":\"The contents list seasonal categories (Winter, Spring, Summer, Monsoon, Autumn/Winter) and additional parts such as prize-winners \\u0026 finalists, paperbacks, select back list, and an index plus about information.\"}]","The Book of Aleph - Volume 5 - January - December 2016 | PDF",1787310125,259,{"code":4,"msg":32,"data":33},"ok",{"site_id":25,"language":24,"slug":34,"title":13,"keywords":35,"description":14,"schema_data":36,"social_meta":86,"head_meta":88,"extra_data":90,"updated_unix":29},"the-book-of-aleph-volume-5-january-december-2016","",{"@graph":37,"@context":85},[38,53,68],{"@type":39,"itemListElement":40},"BreadcrumbList",[41,45,48,51],{"item":42,"name":43,"@type":44,"position":21},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":46,"name":47,"@type":44,"position":11},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",{"item":49,"name":12,"@type":44,"position":50},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/literature/",3,{"item":52,"name":13,"@type":44,"position":20},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-book-of-aleph-volume-5-january-december-2016/135353/",{"url":52,"name":13,"@type":54,"author":55,"headline":13,"publisher":57,"fileFormat":60,"inLanguage":24,"description":14,"dateModified":61,"datePublished":62,"encodingFormat":60,"isAccessibleForFree":63,"interactionStatistic":64},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":56},"Person",{"url":42,"name":58,"@type":59},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-09-02","2026-08-21",true,{"@type":65,"interactionType":66,"userInteractionCount":20},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":67},"ViewAction",{"@type":69,"mainEntity":70},"FAQPage",[71,77,81],{"name":72,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":74},"What is The Book of Aleph 5 and what purpose does it serve?","Question",{"text":75,"@type":76},"It is Aleph Book Company’s seasonal catalogue for 2016 that combines sales/marketing information with a showcase of forthcoming writing for reviewers and readers.","Answer",{"name":78,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":79},"Which time span does this volume cover?",{"text":80,"@type":76},"This volume is labeled “January – December 2016,” organizing content across seasons within that year.",{"name":82,"@type":73,"acceptedAnswer":83},"What kinds of sections are included in the contents?",{"text":84,"@type":76},"The contents list seasonal categories (Winter, Spring, Summer, Monsoon, Autumn/Winter) and additional parts such as prize-winners & finalists, paperbacks, select back list, and an index plus about information.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":52,"og:type":87,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":58,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":89,"canonical":52},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":25},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":92},[93,97,100,104,109,114,119,124,129,132,136],{"id":21,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":94,"show_sort_weight":95,"slug":96},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":98,"slug":99},80,"literature",{"id":20,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":101,"show_sort_weight":102,"slug":103},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":105,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":106,"show_sort_weight":107,"slug":108},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":110,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":111,"show_sort_weight":112,"slug":113},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":115,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":116,"show_sort_weight":117,"slug":118},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":120,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":121,"show_sort_weight":122,"slug":123},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":125,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":126,"show_sort_weight":127,"slug":128},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":127,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":130,"show_sort_weight":127,"slug":131},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":133,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":134,"show_sort_weight":133,"slug":135},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":137,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":47,"category_name":138,"show_sort_weight":105,"slug":139},19,"General","general"]