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The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as reported in reliable, independent sources. According to Guinness World Records, as of 1995, the Bible was the best-selling book of all time, with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed. [1]
The Crossword Book Award (formerly known as the Crossword Book Award (1998–2003), the Hutch Crossword Book Award (2004–07), the Vodafone Crossword Book Award (2008–10), the Economist Crossword Book Award (2011–13), Raymond & Crossword Book Award (2014–present)) [1] is an Indian book award hosted by Crossword Bookstores and their sponsors. [2]
In 2005, Crossword became a wholly owned subsidiary of Shopper's Stop Ltd. [1] Crossword has received wide recognition for its achievement. The Advertising Age magazine named Crossword one of the Marketing Superstars for 1994. [2] The Bookseller has described it as "being on the cutting edge of retailing" in India. [2]
34 book-department-stores Thalia Germany: Weltbild Germany: includes Weltbild Plus, Weltbild, Weltbild best, Jokers, Wohlthat (circa 350-400 shops) Ianos Greece: Eymundsson Iceland: A. H. Wheeler India: Crossword Bookstores India: DC Books India: Higginbotham's India: Landmark Bookstores India: Odyssey India: Oxford Bookstore India: Sapna Book ...
Crossword grids elsewhere, such as in Britain, South Africa, India and Australia, have a lattice-like structure, with a higher percentage of shaded squares (around 25%), leaving about half the letters in an answer unchecked. For example, if the top row has an answer running all the way across, there will often be no across answers in the second ...
Number of books Nationality William Shakespeare: 2 billion [1] 4 billion [2] English: Plays and poetry, e.g. Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Hamlet: 42 British: Agatha Christie: 2 billion [3] 4 billion [2] English Whodunits, including the Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot series 86 British Barbara Cartland: 500 million [4] 1 billion [5] English ...
A 15x15 lattice-style grid is common for cryptic crosswords. A cryptic crossword is a crossword puzzle in which each clue is a word puzzle. Cryptic crosswords are particularly popular in the United Kingdom, where they originated, [1] as well as Ireland, the Netherlands, and in several Commonwealth nations, including Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malta, New Zealand, and South Africa.
He is known as Mrutyunjaykaar (meaning Author of Mrutyunjay) for writing the famous Marathi novel - Mrutyunjay. [1] He was the first Marathi writer to be awarded with the Moortidevi Award in 1994. [2] He wrote a book Mrutyunjay (English: Victory Over Death) based on Karna, one of the leading characters of the epic Mahabharat.