All Your Choice: 2017

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Indian Polity 5th Edition

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McGraw Hill is proud to present the fifth edition of Indian Polity by M Laxmikanth. The book itself needs no introduction. It is one of the most popular and comprehensive books on the subject and has been a consistent bestseller for many years. It has become a must-read book for aspirants appearing in various competitive examinations, especially the civil services examinations. The wide range and scope of issues that it covers also makes it valuable to postgraduates, research scholars, academics and general readers who are interested in the country’s political, civil and constitutional issues. This new, fifth edition, has seven new chapters added, along with four new appendices. The extant chapters have been completely revised and updated with recent developments.
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General Knowledge 2018

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The candidates aspiring to appear for various competitive and recruitment examinations like SSC, Bank Clerk and PO, Railway Recruitment, etc. should have sound knowledge of varied sections covered under the subject of General Knowledge.

General Knowledge 2018 provides a comprehensive study of all the sections that are covered under the subject of General Knowledge. The book has been divided into seven sections namely Current Affairs, Indian History, Geography, Indian Polity, Indian Economy, General Science and General Knowledge each containing detailed theoretical content. Figures, Graphics and Tables have been given along with the theory wherever required. Important Notes and Tables are provided under the highlighted box for the revision of important points. The ‘Current Affairs’ section in the beginning of the book contains coverage of latest news and events that happened in the recent year. History section covers Ancient India, Medieval India, Modern India, Art and Culture and World History, whereas the Geography section covers world geography, Indian geography and Environment and Ecology. The Indian Economy section covers Indian Economy, Broad Sectors of Indian Economy, National Income of India, Planning of India, India’s New Economic Policy, Macro-Economic Problems in India, Agriculture, Industry, Indian Financial System, Insurance, Demography and Glossary whereas the Indian Polity section covers Constitution of India, Preamble, Union and Its Territory, Citizenship, Fundamental Rights, Prime Minister, President, etc. The General Science section covers basics of Computer apart from Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The General Knowledge section covers First in World, Superlatives World, Geographical Epithets, UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India, United Nations, Principle Languages of India, Indian Defense, Space Programme of India, National Awards, etc. This book will prove to be highly successful for SSC, Railway, Bank (PO and Clerk), Army, Air force, Navy and various other competitive and recruitment examinations.

As the book contains ample collection of general knowledge and general science along with updated Current Affairs, it for sure will help aspirants score high in the general aptitude section asked in various recruitment examinations.
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Getaway (book 12)

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Get ready, Book 12 in the phenomenally bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is coming! Join Greg on a family holiday he'll never forget!
To escape the stress of the holidays, the Heffleys decide to get out of town and go to a resort instead of celebrating Christmas at home. But what's billed as a stress-free vacation becomes a holiday nightmare.
The funniest books you'll EVER read.

Praise for Jeff Kinney:
'The world has gone crazy for Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid' - Sun
'Kinney is right up there with J K Rowling as one of the bestselling children's authors on the planet' - Independent
'The most hotly anticipated children's book of the year is here - Diary of a Wimpy Kid' - Big Issue
'Hilarious' - Telegraph.
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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins

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Book : In May 1997, the world watched as Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player in the world, was defeated for the first time by the IBM supercomputer Deep Blue. It was a watershed moment in the history of technology: machine intelligence had arrived at the point where it could best human intellect. It wasn't a coincidence that Kasparov became the symbol of man's fight against the machines. Chess has long been the fulcrum in development of machine intelligence; the hoax automaton 'The Turk' in the 18th century and Alan Turing's first chess program in 1952 were two early examples of the quest for machines to think like humans - a talent we measured by their ability to beat their creators at chess. As the pre-eminent chess master of the 80s and 90s, it was Kasparov's blessing and his curse to play against each generation's strongest computer champions, contributing to their development and advancing the field. In this breakthrough book, Kasparov tells his side of the story of Deep Blue for the first time - what it was like to strategize against an implacable, untiring opponent. But more than that, he tells his story of AI more generally and how he's evolved to embrace it, taking part in an urgent debate with philosophers worried about human values, programmers creating self-learning neural networks and engineers of cutting edge robotics
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Without Fear

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A brave revolutionary, Bhagat Singh was a strong advocate of violence for the purpose of eradication of the British Raj in India. The youth of India, who were now frustrated with Gandhi’s non-violence agenda, were strongly driven by Singh’s way. The meticulously planned and courageous activities of his Hindustan Socialist Republican party and their cry of Inquilab Zindabad for demanding freedom from the Britishers became a rage during the freedom movement.

Without Fear touches upon the various aspects of Bhagat Singh’s life, including his bravery even during the possibility of death. He was executed at the young age of twenty three after he was held guilty in the Lahore conspiracy case. Bhagat Singh was not merely a brave freedom fighter, but was also a thinker with deep insight. This was proved when, years after his death, his jail writings became public. His thoughts and vision was inspired from the works of Marx, Lenin, Victor Hugo, and the likes. This book throws light on all these aspects.

Without Fear also deals with questions such as the reasons why Sukhdev’s loyalty was suspected, Singh’s inclination towards violence despite condemnation from Gandhi, and the reasons for Hans Raj’s betrayal of Singh. This book throws light not only on Singh’s life but also his ideologies and visions. Without Fear was published by Harpercollins in 2012 and is available in paperback.

Long Walk To Freedom

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About The Book

Long Walk To Freedom is an articulate, touching account of Mandela's life progressing from his childhood in rural Transkei in 1918 to his inauguration in Johannesburg as the President of South Africa on May 10, 1994. Mandela unearths his accounts of the oppression of the blacks in South Africa and his stance on his concept of armed struggle. The book also showcases his beliefs that all people, white or black, have the right to freedom.

The first part of the book, talks about his education and upbringing, while the second part introduces social and political aspects of apartheid in South Africa. Mandela recollects his joining of the African National Congress in 1950. With their assistance he launched an armed struggle against the rigid apartheid government.

More than third of Mandela's memoir talks about his 27 prison sentence - an account that stands solely as a prison narrative. One of the most powerful excerpts in the book include the Robben Island prison account- It was here where Mandela read books such as War And Peace, resisted feelings of resentment and found decency even in his callous prison residents. The most moving aspect of the book though, is the effect of his commitment towards his struggle for freedom and how his family, inevitably had to pay the terrible price.

Here, for the first time, Nelson Mandela narrates his extraordinary tale - an epic account of struggle, misfortune, a sense of hope and ultimately triumph. Mandela's story is one of the most inspiring and powerful accounts of this decade. Long Walk To Freedom was published on 12th October 1995 and is available in paperback.

Key Features

In 1995, the book won the Alan Paton Award.
Published in several languages, including Afrikaans.
Long Walk To Freedom has been adapted into a film titled Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom.

Swami Vivekananda: A Biography

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Swami Vivekananda, was an Indian Hindu monk and chief disciple of the 19th-century saint Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the indian philosophies of vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major force in the revival of hinduism in India, and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India.
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For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics

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An engaging book for the Physics aficionado

'For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics’ by Walter Lewin is an engaging book which tries to explain the concepts of the subject in a unique and interactive manner. We all go through physics exams and study its concepts, but have you ever wondered what these concepts actually mean to our race, to our planet and their importance for our existence? This takes you on a journey and explains you the physics behind every natural concept from Rainbows to the concept of time. This book is an engaging and entertaining attempt at explaining the different and difficult concepts of physics to a layman.

Understand Physics in detail.

Physics is indeed a beautiful subject with a great amount of concepts involved and complex theories that never cease to amaze us. Through this book, author tries to portray the simplicity and the beauty of the subject in a lucid manner. Not only does it include simple to understand terms, it also manages to incorporate fun and ease of learning in an otherwise tricky subject .For example, the book starts with thoughts about the colour of the sky and clouds and then digs deep into the concepts that are involved behind the vivid colours of skies and clouds.

This book helps you understand the concepts of physics used around you

This book explains many different concepts like nucleus, measurements, starts, bodies in motion, rainbow, strings, electricity, magnetic force, X-rays, winds and space etc. It gives answer to many questions that usually have complex answers and it also solves many queries such as 'Why are we short when we stand but taller when we lie down?’ among others. This book is an ideal companion for Physics lovers.

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About the Author

Walter Lewin is a renowned Physicist of Dutch origin and taught Physics at MIT where he spent 45 years. He completed his doctorate in nuclear physics from Delft University of Technology in 1965. He is famous for his online lectures published on edX and MIT Open Courseware, with some of them being watched over 2 million times.

Dangerous Minds

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Dangerous Minds will delve into the complex and intricate lives of some of the most talked-about terrorists of the country. Dr Jalees Ansari, a doctor from Malegaon involved in eighty blasts, including some on railway tracks, was supposed to be a quiet, peace-loving medical professional. Fahmida Ansari, a housewife and mother of two from the Jogeshwari slums of north-west Mumbai, physically planted the bombs herself in a bus and taxis and returned home as if nothing had happened. What drove them to such violent designs? What were their compulsions? Can a human being be so ruthless and heartless and why?

The book will explore the lives, early beginnings, careers and sudden transformations of such persons into merchants of death.
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Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire

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The stroke of midnight on 15 August 1947 liberated 400 million Indians from the British Empire. One of the defining moments of world history had been brought about by a tiny number of people, including Jawaharlal Nehru, the fiery prime minister-to-be; Gandhi, the mystical figure who enthralled a nation; and Louis and Edwina Mountbatten, the glamorous but unlikely couple who had been dispatched to get Britain out of India without delay. Within hours of the midnight chimes, however, the two new nations of India and Pakistan would descend into anarchy and terror. INDIAN SUMMERdepicts the epic sweep of events that ripped apart the greatest empire the world has ever seen, and reveals the secrets of the most powerful players on the world stage: the Cold War conspiracies, the private deals, and the intense and clandestine love affair between the wife of the last viceroy and the first prime minister of free India. With wit, insight and a sharp eye for detail, Alex von Tunzelmann relates how a handful of people changed the world for ever.
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The Story of Philosophy

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A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophers—Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey—The Story of Philosophy is one of the great books of our time. Few write for the non-specialist as well as Will Durant, and this book is a splendid example of his eminently readable scholarship. Durant’s insight and wit never cease to dazzle; The Story of Philosophy is a key book for any reader who wishes to survey the history and development of philosophical ideas in the Western world.
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Mr. and Mrs. Jinnah: The Marriage that Shook India

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Mohammad Ali Jinnah was forty years old, a successful barrister and a rising star in the nationalist movement when he fell in love with pretty, vivacious Ruttie Petit, the daughter of his good friend, the fabulously rich baronet, Sir Dinshaw Petit, a prominent Parsi mill owner. But Ruttie was just sixteen and her outraged father forbade the match. But when Ruttie turned eighteen, they married and Bombay society, its riches and sophistication notwithstanding, was scandalized. Everyone sided with the Petits and Ruttie and Jinnah were ostracized.
It was an unlikely union that few thought would last. But Jinnah, in his undemonstrative, reserved way was unmistakably devoted to his beautiful, wayward child-bride—as proud of her fashionable dressing as he was of her intelligence, her wide reading and her fierce commitment to the nationalist struggle. Ruttie, on her part, worshipped him and could tease and cajole the famously unbending Jinnah, whom so many people found intimidating and distant. But as the tumultuous political events increasingly absorbed him, Ruttie felt isolated and alone, cut off from her family, friends and community. The unremitting effort of submitting her personality to Jinnah’s, his frequent coldness, his preoccupation with politics and the law, took its toll. Ruttie died at twenty-nine, leaving her daughter, Dina and her inconsolable husband, who never married again.
Sheela Reddy, well-known journalist and former books editor of Outlook magazine, uses never-before-seen personal letters of Ruttie and her close friends as well as accounts left by contemporaries and friends to portray this marriage that convulsed Indian society, with a sympathetic, discerning eye. A product of intensive and meticulous research in Delhi, Bombay and Karachi and based on first-person accounts and sources, Reddy brings the solitary, misunderstood Jinnah and the lonely, wistful Ruttie to life. A must-read for all those interested in politics, history and the power of an unforgettable love story.
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The Monk Who Became Chief Minister: The Definitive Biography of Yogi Adityanath

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First definitive biography of a monk who has become the chief minister of the most populous state of India. It captures the journey of a shy and introvert boy from the hills of Uttarakhand who has now become a man of consensus. On 19 March 2017, Yogi Adityanath took an oath as the twenty first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. The book takes you through the journey of a shy and introvert boy from the hills of Uttarakhand, who had a modern education in the faculties of science from Kotdwar, later took sanyas and went through rigorous training in vedic education. From being a rebel politician inside and outside the party, he now has become a man of consensus. This book explores how a nathpanthi monk, learnt the nuances of politics from his guru, Mahant Awaidnath, and rose to take the highest position in Uttar Pradesh’s politics. Through extensive research I have accumulated unseen pictures, unheard instances, first-time interviews, with people close to Yogi, in this biography. A state with 22 crore people and 80 Lok Sabha seats, is one of the very crucial political pieces in India's electoral puzzle. With a history of producing many Prime Ministers for the country, the State has given yet another prospect for the Prime Minister’s office, in the post-Modi era in the form of Yogi Adityanath. You have in your hands the first definitive biography of a monk who has become the Chief Minister of the most populous state of India.
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Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Many intelligent women tend to leave their professional careers and become homemakers for various reasons. One of the vital reasons is that women find it impossible to balance the growing career pressure and meeting increasing family demands. Sheryl Sandberg, in this book 'Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead' provides solution to this issue and guides women on how to find the perfect balance in life.

The solutions given in this book are pragmatic and are based on practical experience and academic research. Sandberg uses various personal anecdotes and thus allows readers to peek in her highly successful career. And during this discussion, she touches various pressing issues like race, class and sexual identity. The author backs her views with strong arguments and makes the book an engaging read. She also talks about other powerful women in the world like Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo and Peggy McIntosh. The narration is flawless and the personal touch enhances the value of this book.

About the author

Sheryl Kara Sandberg is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Facebook and member of the board of directors at Facebook. She is also a technology executive, activist and author. Before joining Facebook, She worked with Google and the United States Secretary of the Treasury, Lawrence Summers. She completed her M.B.A. with the highest distinction from Harvard Business School in 1993 and also co-founded an organization called Women in Economics and Government during her stay at Harvard. In 2012, she was included in the list of the 100 most influential people in the world according to Time magazine and was shortlisted for the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2013. She has also authored the book, Lean In - For Graduate.

The book, ’Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead’ is an engaging read for anyone who is interested in gender equality and other pressing issues.

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Sadhguru: More than a Life

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This is the extraordinary story of Jaggi Vasudev or Sadhguru a young agnostic who turned yogi, a wild motor cyclist who turned mystic, a sceptic who turned spiritual guide. It seeks to recreate the life journey of a man who combines rationality with mysticism, irreverence with compassion and deep self-knowledge with a contagious love of life. Pulsating with his razor-sharp intelligence and modern-day vocabulary, the book empowers you to explore your spiritual self and could well change your life.

Selling Points

An incisive, insightful, brutally honest book Prahlad Kakar and filmmaker
'Nothing less than a thriller. After the first page, I couldn't put it down' Jerry Pinto, writer
'A delicious read. Not to be missed' Satish Purohit, Life Positive

Don'T Kill Him!: The Story Of My Life With Bhagwan Rajneesh

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As His personal secretary between 1981 and 1985, and the second-in-command of His organization, Ma Anand Sheela enjoyed an enviably close relationship with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Bhagwan called upon her when He wanted to discuss personal issues, crucial administrative matters, run minor errands, and to even place an order for a new Rolls-Royce. Ma Sheela was His confidante, His closest aide, the person He trusted more than anyone else. She ruled the entire commune under His guidance . . . until differences crept up. What followed next, soon became part of Bhagwans infamous history, as after years of loyal service, Ma Sheela resigned from her position, left the commune, and fled to Europe with fellow members. An infuriated Rajneesh wasted no time in accusing her of planning a bio-terror attack, conspiring to murder important public officials, and running away with fifty-five million dollars. Ma Sheela pled guilty to some of the charges in court and spent thirty-nine months in prison.

Now, almost two decades later, Ma Sheela, still in love with Bhagwan and His teachings, finally tells her side of the story, claiming that the truth was very different, and sheds light on that part of Bhagwans life which has so far been shrouded in a cover of secrecy and darkness.
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Journey Continues: A Sequel To Apprenticed To A Himalayan Master

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I started my autobiography Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master with the words 'Let the journey begin'. The last chap¬ter was titled 'The journey continues'. So, completing the autobiography was not the end of the journey and now we begin another journey together into new vistas. A unique and, in many instances, an unbelievably strange journey. You may dismiss it as fiction or due to my unusually fertile imagination or just plain lies or conclude that I have finally gone bonkers. Be that as it may, if you find the jour¬ney interesting and contributing in some way to opening up your mind to newer ways of perception or even bringing up a thought like 'yeah, perhaps there are more unknown vistas to which consciousness can expand than the so-called rational brain can think of', I have done my job. Bear in mind friends, that the truth is sometimes stranger than fiction and some yogis have even called the solid world we swear by an illusion, a construct of the mind. There is no strict chronological order though. Each chapter is complete by itself and can be read independently. So dear reader, Sangacchadvam - Let's walk together once more. Sri M
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The Motorcycle Diaries

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The Motorcycle Diaries is a story which revolves around 2 men who embark on a road journey on a 1939 Norton 500cc cylinder motorcycle from Buenos Aires. They are out to discover and explore South America. This book had been written 8 years prior to the Cuban Revolution. The person who wrote the memoirs of this journey was one of those 2 bikers, Ernesto Guevara. He focused on the injustices that were prevalent at that time in South America.

These 2 men explored the lengths of Venezuela, Chile, Argentina and Peru being the observers of the discrimination and exploitation. A man who was so carefree, his only concerns in life being; finding a drink, bed and love, is totally transformed after this journey into a person who is ready to give up on his life for the discriminated in Latin America.

This is a book that is totally based on observations of the 2 bikers that they undergo during the journey and how it transforms them. The readers may find it a bit tough to relate to the middle-class guy Guevara and the spiritual transformation and evolution that he goes through. These are basically diary entries of Guevara, which are raw in nature.

Che Guevara is just a 23 year old medical student but ends up being a transformed man who has become very serious and concerned for the exploited people in South America. The story is a mix of personal experiences and political background.

At times, Che becomes a fireman, at others he is a football coach. Sometimes, he falls in love and at others falls off even his bike. So, it’s kind of a roller-coaster ride for him.

This book has been a New York Times bestseller on several occasions. A film tie-in edition of the book got published in 2007. It is currently available in Paperback form.

This book is basically a biopic, named The Motorcycle Diaries, which was released in 2004 and starred Gael Garcia Bernal. He played the role of Che in the miniseries named Fidel in 2002.

The movie is loosely based on the original account of the Motorcycle Diaries which got published in 1993.

The book is an interesting travelogue concerning South America of the 1950s along with displaying Che’s journey and the transformation that followed.

The book is available on Amazon India and can be ordered by the readers on the same.

About the author:

Ernesto 'Che’ Guevara was born in 1928 in Argentina. Post an aggressive struggle along with Fidel Castro in the 3 year war in Cuba; he became the Minister for Industry after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. He got established in Bolivia. He subsequently got captured and killed in 1967.

Aurangzeb: The Man and the Myth

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Aurangzeb Alamgir (r. 1658–1707), the sixth Mughal emperor, is widely reviled in India today. Hindu hater, murderer and religious zealot are just a handful of the modern caricatures of this maligned ruler. While many continue to accept the storyline peddled by colonial-era thinkers—that Aurangzeb, a Muslim, was a Hindu-loathing bigot—there is an untold side to him as a man who strove to be a just, worthy Indian king.

In this bold and captivating biography, Audrey Truschke enters the public debate with a fresh look at the controversial Mughal emperor.
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Agni Ki Udaan

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त्रिशूल ' के लिए मैं ऐसे व्यक्‍त‌ि की सुलाश में था जिसे न सिर्फ इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स एवं मिसाइल युद्ध की ठोस जानकारी हो बल्कि जो टीम के सदस्यों में आपसी समझ बढ़ाने के लिए पेचीदगियों को भी समझा सके और टीम का समर्थन प्राप्‍त कर सके । इसके लिए मुझे कमांडर एस.आर. मोहन उपयुक्‍त लगे, जिनमें काम को लगन के साथ करने की जादुई शक्‍त‌ि थी । कमांडर मोहन नौसेना से रक्षा शोध एवं विकास में आए थे । ' अग्नि ', जो मेरा सपना थी, के लिए किसी ऐसे व्यक्‍त‌ि की जरूरत थी जो इस परियोजना में कभी-कभी मेरे दखल को बरदाश्त कर सके । यह बात मुझे आर.एन. अग्रवाल में नजर आई । वह मद्रास इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ टेकोलॉजी के विलक्षण छात्रों में से थे । वह डी.आर.डी.एल. में वैमानिकी परीक्षण सुविधाओं का प्रबंधन सँभाल रहे थे । तकनीकी जटिलताओं के कारण ' आकाश ' एवं ' नाग ' को तब भविष्य की मिसाइलों के रूप में तैयार करने पर विचार किया गया । इनकी गतिविधियाँ करीब आधे दशक बाद तेजी पर होने की उम्मीद थी । इसलिए मैंने ' आकाश ' के लिए प्रह्लाद और ' नाग ' के लिए एन. आर. अय्यर को चुना । दो और नौजवानो-वी.के. सारस्वत एवं ए.के. कपूर को क्रमश: सुंदरम तथा मोहन का सहायक नियुक्‍त किया गया । -इसी पुस्तक से प्रस्तुत पुस्तक डॉ. ए.पी.जे. अब्दुल कलाम के जीवन की ही कहानी नहीं है बल्कि यह डॉ. कलाम के स्वयं की ऊपर उठने और उनके व्यक्‍त‌िगत एवं पेशेवर संघर्षों की कहानी के साथ ' अग्नि ', ' पृथ्वी ', ' आकाश ', ' त्रिशूल ' और ' नाग ' मिसाइलों के विकास की भी कहानी है; जिसने अंतरराष्‍ट्रीय स्तर पर भारत को मिसाइल-संपन्न देश के रूप में जगह दिलाई । यह टेकोलॉजी एवं रक्षा के क्षेत्र में आत्मनिर्भरता हासिल करने की आजाद भारत की भी कहानी है ।
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban

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Written by one defiant young women who stood up to the mounting atrocities of terrorist Taliban, this book describes the journey of a simple Pakistani girl from Swat Valley who stood up for a basic right to education that nearly cost her, her life.

In order to teach her a lesson and to shut up every spark of revolution against the Taliban, the terrorist organisation shot Malala right in the head, at point-black range, but she survived the murderous attach.

In simple words and stunning prose, this book takes the reader on the extraordinary journey that Malala has taken from a remote village in Northern Pakistan to the posh halls of United Nations. A symbol of bravery, she has become a global icon for peace and human rights, and is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, ever in history.

Published by Orion Publishing Group, this is a bestselling memoir of the youth icon who fought all odds to stand by the right. It was even accorded as the non-fiction book of the year in 2014, when it was first published.

About the author:

Malala Yousafzai: A global youth and peace icon, Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education, and the youngest winner of Nobel Peace Prize. At the age of 11-12, she spoke out against the suppressive Taliban, who had banned girls from attending school. Having survived a bullet shot in the head, Malala today is an activist, whose advocacy has grown into an international movement demanding educational rights girls worldwide.

Surely you're Joking Mr Feynman: Adventures of a Curious Character

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Richard Feynman was one of the world’s greatest theoretical physicists who won a noble prize for physics in 1965. He was a man who always jumped into an adventure. He was an artist, a story-teller and an everyday joker whose life was a combination of his intelligence, curiosity and uncertainty. The book is about his conversation with his friend Ralph Leighton that was first recorded and then penned down in this form giving it a wise, funny and passionate twist.

This book is autobiography of Feynman written in extraordinary way. It is a classic book written in an absolutely engaging way. The book describes his experimental & mischievous nature right from his childhood.

The book shows the contrast between the stereotypical image of a scientist that we have in our mind and how they actually can be. It is great book which outlines how one doesn't need to be a genius to be successful. If you are a booklover and you would like to read this book then you can buy this easily from Amazon.in.

About the Author

Richard P. Feynman was born in New York City on the 11th May 1918. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he did his B.Sc. in 1939 and in 1942 he did his Ph.D. from Princeton University. He was Research Assistant at Princeton (1940-1941), Professor of Theoretical Physics at Cornell University (1945-1950) and Visiting Professor and thereafter appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology (1950-1959).

In 1965, he was elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society, London (Great Britain). He won the Albert Einstein Award (1954, Princeton); Einstein Award (Albert Einstein Award College of Medicine); Lawrence Award (1962).

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin was an exceptional man who excelled in all fields he ever set foot in: politics, science, and philosophy. A writer, reformer, editor, scientist, and a witty, sarcastic American citizen, Benjamin Franklin is considered one of the greatest Americans of all times. Franklin has a lot of things to say in his autobiography.
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin was initially written to guide his son, but due to his unique and animated style of writing, it is now among the most widely read classic in world literature. His words etched in these pages are an inspiration to humans everywhere, making the autobiography his best work.
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Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master: A Yogi's Autobiography

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword 1. The Beginning2. A Visit from the Himalayan Master3. The Gayatri Mantra 4. Meeting Yogi Gopala Saami5. A God-Intoxicated Sufi 6. Inside the Subramanya Temple7. Preparing for the Ascent 8. The Story of Sri Narayana Guru9. Strange and Timely Inputs 10. The Mastan's Blessings 11. Three Monks 12. Mai Ma 13. Understanding Holy Madness14. Trial Run 15. Towards the Himalayas16. The Cave of Vasishta 17. The Naga and Learning the Mahamantra18. The Cobbler and the Monk 19. The Seeker at Badrinath 20. Meeting Babaji 21. My First Initiation 22. Lighting the Kundalini Fire23. The Old Tibetan Lama 24. Yoga, Vedanta, and the Nath Pant25. Tholingmutt and the Mountain Man 26. The Valley of Flowers and Hemkund 27. Meeting the Siddhar 28. Kedarnath: Opening the Channels29. The Fireball from the Sky 30. The Healing and Meeting the Grand Master3 1 . A Truly Holy Man 32. Sri Vidya Initiation 33. Lessons from the German 34. Going Back to Trivandrum 35. Preparations for the Mission 36. Lessons from a Sufi Master 37. The Ramakrishna Mission 38. Sri Devi and Neern Karoli Baba 39. The Aghori from Banaras 40. Alandi, Shirdi and Walking Through Doors4I. More Travels: New Insights 42. Babaji at the Taj Mumbai 43. Meeting Laxman Joo and J. Krishna murti 44. Vasant Vihar 45. Babaji Leaves His Body46. The Passing Away of `K' 47. Marriage and Shifting to Neel Bagh48. Neel Bagh and the Satsang Train 49. The Kailash-Manasarovar Yatra 50. The Journey Continues
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My Experiments With Truth

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There is a reason as to why there can never be another Mahatma Gandhi. 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth’ is the compelling autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who in his quest for freedom of his country, inspired millions with the strength of his willpower and personal actions. His immovable belief in truth and non-violence even in the most difficult situations made him a true hero. India has seen many heroes rise and sacrifice themselves for the greater good, but rarely has there been a man as great and as noble as Mahatma Gandhi who captured the imagination of the whole world. He is a 'Maha-atma' in the truest sense of the word. The book traces the unordinary journey of an ordinary man who became one of the main pillars of the Indian independence movement. There has never been a biography so honest in its attempt. One of the major assets of the book is that it has been writing in an easy to understand language.

The book is an overall account of his long journey wherein he had to deal with travesties and social issues using his ideology of truth, will power, self-discipline, honesty, his understanding of Satyagraha and his lifestyle of vegetarianism. The most amiable aspect of this book is that not once does Gandhi try to over emphasize his achievements and victories. His humble nature shines throughout and his belief in God is unshakable. Trust, according to him, is the reward for all of his great achievements. This autobiography is truly the mark of a great mind. Anyone who bases their ideologies on Gandhi can cause a significant change in his/her life for the better. Gandhi depicts honest records of his own internal psychological and personal struggles.

About the author

Mahatma Gandhi needs no introduction! As someone who brought freedom to our nation, he has officially been labelled as a part of the 'Top 10 influential people’ of the 20th century era. Following his ideals of non-violence and Satyagraha, Gandhiji (Bapu) held firm thanks to his beliefs and ideologies surpassing a wide array of subjects like religion, politics, parenting and sex education.

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I Am A Troll: Inside the Secret World of the BJP’s Digital Army

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Social media in India is awash with right-wing trolls who incite online communal tension and abuse and sexually harass journalists, opposition politicians and anyone who questions them. But who are they? Why do they do what they do? And how are they organized? In this explosive investigation conducted over two years and including interviews with top politicians, bureaucrats, marketeers and trolls, Swati Chaturvedi finally lifts the veil over this murky subject. Riveting, urgent and deeply shocking, I Am a Troll is an essential read.
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Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored

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Son of a famous father. Father of a famous son. I am the hyphen between them.

Only, Rishi Kapoor was and is so much more. Few actors in Hindi cinema have had this sort of a career arc: from the gawky adolescent pining for his schoolteacher (Mera Naam Joker, 1970) to the naughty ninety-year-old (Kapoor and Sons, 2016), Rishi Kapoor has regaled audiences for close to fifty years. He won a National Award for his debut, became an overnight sensation with his first film as a leading man (Bobby, 1973), and carved a niche for himself with a string of romantic musical blockbusters in an era known for its angst-ridden films. He was the youth icon that is still the toast of the satellite TV circuit. The songs he lip-synced are the bread and butter of all radio stations even today. Then there was the second coming after a brief hiatus in the 1990s – as one of the finest actors in mainstream Hindi cinema with powerhouse performances in films like Do Dooni Chaar, D-Day, Agneepath and others.

Characteristically candid, Rishi Kapoor brings Punjabi brio to the writing of Khullam Khulla. This is as up close and personal a biography as any fan could have hoped for. He writes about growing up in the shadow of a legendary father, skipping school to act in Mera Naam Joker, the workings of the musical hits of the era, his streak of rotten luck with awards, an encounter with Dawood Ibrahim, his heroines (their working relationship, the gossip and the frisson that was sometimes real), his approach to his craft, his tryst with clinical depression, and more. A heart-warming afterword by Neetu Singh rounds off the warmest, most dil se biography an Indian star has ever penned.

Siddartha

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Siddartha is the spiritual journey of a boy named Siddartha who lived in India during the period of Buddha.The story is based in ancient Nepal,where Siddartha, the son of a brahman leaves his home with his friend Govinda in the search of enlightenment and with the aim of joining the ascetics. He undergoes a series of changes and realizations and at last achieves his enlightenment as a ferryman listening to the sounds of the river that give long lasting peace and capture the essence of his journey. Siddartha is Hermann Hesse's ninth novel and was written in German in a simple yet powerful and lyrical style. It was written after he had spent some time in India during the 1910's.
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The Last Lecture

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“The Last Lecture” is a refined and influential book centered around the basic idea of living your life in a cheerful and jubilant manner. If you want to be inspired to conquer your goals and dreams or to fight the odds or by life itself, then your search ends here!

The book revolves around the annual event at the Carnegie Mellon University. The event which is known as “The Last Lecture”, insists on delivering speeches from the University’s faculty. Such lectures are loosely based on the presumptive ground that the professors are going to die shortly and they are giving their last lecture to the students.

This particular book is based on the speech delivered by a professor Randy Pausch. Given the theme of the event, professor Pausch is actually going to deliver his last lecture as he was given just few months to live, being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Professor Pausch delivers a remarkable and inspiring lecture “Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”, while flashing his CT scans in the auditorium amongst the students. The speech was so impressive that it conquered the Internet within no time and was viewed over by millions of users.

Impressed by the response that he got from the lecture, professor Pausch decided to team up with his fellow alumni Jeffrey Zaslow to write a book of the same name “The Last Lecture”. The book also follows the similar premise of living one’s life to the fullest potential as if the given moment is our last one.

There are some short stories given in the book which focus on living life with a clear vision, humour and brilliance in order to achieve one’s goals simultaneously dealing with the challenges and obstacles thrown at us. Also, a person should not focus solely on his or her dreams but help others achieving theirs’ too.

In the book, professor Pausch quotes, “Time is all you have… and you may find one day that you have less than you think.”

The book was a best seller for 85 weeks as per New York Times and 4.5 million plus copies were sold all over the US. The book has been translated into various other languages since. Subsequent to publishing of the book, Randy Pausch presented himself to the US Congress. He stressed on the need for more financial backing into the research of pancreatic cancer.

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About the author:

Randy Pausch taught Computer Science at the Carnegie Mellon University. He worked with other organizations as well like, Adobe, Disney, Electronics and Art and Google. Also he was engaged with a non-profit organization named Alice. He was a co-founder of a professional graduate programme for interactive entertainment, named Entertainment Technology Centre.

Biography: Dhirubhai Ambani

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The biography of Dhirubhai Ambani is truly India’s rags to riches story. The inside pages contain an interesting and elevating story of how a poor village boy rose to become the legendary figure in the history of business what the well-established corporate houses of India with abundant resources could not achieve over a period of a century.
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Indira: India’s Most Powerful Prime Minister

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Indira Gandhi is fondly remembered as the Durga who won India its first decisive military victory in centuries and the strong stateswoman who had the courage to look American bullying in the eye and not blink. Equally, she is remembered as the terrible dictator who imposed the Emergency and tried to destroy institutions ranging from her own party to the judiciary; she is seen as the source of many of the problems that afflict Indian democracy today. Even so, for politicians Indira is the very definition of a strong leader, and a role model on both sides of the aisle. In this spellbinding story of her life, journalist Sagarika Ghose has excavated not just Indira the iron lady and political leader but also the flesh-and-blood woman. Born in 1917, Indira soon found her life swept up by Gandhi’s call for freedom and swadeshi. Her family home became a hub of the national movement and Indira marinated in a political environment from an early age. But she also saw politics of another kind. Her sickly mother and she were the target of unkind attacks from her aunts. And her celebrated father, who had no patience for illness, was desperate to sculpt his daughter into his version of perfection – but Indira simply couldn’t keep up with his expectations. Despite Nehru’s disappointment and dismissiveness, Indira rose to become the unquestioned high command of the Congress and, indeed, the most powerful prime minister India has ever had. This no-holds-barred biographical portrait looks for answers to lingering issues: from why Indira revoked the Emergency to her son Sanjay’s curious grip over her; and from her bad marriage and love affairs to her dangerous religious politics. This is the only book you need to read about Indira Gandhi.
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One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In the Market

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Penned by the famous mutual-fund manager, Peter Lynch, this book elaborates the many advantages that an average investor has over professionals and how they can help them reach financial triumph.

How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money in The Market explains how your knowledge alone can assist you beat the pros of investing. From the viewpoint of America's most triumphant money manager, investment chances are extensively accessible. Whether supermarket or work place, you can find goods and services everywhere. You have to select these organizations in which to invest, before they are found by skilled analysts. You will find more interesting knowledge on investment. Thus the book has become one of the best seller and treasure among readers. Moreover, this book provides time less recommendation on money business. This book has discussed the tips, ebb and flows on building it big in the investment market.

About the Author

Peter Lynch is an American businessman and stock investor. He works as a manager of the Magellan Fund at Fidelity Investments between 1977 and 1990, Lynch averaged at 29.2% annual return, continuously more than doubling the S&P 500 market index and making it the best performing mutual fund in the globe. Lynch is continuously explained as a "legend" by the financial media for his performance record and was called "legendary" by Jason Zweig in his 2003 update of Benjamin Graham's book, The Intelligent Investor.

The Ivory Throne : Chronicles of the House of Travancore

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In 1498, when Vasco da Gama set foot in Kerala looking for Christians and spices, he unleashed a wave of political fury that would topple local powers like a house of cards. The cosmopolitan fabric of a vibrant trading society - with its Jewish and Arab merchants, Chinese pirate heroes and masterful Hindu Zamorins - was ripped apart, heralding an age of violence and bloodshed. One prince, however, emerged triumphant from this descent into chaos. Shrewdly marrying Western arms to Eastern strategy, Martanda Varma consecrated the dominion of Travancore, destined to become one of the most dutiful pillars of the British Raj. What followed was two centuries of internecine conflict in one of India's premier princely states, culminating in a dynastic feud between two sisters battling to steer the fortunes of their house on the eve of Independence.

Manu S. Pillai's retelling of this sprawling saga focuses on the remarkable life and work of Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, the last - and forgotten - queen of the House of Travancore. The supporting cast includes the flamboyant painter Raja Ravi Varma and his wrathful wife, scheming matriarchs of 'violent, profligate and sordid' character, wife-swapping court favourites, vigilant English agents, quarrelling consorts and lustful kings. Extensively researched and vividly rendered, The Ivory Throne conjures up a dramatic world of political intrigues and factions, black magic and conspiracies, crafty ceremonies and splendorous temple treasures, all harnessed in a tragic contest for power and authority in the age of empire.

An Unsuitable Boy

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Karan Johar opens up like never before. The book is an honest, heart-warming and personal account of Karan Johar's life and the business of Bollywood. KJo has been a much-loved film director, producer, actor, and discoverer of new talent.
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Open: An Autobiography

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He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court – but from early childhood Andre Agassi hated the game.

Coaxed to swing a racket while still in the crib, forced to hit hundreds of balls a day while still in grade school, Agassi resented the constant pressure even as he drove himself to become a prodigy, an inner conflict that would define him. Now, in his beautiful, haunting autobiography, Agassi tells the story of a life framed by such conflicts.

Agassi makes us feel his panic as an undersized seven-year-old in Las Vegas, practicing all day under the obsessive gaze of his violent father. We see him at thirteen, banished to a Florida tennis camp. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. By the time he turns pro at sixteen, his new look promises to change tennis forever, as does his lightning fast return.

And yet, despite his raw talent, he struggles early on. We feel his confusion as he loses to the world's best, his greater confusion as he starts to win. After stumbling in three Grand Slam finals, Agassi shocks the world, and himself, by capturing the 1992 Wimbledon. Overnight he becomes a fan favorite and a media target.

Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match, and every public relationship. Alongside vivid portraits of rivals, Agassi gives unstinting accounts of his brief time with Barbra Streisand and his doomed marriage to Brooke Shields. He reveals the depression that shatters his confidence, and the mistake that nearly costs him everything. Finally, he recounts his spectacular resurrection and his march to become the oldest man ever ranked number one.

In clear, taut prose, Agassi evokes his loyal brother, his wise coach, his gentle trainer, all the people who help him regain his balance and find love at last with Stefanie Graf.

With its breakneck tempo and raw candor, Open will be read and cherished for years. A treat for ardent fans, it will also captivate readers who know nothing about tennis. Like Agassi's game, it sets a new standard for grace, style, speed and power.

Turning Point: A Journey through Challenges

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'Turning Point: A Journey Through Challenges’ is a sequel to the much acclaimed Kalam's autobiography, Wings of Fire. In this book, the author moves beyond the life that he lived or the person he is, this book elaborates a vision for unleashing the latent energies that the country has to become a prosperous and more developed nation, a dream that Kalam harboured for years.

The book begins from the time Kalam is sworn in as the President of India and talks in details about his entire tenure and all the efforts taken up to make his service towards the country be counted and fruitful.

Kalam’s period in office from 2002 to 2007 has been described by many as a time when India made tremendous development strides. Kalam himself in this book gives details about all the challenges that had to faced during the term. It also throws light on the programmes like PURA that he initiated and what they meant to do for the country. The author also shows the importance of rural areas in shaping India’s economy and the type of progression Kalam wanted to see in the villages.

Published in June 1st, 2012, 'Turning Point: A Journey Through Challenges’ in clear eloquence sheds light on the vision that Kalam had dreamt for India and left no leaf unturned to materialize them into reality through his service as a scientist who rose to be the President of India.

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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam: The former President of India and one of the most celebrated scientists in independent India, A.P.J Abdul Kalam was also a prolific writer who authored numerous books including India 2020: A Vision For The New Millennium and Unleashing the Power Within India, among many others. He was also a part of DRDO’s Aeronautical Development Establishment and was a lead scientist in India's nuclear weapons development program that included conducting of the underground Pokhran II tests.

The Day I Stopped Drinking Milk: Life Stories from Here and There

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Over the years, Sudha Murty has come across some fascinating people whose lives make for interesting stories and have astonishing lessons to reveal. Take Vishnu, who achieves every material success but never knows happiness; or Venkat, who talks so much that he has no time to listen. In other stories, a young girl goes on a train journey that changes her life forever; an impoverished village woman provides bathing water to hundreds of people in a drought-stricken area; a do-gooder ghost decides to teach a disconsolate young man Sanskrit; and in the title story, a woman in a flooded village in Odisha teaches the author a life lesson she will never forget.
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Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up

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Gujarat Files is the account of an eight-month long undercover investigation by journalist Rana Ayyub into the Gujarat riots, fake encounters and the murder of state Home Minister Haren Pandya that brings to the fore startling revelations. Posing as Maithili Tyagi, a filmmaker from the American Film Institute Conservatory, Rana met bureaucrats and top cops in Gujarat who held pivotal positions in the state between 2001 and 2010. The transcripts of the sting operation reveal the complicity of the state and its officials in crimes against humanity. With sensational disclosures about cases that run parallel to Narendra Modi and Amit Shah's ascent to power and their journey from Gujarat to New Delhi, the book tells you the hushed truth of the state in the words of those who developed amnesia while speaking before commissions of enquiry, but held nothing back in the secretly taped videos which form the basis of this remarkable read.
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Meri Jeevan Yatra

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रामेश्‍वरम में पैदा हुए एक बालक से लेकर भारत के ग्यारहवें राष्‍ट्रपति बनने तक का डॉ. ए.पी.जे. अब्दुल कलाम का जीवन असाधारण संकल्प शक्‍त‌ि, साहस, लगन और श्रेष्‍ठता की चाह की प्रेरणाप्रद कहानी है। छोटी कहानियों और पार्श्व चित्रों की इस शृंखला में डॉ. कलाम अपने अतीत के छोटे-बड़े महत्त्वपूर्ण पलों को याद करते हैं और पाठकों को बताते हैं कि उन पलों ने उन्हें किस तरह प्रेरित किया। उनके प्रारंभिक जीवन पर गहरी छाप छोड़ने वाले लोगों और तदनंतर संपर्क में आए व्यक्तियों के बारे में वे उत्साह और प्रेम के साथ बताते हैं। वे अपने पिता और ईश्वर के प्रति उनके गहरे प्रेम, माता और उनकी सहृदयता, दयालुता, उनके विचारों और दृष्टिकोणों को आकार देनेवाले अपने गुरुओं समेत सर्वाधिक निकट रहे लोगों के बारे में भी उन्होंने बड़ी आत्मीयता से बताया है। बंगाल की खाड़ी के पास स्थित छोटे से गाँव में बिताए बचपन के बारे में तथा वैज्ञानिक बनने, फिर देश का राष्ट्रपति बनने तक के सफर में आई बाधाओं, संघर्ष, उनपर विजय पाने आदि अनेक तेजस्वी बातें उन्होंने बताई हैं। 'मेरी जीवन-यात्रा' अतीत की यादों से भरी, बेहद निजी अनुभवों की ईमानदार कहानी है, जो जितनी असाधारण है, उतनी ही अधिक प्रेरक, आनंददायक और उत्साह से भर देनेवाली है।
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Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built

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In just a decade and half Jack Ma, a man who rose from humble beginnings and started his career as an English teacher, founded and built Alibaba into the second largest Internet company in the world. The company’s $25 billion IPO in 2014 was the world’s largest, valuing the company more than Facebook or Coca Cola. Alibaba today runs the e-commerce services that hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers depend on every day, providing employment and income for tens of millions more. A Rockefeller of his age, Jack has become an icon for the country’s booming private sector and as the face of the new, consumerist China is courted by heads of state and CEOs from around the world.

Granted unprecedented access to a wealth of new material including exclusive interviews, Clark draws on his own first-hand experience of key figures integral to Alibaba’s rise to create an authoritative, compelling narrative account of how Alibaba and its charismatic creator have transformed the way that Chinese exercise their new found economic freedom, inspiring entrepreneurs around the world and infuriating others, turning the tables on the Silicon Valley giants who have tried to stand in his way.

Duncan explores vital questions about the company’s past, present and future: How, from such unremarkable origins, did Jack Ma build Alibaba? What explains his relentless drive and his ability to outsmart his competitors? With over 80% of China’s e-commerce market, how long can the company hope to maintain its dominance? As the company sets its sights on the country’s financial and media markets, are there limits to Alibaba’s ambitions, or will the Chinese government act to curtail them? And as it set up shop from LA and San Francisco to Seattle, how will Alibaba grow its presence and investments in the US and other international markets?

Clark tells Alibaba’s tale within the wider story of China’s economic explosion—the rise of the private sector and the expansion of Internet usage—that haver powered the country’s rise to become the world’s second largest economy and largest Internet population, twice the size of the United States. He also explores the political and social context for these momentous changes. An expert insider with unrivalled connections, Clark has a deep understanding of Chinese business mind-set. He illuminates an unlikely corporate titan as never before and examines the key role his company has played in transforming China while increasing its power and presence worldwide.

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Mann Mein Hai Vishwas

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ध्येयाचा शोध घेताना अनेक ब्रेक लागायचे, ठेचा लागायच्या. अनेकदा दोरी तुटलेल्या पतंगासारखी स्थिती व्हायची. माझ्या डोळयात भोळीभाबडी स्वप्नं होती. त्यांना प्रयत्नांची, कष्टांची जोड दिली. जेवढा मोठा संघर्ष, तेवढं मोठं यश ! काळ बदलतो, वेळ बदलते, पात्रं बदलतात आणि भूमिकाही ! बस् ! मनगटात, स्वप्नांना जिवंत करण्याची, पंखांत बळ निर्माण करण्याची, लाथ मारीन तिथं पाणी काढण्याची जिद्द आणि अविरत संघर्ष करण्याची तयारी ठेवावी लागते. माझ्यासारख्या तळागाळातल्या, कष्टकऱ्यांच्या, कामगारांच्या घरातल्या अपुऱ्या साधन-सामुग्रीनं आणि पराकोटीच्या ध्येयनिष्ठेनं कुठल्यातरी कोपऱ्यात ज्ञानसाधना करणाऱ्या अनेक \'एकलव्यां\'ना दिशा दाखवण्यासाठी मी हा पुस्तक-प्रपंच केला आहे.
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Playing It My Way

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This is the autobiography of legend and the renowned personality in cricket, Sachin Tendulkar. Sachin Tendulkar played for good 24 years and retired in 2013. In this book Sachin talks about his journey from his first Test match at the age of 16 to his 100th international century and the final farewell. He was awarded with India's highest civilian honor, Bharat Ratna Award, on the day of his retirement.

The book talks about how a young Mumbai school boy channeled his energies into the game. As a result of this he was the record breaker batsman in school. Sachin is the highest run scorer in the world’s history. He always scored more runs and made more centuries than any other player, in both Tests and one-day games. For him cricket was much more than scoring runs. Sachin Tendulkar has always remained a very private man, devoted to his family and his country. Now, for the first time, he provides a great kook through his personal life and gives a frank account of his sporting life.

About the author

Sachin Tendulkar is the former Indian cricketer and the captain who is known for as the greatest all time batsman. He took up cricket at the age of elevenTendulkar received the Arjuna Award in 1994 for his outstanding sporting achievement, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 1997, India's highest sporting honour and the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan awards in 1999 and 2008, respectively, India's fourth and second highest civilian awards. After a few hours of his final match on 16 November 2013, the Prime Minister's Office announced the decision to award him the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. He is the youngest recipient to date and the first ever sportsperson to receive the award. He also won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.

How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life

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From actress, comedian and YouTube sensation Lilly Singh (a.k.a Superwoman) comes the definitive guide to being a BAWSE - a person who exudes confidence, reaches goals, gets hurt efficiently and smiles genuinely because they've fought through it all and made it out the other side. Told in her hilarious, bold voice that's inspired over 9 million fans and using stories from her own life to illustrate her message, Lilly proves that there are no short-cuts to success.

Warning: This book does not include hopeful thoughts, lucky charms and cute quotes. That's because success, happiness and everything else you want in life needs to be fought for - not wished for. In Lilly's world, there are no escalators. Only stairs.
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Lone Fox Dancing: My Autobiography

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Over sixty years, for numerous readers—of all ages; in big cities, small towns and little hamlets—Ruskin Bond has been the best kind of companion. He has entertained, charmed and occasionally spooked us with his books and stories and opened our eyes to the beauty of the everyday and the natural world. He has made us smile when our spirits are low and steadied us when we’ve stumbled. Now, in this brilliantly readable autobiography—his book of books—one of India’s greatest writers shows us the roots of everything he has written. He begins with a dream and a gentle haunting, before taking us to an idyllic childhood in Jamnagar by the Arabian Sea—where he composed his first poem—and New Delhi in the early 1940s—where he found material for his first short story. It was a brief period of happiness that ended with his parents’ separation and the untimely death of his beloved father. A search for companionship and security, undercut by a fierce independence and a tendency for risk-taking, would inform every choice he made for the rest of his life. With effortless intimacy and candour, Bond recalls his boarding school days in Shimla and winter holidays in Dehradun, when he tried to come to terms with a sense of abandonment, made friends, discovered great books and found his true calling. Determined to be a writer, he spent four difficult years in England, from 1951 to 1955 and he writes poignantly of his loneliness there, even as he kept his promise to himself and produced a book—the classic novel of adolescence, The Room on the Roof. It was born of his longing for ‘the atmosphere that was India’—the home he would return to even before the novel was published, taking a gamble that would prove to be the best decision he made. In the final, glorious section of the autobiography, he writes about losing his restlessness and settling down in the hills of Mussoorie, surrounded by generous trees, mist and sunshine, birdsong, elusive big cats, new friends and eccentrics—and a family that grew around him and made him its own.Full of anecdote, warmth and gentle wit; often deeply moving and always with a magnificent sense of time and place—and containing over fifty photographs, some of them never seen before Lone Fox Dancing is a book of understated, enduring magic, like Ruskin Bond himself.
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The Diary of a Young Girl

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Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.” Anne Frank, Saturday, June 20,1942.
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Shoe Dog

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In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the boot of his Plymouth, Knight grossed $8000 in his first year. Today, Nike's annual sales top $30 billion. In an age of start-ups, Nike is the ne plus ultra of all start-ups and the swoosh has become a revolutionary, globe spanning icon, one of the most ubiquitous and recognisable symbols in the world today.
But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always remained a mystery. Now, for the first time, he tells his story. Candid, humble, wry and gutsy, he begins with his crossroads moment when at 24 he decided to start his own business. He details the many risks and daunting setbacks that stood between him and his dream along with his early triumphs. Above all, he recalls how his first band of partners and employees soon became a tightknit band of brothers. Together, harnessing the transcendent power of a shared mission and a deep belief in the spirit of sport, they built a brand that changed everything.
A memoir rich with insight, humour and hard-won wisdom, this book is also studded with lessons about building something from scratch, overcoming adversity and ultimately leaving your mark on the world.
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Mossad

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This is the true story about the great missions of Israeli secret service. The book gives a thorough knowledge about the types of adventurous undertakings taken up by the Mossad for the sake of their country. For years and years Israel’s well-known security arm, the Mossad, has been broadly known as the best intelligence service in the world. In this book the author takes us through the exciting, eye-opening accounts of the most dangerous, most critical tasks undertaken by the agency for last 60 years.

The book talks about the incredible stories full of action right from the capture of Nazi assassin Adolph Eichmann to the recent removal of key Iranian nuclear scientists.

The book is very useful for all those who want to know about the world. It is an excellent collection of case works and narration Mossad’s activities. It is a good read for those who like to know about real life dangerous missions of Intelligence agencies. The book comes in paperback format and can be bagged from Amazon.in.

About the author

Michael Bar-Zohar was born in Bulgaria and he immigrated to Israel in 1948. He attended High School in Tel Aviv and went on to study economics and international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also studied at the Institute of Political Science in the University of Paris, where he earned a PhD. He is an Israeli historian, novelist and politician. He was a member of the Knesset on behalf of the Alignment and Labor Party in the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1965 Bar-Zohar won the Sokolov Award for his achievements as a journalist. He published several books, including biographies of David Ben-Gurion and Shimon Peres, several books about the Israeli security organizations and an account of the rescue of Bulgarian Jews from the Nazis in World War II.

Nissim Mishal is one of the foremost TV personalities in Israel. After graduating with a master's degree in political science, he joined the staff of the Israeli state television and worked as a political reporter, Washington correspondent and, finally, director-general. At the fiftieth and sixtieth anniversaries of Israel, Mishal published two record-selling books about the great events in Israel's history. They were translated into English, French, Russian and Spanish. He has also coauthored a book on two thousand years of Judaism with Professor Shlomo Ben-Ami, a former Israeli minister of foreign affairs.

The Diary of a Young Girl

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An Inspiration

The Holocaust was one of the most horrendous and terrible eras in history. Innumerable books have been written describing the horrors of the Holocaust; but nothing beats the documentation of a family who had gone into hiding in the diary of a little girl, Anne Frank. Honest, lucid and empathetic; The Diary of A Young Girl deserves a read by everyone who has ever questioned mental strength of humans and also by those who cannot come to terms with the cruelties that could be inflicted by humans upon fellow humans. The first entry in the diary is on June 12, 1942 by Anne Frank, who had received it as a birthday present and the entries in the diary end abruptly on 1 August, 1944.

The Underlying Themes

Anne Frank and her family lived a peaceful life in Frankfurt, Germany but they had to escape to Amsterdam with fellow Jews and go into hiding, as the Nazis took over Europe. Anne writes in her diary the tribulations her family had to face living in hiding, because they knew if caught, they would have to suffer horribly. The sufferance of the Jews during the Holocaust is known to all; yet a thirteen year old feeling the impact of intolerance and racism makes readers realise how profound the impacts of the World War II was.

What is most captivating is that amidst the terror and the fear, Anne manages to remain a cheerful girl full of life, who loved to talk and observe. Still a teenager and unaware of the horrors lurking behind their hiding space, Anne fails to realise the fear trapped within the hearts of elders initially and describes everyday events from the view of a teenager. As the story develops, Anne develops and realisation comes over her. The Nazis are getting more stringent and oppression rises; there are certain places in the book that leaves readers sad and distressed. One day, Anne's entire family including her, gets captured and the diary ends abruptly with the promise of a new day that never comes in the life of Anne Frank. Anne's father, Otto Frank, was the only one in the family who had managed to escape the concentration camps they were taken to and went on to make Anne's diary into a book.

Conclusion

The story of Anne Frank and the Frankfurt family is considered one of the most insightful accounts of the World War through the eyes of a young girl. The Diary of A Young Girl has been the subject of innumerable plays and movies. The original diary was published by Otto Frank in Dutch in 1947 and it was first translated to English in 1952, as The Diary of A Young Girl. Since then, it has been translated to more than sixty languages and people all over the world have read, loved and cried over the memoirs of Anne Frank.

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A Children’s Bookshelf Selection: Each month our editor’s pick the best books for children and young adults by age to be a part of the children’s bookshelf. These are editorial recommendations made by our team of experts. Our monthly reading list includes a mix of bestsellers and top new releases and evergreen books that will help enhance a child’s reading life.

Mein Kampf

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This book by the world’s most prominent and controversial dictator in political history of the last two hundred years is an autobiographical account of Adolf Hitler’s political strategy and his manifesto for Germany.

The first volume of the book was dictated by Hitler to his deputy Rudolf Hess while he was imprisoned for his “political crimes”. The first volume was scheduled for release in 1925 and was considered as Hitler’s means of completing his financial obligations and expenses for his trial. The second volume of the book was released when Hitler was free from prison and described his struggle towards realizing a historic destiny for Germany.

Through the book, the narrator describes his hatred of communism and Judaism, which for him are the world’s twin evils and his life’s journey towards becoming the anti-Semitic and militaristic person that the world knows him to be.

He announces his intentions of completely overtaking the parliament and his belief that the Marxists, Social democrats and the parliament were all secretly working for the Jews. Hitler’s genocidal theories surface from many passages in which he accepts that the elimination of the weak and sick will be far more humane than protecting them.

The book presents a vision of the Second World War that is unknown to the common world. Due to its racist content and Nazi ideology, the book has earned a reputation of its own. The author’s aggressive intent and militaristic comments make the book a controversial record of the political history of the World War.

About the Author

Leader of the infamous Nazi party, Adolf Hitler happens to be one of the most reviled men of the last century. From 1933 and 1945, Hitler was Chancellor of Germany. From 1934 to 1945, he also rose to become the dictator of the Nazi Germany. He is blamed for the death of millions the world over.

Steve Jobs

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The book provides unique insights into thoughts and life of Steve Jobs, a man who literally transformed the digital lifestyle that billions of people all over the world have made part of their lives today. Written by renowned author Walter Isaacson, the autobiography is based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs. It took nearly two years to conduct all these interviews; some interesting conversations from family, friends, competitors and colleagues are also included in the autobiography.

Being one of the most influential creators and entrepreneurs of the century, Jobs has very well managed to change the shape of digital era with his futuristic vision and passion for perfection. From approaching personal computers to revolutionizing the market with iPhone, iPod and iPad, the book represents every aspect of his life in detail.

Isaacson has beautifully narrated the story of Jobs’ life that was full of ups and downs. The story tells how this creative genius managed to transform the fate of six big industries, such as personal computers, music, animated movies, phones, digital publishing and tablet computing.

Through the interviews and conversations with friend and foes, it is clear that Jobs was honest about his opinions. He talked candidly, sometime brutally as well and also encouraged people to speak honestly. He even cooperated with the author of this book and did not interfere in any of the author’s narration or viewpoints.

For aspiring entrepreneurs and followers of Steve Jobs, the book offers various aspects of his life. Everyone’s opinion, be it his friends, foes and colleagues, has been presented in the book to provide a detailed insight into his roller-coaster life. According to the people who knew him, Jobs was full of passion, artistry, obsession, compulsion and perfectionism. All these qualities are the reason behind his success and approach towards innovation and this book is just the ideal way to know the person that he was.

About the Author:

An American journalist and writer, Walter Issacson is the CEO and President of the Aspen Institute. Before joining Aspen, he had been the Chairman and CEO of CNN and the Managing Editor of world famous TIME magazine. He is also a famous biographer and has written biographies of Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Kissinger and Steve Jobs.

Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson

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Mitch Albom is recognised as a prolific writer in the genre of non-fiction, young adult fiction and his book Tuesdays with Morrie follows the suit as well. Tuesdays with Morrie narrates the story of Mitch Albom who is a renowned and busy sports journalist. Professionally, he is very successful but at a personal level, his life is devoid of spiritual and inner peace. Too obsessed with his material success, he completely forgets about his sociology professor Morrie Schwartz who is now under the grip of a motor neuron disease. Tuesdays with Morrie reveals how their life comes at the same point again and how Mitch manages to spend some time nursing his master every Tuesday. Morrie helps to bring in order and stability in the life of Mitch and their conversation provides newer philosophies and a new perspective towards life in Mitch’s life.

'Tuesdays with Morrie: An old man, a young man and Life’s great lesson’ is a beautiful tale of a student and his master. It shows the delicate and humble relation which a student and his master can go on to share. It goes much beyond teaching a subject to teaching how to embrace life with optimism and happiness. The narration of the whole story is an eye opening experience for the readers as well; it answers the greater questions about life and actually living a life. It will help to rekindle the gratitude in you for your teachers who are lost somewhere in the mundane and tedious routine and may motivate the readers to renew their relation with their mentors once again. This book is available online and you can buy it at Amazon.in.

Mitch Albom is an American writer, broadcaster, journalist and dramatist. He is the author of some remarkable bestselling books like 'For One More Day’, ’ Have a Little Faith’, 'The Five people you meet in Heaven’. His book 'Tuesdays with Morrie’ has been made into a movie by Thomas Rickman and has the same name as the title of the book. The exported edition of this book first published on 1 December. The popularity of his books can be gauged from the fact that they have sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.

The Theory of Everything

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Seven lectures by the brilliant theoretical physicist have been compiled into this book to try to explain to the common man, the complex problems of mathematics and the question that has been gripped everyone all for centuries, the theory of existence.

Undeniably intelligent, witty and childlike in his explanations, the narrator describes every detail about the beginning of the universe. He describes what a theory that can state the initiation of everything would encompass.

Ideologies about the universe by Aristotle, Augustine, Hubble, Newton and Einstein have all been briefly introduced to the reader. Black holes and Big Bang has been explained in an unsophisticated manner for anyone to understand.

All these events and individual theories may be strung together to create a theory of the origin of everything and the author strongly believes that the origin might not necessarily be from a singular event. He advocates the idea of a multi-dimensional origin with a no-boundary condition to remain true to the theories of modern physics and quantum physics.

The book provides a clear view of the world through Stephen’s mind where he respectfully dismisses the belief that the Universe conforms by a supernatural and all-powerful entity.

About the Author

Stephen Hawking: An English cosmologist, theoretical physicist, author as well as the Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology under the University of Cambridge, Stephen Hawking is a scholar with more than a dozen of honorary degrees. In was in 1963 that Stephen Hawking contracted a rare motor neuron disorder which gave him just two years to live, yet he went to Cambridge to become what he is today.