All Your Choice: July 2017

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Beginner's Photography Guide (Dk)

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If you're new to photography, then The Beginner's Photography Guide is perfect for you. The ideal starting point for digital camera users, this manual explains key concepts in simple terms before offering step-by-step visual guides to every function.
The Beginner's Photography Guide compares and contrasts the effect of different approaches, showing you how to take the photos you want and develop your photography ability. Learn how to overcome every photographer's challenge, from working in dim lighting to setting up the perfect flash. This fully updated edition takes into account new photography trends and the latest equipment on the market.
Start snapping with The Beginner's Photography Guide and get the most out of your digital camera.
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Refreshing Mandala - Colouring Book for Adults Book 3

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Mandala is a symbol made from circles, squares or triangles that represents the cosmos. Colouring is the best calming tool that unleash your inner creativity. The Mandala Colouring Book invites you to relax, find tranquility and balance in your life as you fill in colours on each page of this book with your own creative essence.
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Tintin in America

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Tintin travels to Chicago to report on the gangsters and comes face to face with dangerous criminals.
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Marvel Encyclopedia

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A Delight for Marvel Fans

If you are a fan of comics and the wonderful world of superheroes, then this book will definitely satiate your reading senses. We've all followed the Marvel superhero contingent which includes the likes of Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Captain America and more.

The Marvel Encyclopaedia, as it is rightly named, is a book full of amazing stories of different Marvel characters. The book also gives exciting insights about some lesser known characters from the Marvel universe.

Updated Content

This book has been updated and is the latest version of the Marvel encyclopaedia. Therefore, the book also contains some added characters and their stories. These include Spider Man, the X-Men ranging from The Wolverine to Sabertooth. Further, it also contains characters from the Avengers like the Hulk, Black Widow and Iron Man. Giving you great information about the characters with the help of good caricatures, the book fulfils your appetite for the knowledge of the Marvel universe.

Unknown and New Characters

This book also contains the information about some of Marvel’s most wanted and unknown characters including Dr. Nemesis and Odin. This is one of the biggest assets of this encyclopaedia as it gets you a step closer to the enchanting world of Marvel.

Great Illustrations

Apart from providing the information, this encyclopaedia also has some really commendable art work showcased as well. The many characters of Marvel and their action scenes as well as caricatures with every single detail have been accurately given in this book.

About the Publisher

The DK publishing house has put together this comprehensive book which contains about 7000 Marvel characters. The publishing house is well known for its informative books for cult followers and some amazing art work to further enhance the reading experience.

The book is available online for convenient shopping. You can bag this book from Amazon.in today by following a few easy steps.

An Actor Prepares (Bloomsbury Revelations)

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An Actor Prepares is the most famous acting training book ever to have been written and the work of Stanislavski has inspired generations of actors and trainers. This translation was the first to introduce Stanislavski's 'system' to the English speaking world and has stood the test of time in acting classes to this day. Stanislavski here deals with the inward preparation an actor must undergo in order to explore a role to the full. He introduces the concepts of the 'magic if' units and objectives, of emotion memory, of the super-objective and many more now famous rehearsal aids. Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series to mark the 150th anniversary of Stanislavski's birth, this is an essential read for actors, directors and anyone interested in the art of drama.
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The Republic

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The Republic (c. 380 bc.), by Plato, is a philosophical dialogue about the nature of justice and the order and character of the just City-State and the just individual. The dialogues, among Socrates and various Athenians and foreigners, discuss the meaning of justice, and examine whether or not the just man is happier than the unjust man, by proposing a society ruled by philosopher-kings and the guardians; hence the Republic's original Ancient Greek title: Politeía (City-State Governance). Moreover, in the dialogues, the Classical Greek philosopher Plato also discusses the theory of forms, the immortality of the soul, and the roles of the philosopher and of poetry in society. The Republic, Plato’s best-known work, proved one of the most intellectually and historically influential works of philosophy and political theory.
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The Design of Everyday Things

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Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious—even liberating—book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range from ambiguous and hidden controls to arbitrary relationships between controls and functions, coupled with a lack of feedback or other assistance and unreasonable demands on memorization. The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible. The rules are simple: make things visible, exploit natural relationships that couple function and control, and make intelligent use of constraints. The goal: guide the user effortlessly to the right action on the right control at the right time.

In this entertaining and insightful analysis, cognitive scientist Don Norman hails excellence of design as the most important key to regaining the competitive edge in influencing consumer behavior. Now fully expanded and updated, with a new introduction by the author, The Design of Everyday Things is a powerful primer on how—and why—some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them.
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Theory of Music Workbook Grade 1 (Trinity Guildhall Theory of Music)

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This theory workbook contains worked examples and sample exercises for Trinity College London Theory Grade 1 examinations from 2007. This is suitable for use in lessons or at home, for private study.
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Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All

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A powerful and inspiring book from the founders of IDEO, the award-winning design firm, on unleashing the creativity that lies within each and every one of us.

Too often, companies and individuals assume that creativity and innovation are the domain of the ‘creative types’. But two of the foremost experts in innovation, design and creativity on the planet show us that each and every one of us is creative.

In an entertaining and inspiring narrative that draws on countless stories from their work at IDEO, and with many of the world's top companies and design firms, David and Tom Kelley identify the principles and strategies that will allow us to tap into our creative potential in our work lives, and in our personal lives, allow us to think outside the box in terms of how we approach and solve problems.

‘Creative Confidence’ is a book that will help each of us be more productive and successful in our lives and in our careers.

Liberty 40 Ready Paper Cutting's of Blouses (8 Languages in single Book)

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This book contains 8 AO size paper sheets , which includes 40 ready paper cuttings of blouses from 28"chest to 42" chest. Example 1 piece katori , 2 piece katori , Princesscut , Madras Katori etc. English , Hindi , Marathi , Gujarati , Tamil , Telugu , Kannada and Urdu in single book. We also publish videos on Easy and simple methods of Drafting,Cutting,Stitching different types of garments like-Blouses,Dresses,Frocks,Palazzo,Nauwari Sari,Kurtis,etc To view all our videos and to subscribe us kindly click on link.... https://www.youtube.com/user/libertyinstitutes/videos
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The Ring of Truth: Myths of Sex and Jewelry

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From Shakuntala to Scheherazade to Marilyn Monroe, from Ancient India and Greece to Medieval Europe to modern cinema, sexual desire and jewelry, particularly rings, have been very often connected. Why do jewels keep appearing in stories about marriage and adultery, love and betrayal, loss and recovery, identity and masquerade? What is the mythology that makes finger rings symbols of true (or, as the case may be, untrue) love across the world? Wendy Doniger’s new book offers a riveting cross-cultural history of jewelry and its role in seduction, romance and infidelity. Few writers could begin with personal family anecdotes, shift to Sanskrit and Greek epics and the plays of Kalidasa and Shakespeare, make detours into fairy tales and folklore, return to Hollywood films and modern pop songs and still maintain a coherent, illuminating and supremely entertaining discussion. Yet that is precisely what Wendy Doniger accomplishes in this lively and penetrating examination of the enduring power of myth as revealed through stories about jewels, sex and clever women. The Ring of Truth, like all of Wendy Doniger’s books, is an astonishing and hugely satisfying work of scholarship rendered in compulsively readable prose.
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them : The Original Screenplay (Written in script format, not a novel)

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This book is written in script format, which is different from a novel format. Please click on ‘LOOK INSIDE’ button above book image (available on desktop) for further details • J.K. Rowling's screenwriting debut is captured in this exciting hardcover edition of the Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them screenplay
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay is an entirely new and original story written by J.K. Rowling for the screen
• The screenplay will be brought to life in Warner Bros. Pictures' upcoming feature film and was inspired by the Hogwarts textbook of the same title, which was written by J.K. Rowling's character Newt Scamander and published in 2001 in aid of Comic Relief.
• The published screenplay will comprise J.K. Rowling’s full script of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• It is a feat of imagination and an exciting adventure, featuring an array of magical creatures and characters
• It will be published both in print and digital editions in line with the UK and US release of the feature film from Warner Bros in November 2016

When Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York, he intends his stay to be just a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone… Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them marks the screenwriting debut of J.K. Rowling, author of the beloved and internationally bestselling Harry Potter books. Featuring a cast of remarkable characters, this is epic, adventure-packed storytelling at its very best. Whether an existing fan or new to the wizarding world, this is a perfect addition to any reader's bookshelf.
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Calvin and Hobbes 1: Thereby Hangs a Tale

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Calvin, cheeky, hyperactive and mischievous, and Hobbes, his cuddly toy tiger who, as far as Calvin is concerned is very much alive and kicking, are two of the most loveable and hilarious characters to grace the comic strip in years.

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My Name Is Red

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My Name Is Red is one of the best-known books by Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk. It relates the story of miniaturists during the period of the Ottoman Empire in 1591.

The Sultan commissions that a great book be penned, honouring his life and empire. It is to be illustrated by the best artists of the day, and be styled in the European fashion. This is to be done in utmost secrecy: not even the group of artists are allowed to know whom they are working for. However, one of the miniaturists soon gets murdered, and the cause as well as the perpetrator of the crime remains unknown.

My Name Is Red is penned in the typical postmodern style, with an eccentric pattern of narration. Pamuk employs a wide variety of objects and characters to narrate the story: the corpse of the murdered artist, a coin, Satan, two dervishes, and the color red. Each of these narrators serve to portray the philosophical system of 16th century Istanbul. The events take place over a span of 9 days during the reign of Ottoman Sultan Murat III.

The book was published in the year 2011 by Faber, and is available in paperback.

Key Features:

The book received the International IMPAC award in 2003.

Extreme Copy Colour – Mandala

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Extreme colour - A wonderful series of four amazing books. These books impart an outstanding mechanism of colouring and make you understand colour combinations. Each book contains beautiful designs to colour that will keep you entertained for hours. Great for anyone who needs to de-stress and loves to colour.
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Red Rackham’s Treasure (Tintin)

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Red Rackham's Treasure (Tintin) is the twelfth volume in the Tintin series. In the previous volume, The Secret Of The Unicorn, Captain Haddock and Tintin discover what could be directions to the sunken ship, The Unicorn. They believe that The Unicorn contains Red Rackham's treasure.

This adventure sees Tintin, Snowy and Captain Haddock head off into the sea, in a shark-proof submarine given to them by Professor Calculus in order to search for the fabled treasure of Red Rackham. On their way to the sea, the crew is joined by Thomson and Thompson, the detectives, who join the group to protect them from rival treasure hunters.

Red Rackham's Treasure (Tintin) is another thrilling adventure of the famous and much-loved journalist, Tintin and his friends. The graphic novel edition of Red Rackham's Treasure (Tintin) was published by Egmont in 2013. It is available in paperback.

Key Features:

This book marks the first appearance of Professor Calculus.

The Filmmaker’s Handbook

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The authoritative guide to producing, directing, shooting, editing, and distributing your video or film

Widely acknowledged as the “bible” of video and film production, and used in courses around the world, The Filmmaker’s Handbook is now updated with the latest advances in HD and new digital formats. For students and teachers, professionals and novices, this indispensable handbook covers all aspects of movie making.

* Techniques for making dramatic features, documentaries, corporate, broadcast, and experimental videos and films
* Shooting with DSLRs, video, film, and digital cinema cameras
* Digital editing with the latest video editing systems
* In-depth coverage of lenses, lighting, sound recording, and mixing
* The business aspects of funding and producing your project
* Getting your movie shown in theaters, on TV, and on the Web

Modern Classics Ways of Seeing (Penguin Modern Classics)

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Ways of Seeing (Penguin Modern Classics) is a history, theory and criticism book written by John Berger. This book is based on a TV show on the BBC TV series with John Berger. This book was also made with the help of Richard Hollis, Michael Dibb, Chris Fox and Sven Blomberg. It explores an exclusive way of looking at art.

A person's vision comes before their words, that is, a child may see and recognize something before they can learn how to speak and say it. It is vision that creates and helps people understand their surroundings in the world. It helps readers place themselves in the world. Some try to explain the world with words but they cannot undo the fact that they are surrounded by it. The association between people's vision for something and people's knowledge for something is never established.

It consists of seven essays with images and words. The first four are said to have both words and images while the other three essays only have images. This book has helped contribute to the feminist readings in pop culture. It has essays that spotlight the portrayal of women in oil paintings and advertisements.

Ways of Seeing (Penguin Modern Classics) by John Berger was published by Penguin UK in 2008. This book is available in paperback.

Key Features:

It can be used as a textbook for visual culture and art-history studies in university.
This book has received positive review from critics.

Palestine

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In late l991 and early 1992, at the time of the first Intifada, Joe Sacco spent two months with the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, travelling and taking notes. Upon returning to the United States he started writing and drawing Palestine, which combines the techniques of eyewitness reportage with the medium of comic-book storytelling to explore this complex, emotionally weighty situation. He captures the heart of the Palestinian experience in image after unforgettable image, with great insight and remarkable humour.

The nine-issue comics series won a l996 American Book Award. It is now published for the first time in one volume, befitting its status as one of the great classics of graphic non-fiction.
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Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting

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Screenplay: The Foundations Of Screenwriting offers a step-by-step guide about screenwriting, from the concept to a finished script, and is written by the master screenwriter himself.

Screenplay: The Foundations Of Screenwriting is an upgraded version of Syd Field’s classical guide in screenwriting for aspiring and experienced writers. The book deals with the inception of a concept, crafting and development of characters, and plotting the opening scene to the completion of a script. The book is updated with trends and perspectives on the evolving film industry. The book helps writers on the basics of screenwriting including building up engaging dialogues, character creation and development, how to build the story line, finding the right agent to market your book, and much more.

The book also throws a fresh perspective on marketing and collaborations, along with the assessment of successful films, including American Beauty and the Lord Of The Rings series. Screenplay: The Foundations Of Screenwriting is available in paperback and was published by RHUS in 2005.

Key Features:

Apart from being a comprehensive guide, the book also helps you understand the nuances of how to adapt a novel, a play, or an article into full-fledged screenplay.
The book also provides useful insight on how to protect your work legally, patents, and claiming of ownership of your screenplay.

The Complete MAUS

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The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman - the Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust survivor story

'The most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust'
Wall Street Journal

'The first masterpiece in comic book history' The New Yorker

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father's story. Maus approaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), shocks us out of any lingering sense of familiarity and succeeds in 'drawing us closer to the bleak heart of the Holocaust' (The New York Times).

Maus is a haunting tale within a tale. Vladek's harrowing story of survival is woven into the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father. Against the backdrop of guilt brought by survival, they stage a normal life of small arguments and unhappy visits. This astonishing retelling of our century's grisliest news is a story of survival, not only of Vladek but of the children who survive even the survivors. Maus studies the bloody pawprints of history and tracks its meaning for all of us.

This combined, definitive edition includes Maus I: A Survivor's Tale and Maus II.

Art Spiegelman is a contributing editor and artist for the New Yorker. His drawings and prints have been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Maus, and a Guggenheim fellowship. It was also nominated for the National Book Critics Award. His other books include: Breakdowns: From Maus to Now, an Anthology of Strips; The Wild Party; Open Me, I'm A Dog; Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched to Their Limits; In the Shadow of No Towers; Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*!; Be a Nose; Jack and the Box and MetaMaus. He lives in New York.

Contemporary Interiors

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'Contemporary Interiors' is a unique book showcasing some of the best residential interior designs of the industry. The stand-out feature of the book is that it features photographs that are representations in the form of realistic 3D interiors. With a total of 36 projects, the book may be used as a reference book or as a guide to some of the most original ideas in home décor and furnishing.
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The Mindfulness Colouring Book: Anti-stress art therapy for busy people

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The bestselling adult colouring book!

Working with your hands is one of the best ways to soothe anxiety and eliminate stress. This stunning, pocket-sized colouring book offers a practical exercise in mindfulness that draws on your creativity and hones your focus.

Beautifully illustrated by Emma Farrarons, The Mindfulness Colouring Book is filled with templates for exquisite scenes and intricate, sophisticated patterns, prompting you to meditate on your artwork as you mindfully and creatively fill these pages with colour. Take a few minutes out of your day, wherever you are, and colour your way to peace and calm.

Hunger Games Movie Tie in Collectors Edition Box Set

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'Hunger Games Movie Tie in Collectors Edition Box Set’ is a trilogy which is all set to take the reader in a maze of power, dominance, hunger and consistent fight of survival. Suzanne Collins successfully narrates how taste of power and addiction to assert it over others can take a person to any extent and how in the end, it gives birth to a mass rebel. Story of starved and hunger stricken population and their struggle to fight the hunger captures the attention of the reader.

Totalitarian regime of Panem has been created after the destruction of North America. Various districts of the regime are ruled by one major district called Capitol. This district happens to be highly affluent and a powerful one. Leader, President Snow of this district does not shy away in asserting his power and dominance on other poor people of the country. Savouring the taste of power, status and luxury, he goes down to the lowest level of inhuman activities.

Except Capitol, all the other 12 districts of the regime are poor and lack the basic amenities like food, shelter and clothes. Capitol arranges an annual event called Hunger Games with a sole motive of cherishing their superiority over poor and deplorable districts of the nation. In this event, citizens have to fight till death takes them away. District who wins in the end gets enormous supply of food, clothes, money and other things which makes the life much easier.

Participants of the Hunger Game are selected through a lottery. This trilogy is the journey of Katniss Evergreen who decides to participate in the competition in place of her sister who had been selected through the lottery. This book chronicles her journey from a contestant of the game to one of the major participants in the rebel against Capitol.

About the author

Suzanne Collins, the author of Hunger Games, have been born and brought up in America and is well regarded as a television writer and novelist in her homeland. The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games Trilogy have propelled her into stardom and both these novels have featured on The New York Times Bestseller’s list.

Rejuvenate Yourself – Patterns: Volume 2

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Dreamland Publications brings to you a simple way to unwind. Coloring is a great hobby, a wonderful pastime and a stress-free activity which provides calmness and comfort that we often miss in our daily lives. "Rejuvenate yourself” encourages you to express yourself through colour and find your inner-peace and imagination. The basic idea behind this concept is to de-stress oneself through simply colouring the pages given in the book. Colouring, which is a great pastime or hobby for the kids, is being viewed as a stress buster for the adults today. Through “Rejuvenate Yourself”, a person can express his/her true self within the ambit of the world of colours. It’s a great way of achieving inner calm and serenity. Besides, one can explore his/her creative side as well.

The book has the potential to put a positive impact on mothers-to-be and in turn their babies. It will help relax the woman’s mind while she is going through the most stressful 9-month phase of her life. A relaxed approach towards life will ensure healthy babies. Colouring has been recommended as a relaxation technique by the psychologists all over the world. They generally prescribe colouring in a calm environment. The activity is therapeutic and briefly frees a person from the daily pressures and burdens. Although the problems do not go away, but at least the person’s brain gets a break from the continuous stress that one goes through in today’s fast paced lives.

Colouring has lowered people’s blood pressure problems. It has to a large extent cured insomnia. Colour and mental health have been linked to each other since ages. As a result, psychologists recommend colouring for banishing anxiety and even come out of certain kinds of trauma.

So, a colouring book in itself is a solution to many health issues and is said to be as effective as meditation. This adult colouring book has print on only one side so that one can colour and frame it if one likes. The book is remarkable with an excellent quality of paper. The pages in the book are thick enough which makes a good base to colour in any form, pencil, paints or sketch pens. It is a wonderful experience coloring the beautiful drawing and patterns in the book. Amazon and Dreamland Publications bring to you this book as a great value for money.

About the Publisher

Dreamland Publications is a publishing house catering for the needs and interests of children as well as adults. The books designed by the renowned artists of India are printed on 4-colour printing machines which use state-of-the-art technology and the paper used in these books comes from A1 paper mills. The best features of their book are: Subject-matter, Illustrations, Paper-quality, Syllabus and Price.

How to Develop Self Confidence and Influence People by Public Speaking

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Also offers hundreds of practical and valuable tips on influencing the important people in you life: your friends, your customers, your business associates, your employers. The information in this book has been tested and used successfully by more than one million students in the world-famous Dale Carnegie in Effective Speaking and Human Relations. DALE CARNEGIE SHOWS YOU HOW TO: ü Develop poise ü Gain self-confidence ü Improve your memory ü Make your meaning clear ü Begin and end a talk ü Interest and charm your audience ü Improve your diction ü Win an argument without making enemies
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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Prepare to be spellbound by Jim Kay’s dazzling full-colour illustrations in this stunning new edition of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Breathtaking scenes, dark themes and unforgettable characters – including Dobby and Gilderoy Lockhart – await inside this fully illustrated edition. With paint, pencil and pixels, award-winning illustrator Jim Kay conjures the wizarding world as we have never seen it before. Fizzing with magic and brimming with humour, this inspired reimagining will captivate fans and new readers alike, as Harry and his friends, now in their second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, seek out a legendary chamber and the deadly secret that lies at its heart …
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Creative Doodle Colouring - Patterns

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Colouring is a creative and novel way to relax. Creative Doodle Colouring- 32 unique designs for adults to colour in. A perfect mood boosting book that will spark your imagination and help you have hours of fun. Pick up your choice of colouring tool, get started, enjoy the soothing art and relax.
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Rejuvenate Yourself Abstract

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“Rejuvenate Yourself-Abstract” is a Dreamland’s publication. It’s a beautiful colouring book meant for all age-groups. This is a new consideration which is being adapted around the globe. The basic idea behind this concept is to de-stress oneself through simply colouring the pages given in the book. Colouring, which is a great pastime or hobby for the kids, is being viewed as a stress buster for the adults today.

Through “Rejuvenate Yourself”, a person can express his/her true self within the ambit of the world of colours. It’s a great way of achieving inner calm and serenity. Besides, one can explore his/her creative side as well.

Colouring has been recommended as a relaxation technique by the psychologists all over the world. They generally prescribe colouring in a calm environment. The activity briefly frees a person from the daily pressures and burdens. Although the problems do not go away, but at least the person’s brain gets a break from the continuous stress that one goes through in today’s fast paced lives.

So, a colouring book in itself is a solution to many health issues and is said to be as effective as meditation.

The number of leafs given in 1 set is 64. The Binding style of the book is Paperback. The book is currently available on Amazon India, so the consumers can directly order their edition from the official website.

About the author:

Dreamland Publications has been publishing some very good literature books especially for the children. The authors at the publication house are teachers or educationists who are technically sound and experienced in handling children issues, so they are capable of delivering good quality literature for the children. Although the publication house specializes in children literature, adults are equally interested and amused by their work.

Extreme Copy Colour - Flowers

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Extreme colour - A wonderful series of four amazing books. These books impart an outstanding mechanism of colouring and make you understand colour combinations. Each book contains beautiful designs to colour that will keep you entertained for hours. Great for anyone who needs to de-stress and loves to colour.
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Mein Jo Hoon, 'Jon Elia' Hoon

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मैं जो हूँ जॉन एलिया हूँ जनाब मेरा बेहद लिहा ज़ कीजिएगा। कहना ये जो जॉन एलिया के कहने की खुद्दारी है कि मैं एक अलग फ्रेम का कवि हूँ, यह परम्परागत शायरी में बहुत कम ही देखने को मिलती है। जैसे - साल हा साल और इक लम्हा, कोई भी तो न इनमें बल आया ख़ुद ही इक दर पे मैंने दस्तक दी, ख़ुद ही लड़का सा मैं निकल आया जॉन से पहले कहन का ये तरीका नहीं देखा गया था। जॉन एक खूबसूरत जंगल हैं, जिसमें झरबेरियाँ हैं, काँटे हैं, उगती हुई बेतरतीब झाड़ियाँ हैं, खिलते हुए बनफूल हैं, बड़े-बड़े देवदारु हैं, शीशम हैं, चारों तर फ़ कूदते हुए हिरन हैं, कहीं शेर भी हैं, मगरमच्छ भी हैं। उनकी तुलना में आप यह कह सकते हैं कि बा क़ी सब शायर एक उपवन हैं, जिनमें सलीके से बनी हुई और करीने से सजी हुई क्यारियाँ हैं इसलिए जॉन की शायरी में प्रवेश करना ख़तरनाक भी है। लेकिन अगर आप थोड़े से एडवेंचरस हैं और आप फ्रेम से बाहर आ कर सब कुछ करना चाहते हैं तो जॉन की दुनिया आपके लिए है।
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Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products

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The book, 'Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products’ is an effective book for people who want to learn the art of selling products. This book derives strategies from stories of products that have made it big in their respective industries whilst citing the reasons for their success. Filled with critical insights, the usage of examples and anecdotes makes the content engaging and refreshing. The book is authored by Nir Eyal and was published by Portfolio Penguin publication in 2014. This book has received positive responses across the world and was in the list of Wall Street Journal business 'best selling' books. Plus, it won the award of 'best marketing book of the year' given by 1800CEOREAD.

The market is full of products that have similar qualities. However, very few of these products grow successful over the years.

What makes these products successful? This book tries to analyze this question and looks to find the answer using definitive research and a wide range of methodologies. This book also talks about the 'Hook Model’ that involves a four step process focusing on consumer behaviour. This model talks about the reasons why few products catch our attention amongst an extensive range and the various brand strategies which work. Then, there is the concept of 'hook cycles’ which deals with bringing people back to the products again and again even without the use of regular advertising. After a careful analysis, the author gives various techniques which enable the readers to create a system which allows them to form these hook cycles. The basic idea of these systems is to reach the heart of consumers and understand their likes and dislikes.

About the author

Nir Eyal is an Israeli entrepreneur and author who focuses on the subject of human psychology. He writes consistently for publications like TechCrunch, Psychology Today and Forbes. He completed his MBA degree from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He has also written Enganchado (Hooked): Como Construir Productos y Servicios Exitosos Que Formen Habitos.

The book 'Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products’ is an interesting read for anyone who is looking for an insight into the art of selling. This book is easily available online for convenient shopping.

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How to be an Explorer of the World

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From the author of Wreck this Journal, Keri Smith's How to be an Explorer of the World is an invitation to rediscover the world around you.

Artists and scientists analyze the world around them in surprisingly similar ways, by observing, collecting, documenting, analyzing, and comparing. In this captivating guided journal, readers are encouraged to explore their world as both artists and scientists.

The mission Smith proposes?

"To document and observe the world around you. As if you've never seen it before. Take notes. Collect things you find on your travels. Document findings. Notice patterns. Copy. Trace. Focus on one thing at a time. Record what you are drawn to."

With a series of interactive prompts and a beautifully hand-illustrated two-colour package, readers will enjoy exploring and discovering the world through this gorgeous book.

Rejuvenate Yourself: Nature - Vol. 1: Volume 1

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Based on the concept of colour therapy, Rejuvenate Yourself - Nature: Volume 1 brings to you a fun and effective way to de-stress and relax. The book comes in form of 64 pages paperback, with beautiful and interesting designs in every page. In our fast-running daily lives, we have forgotten about happiness that could be achieved by doing little things. Drawing and colouring is not just a hobby, but a wonderful pastime activity. The book focuses on certain variants of colours that are known for stress-bursting traits. Colouring is a great hobby, but who knew it can be your weapon against stress.

Set free the artist and child inside you and watch the stress and anxiety fade away. These books are helping many people all over the world to cope with their stress issues and continue to do so with its many versions. Paper quality of the book is very good; it does not bleed and hence prevents colors from spoiling other pages. Want an amusing, effortless and reasonably price option to shed stress, give Rejuvenate Yourself - Nature: Volume 1 a try.

About the author:

Dreamland Publications publishes all sort of books related to children's literature. Focusing on the interest and needs of children, the company prints a large variety of books. A team of experienced teachers and educationists work with Dreamland Publications to produce the best literature for children. Recently, they have also started producing books for adults. Designed by some of the renowned artists of India, the company uses state-of-the-art printing technology and high quality paper to produce books. While designing a book, Dreamland Publications ensure to maintain excellence in every field, be it language, illustrations, subject-matter, paper quality or syllabus.

The Right Way to Play Guitar

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Of all the musical instruments, guitar is the most popular and also the most glamourous. It is the top on everyone's 'wish to learn a musical instrument' list. It is portable, light and looks easy. It also makes you look like an instant Rockstar with a guitar slung around your neck. However, it is not, despite the looks, the easiest of instruments to play. The book tackles the subject from the first steps of learning, assuming the learner know nothing about the guitar. In a very simple language each note is described and each chord is listed.

There are illustrations to help you pick the right chords, the right way to hold the guitar. The author also lists the best kind of a guitar to buy for your particular need. Gradually you are guided through how to play your favourite songs. All sorts of song genres are covered here, Pop, Country, Blues, Classical, Jazz and even Rock and Roll. It even instils enough confidence in you to write your own songs.

The book comes from an author with a vast experience in teaching and following music.

About the Author

Douglas J Noble is based in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a musician, music journalist and a gui-tar instructor. He has sixteen years experience of teaching guitar. He writes in The Guitar Magazine of UK and the international Jimi Hendrix Magazine. He is also the Music Director of UniVibes of Eire. He has written several books teaching novices how to guitar playing which are very popular.

The Leader in You

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For nearly a century, the words and works of Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc., have translated into proven success-a claim verified by millions of satisfied graduates; a perpetual 3,000-plus enrollment roster per week; and book sales, including the mega bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People, totaling over thirty million copies. Now, in The Leader In You, coauthors Stuart R. Levine and Michael A. Crom apply the famed organization's time-tested human relations principles to demonstrate how anyone, regardless of his or her job, can harness creativity and enthusiasm to work more productively-1990 style. With insights from leading figures in the corporate, entertainment, sports, academic, and political arenas-and encompassing interviews and advice from such eminent authorities as Lee Iacocca and Margaret Thatcher - this comprehensive, step-by-step guide includes strategies to help you:ü Identity your leadership strengths ü Achieve your goals and increase your self-confidence ü Eliminate and "us vs. them" mentality ü Control your worries and energize your life
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Kohinoor: The Story of the World’s Most Infamous Diamond

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This riveting story of the Kohinoor, the world's most coveted gem, unearths fascinating new information as it moves from the Mughal court to Persia to Afghanistan; from Maharaja Ranjit Singh's durbar in Punjab to the Crown of the Queen of England. Shrouded in legend and superstition, the Kohinoor continues to arouse passion and controversy, as India, Pakistan and Afghanistan all claim the diamond and demand that Britain return it. A thrilling historical adventure, full of violence, drama and intrigue.
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect Official Study Guide: Associate Exam

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This is your opportunity to take the next step in your career by expanding and validating your skills on the AWS cloud. AWS has been the frontrunner in cloud computing products and services and the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Official Study Guide for the Associate exam will get you fully prepared through expert content and real-world knowledge, key exam essentials, chapter review questions, access to Sybex’s interactive online learning environment, and much more.
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Monday, July 24, 2017

English-English-Hindi Dictionary

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This is the revised edition of our consistent bestseller, the English-English-Hindi Dictionary edited by Dr Suresh Kumar and Dr Ramanath Sahai contains more than 52,000 entries, related phrases, idioms and more than 200 illustrations. Like our other Bilingual Dictionaries, this has been specially compiled for learners of English, teachers, translators and general readers.

The second edition of the English-English-Hindi Dictionary has been updated with the following features:

*1700 words have been added to the wordlist.

*Words like 'citizen journalism', 'e-learning', 'hate crime', 'learning disability', 'newsworthy', 'road rage', and many more have been taken from current usage of English.

*Care has been taken to include common words like 'dwarf planet', 'remuneration', 'reforestation' and 'tax evasion' which were not a part of the older wordlist of the dictionary.

*The English base of the dictionary, taken from the Oxford Student's Dictionary has been adapted for Indian readers. A few more Indian English words like 'namaskar' and 'nirvana' have been added to our existing list of words.

*To make the dictionary more user-friendly detailed definitions and one-word equivalents in Hindi have been included for words that needed to be explained further for example, 'brain drain', 'electrocardiogram', 'metal detector' and 'microsurgery'.

*Words like 'acid test', 'aqua', 'call centre', 'correspondence course', and 'malware' which do not have equivalent Hindi words have been explained by detailed definitions.

*Many words such as 'computer', 'software', 'smartphone', and 'multiplex' have been written out in Hindi to show that such words have now been included in the language.

*The Hindi translation is simple and reflects the current usage of the language.

*A list of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) with their Hindi equivalents is given for help in pronunciation.

*A list of suffixes and prefixes translated in Hindi and a list of all verbs with irregular forms have been added to the appendix for advanced learners of English.

English-English-Hindi Dictionary companion DVD

The print dictionary also has a companion DVD with the following features:

*A search option that can be used to search through the entire wordlist of the dictionary.

*Each of the headwords and derivatives in the dictionary has an audio for pronunciation guide which the user can listen to by clicking on an icon.

*The user can also type in Hindi to search through the Hindi part of the dictionary.
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Jaadu (The Magic) (Hindi)

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Book Description:

The Hindi translation of the famous international bestseller The Magic, 'Jaadu’ is considered by many as an exceptional book that can help in turning around one’s life to make it both magical and charming.

This book takes the reader around 2000 years back when a hallowed text enumerating life-altering knowledge was hidden away from the commoners’ eyes. As the years passed, though the text was found, it was misinterpreted by the self-invested people to satiate their self interests. But, this book shall unveil the true meaning of the text now.

'Jaadu’ takes the readers to a whirlwind 28 day trip that will teach them to lead a better and more vibrant life. There is one exercise for the readers every day on completing which, he or she shall be taught with the potential of gratitude. The author’s main motive is to show the power of gratitude and how this simple thing can have a great role to play in people’s wealth, health and relationships.

Published in 2013 and available in paperback, this book promises to change the very notion of magic, which everyone considers to be another name for trickery.

About the author:

Rhonda Byrne is an author who specializes in inspirational writing and has written many self-help books including The Secret, The Power and The Secret Gratitude among others. The famous Australian is also an TV producer, who has figured in the top 100 influential people of Time magazine in 2007 and also in the Forbes list of top 100 celebrities.

Complete Hindi Beginner to Intermediate Course: Learn to read, write, speak and understand a new language with Teach Yourself

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Complete Hindi: Teach Yourself is the ideal book for anybody who wants to have a strong grasp on the language. This book is for beginners who want to learn the language from scratch, or someone who is familiar with the language, but has lost touch and would like to brush up their Hindi. The book starts from the basics and slowly progresses, so one can learn to understand the language, to speak, and write it.

At the completion of this course, the student will be at level B2 of the Common European Framework for Languages. It states that a person at this level can Interact with a certain standard of fluency, so ordinary interactions, with native speakers of the language is possible without issues.

Complete Hindi: Teach Yourself is arranged into twenty-four chapters, with important parts of the language presented in a dialogue format. The course is interactive and fun, and the prime focus of the book is to develop communication skills. The key components of the book are one, five, and ten minute introductions to key principles of each chapter, for anyone who is pressed for time; most common mistakes made by people are dealt with; grammar tips; pronunciation; essential vocabulary to make communication more effective; and tests, to keep track of progress.

Complete Hindi: Teach Yourself was published by Teach Yourself in 2010 and is available in paperback.

Gaban

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१९३१ में लिखा, ग़बन, मुंशी प्रेमचंद का सबसे अधिक लोकप्रिय उपन्यास है जो आज़ादी से पहले उत्तर भारत के समाज का एक बहुत ही जीवंत चित्र खींचता है।
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Golden Hindi Reference book for Class- 10 B

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Golden Hindi Reference book for Class- XB
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Meluha Ke Mritunjay (Immortals of Meluha)

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The Hindi translation of the popular Indian bestseller 'Immortals of Meluha’, 'Meluha Ke Mritunjay’ is set in 1900 BC, during the time of Indus Valley Civilization and revolves around the lives of the men who inhabited the land of Meluha back then—the 'Suryavanshi’.

The first part of the Shiva Trilogy, this book is about the legend of Lord Shiva and the Hindu concept of Karma. The story starts with the Suryavanshis being petrified of an impending disaster—their only source of water, River Saraswati, running dry. In addition to this, their neighbours Chandravanshis are also preparing an attack with the help of Nagas. The sole hope that sustains them is that of an age-old legend that promises their safety with the help of an unknown warrior.

Is Shiva the warrior they had been waiting for since ages? Will he able to save him? Published in 2011, the novel provides an intriguing answer to all these and many more.

About the author:

Amish Tripathy: An IIM-alumnus, Amish Tripathy had been a banker before turning into a full-time author. After his first book 'Immortals of Meluha’ became a huge success, he left his 14-year-old career as a banker and started penning the second book of the series. Born in 1974, Tripathy has keen interest in mythology, philosophy and history as well as finding the beauty that lies in all religions.

Lucent's Sampurna Hindi Vyakaran Aur Rachna

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Monday, July 17, 2017

Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found

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At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's rapid death from cancer, her family disbanded and her marriage crumbled. With nothing to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to walk eleven-hundred miles of the west coast of America - from the Mojave Desert, through California and Oregon, and into Washington state - and to do it alone. She had no experience of long-distance hiking and the journey was nothing more than a line on a map. But it held a promise - a promise of piecing together a life that lay in ruins at her feet. Strayed's account captures the agonies - both mental and physical - of her incredible journey; how it maddened and terrified her, and how, ultimately, it healed her. Wild is a brutal memoir of survival, grief and redemption: a searing portrayal of life at its lowest ebb and at its highest tide.
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Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains: A Journey across Arunachal Pradesh - India's Forgotten Frontier

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A thrilling and dangerous adventure through Arunachal Pradesh, one of the world's least explored places. 'A fabulously thrilling journey through a beguiling land' Joanna Lumley 'With tremendous verve and determination Antonia plunges through an extraordinary world. Thank heavens she survived to tell this vivid and thoughtful tale' Ted Simon, author of Jupiter's Travels 'A tale of delight and exuberance - and one I'd thoroughly recommend. Bolingbroke-Kent proves a great travelling companion - compassionate, spirited and with a sharp eye for human oddity' Benedict Allen, author of Edge of Blue Heaven and Into the Abyss 'A transformative journey that gripped me from the very first page' Alastair Humphreys, author of The Boy Who Biked the World and Micro adventures 'Remote, mountainous and forbidding, here shamans still fly through the night, hidden valleys conceal portals to other worlds, yetis leave footprints in the snow, spirits and demons abound and the gods are appeased by the blood of sacrificed beasts' A mountainous state clinging to the far north-eastern corner of India, Arunachal Pradesh - meaning 'land of the dawn-lit mountains' - has remained uniquely isolated. Steeped in myth and mystery, not since pith-helmeted explorers went in search of the fabled 'Falls of the Brahmaputra' has an outsider dared to traverse it. In the process, she discovers a world and a way of living that are on the cusp of changing forever. 'A beautifully written, exciting and revealing book that harks back to a golden age of travel writing' Lois Pryce, author of Revolutionary Ride
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The Himalaya Club: and Other Entertainments from the Raj

‘Mrs Merrydale went off with Lieutenant Maxwell, leaving her youngsters beneath the care of the servants, till her husband got here to take them away. Mrs Hastings, who used to bore us in regards to the duties of a spouse, carried off that foolish boy Stammersleigh. These elopements led to 2 actions in H.M. Supreme Courtroom of Calcutta...’ Born in Australia in 1816, John Lang—novelist, newspaper editor and barrister, now greatest recognized for having defended the Rani of Jhansi in court docket towards the British East India Firm—spent a big a part of his life in India, and died in Mussoorie in 1864. A eager traveller and observer of human nature, Lang was additionally a raconteur par excellence. The Himalaya Membership and Different Entertainments from the Raj brings collectively a choice of Lang’s sketches of life in nineteenth-century British India—the scandals of the summer time season in Mussoorie; a farcical court-martial performed within the sweltering Indian summer time; the curious case of an inebriated valet occupying Lord Jamleigh’s mattress in Bijnore; sundry diversions in Kussowlie and Simlah; and a hilarious account of Lang’s drunken travels within the interiors of Kumaon with a celebration of Europeans. Writing with a storyteller’s aptitude, extraordinary consideration to element, and with a waspish sense of humour, John Lang brings to life the early years of the British Raj as few different writers have.

The Himalaya Club: and Other Entertainments from the Raj

Humans of New York: Stories

Brandon Stanton is again with the comply with as much as Humans of New York that his loyal followers have been ready for: Humans of New York: Stories. Ever since Brandon started interviewing folks on the streets of New York, the dialogue he is had with them has more and more turn into as in-depth, intriguing and transferring because the images themselves. Humans of New York: Stories presents a complete new group of people, full with tales that delve deeper and shock with higher candour.

Again in the summertime of 2010, photographer Brandon Stanton started an formidable undertaking – to single-handedly create a photographic census of New York Metropolis. The images he took and the accompanying interviews turned the weblog People of New York. Within the first three years, his viewers steadily grew from a number of hundred to over a million. In 2013, his e book Humans of New York, based mostly on that weblog, was printed and instantly catapulted to the highest of the NY Occasions Bestseller Checklist the place it stayed for a lot of weeks. The enchantment of the People of New York weblog has been so nice that in the middle of the subsequent yr Brandon's following elevated tenfold to over 12 million followers on Fb and continues to be rising.

Together with his second inspiring have a look at the residents of New York, let Brandon Stanton and the folks he is photographed astonish you.

Friday, July 14, 2017

Humans of New York: Stories

Brandon Stanton is back with the follow up to Humans of New York that his loyal followers have been waiting for: Humans of New York: Stories. Ever since Brandon began interviewing people on the streets of New York, the dialogue he's had with them has increasingly become as in-depth, intriguing and moving as the photos themselves. Humans of New York: Stories presents a whole new group of humans, complete with stories that delve deeper and surprise with greater candour.

Back in the summer of 2010, photographer Brandon Stanton began an ambitious project – to single-handedly create a photographic census of New York City. The photos he took and the accompanying interviews became the blog Humans of New York. In the first three years, his audience steadily grew from a few hundred to over one million. In 2013, his book Humans of New York, based on that blog, was published and immediately catapulted to the top of the NY Times Bestseller List where it stayed for many weeks. The appeal of the Humans of New York blog has been so great that in the course of the next year Brandon's following increased tenfold to over 12 million followers on Facebook and is still growing.

With his second inspiring look at the residents of New York, let Brandon Stanton and the people he's photographed astonish you.

Kailash Yatra -Satsang with Sri M /Journey With Sri M

Consider this pilgrimage
to Kailash
to be the same as our life's journey
towards the lofty heights of Truth.
Mahadeva represents that Truth.
When you go on this pilgrimage, reflect
on this matter,
that in everyday life too we are
on a pilgrimage.
- Sri M

Land of the Dawn-lit Mountains: A Journey across Arunachal Pradesh - India's Forgotten Frontier

A thrilling and dangerous adventure through Arunachal Pradesh, one of the world's least explored places. 'A fabulously thrilling journey through a beguiling land' Joanna Lumley 'With tremendous verve and determination Antonia plunges through an extraordinary world. Thank heavens she survived to tell this vivid and thoughtful tale' Ted Simon, author of Jupiter's Travels 'A tale of delight and exuberance - and one I'd thoroughly recommend. Bolingbroke-Kent proves a great travelling companion - compassionate, spirited and with a sharp eye for human oddity' Benedict Allen, author of Edge of Blue Heaven and Into the Abyss 'A transformative journey that gripped me from the very first page' Alastair Humphreys, author of The Boy Who Biked the World and Micro adventures 'Remote, mountainous and forbidding, here shamans still fly through the night, hidden valleys conceal portals to other worlds, yetis leave footprints in the snow, spirits and demons abound and the gods are appeased by the blood of sacrificed beasts' A mountainous state clinging to the far north-eastern corner of India, Arunachal Pradesh - meaning 'land of the dawn-lit mountains' - has remained uniquely isolated. Steeped in myth and mystery, not since pith-helmeted explorers went in search of the fabled 'Falls of the Brahmaputra' has an outsider dared to traverse it. In the process, she discovers a world and a way of living that are on the cusp of changing forever. 'A beautifully written, exciting and revealing book that harks back to a golden age of travel writing' Lois Pryce, author of Revolutionary Ride

Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found

At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's rapid death from cancer, her family disbanded and her marriage crumbled. With nothing to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to walk eleven-hundred miles of the west coast of America - from the Mojave Desert, through California and Oregon, and into Washington state - and to do it alone. She had no experience of long-distance hiking and the journey was nothing more than a line on a map. But it held a promise - a promise of piecing together a life that lay in ruins at her feet. Strayed's account captures the agonies - both mental and physical - of her incredible journey; how it maddened and terrified her, and how, ultimately, it healed her. Wild is a brutal memoir of survival, grief and redemption: a searing portrayal of life at its lowest ebb and at its highest tide.

Travels with Charley (Penguin Modern Classics)

In 1960, John Steinbeck set out to rediscover and document his native land; accompanied only by his dog, he travelled all across the United States in a pick-up truck. This Penguin Classics edition of Travels with Charley includes an introduction by Jay Parini. When he was almost sixty years old, worried that he might have lost touch with the sights, the sounds and the essence of America's people, Steinbeck took note of his itchy feet and prepared to travel. He was accompanied by his French poodle, Charley, diplomat and watchdog, across the states of America from Maine to California. Moving through the woods and deserts, dirt tracks and highways to large cities and glorious wildernesses, Steinbeck observed - with remarkable honesty and insight, with a humorous and sometimes sceptical eye - America, and the Americans who inhabited it. What he saw was a lonely, generous nation too packed with individuals for single judgements; what he saw made him proud, angry, sympathetic and elated. His vision of how the world was changing still speaks to us prophetically through the decades. John Steinbeck (1902-68), winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for literature, is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved American writers of the twentieth century. During the Second World War Steinbeck served as a war correspondent, his journalism later collected in Once There Was a War (1958), and he was awarded the Norwegian Cross of Freedom for his portrayal in The Moon is Down (1942) of Resistance efforts in northern Europe. His best-known works include the epics The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and East of Eden (1952), and his tragic novella Of Mice and Men (1937). John Steinbeck's complete works are published in Penguin Modern Classics. If you enjoyed Travels with Charley, you might like Cannery Row, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 'Pure delight, a pungent potpourri of places and people' The New York Times Book Review

Chai, Chai: Travels in Places Where you Stop But Never Get Off

Some years ago, a book was published that would change the way one looks at railway junctions forever.
Bishwanath Ghosh had got down at Itarsi junction to grab a cup of chai while travelling from Kanpur to Chennai. Sipping on the tea, as he heard the recorded voice announcing the arrivals and delays of the many trains that pass through the station, it struck him that while Itarsi junction connects the length and breadth of India on the rail map, almost nothing is known about Itarsi, the town.
Thus began Ghosh’s quest to tell the story of the towns behind some of the country’s biggest junctions: Itarsi, Mughal Sarai, Jhansi, Shoranur, Arakkonam and Jolarpettai places that are always a stopover and never a destination; familiar and yet unknown.
Chai, Chai, a definitive work on small-town India, went on to become an instant success and continues to draw readers with its abundant wit and charm.

Nanda Devi: A Journey to the Last Sanctuary

The fascinating story of a journey to the source of a legend – the Nanda Devi Sanctuary – which has been described by explorers as ‘more inaccessible than the North Pole’.

Until 1934 the hidden valley of the Nanda Devi Sanctuary, on the border between India and Tibet, had never been entered by human beings. Surrounded by 20,000-foot peaks, which effectively seal off Mt Nanda Devi at their centre, it remains virtually impenetrable even today.

Many early explorers, drawn there by the idea of a ‘lost Eden’ in the Himalaya, could only gaze with longing at the Sanctuary – until the ‘terrible-twins’ of pre-Second World War mountaineering, Eric Shipton and Bill Tillman, solved the problem by forcing an entrance up a precipitous river gorge. Subsequent expeditions were beset by tragedy and concern that the fragile ecology of the Sanctuary might be damaged; until, for curious reasons involving the CIA- – which the first edition of this book revealed – the Indian government finally decided to ban all visitors. The Sanctuary was briefly reopened in 2000 for a special millennium expedition, of which Hugh Thomson was a part.

Thomson weaves the story of this last journey to the Sanctuary together with those who have gone before him, and gives a tantalizing account of a place described by explorers as ‘more inaccessible than the North Pole’.

Ek Romanchak Soviet Russia Yatra: Soviet Sangh ki Pratibandhit Saaako.N Par Do Yuvaa Phraanseesee Patrakaaro ki Yaadagaar Motarakaar Yaatraa

सोवियत संघ की प्रतिबंधित सड़कों पर दो युवा फ्रांसीसी पत्रकारों की यादगार मोटरकार यात्रा प्रतिष्ठित फ्रांसीसी समाचार पत्रिका के दो प्रसिद्ध पत्रकारों - 25 वर्षीय डोमिनीक लापिएर और 27 वर्षीय जीन पियरे ने 1956 में अपनी मोटरकार में रूस की प्रतिबंधित सड़कों पर 13,000 किलोमीटर की यात्रा करने के लिए प्रेसिडेंट से असाधारण अनुमति प्राप्त की। इससे पहले कोई भी विदेशी रूस की इस प्रकार की रोमांचक यात्रा नहीं कर पाया था। पूरे सोवियत रूस में, स्पेशल पेट्रोल बेचने वाला केवल एक ही पेट्रोल पम्प था और किसी भी सोवियत नागरिक ने दो रंगों वाली मोटरकार कभी देखी ही नहीं थी। पोलैंड से यूराल की पहाडि़यों तक, रूस के बर्फ से ढके गाँवों से काले सागर के समुद्र तटों तक, क्रेमलिन से जार्जिया में स्टेलिन के जन्म - स्थान तक, लापिएर, जीन और उनकी पत्नियों ने शीत युद्ध के पीछे एक कौम के अनजाने चेहरों को देखा। जैसे - जैसे उनकी रोमांचक यात्रा आगे बढ़ती जाती है, उनके सामने एक उलझा - सा सवाल उठ खड़ा होता है - सोवियत शासन किस प्रकार एक समाज को बिना स्वतंत्रता के यह भरोसा दिला पाता है कि वह इस पृथ्वी पर सबसे सुखी राष्ट्र है। अविश्वसनीय रोमांच से परे, यह यात्रा मनुष्य के इतिहास की खोज करने वाले विश्व में एक छलांग है। डोमिनीक लापिएर विश्वविख्यात रचनाएँ ‘सिटी आॅफ़ जाॅय’ और ‘आज़ादी आधी रात को’ के लेखक हैं। उनकी पुस्तकों की लाखों प्रतियाँ दुनिया भर में बिक चुकी हैं। कई पर तो पफ़ल्में भी बनी हैं। डोमिनीक लापिएर 1981 में मदर टेरेसा से मिले और उनकी प्रेरणा से हमेशा के लिए भारत में सामाजिक कार्यों में जुट गए। सामाजिक बुराइयों के उन्मूलन और मानवता की सेवा के लिए भारत सरकार ने आपको 2008 में ‘पद्म भूषण’ से भी सम्मानित किया।

The Snow Leopard

A writer by profession and explorer by heart, Peter Matthiessen along with a field biologist, George Schaller set out on the journey of a lifetime in the year 1973, to the Crystal Mountain on the Tibetan plateau. While the exploration aimed to study the wild blue sheep, they secretly aspired to spot the snow leopard - a rare animal that is found along these regions. What follows is an account of an adventurous journey, across the length and breadth of the mountains, in the heart of wilderness, and it has been quoted to be a true pilgrimage.

The Snow Leopard transports its readers to the Himalayan mountains, as the author mesmerises you with his words. He recounts his journey in each chapter of the book, and the book is an engaging travel book. The Snow Leopard was first published in 1978. It is available in paperback and was published by RHUK in 1998.

Key Features:

This book is the winner of a National Book Award in the category of Contemporary Thought in 1979, and National Book Award winner for Nonfiction in 1980.
It is listed as one of the best travel books ever written, and appears in World Hum's ten most celebrated books.

Chandni Chowk: The Mughal City of Old Delhi

What we know today as Chandni Chowk was once a part of one of the greatest cities of the world—the imperial city established by the Mughal emperor Shahjahan in the seventeenth century and named after him—Shahjahanabad. This is the story of how the city came to be established, its grandeur as the capital of an empire at its peak and its important role in shaping the language and culture of North India. It is also the story of the many tribulations the city has seen—the invasion of Nadir Shah, the Revolt of 1857, Partition.Today, Shahjahanabad has been subsumed under the gigantic sprawl of metropolitan Delhi. Yet it has an identity that is distinct. Popularly known as Chandni Chowk, its name conjures up romantic narrow streets, a variety of street food and exotic markets. For Shahjahanabad is still very much a living city, though the lives of the people inhabiting it have changed over the centuries. Dariba Kalan still has rows of flourishing jewelers' shops; Begum Samru’s haveli is now Bhagirath Palace, a sprawling electronics market and no visit to Chandni Chowk is complete without a meal at Karim’s, whose chefs use recipes handed down to them through the ages for their mouth-watering biriyani and kebabs. Swapna Liddle draws upon a wide variety of sources, such as the accounts of Mughal court chroniclers, travellers’ memoirs, poetry, newspapers and government documents, to paint a vivid and dynamic panorama of the city from its inception to recent times.

Lonely Planet Morocco (Travel Guide)

Morocco is one of the most diverse countries in Africa, with high mountains, sweeping desert, rugged coastline and the winding alleyways of ancient medina cities and souqs. Lonely Planet will get you to the heart of Morocco, with amazing travel experiences and the best planning advice:
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Walking the Himalayas

• Walking the Nile was a Sunday Times bestseller, and the Channel 4 documentary of the same name attracted over 2.8m viewers for its first episode.
• Levison is hugely promotable and will support publication with TV, radio and press interviews as well as a nationwide speaking tour.
• Publication will coincide with Levison's next Channel 4 documentary Walking the Himalayas.
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• A charging hippopotamus, an attack by heavily armed militiamen and the loss of a colleague were just a few of the travails endured by a former Parachute Regiment officer who has become the first person to walk the length of the Nile.' -- Ben Farmer, Daily Telegraph
• 'It's an eventful journey, and not always pleasantly so: this early part of the trek is marred by a mugging and by genuine tragedy.' -- TV Choice, Guardian
• 'Levison Wood gets a lot more than he bargained for in his drama-filled TV-tie in Walking the Nile. The book is actually better than the show, giving Wood space to explore the locals lives and the dangerous politics of the countries he's trampling through' -- Wanderlust. Levison Wood's most challenging expedition yet begins along the Silk Road route of Afghanistan and travels through five countries. Following in the footsteps of the great explorers, Levison walks the entire length of the Himalayas in an adventure of survival and endurance. A personal story of discovery, Levison forges strong bonds with local guides, porters, mountain men, soldiers, farmers, smugglers and shepherds. By travelling on foot, and following the same footpaths that locals use, he uncovers stories that might otherwise remain hidden. Along the way he also reveals the history of the Himalayas and two millennia of exploration, and examines a continent in crisis in the 21st century. Packed with action and emotion, more than anything Walking the Himalayas is a story of personal adventure and striving beyond the limits of convention.

My Family and Other Animals (A Puffin Book)

An autobiographical account of the five years of his childhood between 1935 and 1939, My Family And Other Animals is written by the conservationist Gerald Durrell. These five years of his life were spent in a Greek island named Corfu, with his family. The family lived in three villas and thus, this book too is divided in three sections describing the life of his family there.

The Durrell family was comprised of different people with different temperaments. It includes Gerald’s widowed mother, sister Margo, brother Larry, gun-mad Leslie, and dog named Roger. The youngest among them is Gerald. There are also some absurd yet lovable characters in this book, some of which include Larry’s literary and artistic visitors, Gerald’s tutors, local peasants, the taxi-driver friend named Spiro, and Dr Theodore Stephanides.

My Family And Other Animals takes the readers through the journey of the family’s experiences on the island, the rich natural diversity of the island, and colourful villas. This book is an interesting account of the author’s childhood with a touch of humour and wit. It was published by Penguin UK in 2006, and is available in paperback format.

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The Great Railway Bazaar (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux’s account of his epic journey by rail through Asia. Filled with evocative names of legendary train routes – the Direct-Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Delhi Mail from Jaipur, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Hikari Super Express to Kyoto and the Trans-Siberian Express – it describes the many places, cultures, sights and sounds he experienced and the fascinating people he met. Here he overhears snippets of chat and occasional monologues, and is drawn into conversation with fellow passengers, from Molesworth, a British theatrical agent, and Sadik, a shabby Turkish tycoon, while avoiding the forceful approaches of pimps and drug dealers. This wonderfully entertaining travelogue pays loving tribute to the romantic joys of railways and train travel.

Begums, Thugs and Englishmen

Fanny Parkes, who lived in India between 1822 and 1846, was the ideal travel writer - corageous, indefatigably curious and determinedly independent. Her delightful journal traces her journey from prim memsahib, married to a minor civil servant of the Raj, to eccentric sitar-playing Indophile, fluent in Urdu, critical of British rule and passionate in her appreciation of Indian culture. To read her is to get as close as one can to a true picture of early colonial India - the sacred and the profane, the violent and the beautiful, the straight-laced sahis and the more eccentric 'White Mughals' who fell in love with India and did their best, like Fanny, to build bridges across cultures.

Chasing the Monsoon

The fascinating and revealing story of Frater's journey through India in pursuit of the astonishing Indian summer monsoon. On 20th May the Indian summer monsoon will begin to envelop the country in two great wet arms, one coming from the east, the other from the west. They are united over central India around 10th July, a date that can be calculated within seven or eight days. Alexander Frater aims to follow the monsoon, staying sometimes behind it, sometimes in front of it, and everywhere watching the impact of this extraordinary phenomenon. During the anxious period of waiting, the weather forecaster is king, consulted by pie-crested cockatoos, and a joyful period ensues: there is a period of promiscuity, and scandals proliferate. Frater's journey takes him to Bangkok and the cowboy town on the Thai-Malaysian border to Rangoon and Akyab in Burma (where the front funnels up between the mountains and the sea). His fascinating narrative reveals the exotic, often startling, discoveries of an ambitious and irresistibly romantic adventurer.

Tirumala: Sacred Foods of God

The ritual of offering food or Naivedyam to Lord Venkateshwara – a manifestation of Lord Vishnu – at the Tirumala Temple has existed since eternity, when Lord Vishnu decided to descend on Earth in the archa form or as an idol that can be worshipped. He commissioned Sage Vaikhanasa to prepare the ancient religious text ‘Agama Shastra’, which gives an elaborate description of the rituals to be conducted in the Tirumala Temple, the ingredients to be used to prepare prasadams, procedures for a priest to follow, precautions to be taken and the Veda mantras to be recited at each step.
This volume gives an inside view of the ancient rituals of offering food to Lord Venkateshwara, which even today are practised according to the procedures prescribed by the Agama Shastra. It provides detailed descriptions of the various kinds of food offerings made, with specifications about the quantity, ingredients, preparation, variety of food and particular times when they should be served. The book covers all the food offerings made to the Gods from morning till evening, such as the major offerings of Bala Bhogam (in the morning), Raja Bhogam (during the day) and Shyana Bhogam (in the evening); offerings made on festivals and special days; offerings to other Gods in the temple; offerings made at the time of natural disasters and so on.

---- The highest authority in the Temple at Tirumala, Acharya Dikshitulu presents, for the first time, the most comprehensive research on foods offered at the Temple.

---- Explaining the elaborate processes of offering food at the Temple at Tirumala, co-author Kota Neelima demystifies the philosophy and rationale behind this age-old tradition.

---- Tirumala: Foods of God outlines the practice of offering food to the Lord, as specified by the Agama Shastra, the ancient science of rituals.

----The book provides detailed step-by-step recipes to prepare the various prasadams offered at the Tirumala Temple. Through illustrations, it shows the processes to prepare popular prasadams. The book also highlights the significance of every ingredient used in the prasadams.

----It gives the history of the earliest practices of food offering by kings and their dynasties at the Tirumala Temple, as mentioned in the inscriptions engraved on the walls of the Temple.

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