A Book of Lands & People

In 1985 Eric Newby compiled an immensely successful anthology of travel-writing called Travellers Tales that was distinguished by its originality and the genuine affection with which each entry had been chosen and described. Newby''s enthusiasm and love for the subject shone out on every page, and the book became a travel-writing classic.

Now, nearly 20 years later, Newby returns with a collection even more far-ranging and delightfully entertaining. A virtually endless treasure-trove of the bizarre, the touching, the profound and the farcical, A Book of Lands and Peoples is a collection of staggering scope and range. From Herodotus to Wilfred Thesiger, from Christopher Columbus to Paul Theroux, from Nick Danziger to Marco Polo, Eric Newby has brought together the absolute cream of the travel-writing crop into one beautiful and fascinating volume. There is simply no other book like it.

ISBN: 9780007149407
Author: Eric Newby
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5-Minute Stress-Busting

ISBN: 9780007286935
Author: Collins gem
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5-Minute Memory Workout

ISBN: 9780007286928
Author: Collins gem
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52 Lessons for Life

Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 in a one-room cabin on the Pound River in Wise County, Virginia. He began his writing career at age 13 as a "mountain reporter" for small- town newspapers and went on to become America's most beloved motivational author. Hill passed away in November 1970 after a long and successful career writing, teaching, and lecturing about the principles of success. His work stands as a monument to individual achievement and is the cornerstone of modern motivation. His book, Think and Grow Rich, is one of the biggest bestsellers of all time.

Judith A. Williamson is an international speaker, author, and Director of the Napoleon Hill World Learning Center at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana since 2000. Currently, she is working on disseminating Dr. Napoleon Hill’s materials worldwide through her writings, workshops, and seminars.
This is a book to read one week at a time. It constitutes a virtual classroom wherein you become the student. As you study and apply the lessons, your success will improve week by week, earning you very high marks on your report card for life! Isn''t it time to invest in yourself? As Napoleon Hill says, ''Clearly define to yourself what you want to attain in life. Say to yourself: I can do it. I can do it now. Make a plan and chart the steps you must take to reach your goal. Take them one at a time, and you will find that with each success the next step comes easier as more and more people are attracted to help you achieve your ultimate purpose.

''Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Are you satisfied with where you are and the direction you are going? If not, take control of your life and change whatever needs to be changed. You and only you have the power to do this. You can change your world.''

ISBN: 9788172239596
Author: Napoleon Hill & Judith A. Williamson
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50 Maestros 50 Performances: The Best of Indian Classicla Music

Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan represent the seventh generation of the Senia Bangash School of music. They have performed at concerts and festivals around the world and have crossed the bridge between pure classical and western fusion with their electronica and lounge albums. They have collaborated with various artists like guitarist Derek Trucks and percussionist Evelyn Glennie among others. They have also written a biography of their father, Abba: God’s Greatest Gift to Us (2002).

From Begum Akhtar to Bhimsen Joshi, Enayat Khan to Ravi Shankar, Bismillah Khan to Shiv Kumar Sharma, Indian classical music is as varied as it can be, from the pure traditional gharanas to more recent blends and fusions. Young sarod players Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan have grown up surrounded by music and musicians. In this tribute to the masters of Indian classical music, both instrumental and vocal, they take us through their encounters with fifty musicians from the twentieth century, exploring the world of both Hindustani and Carnatic music. Filled with personal anecdotes and musical appraisals, and accompanied by a CD selection of some of the finest recorded performances, this book takes you through the best of Indian classical music. Interspersed with some rare photographs from the authors'' personal collection as well as descriptions and details of every recording they have discussed, this book is a keepsake for the connoisseur and a comprehensive introduction to the beginner.

ISBN: 9788172239183
Author: Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan
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50 Indian Film Classic

M.K. Raghavendra is a film researcher, scholar and critic. He has written extensively on world cinema for Indian and international periodicals. He received the national award for Best Film Critic in 1997, which cited his ‘provocative and iconoclastic writing, which inspires debate and discussion, so rare in film criticism today’. His book Seduced by the Familiar: Narration and Meaning in Indian Popular Cinema (Oxford University Press, 2008) was acknowledged by India Today as among the best books on movies.
An eclectic collection of essays by the winner of the National Award Swarna Kamal for Best Film Critic 1997 With more than a thousand films produced annually in over fifteen languages India is acknowledged as the largest producer of motion pictures in the world.50 Indian Film Classics provides detailed critical accounts of the most important Indian films beginning with Prem Sanyas (1925) to Rang De Basanti (2006) in languages ranging from Bengali and Hindi to Manipuri and Malayalam and representing a whole gamut of themes: from the 1930s mythological Sant Tukaram to the politically radical Calcutta ''71, from art-house favourites like Uski Roti and Mukhamukham to blockbusters like Sholay and Lagaan. These perceptive essays introduce the reader to the many moods that inform Indian cinema, the austerity of Pather Panchali, the lavishness of Hum Aapke Hain Koun…!, the solemnity of Samskara and the fun and frolic of Amar Akbar Anthony.Illustrated with rare posters and stills this is an invaluable guide to the most significant cinema India has ever produced.

ISBN: 9788172238667
Author: M.K. Raghavendra
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50 Easy Ways Kids can Help Animals

When kids want to, they can make a lot of noise – especially when they use their voices to make the world a better place for animals. Now, for kids who want to make a difference, PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk brings you the ultimate guide to positive kid action and reaction.

ISBN: 9788172237240
Author: PETA
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365 Nirvana Here And Now: Living Every Moment in Enlightenment

ISBN: 9780007200870
Author: Josh Baran
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The HarperCollins Book Of New Indian Fiction

These stories testify to the range and depth of Indian writing in English. Variously lyric, satiric, tragic and fantastic, they are unified in their vigour and humanity. The anthology features a rich assortment of voices from both new authors and established names including Abraham Verghese, Manju Kapur, Githa Hariharan and Amitaa Kumar.

ISBN: 8172235844
Author: Singh, Khushwant
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365 Dalai Lama, Daily Advice From The Heart

Imagine having an audience with the Dalai Lama where he could offer you personal advice on how you could live your life better, be more joyful, and create a better world. 365 Dalai Lama brings you exactly that: short and inspiring words offering you enlightening advice for everyday living.

As a tireless pilgrim of peace, His Holiness works at the very center of a whirlwind of activity. And yet, despite the pace of his schedule , he always maintains the same serenity and openness. Whoever he meets, whether it be an old friend, a visitor, or passer-by, he is instantly and completely present, gazing into each person’s face with that special expression of goodness, simplicity, and tremendous humour. The new teachings in 365 Dalai Lama give you an opportunity to feel the focus and presence of the Dalai Lama as never before.

His Holiness offers us his advice from the heart. And there is no doubt that if we could truly assimilate into our thoughts and actions just a fraction of his advice, we would

ISBN: 9788172235345
Author: Dalai Lama
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Mr. Good Enough

Lori Gottlieb is an American author and journalist who writes for New York Times, Elle and Glamour amongst others and is a regular radio commentator. She attended Yale and Stanford Medical School before settling as a writer. Mr. Good Enough is her fourth book.

The case for choosing a Real Man over holding out for Mr Perfect

Lori Gottlieb suggests the unthinkable: what if she, and single women everywhere, need to stop chasing the elusive Mr. Perfect and instead
opt for Mr. Good Enough?

Embarking on her own journey to find the ideal partner, Lori explores a prevalent issue facing women today - how do you reconcile a strong desire for a husband and family without wanting to settle for anything less than the perfect package…?

After interviewing a range of people from behavioural therapists to marriage counsellors, neuropsychologists to divorce lawyers, as well as single and married men and women from their twenties right up to their sixties, Lori is well placed to offer an answer

Mr. Good Enough is this year''s intelligent, eye-opening insight into modern relationships - a fast, funny read which ''might just be a formula for marital bliss'' The Times

ISBN: 9780007362790
Author: Lori Gottlieb
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10 Little Rubber Ducks

Chuckedy-chuckedy-chuck goes the rubber duck machine. Out pop little yellow rubber ducks one after the other... A brand-new batch of rubber ducks is loaded on to a ship and sent off to be delivered to children everywhere. But when a storm strikes, 10 little ducks are tossed into the sea and swept away in 10 different directions – with some wonderfully unexpected adventures along the way. Come ride the waves as legendary children''s book author and illustrator, Eric Carle, explores numbers, directions, opposites, geography, animals and more in an extraordinary interactive picture book, beautifully illustrated with his unique collage-style art. And for a final surprise, the last page contains a duck with a squeaking sound chip for a special treat at the end of the story!

ISBN: 9780007202423
Author: Eric Carle
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...And Pran

The biography unveils the life and times of one of India's most important actors. Not only does it bring to light a career that spans more than six decades and 350 films, but it also presents an intimate portrait of the man behind the image.

ISBN: 817223466X
Author: Reuben, Bunny
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The Giver New edition

Lois Lowry, author of over twenty novels and twice winner of the Newbery Medal (for The Giver and Number the Stars), was born on 20 March 1937 in Hawaii. Her father was an Army dentist and the family lived all over the world. Now divorced, she lives in West Cambridge with her dog, Bandit, and spends weekends in her nineteenth-century farmhouse in New Hampshire.

It''s a perfect world, where everything looks right. But ugly truths lie beneath

the surface…

It is the future. There is no war, no hunger, no pain. No one in The Community wants for anything. Everyone is provided for. Each Family Unit is entitled to onefemale and male child.Each member of The Community has their profession carefully chosen for them by the Committee of Elders, and they never make a mistake. Jonas, a sensitive twelve-year-old boy, had never thought there was anything wrong with his Community, until one day. From the moment Jonas is selected as the Receiver of Memory at The Ceremony, his life is never the same. Jonas discovers that The Community is not as perfect as it seems. Although they appear to have everything, they are missing something of great importance. It is up to Jonas, with the help of the Giver, to find what long ago had been lost. And so Jonas embarks on an adventure to save the world as he knows it.Simply and beautifully written, The Giver is sure to touch the heart of every reader. Lois Lowry deals with issues of everyday life that are so often taken for granted. Through the noble character of Jonas, she presents a glimpse of what could be the future. As the tension in the novel mounts,so does the number of questions that Lowry confronts the reader with. The Giver is a book of courage and adventure, and most importantly, one of deep thought. Once readers make contactwith Lowry''s treasure, they may never see things exactly quite the same. Lowry presents a forceful novel that demands to be heard and philosophically dealt with.

ISBN: 9780007263516
Author: Lois Lowry
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India Discovered

John Keay is the author of five acclaimed histories: 'The Honourable Company,' about the East India Company; 'Last Post', about the imperial disengagement of the Far East; the two-volume 'Explorers of the Western Himalayas', 'India: A History' and 'China: A History'. His books on India include 'India Discovered', 'Into India' and 'The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named'. John Keay is married with four children, lives in Scotland and is co-editor with his wife, Julia Keay, of the 'Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland'.
The Recovery of a Lost Civilization

Two hundred years ago, India was seen as a place with little history and less culture.Today it is revered for a notable prehistory, a magnificent classical age and a cultural tradition unique in both character and continuity. How this extraordinary change in perception came about is the subject of this fascinating book.

The story, here reconstructed for the first time, is one of painstaking scholarship primed by a succession of sensational discoveries. The excitement of unearthing a city twice as old as Rome, the realization that the Buddha was not a god but a historical figure, the glories of a literature as rich as anything known in Europe, the drama of encountering a veritable Sistine chapel deep in the jungle, and the sheer delight of categorizing ‘the most glorious galaxy of monuments in the world’ fell, for the most part, to men who were officials of the British Raj. Their response to the unfamiliar – the explicitly sexual statuary, the incomprehensible scripts, the enigmatic architecture – and the revelations which resulted, revolutionized ideas not just about India but about civilization as a white man’s prerogative.

A companion volume by the author of the highly praised India: A History and The Great Arc.

ISBN: 9780007399642
Author: John Keay
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Bones of the hills

The fatherless boy‚ exiled from his tribe‚ whom readers have been following in ′Wolf of the Plains′ and ′Lords of the Bow′‚ has grown into the great king‚ Genghis Khan. He has united the warring tribes and even taken his armies against the great cities of their oldest enemies. Now he finds trouble rising west of the Mongolian plains. His emissaries are mutilated or killed; his trading gestures rebuffed. So‚ dividing his armies‚ using his sons as generals of the various divisions‚ he sends them out simultaneously in many directions‚ ranging as far as modern Iran and Iraq.


As well as discovering new territories‚ exacting tribute from conquered peoples‚ laying waste the cities which resist‚ this policy is also a way of diffusing the rivalries between his sons and heirs and working out who should succeed the khan.


This‚ the third book in the Conqueror series‚ is once more an epic story. Genghis Khan is an exhilarating and heroic figure. The sense of his ambition and his power‚ the relationships with his wives‚ sons and trusted aides‚ the sweep of his conquests‚ is all brought together by a masterful storytelling. It is a compelling read. With each book‚ you are left‚ even more‚ longing for the next.

ISBN: 9780007323999
Author: Conn Iggulden
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Who Killed Change?

By the bestselling author of The One Minute Manager, a business parable that teaches organizations to cope successfully with change.

Every day organizations around the world launch change initiatives often big, expensive ones - designed to improve the status quo. Yet 50 to 70 percent of these change efforts fail. A few perish suddenly, but many die painful, protracted deaths that drain the organization''s resources, energy and morale.So, Who or what is killing change? That''s what you''ll find out in this delightful whodunit. The story features a Columbo-style

detective named Agent who''s investigating the murder of yet another Change. One by one, Agent interviews thirteen prime suspects, including a myopic leader named Vision; a chronically tardy manager named Urgency;an executive named Communication whose laryngitis makes communication all but impossible;and several other dubious characters.


The suspects are sure to sound familiar, and you''re bound to relate them to your own workplace.In the end, Agent solves the case in a way that will inspire you to become an effective ChangeAgent in your own organization.

ISBN: 9780007317493
Author: Ken Blanchard
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China – A History

John Keay is the author of five acclaimed histories: 'The Honourable Company,' about the East India Company; 'Last Post', about the imperial disengagement of the Far East; the two-volume 'Explorers of the Western Himalayas', 'India: A History' and 'China: A History'. His books on India include 'India Discovered', 'Into India' and 'The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and Everest was Named'. John Keay is married with four children, lives in Scotland and is co-editor with his wife, Julia Keay, of the 'Collins Encyclopaedia of Scotland'.

An accessible, authoritative single-volume narrative history of China, from the earliest times to the present day,designed both to engage the general reader and to challenge the horizons of the China specialist.

Most histories of China appear to have been written by sinologists for sinologists. As China rejoins and perhaps comes to dominate our world order, the need for an authoritative yet engaging history is universally acknowledged.
Modelled on the author''s own ''India: A History'', ''China: A
History'' is informed by a wide knowledge of the Asian context,an approach devoid of Euro-centric bias, and acclaimed narrative skills. Broadly chronological, the book presents a history of all the Chinas – including
those regions (Yunnan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Mongolia, Manchuria) that account for two thirds of the People''s Republic of China land mass but which barely feature in its conventional history (which tends to concentrate on the succession of mainly north China imperial dynasties).

The book also examines the many non-Chinese elements in China''s history – the impact of Buddhism, Islam and Christianity; the effects of trade; the nature of ''barbarian'' invasion; the
relevance of many imperial dynasties being of non-Chinese origin.

Major archaeological discoveries in the last two decades afford a chance to flesh out and correct much of the written record. ''China: A History'' will tell the epic story from the time of the Three Dynasties (2000-220 BC) to Chairman Mao and the current economic transformation of the country.

ISBN: 9780007372089
Author: John Keay
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I Heart Paris

Lindsey Kelk is an editor and brand manager. She is completely in love with New York and lives in London.

Angela is in the City of Love - but her own lovelife is heading for trouble...

Angela Clark is a British girl living the life dreams are made of in fabulous New York. But she''s never been to the romantic capital of the world - Paris. So when boyfriend Alex suggests a romantic trip there, tying in with his band''s tour and Angela writing an insider''s guide to the hip city for a glossy fashion mag - Belle , she jumps at the chance.

Soon Angela finds herself meandering along charming streets lined with designer shops, sipping creamy hot chocolate and eating croissants. It''s a world away from New York but she could get used to the joie de vivre of Paris.

But when Louisa, Angela''s best friend shows up from London, it''s not quite the happy, girly catch up she''d hoped for and everything in Paris seems to be going from bad to worse. Louisa reminds Angela that her old life is only a train journey away. With Alex spending so much time partying with the band
and meeting up with his ex, for the first time in ages, Angela is homesick.

Suddenly Angela is questioning her new life in New York and wondering - is it make or break for her and Alex?

ISBN: 9780007357260
Author: Lindsey Kelk
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