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Blackbook of English Vocabulary
DID THE GREAT FLOOD OF INDIAN LEGEND ACTUALLY HAPPEN? WHY DID THE BUDDHA WALK TO SARNATH TO GIVE HIS FIRST SERMON? HOW DID THE EUROPEANS MAP INDIA? The history of any country begins with its geography. With sparkling wit and intelligence, Sanjeev Sanyal sets off to explore India and look at how the country’s history was shaped by, among other things, its rivers, mountains and cities. Traversing remote mountain passes, visiting ancient archaeological sites, crossing rivers in shaky boats and immersing himself in old records and manuscripts, he considers questions about Indian history that we rarely ask: Why do Indians call their country Bharat? How did the British build the railways across the subcontinent? Why was the world’s highest mountain named after George Everest? Moving from the geological beginnings of the subcontinent to present-day Gurgaon, Land of the Seven Rivers is riveting, wry and full of surprises. It is the most entertaining history of India you will ever read.
The psychology of money
Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, and happiness doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. How to manage money, invest it, and make business decisions are typically considered to involve a lot of mathematical calculations, where data and formulae tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world, people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together. In the psychology of money, the author shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important matters.
Yugdharsta
इ. स. पूर्व 300 वर्षापूर्वीची ही कहाणी. त्यावेळी भारतात अनेक गणराज्य नांदत होती. परंतु त्यांच्यात एकमेळ नव्हता. आपापसात सतत संघर्ष होत होती. मगध हे त्यांपौकीच एक ! त्या राज्याचा राजा धनानंद हा विलासी राजा होता. अतोनात कर लावून तो प्रजेची पिळवणूक करीत असे. त्याच्या अनियंत्रित कारभाराला प्रजा कंटाळली होती. चाणक्य विष्णुगुपत हा त्या राज्यातील एक तेजस्वी ब्राह्मण. तक्षाशिलेला जाऊन विद्यासंपन्न झालेल ! राजाचा दानाध्यक्ष या नात्यानं काम करताना धनानंद राजानं त्याचा अपमान केला. ते पाहून चाणक्यनं शपथ घेतली की, उन्मत्त धनानंद राजाचं सिंहासन मी यथावकाश उलथून टाकीन.' त्याच वेळी जगज्जेता बनण्याचं स्वप्न उराशी बाळगून ग्रीक सेनानी सिकंदर यानं भारतावर आक्रमण केलं. चाणक्यानं अपार परिश्रम करून सिकंदराचं आक्रमण थोपविण्यासाठी अनेक योजना आखल्या. त्याचीच परिणीती म्हणून सिकंदराला भारतविजेता न होता परतावं लागलं. चंद्रगुप्ताला हाताशी धरून चाणक्यानं त्याला उत्तम शिक्षण दिलं. अनेक तेजस्वी तरुणांची एक मळी उभी केली आणि अनेक युक्त्या-प्रयुक्त्या योजून त्यानं धनानंद राजाला पदच्युत केलं. त्याच्या सिंहासनावर चंद्रगुप्त मौर्याला अधिष्ठित करून त्याच्याच सहाय्यानं चाणक्यानं एकसंध, बलसंपन्न आणि अखंड भारत निर्माण केला. आपल्या आयुष्याच्या उतरार्धात "कौटिलीय अर्थशास्त्र' हा ग्रंथ लिहून भारतीय साहित्यात अनमोल भर घातली. अशा या नृपनिर्मात्या युगंधर क्रांतिकारी महापुरुषाच्या जीवनावरील ही ललितरम्य कादंबरी अनेक नाट्यपूर्ण, रहस्यमय प्रसंगांनी सजलेली !प्रचलित असलेल्या 'चाणक्यनीती'च्या आणि प्रसिद्ध असलेल्या 'कौटिल्याचे अर्थशास्त्र'च्या 'चाणक्य'वर संदर्भांचा छडा लावून लिहिली गेलेली ही कादंबरी. स्वत: सत्तेपासून अलिप्त राहायचे पण सत्ता परकीयांच्या हातातून दिसणार नाही म्हणून डावपेच रचायचे, त्यासाठी एखाद्या चंद्रगुप्ताला अगदी श्रीगणेशापासून तयार करायचे न् प्रजाहित साधण्याचा प्रयत्न करायचा हे सारेच अजब आहे म्हणूनच अशी व्यक्तिरेखा लेखकालाही आव्हानात्मक आहे, असे मूळचेच जबरदस्त कथानक लेखकाचीही परिक्षा घेणारे आहे अर्थात भा. द. खेर ह्यांच्यासारख्या ज्येष्ठ श्रेष्ठ लेखकाला हे शिवधनुष्य न पेलवते तरच नवल ! खेर ह्यांनी ते कसे समर्थपणे पेलले आहे हे एकदा वाचलेच पाहिजे असे आहे.
Novels for sale
What's in a name? Apparently everything for Ed Loy, because that's the only information Father Vincent Tyrrell, brother of prominent racehorse trainer F. X. Tyrrell, offers when he asks for Ed's help in finding a missing person. Even the best private eye needs more than just a name, but hard times and a dwindling bank account make it difficult for Loy to say no.He is not without luck, however. While working another case, Loy discovers a phone number that seems linked to F.X. found on an unidentified body. Thinking it more than a coincidence, he begins digging into the history of the Tyrrells—a history consumed with trading and dealing, gambling and horse breeding—and soon realizes there is more to the family than meets the eye, a suspicion confirmed when two more people with connections to the Tyrrells are killed.On the eve of one of Ireland's most anticipated sporting events, the four-day Leopardstown Race-course Christmas Festival, all bets are off as Loy pursues a twisted killer on the final leg of a reckless master plan.In The Price of Blood, Declan Hughes once again paints an arresting portrait of an Ireland not found in any guidebooks. Deadly passions beget dark secrets in a chilling story that will have readers on edge right up to its shocking conclusion.
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International bestseller and master storyteller Jeffrey Archer is at the very top of his game in this story of fate and fortune, redemption and revenge.If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson the day before, or the day after, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. But when the four prosecution witnesses are a barrister, a popular actor, an aristocrat, and the youngest partner in an established firm's history, who is going to believe his side of the story?Danny is sentenced to twenty-two years and sent to Belmarsh prison, the highest-security jail in the land, from where no inmate has ever escaped.However, Spencer Craig, Lawrence Davenport, Gerald Payne, and Toby Mortimer all underestimate Danny's determination to seek revenge, and Beth's relentless quest to pursue justice, which ends up with all four fighting for their lives.Thus begins Jeffrey Archer's most powerful novel since Kane and Abel, with a cast of characters that will remain with you long after you've turned the last page.And if that is not enough, prepare for an ending that will shock even the most ardent of Archer's fans.
Empire :Story Of the Cholas
‘Sumptuously detailed, beautifully imagined...Empire is an exceptional achievement and will be the mark against which later books will be measured.’—The Wire‘As high on adrenaline as it is on authentic detailing.’—Firstpost‘A gripping historical novel.’—Hindustan Times‘Yesodharan does a beautiful job of bringing alive a distant and dramatic past and peopling it with heroes and heroines that will intrigue, surprise and delight the readers – and stay with them long after they’ve finished reading.’ – Chitra Divakaruni‘Perfect tapestry intricately woven with threads of history and fiction. Imaginative, intriguing and intense.’ – Ashwin SanghiA woman of courage, with dagger and bow, Will do countless deeds: dark and light, right and low. Her armour dark, her armour gold, Around her red rivers will flow. An Indian empire at the peak of its power. A great port heaped with spices, silks, jewellery, perfumes, weapons. Everyone wants a share of the riches of Nagapattinam. When a Greek pirate ship sails in to loot the wealth of the Cholas, it is brutally defeated by the navy and forced to pay a compensation. A payment that includes a twelve-year-old girl, Aremis. Aremis grows up to be a skilled warrior, a great asset to the Cholas. But she is a foreigner among her captors, even though the emperor trusts her to guard his person. Anantha, the man who took her captive, the supreme commander of the empire’s armies, is a wily strategist. But he no longer has the stomach for war. The emperor’s ambitions weary him. Rajendra Chola has conquered Lanka, now he wants to rule the Indian Ocean. Their future is set: a dangerous journey across the seas and a bloody, brutal war they cannot survive undamaged.https://www.amazon.in/Empire-Devi-Yes...
The Hungry Tide
Off the easternmost coast of India lies the immense archipelago of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans. Life here is precarious, ruled by the unforgiving tides and the constant threat of attack by Bengal tigers. Into this place of vengeful beauty come two seekers from different worlds, whose lives collide with tragic consequences.The settlers of the remote Sundarbans believe that anyone without a pure heart who ventures into the watery island labyrinth will never return. With the arrival of two outsiders from the modern world, the delicate balance of small community life uneasily shifts. Piya Roy is a marine biologist, of Indian descent but stubbornly American, in search of a rare dolphin. Kanai Dutt is an urbane Delhi businessman, here to retrieve the journal of his uncle who died mysteriously in a local political uprising. When Piya hires an illiterate but proud local fisherman to guide her through the crocodile-infested backwaters, Kanai becomes her translator. From this moment, the tide begins to turn.A contemporary story of adventure and romance, identity and history, The Hungry Tide travels deep into one of the most fascinating regions on earth, where the treacherous forces of nature and human folly threaten to destroy a way of life.
World is Flat
Toàn cầu hóa là chủ đề vốn phức tạp và thu hút sự quan tâm của dư luận với không ít những ý kiến trái ngược nhau, được Thomas L.Friedman phân tích một cách độc đáo, với lập luận trung tâm về quá trình “trở nên phẳng” của thế giới. Khái niệm “phẳng” ở đây đồng nghĩa với “sự kết nối”. Những dở bỏ rào cản về chính trị cùng với những tiến bộ vượt bậc của cách mạng số đang làm cho thế giới “phẳng ra” và không còn nhiều trở ngại về địa lý như trước. Điều này mở ra cho các nước những phương thức sản xuất kinh doanh, những tình thế địa chính trị và địa kinh tế hoàn toàn mới.Thông điệp Friedman chuyển tải không xa lạ đối với nhiều bạn độc giả. Toàn cầu hoá là hiện tượng khách quan, từng được biểu hiện lẻ tẻ có khi như một trạng huống, một tiến trình, nhưng giờ đây được nhìn nhận rõ nét và khái quát hơn, khi nó trỗi dậy trở thành một hệ thống quốc tế. Điểm mấu chốt ở đây là, đôi lúc dư luận có dấu hiệu sao nhãng đối với các đòi hỏi mang tính tất yếu để thúc đẩy toàn cầu hoá (do sự kiện 11/9, cuộc chiến tranh Irag hoặc các lý do tương tự), Friedman đã giống lên hồi chuông cảnh báo rằ Toàn cầu hoá 3.0 thực chất đang ở vào giai đoạn tăng tốc, nó làm cho thế giới chuyển từ cỡ nhỏ xuống cỡ siêu nhỏ và đồng thời san phẳng thế giới. Chúng ta đang sống trong một thế giới phẳng! Trong thế giới này, không chỉ các quốc gia, những tập đoàn kinh tế lớn như Dell, IBM, Wal-Mart, mà là các cá nhân ở khắp mọi nơi trên hành tinh này (chỉ cần kết nối internet và tiếp cận các công cụ của thế giới mới) có thể cộng với nhau trong những chuỗi cung toàn cầu để tạo ra những giá trị gia tăng lớn hơn. Chiếc “bánh” toàn cầu ngày càng trở nên to hơn nhưng đồng thời cũng khó chia hơn….Xu thế toàn cầu hóa đang là đặc điểm chi phối thời đại, như chính Nghị quyết Đại hội Đảng Cộng Sản Việt Nam lần thứ X đã khẳng định. Quá trình chúng ta chủ động hội nhập quốc tế, mà việc gia nhập WTO là một biểu hiện, có cả cơ hội lẫn thách thức. Chính vì thế, việc tiếp cận và tham khảo những tri thức đương đại từ những nước đã phát triển về sự chuyển động của thế giới (đ
Society in India For UPSC/statePSC
This Book Is An Addition To The Scarce Indigenous Literature Available In The Crucial Area Of Crime. The Text Has A Sociological Orientation And Is Founded Upon Holistic Approach. It Presents The Most Recent Data Available On Crimes And Criminals And Offers Theoretical Explanations Too.
THE ART OF WAR
Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought. Since that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on Sun Tzu to warfare and civilization have adapted these teachings for use in politics, business and everyday life. The Art of War is a book which should be used to gain advantage of opponents in the boardroom and battlefield alike.
The Diary of a Young Girl
Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered in the "Secret Annexe" of an old office building. Cut off from the outside world, they faced hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters, and the ever-present threat of discovery and death.In her diary Anne Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was tragically cut short.
Study package for NTSE class 10
The book is meant to be an all-inclusive text covering not just the target syllabus comprehensively but also facts for the exam. The book also provides comprehensive and depth analysis for comprehensive examination. This book effectively caters to the requirement of many competitive examinations, particularly UPSC, UPPSC, BPSC, JPSC, MPPSC and others. The book is largely divided into Indian History (Ancient India, Medieval India and Modern India), Art and Culture, World History, Geography (World Geography, Landforms, and Indian Geography), Environment and Ecology, Indian Polity and Constitution, Indian Economy, General Science (Physics, Chemistry, and Biology), Science and Technology which based on NCERT Books in different segments so that an aspirant can easily find out the desired information from it. NCERT Summary have been provided to give the aspirants a sense of direction and focus during the course of their study. In the selection of material, various competitive examinations have also been taken into consideration.
Integrated Approach to Obstetrics and Gyanecology
Written by medical specialists and faculty of the Department of Obstetricians and Gynaecology, National University Health Services, Integrated Approach to Obstetrics and Gynaecology is a textbook for medical undergraduates and residents.This textbook is unique in that it takes an integrated approach in discussing the six phases in the life of a woman, namely, the early years of growing up, the reproductive years, pre-conception, early pregnancy, pregnancy care, and functional ageing in a mature woman.Emphasis has been focused on information that constitutes essential 'core knowledge' in the blueprint of the medical undergraduate curriculum. The format is easy to follow: background introduction to history; examinations and investigations to establish a diagnosis and then treatment and management. However, this may have to be modified as deemed appropriate for a particular topic. Where appropriate, knowledge that is 'good to know' has been incorporated beyond the essential 'core knowledge'.
Ambedkar Islam and the Left
Sometimes in the name of ‘Meem-Bheem’, at other times as anti-Hindu—both the camps have been trying to claim Baba Saheb Ambedkar as theirs. In the light of Ambedkar’s thoughts in today’s perspective, the book explodes points out the ill-intentioned arguments and tells us how Ambedkar’s thoughts on Islam and the Left were clear, establishing that he was never agreeable to either of the two camps. Thus, the effort by the two camps to claim as theirs is only a fraud being used to serve vested political interests. What did Ambedkar think about Islam and the Left? Is there even an iota of truth in the competitive claims being made by the Islamists and the Left? This book by Mithilesh Kumar Singh brings out all these aspects clearly.
