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THE TOP FIVE REGRETS of the DYING
'Just as heat is inherent in fire, so is our desire to become better.' Why are personal growth and life transformation so difficult? Does Creation wish that we fail? Of course not! The purpose behind the Universe's grand design is to make us succeed. Our own unawareness of the laws of the Universe creates the impediment. Just as physical phenomena are regulated by laws, there are spiritual principles governing the journey of life as well. Knowledge of them helps us understand why success comes so easily to some but remains a struggle for others; why some are still putting on their shoes, while others have finished the race. The beauty is that, like the physical laws of nature, the divine principles governing happiness and fulfilment in life are also eternally valid. In this book, Swami Mukundananda explains the 7 divine laws in an easily graspable manner. With knowledge of the Vedic scriptures and witty anecdotes that everyone can relate to, this book will empower you to become the best version of yourself.
Can't Hurt Me
For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare - poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring Outside magazine to name him "The Fittest (Real) Man in America".In Can't Hurt Me, he shares his astonishing life story and reveals that most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities. Goggins calls this The 40% Rule, and his story illuminates a path that anyone can follow to push past pain, demolish fear, and reach their full potential.
The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
A lot of professors give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'. Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave, 'Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams', wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living.In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humour, inspiration, and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come.
Wings of fire
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the son of a little-educated boat-owner in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, had an unparalleled career as a defence scientist, culminating in the highest civilian award of India, the Bharat Ratna. As chief of the country's defence research and development programme, Kalam demonstrated the great potential for dynamism and innovation that existed in seemingly moribund research establishments. This is the story of Kalam's rise from obscurity and his personal and professional struggles, as well as the story of Agni, Prithvi, Akash, Trishul and Nag-missiles that have become household names in India and that have raised the nation to the level of a missile power of international reckoning. This is also the saga of independent India's struggle for technological self-sufficiency and defensive autonomy-a story as much about politics, domestic and international, as it is about science.
Birsa munda
19वीं शताब्दी में भारत के उस मध्य भाग में आदिवासी अत्यंत बदहाली और अंधकार का जीवन जी रहे थे, जो अब झारखंड राज्य कहलाता है। औपनिवेशिक सत्ता ने स्थानीय षड्यंत्रकारियों की मदद से उनके चारों ओर अत्याचार और शोषण का जाल बुन दिया था, जो किसी जल्लाद के फंदे की तरह कसता जा रहा था। जो कुछ उनके दिल के क़रीब था, यानी उनकी भूमि, घर, इतिहास, परंपराएं, धर्म और परिवार, वो महारानी के लिए भव्य, लेकिन बेरहम साम्राज्य बनाने की व्यापक औपनिवेशिक योजना का शिकार हो गया था। लोगों को हालाँकि जब धूल में मिलाया जाता है और उनकी पहचान पूरी तरह ख़त्म होने का ख़तरा पैदा हो जाता है, तो वे गर्जना के साथ तपिश भरी, क्रोधित आग की तरह इतने भड़क उठते हैं कि यह साम्राज्य के दिल में भीतर तक गूँजने लगता है और सत्ता में बैठे लोगों में भय से सिहरन दौड़ जाती है। यह एक ऐसी आग होती है जो विद्रोह को जन्म देती है। ऐसे ही एक विद्रोह के केंद्र में थे पच्चीस साल के युवा बिरसा मुंडा। उन्होंने अपने समुदाय और उसके लोगों की ज़िंदगियों की रक्षा के लिए आदिवासियों की लड़ाई का नेतृत्व करने का फ़ैसला किया। शेर दिल योद्धा, कल्याणकर्ता, आध्यात्मिक मार्गदर्शक और एक भुला दिया गया नायक। सच्ची घटनाओं पर आधारित, साहस की यह वीर गाथा बिरसा मुंडा के जीवन को एक श्रद्धांजलि है, जिन्होंने अपने अत्यंत संक्षिप्त जीवन में आदिवासी समुदाय को संगठित किया और ज़बरन धर्मांतरण के ख़िलाफ़ विद्रोह किया। उन्होंने भेदभाव रहित और अधिक न्यायपूर्ण समाज की कल्पना की और इसके लिए लड़ते हुए अपनी जान न्योछावर कर दी। यह किताब एक आदिवासी नायक की रोमांचकारी कहानी है जिसका इतिहास की ज़्यादातर किताबें उल्लेख नहीं करतीं। स्वतंत्रता के लिए देश के संघर्ष में उनके योगदान को कभी भुलाया नहीं जा सकता।
New Novel ( Turning Points: A journey through challenges)
Turning Points takes up the incredible Kalam story from where Wings of Fire left off. It brings together details from his career and presidency that are not generally known as he speaks out for the first time on certain points of controversy. It offers insight not only into an extraordinary personality but also a vision of how a country with a great heritage can become great in accomplishment, skills and abilities through effort, perseverance and confidence. It is a continuing saga, above all, of a journey, individual and collective, that will take India to 2020 and beyond as a developed nation.
My feudal lord by tehmina durrani
Born into one of Pakistan's most influential families, Tehmina Durrani was raised in the privileged milieu of Lahore high society. Like all women of her rank, she was expected to marry a prosperous Muslim from a respectable family, bear him many children and lead a sheltered life of leisure. Her marriage to Mustafa Khar, one of Pakistan's most eminent political figures, soon turned into a nightmare. Violently possessive and pathologically jealous, Mustafa Khar succeeded in cutting her off from the outside world. For fourteen years, Tehmina suffered alone, in silence. When she decided to rebel, the price she paid was extremely high: as a Muslim woman seeking a divorce, she signed away all financial support, lost the custody of her four children, and found herself alienated from her friends and disowned by her parents. When this book was first published it shook Pakistani society to its foundations. Here at last was someone who had succeded in reconciling her faith in Islam with her ardent belief in women's rights. Tehmina Durrani's story provided extraordinary insights into the vulnerable position of women caught in the complex web of Muslim society.
Not just a civil servant by anil swarup
Not Just A Civil Servant drafts the journey of Anil Swarup, a civil servant who survived despite being politically incorrect. He invites readers into his world chronicling the experiences that shaped him from growing years as a student to his years of rigorous training as a civil servant and finally managing crisis, both man-made and otherwise, that confronted the government. His career, spanning 38 years, revolved round tackling myriad of issues that ranged from dealing with corruption in the state of Uttar Pradesh to coal mafias, witnessing the aftermath of Babri Masjid demolition to handling education mafias. The memoir records the travails and tribulations of Anil Swarup as a decision maker and as an internal observer of the system. He describes his triumphs and his disappointments, both public and private, narrating his story as he has lived, in his own words and on his own terms. It also lays bare the understanding of administration by a bureaucrat. The book is a culmination of Swarup's initiatives and intense engagement with various contentious issues both at the state and at national level. This memoir is a deeply personal reckoning of a man who attempted to make-things-happen with the hope to inspire others to do the same.
