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Not Without My Daughter - Gripping True Escape Memoir for Sale!
In August 1984, Michigan housewife Betty Mahmoody accompanied her husband to his native Iran for a two-week vacation that turned into a permanent stay. To her horror, she found herself and her four-year-old daughter, Mahtob, virtual prisoners of a man rededicated to his Shiite Moslem faith, in a land where women are near-slaves and Americans despised. Their only hope for escape lay in a dangerous underground that would not take her child.
Biography of Gautama Buddha
The best way to learn about Gautama Buddha in this book there will be all about the Gautam Buddha from his birth to death you can read this pictorial biography of Gautam Buddha to learn about the Buddha birth to death in this Victoria biography of Gautam Buddha you can read this you won't be bored it will be interesting and exciting you can use this book for increasing your reading knowledge especially you can learn more new words on this pic to real biography because the old mantras and more new words we have we can learn in this we have more new words 100 + new words we have for learning that you can improve your vocabulary skills and more skills best way to increase your reading practice and vocabulary skills and best book for the two vocabulary and reading skills you can buy this and you can enjoy and you can give to your kids and it is very best on the kids book adults also can use but kids can increase their vocabulary skills and reading skills especially for adults it is best vocabulary increasing book in biography it's a different type of learning please buy and read this
August Wilson
August Wilson: A Life by Patti Hartigan is the first major biography of August Wilson, one of Americas most celebrated playwrights. Drawing on extensive interviews, archival research, and Wilsons own reflections, the book traces his journey from childhood in Pittsburghs Hill District to international acclaim. With vivid storytelling, this 544-page volume explores Wilsons plays, creative vision, personal struggles, and his impact on theatre and culture. A compelling read for those interested in literature, African American history, or the world of theatre.
Steve jobs book
Steve is no more with us, but his work remains and reminds about the revolution created by him making it smoother and easier. The PCs, the i- phones, the i-pods, the tablet PCs all will be a constant reminder of the genuine and witty ways that Steve handled and fondled. He was always lost in a world of his own. He hugged the glory and the downfalls with equal aloofness. Not once were his beliefs shattered. Throughout his life, he struggled and dared to bring his dreams come true. His dreams had a silvery lining of consistency, persuasion and intention. He was unique in every way. The life threatening disease of cancer could not prevent him from working till his last breath, literally. Though stubborn and dominant by nature he stood as a magician in the field of technology. Here is a simple gesture to pay him respect and honour. A magnificent journey presented authentically. तंत्रज्ञानाच्या जगामधला सगळ्यात प्रसिद्ध जादूगार - हे जग सोडून गेला... पण त्यानं आफल्या अद्भुत कल्र्फेाशक्तीच्या जोरावर तयार केलेले कम्पयुटर्स, मोबाईल फोन्स, म्युझिक पलेअर्स, टॅब्लेट फीसीज हे सर्व या जगाला त्याची आठवण देत राहतील. जगभरातल्या लोकांच्या कल्र्फेााशक्तीफलीकडची उत्फादनं जॉब्जनं प्रत्यक्षात आणून दाखवली.आफलं आयुष्यच तो एका वेगळ्या विश्वात जगला. राजाचा रंक आणि फरत रंकाचा राजा असं सनसनाटी आयुष्य जॉब्जच्या वाट्याला आलं. सगळ्यांहून वेगळं आणि अगदी सर्वोत्तम असंच कायम करून दाखवण्यासाठी तो आयुष्यभर धडफडला. कर्करोगानं जॉब्जचं शरीर फोखरून टाकलं, तरी त्याही स्थितीत त्यानं शेवटफर्यंत आपल्या कल्र्फेाांच्या भरार्या मारायचं काम थांबवलं नाही. अशा या हट्टी, जिद्दी, कलाकार तंत्रज्ञाला सलाम करणारी ही रंजक सफर!
Notes of a Dream
Who really is A.R. Rahman? We know the music. But do we know the man? For the first time, a nation's pride--winner of National Film awards, Oscars, Grammys and hearts--opens up about his philosophies: hope, perseverance, positivity and love. From his early days as a composer of advertisement jingles to his first big break in feature films, from his keenness to integrate new technology with good old-fashioned music scores to the founding of his music school, from his resounding entry on to the international stage to his directorial debut, from his philanthropy to his inner life, Notes of a Dream captures Rahman's extraordinary success story with all the rhythm and melody, the highs and lows, of a terrific soundtrack by the man himself.Featuring intimate interviews with the soft-spoken virtuoso, as well as insights and anecdotes from key people in his life, this balanced, uplifting and affectionate book is the definitive biography of A.R. Rahman--the man behind the music and the music that made the man.
NEENA GUPTA - Sach kahun toh
In Sach Kahun Toh, actor Neena Gupta chronicles her extraordinary personal and professional journey-from her childhood days in Delhi's Karol Bagh, through her time at the National School of Drama, to moving to Bombay in the 1980s and dealing with the struggles to find work. It details the big milestones in her life, her unconventional pregnancy and single parenthood, and a successful second innings in Bollywood. A candid, self-deprecating portrait of the person behind the persona, it talks about her life's many choices, battling stereotypes, then and now, and how she may not be as unconventional as people think her to be.
WINGS OF FIRE - An Autobiography APJ Abdul Kalam
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.
Oscar Wilde - Richard Ellmann
In this long-awaited biography, Wilde the legendary Victorian - brilliant writer and conversationalist, reckless flouter of social and sexual conventions - is brought to life. More astute and forbearing, yet more fallible than legend has allowed, Wilde is given here the dimensions of a modern hero. Based on fresh material from many hitherto-untapped sources, Ellmann depicts Wilde's comet-like ascent on the Victorian scene and his equally dramatic sudden eclipse. His Irish background, the actresses to whom he paid court, his unfortunate wife and lovers, his clothes, coiffures, and the decor of his rooms - all are presented here in vivid detail. The saga of his 1882 American tour is recounted with a wealth of new details; also his later impact on the bastions of the French literary establishment. The London of the Nineties, of Whistler and the Pre-Raphaelites, Lillie Langtry and the Prince of Wales, is evoked alongside Paris of the "belle epoque" and the Greece, Italy and North Africa of Wilde'stravels. Ellmann's definitive critical account of Wilde's entire oeuvre shows him as the proponent of a radical new aesthetic who was perilously at odds with Victorian society. After his period of success and daring, the fatal love affair with Lord Alfred Douglas is followed by exposure, imprisonment, a few wretched years abroad and death in exile. The tragic end of Wilde's life leaves the reader with a sense of compassion and grief for the protagonist. This edition make the popular and best selling biography available in paperback for the first time.
