Review of books sent out today to twistntales@yahoogroups

Hi all,

Welcome to another long list of lovely books, some great ones to give us company as we brave the winter chill and unit tests!

As we enter the exam season, we at twistntales are a bit stretched in terms of in-store help …. So the call goes around again. We are happy to have Samar and Jahnavi come back to do short stints, but as summer vacation is round the corner, we are starting to look at extra hands to help us out. We are looking for folks who will do 4-hour part time slots – vacancies exist from March to July. If you know of students/ others who may be interested, kindly ask them to call us. Minimum XIIth class, appearing this year is also fine, but primarily interested in books and people, staying in Aundh or around.

Now we get on to the business of books!

WOW:

“Fundoo t-shirt quotes” @ Rs.95/- (320pgs)

This book contains quotes that we generally find in T-shirts. The book contains 300 smart quotes to be used in a variety of situations & we find most quotes apt and appropriate to our day-to-day life. Quotations are witty. While some of these are plain funny others are ironic and thought provoking. For e.g.: “Reality keeps on ruining my life”, “Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life”, “Take my advice I don’t use it anyway”, “Success is a relative term – it brings so many relatives” Go for it J J.

“Fully Empowered” by Pablo Neruda @ Rs.150/- (135 pgs) – a bilingual edition (English-Spanish - Poetry)

Fully Empowered was first published in Spanish in 1962 and was one of Neruda’s favourites among his own works, and he specifically asked his finest translator Alastair Reid, to translate it into English. Thirty-six poems in this collection vary from short intense lyrics, characteristic Neruda odes, whimsical addresses to friends and his magnificent meditations on the role of the poet. Within Fully Empowered are many poems among the greatest of Neruda’s work, including ‘The People’, his most celebrated later poem.

“Do - it -Yourself Art / Educational kits – @ Rs. 150/- (Fine Arts)

Six sets of D I Y kits, each with an amazing topic and truly capturing the essence of Indian folk art/paintings across the country. The art of Warli painting, Madhubani, Patua, Gond, Phad painting and Indian clay beads are made ‘child’s play’ for one and all! Each kit comes equipped with all ingredients and materials required to complete a single painting. Makes a perfect gift, pastime, new hobby or project. Made and marketed by Intach, Pune.

FICTION

“The Bad Girl” by Mario Vargas Llosa (Translated by Edith Grossman) @ Rs. 495/- (276 pgs)

Ricardo Somocurcio is in love with a bad girl. She appears in various guises over many years but does not seem to remember who she was earlier. She treats Ricardo very poorly but yet he is doomed to worship her. Gifted liar and irresistible, maddening muse – does Ricardo ever know who she really is? The answer is as unclear as what has become of Ricardo himself, a lifelong expatriate shadowed by the sense that he is only ever drifting. In Mario Vargas Llosa’s beguiling new novel, the strange bedfellows of good and bad turn out not to be what they appear.

“Sisters” by Danielle Steel @ Rs. 230/- (413 pgs)

Four sisters who have been fervently pursuing success and their own lives come together to share one New York brownstone, to support each other and to pick up the pieces while one sister struggles to heal her shattered body and soul. A bustling house is soon filled with eccentric dogs, laughter, tears, friends and men…and the kind of honesty and unconditional love only sisters can provide. But as the four women settle in, each is forced to confront the direction of their respective lives. With unerring insight and compassion, Danielle Steel tells a compelling story of four sisters who are irrevocably woven into the fabric of each other’s lives.

“Then We Came To The End” by Joshua Ferris @ Rs. 252/- (389 pgs)

They spend their days – and too many of their nights – at work. Away from their friends and family, they share a stretch of stained carpet with a group of strangers they call colleagues. Amidst the boredom, redundancies, water-cooler moments, meetings, flirtations and pure rage, life is happening, to their great surprise all around them. Then We Came To The End is about sitting all morning next to someone you cross the road to avoid the lunch. It’s the story of the life of most people. “The best comedy debut of the year”

“Bungalow 2” by Danielle Steel @ Rs. 995/- (338pgs)

In this new novel Bungalow 2, author Danielle Steele takes us beyond the dazzle of Hollywood – the story of one woman’s journey from suburban mom to award-winning screenwriter and all the joy, heartbreak and challenges that come along the way. Steele takes us into a world few ever see – a world of fame and fortune, celebrity and genius – daring to show us the real lives, real dreams and real struggles hidden beneath the flash and glitter of Hollywood.

“Airman” by Eoin Colfer @ Rs. 275/- (424 pgs)

Conor Broekhart was born to fly. Or more accurately he was born flying. Little wonder he became what he became. In an age of discovery and invention many dreamed of flying, but for Conor flight was more than just a dream, it was his destiny. In one dark night on the island of Great Saltee, a cruel and cunning betrayal destroyed his life and stole his future. Now Conor must win the race for flight, to save his family and to right a terrible wrong. Airman is the new hugely entertaining and action-packed thriller by the best-selling author of the Artemis Fowl series.

INDIAN WRITING

“Lunatic In My Head” by Anjum Hasan @ Rs. 295/- (291 pgs)

In the early 90s, in Shillong, eight-year-old Sophie Das just realizes she is adopted, but there is also a baby kicking inside her mother’s womb whom she’s dying to meet. IAS aspirant Aman Moondy is planning a first-of-its-kind Happening and praying the lovely Concordella will come. College lecturer, Firdaus Ansari is going to finish her thesis, have a hard talk with her boyfriend and then get out. Poetic, funny, tender and reflective, Lunatic in My Head is a moving portrait of a small town and of these three people joined to each other in an intricate web, all determined to break out of their small town destinies.

“Animal’s People” by Indra Sinha @ Rs. 396/- (374 pgs)

Animal’s People is a stunningly humane work of storytelling that takes us right to the heart of contemporary India. The voice of Animal, the narrator is bawdy, irreverent and smart. Animal’s vernacular with its mangled, Yoda-like syntax, conjures up the colour, cruelty and camaraderie of life in the Indian city of Khaufpur. Compellingly honest and entirely without self-pity, Animal lights up our journey into his dark world with flashes of pure joy. Shortlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize.

“The Age of Shiva” by Manil Suri @ Rs. 495/- (455 pgs)

This story starts in a college scenario where two sisters, Roopa and Meera are listening to
a song sung by Dev. Roopa is older than Meera as well as more beautiful. Dev sings a passionate song in praise for Roopa unaware of the fact that the same song arouses passionate feelings in the heart of Meera. The story starts on this background and depicts the tragedy that Meera faces in her life. The story is very revealing of the true face of India society about how the women have been tortured and her struggle for existence. The Age of Shiva is the powerful story of an ancient society in transition and an extraordinary portrait of maternal love.
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“The Shattered Thigh and Other Plays” by Bhasa (Translated by Aditya Narayana Dhairyasheel Haksar) @ Rs. 200/- (128 pgs)

Bhasa is one of the most celebrated names in classical Sanskrit literature. He lived and wrote about two thousand years ago and even preceded Kalidasa, the great poet and dramatist of ancient India. In fact Kalidasa himself praises Bhasa in one of his plays. Bhasa’s works were considered lost until the beginning of the 20th century when thirteen of them were discovered in Kerala. Six of these, which form this collection, are based on the Mahabharata, which provides a thematic unity to the plays. The short and fast-paced plays in this collection are remarkable in their nearness to modern idiom despite their antiquity.

HISTORY

“Rani” by Jaishree Misra @ Rs. 350/- (416 pgs)

When thirteen-year-old Manikarnika is married to the King of Jhansi, little does she realize the burden of greatness awaiting her. She is renamed Lakshmibai – after the Goddess of Wealth. As she grows from a girl to a woman she desires to emerge as a capable Queen beloved of her people. When the British under Dalhousie’s Doctrine of Lapse annex Jhansi after the death of her infant son and husband, she turns to Robert Ellis, an officer of the East India Company and Jhansi’s political agent. When he tries to assist her while trying to stay loyal to his government, he is sent away in disgrace and meanwhile she in the company of her comrades-in-arms, Nanasahib (the Peshwa Bajirao II’s adopted son) and Tantia Tope is inexorably drawn into the vortex of the Great Revolt of 1857. Unfolding against the events leading to the first war of Indian Independence, Rani is a majestic yet human story about the ageless conflicts between love and loyalty, duty and desire.

“Prison and chocolate cake” by Nayantara Sahgal @ Rs.295/- (216pgs+)

The book is about an unusual childhood of Nayantara Sehgal, who was born into the ‘first family’ of Indian politics – The Nehrus. It is a dramatic portrayal of a family for whom the country’s fight for freedom was more important than anything else, certainly coming before comfort and riches. Sehgal describes growing up at Anand Bhavan in Allahabad, the home her family shared with her maternal uncle Jawaharlal Nehru. The book is particularly delightful in its portrayal of Nehru as a man of friendly humanity and joy, which made him a beloved uncle, yet with an inborn greatness that inspired awe and admiration in the little girl.

“War of civilizations: India and 1857 (in two hardbound volumes)” by Amaresh Mishra @ Rs.2500/-

This two-volume work, details for the first time, the shaping up of a titanic, and the most, bitter conflict of the nineteenth century. The 1857 revolt was a turning point in the history of modern India. The world still bears the scars, victory marks, and the results of India versus the West, War of Civilization that ensued in 1857 and went on for over a decade. More than 10 million Indians – 7% of the country’s population – lost their lives, most of them massacred in cold blood by marauding British troops. The author shows how the British even killed their own women and children and blamed Indians for, to justify their excesses. The author also shows how the West’s overall defeat in 1857 prepared the world for de-colonization, making it ultimately safer for democracy.

“The Mutiny” by Julian Rathbone @ Rs. 295/- (447 pgs)

Julian Rathbone succeeds brilliantly in recreating the chaos, the savagery and the clash of cultures in India in 1857. The stories of his own characters – the young army wife Sophie Hardcastle whose son disappears amid the fighting, the gallant but naïve spy Bruce Farquhar, and Uma Blackstock, the Eurasian daughter of a British officer forced to choose where her loyalties lie – are all woven seamlessly into the wider narrative of a world turned upside down. The Mutiny is fiction that movingly reanimates the history upon which it draws.

PERSONALITIES

“Shakespeare” by Bill Bryson @ Rs.325/- (200 pgs)

William Shakespeare, the most celebrated playwright and poet in the English language left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts through this colourful muddle to reveal the man himself. Vivid, unsentimental, witty and fast-paced, it’s a biography that does justice to Shakespeare’s achievements.

“Perfect Hostage- A Life of Aung San Suu Kyi” by Justin Wintle @ Rs. 670/- (450pgs)

Like Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, Aung San Suu Kyi has become an iconic figure. Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991, since 1988 she has steadfastly opposed Burma’s brutal military regime, instituted by General Ne Win in 1962. But her leadership of the Burmese democracy movement, and her ardent advocacy of human rights, has landed her in desperate trouble. Author Justin Wintle, gives us the fullest biography of Aung San Suu Kyi to date, asking searching questions along the way.

“Brushing Up The Years: A Cartoonist’s History of India 1947 to the Present” by R. K. Laxman @ Rs. 495/- (302 pgs)

Brushing Up The Years is a selection of the very best of cartoonist R. K. Laxman’s cartoons, drawn over a career spanning six decades. From India’s first general elections to Nehru’s Five-Year plans, from wars with China and Pakistan to the reign of Indira Gandhi and the Emergency, from Rajiv Gandhi’s government, the rise of regional politics and the fall of the Babri Masjid to economic liberalization, the rule of the BJP and the Congress’s return to power, these cartoons trace a history of modern India, a history that is perceptive, provocative and humorous. This new paperback edition of Brushing Up The Years contains 8 new pages of cartoons, bringing the story up to the present.

“About Me (Apni Khabar)” by Pandey Bechan Sharma ‘Ugra’ (Translated with an introduction by Ruth Vanita) @ Rs. 250/- (162 pgs)

Pandey Bechan Sharma Ugra’s memoir, Apni Khabar, is considered to be the first autobiography written in modern Hindi that displays a striking originality in its tone and style. It marked a radical departure from the established autobiographical and biographical conventions of its time, and is now regarded as an example of a new genre of writing because of its intrinsic modernity and individualism. Translated for the first time into English by Ruth Vanita, About Me depicts Ugra’s exploration of the making of the modern, North Indian male intellectual self, with layers drawn from urban and rural orthodox and radical, Hindu and Muslim cultures.


“Ammi: Letter to a Democratic Mother” by Saeed Mirza @ Rs. 395/- (306 pgs)

Ammi: Letter to a Democratic Mother is a novel that takes the form of a letter written by Saeed Mirza to his late mother, a pastiche of memories that honour the political creed she stood for, the egalitarian spirit of democracy she believed in, the faith from which she drew strength. Shifting deftly from one form to another – short story, poetry, parable, legend, satire, travelogue, memoir, history, diatribe, film script – Mirza creates an unforgettable literary installation.

“Krishna: Life and Song of the Blue God” by Ramesh Menon @ Rs. 395/- (271 pgs)

This book is a magical unexpurgated life of Krishna, told in a spirit of Bhakti for the modern reader. Krishna: Life and Song of the Blue God, opens on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, on the brink of the Great Mahabharata War, when the Pandava warrior Arjuna suffers a crisis of courage and conscience. His divine cousin, the Blue God, begins to expound the eternal dharma, the Bhagavad Gita. The story quickly shifts back to Krishna’s birth and childhood and then again to the battlefield, chapter by chapter, until finally both narratives flow together near the end, just before the war erupts. Never before have Krishna’s Holy Gita (from the Mahabharata) and his brilliant life (from the Bhagavat Purana) been juxtaposed with such enchantment.

MANAGEMENT/ BUSINESS

“Chin India Rising: How China and India Will Benefit Your Business” by Jagdish N. Sheth @ Rs. 495/- (207 pgs)

The rise of China and India will have a profound effect on businesses in the developed as well as the developing world. Prof. Jagdish Sheth produces a thought-provoking treatise on contemporary events involving China and India, which will have a major impact in the foreseeable future. Sheth propounds an extremely well reasoned point of view of these developments, which will appeal to a wide cross section of readers around the world. Chinindia Rising is a visionary work encompassing multiplicity of dimensions of the unprecedented impact and influence of the two great nations: India and China, on the world’s political and economic future.

“A Class With Drucker: The Lost Lessons of the World’s Greatest Management Teacher” by William A. Cohen @ Rs. 1040/- (258 pgs)

At once a philosopher, historian, family man and professor, Peter Drucker is hailed as the Father of Modern Management. William Cohen learnt from Drucker for 4 years. What Drucker taught Cohen literally changed his life. In A Class With Drucker, Cohen shares many of Drucker’s teachings that never made into his countless books and articles, ideas that were offered to his students in classroom or informal settings. Cohen expands on Drucker’s lessons with personal anecdotes about his teacher’s personality, lack of pretension and interaction with students and others. He also shows how Drucker’s ideas can be applied to the real-world challenges managers face today.

“Know Can Do!: Put Your Know-How into Action” by Ken Blanchard, Paul J. Meyer and Dick Ruhe @ Rs. 175/- (118 pgs)

Why is it that so many things we try so hard to learn just don’t stick? Because we spend all our energy on learning new skills and better habits, but we lack effective strategies for retaining and applying all the helpful information we take in. Know Can Do! is a simple and totally powerful book for anyone involved in learning. The authors highlight how to use what you know and learn and make a difference in your life and the lives you touch.

“Think Better (your company’s future depends on it… and so does yours)” by Tim Hurson @ Rs. 550/- (293 pgs)

In this new book, Tim Hurson explains how to use Productive Thinking to solve many of the problems that managers face today. Hurson starts by explaining how we all build barriers to effective thinking. He identifies our habits of thinking that severely limit our behaviour and demonstrates how to overcome these barriers. More than anything Productive Thinking is an attitude that will let you look at problems and convert them into opportunities. To create the future, you must first be able to imagine it. Productive thinking is a way to help you do that.

SOCIO ECO POL / CURRENT AFFAIRS

“The ugliness of the Indian male and other propositions” by Mukul Kesavan @ Rs.395/- (301pgs)

This collection of essays is a distillation of Mukul Kesavan’s thoughts on some of the central concerns of our time. They are outrageously funny, profoundly cosmopolitan and devotedly ‘pseudo-secular’ all at once. Kesavan’s entertaining writings crackle with cerebral wit and originality. A historian by profession, Kesavan is distinct from his tribe because his prose ploughs a lonely furrow: it is sparkling, accessible, aphoristic and uncommonly elegant cocktail of serious thinking and unserious fun, often standing commonly held notions of our head.

“The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World” by Tim Harford @ Rs. 824/- (258 pgs)

The Logic of Life presents an X-Ray image of human life, stripping away the surface to show us a picture that is revealing, enthralling and sometimes disturbing. Tim Harford argues that life is logical after all. Under the image of everyday insanity, hidden incentives are at work, and Harford shows these incentives emerging in the most unlikely places. The stories that emerge are not about data or equations but about people. Once you have read this quotable and addictive book, life will never look the same.

“Creating a world without poverty- Social business and the future of capitalism” by Muhammad Yunus @ Rs.395/- (261pgs)

Founder of the Grameen Bank and author of Banker to the Poor, Muhammad Yunus has now established a completely new way to use the creative vibrancy of business to tackle social problems. In this book he pioneers the idea of social business. What is a social business? Simply put, one designed to meet a social goal. The goals in this case include collaborating with Danone to produce affordable, nutritious yogurt for malnourished children in Bangladesh, to building eye care hospitals. Yunus’s “Next Big Idea” offers a pioneering model for nothing less than a new, more humane form of capitalism.

“The Real Price of Everything-Rediscovering the six classics of economics” edited by Michael Lewis @ Rs. 835/- (1467 pgs)

This book is concerned with Economics and its treasures. This book contains 6 masterworks that revolutionized the way we understand markets on a National, Regional and Global scale. The book presents a collection of writings of Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, Charles Mackay, Thorstein Veblen, and John Maynard Keynes. The 6 masterworks presented in this book remains as new as ever even today.

“Cut-Outs, Caste and Cine Star: The World of Tamil Politics” by Vaasanthi @ Rs. 295/- (286 pgs)

Tamil Nadu is a state very different from the rest of India, both culturally and historically. It has retained a fundamentally separate identity for itself in language and caste structure, and this is most evident in its politics. Cut-outs, Caste and Cine-Stars tells a political story that has all elements of a blockbuster film, where ironies and larger-than-life characters abound. Well-known writer and journalist Vaasanthi has observed the dramatis personae in this epic drama at close quarters for a decade. Now updated with an additional chapter on the war of succession, the book offers an objective and insightful view of a political world that is both fascinating and perplexing.

“Anatomy of An Abduction: How The Indian Hostages in Iraq Were Freed” by V. Sudarshan @ Rs. 295/- (219 pgs)

In July 2004, Tilak Raj, Antaryami and Sukhdev were part of a convoy of trucks from Kuwait to Iraq. The convoy never reached its intended destination. Instead, the three Indian drivers along with others were abducted by a group that called itself ‘The Holders of the Black Banner. They accused the drivers of collaborating with the Americans. In this book, V Sudarshan explains tactics that the Indian Government had to use during negotiations with the abductors. This behind- the- scenes narration explains the medias role and the pressures the governments faced in the delicate situation. The author is currently Associate Editor, The New Indian Express. He has been writing on foreign policy and diplomacy for a number of years.

TRAVEL/ FOOD

“Experience India” by the Times Group @ Rs. 295/- (590 pgs)

This guide contains the essential details for any tourist traveling through the Country. Details of accommodation, transport, eateries, shopping and must-sees of the cities are provided for. There are planned itineraries and side trips, which can be done as per your budget. So whether you’re planning an adventure in the hills or you wish to learn about the Nizams’ legacy, this guide will help you truly experience India.

“Eating India: Exploring a Nation’s Cuisines” by Chitrita Banerji @ Rs. 350/- (329 pgs)

In Eating India, award-winning food writer Chitrita Banerji takes us on an extraordinary journey through a national cuisine formed by generations of arrivals, assimilations and conquests. Travelling across the length and breadth of the country – from Bengal to Goa and Karnataka, via the Grand Trunk Road, then northwards to Amritsar, Lucknow and
Varanasi, on to Bombay and Kerala – Banerji discovers a civilization with an insatiable curiosity, one that consumes the old and new with eager voracity. Certain to enchant anyone enamored of Indian food and culture, Eating India is a heavy blend of travelogue and food writing.

“Tea and Me: A Memoir of Planting Life” by E. J. S Davidar @ Rs. 200/- (215 pgs)

When tea was first cultivated on a commercial scale in India, it remained the preserve of British planters who braved great odds and suffered much privation to grow the plant which they hoped would make them prosperous. Even after India attained independence, some companies continued to be managed by British planters. One such company was Southern India Tea Estates Company Limited (SITE). Which was established in the princely state of Travancore. E. J. S. Davidar was the first Indian executive hired by SITE and he went to become its first Indian Chief Executive. In his memoir, he describes the Company’s transition from a firm run by Britons to one that was entirely managed by Indians. Interweaving history, lore and wonderfully evocative descriptions of life on plantations, this book brings to life the romance of tea.

INSPIRATION/ SELF HELP

“Empower Yourself: New Life Solutions for Health and Well-Being” by Ajay Poddar @ Rs. 295/- (239 pgs)

The book describes the ancient sciences and modern research studies that surround us. It also explains the Chakras and the energy centers within our body. The book also narrates the way the vibrations created by planetary movements affects us. It also describes about healing through Homeopathy, Ayurveda, Reiki, Yoga, Acupuncture and Shiatsu. It also tells the value of Religious and Cultural symbols and so on.

“Egonomics: What Makes Ego our Greatest Asset (Or Most Expensive Liability)” by David Marcum and Steven Smith @ Rs. 575/- (258 pgs)

Using five years of exhaustive research, Marcum and Smith provide compelling evidence and matter-of-fact answers on striking the balance between ego and humility to reach the next level of leadership. The book deals with the difference between defending ideas and being defensive, how talent can keep the best ideas from winning and veracity, which finally clinches the deal.

“Sex Matters - From Sex to Super consciousness” by Osho @ Rs. 500/- (290pgs)

Sex Matters: From Sex to Super-Consciousness puts forth a vision of sex that is healthy, natural, innocent and free from guilt and repression. This book offers insight into the inner psychological and spiritual dimensions of sex. Osho shows how we can, by accepting and celebrating sex as a gift of nature, begin to use it as a valuable stepping-stone in a lifelong journey toward greater self-awareness and joy.

“Why Mars and Venus Collide” by John Gray @ Rs. 295/- (249 pgs)

Men and women are different, we all know that, but if our genes have stood still then social changes have not. Overworked, stressed-out and time-poor, we can barely keep up with the frenzied pace of our lives – and our relationships are breaking down as a result. John Gray, the best-selling author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, has written a definitive manual to help men and women thrive together in the 21st century. He shows how we can use everyday pressures to build greater intimacy with our loved ones and strengthen our relationships to make them last.

“Lifespan Investing: Building the Best Portfolio for every Stage of your life” by Clifford Pistolese @ Rs. 250/- (208 pgs)

The smartest, healthiest way to invest is for the long haul. In Lifespan Investing, veteran investor and author Clifford Pistolese deftly explains the need for this approach and provides proven techniques for maximizing wealth at every age and stage of your life.

SCIENCES/ GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

“The Penguin Yearbook 2008” compiled and edited by Derek O’Brien @ Rs.150/-(816pgs)

The Penguin Yearbook now in its fourth year of publication is a mine of information on various topics such as Politics, Economics, Career, Arts, Sports and General Knowledge. It has been completely revised and updated and also includes GK quizzes on India and current affairs.

“On Intelligence” by Jeff Hawkins with Sandra Blakeslee @ Rs. 535/-(261pgs)

In this book, author Jeff Hawkins develops a powerful theory of how the human brain works. The brain is not a computer, but a memory system that stores experiences in a way that reflects the true structure of the world, remembering sequences of events and their nested relationships and making predictions based on those memories. It is this memory-prediction system that forms the basis of intelligence, perception, creativity and even consciousness. Written acclaimed science writer Sandra Blakeslee and endorsed by a host of scientists and technology experts, On Intelligence reveals how we truly think and how this understanding will transform the technology age.

“Astronomy- the definitive guide to the universe” by Duncan John @ Rs. 495/- (256pgs)

Man has been studying the universe right from the time of ancient civilizations. Yet there is so much more too learn about it. Astronomy does not refer to only the stars; it is the study of all celestial phenomenon. This book explains man’s study of these phenomenons since the time of ancient civilizations worshipping them, to the 2005 Huygens-Cassini space probe image of Titan. This guide will appeal not just to students of astronomy but also to those who would like to just begin exploring beyond the 3rd rock from the sun.

“Mysteries of the world-Unexplained wonders and mysterious phenomena” @ Rs.495/- (318pgs)

Ancient places and mysterious beings, sunken worlds and cultures, landscapes imbued with symbolism, unexplained apparitions and unbelievable finds from ancient times – all of these remain mysteries for humankind, despite intense investigation. This book explores mysteries that continue to intrigue us. Among these are holy places, ancient sites located at power vortices, about whose builders we know very little. Topics also include legendary civilizations and their lost cultures, about which so little information was left behind.

“Bournvita Book of Knowledge 14” by Derek O’Brien @ Rs. 150/- (150 pgs)

The Cadbury Bourn vita Book of Knowledge is one of the best quizzing books to sharpen General Knowledge skills by answering questions on Sports, History, Entertainment, Mythology, Wild-life, Food, and several others. The interesting sections of this book are Speed Round, Find the Answer, Take your Pick and Guess the Question.

Newer Arrivals :

“Senior Leadership Teams” by Ruth Wageman, Debra A. Nunes, James A. Burruss, J. Richard Hackman @Rs. 1250/- (241 pgs)
“Executing Your Strategy” by Mark Morgan, Raymond E. Levitt, William Malek @Rs. 1250/- (290 pgs)
“Dragons at your Door” by Ming Zeng, Peter J. Williamson @Rs. 1250/- (239 pgs)
“Big Think Strategy: How to Leverage Bold Ideas and Leave Small Thinking Behind” by Bernd H. Schmitt @Rs. 1250/- (177 pgs)
“At First Sight” by Nicholas Sparks @ Rs. 253/- (342 pgs)
“To Uphold the World: The Message of Ashoka and Kautilya for the 21st Century” by Bruce Rich @ Rs. 495/- (326 pgs)

And many new ones coming in everyday! Do drop in and have a look! See you at the Store !

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