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"DO YOU REMEMBER THE HOSPITAL, COLTON?" SONJA SAID. "YES, MOMMY, I REMEMBER," HE SAID. "THAT'S WHERE THE ANGELS SANG TO ME." WHEN COLTON BURPO MADE IT THROUGH AN EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY, HIS FAMILY WAS OVERJOYED AT HIS MIRACULOUS SURVIVAL. WHAT THEY WEREN'T EXPECTING, THOUGH, WAS THE STORY THAT EMERGED IN THE MONTHS THAT FOLLOWED-A STORY AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY, DETAILING THEIR LITTLE BOY'S TRIP TO HEAVEN AND BACK. COLTON, NOT YET FOUR YEARS OLD, TOLD HIS PARENTS HE LEFT HIS BODY DURING THE SURGERY-AND AUTHENTICATED THAT CLAIM BY DESCRIBING EXACTLY WHAT HIS PARENTS WERE DOING IN ANOTHER PART OF THE HOSPITAL WHILE HE WAS BEING OPERATED ON. HE TALKED OF VISITING HEAVEN AND RELAYED STORIES TOLD TO HIM BY PEOPLE HE MET THERE WHOM HE HAD NEVER MET IN LIFE, SHARING EVENTS THAT HAPPENED EVEN BEFORE HE WAS BORN. HE ALSO ASTONISHED HIS PARENTS WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND OBSCURE DETAILS ABOUT HEAVEN THAT MATCHED THE BIBLE EXACTLY, THOUGH HE HAD NOT YET LEARNED TO READ. WITH DISARMING INNOCENCE AND THE PLAINSPOKEN BOLDNESS OF A CHILD, COLTON TELLS OF MEETING LONG-DEPARTED FAMILY MEMBERS. HE DESCRIBES JESUS, THE ANGELS, HOW "REALLY, REALLY BIG" GOD IS, AND HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US. RETOLD BY HIS FATHER, BUT USING COLTON'S UNIQUELY SIMPLE WORDS, HEAVEN IS FOR REAL OFFERS A GLIMPSE OF THE WORLD THAT AWAITS US, WHERE AS COLTON SAYS, "NOBODY IS OLD AND NOBODY WEARS GLASSES." HEAVEN IS FOR REAL WILL FOREVER CHANGE THE WAY YOU THINK OF ETERNITY, OFFERING THE CHANCE TO SEE, AND BELIEVE, LIKE A CHILD. टॉड बर्पो हे नेब्रास्कातील इम्पीरिअल या गावी क्रॉसरोड्स वेस्लेयान चर्चचे धर्मोपदेशक आहेत. ते चेस काउन्टी पब्लिक स्कूलमध्ये कुस्तीचे मार्गदर्शक व आणीबाणीच्या प्रसंगी इम्पीरिअल व्हॉलेंटियर फायर डिपार्टमेंटच्या जवानांबरोबर स्वयंसेवक म्हणूनही आगीशी झुंजतात. कुटुंबाला आर्थिक आधार देण्यासाठी टॉड ओव्हरहेड डोअर स्पेशालिस्ट ही कंपनीही चालवतात. त्यांची पत्नी सोनया ही अर्ध वेळ शिक्षिका असून, त्यांना कॅसी ही मुल

THE NOVEL GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBES THE BRUTALITY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN DURING THIS TIME. IT IS TOLD PRIMARILY THROUGH THE THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCES OF THE PROTAGONIST, ROBERT JORDAN. IT DRAWS ON HEMINGWAY S OWN EXPERIENCES IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR AS A REPORTER FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN NEWSPAPER ALLIANCE.[11] JORDAN IS AN AMERICAN WHO HAD LIVED IN SPAIN DURING THE PRE-WAR PERIOD, AND FIGHTS AS AN IRREGULAR SOLDIER FOR THE REPUBLIC AGAINST FRANCISCO FRANCO S FASCIST FORCES. AN EXPERIENCED DYNAMITER, HE IS ORDERED BY A RUSSIAN GENERAL TO TRAVEL BEHIND ENEMY LINES AND DESTROY A BRIDGE WITH THE AID OF A BAND OF LOCAL ANTI-FASCIST GUERRILLAS, IN ORDER TO PREVENT ENEMY TROOPS FROM RESPONDING TO AN UPCOMING OFFENSIVE. ON HIS MISSION, JORDAN MEETS THE REBEL ANSELMO WHO BRINGS HIM TO THE HIDDEN GUERRILLA CAMP AND INITIALLY ACTS AS AN INTERMEDIARY BETWEEN JORDAN AND THE OTHER GUERRILLA FIGHTERS. IN THE CAMP, JORDAN ENCOUNTERS MARÍA, A YOUNG SPANISH WOMAN WHOSE LIFE HAD BEEN SHATTERED BY HER PARENTS EXECUTION AND HER RAPE AT THE HANDS OF THE FALANGISTS (PART OF THE FASCIST COALITION) AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR. HIS STRONG SENSE OF DUTY CLASHES WITH BOTH THE UNWILLINGNESS OF THE GUERRILLA LEADER PABLO TO COMMIT TO AN OPERATION THAT WOULD ENDANGER HIMSELF AND HIS BAND, AND JORDAN S OWN NEW-FOUND LUST FOR LIFE WHICH ARISES FROM HIS LOVE FOR MARÍA. PABLO S WIFE, PILAR, WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE OTHER GUERILLAS, DISPLACES PABLO AS THE GROUP LEADER AND PLEDGES THE ALLEGIANCE OF THE GUERRILLAS TO JORDAN S MISSION. WHEN ANOTHER BAND OF ANTI-FASCIST GUERRILLAS, LED BY EL SORDO, IS SURROUNDED AND KILLED DURING A RAID THEY CONDUCTED IN SUPPORT OF JORDAN S MISSION, PABLO STEALS THE DYNAMITE DETONATORS AND EXPLODER, HOPING TO PREVENT THE DEMOLITION AND THEREBY AVOID FASCIST REPRISALS. ALTHOUGH HE DISPOSES OF THE DETONATORS AND EXPLODER BY THROWING THEM DOWN A GORGE INTO THE RIVER, PABLO REGRETS ABANDONING HIS COMRADES AND RETURNS TO ASSIST IN THE OPERATION. 'घणघणतो घंटानाद' हे दि. बा. मोकाशी यांचे पुस्तक मूळ लेखक अर्नेस्ट हेमिंग्वे यांच्या 'फॉर हूम द बेल टोल्स' या कादंबरीवर आधारित आहे. स्पेनमध्ये झालेल्या नागरी युद्धाच्या काळात लोकांना जो क्रौर्याचा सामना करावा लागला त्याचे वर्णन या कादंबरीत आहे. प्रत्यक्ष युद्धात सहभागी असलेल्यांचे विशेषतः रॉबर्ट जॉर्डनचे विचार आणि कार्यानुभवांतूनच ही कथा

A FASCINATING EXPLORATION OF THE SCIENCE OF THE IMPOSSIBLE-FROM DEATH RAYS AND FORCE FIELDS TO INVISIBILITY CLOAKS-REVEALING TO WHAT EXTENT SUCH TECHNOLOGIES MIGHT BE ACHIEVABLE DECADES OR MILLENNIA INTO THE FUTURE. ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO, SCIENTISTS WOULD HAVE SAID THAT LASERS, TELEVISIONS, AND THE ATOMIC BOMB WERE BEYOND THE REALM OF PHYSICAL POSSIBILITY. IN PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE, THE RENOWNED PHYSICIST MICHIO KAKU EXPLORES TO WHAT EXTENT THE TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVICES OF SCIENCE FICTION THAT ARE DEEMED EQUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TODAY MIGHT WELL BECOME COMMONPLACE IN THE FUTURE. FROM TELEPORTATION TO TELEKINESIS, KAKU USES THE WORLD OF SCIENCE FICTION TO EXPLORE THE FUNDAMENTALS-AND THE LIMITS-OF THE LAWS OF PHYSICS AS WE KNOW THEM TODAY. HE RANKS THE IMPOSSIBLE TECHNOLOGIES BY CATEGORIES-CLASS I, II, AND III, DEPENDING ON WHEN THEY MIGHT BE ACHIEVED, WITHIN THE NEXT CENTURY, MILLENNIA, OR PERHAPS NEVER. IN A COMPELLING AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING NARRATIVE, HE EXPLAINS: - HOW THE SCIENCE OF OPTICS AND ELECTROMAGNETISM MAY ONE DAY ENABLE US TO BEND LIGHT AROUND AN OBJECT, LIKE A STREAM FLOWING AROUND A BOULDER, MAKING THE OBJECT INVISIBLE TO OBSERVERS "DOWNSTREAM" - HOW RAMJET ROCKETS, LASER SAILS, ANTIMATTER ENGINES, AND NANOROCKETS MAY ONE DAY TAKE US TO THE NEARBY STARS - HOW TELEPATHY AND PSYCHOKINESIS, ONCE CONSIDERED PSEUDOSCIENCE, MAY ONE DAY BE POSSIBLE USING ADVANCES IN MRI, COMPUTERS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, AND NANOTECHNOLOGY - WHY A TIME MACHINE IS APPARENTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE KNOWN LAWS OF QUANTUM PHYSICS, ALTHOUGH IT WOULD TAKE AN UNBELIEVABLY ADVANCED CIVILIZATION TO ACTUALLY BUILD ONE KAKU USES HIS DISCUSSION OF EACH TECHNOLOGY AS A JUMPING-OFF POINT TO EXPLAIN THE SCIENCE BEHIND IT. AN EXTRAORDINARY SCIENTIFIC ADVENTURE, PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE TAKES READERS ON AN UNFORGETTABLE, MESMERIZING JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF SCIENCE THAT BOTH ENLIGHTENS AND ENTERTAINS. आज जे तंत्रज्ञान अशक्य वाटतं आहे, ते कदाचित येत्या काही दशकांत अथवा शतकांमध्ये अगदी नेहमीच्या वापरातलं होऊन जाईल, या मध्यवर्ती संकल्पनेवर आधारित पुस्तक आहे - अशक्य भौतिकी. हे पुस्तक तीन विभागांत विभागलेलं आहे. पहिला भाग आहे, क्लास-१ अशक्यता. ज्यात टेलिपोर्टेशन, अँटिमॅटर इंजिन्स, काही प्रकारची टेलिपथी, सायकोकायनेसिस आणि अदृश्यता यांचा समावेश आहे. हे तंत्

THE CERTAINTIES OF THE MODERN WORLD ARE ABOUT TO BE BLOWN APART BY A THREE THOUSAND YEAR-OLD CONSPIRACY NURTURED BY BLOOD AND LIES ... A MAN THROWS HIMSELF TO HIS DEATH FROM THE OLDEST INHABITED PLACE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH, A MOUNTAINOUS CITADEL IN THE HISTORIC TURKISH CITY OF RUIN. THIS IS NO ORDINARY SUICIDE BUT A SYMBOLIC ACT. AND THANKS TO THE MEDIA, IT IS WITNESSED BY THE ENTIRE WORLD. BUT FEW UNDERSTAND IT. FOR CHARITY WORKER KATHRYN MANN AND A HANDFUL OF OTHERS IN THE KNOW, IT IS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. THE COWLED AND SECRETIVE FANATICS THAT LIVE IN THE CITADEL SUSPECT IT COULD MEAN THE END OF EVERYTHING THEY HAVE BUILT - AND THEY WILL KILL, TORTURE AND BREAK EVERY LAW TO STOP THAT. FOR LIV ADAMSEN, NEW YORK CRIME REPORTER, IT BEGINS THE NEXT STAGE OF A JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF HER OWN IDENTITY. AND AT THAT JOURNEY S END LIES A DISCOVERY THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING ... SANCTUS IS AN APOCALYPTIC CONSPIRACY THRILLER LIKE NO OTHER - IT RE-SETS THE BAR FOR EXCITEMENT AND FASCINATION, AND MARKS THE DEBUT OF A MAJOR TALENT IN SIMON TOYNE. एक कडवी संघटना आहे. टर्कीमधील रुइन या ऐतिहासिक शहराजवळच्या डोंगराळ भागात ती अत्यंत गुप्तपणे राहते आहे. त्या संघटनेच्या लोकांना सँक्टस असे संबोधले जाते. एका सँक्टस या संघटनेचा क्रूर चेहरा पाहिल्यानंतर तिथून निसटतो. या भूतलावरील सर्वांत जुन्या मानवी संस्कृतीच्या अधिष्ठानस्थळाच्या सर्वोच्च स्थानावरून स्वत ला मृत्यूच्या खाईत झोकून देतो. प्रसारमाध्यमांच्या मेहेरबानीने ही घटना सगळं जग पाहतं. धर्मादाय संस्थेसाठी काम करणारी कॅथरीन मान आणि काही मोजक्या माहीतगार लोकांसाठी मात्र; ते प्रदी&

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF COMPLICATIONS EXAMINES, IN RIVETING ACCOUNTS OF MEDICAL FAILURE AND TRIUMPH, HOW SUCCESS IS ACHIEVED IN A COMPLEX AND RISK-FILLED PROFESSION THE STRUGGLE TO PERFORM WELL IS UNIVERSAL: EACH ONE OF US FACES FATIGUE, LIMITED RESOURCES, AND IMPERFECT ABILITIES IN WHATEVER WE DO. BUT NOWHERE IS THIS DRIVE TO DO BETTER MORE IMPORTANT THAN IN MEDICINE, WHERE LIVES ARE ON THE LINE WITH EVERY DECISION. IN HIS NEW BOOK, ATUL GAWANDE EXPLORES HOW DOCTORS STRIVE TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN BEST INTENTIONS AND BEST PERFORMANCE IN THE FACE OF OBSTACLES THAT SOMETIMES SEEM INSURMOUNTABLE. GAWANDE S GRIPPING STORIES OF DILIGENCE, INGENUITY, AND WHAT IT MEANS TO DO RIGHT BY PEOPLE TAKE US TO BATTLEFIELD SURGICAL TENTS IN IRAQ, TO LABOR AND DELIVERY ROOMS IN BOSTON, TO A POLIO OUTBREAK IN INDIA, AND TO MALPRACTICE COURTROOMS AROUND THE COUNTRY. HE DISCUSSES THE ETHICAL DILEMMAS OF DOCTORS PARTICIPATION IN LETHAL INJECTIONS, EXAMINES THE INFLUENCE OF MONEY ON MODERN MEDICINE, AND RECOUNTS THE ASTOUNDINGLY CONTENTIOUS HISTORY OF HAND WASHING. AND AS IN ALL HIS WRITING, GAWANDE GIVES US AN INSIDE LOOK AT HIS OWN LIFE AS A PRACTICING SURGEON, OFFERING A SEARINGLY HONEST FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF WORK IN A FIELD WHERE MISTAKES ARE BOTH UNAVOIDABLE AND UNTHINKABLE. AT ONCE UNFLINCHING AND COMPASSIONATE, BETTER IS AN EXHILARATING JOURNEY NARRATED BY "ARGUABLY THE BEST NONFICTION DOCTOR-WRITER AROUND" (SALON). GAWANDE S INVESTIGATION INTO MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND HOW THEY PROGRESS FROM MERELY GOOD TO GREAT PROVIDES RARE INSIGHT INTO THE ELEMENTS OF SUCCESS, ILLUMINATING EVERY AREA OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR. डॉ. अतुल गवांदे या शल्यविशारदाचं गुणवत्तेबाबतचं चिंतन प्रकट करणारं पुस्तक आहे 'बेटर.' वैद्यकीय क्षेत्रातील कार्यक्षमता, प्रयोगशीलता, कल्पकता, विश्वासार्हता, एकूणच या क्षेत्रातील गुणवत्ता कशी वाढेल, याकडे डॉ. गवांदे यांनी लक्ष वेधलं आहे. या गुणवत्तेसंबंधी विवेचन करताना त्यांनी वैद्यकीय क्षेत्रातील अनेक विषयांना स्पर्श केला आहे. अगदी हात स्वच्छ करण्यापासून ते फाशीच्या कोठडीतील डॉक्टर्सपर्य

CLOSE DOWN YOUR SCHOOL... OR YOU WILL PAY THE PRICE. CLOSE DOWN YOUR SCHOOL OR WE WILL KILL YOU. LOCKED AWAY BY AMERICAN MILITARY SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN, PARVANA REFUSES TO TALK TO HER CAPTORS. HER SILENCE ONLY BAFFLES AND ANGERS THOSE IN CHARGE, LEADING THEM TO QUESTION THE INNOCENCE OF THIS YOUNG SILENT REBEL, SNATCHED FROM THE RUINS OF A BOMBED-OUT SCHOOL. THEIR ONLY CLUE IS HER DIARY AND A SERIES OF NAMES IN IT THAT THEY HOPE WILL HELP THEM FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. THROUGH PARVANA'S STORY, YOU WILL SEE HOW LIVES ARE SHATTERED AND SCATTERED LIKE SHRAPNEL IN A COUNTRY DEVASTATED BY WAR. YOU WILL ENCOUNTER PEOPLE WAGING THEIR OWN CRUSHING BATTLES: A SINGLE MOTHER STRIVING AGAINST VICIOUS TRADITION TO RUN A SCHOOL FOR GIRLS; YOUNG GIRLS GROWING UP WITH GRIM REALITIES AND DREAMS OF FREE SKIES; AND STUDENTS STRUGGLING TO GET AN EDUCATION THAT WILL GIVE THEM WINGS. MOST OF ALL, YOU WILL MEET, AND NEVER FORGET, A FEISTY GIRL WHO BELIEVES THAT EVEN IN THE DARKEST HOURS OF DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, HOPE SHINES FORTH LIKE THE DESERT SUN. अफगाणिस्तानात वर्षानुवर्षं चाललेल्या युद्धामुळे तिथलं राजकीय, आर्थिक, सामाजिक जीवन ढवळून निघालं आहे. तिथल्या नागरिकांना दैनंदिन जीवनासाठी लढाई लढावी लागते आहे. तालिबानने अफगाणिस्तानवर केलेल्या हल्ल्यानंतर तेथील स्त्रियांवर खूप बंधनं लादण्यात आली. मुलींच्या शाळेत जाण्यावर बंदी आली. मुलींच्या शाळाच बंद पाडल्या गेल्या. स्त्रियांना नोकरी करण्यास मज्जाव करण्यात आला आणि कपड्यांवर, सार्वजनिक वावरावर जुनाट बंधनं लादली गेली. नंतर अमेरिकेने अफगाणिस्तानवर हल्ला करून तालिबानी सत्ता संपुष्ट

'MAGARDOH' IS A COLLECTION OF ELEVEN STORIES REVOLVING AROUND THE MENTAL-PHYSICAL METAMORPHOSIS THAT HAPPENS IN A WHIRLPOOL OF MYSTERIOUS AND MYTHOLOGICAL REALMS. THE FIRST OF THESE STORIES, 'GHATCHAKRA', DEALS WITH THE CONCEPT OF REBIRTH. SHAMKANT IS TRAVELLING ON A TRAIN WITH HIS WIFE, AND THE CONVERSATION BRINGS UP JULIE PARERA, HIS ERSTWHILE SECRETARY. SHAMKANT IS DISTURBED BY THE MEMORY AND EVENTUALLY GOES MISSING DURING THE JOURNEY. 'GHATCHAKRA' DEPICTS THE MYSTERY BEHIND HIS SUDDEN DISAPPEARANCE AND THE EVENTFUL SEARCH FOR HIM. THE PROTAGONIST OF THE STORY 'SUN 1860CHAA RUPAYA' ACCIDENTALLY FALLS INTO A DITCH, AND WHEN HE COMES TO HIS SENSES, HE FINDS HIMSELF IN THE YEAR 1860. THE STORY NAMED 'CHAKVAA' TALKS ABOUT SANJAY GITE WHO HAS LEFT HIS HOMETOWN VERY EARLY IN HIS LIFE. HE COMES BACK TO HIS HOME IN THE TWILIGHT OF HIS LIFE, AND GETS A FEELING THAT HIS HOUSE IS STILL BEING INHABITED BY HIS FAMILY MEMBERS. BUT UPON NOT SEEING A SINGLE HUMAN BEING, HE DECIDES THAT HIS VENGEFUL NATURE HAS CAUSED HIS FAMILY TO BECOME INVISIBLE. THE DEPTH OF THIS MYSTERY HOLDS THE READERS SPELLBOUND. THE STORIES 'REKHACHA AARSA' AND 'RANJANACHI PRATIMA' TOO PORTRAY THEIR HEROINES ENTANGLED WITH SOME INEXPLICABLE VIBES. THE VERY IDEA OF REKHA GIFTING A MIRROR TO HER BOYFRIEND, AND THEN MATERIALIZING OUT OF THE SAME MIRROR EVERY NIGHT TO MEET HIM, GIVES GOOSE-BUMPS. AND RANJANA, FROM 'RANJANACHI PRATIMA' TOO HOLDS YOU WONDERSTRUCK WITH HER MYSTERIOUS PERSONA. FINALLY ABOUT 'MAGARDOH', THE STORY THAT FORMS THE TITLE OF THE COLLECTION. IT TAKES YOU TO THE SHEER CRESCENDO OF SUSPENSE. THIS STORY IS ALL ABOUT THE MYSTERIOUS AURA THAT A PARTICULAR PAINTING APPEARS TO CREATE AROUND ITSELF. THE OTHER STORIES, NAMELY 'PAHELI', 'ARUNDHATICHA DABA', 'BAND PAAKIT', 'DOKEDUKHI', 'UJAALI' TOO WEAVE AN ENIGMATIC WEB OF HUMAN PSYCHE, ITS MYSTERIES AND THE MERCURIAL NATURE OF LIFE ITSELF. THE AUTHOR LOOKS AT THE DAY-TO-DAY, ROUTINE INCIDENTS AND TURNS THEM INTO A MAZE OF PUZZLES WITH HIS IMAGINATION. THE WHOLE EFFECT, GIVES THE READER A READING EXPERIENCE TO REMEMBER. रहस्यं आणि मिथकांच्या चक्रव्यूहात बदलणारी मनोदैहिकता टिपणाऱ्या अकरा गूढकथांचा संग्रह म्हणजे मगरडोह होय. पुनर्जन्मावर आधारित पहिलीच कथा 'घातचक्र'..पत्नीसह रेल्वेप्रवासाला निघालेल्या श्यामकांतच्या गप्पांमध्ये त्याची गतकाळातील स्टेनो कम सेक्रेटरी असलेल्या ज्यूली परेराचा विषय निघतो आणि श्यामकांत अस्वस्थ होतो

A NEW INNOVATIVE EXPERIMENT GIVING LIFE TO DEAD BY USING NANO TECHNOLOGY. THE BRAIN FROM A DEAD PERSON IS TRANSPLANTED INTO A BITCH, THE POWER OF THE CHAIR AND ITS MISUSE BY THE POLITICIAN, A SCIENTIST ACQUIRING WEALTH BY BEING ABLE TO TURN THE ATOMS OF LEAD INTO THAT OF GOLD, DIMBHAK FROM SOME FAR OFF PLANET, A SCIENTIST RECEIVING MIRACULOUS POWERS AND USING THEM TO ERADICATE THE TERRORISTS, FORMING OF A CLONE, SCIENTISTS FIGHTING SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE TUMOUR GROWING ALONG WITH THE FOETUS, RESEARCH ON THE ATOMS OF GRIFFIN, SCIENTIST REACHING THE MURDERER BY USING A PARTICULAR EXPERIMENT, A WEIRD INSECT; VARIOUS UNIQUE SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS PUT TO GOOD USE, OR WORST BY SOME SCIENTISTS, PRESENTING THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF HUMAN MIND.... SCIENTIFIC CONCEPTS AND HUMAN MIND WOVEN TOGETHER TO PRESENT READABLE, ENTERTAINING SCI-FI STORIES. नॅनो तंत्रज्ञानाद्वारे मृतांना जिवंत करण्याचा प्रयोग... मृत माणसाच्या मेंदूचं रोपण जिवंत कुत्रीच्या शरीरात करणे... भविष्यात नेऊ शकणारी खुर्ची आणि एका राजकीय नेत्याने तिचा केलेला गैरवापर... शिशाच्या अणूचे सोन्याच्या अणूमध्ये रूपांतर करण्यात यशस्वी झाल्याने मालामाल झालेला शास्त्रज्ञ ...परग्रहावरील डिंभक...पिंजकांमुळे लाभलेल्या अदृश्य होण्याच्या शक्तीमुळे एका शास्त्रज्ञाने अतिरेक्यांचा केलेला खात्मा...क्लोननिर्मिती...गर्भाबरोबरच वाढणाऱ्या ट्यूमरला शास्त्रज्ञाने दिलेली मात...ग्राफीनच्या कणांवरचं संशोधन...विशिष्ट प्रयोग

FOUR SEASONS STORY OPENS WITH THE NARRATIVE OF KAMAYANI, PROTAGONIST OF THE NOVEL. KAMAYANI'S FATHER HAS ALWAYS TRIED TO MAKE HER INDEPENDENT HUMAN BEING WHO WOULD HAVE FULL CONTROL OVER HER LIFE. BUT KAMAYANI HAS ALWAYS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE MAN IN HER LIFE. HER LIFE HAS ALWAYS BEEN OVERSHADOWED BY HER MALE COMPANION. SO SHE HAVE HAD BUNCH OF SUFFERINGS BECAUSE OF HER FEMININE ROMANTICISM. BUT KAMAYANI'S LIFE TAKES TURN WHEN SHE VISITS GRASSLAND. FOUR SEASONS OF THE NATURE ENRICHES HER UNDERSTANDING TOWARDS THE LIFE. IN THIS NARRATIVE AUTHOR HAS USED THE SEASONS AS A DEVICE TO CONJURE MOOD, COLOUR A SETTING OR ILLUSTRATE FEELINGS. ETERNAL, CYCLICAL NATURE OF THE SEASONS PROVIDE A NATURAL METAPHOR FOR THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF LIFE, THE VARYING QUALITIES OF TRANQUILLITY, TEMPESTUOUSNESS WHICH EXIST WITHIN EACH SEASON PARALLEL THE EVERY CHANGING QUALITY OF HUMAN LIFE. THESE OBSERVATIONS OF THE SEASONS CHANGE THE PERSONA OF KAMAYANI & SHE STARTS THE NEW POSITIVE JOURNEY FROM THIS POINT OF THE LIFE... कामायनी ही व्यक्तिरेखाच आपल्या आयुष्याचा पट आपल्यासमोर उलगडत आहे. निर्णय एकटीनं घेऊन तो परिणामांसकट जबाबदारीनं निभावण्याची हिंमत तिच्यात यावी ही तिच्या बाबाची अपेक्षा तिनं कधीच पूर्ण केली नाही. तिच्या आयुष्यात वेगवेगळ्या टप्प्यांवर आलेल्या पुरुषांनी त्यांच्या विचारांच्या प्रभावाखाली तिचे निर्णय झाकोळून टाकले. आणि मग त्यांचे टेकू घेतले म्हणूनच तिचं आयुष्य आQस्थर राहिलं. आपलं आयुष्य आपल्या स्वतःच्या विचारांच्या पायावरच भक्कम आणि ठाम स्थिरावू शकतं, हे शिकायला तिला माळरानावरच्या या कणखर का

SO BEGINS THE LUMINOUS MEMOIR OF FRANK MCCOURT, BORN IN DEPRESSION-ERA BROOKLYN TO RECENT IRISH IMMIGRANTS AND RAISED IN THE SLUMS OF LIMERICK, IRELAND. FRANK'S MOTHER, ANGELA, HAS NO MONEY TO FEED THE CHILDREN SINCE FRANK'S FATHER, MALACHY, RARELY WORKS, AND WHEN HE DOES HE DRINKS HIS WAGES. YET MALACHY - EXASPERATING, IRRESPONSIBLE AND BEGUILING - DOES NURTURE IN FRANK AN APPETITE FOR THE ONE THING HE CAN PROVIDE: A STORY. FRANK LIVES FOR HIS FATHER'S TALES OF CUCHULAIN, WHO SAVED IRELAND, AND OF THE ANGEL ON THE SEVENTH STEP, WHO BRINGS HIS MOTHER BABIES. PERHAPS IT IS STORY THAT ACCOUNTS FOR FRANK'S SURVIVAL. WEARING RAGS FOR DIAPERS, BEGGING A PIG'S HEAD FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER AND GATHERING COAL FROM THE ROADSIDE TO LIGHT A FIRE, FRANK ENDURES POVERTY, NEAR STARVATION AND THE CASUAL CRUELTY OF RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS - YET LIVES TO TELL HIS TALE WITH ELOQUENCE, EXUBERANCE AND REMARKABLE FORGIVENESS. ANGELA'S ASHES, IMBUED ON EVERY PAGE WITH FRANK MCCOURT ASTOUNDING HUMOR AND COMPASSION, IS A GLORIOUS BOOK THAT BEARS ALL THE MARKS OF A CLASSIC. AS MARY BREASTED, AUTHOR OF WHY SHOULD YOU DOUBT ME NOW, SAID: ''FRANK MCCOURT'S BOOK IS DEEPLY MOVING, FOR HIS SEARING STORY IS TRUE. NO ONE HAS EVER WRITTEN ABOUT POVERTY OR CHILDHOOD LIKE THIS. THAT FRANK MCCOURT LIVES TO TELL THE TALE IS AMAZING. THAT HE COULD CREATE OUT OF SUCH SQUALOR AND MISERY A FLAWLESS MASTERPIECE IS NOTHING SHORT OF MIRACULOUS.'' आयर्लंडच्या स्वातंत्र्यलढ्याच्या पोकळ अभिमानात रमणाऱ्या आणि सतत वाढणाऱ्या पोरवड्याकडे दुर्लक्ष करून दारूत बुडालेल्या वडिलांमुळे वयाच्या चौथ्या वर्षापासूनच लिमरिकच्या गलिच्छ झोपडपट्टीत दैन्यावस्थेत हातातोंडाची गाठ घालण्यासाठी धडपडून आईला मदत करणाऱ्या- अमेरिकेत जाण्याचे स्वप्न उराशी बाळगणाऱ्या फ्रॅंकच्या संघर्षमय बालपणाची कहाणी.

IN SECRETS OF THE LIGHT, DANNION BRINKLEY, AUTHOR OF THE ACCLAIMED NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, SAVED BY THE LIGHT, OFFERS AN ACCESSIBLE SPIRITUAL GUIDE FOR EMPOWERING YOUR LIFE BASED ON HIS OWN EXPERIENCES IN THE AFTERLIFE. A SURVIVOR OF THREE NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES, BRINKLEY PRESENTS US WITH PROFOUND "LESSONS FROM HEAVEN"-THE SEVEN TRUTHS REVEALED TO HIM IN THE AFTERLIFE-TO HELP READERS FIND THEIR PERSONAL PATHS TO HAPPINESS, ENLIGHTENMENT, HEALTH, AND PROSPERITY. SECRETS OF THE LIGHT BELONGS IN EVERY PERSONAL LIBRARY BESIDE BETTY J. EADIE'S EMBRACED BY THE LIGHT AND DON PIPER'S 90 MINUTES IN HEAVEN. डॅनियन ब्रिंकली आणि कॅथरिन ब्रिंकली या दाम्पत्याने लिहिलेल्या 'सिक्रेट ऑफ लाइट' या पुस्तकाचा विषय मृत्यूनंतरचे जीवन हा आहे. धर्म, देवावर विश्वास नसलेले, आध्यात्मिकतेचा गंध नसलेले, विवेकहीन, बेफाम आयुष्य जगणारे डॅनियन दोनदा मृत्यूच्या समीप जाऊन आले. त्यानंतर तणावमुक्ती केंद्रांची स्थापना करण्याचे प्रचंड मोठे कार्य त्यांनी केले. 'ट्विलाईट बिग्रेड'ची स्थापना केली. मृत्युशय्येवर असलेल्या देशातील सैनिकांना धैर्याने मृत्यूचा सामना करता यावा, यासाठी त्यांना मदत करणे हे या संघटनेच्या स्वयंसेवकांचे काम होते. गेली तीस वर्षे मृत्युशय्येवरच्या कित्येक व्यक्तींना ते

SHE NURTURED YOU FROM A HELPLESS INFANT TO A SUCCESSFUL ADULT. SHE CALMED YOUR FEARS AND DRIED YOUR TEARS. SHE PRAISED YOU WHEN YOU NEEDED ENCOURAGEMENT AND PUSHED YOU WHEN YOU NEEDED MOTIVATION. SHE WAS YOUR NURSE, YOUR MAID, YOUR COACH, YOUR CHAUFFEUR, YOUR TEACHER AND YOUR FRIEND. SHE WAS THERE FOR YOU AND LOVED YOU NO MATTER WHAT. SHE HAS THE MOST REWARDING, YET MOST DIFFICULT JOB IN THE WORLD. SHE IS YOUR MOTHER. THIS POIGNANT COLLECTION OF STORIES FOR AND ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT WOMAN IN OUR LIVES FEATURES CHAPTERS ON LOVE, BECOMING A MOTHER, MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS, MIRACLES, SPECIAL MOMENTS, LETTING GO AND MORE. IT IS A DELIGHTFUL ANTHOLOGY THAT WILL TOUCH AND WARM THE HEARTS OF READERS OF ALL AGES AND FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. 'चिकनसूप फॉर द मदर्स सोल' या पहिल्या पुस्तकाला वाचकांचा प्रचंड प्रतिसाद लाभला आणि वाचकांच्या मागणीनुसार या दुसर्या भागाची निर्मिती करावी लागली. मातेची ममता, आईचं प्रेम हे या जीवसृष्टीतील चिरंतन मूल्य आहे. आईच्या ममतेची आणि आईची तुलना अगदी कशाशीच, कोणाशीच होऊ शकत नाही, अशा आशयाची एक आफ्रिकन म्हण आहे. या भागातील कथा मातेचं प्रेम, धैर्य, तिच्यातील शहाणपण यांवर प्रकाश टाकतात. काही कथांतून मातांचंही उद्बोधन केलं आहे. आईच्या प्रेमातील विलक्षण ताकद मुलाच्या येऊ घातलेल्या मृत्यूवरही मात करते - मग ते पोटचे मूल असो वा दत्तक घेतलेलं - हे वाचून आपण थक्क होतो. आ

NEW DADS, GRANDDADS, SINGLE DADS AND DADS-TO-BE - THIS BOOK OFFERS THEM ALL AN ENTERTAINING AND INSPIRING COLLECTION OF STORIES ON THE TRIUMPHS AND TRIALS OF THE AMAZING JOURNEY CALLED FATHERHOOD. 'आई' या दोनच शब्दांतून मायाळू, बिनशर्त प्रेम करणार्या व्यक्तीची प्रेमळ प्रतिमा उभी राहते, आणि 'बाबा' म्हटलं की, संरक्षक, आपल्याला सगळ्या गोष्टी पुरवणार्या, शहाणपणाचे धडे देणार्या, अधिक खंबीर अशा व्यक्तीची प्रतिमा उभी राहते. पित्याचं प्रेम दृढ आणि विश्वासार्ह असूनही बरेचदा ते तितक्या भावनाशीलतेनं व्यक्त होत नाही, पण ते आई इतकंच उत्कट असतं! फक्त ते बरेचदा शब्दांत मांडलं जात नाही. या पुस्तकात याच नात्याचे गोफ हळूवारपणे उलगडून दाखवणार्या हळव्या कथा आहेत. या कथा वाचकांना त्यांच्या पित्याच्या गाढ प्रेमाची जाणीव देतील आणि त्यांच्या काळजाची तार छेडतील.

YOU RE EITHER CRUISIN OR YOU RE BUMMIN, SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL CRUISE.--SCOTT FISCHER MOUNTAIN CLIMBER SCOTT FISCHER S MANTRA WOULD LEAD HIM TO SCALE THE HIGHEST AND MOST TREACHEROUS PEAKS ON EARTH. BEST KNOWN AS ONE OF THE GUIDES WHO PERISHED NEAR THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT EVEREST DURING THE TRAGIC SPRING OF 1996, SCOTT FISCHER BECAME FOR MANY AN ICONIC SYMBOL OF AUDACITY, HUBRIS, AND THE LIMITS OF HUMAN ENDURANCE. BUT TO THOSE WHO KNEW HIM WELL, SCOTT WAS MUCH MORE THAN AN ACTION FIGURE AT THE HEART OF A MODERN-DAY CAUTIONARY TALE. NOW IN THIS VIVID, CANDID BIOGRAPHY, ROBERT BIRKBY--ONE OF SCOTT S CLOSE FRIENDS--GIVES US A FASCINATING, IN-DEPTH PORTRAIT OF WHO SCOTT FISCHER REALLY WAS AND WHAT LED HIM TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD. AS A TEENAGE ATHLETE GROWING UP IN NEW JERSEY, SCOTT FELT A RESTLESS DRIVE TO REACH BEYOND THE LIMITS OF HIS SUBURBAN ENVIRONMENT. HE DISCOVERED THE FREEDOM HE SOUGHT DURING SUMMERS IN THE RUGGED MOUNTAINS OF WYOMING. A NATURAL MOUNTAINEER BLESSED WITH TREMENDOUS PHYSICAL STRENGTH AND WILLPOWER, SCOTT THRIVED ON THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMBING, THE BEAUTY OF THE HIGH COUNTRY, AND THE LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE HE FOUND THERE. WITH THE CREATION OF A GUIDE SERVICE HE CALLED MOUNTAIN MADNESS, SCOTT MESHED HIS NEED TO CLIMB WITH HIS JOY IN SHARING WITH OTHERS THE LOFTY, RARIFIED REALMS HE HAD MADE HIS OWN. IN ADRENALINE-FILLED NARRATIVES THAT TAKE US TO THE WORLD S TALLEST PLACES, ROBERT BIRKBY TRACES THE EXPEDITIONS THAT MADE SCOTT ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED CLIMBERS OF THE CLOSE-KNIT MOUNTAINEERING COMMUNITY. FROM ALASKA TO THE SOVIET UNION, FROM THE GRANITE WALLS OF YOSEMITE TO THE PUNISHING STORMS OF THE HIMALAYAS, SCOTT S ACHIEVEMENTS ARE HAIR-RAISING, INSPIRING, AND ALWAYS EXHILARATING--A RELENTLESS QUEST FOR NEW HIGHS THAT BUILDS INEXORABLY TO THE RENDEZVOUS WITH DISASTER ON EVEREST. SCOTT S LIFE WAS A JOURNEY FILLED WITH ADVENTURES, DEEP FRIENDSHIPS, AND DRAMATIC SUCCESSES AND FAILURES IN THE OBSCURE REACHES OF SOME OF THE WORLD S MOST BEAUTIFUL AND DANGEROUS PLACES. A CAPTIVATING HOMAGE TO A MAN WHO EAGERLY WENT WHERE FEW DARE TO GO, MOUNTAIN MADNESS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCOUNT OF COURAGE, PASSION, AND EXTREME LIVING. जिवावर उदार होऊन गिर्यारोहणाचा आनंद स्वत लुटणार्]या आणि इतरांना त्या आनंदाची ओळख करून देणार्]या एका साहसप्रिय कलंदराच्या जीवनाचं हृदयस्पर्शी चित्रण! साहस, महत्त्वाकांक्षा आणि जबरदस्त सहनशक्ती यांचं मूर्तिमंत प्रतीक असलेल्या स्कॉट फिशरच्या जीवनाचा आलेख वाचता-वाचता आपण त्याच्या समवेत जगभरातील विविध उत

EVERYONE IS CURIOUS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE GREATEST INVESTOR OF THIS ERA; WARREN BUFFETT. HE HAS NEVER TAKEN UP A JOB OR HAS NOT ESTABLISHED ANY BUSINESS. YET, HE IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW RICHEST PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD. WHAT MAKES IT A MIRACLE IS THE FACT THAT HE HAS NOT OPTED FOR ANY ILLEGAL WAY WHILE MAKING MONEY. EACH ONE OF US HAS A LOT TO LEARN FROM HIM. HIS EXCLUSIVE VISION COMBINED WITH A WITTY MIND WILL SURELY BE HELPFUL TO ONE AND ALL; THE ENTREPRENEURS, THE PROFESSIONALS, THE EMPLOYEES AND PEOPLE WHO WORK-FROM-HOME. THIS BOOK IS A COMPILATION OF FIFTY OF WARREN BUFFET'S FAMOUS QUOTES EXPLAINED IN A SIMPLE LANGUAGE. गुंतवणूक तसंच शेअरबाजार यांच्यात रस असलेल्या माणसाला 'वॉरन बफे ' हे नाव माहीत नसणे, हे केवळ अशक्य आहे. गेली कित्येक दशक बफेनं गुंतवणुकीच्या विश्वात मिळवलेलं यश अफाट आहे. शेअरबाजाराच्या चढ-उतारांवर सातत्यानं मात करून प्रचंड वेगानं त्यानं आपल्या वैयक्तिक संपत्तीत तर भर घातलीच आहे; पण शिवाय आपल्या 'बर्वशायर हॅथवे' या कंपनीमधल्या शेअरधारकांनाही कोट्यधीश केलं आहे. सगळ्यात महत्त्वाचा मुद्दा म्हणजे इतके पैसे कमावणा-या आणि जागतिक पातळीवरच्या सगळ्यात श्रीमंत माणसांच्या यादीत अग्रस्थानी पोहोचलेल्या या माणसाला पैशांचा उपभोग घेण्यामध्ये अजिबात रस नाही. त्याचं राहणी

FOLLOW EVERY RAINBOW TELLS THE STORIES OF 25 WOMEN WHO SET UP BUSINESS VENTURES, AND DESPITE VARIOUS DIFFICULTIES, SUCCEEDED IN DOING WHAT THEY HAD SET OUT TO DO. THESE ARE STORIES WHICH ENCOURAGE THE READERS TO HAVE FAITH IN THEMSELVES AND THEIR ABILITIES, AND FOLLOW THEIR DREAMS. THESE INSPIRING STORIES HAVE BEEN DIVIDED INTO 3 SECTIONS NAMED LAKSHMI, SARASWATI, AND DURGA. THE SECTION, LAKSHMI, HAS 8 STORIES. THESE ARE STORIES ABOUT WOMEN WHOSE PRIORITY ARE THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEY ACHIEVED THEIR SUCCESS WITHOUT COMPROMISING ON THE TIME THEY SPENT WITH THEIR FAMILIES, OR THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND UPBRINGING. THESE WOMEN ACHIEVED EVERYTHING WITH THEIR FAMILY'S SUPPORT. THE NEXT SECTION, DURGA, HAS 8 STORIES. THESE ARE ABOUT WOMEN WHO HAD TO FIGHT FOR THEIR CAREERS. THE STORIES IN THIS SECTION FOCUS ON THEIR DETERMINATION, STRENGTH, AND ABILITY TO FIGHT ALL ODDS. THE LAST SECTION, SARASWATI, HAS 9 STORIES. THESE ARE STORIES OF EDUCATED WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, WHO SUCCESSFULLY CREATED A NICHE FOR THEMSELVES. SOME OF THE WOMEN FEATURED IN FOLLOW EVERY RAINBOW ARE ELA BHATT, NEETI TAH, NAMRATA SHARMA, PATRICIA NARAYAN, LEELA BORDIA, JASU SHILPI, AND MEENA BINDRA. THE AUTHOR AIMS TO TELL READERS THAT DEDICATION AND PERSEVERANCE CAN ENSURE SUCCESS IN ANY VENTURE. SHE ALSO WANTS TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WOMEN, WITH THEIR DIFFERENT QUALITIES, CAN BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS MEN IF THEY STRIVE TO ACHIEVE THAT SUCCESS. दीपा सोमण यांनी ते करून दाखवलं! निर्मला कांदळगावकर यांनाही ते जमलं! नीना लेखीनंसुद्धा ते केलं! मग ते तुम्हालाही का नाही जमणार? आव्हान स्वीकारण्याचं धाडस करणा-या २५ असाधारण स्त्रियांच्या कर्र्तृत्वाचा आलेख म्हणजे हे पुस्तक. या स्त्रियांनी त्यांच्या कुटुंबाचं आणि त्यांनी स्थापन केलेल्या उद्योगाचं प्रेमानं लालनपालन केलं. हे काम त्यांनी मोठ्या प्रेमानं, हसत-खेळत आणि सहनशीलतेनं केलं. त्यांनी अनेक आघाड्या सांभाळताना, ना कधी तडजोड के

A HILARIOUS COLLECTION OF STORIES FROM THE LIFE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LOOK AGAIN AT LAST, TOGETHER IN ONE COLLECTION, ARE LISA SCOTTOLINE'S WILDLY POPULAR PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER COLUMNS. IN HER COLUMN, LISA LETS HER HAIR DOWN, ROOTS AND ALL, TO SHOW THE HUMOROUS SIDE OF LIFE FROM A WOMAN'S PERSPECTIVE. THE SUNDAY COLUMN DEBUTED IN 2007 AND ON THE DAY IT STARTED, LISA WROTE, "I WRITE NOVELS, SO I USUALLY HAVE 100,000 WORDS TO TELL A STORY. IN A COLUMN THERE'S ONLY 700 WORDS. I CAN BARELY SAY HELLO IN 700 WORDS. I'M ITALIAN." THE COLUMN GAINED MOMENTUM AND POPULARITY. WORD OF MOUTH SPREAD, AND READERS DEMANDED A COLLECTION. WHY MY THIRD HUSBAND WILL BE A DOG IS THAT COLLECTION. SEVENTY VIGNETTES. VINTAGE SCOTTOLINE. IN THIS COLLECTION, YOU'LL LAUGH ABOUT: - BEING CAUGHT BRALESS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM - BETTY AND VERONICA'S LIFE LESSONS FOR GIRLS - A MAN'S MOST IMPORTANT BODY PART - INTERRUPTING AS AN ART FORM - A RELIGION MEN AND WOMEN CAN WORSHIP - REAL ESTATE ADS AS PORN - SPANX ARE PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE - AND SO MUCH MORE ABOUT LIFE, LOVE, FAMILY, PETS, AND THE PURSUIT OF JEANS THAT ACTUALLY FIT! या पुस्तकात लेखिकेने स्वत चा घर-परिवार अन् त्यातील जबाबदाऱ्यांसोबतच भारतीय महिला विविध क्षेत्रांत नुसते काम नाहीतर पथदर्शक कामगिरी पार पाडू शकतात, हे सिद्ध करणाऱ्या महिलांशी मनमोकळे हितगुज केलेले आहे. भारतातील आघाडीचे नेतृत्व करणाऱ्या या महिलांनी सांगितले की, वादळ-वाऱ्यात, ऊन-पावसात अत्यंत कठीण समयी कोणत्या तत्त्वांच्या आधारे त्या ठाम राहिल्या त्यांना कोठून प्रेरणा मिळाली. या महिलांनी तेव्हा सर्व प्रकारच्या विपरित परिस्थितींचा सामना केला, प्रसंगी हालपेष्टा सोसल्य़ा,

MAHADEV MORE HAS OBSERVED VERY MINUTELY AND HAS PORTRAYED CORRECTLY THE VARIOUS WAYS IN WHICH A HUMAN MIND PLAYS ROLES. THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN THE BELGAON-NIPANI REGIONS OF MAHARASHTRA IS THE MAIN FEATURE OF THIS BOOK GIVING A CHANCE TO THE READER TO LEARN NEW WORDS. THE CHARACTERS ARE FROM VARIOUS CASTS AND RELIGIONS. THEY DISPLAY VARIOUS SHADES OF HUMAN NATURE RANGING FROM INNOCENCE TO SHREWDNESS. UTTER POVERTY IN ALL FORM PLAYS ROLE HERE. THERE ARE DREAMS AND THERE IS OPTIMISM DISPLAYED AS WELL. THE AUTHOR PORTRAYS A FEW SWEET-SOUR SCENES FROM HIS LIFE AS WELL. THOUGH THESE CHARACTERS ARE THE SUB-CASTS, YET THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO MAKE US LAUGH AND CRY WITH THEM. THEY CREATE VARIOUS EMOTIONS IN OUR MIND. THEY HELP US TO LOOK AT LIFE IN A DIFFERENT ANGLE. सूक्ष्म निरीक्षणांमधून आकळलेल्या मानवी व्यवहारांच्या तपशीलवार वास्तववादी चित्रणामुळे महादेव मोरे यांचा व्यक्तिचित्रणांचा हा संग्रह मराठी साहित्यात महत्त्वाचा ठरतो. जागोजागी आढळणारी बेळगावनिपाणी या महाराष्ट्राच्या सीमाभागातली वैशिष्ट्यपूर्ण बोलीभाषा, हेही या संग्रहाचे वैशिष्ट्य आहे. या निमित्ताने मराठी वाचकांना या बोलीतल्या काही शब्दांचा परिचय होईल. यात भेटणारी माणसं ही विविध जातीजमातींची आहेत. ती गरीब, भोळीभाबडी आहेत, तशीच इरसालही आहेत; परिस्थितीने गांजलेली, पिचलेली, निराश झालेली आहेत, तशीच स्वप्नं पाहणारी, आशेच्या एका तंत

SURELY YOU ARE JOKING, MR. FEYNMAN! IS A WITTY AND FUNNY SELF-PORTRAIT OF THE FAMOUS THEORETICAL PHYSICIST RICHARD FEYNMAN. THE BOOK IS A TRANSCRIPTION OF SEVERAL TAPED CONVERSATIONS THAT THE PHYSICIST HAD WITH A FRIEND. RALPH LEIGHTON. THE TEXT HAS BEEN CHANGED VERY MILDLY WHEN COMPARED TO THE SPOKEN WORDS IN THE TAPES AND SO, IT HAS A FAST AND CRISP STYLE. RICHARD FEYNMAN WAS A MULTIFACETED PERSONALITY WHO DID NOT LIMIT HIS INTEREST TO JUST PHYSICS. HE WAS CURIOUS ABOUT EVERYTHING AND EXPERIMENTED WITH MANY THINGS TO TEST HIS LIMITS AND DISCOVER NEW TALENTS WITHIN HIMSELF. FEYNMAN WAS A PRACTICAL JOKER WHO LEARNT SAFE-CRACKING FOR FUN. HE COULD PAINT AND WAS A GOOD DRUMMER TOO. THE BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF FUNNY ANECDOTES. ONE INTERESTING ANECDOTE SHARES THE STORY OF HOW HE WAS REJECTED BY THE DRAFT BOARD BECAUSE HE WAS THOUGHT TO BE MENTALLY UNSTABLE. THE REASON WAS THE ANSWER HE GAVE TO THE QUESTION DO YOU HEAR VOICES IN YOUR HEAD?. HE ANSWERED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE AND THEN WENT ON TO DESCRIBE WHY HE FOUND THE PHENOMENON INTERESTING. FEYNMAN SAID THAT WHENEVER HE FELL ASLEEP OR WAS JUST WAKING UP, HE WOULD HAVE IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH HIS FOREIGN COLLEAGUES. IN THESE FICTIONAL CONVERSATIONS INSIDE HIS HEAD, HE WAS ABLE TO PERFECTLY MIMIC EACH PERSONS ACCENT, BUT HE COULD NOT DO THIS WHEN HE WAS SPEAKING WHILE AWAKE. HE WAS CURIOUS ABOUT HOW ONE PART OF HIS BRAIN HAD SUCCEEDED IN CAPTURING THESE ACCENTS, BUT THE PART THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTUAL SPEECH COULD NOT DO SO. THERE ARE MANY SUCH HILARIOUS EPISODES FROM HIS LIFE, BUT THROUGH IT ALL, FEYNMANS TRUE PERSONALITY COMES THROUGH AS AN ICONOCLAST AND SKEPTIC WHO NEVER ACCEPTED ANYTHING WITH EVEN PROVEN THEORIES WITHOUT TESTING THEM ONCE HIMSELF. HE HAD A PASSION FOR TEACHING AND COULD SIMPLIFY THE EXPLANATIONS OF THE MOST DIFFICULT CONCEPTS TO MAKE THEM EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE TO ANY TYPE OF AUDIENCE. FEYNMAN WAS FIRMLY OPPOSED TO EDUCATION SYSTEMS THAT PROMOTED LEARNING BY ROTE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPTS. प्रसिद्धीचे वलय सदैव ज्या शास्त्रज्ञांभोवती राहिले, त्यातील पहिला शास्त्रज्ञ होता आईनस्टाईन, तर दुसरे नाव होते रिचर्ड फाईनमन! आईनस्टाईननंतर फिजिक्स ज्या टप्प्यावर काही काळ थांबलं होतं, त्या टप्प्यावरून फिजिक्सला पुढे नेण्यामध्ये रिचर्ड फाईनमन यांचा सिंहाचा वाटा होता. ते द्रष्टे शास्त्रज्ञ होते. नॅनो टेक्नॉलॉजीच्या तंत्राची चा

THE PEOPLE OF BOLIVIA HAVE GROWN COCA FOR LEGITIMATE PURPOSES FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, BUT THE DEMANDS OF AMERICA S WAR ON DRUGS NOW THREATEN THIS WAY OF LIFE. DEBORAH ELLIS S SEARING FOLLOW-UP TO THE HIGHLY PRAISED I AM A TAXI DEALS WITH THIS FRANK REALITY. AFTER HE MANAGES TO ESCAPE FROM VIRTUAL ENSLAVEMENT IN AN ILLEGAL COCAINE OPERATION, DIEGO IS TAKEN IN BY THE RICARDO FAMILY. THESE POOR COCA FARMERS GIVE DIEGO A SAFE HAVEN WHERE HE RECOVERS FROM HIS ORDEAL IN THE JUNGLE. BUT THE ARMY SOON MOVES IN AND DESTROYS THE FAMILY S COCA CROP -- THEIR LIVELIHOOD. SO DIEGO JOINS THE COCALEROS AS THEY PROTEST THE DESTRUCTION OF THEIR CROPS AND CONFRONT THE ARMY HEAD-ON BY BARRICADING THE ROADS. WHILE TENSION BETWEEN THE COCALEROS AND THE ARMY BUILDS TO A DRAMATIC CLIMAX, DIEGO WONDERS WHETHER HE WILL EVER FIND A WAY TO RETURN TO HIS FAMILY. THIS COMPELLING NOVEL DEFIES CONVENTIONAL WISDOM ON AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, AND SHOWS HOW PEOPLE IN ONE PART OF THE WORLD UNKNOWINGLY CREATE HARDSHIP FOR PEOPLE IN ANOTHER. अचानक पडलेल्या प्रकाशाने दिएगोच्या डोळ्यासमोर एकदम अंधारच पसरला. समोरच काही दिसत नव्हत. फक्त मोठंमोठे दिवे भगभगीत उजेड ओकत होते. त्या प्रकाशात कुठल्यातरी सावल्या हलताना दिसत होत्या. त्या सावल्यावरून त्यांन अंदाज बांधला - रणगाडे पोहोचलेत. तेवढयात हेलीकॉप्टरचा कर्कश आवाज कानी पडू लागला. घिरटया घालणार हेलिकॉप्टर आंदोलकांच्या हालचाली टिपत होत. दिएगोला कळून चुकल; संपल सारं! ते आलेत, आर्मीने घेरलय. काय होईल, कळायला काहि मार्गच नव्हता.

IF YOU SUFFER FROM OR ARE AT RISK FOR HEART DISEASE, SURGERY AND INVASIVE PROCEDURES ARE NOT YOUR ONLY OPTIONS. THERE IS A NONINVASIVE, SAFE, AND PAINLESS TREATMENT THAT IS CLINICALLY PROVEN TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL IN REVERSING THE EFFECTS OF THE DISEASE, IMPROVING BLOOD CIRCULATION, AND STRENGTHENING THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, ALL FOR A FRACTION OF THE MEDICAL COSTS. THIS GROUNDBREAKING PROCEDURE IS CALLED ENHANCED EXTERNAL COUNTERPULSATION (EECP), AND IT HAS BEEN THE BEST-KEPT SECRET IN MEDICINE-UNTIL NOW.DOCTORS HAVE DISCOVERED THAT INVASIVE PROCEDURES THAT TREAT SPECIFIC ARTERY BLOCKAGES OFFER ONLY A SHORT-TERM FIX FOR THE UNDERLYING PROBLEM: POOR BLOOD FLOW. USING BLOOD PRESSURE CUFFS TO HELP PUSH BLOOD THROUGH THE BODY, EECP PROMOTES THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BLOOD VESSELS TO NATURALLY BYPASS CORONARY BLOCKAGES, RESTORING THE FLOW OF HEALTHY, OXYGENATED BLOOD TO THE HEART. AS A RESULT, EECP REDUCES OR ELIMINATES SYMPTOMS SUCH AS CHEST PAIN, FATIGUE, AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH; INCREASES ENERGY AND STAMINA; AND RETURNS HEART PATIENTS TO ACTIVITIES THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD GIVEN UP FOREVER. IN HEAL YOUR HEART WITH EECP, DR. DEBRA BRAVERMAN DISPENSES CRITICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS REVOLUTIONARY TREATMENT.EECP PATIENTS ARE LESS LIKELY THAN BYPASS, ANGIOPLASTY, AND STENT PATIENTS TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK OR REQUIRE HOSPITAL STAYS.EECP IS THE IDEAL WEAPON IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HEART DISEASE FOR PATIENTS BATTLING OBESITY, HIGH CHOLESTEROL, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES, AND MORE.EECP BRINGS NONE OF THE RISKS OF SURGERY OR INVASIVE PROCEDURES AND IS PROVIDED IN AN OUTPATIENT SETTING.EECP IS APPROVED BY THE FDA AND MEDICARE AND COVERED BY MOST PRIVATE INSURERS, AND IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR NEARLY ALL HEART DISEASE SUFFERERS, REGARDLESS OF AGE, SIZE, OR OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS. पेशंटच्या हृदयात अक्षरश जान भरणारी शस्त्रक्रियाविरहित उपचारपद्धती ई.ई.सी.पी. म्हणजे एनहान्स्ड एक्सटर्नल काउंटर पल्सेशन. ई.ई.सी.पी.बद्दल मी यापूर्वी का ऐकले नाही? साशंकता, क्षोभ, आश्चर्य व आनंद अशा संमिश्र भावना मिसळलेला हा प्रश्न हृदयरोगाचे पेशंट व स्नेहीजन सतत आम्हाला विचारत असतात. संपूर्ण रक्ताभिसरण संस्थेच्या कामाला चालना देऊन हृदयरोगावर उपचार करणारी ही शस्त्रक्र

NOBEL PRIZE, THE HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD IN THE WORLD, HAS BEEN AWARDED EVERY YEAR, SINCE 1901, FOR THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, PHYSIOLOGY OR MEDICINE, LITERATURE AND FOR PEACE. THE NOBEL PRIZE IS AN INTERNATIONAL AWARD, ADMINISTERED BY THE NOBEL FOUNDATION IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, IN MEMORY OF SIR ALFRED NOBEL, THE FOUNDER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE. EACH PRIZE CONSISTS OF A MEDAL, PERSONAL DIPLOMA, AND HARD CASH. THE NOBEL PRIZES ARE AWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAST WILL SIGNED BY ALFRED NOBEL ON NOVEMBER 27, 1895, IN PARIS. 35 OUT OF THE 801 ( ABOUT 4.4 % ) NOBEL PRIZES AWARDED TILL 2007, HAVE BEEN WON BY THE WOMEN. THESE 35 NOBEL PRIZES HAVE BEEN WON BY 34 WOMEN, AS MARIE CURRIE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE TWICE. ALTHOUGH 34 MAY APPEAR TO BE A SMALL FIGURE, CONSIDERING THE ENUMERABLE ODDS AGAINST WHICH THESE WOMEN HAD TO STRUGGLE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR WORK, THE REAL QUESTION WOULD BE WOW, HOW COME SO MANY? AND NOT WHY SO FEW HAVE WON THE AWARD SO FAR ?. NEVER BEFORE, SO FEW HAVE CONTRIBUTED, SO MUCH, UNDER SUCH TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES. EACH OF THESE 34 NOBEL WOMEN, HAS MADE IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION TO THE MANKIND BY THE VIRTUE OF HER SELFLESS, DEDICATED AND UNTIRING WORK, DESPITE UNSURMOUNTABLE ODDS. AS ENGRAVED ON THE NOBEL MEDAL ITSELF, THEY REALLY BETTERED LIFE ON THE EARTH. SO FAR, THERE WAS NO BOOK AVAILABLE IN ANY LANGUAGE, GIVING CONSOLIDATED DETAILS OF THE WORK DONE BY EACH OF THE 34 NOBEL WOMEN. NOT MANY KNOW ABOUT THESE 34 WOMEN, THE DIFFICULTIES THEY FACED AND THE IMMENSE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MADE TO THE HUMANITY. COMMON KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THESE NOBEL WINNERS NORMALLY DOES NOT GO BEYOND A FEW LIKE MARIE CURIE, IRENE CURIE, PEARL BUCK AND MOTHER TERESA. THIS BOOK IS THE FIRST ATTEMPT TO BRIDGE THE WIDE GAP. A SINCERE ATTEMPT HAS BEEN MADE TO UNEARTH THE HIDDEN TREASURES IN THE LIVES OF THESE NOBEL WOMEN AND UNFOLD THE INTRICACIES OF THEIR STRUGGLES. IN FACT, THEY DID NOT WORK TO WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE, BUT THEY HONESTLY BELIEVED AND TRULY ENJOYED WORKING FOR THEIR CHOSEN CAUSE. THEIR DEDICATED, UNTIRING PERSEVERANCE WON THEM MANY ACCOLADES AND THE NOBEL PRIZE CAME THEIR WAY. THIS BOOK ATTEMPTS TO CAPTURE THE WORK OF EACH OF THE NOBEL WOMEN, ALONG WITH THEIR SOCIAL, POLITICAL, HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES PREVAILING THEM. OF THE 34 WOMEN 11 HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE. THIS BOOK BRINGS OUT HOW THEY WORKED DURING THE TIMES WHEN WOMEN WERE LOOKED DOWN, EVEN IN THE WESTERN COUNTRIES, WITH GREAT CONTEMPT AND SUSPICION ABOUT THEIR BASIC CAPABILITIES TO WORK IN THE SCIENTIFIC FIELDS WITH MATHEMATICAL & LOGICAL THINKING COMPETENCIES. THEY WERE DEPRIVED OF BASIC EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND FINANCIAL NEEDS. HOWEVER, DESPITE HEAVY ODDS, THEY STOOD OUT AND MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS, DEFINITELY BETTERING LIFE ON THE EARTH. OTHER 11 WOMEN HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF LITERATURE. MANY OF THEM DID NOT EVEN RECEIVE ANY PRIMARY EDUCATION. MANY FACED INNUMERABLE DIFFICULTIES AND VERY TRYING SITUATIONS TO OVERCOME ALL OBSTACLES DUE TO VARIOUS PREJUDICES AND DISCRIMINATIONS OF ALL KINDS. THIS BOOK DRAWS THEIR LIFE SKETCHES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE TO DERIVE INSPIRATION FOR GOOD CAUSE. THE REMAINING 12 WOMEN HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF PEACE. THEY HAD TO WORK WITH GREAT COURAGE AGAINST TERRORISM, VIOLENCE AND BLOODBATH. THEY DID UNTIRING WORK IN SPITE OF MANY SETBACKS FOR THE HELPLESS AND DOWNTRODDEN OF THE MANKIND. THIS BOOK BRINGS OUT THEIR STRUGGLES FOR THE NEEDY AND DOWNTRODDEN, AGAINST THE INJUSTICE. THEY FOUGHT RELENTLESSLY, MANY TIMES EVEN DIRECTLY GOING ON THE BATTLE FIELDS. THEY NEVER LOST HOPES, NEVER GAVE UP, AGAINST DIFFICULT OBSTACLES. THEY WERE FULLY CONVINCED THAT LASTING PEACE CAN ONLY SAVE THE HUMANITY. THESE ARE 34 SELF RADIATING WOMEN, WHO WON THE NOBEL PRIZES BY VIRTUE OF THEIR NOBLE DEEDS. THEY STAND OUT THEIR, AS THE LIGHT HOUSES INSPIRING MANY OTHERS BY...

UNLIKELY HERO OFFERS AN EXCLUSIVE GLIMPSE INTO OM PURI S PRIVATE LIFE, HIS STRUGGLE AND ANXIETIES, AND THE WOES OF HIS HEART. DISCOVER THE OM PURI NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THE TONGUE-TIED ACTOR FROM PUNJAB WITH STARS IN HIS EYES; THE INCORRIGIBLE FLIRT IN DRAMA SCHOOL; THE CONNOISSEUR OF FOOD AND EXPERT COOK; AND THE COMPLETE FAMILY MAN. FEATURING AMUSING ANECDOTES WITH HIS FAMILY, SHOCKING EPISODES WITH THE STALWARTS OF INDIAN AND BRITISH CINEMA, AND THE NAIL-BITING SUSPENSE OF HIS LOVE LIFE, THE TALE IS COMPLEMENTED BY RARE AND UNUSUAL PHOTOGRAPHS. TOLD WITH WIT, HONESTY, AND ELAN, THIS BOOK IS A FITTING TRIBUTE TO THE INSPIRATIONAL TALE OF OM PURI-ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED ACTORS OF INDIA.THE LATE PATRICK SWAYZE, OM PURI S CO-ACTOR IN CITY OF JOY, RECOUNTS THE IMPACT OM HAD ON HIS LIFE, WHILE NOTABLE FILM CRITIC, DEREK MALCOLM TALKS ABOUT OM S IMMENSE TALENT AND VAST REPERTOIRE. NASEERUDDIN SHAH FONDLY REMEMBERS HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH OM THAT BEGAN AT THE NATIONAL SCHOOL OF DRAMA AND OM S RISE IN THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FILM INDUSTRY." अनलाइकली हिरो या पुस्तकात ओम पुरी यांचे खासगी आयुष्य, त्यांनी केलेला संघर्ष, त्यांची अस्वस्थता, त्यांच्या हृदयातील वेदना यांचे दर्शन घडते. पंजाबातून डोळ्यांत स्वप्ने घेऊन आलेला मुखदुर्बळ कलाकार, 'एनएसडी'मधील जातिवंत 'फ्लर्ट', खाण्याचा शौकीन व उत्तम कूक आणि पूर्णत कुटुंबवत्सल माणूस! ओम पुरी यांची ही विविध रूपे या पुस्तकात पाहायला मिळतील. कुटुंबातील सदस्यांबरोबरच्या गमतीदार प्रसंगांची मालिका, भारतीय आणि ब्रिटिश चित्रपटसृष्टीतील व्यक्तींच्या सहवासातील अनेक धक्कादायक घडामोडी, प्रेमप्रक

FOR TWELVE-YEAR-OLD DIEGO AND HIS FAMILY, HOME IS THE SAN SEBASTIAN WOMEN S PRISON IN COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA. HIS PARENTS FARMED COCA, A TRADITIONAL BOLIVIAN MEDICINAL PLANT, UNTIL THEY GOT CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE GOVERNMENT S WAR ON DRUGS. DIEGO S ADJUSTED TO HIS NEW LIFE. HIS PARENTS ARE LOCKED UP, BUT HE CAN COME AND GO: TO SCHOOL, TO THE MARKET TO SELL HIS MOTHER S HAND-KNITTED GOODS, AND TO WORK AS A "TAXI," RUNNING ERRANDS FOR OTHER PRISONERS. BUT THEN HIS LITTLE SISTER RUNS AWAY, EARNING HIS MOTHER A HEAVY FINE. THE DEBT AND DAWNING REALIZATION OF HIS HOPELESS SITUATION MAKE HIM VULNERABLE TO HIS FRIEND MANDO S PLAN TO MAKE BIG MONEY, FAST. SOON, DIEGO IS DEEP IN THE JUNGLE, WORKING AS A VIRTUAL SLAVE IN AN ILLEGAL COCAINE OPERATION. AS HIS SITUATION BECOMES MORE AND MORE DANGEROUS, HE KNOWS HE MUST TAKE A TERRIBLE RISK IF HE EVER WANTS TO SEE HIS FAMILY AGAIN. काळीकुट्ट रात्रं.... मिट्ट काळोख आणि घनदाट जंगल; पायाखालची अनोळखी वाट तुडवत दिएगो चालत होता. तो कुठं जातोय, काय करणार याची त्याला काही कल्पना नव्हती. जंगलातून माकडांच्या भयाण किंकाळ्या कानावर पडत होत्या, बेडकांचे कर्कश्य डराँवऽ डराँवऽ ऐकून पोटात कालवत होतं. हे असं भयाण जंगल त्यानं आजवर कधी पाहिलंही नव्हतं. पहाडी भागातला हा मुलगा, द-याखो-यात त्याचं लहानसं कुटुंब राहायचं. पण काळानं असा काही घात केला की, सारं कुटुंबच तुरुंगाच्या चार भिंतीआड रवाना झालं. दिएगोही तुरंगातच राहायचा, शहरातल्या तुरुंगात. शहरभर पायाला चाकं लावून फिरायच

WE ALL ARE GREAT FANS OF THE WRITINGS OF VAPU. HIS DAUGHTER CARRIED FORWARD HIS WORK TO THE BEST OF HER ABILITY AND BELIEVE ME SHE IS AS GOOD AS THE FATHER. IN A WAY, THAT IS NOT SURPRISING AS SHE MUST BE CARRYING A LOT MANY OF HIS 'GENES, .BUT HEY, HALT. THE LINEAGE DOES NOT END HERE. ON THE CONTRARY, WE HARDLY REALIZED THAT THE DAUGHTER HAS INHERITED SOME OF THESE LITERARY QUALITIES FROM HER MOTHER AS WELL. YES, VASUNDHARA, THE WIFE OF VAPU, WAS A LOVER OF WORDS. SHE ENJOYED READING THEM BUT SHE ENJOYED IN GETTING INVOLVED WITH THEM WITH GREAT INTENSITY. THE PRESENT BOOK IS A COMPILATION OF HER REVIEWS OF 21 DRAMAS WHICH WERE IN FULL BLOOM A FEW YEARS BACK, FORTY YEARS TO BE PRECISE. MANY OF THESE DRAMAS ARE AS FRESH TODAY AS THEY WERE THEN. UNLUCKILY, SOME HAVE BECOME A STORY OF PAST AND FORGOTTEN AS WELL. THAT APART, VASUNDHARA HAS PRESENTED HER VIEWS EXCELLENTLY WELL, WITHOUT A PREJUDICE IN HER MIND. SHE HAD AN OBSERVANT NATURE. SHE WAS SURE ABOUT HER FEELINGS. SHE WAS WELL AWARE OF THE 'GOOD AND BAD'. SHE WAS FIRM AND DID NOT HESITATE TO PRESENT HER FEELINGS. THE CONSEQUENCES WERE NOT DENIED AS WELL. SHE WAS A VERY GOOD SPECTATOR AND LOVED TO WATCH THE DRAMAS. SHE PREFERRED TO BE SEATED IN THE TENTH ROW, ALWAYS...THE BEST PLACE TO SEE A DRAMA FROM, NOT TOO CLOSE, NOT TOO FAR AWAY.THIS BOOK WILL SURELY BRING BACK THE LOVING MEMORIES OF THE BYGONE ERA. 'ज्ञानेश्वरांनी गायली गीता', कारण त्यांच्या 'पाठी पुण्याई उभी' होती. अनेकांना नशिबाने 'हिमालयाची सावली' मिळते. ती असल्यावर 'संसार हा सुखाचा' होणारच, 'कुंकू जपून ठेवावं', पण ते 'पद्मश्री धोंडीराजा'सारख्या व्यक्तीसाठी नाही. 'सखाराम बार्इंडर'सारख्या माणसासाठी, तर नाहीच नाही. वय वाढलं तरी 'म्हातारा न इतुका' अशी माणसं असतात. कुणा पोराला विचारावं लागतं की, 'पप्पा सांगा कुणाचे?' जीवनप्रवासात भेटते एखादी 'माता द्रौपदी', एखादी 'मीरा मधुरा' भेटते, एखादा 'भल्याè

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 आपल्या अद्भुत कल्पनाशक्तीच्या जोरावर तयार केलेले कम्प्युटर्स, मोबाईल फोन्स, म्युझिक प्लेअर्स, टॅब्लेट पीसीज हे सर्व या जगाला त्याची आठवण देत राहतील. जगभरातल्या लोकांच्या कल्पनाशक्तीपलीकडची उत्पादनं जॉब्जनं प्रत्यक्षात आणून दाखवली. आपलं आयुष्यच तो एका वेगळ्या विश्वात जगला. राजाचा रंक आणि परत रंकाचा राजा असं सनसनाटी आयुष्य जॉब्जच्या वाट्याला आलं. सगळ्यांहून वेगळं आणि अगदी सर्वोत्तम असंच कायम करून दाखवण्यासाठी तो आयुष्यभर धडपडला. कर्कë

IN A LAND WHERE KINGS STILL RULE, I AM A PRINCESS. YOU MUST KNOW ME ONLY AS SULTANA, FOR I CANNOT REVEAL MY TRUE NAME FOR FEAR THAT HARM WILL COME TO ME AND MY FAMILY FOR WHAT I AM ABOUT TO TELL YOU. THINK OF A SAUDI ARABIAN PRINCESS AND WHAT DO YOU SEE? A WOMAN GLITTERING WITH JEWELS, LIVING A LIFE OF UNBELIEVABLE LUXURY. SHE HAS GOLD, PALACES, SWIMMING-POOLS, SERVANTS, DESIGNER DRESSES GALORE. BUT IN REALITY SHE LIVES IN A GILDED CAGE. SHE HAS NO FREEDOM, NO VOTE, NO CONTROL OVER HER OWN LIFE, NO VALUE BUT AS A BEARER OF SONS. HIDDEN BEHIND THE VEIL, SHE IS A PRISONER, HER JAILERS HER FATHER, HER HUSBAND, HER SONS. 'SULTANA' IS A MEMBER OF THE SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY, CLOSELY RELATED TO THE KING. FOR THE SAKE OF HER DAUGHTERS, SHE DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME FOR A WOMAN IN HER POSITION TO SPEAK OUT ABOUT THE REALITY OF LIFE FOR WOMEN IN HER COUNTRY, WHATEVER THEIR RANK. SHE TELLS OF HER OWN LIFE, FROM HER TURBULENT CHILDHOOD TO HER ARRANGED MARRIAGE - A HAPPY ONE, UNTIL HER HUSBAND DECIDED TO TAKE A SECOND WIFE - AND OF THE LIVES OF HER SISTERS, HER FRIENDS AND HER SERVANTS. IN CONTRAST TO THE AFFECTION AND EASY CAMARADERIE AMONGST THE WOMEN, SHE RELATES A HISTORY OF APPALLING OPPRESSION AGAINST THEM, EVERYDAY OCCURRENCES THAT IN ANY OTHER CULTURE WOULD BE SEEN AS SHOCKING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS: FORCED MARRIAGES, SERVANTS BULLIED INTO SEX SLAVERY, SUMMARY EXECUTIONS. PRINCESS IS A TESTIMONY TO A WOMAN OF INDOMITABLE SPIRIT AND GREAT COURAGE. BY SPEAKING OUT, 'SULTANA' RISKED BRINGING THE WRATH OF THE SAUDI ESTABLISHMENT UPON HER HEAD AND UPON THE HEADS OF HER CHILDREN. FOR THIS REASON, SHE TOLD HER STORY ANONYMOUSLY. एका सौदी अरेबियन राजकुमारीला मनश्चक्षूंसमोर आणा, काय दिसतं तुम्हाला? चमचमत्या हिरेमाणकांनी मढलेली, विश्वास बसणार नाही अशा ऐशाआरामात राहणारी स्त्री; पण प्रत्यक्षात मात्र सोनेरी मुलामा चढवलेल्या पिंज-यात राहणारी. तिला स्वातंत्र्य नाही, स्वत चे मत नाही, स्वत च्या आयुष्यावर अधिकार नाही; फक्त पुत्र जन्माला घालणारी एवढीच तिची किंमत. सुलताना ही सौदी राजघराण्यात जन्माला आलेली, राजेसाहेबांची अगदी न&

A SERIES OF HIGH-PROFILE ACQUISITIONS, INCLUDING JAGUAR LAND ROVER AND CORUS STEEL, TOGETHER WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE NANO (THE WORLD S FIRST RS. 1 LAKH/ BELOW US$ 2500 CAR), IS SET TO CHANGE OUR PERCEPTION OF INDIA: ON THE THRESHOLD OF BECOMING A TRULY GLOBAL BRAND.*S OLDEST AND MOST RESPECTED CORPORATE BRAND. WITH A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE, IN A VARIETY OF AREAS INCLUDING STEEL, TEA, CHEMICALS, COMMUNICATIONS AND SOFTWARE, TATA NOW STANDS 65TH IN THE WORLD BRAND VALUATION LEAGUE. BUT WHAT IS THE TATA BRAND ALL ABOUT? WHAT ARE ITS VALUES? HOW DO PEOPLE PERCEIVE IT, IN INDIA AND AROUND THE WORLD? IN THIS ABSORBING AND INFORMED BOOK MORGEN WITZEL DIGS INTO THE HEART OF THE TATA ENTERPRISE, DESCRIBES ITS ORIGINS, HOW TATA S REPUTATION AND IMAGE EVOLVED, AND HOW THE GROUP HAS WORKED TO TRANSFORM THAT IMAGE INTO A POWERFUL AND VALUABLE BRAND. TATA: THE EVOLUTION OF A CORPORATE BRAND GOES TO THE CORE OF THE TATA ETHOS TO EXPLORE THE UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TATA GROUP AND THE INDIAN PEOPLE, A RELATIONSHIP THAT GOES BEYOND THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS TO ITS SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ITS EMPLOYEES AND THE SOCIETY AT LARGE. FINALLY IT ASKS HOW THAT REPUTATION WILL BE PERCEIVED AND UNDERSTOOD AS TATA MOVES INTO GLOBAL MARKETS. WHETHER YOU RE AN ENTREPRENEUR, A MANAGER, A MARKETER, OR AN INTERESTED TATA LOYALIST THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE DURABILITY OF THE BRAND AND INSPIRE YOU WITH THE VALUES IT HOLDS ONTO IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. टाटा ब्रांड म्हणजे आहे तरी काय ? काय आहेत त्यांची मुल्ये ? जगातील आणि भारतातील लोकांना त्यातून काय समजते? या रंजक आणि माहितीपूर्ण पुस्तकात मोर्गेन विट्झेल टाटांच्या हृदयाचा ठाव घेतात,त्याचे मूळ समजावून सांगतात,टाटांच नाव आणि प्रतिमा कशी निर्माण होत गेली, आणि या प्रतिमेचं रुपांतर एका बलवान आणि मौल्यवान ब्रांड मध्ये करण्यासाठी या उद्योगसमूहाने काय केलं,याचं वर्णन करतात.

SMALL CHANGES CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN YOUR POWERS OF PERSUASION WHAT ONE WORD CAN YOU START USING TODAY TO INCREASE YOUR PERSUASIVENESS BY MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT? WHICH ITEM OF STATIONERY CAN DRAMATICALLY INCREASE PEOPLE`S RESPONSES TO YOUR REQUESTS? HOW CAN YOU WIN OVER YOUR RIVALS BY INCONVENIENCING THEM? WHY DOES KNOWING THAT SO MANY DENTISTS ARE NAMED DENNIS IMPROVE YOUR PERSUASIVE PROWESS? EVERY DAY WE FACE THE CHALLENGE OF PERSUADING OTHERS TO DO WHAT WE WANT. BUT WHAT MAKES PEOPLE SAY YES TO OUR REQUESTS? PERSUASION IS NOT ONLY AN ART, IT IS ALSO A SCIENCE, AND RESEARCHERS WHO STUDY IT HAVE UNCOVERED A SERIES OF HIDDEN RULES FOR MOVING PEOPLE IN YOUR DIRECTION. BASED ON MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS OF RESEARCH INTO THE PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSUASION,"YES" REVEALS FIFTY SIMPLE BUT REMARKABLY EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES THAT WILL MAKE YOU MUCH MORE PERSUASIVE AT WORK AND IN YOUR PERSONAL LIFE, TOO. CO-WRITTEN BY THE WORLD`S MOST QUOTED EXPERT ON INFLUENCE, PROFESSOR ROBERT CIALDINI,"YES" PRESENTS DOZENS OF SURPRISING DISCOVERIES FROM THE SCIENCE OF PERSUASION IN SHORT, ENJOYABLE, AND INSIGHTFUL CHAPTERS THAT YOU CAN APPLY IMMEDIATELY TO BECOME A MORE EFFECTIVE PERSUADER. WHY DID A SIGN POINTING OUT THE PROBLEM OF VANDALISM IN THE PETRIFIED FOREST NATIONAL PARK ACTUALLY "INCREASE" THE THEFT OF PIECES OF PETRIFIED WOOD? WHY DID SALES OF JAM MULTIPLY TENFOLD WHEN CONSUMERS WERE OFFERED MANY "FEWER" FLAVORS? WHY DID PEOPLE PREFER A MERCEDES IMMEDIATELY AFTER GIVING REASONS WHY THEY PREFER A BMW? WHAT SIMPLE MESSAGE ON CARDS LEFT IN HOTEL ROOMS GREATLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO BEHAVED IN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAYS? OFTEN COUNTERINTUITIVE, THE FINDINGS PRESENTED IN "YES" WILL STEER YOU AWAY FROM COMMON PITFALLS WHILE EMPOWERING YOU WITH LITTLE KNOWN BUT PROVEN WISDOM. WHETHER YOU ARE IN ADVERTISING, MARKETING, MANAGEMENT, ON SALES, OR JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW TO BE MORE INFLUENTIAL IN EVERYDAY LIFE, "YES" SHOWS HOW MAKING SMALL, SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN CHANGES TO YOUR APPROACH CAN HAVE A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON YOUR PERSUASIVE POWERS. छोटेसे बदल तुमच्या मन परिवर्तक शक्तीत मोठा बदल करू शकतात. - लेखन साहित्यातील कोणत्या वस्तू, इतरांचे मन परिवर्तन प्रकर्षाने करण्याचे तुमचे प्रयत्न, अधिक परिणामकारक ठरू शकतात? - तुमच्यातील मन परिवर्तकता इतरांपेक्षा ५०ज्ञ् ने वाढविण्यासाठी तुम्ही आज कोणता एक शब्द वापरण्याची सुरुवात करू शकता? - कारणावली दिल्यानंतर लोक `मर्सिडीज'ची निवड करतील; की लोक बीएमडब्ल्यू पसंत करतील? - आणि बहुतांश `डेन्टिस्ट' हे डेनीस का म्हणविले जातात? तुमच्या सहकाऱ्यांनी तुमच्याशी अधिक वेळा सहमत होणे, तुमच्या पाल्यांनी गृहपाठ करणे आणि शेजाऱ्यांनी तुमच्यावर कचरा न टाकणे हे बहुतेक तुम्ही निश्चितपणे पसंत कराल. `आपल्याला हवे ते इतरांनी करावे' असे मन परिवर्तन करण्याच्या आवाहनास आम्हाला रोजच सामोरे जावे लागते. पण लोक कशामुळे आपल्या विनंतीस `होकार' देतात? मन पर