“I want to die at a hundred years old after screaming down an Alpine descent on a bicycle at 75 miles per hour. I dont do anything slow, not even breathe. I do everything at a fast cadence: eat fast, sleep fast.” At twenty four, Lance Armstrong was already well on his way to becoming […]
He??d been her friend for years. He said he loved her. Then she realised she didn??t know him at all?? When everything seemed to be falling apart in Sophie??s life, she was thankful for her friend Kas, who was always at the end of a phone, ready to listen and to offer comfort and advice. […]
This book, Turning Points: A Journey Through Challenges, takes up the story from when A.P.J Abdul Kalam became the President of India. It covers his acceptance of the post of the President of India, his term in office, his efforts to make his term meaningful, and the challenges he faced. His term from 2002 to […]
This title offers an introduction to Buddhism and to the landscape and culture of Tibet. The text, based on lectures on the four noble truths given in London, lays out the fundamentals of the Buddhist path, while the photographs show the context in which this profound teaching developed.
The name and the face of Orah Winfrey are instantly recognizable to just about every erson in the United States. To millions of eole around the world, Orah is the embodiment of American sirit and entrereneurial success; hers is a ragstoriches story come to life. While there is a near continual barrage of information in […]
The wait is over. For the world???s finest batsman and for a nation of cricket lovers whose hopes and ambitions accompanied Sachin Tendulkar every time he stepped out to bat. On 16 March 2012, at Mirpur in Dhaka, after opening the innings for India, Sachin nudged the ball to behind square leg in the forty-fourth […]
Insightful and well-researched, this book is the first-ever comprehensive account of Netaji Subhas Chandra Boses activities in Europe. On 19 January 1941, Subhas Chandra Bose escaped in disguise from British surveillance in Calcutta to Kabul. There, he established contact with the German and Italian foreign ministries, thereby beginning a long period of collaboration with the […]
It is about a life truly ??lived and living??! The real-life story of India??s first and highest ranked woman officer in the Indian Police Service ?? who pioneered a Gandhian (inclusive and transparent) model of policing marked by utmost devotion to duty, innovation, compassion and, above all, willpower! In Dare to Do! For the New […]
Join a journalists roller-coaster exposition through intriguing facts, fallacies and fancies. Secret papers, startling disclosures, shocking evidence: It is the closest you get to see the lid going off Indias longest running mystery.
The very special magic of James Herriot??s storytelling shines throughout James Herriots Dog Stories; this classic collection of stories about the animal he loves the most. Here are some of the dogs who have won a special place in the country vet??s heart ?? dogs like Tricki Woo, the little Pekinese suffering from ??flop-butt??; Clancy […]