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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 

by Swami Vivekananda

Providing an explanation of the practical and philosophical foundations of Raja Yoga,  The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali  is arguably the most important text on Yogic philosophy.
The Yoga Sūtras of Patañjali is widely regarded as the most authoritative text on yoga. It comprises a collection of 196 Indian sutras (“threads” – as sutra translates from Sanskrit) written 1,700 years ago. These threads or aphorisms were compiled by the Indian sage Patañjali and offer guidelines for living a meaningful and purposeful life.
The book is organized into four parts and provides descriptions of the eight limbs of yoga, such as pranayama and asana. The translated text is presented alongside a clear and insightful commentary by Swami Vivekananda, which makes them more accessible to the modern reader and yoga practitioner. His message of universal brotherhood and self-awakening remains relevant today, especially in the current backdrop of widespread political turmoil around the world.

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The 5 AM Club: 

Own Your Morning. 

Elevate Your Life

by Robin Sharma

Legendary leadership and elite performance expert Robin Sharma introduced The 5am Club concept over twenty years ago, based on a revolutionary morning routine that has helped his clients maximize their productivity, activate their best health and bulletproof their serenity in this age of overwhelming complexity.

      Now, in this life-changing book, handcrafted by the author over a rigorous four-year period, you will discover the early-rising habit that has helped so many accomplish epic results while upgrading their happiness, helpfulness and feelings of aliveness.

      Through an enchanting—and often amusing—story about two struggling strangers who meet an eccentric tycoon who becomes their secret mentor, The 5am Club will walk you through:

How great geniuses, business titans and the world’s wisest people start their mornings to produce astonishing achievements
A little-known formula you can use instantly to wake up early feeling inspired, focused and flooded with a fiery drive to get the most out of each day
A step-by-step method to protect the quietest hours of daybreak so you have time for exercise, self-renewal and personal growth
A neuroscience-based practice proven to help make it easy to rise while most people are sleeping, giving you precious time for yourself to think, express your creativity and begin the day peacefully instead of being rushed
“Insider-only” tactics to defend your gifts, talents and dreams against digital distraction and trivial diversions so you enjoy fortune, influence and a magnificent impact on the world
Part manifesto for mastery, part playbook for genius-grade productivity and part companion for a life lived beautifully, The 5am Club is a work that will transform your life. Forever.

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The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides 

Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word.
Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London.
Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations—a search for the truth that threatens to consume him....

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We Were Yahoo!: 

From Internet Pioneer 

to the Trillion Dollar Loss 

of Google and Facebook

By Jeremy Ring

Only someone from the corporate inside could explain how Yahoo!—one of the greatest brands in corporate history—could rise to the greatest height ever seen in American business…and then crash into oblivion.

For anyone paying attention, the beginning of the end for Yahoo! began with decisions made by the first team of executives while the company was on its way up, which set the stage for horrific decisions made by subsequent generations of Yahoo! leadership. Most decisions were either pure incompetence or just lack of vision by CEOs from 2001 to the present.

Twenty-one years after its incorporation and sixteen years after its stock peak, Yahoo sold for 96% less than its value on January 3, 2000, when it had closed at an all-time high of $118.75 per share, resulting in a market capitalization of $120 billion. Wall Street valued Yahoo!, at that time in business less than six years, higher than it did Disney, News Corporation, and Comcast combined. Also on that day, the iPhone was more than seven years away from launch, Google was four years from its IPO, Amazon was hemorrhaging money, and Mark Zuckerberg was still in high college!

At the end of 2016, the top seven businesses on the list of the highest-valued companies in the world by market capitalization include Apple at #1, Alphabet (Google’s Parent Company) at #2, Amazon.com at #5, and Facebook at #7. Those companies combined are valued in excess of $2 trillion more than the price Verizon paid to acquire Yahoo!

Yahoo!’s story is one of missed strategies, failed opportunities, and poor execution. Early decisions to de-emphasize search features, undervalue Google, and overplay Yahoo’s hand in the Facebook negotiations haunted the rest of the company’s existence. In addition, factors outside of Yahoo’s control—most notably how irrational expectations of Wall Street created an environment where short-term decisions were made at the expense of the long-term good.

The story of Yahoo! is a cautionary tale not intended for the faint of heart.

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Gary van Warmerdam
MindWorks: A Practical Guide for Changing Thoughts Beliefs, and Emotional Reactions

Why do we generate thoughts and emotional reactions which drive us to sabotaging behaviors and emotional drama? Making life altering changes requires more than just telling yourself to think happy thoughts. Learning to understand and shift your point of view, your beliefs and even your language, can end much of the emotional suffering you create for yourself and in relationships. MindWorks offers a simple guide for understanding the complexities of your mind’s inner workings and a step by step practice to facilitate change. Whether your transformation is large or small, you will surely look at yourself and the world in a completely new way

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A Better Death

Dr. Ranjana Srivastava

'Illuminating, inspiring and intensely practical' HUGH MACKAY, author of The Good Life
'Brimming with pathos and profound insights' KON KARAPANAGIOTIDIS, author of The Power of Hope

Of all the experiences we share, two universal events bookend our lives: we are all born and we will all die. We don't have a choice in how we enter the world, but we can have a say in how we leave it.

In order to die well, we must be prepared to contemplate our mortality and to broach it with our loved ones, who are often called upon to make important decisions on our behalf. These are some of the most important conversations we can have with each other - to find peace, kindness and gratitude for what has gone before, and acceptance of what is to come.

Dr Ranjana Srivastava draws on two decades of experience to share her observations and advice on leading a meaningful life and finding dignity and composure at its end. With an emphasis on advocacy, leaving a legacy, and staying true to our deepest convictions, Dr Srivastava tells stories of strength, hope and resilience in the face of grief, and offers an optimistic meditation on living and dying well.

'At last, a book that teaches us how to die with kindness, courage and grace' CAROLINE BAUM, author of Only
'The perfect balm for a fearful and technocratic world' MICHAEL McGIRR, author of Books that Saved My Life
'What a gift! Read it and give it to everyone you love' KATE RICHARDS, author of Madness: A Memoir
'Irresistibly compassionate, convincing and wise' MORAG ZWARTZ, author of Being Sam
'Moving and informative, this book will leave an indelible mark' AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY

Dr Ranjana Srivastava OAM is an oncologist, award-winning writer, broadcaster and Fulbright scholar.

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Naked Money: 

A Revealing Look at What It Is 

and Why It Matters

Charles Wheelan

Consider the $20 bill.

It has no more value, as a simple slip of paper, than Monopoly money. Yet even children recognize that tearing one into small pieces is an act of inconceivable stupidity. What makes a $20 bill actually worth twenty dollars? In the third volume of his best-selling Naked series, Charles Wheelan uses this seemingly simple question to open the door to the surprisingly colorful world of money and banking.

The search for an answer triggers countless other questions along the way: Why does paper money (“fiat currency” if you want to be fancy) even exist? And why do some nations, like Zimbabwe in the 1990s, print so much of it that it becomes more valuable as toilet paper than as currency? How do central banks use the power of money creation to stop financial crises? Why does most of Europe share a common currency, and why has that arrangement caused so much trouble? And will payment apps, bitcoin, or other new technologies render all of this moot?

In Naked Money, Wheelan tackles all of the above and more, showing us how our banking and monetary systems should work in ideal situations and revealing the havoc and suffering caused in real situations by inflation, deflation, illiquidity, and other monetary effects. Throughout, Wheelan’s uniquely bright-eyed, whimsical style brings levity and clarity to a subject often devoid of both. With illuminating stories from Argentina, Zimbabwe, North Korea, America, China, and elsewhere around the globe, Wheelan demystifies the curious world behind the paper in our wallets and the digits in our bank accounts.

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Gianni A. Sarcone and Marie-Jo Waeber
Optical Illusions: An Eye-Popping Extravaganza of Visual Tricks

An image on a page appears to vibrate, a face gradually disappears, and a puzzling cat makes an appearance in this feast of fascinating optical tricks. Children and adults can discover the fascinating intersection of art, science, and magic in a series of geometric illusions, delusions, distortion effects, and other impossible images.
Designed and drawn by a famous puzzle maker, the book is intended to perplex readers, to excite their sense of wonder, and to encourage them to question the nature of reality. The optical illusions, which combine visual interest with elements of psychology and recreational logic, include many original illusions as well as new adaptations of lesser-known visual tricks. Each of the images is accompanied by a simple commentary that explains how it works.

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Infinite Variety: 

A History of Desire in India

Madhavi Menon

‘Elegant, lucid and funny, this book will appeal to as many readers as there are desires.’—Shohini Ghosh


‘The history of desire in India,’ writes Madhavi Menon in this splendid book, ‘reveals not purity but impurity as a way of life. Not one answer, but many. Not a single history, but multiple tales cutting across laws and boundaries.’ In Bhakti poetry, Radha and Krishna disregard marital fidelity, age, time and gender for erotic love. In Sufi dargahs, pirs (spiritual guides) who were married to women are buried alongside their male disciples, as lovers are. Vatsyayana, author of the world’s most famous manual of sex, insists that he did not compose it ‘for the sake of passion’, and remained celibate through the writing of it. Long hair is widely seen as a symbol of sexuality; and yet, shaved off in a temple, it is a sacred offering. Even as the country has a draconian law to punish homosexuality, heterosexual men share the same bed without comment. Hijras are increasingly marginalized; yet gender has historically been understood as fluid rather than fixed. 

Menon navigates centuries, geographies, personal and public histories, colleges of philosophy, literary and cinematic works, as she examines the many—and often surprising—faces of desire in the Indian subcontinent. Her study ranges from the erotic sculptures of Khajuraho to the shrine of the celibate god Ayyappan; from army barracks to public parks; from Empress Nur Jahan’s paan to home-made kohl; from cross-dressing mystics to androgynous gods. It shows us the connections between grammar and sex, between hair and war, between abstinence and pleasure, between love and death. 

Gloriously subversive, full of extraordinary analyses and insights, this is a book you will read to be enlightened and entertained for years.

About the Author

Madhavi Menon is professor of English at Ashoka University, and writes on desire and queer theory. She is the author of Wanton Words: Rhetoric and Sexuality in English Renaissance Drama; Unhistorical Shakespeare: Queer Theory in Shakespearean Literature and Film; and Indifference to Difference: On Queer Universalism. She is also the editor of Shakesqueer: A Queer Companion to the Complete Works of Shakespeare

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How to Get People to Do Stuff: Master the Art and Science of Persuasion and Motivation

by Susan M. Weinschenk, Ph.D. 

We all want people to do stuff. Whether you want your customers to buy from you, vendors to give you a good deal, your employees to take more initiative, or your spouse to make dinner--a large amount of everyday is about getting the people around you to do stuff. Instead of using your usual tactics that sometimes work and sometimes don't, what if you could harness the power of psychology and brain science to motivate people to do the stuff you want them to do - even getting people to want to do the stuff you want them to do.

In this book you'll learn the 7 drives that motivate people: The Desire For Mastery, The Need To Belong, The Power of Stories, Carrots and Sticks, Instincts, Habits, and Tricks Of The Mind. For each of the 7 drives behavioral psychologist Dr. Susan Weinschenk describes the research behind each drive, and then offers specific strategies to use. Here's just a few things you will learn: 
The more choices people have the more regret they feel about the choice they pick. If you want people to feel less regret then offer them fewer choices. If you are going to use a reward, give the reward continuously at first, and then switch to giving a reward only sometimes. If you want people to act independently, then make a reference to money, BUT if you want people to work with others or help others, then make sure you DON'T refer to money. If you want people to remember something, make sure it is at the beginning or end of your book, presentation, or meeting. Things in the middle are more easily forgotten. If you are using feedback to increase the desire for mastery keep the feedback objective, and don't include praise.

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CONTENTS 

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♦ ALASTAIR COOK - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
 
♦ The Leader's Guide to Lateral Thinking Skills: Powerful Problem-Solving Techniques to Ignite Your Team's Potential by Paul Sloan
 
♦ The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
 
♦ DEMOCRATS AND DISSENTERS by Ramachandra Guha
 
♦ The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
 
♦ Trump vs. China: Facing America's Greatest Threat by Newt Gingrich
 
♦ Swami Prakashananda's Don’t Think of a Monkey: And Other Stories My Guru Told Me
 
♦ Robert Langdon Book Series by Dan Brown
·       Angels & Demons (2000)
·       The Da Vinci Code (2003)
·       The Lost Symbol (2009)
·       Inferno (2013)
·       Origin (2017)
 

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♦ కడిమి చెట్టు (KADIMI CHETTU) by విశ్వనాధ సత్యనారాయణ (Viswanatha Satyanarayana)
♦ A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE SERIES by GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
a. A Game Of Thrones (1996) 
b.  A Clash of Kings (1998) 
c.  A Storm of Swords (2000) 
d. A Feast For Crows (2005) 
e.  A Dance with Dragons (2011)
 
♦ Fire & Blood: 300 YEARS BEFORE GAME OF THRONES. DRAGONS RULED WESTEROS. by George R.R. Martin
 
♦ The Company of Women by Khushwant Singh
 
♦ Vedic Mathematics Made Easy by Dhaval Bhatia
 

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♦ The Curse of Beauty: The Scandalous & Tragic Life of Audrey Munson, America's First Supermodel (2016) Book by James Bone
 
♦ SATYAJIT RAY
·    Complete Adventures of Feluda - Vol. 1
·    The Complete Adventures of Feluda - Vol. 2
 
♦ The Eyes of Darkness by Dean Koontz
 
♦ End of Days: Predictions and Prophecies About 
the End of the World by Sylvia Brownie
 
♦ 1984: India's Guilty Secret by Pav Singh
 
♦ The Sleep of Behemoth: Disputing Peace and Violence in Medieval Europe, 1000-1200 by Jehangir Yezdi Malegam
 
♦ The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
 

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♦ MAHAKAVI KALIDASA's SIX PLAYS by Srinivas Reddy
                         i.   Abhijnanashakuntalam: The Recognition of Shakuntala
                        ii.   Kumarasambhavam: The Origin of Young God
                      iii.   The Loom of Time: A Selection of His Plays and Poems
                      iv.   Malavikagnimitram: The Dancer and the King
                        v.   The Meghadūtam: The Cloud Message
                      vi.   Raghuvamsam: The Line of Raghu
 
♦ The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
 
♦ Cilka's Journey (The Tattooist of Auschwitz #2) by Heather Morris
 
♦ The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
 
♦ The Overstory by Richard Powers
 
♦ The Confession by Jo Spain
 
♦ Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price (2016) by Madhavan Ramanujam
 
♦ Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson
 
♦ జీనా హైతో మర్‌నా సీఖో (Jeena Haitho Marna Seekho) written by Katyayani (కాత్యాయని)

♦ The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas
 

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♦ DURJOY DATTA's NOTABLE WORKS
a)  Of Course I Love You ..! Till I Find Someone Better [2008] (co-author Maanvi Ahuja)
b)  She Broke Up, I Didn’t! .... I just kissed someone else! [2010]
c)  Ohh Yes I Am Single...!: And So Is My Girlfriend (co-author Neeti Rustagi) [2010]
d)  You Were My Crush!...till you said you love me! [2011] (co-author Orvana Ghai)
e)  Now That You're Rich . . . Let's Fall In Love [2011] (Co-authored by Maanvi Ahuja)
f)   Till The Last Breath [2012]
g)  If It's Not Forever ... It's Not Love   [2012] (co-author Nikita Singh)
h)  Someone Like You [2013] (co-author Nikita Singh)
i)   Hold My Hand [2013]
j)   When Only Love Remains [2014]
k)  The World's Best Boyfriend [2015]
l)   Our Impossible Love [2016]
m) The Girl of My Dreams [2016]
n)  The Boy Who Loved [2017]
 
♦ The Kite Runner (Graphic Novel) by Khaled Hosseini
 
♦ How to Be Fine: What We Learned from Living by the Rules of 50 Self-Help Books by Jolenta Greenberg, Kristen Meinzer
 
♦ You are not Alone : Michael: Through a Brother’s Eyes by Jermaine Jackson
 
♦ The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India's New Gilded Age by James Crabtree
 
♦ Here We Are by Graham Swift
 
♦ THE LORD OF THE RINGS By J. R. R. TOLKIEN
·       PART 1 - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
·       PART 2 - THE TWO TOWERS
·       PART 3 - THE RETURN OF THE KING

♦ The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (The Hobbit - The Enchanting Prelude to THE LORD OF THE RINGS) by J.R.R. Tolkien

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ALASTAIR COOK
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Celebrate this fantastic year of cricket with the definitive memoir from cricketing legend, Sir Alastair Cook.

'Bracingly honest about the brutal nature of professional cricket' The Times 
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Sir Alastair Cook is England's greatest batsman. In 12 years he achieved 12,472 runs, 161 Test matches, 33 hundreds, and 4 Ashes series wins.
But such records only tell half the story. Why, at the relatively early age of 33, did he suddenly quit?
Cricket, the sport of gleaming whites and gentility, is polite, friendly, and reserved. But beneath the surface anxiety looms, tensions run high and emotions can be explosive.
Alastair began and ended his England cricketing career on soaring highs, yet at times he feared for his career. He embodies the resilience, endurance and mental determination required at the highest level of international sport, fighting against the constant pressure and the ever-present fear of failure.
He recounts the fiery fall-out with Kevin Pietersen and the ruthless decisions a captain must make. He expands on the highs of leading England to their first series win in India in 28 years, the glory of four Ashes wins and what, finally, convinced him to leave international cricket.
To know Alastair Cook is to know what it takes to be successful, in any field. In this candid autobiography he captures not only what it takes to be one of England's greatest sportsmen but also the price paid by a professional athlete at the top of his game.
'A fascinating and layered book which delves into the psychological challenges of the game . . . a timely read' Guardian

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The Leader's Guide to 

Lateral Thinking Skills: 

Powerful Problem-Solving Techniques to Ignite Your Team's Potential

by Paul Sloan

Do you want to unlock the creative potential of your team?

At times when management literature abounds with dos and donts based on conventional wisdom, here is a powerful defender of the values of unconventional wisdom. Paul Sloane makes a strong case for innovation and lateral thinking in business, where doing new, different things in new, different ways is more important than doing the same things more efficiently. The book is rich with examples from the real world where creative thinking and action have led to astonishing successes (even after numerous failed attempts)and examples where conservatism and conventional thinking have led to obsolescence or catastrophe. The author argues that creative skills can and should be developed at the individual level, the team level and the company level and the book abounds with tips and techniques to help people and organizations expand their potential for innovation. Lateral thinking puzzles placed at the end of each chapter, help reinforce the fact that we all think "in boxes" with assumptions and preconceptions that do not always correspond to reality. An excellent book.

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The Perks 

of Being a 

Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky

The critically acclaimed debut novel from Stephen Chbosky follows observant “wallflower” Charlie as he charts a course through the strange world between adolescence and adulthood. First dates, family drama, and new friends. Sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Devastating loss, young love, and life on the fringes. Caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it, Charlie must learn to navigate those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.


A #1 New York Times best seller for more than a year, an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults (2000) and Best Book for Reluctant Readers (2000), and with millions of copies in print, this novel for teen readers (or “wallflowers” of more-advanced age) will make you laugh, cry, and perhaps feel nostalgic for those moments when you, too, tiptoed onto the dance floor of life.

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DEMOCRATS AND DISSENTERS

by Ramachandra Guha

A major new collection of essays by Ramachandra Guha, Democrats and Dissenters is a work of rigorous scholarship on topics of compelling contemporary interest, written with elegance and wit.
The book covers a wide range of themes: from the varying national projects of India’s neighbors to political debates within India itself, from the responsibilities of writers to the complex relationship between democracy and violence. It has essays critically assessing the work of Amartya Sen and Eric Hobsbawm, essays on the tragic predicament of tribals in India—who are, as Guha demonstrates, far worse off than Dalits or '.s, yet get a fraction of the attention—and on the peculiar absence of a tradition of conservative intellectuals in India.
Each essay takes up an important topic or an influential intellectual, as a window to explore major political and cultural debates in India and the world. Democrats and Dissenters is a book that is certain to be widely read and even more widely discussed.

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The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

One of the most delightful and enduring classics of children's literature, The Secret Garden by Victorian author Frances Hodgson Burnett has remained a firm favorite with children the world over ever since it made its first appearance. Initially published as a serial story in 1910 in The American Magazine, it was brought out in novel form in 1911.

The plot centers round Mary Lennox, a young English girl who returns to England from India, having suffered the immense trauma by losing both her parents in a cholera epidemic. However, her memories of her parents are not pleasant, as they were a selfish, neglectful and pleasure-seeking couple. Mary is given to the care of her uncle Archibald Craven, whom she has never met. She travels to his home, Misselthwaite Manor located in the gloomy Yorkshire, a vast change from the sunny and warm climate she was used to. When she arrives, she is a rude, stubborn and given to stormy temper tantrums. However, her nature undergoes a gradual transformation when she learns of the tragedies that have befallen her strict and disciplinarian uncle whom she earlier feared and despised. Once when he's away from home, Mary discovers a charming walled garden which is always kept locked. The mystery deepens when she hears sounds of sobbing from somewhere within her uncle's vast mansion. The kindly servants ignore her queries or pretend they haven't heard, spiking Mary's curiosity.

The Secret Garden appeals to both young and old alike. It has wonderful elements of mystery, spirituality, charming characters and an authentic rendering of childhood emotions and experiences. Commonsense, truth and kindness, compassion and a belief in the essential goodness of human beings lie at the heart of this unforgettable story. It is the best known of Frances Hodgson Burnett's works, though most of us have definitely heard of, if not read, her other novel Little Lord Fauntleroy.

The book has been adapted extensively on stage, film and television and translated into all the world's major languages. In 1991, a Japanese anime version was launched for television in Japan. It remains a popular and beloved story of a child's journey into maturity, and a must-read for every child, parent, teacher and anyone who would enjoy this fascinating glimpse of childhood. One of the most delightful and enduring classics of children's literature, The Secret Garden by Victorian author Frances Hodgson Burnett has remained a firm favorite with children the world over ever since it made its first appearance. Initially published as a serial story in 1910 in The American Magazine, it was brought out in novel form in 1911."

♪♪♪ THE SECRET GARDEN ♪♪♪

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Trump vs. China: 

Facing America's 

Greatest Threat

by Newt Gingrich

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich sounds the warning bell that communist-ruled China poses the biggest threat to the United States that we have seen in our lifetime.
The United States is currently engaged in a competition with the Chinese government unlike any other that we have witnessed before. This is a competition between the American system-which is governed by freedom and the rule of law-and a totalitarian dictatorship that is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. These are two different visions for the future; one will succeed, and one will fail.
It is possible for America to respond to the Chinese Communist Party's efforts, but doing so will require new thinking, many big changes, and many hard choices for our leaders in government and private sector.
Newt Gingrich's Trump vs. China: Facing America's Greatest Threat will serve as a rallying cry for the American people and a plan of action for our leaders in government and the private sector. Written in a language that every American can understand but still rich in detail and accurate in fact, Trump vs. China will expose the Chinese Communist Party's multi-pronged threat against the United States and what we must do as a country to survive.

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Swami Prakashananda
Don’t Think of a Monkey: And Other Stories My Guru Told Me

This is the first collection of 108 stories the author heard from his Guru, Baba Muktananda over the many years he lived with him. His Guru was a master story teller whose spiritual talks were sprinkled with such stories. They served as a teaching vehicle, sometimes in a humorous way, to convey certain spiritual truths, as well as the follies and antics of humanity.

Many of these stories have been narrated for thousands of years in India, as well as other parts of the Middle East, often modified by the narrator according to the needs of the moment. Muktananda loved stories from all traditions.

Some of Baba’s favorite stories were those relating to the comical character of Mullah Nasrudin. As Nasrudin is known to be a great traveler, we find that he is variously known as the ‘Hodja’, the ‘Mullah’, or simply ‘Nasrudin’ throughout the Middle-East, from the Mediterranean to India. He is referred to as either very stupid, or very wise, clever, and improbable in his exploits. I have therefore included a number of his tales scattered throughout this book.

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వికటకవి గారు నమస‌్కారాలు విశ్వనాథ సత్యనారాయణ గారి కడిమి చెట్టు నవలను అందించమని  ప్రార్థన

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Robert Langdon Book Series

The Robert Langdon book series is named after Robert Langdon, the protagonist of the novels by American author Dan Brown. Langdon is portrayed as a Harvard University professor of religious iconology and symbology, a fictional field related to the study of historic symbols, which is not methodologically connected to the actual discipline of semiotics. Brown's novels that feature the lead character also include historical themes and Christianity as motifs, and as a result have generated controversy. Brown states on his website that his books are not anti-Christian, and that he is on a "constant spiritual journey" himself.

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1) Angels & Demons (2000)

When physicist Leonardo Vetra is murdered and branded with the word Illuminati, his boss, CERN director Maximilian Kohler, asks Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon for help. Meeting Vetra's daughter, Vittoria, Langdon learns that the Illuminati, an ancient anti-religious sect, plan to destroy Vatican City with an antimatter canister invented by Vetra refashioned as a weapon. Arriving during the election of the new Pope, the two follow a secret trail to find the group's lair and stop them. 

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2) The Da Vinci Code (2003)

When the curator of the Louvre, Jacques Saunière, is murdered, circumstancial evidence leaves Robert Langdon as the prime suspect. Joined by Saunière's granddaughter, Sophie Neveu, he seeks to prove his by following a trail left by the secret organization Saunière was part of and discovers a shocking secret dating back to the time of Christ. 

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3) The Lost Symbol (2009)

Robert Langdon arrives in Washington DC at the behest of his mentor, Freemason Peter Solomon, only to find that he's been kidnapped. Joined by his old flame and Solomon's sister, Katherine, Langdon follows a trail of clues that leads him deep into the secrets of the Masons, whose members include Solomon's tattooed kidnapper. 

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4) Inferno (2013)

Robert Langdon wakes up in a hospital bed suffering from amnesia, thanks to a bullet to the head. A woman tries to kill him and he is saved by a doctor, Sienna Brooks, who warns him that the US government now wants him dead. Robert finds links to Dante's Divine Comedy in messages projected by a canister in his jacket pocket and uses his knowledge of symbology to follow a trail leading him to a serious threat posed by a recently deceased madman obsessed with overpopulation. 

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5) Origin (2017)

Robert Langdon is invited to the Guggenheim museum in Spain to attend an event held by famous futurist and former student Edmond Kirsch, who has made a discovery he claims will change the way people view religion forever. When Kirsch is murdered before his announcement, Langdon attempts to uncover and release his secret before it's lost forever, leading him into conflict with those who would prevent the release, including members of Spain's Royal family. 

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