Author: Storyteller Scientist
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
"Did you know there is a flower that intentionally tries to look and smell like rotting meat? Why would it adopt such a bizarre strategy? Imagine a family in the Italy that wouldn't even know if they accidentally broke their legs. But how can something as painful as a fracture go unnoticed? And what if plants hired assassins to kill the herbivores nibbling on their leaves? Also there is a group of scientists trying to make strong painkillers from venom of the most deadly snakes in the world? Interesting, isn’t it? Dr. Pragyan Parker, a world-renowned scientist and educator, delves into these captivating scientific mysteries, including the ones you've just read about. However, his storytelling serves a dire purpose—to save his son, Rachit, from a kidnapper who desires not money but something far more valuable: the secrets of Dr. Parker's groundbreaking secret project, approved personally by the prime minister. In his desperate quest to rescue his only son, Dr. Parker faces harrowing moral dilemmas. Must he choose between his son and the future of his country? What do the kidnappers really want? Dive into this rollercoaster ride of a book to discover some of the most astonishing stories about science and the scientists behind them."
The Curious Case of Dr. Pragyan Parker
Author: Storyteller Scientist
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
"Did you know there is a flower that intentionally tries to look and smell like rotting meat? Why would it adopt such a bizarre strategy? Imagine a family in the Italy that wouldn't even know if they accidentally broke their legs. But how can something as painful as a fracture go unnoticed? And what if plants hired assassins to kill the herbivores nibbling on their leaves? Also there is a group of scientists trying to make strong painkillers from venom of the most deadly snakes in the world? Interesting, isn’t it? Dr. Pragyan Parker, a world-renowned scientist and educator, delves into these captivating scientific mysteries, including the ones you've just read about. However, his storytelling serves a dire purpose—to save his son, Rachit, from a kidnapper who desires not money but something far more valuable: the secrets of Dr. Parker's groundbreaking secret project, approved personally by the prime minister. In his desperate quest to rescue his only son, Dr. Parker faces harrowing moral dilemmas. Must he choose between his son and the future of his country? What do the kidnappers really want? Dive into this rollercoaster ride of a book to discover some of the most astonishing stories about science and the scientists behind them."
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
"Did you know there is a flower that intentionally tries to look and smell like rotting meat? Why would it adopt such a bizarre strategy? Imagine a family in the Italy that wouldn't even know if they accidentally broke their legs. But how can something as painful as a fracture go unnoticed? And what if plants hired assassins to kill the herbivores nibbling on their leaves? Also there is a group of scientists trying to make strong painkillers from venom of the most deadly snakes in the world? Interesting, isn’t it? Dr. Pragyan Parker, a world-renowned scientist and educator, delves into these captivating scientific mysteries, including the ones you've just read about. However, his storytelling serves a dire purpose—to save his son, Rachit, from a kidnapper who desires not money but something far more valuable: the secrets of Dr. Parker's groundbreaking secret project, approved personally by the prime minister. In his desperate quest to rescue his only son, Dr. Parker faces harrowing moral dilemmas. Must he choose between his son and the future of his country? What do the kidnappers really want? Dive into this rollercoaster ride of a book to discover some of the most astonishing stories about science and the scientists behind them."
A Stick in the Dirt
Author: Vidit Uppal
Publisher: One Point Six Technologies Pvt Ltd
ISBN: 8194804426
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Saurabh’s birth is celebrated across the town of Konkur, where people rejoice in the arrival of the much-admired Vinod and Shashi Parashars’ first offspring. Soon, their neighbour’s 5-year-old daughter Vidya is entrusted with the responsibility of Saurabh’s daily wellbeing. They grow up together among the secluded trees, hills and narrow roads of the small town, spending much of their time in an abandoned graveyard they discover near their homes. But when Saurabh starts showing signs of trouble, their seemingly idyllic world begins to quickly unravel. As the incidents become more frequent and violent, he is brandished a pariah by the very people who had once held him aloft. Vidya, Shashi and Vinod’s struggle to come to terms with Saurabh’s impulses, becomes the uncomfortable thread that binds them together and leads them to re-evaluate their own lives and relationships. Traversing through the realms of guilt and solitude, A Stick in the Dirt attempts to grapple with the uncomfortable nature of the unknown and with what it means to be misunderstood by those closest to us.
Publisher: One Point Six Technologies Pvt Ltd
ISBN: 8194804426
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
Saurabh’s birth is celebrated across the town of Konkur, where people rejoice in the arrival of the much-admired Vinod and Shashi Parashars’ first offspring. Soon, their neighbour’s 5-year-old daughter Vidya is entrusted with the responsibility of Saurabh’s daily wellbeing. They grow up together among the secluded trees, hills and narrow roads of the small town, spending much of their time in an abandoned graveyard they discover near their homes. But when Saurabh starts showing signs of trouble, their seemingly idyllic world begins to quickly unravel. As the incidents become more frequent and violent, he is brandished a pariah by the very people who had once held him aloft. Vidya, Shashi and Vinod’s struggle to come to terms with Saurabh’s impulses, becomes the uncomfortable thread that binds them together and leads them to re-evaluate their own lives and relationships. Traversing through the realms of guilt and solitude, A Stick in the Dirt attempts to grapple with the uncomfortable nature of the unknown and with what it means to be misunderstood by those closest to us.
Pigs Have Wings
Author: P.G. Wodehouse
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409063860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Blandings is now a major BBC One television series starring Jennifer Saunders and Timothy Spall. Can the Empress of Blandings win the Fat Pigs class at the Shropshire Show for the third year running? Galahad Threepwood, Beach the butler and others have put their shirt on this, and for Lord Emsworth it will be paradise on earth. But a substantial obstacle lurks in the way: Queen of Matchingham, the new sow of Sir Gregory Parsloe Bart. Galahad knows this pretender to the crown must be pignapped. But can the Empress in turn avoid a similar fate? In this classic Blandings novel, pigs rise above their bulk to vanish and reappear in the most unlikely places, while young lovers are crossed and recrossed in every room in Blandings Castle.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1409063860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Blandings is now a major BBC One television series starring Jennifer Saunders and Timothy Spall. Can the Empress of Blandings win the Fat Pigs class at the Shropshire Show for the third year running? Galahad Threepwood, Beach the butler and others have put their shirt on this, and for Lord Emsworth it will be paradise on earth. But a substantial obstacle lurks in the way: Queen of Matchingham, the new sow of Sir Gregory Parsloe Bart. Galahad knows this pretender to the crown must be pignapped. But can the Empress in turn avoid a similar fate? In this classic Blandings novel, pigs rise above their bulk to vanish and reappear in the most unlikely places, while young lovers are crossed and recrossed in every room in Blandings Castle.
Historical Dictionary of the Tamils
Author: Vijaya Ramaswamy
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538106868
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
The Tamils have an unbroken history of more than two thousand years. Tamil, the language they speak, is one of the oldest living languages in the world. The only people comparable to the Tamils in terms of their hoary past and vibrant present would be the Jews with one marked difference. The Tamils have always had their homeland 'Tamilaham' (alternately pronounced and spelt 'Tamizhaham') known today as Tamil Nadu which to them represents their mother and is revered by them as 'Tamizh Tai' literally ‘Tamil Mother’. This is in striking contrast to the Jews who have been through a long and arduous struggle to gain their homeland, a deeply contested site to this day with Hebrewisation of Israel being a key marker of Jewish identity in the region. Tamils, by contrast have a clear numerical majority in the region that now comprises Tamil Nadu and the language unites rather than divides adherents of different faiths. The second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Tamils contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Tamils.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538106868
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 519
Book Description
The Tamils have an unbroken history of more than two thousand years. Tamil, the language they speak, is one of the oldest living languages in the world. The only people comparable to the Tamils in terms of their hoary past and vibrant present would be the Jews with one marked difference. The Tamils have always had their homeland 'Tamilaham' (alternately pronounced and spelt 'Tamizhaham') known today as Tamil Nadu which to them represents their mother and is revered by them as 'Tamizh Tai' literally ‘Tamil Mother’. This is in striking contrast to the Jews who have been through a long and arduous struggle to gain their homeland, a deeply contested site to this day with Hebrewisation of Israel being a key marker of Jewish identity in the region. Tamils, by contrast have a clear numerical majority in the region that now comprises Tamil Nadu and the language unites rather than divides adherents of different faiths. The second edition of Historical Dictionary of the Tamils contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Tamils.
This Time Is Different
Author: Carmen M. Reinhart
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691152640
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
An empirical investigation of financial crises during the last 800 years.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691152640
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
An empirical investigation of financial crises during the last 800 years.
Kundalini
Author: Pandit Gopi Krishna
Publisher: Orient Paperbacks
ISBN: 812220645X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"What happened to me that early morning during the Christmas of 1937 changed the course of my life and outlook. I sat in a small room in a house on the outskirts of Jammu. I was meditating. Practice had accustomed me to sit in the same posture for hours without discomfort, and as I sat breathing slowly and rhythmically, my attention was drawn towards the crown of my head, contemplating an imaginary lotus in full bloom, radiating light. I sat unmoving and erect. My whole being was so engrossed in the contemplation of the lotus that for several minutes I lost touch with my body and surroundings. The only objet of which I was aware was a lotus of brilliant colour, emitting rays of light. During a spell of intense concentration I suddenly felt a strange sensation below the base of the spine, at the place touching the seat, while I sat cross-legged on a folded blanket spread on the floor. The sensation was so extraordinary and pleasing that my attention was forcibly drawn towards it. My heart beat wildly, and I found it difficult to bring my attention to the required degree of fixity. The sensation extended upwards, growing in intensity. Then, suddenly, with a roar like that of a waterfall, I felt a stream of liquid light entering my brain through the spinal cord. What had happened to me? Was I hallucinating? Or had I by some strange fate succeeded in experiencing the Transcendental? I had read glowing accounts, written by learned men, of great benefits resulting from concentration and of the miraculous powers acquired by yogis through meditation. Was there, after all, really some truth in the repeated claims of the sages and ascetics of India, made for thousands of years that it was possible to apprehend reality in this life if one practised meditation in a certain way? Little did I realize that from that day onwards I was never to be my old normal self again. I had unwittingly and without adequate knowledge, roused to activity the most powerful power in man. I had stepped unknowingly upon the key to the most guarded secret of the ancients, and thenceforth for a long time, I had to live suspended by a thread, swinging between life and death, between sanity and insanity, between lights and darkness, between heaven and earth." An extraordinary autobiographical account of what happens in the mind and body when Kundalini gets spontaneously aroused... one of the clearest journals documenting spiritual transformation and mental evolution onto a higher plane of consciousness.
Publisher: Orient Paperbacks
ISBN: 812220645X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
"What happened to me that early morning during the Christmas of 1937 changed the course of my life and outlook. I sat in a small room in a house on the outskirts of Jammu. I was meditating. Practice had accustomed me to sit in the same posture for hours without discomfort, and as I sat breathing slowly and rhythmically, my attention was drawn towards the crown of my head, contemplating an imaginary lotus in full bloom, radiating light. I sat unmoving and erect. My whole being was so engrossed in the contemplation of the lotus that for several minutes I lost touch with my body and surroundings. The only objet of which I was aware was a lotus of brilliant colour, emitting rays of light. During a spell of intense concentration I suddenly felt a strange sensation below the base of the spine, at the place touching the seat, while I sat cross-legged on a folded blanket spread on the floor. The sensation was so extraordinary and pleasing that my attention was forcibly drawn towards it. My heart beat wildly, and I found it difficult to bring my attention to the required degree of fixity. The sensation extended upwards, growing in intensity. Then, suddenly, with a roar like that of a waterfall, I felt a stream of liquid light entering my brain through the spinal cord. What had happened to me? Was I hallucinating? Or had I by some strange fate succeeded in experiencing the Transcendental? I had read glowing accounts, written by learned men, of great benefits resulting from concentration and of the miraculous powers acquired by yogis through meditation. Was there, after all, really some truth in the repeated claims of the sages and ascetics of India, made for thousands of years that it was possible to apprehend reality in this life if one practised meditation in a certain way? Little did I realize that from that day onwards I was never to be my old normal self again. I had unwittingly and without adequate knowledge, roused to activity the most powerful power in man. I had stepped unknowingly upon the key to the most guarded secret of the ancients, and thenceforth for a long time, I had to live suspended by a thread, swinging between life and death, between sanity and insanity, between lights and darkness, between heaven and earth." An extraordinary autobiographical account of what happens in the mind and body when Kundalini gets spontaneously aroused... one of the clearest journals documenting spiritual transformation and mental evolution onto a higher plane of consciousness.
The Battle for Allegra
Author: Caleb Fast
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Matthew found Marie, now can he get her to safety? After what seemed like an eternity, Matthew's finally saved Marie. In the time since she saw him last he's been through Hell. Not only that, but he's killed a lot more people than he ever thought he would. He's ready for some reprieve. On the other hand, Marie's been held against her will and has been forced to patch up the same Fulcrum soldiers who kidnapped her. Now two parties stand bethween them and their sought after safety. The Fulcrum want to hunt them down and take revenge. The invading alien Beets are just willing to take wahtever kill they can mark up. Matthew and his allies find themselves pressed in the middle of both group's sights. They need to get back to their safe harbor. Preorder The Battle for Allegra: Harborage today! Harborage is the eighth book in the military science fiction novelette series The Battle for Allegra. Join Matthew in the trenches as he fights to save his own skin and the lives of everyone around him. If you love alien invaders, sci-fi trench warfare, and what's quickly becoming The Red Badge of Courage in space, then Harborage is the book for you! This is the science fiction military fiction novelette that you've been waiting for. If you loved The Expanse, Stargate SG-1, or the Ender's Game series, then you're sure to love The Battle for Allegra: Harborage. *** The Battle of Allegra is a short story series that is intended to be read in order! Each episode (which is at least 10,000 words long) tells more of the story. Join in and read them today to see what befalls both Matthew and an entire planet which are both thrust into a war they didn't ask for.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
Matthew found Marie, now can he get her to safety? After what seemed like an eternity, Matthew's finally saved Marie. In the time since she saw him last he's been through Hell. Not only that, but he's killed a lot more people than he ever thought he would. He's ready for some reprieve. On the other hand, Marie's been held against her will and has been forced to patch up the same Fulcrum soldiers who kidnapped her. Now two parties stand bethween them and their sought after safety. The Fulcrum want to hunt them down and take revenge. The invading alien Beets are just willing to take wahtever kill they can mark up. Matthew and his allies find themselves pressed in the middle of both group's sights. They need to get back to their safe harbor. Preorder The Battle for Allegra: Harborage today! Harborage is the eighth book in the military science fiction novelette series The Battle for Allegra. Join Matthew in the trenches as he fights to save his own skin and the lives of everyone around him. If you love alien invaders, sci-fi trench warfare, and what's quickly becoming The Red Badge of Courage in space, then Harborage is the book for you! This is the science fiction military fiction novelette that you've been waiting for. If you loved The Expanse, Stargate SG-1, or the Ender's Game series, then you're sure to love The Battle for Allegra: Harborage. *** The Battle of Allegra is a short story series that is intended to be read in order! Each episode (which is at least 10,000 words long) tells more of the story. Join in and read them today to see what befalls both Matthew and an entire planet which are both thrust into a war they didn't ask for.
Building a Noble World
Author: Shiv R. Jhawar
Publisher: Noble World Foundation
ISBN: 0974919705
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Building a Noble World is a gold standard in spirituality and politics. It offers practical solutions to the present-day world crisis. In these times when national, racial, religious, and personal prejudices are causing unrest and conflicts everywhere, Building a Noble World offers guidance toward safety, harmony, and prosperity in the world. In the book, the author, Shiv R. Jhawar, observes: ?Changes are effected not by changing others, but by changing oneself. Individuals make a family, families make a society, societies make a nation, and nations make a world. Thus, individuals are the world. When individuals change, the world changes. There is no other way.?The book is the result of years of study and research into spirituality. It promotes peace among people of all religions. Emphasizing spirituality as a unifying factor, the author states: "If spirituality were practiced sincerely, one would rise above all religious barriers, expanding the Self to embrace all humanity, even all creation. Religiosity divides, spirituality unites." Building a Noble World is not just a book about spirituality. It is about practical life. It includes topics such as how to stop terrorism, the reformation of the United Nations, the unification of the Indian subcontinent, a solution to the Kashmir issue, Tibet?s spiritual link with India, the author?s own experience of shaktipat, and the science of yoga. Recognizing the United Nations as the only route to world peace, the author concludes: "It is vital that all member nations strive toward making the UN more powerful than ever before." Writing the Introduction to the book, J. V. Lakshmana Rao, Managing Editor of the India Tribune, Chicago, states: ?This thought-provoking book, interspersed with highly knowledgeable quotes from the writings of distinguished spiritual masters, will stimulate the intellect of those who read it. I am confident all will benefit from it. It is hoped that it will help promote peace and brotherhood among all human beings. It is my conviction that this book releases tremendous force that may ultimately help build a nobler world.? By profession, the author is a Chartered Accountant. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Master?s degree in accounting. Enrolled to practice before the Internal Revenue Service, he has been practicing tax accounting in Chicago for over 20 years.
Publisher: Noble World Foundation
ISBN: 0974919705
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Building a Noble World is a gold standard in spirituality and politics. It offers practical solutions to the present-day world crisis. In these times when national, racial, religious, and personal prejudices are causing unrest and conflicts everywhere, Building a Noble World offers guidance toward safety, harmony, and prosperity in the world. In the book, the author, Shiv R. Jhawar, observes: ?Changes are effected not by changing others, but by changing oneself. Individuals make a family, families make a society, societies make a nation, and nations make a world. Thus, individuals are the world. When individuals change, the world changes. There is no other way.?The book is the result of years of study and research into spirituality. It promotes peace among people of all religions. Emphasizing spirituality as a unifying factor, the author states: "If spirituality were practiced sincerely, one would rise above all religious barriers, expanding the Self to embrace all humanity, even all creation. Religiosity divides, spirituality unites." Building a Noble World is not just a book about spirituality. It is about practical life. It includes topics such as how to stop terrorism, the reformation of the United Nations, the unification of the Indian subcontinent, a solution to the Kashmir issue, Tibet?s spiritual link with India, the author?s own experience of shaktipat, and the science of yoga. Recognizing the United Nations as the only route to world peace, the author concludes: "It is vital that all member nations strive toward making the UN more powerful than ever before." Writing the Introduction to the book, J. V. Lakshmana Rao, Managing Editor of the India Tribune, Chicago, states: ?This thought-provoking book, interspersed with highly knowledgeable quotes from the writings of distinguished spiritual masters, will stimulate the intellect of those who read it. I am confident all will benefit from it. It is hoped that it will help promote peace and brotherhood among all human beings. It is my conviction that this book releases tremendous force that may ultimately help build a nobler world.? By profession, the author is a Chartered Accountant. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Master?s degree in accounting. Enrolled to practice before the Internal Revenue Service, he has been practicing tax accounting in Chicago for over 20 years.
Funny Side Up
Author: Ruskin Bond
Publisher: books catalog
ISBN: 9788129108289
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
I have lived to see Bombay become Mumbai, Calcutta become Kolkata, and Madras become Chennai. Times change, names change, and if Bond becomes Bonda I won't object.' With these lines, begins another brilliant collection of essays, stories and poems by writer par excellence, Ruskin Bond. With an ability to look at ordinary situations with unique wit and acuity, Ruskin Bond invites us into his home, his countryside, his life. Peopled with monkeys, wild boars, an aunt with a phobia of flowers, an eccentric cousin who thinks he is the great cricket player Ranji, the wise seven-year-old Gautam, this collection is an absorbing read for readers of all ages.
Publisher: books catalog
ISBN: 9788129108289
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
I have lived to see Bombay become Mumbai, Calcutta become Kolkata, and Madras become Chennai. Times change, names change, and if Bond becomes Bonda I won't object.' With these lines, begins another brilliant collection of essays, stories and poems by writer par excellence, Ruskin Bond. With an ability to look at ordinary situations with unique wit and acuity, Ruskin Bond invites us into his home, his countryside, his life. Peopled with monkeys, wild boars, an aunt with a phobia of flowers, an eccentric cousin who thinks he is the great cricket player Ranji, the wise seven-year-old Gautam, this collection is an absorbing read for readers of all ages.
Prannie Rhatigan's Irish Seaweed Kitchen
Author: Prannie Rhatigan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906886226
Category : Cooking (Marine algae)
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Irish seaboard lore, recipes old & new, nutritional information & personal anecdote combine with the faintest hint of nostalgia in this refreshingly original mix of common sense & practical cookery.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781906886226
Category : Cooking (Marine algae)
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Irish seaboard lore, recipes old & new, nutritional information & personal anecdote combine with the faintest hint of nostalgia in this refreshingly original mix of common sense & practical cookery.