A fascinating account of an audacious woman's journey and a rapidly vanishing way of life, Azadis Daughter is both a personal memoir and a political commentary.
A fascinating account of an audacious woman's journey and a rapidly vanishing way of life, Azadis Daughter is both a personal memoir and a political commentary.
In March 2014, James Tooley, a champion of low-cost private schools across South Asia and Africa, was enjoying a well-deserved break in Hyderabad, reunited with his girlfriend Sara and niece Alissa.
For a few years in the early 1990sat a time when the embers of a violent agitation for Gorkhaland were slowly dying downParimal Bhattacharya taught at the Government College in Darjeeling.
';The story of India's most neglected region told by the narrative voice of a poor, petulant reporter Stripped of the exotic, the Northeast in [this book] appears bare, burnt and betrayed'Scroll.
';The story of India's most neglected region told by the narrative voice of a poor, petulant reporter Stripped of the exotic, the Northeast in [this book] appears bare, burnt and betrayed'Scroll.
The girl who loved cycling along the tree-lined avenues of a brand new Lutyens' Delhi could never have dreamt that five decades later she would govern, and transform, Delhi as its chief minister not once, but thrice consecutively.
Sushila Lotlikar was barely in her teens when tragedy forced her to give up her education and join Parshwanath Altekar's Little Theatre in Mumbai in 1940.
Sushila Lotlikar was barely in her teens when tragedy forced her to give up her education and join Parshwanath Altekar's Little Theatre in Mumbai in 1940.
War reporters tend to have shorter lives than many others in the same profession of journalism, simply because they are exposed to more day-to-day risks in remote parts of the world where timely help is a prized commodity.
Jacob Abbott's series of biographies of prominent historical figures, Makers of History, includes one of the world's most inspiring figures: Alexander the Great.
Written between 1771 and 1790, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is an unfinished record of Franklin's rich life history and the legacy he built in his scientific and political career.
Counted among the "e;100 Most Important Spiritual Books of the 20th Century"e;, by Harper Collins, Autobiography of a Yogi is a personal account written by Paramahansa Yogananda, chronicling his journey into spiritual life, from childhood to monkhood.
The scientific study of all forms of human and animal behaviour, sometimes concerned with the methods through which behaviour can be modified is collectively known as psychology.
The scientific study of all forms of human and animal behaviour, sometimes concerned with the methods through which behaviour can be modified is collectively known as psychology.
This autobiography is a rare story of the courage and the conviction of a person holding a position of power and authority, taking on the high and the mighty, refusing to buckle under pressure and do what is unethical and illegal, risking his career time and again.
The Asian Development Bank, under the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation program, is helping Maldives implement a robust domestic and regional trade system.
После знакомства с описанием раннего детства писательницы в Нидерландской Индии(ныне Индонезии) и нескольких лет пребывания в японском концентрационом лагере во время второй мировой войны, мы узнаем о внутренней жизни нескольких новых и традиционных духовных школ Запада и Востока, начиная с 60х годов прошлого столетия, в том числе и международного суфийского движения, основанного великим Мастером западного суфизма Хазрат Инайат Ханом.
Un romanzo autobiografico in cui scrittura e vita si fondono in un equilibrio che annoda la realtà alla necessaria dose di fantasia e autoironia, per declinare la difficoltà e la speranza.
An inspiring story of hearing loss and hope from The Bachelor's first deaf contestantAbigail Heringer made her television debut as an instant fan-favorite on season 25 of The Bachelor.
Esta colección de enseñanzas del maestro Namkhai Norbu contiene las bases para observarnos, comprender nuestra verdadera condición y, así, poder integrar los fundamentos del Dharma budista.
"En Iban a la muerte como a una fiesta, el padre Plácido María Gil Imirizaldu nos narra --como testigo privilegiado que fue-- uno de los episodios más sobrecogedores de aquella Guerra Civil en la que se desataron todos los demonios: el martirio de los monjes benedictinos de El Pueyo, que corrieron --en aquel Barbastro tomado por las milicias anarquistas-- la misma suerte que escolapios y claretianos, así como otros muchos sacerdotes diocesanos del lugar, con su obispo al frente.
Los herejes, los disidentes del pensamiento común, obligan a poner en duda las ideas generalmente admitidas que sobreviven en muchos casos por inercia.
Iñigo Lamarca es homosexual, y este libro no sólo se limita a dar testimonio de ello, sino que constituye una reivindicación del derecho a vivir con total normalidad su condición.