＜p＞Chemis-tree: A Hilarious Journey through the Elemental World of Love and Laughter＜/p＞ ＜p＞Step into the whimsical world of Chemville, where laughter bubbles, sparks fly, and love blooms in the most unexpected places. In "Chemis-tree," embark on a hilarious journey through the periodic table as each element comes to life with its own unique brand of humor and charm.＜/p＞ ＜p＞From the Carbonated Comedian's effervescent wit to the Neon Luminary's radiant charm, join the colorful cast of characters as they navigate the ups and downs of love and laughter in a world where chemistry isn't just a scienceーit's a recipe for comedic genius.＜/p＞ ＜p＞With laugh-out-loud humor and heartwarming moments, "Chemis-tree" invites readers to explore the lighter side of chemistry as each element takes center stage in a series of side-splitting adventures. From hydrogen-fueled hijinks to sulfuric shenanigans, every page is packed with witty banter, clever puns, and unforgettable characters that will leave you smiling long after you've closed the book.＜/p＞ ＜p＞So, grab a seat, buckle up, and get ready for a ride through the elemental world of love and laughter. "Chemis-tree" is the ultimate comedic romp that will tickle your funny bone and warm your heart in equal measure. Get ready to fall in love with chemistry all over again, one hilarious element at a time.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞India: a land that witnessed the dawn of civilization, the only pre-Bronze Age culture that is still alive. It has been celebrated and attacked, admired and vilified. But across millennia, through many great upheavals in history, it has stood strong. Now, after a few centuries of decline, it is driving a new dawn once again. Ajanaabhavarsh. Bharat. Hindustan. India. The names may be varied, but the soul of this great land remains immortal.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In this expanded edition of his much-acclaimed book ＜em＞Immortal India: Young Country, Timeless Civilization＜/em＞, Amish helps you appreciate India like never before through a fresh series of sharp articles, nuanced speeches and intelligent debates. With his deep understanding of a range of subjects, from religion, mythology and tradition to history, contemporary societal norms, governance and ethics, Amish provides insight into the vast landscape of an ancient culture with a fascinatingly modern outlook.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Bowling & Buddy's＜/p＞ ＜p＞Greg and I had been part of a bowling league most of our marriage. We had three championship trophies, and we were known in the community for being competitive with one another. Greg's buddies at work decided to start a league and he signed us up for it. What he failed to tell me, was this league gambled each game. Greg knew how I felt about spending money on gambling, so he came up with an alternative that was more fun. Not just for me, but for his buddy's.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞'We are convinced that if we are to play a meaningful role nationally, and in the community of nations, we must be second to none in the application of advanced technologies to the real problems of man and society, and the courage to leapfrog to state-of-the-art engineering and technology pursuits rather than step-by-step scientific developments.' These famous words of Dr Vikram Sarabhai propel every initiative of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The Leapfroggers, too, is an outcome of the same spirit. Featured in the book is Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the first Project Director of SLV-3, India's most prestigious space project in the 1970s. Ved Prakash Sandlas was part of Kalam's core team and eventually took over from him after the first successful launch in 1980. Sandlas was one of the first engineers to join ISRO in its formative years in the 1960s. In this book, he reflects on the ISRO culture: the styles, values and characteristics of its people; their aspirations and ambitions; and their beliefs, prejudices, superstitions and limitations. Woven with interesting anecdotes and scientific detail, The Leapfroggers is the human story of ISRO's and India's technological advancement.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞'A joyful rendition of an iconic text' - Arundhathi Subramaniam＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Saundarya Lahari＜/em＞ is a popular Sanskrit hymn celebrating the power and beauty of Sakti, the primordial goddess. In one hundred verses, it underlines the centrality of the feminine principle in Indian thought.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Attributed to Adi Sankaracarya, ＜em＞Saundarya Lahari＜/em＞ is a valuable source for understanding tantric ideas. Every verse is associated with yantras and encoded mantras for tantric rituals, and specific verses in the hymn are considered potent for acquiring good health, lovers, and even poetic skills.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mani Rao's ＜em＞Saundarya Lahari＜/em＞ is an inspired, lyrical translation that renders the esoteric immediate and the distant near.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞＜em＞＜strong＞| WINNER OF THE GAJA CAPITAL BUSINESS BOOK PRIZE 2019 |＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The nineteenth century was an exciting time of initiative and enterprise around the world. If John D. Rockefeller was creating unimagined wealth in the United States that he would put to the service of the nation, a Parsi family with humble roots was doing the same in India.＜/p＞ ＜p＞In 1822, a boy was born in a priestly household in Gujarat's Navsari village. Young Nusserwanji knew early on that his destiny lay beyond his village and decided to head for Bombay to start a business - the first in his family to do so. He had neither higher education nor knowledge of business matters, just a burning passion to carve a path of his own.＜/p＞ ＜p＞What Nusserwanji started as a cotton trading venture, his son Jamsetji, born in the same year as Rockefeller, grew into a multifaceted business, turning around sick textile mills, setting up an iron and steel company, envisioning a cutting-edge institute of higher learning, building a world-class hotel, and earning himself the title of the 'Bhishma Pitamah of Indian Industry'. Stewarded ably over the decades by Jamsetji's sons Dorabji and Ratanji, the charismatic and larger-than-life JRD, and thereafter the more business-like Ratan, the Tata group today is a 110-billion-dollar empire.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The Tatas＜/em＞ is their story. But it is more than just a history of the industrial house; it is an inspiring account of India in the making. It chronicles how each generation of the family invested not only in the expansion of its own business interests but also in nation building. Few know, for instance, that the first hydel power project in the world was conceived of and built by the Tatas. Nor that some radical labour concepts such as eight-hour work shifts were born in India, at the Tata mill in Nagpur. The Tata Cancer Research Centre, the Indian Institute of Science, the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, as also the national carrier Air India - the family has a long, rich and unrivalled legacy.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞The Tatas＜/em＞ is a tribute to a line of visionaries who have a special place in the hearts and minds of ordinary Indians. Written by seasoned journalist Girish Kuber, this is also the only book that tells the complete Tata story spanning almost two hundred years.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Werewolves and wolves all in this modern age. A normal girl's life, turns out to be not so normal. These demons she has to deal with inside her. Who is she really? Can she find herself? What is reality and what is the nightmare? Is the nightmare, reality? So many questions no one knows the answer to. What secrets are others keeping? What lies am I willing to tell to keep my secrets?＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞'Bette Dam's biography/hunt for the truth behind the figure of Mullah Omar will change everything you thought you know about Afghanistan.' --Victor Blue, fellow at the New America Foundation, photographer for ＜em＞The New York Times＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞'Bette Dam is the most knowledgeable scholar on Mullah Omar.' --Carter Malkasian, former adviser to American military commanders in Afghanistan＜/p＞ ＜p＞'Dam's richly detailed study, based on years spent tracking the Taliban as an investigative journalist, exposes many of the inner workings of the group-and highlights how little the West truly understands about how the movement functions.' --Review in ＜em＞Foreign Affairs＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞'Bette Dam is one of the most talented researchers I know.' --Anand Gopal, author Pulitzer-nominated ＜em＞No Good Men Among the Living＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞For twenty years, the Taliban was the number one enemy of Western forces in Afghanistan. But it was an enemy that they knew little about, and about whose founder and leader, Mullah Omar, they knew even less.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Armed with only a fuzzy black-and-white photo of the man, investigative journalist Bette Dam decided to track down the reclusive Taliban chief a decade back. But in the course of what had seemed an almost impossible job, she got to know the Taliban inside out, realized how dangerously misinformed the global forces fighting it were, and made a startling discovery about the elusive Omar's whereabouts.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The outcome of a five-year-long pursuit, ＜em＞Looking for the Enemy＜/em＞ is a woman journalist's epic story that takes the reader deep into the dangerous mountains and war-ravaged valleys of Afghanistan as it throws up several unknowns about an organization that is now once again at the helm in one of the world's most fragile states.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞In this poignant coming-of-age tale, Lance, a lovestruck teenage boy, finds himself infatuated with the captivating Haven, a girl whose beauty, daring spirit, and boldness capture his heart. However, an unfortunate misunderstanding leaves Haven convinced that Lance is gay, rendering their romantic connection seemingly impossible. Living just across the street from each other, Lance and Haven embark on a series of erotically playful and almost-romantic escapades, deepening their bond as they navigate the complexities of adolescence and self-discovery. Through laughter, heartache, and newfound clarity, Lance embarks on a journey of self-realization, ultimately discovering that true love and happiness may lie in unexpected places.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Lily, the rebellious daughter of a mafia kingpin, tests the boundaries of her sheltered world by engaging in petty crimes. Accidentally stowing away on a plane to Dubai one night, she crosses paths with Prince Ahmed, a formidable royal figure. Despite their initial clashes, a captivating romance blossoms between them, but their love faces a daunting test when Lily's father discovers their connection. Will Prince Ahmed prove to be a match for the formidable mafia boss, or will their love be torn apart by the forces that seek to control them?＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞＜em＞Do you know the story where Brahma and Vishnu race against each other or where Shiva battles Krishna?＜/em＞ ＜em＞Do you know about Maya Sita or Narada's monkey face? Or why Surya falls from the sky or why Chandra commits adultery?＜/em＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Puranas of Hinduism are a universe of wisdom, embodying a fundamental quest for answers that makes them forever relevant. Now, for the first time, 100 of the greatest mythological tales from these ancient texts have been handpicked and compiled into an epic illustrated edition. Besides popular legends of devas, asuras, sages and kings, Satyarth Nayak has dug up lesser-known stories, like the one where Vishnu is beheaded or where Saraswati curses Lakshmi or where Harishchandra tricks Varuna. Nayak also recounts these 100 tales in a unique chronological format, beginning with Creation in Satya Yuga and ending with the advent of Kali Yuga. Using Puranic markers, he constructs a narrative that travels through the four yugas, offering continuous and organic action. In such a reading, it is revealed that these stories are not isolated events but linked to each other in the grand scheme of things. That every occurrence has a past and a future. A cause and effect. An interconnected cycle of karma and karma-phal.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Delving into the minds of gods, demons and humans alike, ＜em＞Mahagatha＜/em＞ seeks a deeper understanding of their motivations. The timelessness of their impulses speaks across the aeons to readers of today. Written in lively prose with charming illustrations, these 100 tales will entertain and enlighten, and make you connect the dots of Hindu mythology like never before.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Selena had long realized her old school friend Mila was quite a toxic character and was becoming increasingly worse. When two incidents that can't be ignored take place in a row, Selena decides she has no choice but to write Mila off, once and for all. Yet when, months later, Mila goes so far as to kidnap a baby girl to pretend it's her own child, done as a way of trying to hold on to one of her inappropriate boyfriends, Selena, now working at a television news station, fears she's going to be found out and exposed as an old friend of Mila's. She wants nothing more than to remain uninvolved, but of course, that doesn't work. Then the situation explodes in a whole different direction, Mila is dead, and the baby is nowhere to be found. Or is she?＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Bal Thackeray and his Shiv Sena exposed!Full of anecdotes and pulling no punches, Samrat explores the life and times of Bal Thackeray and attempts to bring to the readers a unique insight into how a rather timid man from the working classes was shaped by his circumstances - and certain vested interests - into becoming a demagogue with the kind of success and following few could either dream of or replicate in the future. Thackeray not just changed the name of Bombay to Mumbai but quite altered the character and fabric of the city even though he was driven not by ideology, as might have seemed to most outsiders, but by his own pragmatism and personal interests. As Vir Sanghvi says in the foreword, 'The book is an attempt to understand the milieu that Thackeray operated in and to capture the essence of his style amidst the shifting stands and the politics of pragmatism'.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞＜strong＞In this haunting tale of supernatural suspense, love will be tested, secrets will unravel, and the dead will speak.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Hope Hendriks thought she had hit rock bottom when her husband took his own life, leaving her broke and homeless. Hoping for a fresh start, she takes a new job in Tennessee, moving into a run-down rental property in a lake community. Still mourning the loss of a man she seemingly never knew, Hope is confronted by a host of alarming and inexplicable occurrences that suggest her deceased husband may still be with her.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Down on his luck and living with a volatile girlfriend, Reed Sewall finds his new neighbor intriguing. More than once, she's asked him to check the house for home invaders, and although he has no expectations beyond friendship, his attachment to her grows. Even so, she's a grieving widow, and he's a battered boyfriendーnot a great recipe for a relationship.＜/p＞ ＜p＞As Hope seeks to uncover the mystery of her husband's life and death, the supernatural activity within her home intensifies, and neighbors whisper tales of a family who met tragic ends within its walls. Reed soon finds himself pulled into Hope's perilous quest for answers, and a horrifying force set in motion long ago threatens to pull both down in death's grip.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Until Death＜/em＞ is a haunting exploration of the ties that bind us even in death and questions whether love can conquer all when faced with unspeakable evil.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Although Mikhail Bakhtin's study of the novel does not focus in any systematic way on the role that translation plays in the processes of novelistic creation and dissemination, when he does broach the topic he grants translation'a disproportionately significant role in the emergence and constitution of literature.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The contributors to this volume, from the US, Hong Kong, Finland, Japan, Spain, Italy, Bangladesh, and Belgium, bring their own polyphonic experiences with the theory and practice of translation to the discussion of Bakhtin's ideas about this topic, in order to illuminate their relevance to translation studies today. Broadly stated, the essays examine the art of translation as an exercise in a cultural ＜em＞re-accentuation＜/em＞ (a transferal of the original text and its characters to the novel soil of a different language and culture, which inevitably leads to the proliferation of multivalent meanings), and to explore the various re-accentuation devices employed over the span of the last 100 years in translating modern texts from one language to another.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Through its contributors, ＜em＞The Art of Translation in Light of Bakhtin's Re-accentuation＜/em＞ brings together different cultural contexts and disciplines (such as literature, literary theory, the visual arts, pedagogy, translation studies, and philosophy) to demonstrate the continued international relevance of Bakhtin's ideas to the study of creative practices, broadly understood.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞The death of her husband means that not only is Tabitha Gage no longer a ladyーbut she's also abandoned on an isolated Southern Georgia plantation on the eve of revolution. With the fine house and fields sold to a neighbor, she's left with a log cabin on unsettled timber land. Rather than marry the neighbor's son, Tabitha determines to make her own wayーand never again be shackled to a man she doesn't love.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Sergeant Edmond Lassiter is one assignment away from promotion when he comes to the aid of a red-haired beauty fending off cattle rustlers. Thrown together during an attack at a nearby fort, the Patriot scout and Loyalist widow are surprised by the values they share. When Edmond learns the same man who ruined his family is after the little Tabitha has left, he convinces her they should work together to make her land profitableーall while fighting off the British from East Florida and her greedy neighbor, who sabotages their every effort to succeed. A business arrangement, nothing more. But as a British invasion threatens, Edmond finds he's risking far more than his heart.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞A family is unable to decide whether a parrot who has landed in its garden is a Hindu or a Muslim.＜/p＞ ＜p＞A courtesan loses her ancestral mirror to rioters. The family that now possesses it finds itself transformed.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Mutta celebrates her freedom from domestic drudgery.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Vatsyayana hands you the keys to sexual bliss.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Hira Dom berates the caste system.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Over the centuries, many great empires and kingdoms took root in Bihar and, along with advancements in mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, science and statecraft, they produced exemplary works of literature.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The Book of Bihari Literature is a vibrant collection of writings-poems, essays, stories-that have flowed from the pens of the great poets, thinkers and writers across millennia, who were born or lived in what is modern-day Bihar. This book makes accessible to English-speaking readers the bounty of Bihari literature, and brings to the fore works in neglected languages by ancient philosophers and celebrated contemporary authors alike.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞＜strong＞She’s on a mission to move on. He swore to stay alone forever. Will an unplanned conception seduce them into a happy ending?＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Isabella Noveas is working through her grief as best she can. So following her late husband’s to-do list for her to press forward, the curvy single mom finally checks off a sizzling one-night stand. And with a terrible track record of falling for the wrong men, she leaves with only memories of a passionate fling… until the pregnancy test reads positive.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Nash Emerson is hiding from life. Still in pain over a fianc?e who went missing five years ago, he’s not ready for anything more than an anonymous evening of white-hot chemistry. But stunned after the beautiful stranger reappears claiming he's about to become a father, the grumpy fisherman reluctantly opens up to a cordial relationship.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Striving to be a good parent to her autistic teen son, Isabella worries she can’t rely on the handsome hulk even when he ignites a spark of hope for happiness. And as Nash adjusts to growing intimacy with the Latina bombshell, a shocking revelation makes him question if he can do love all over again.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Can they overcome their fears long enough for their hearts to catch each other?＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞Stepping Into Tomorrow＜/em＞ is the steamy first book in The Emerson Family of Shattered Cove contemporary romance series. If you like resilient characters, rollercoaster feelings, and deadly secrets, then you’ll adore A. M. Kusi’s vividly moving tale.＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞Buy ＜em＞Stepping Into Tomorrow＜/em＞ for a future full of desire today!＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜em＞**No cheating. HEA guaranteed.***＜/em＞＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Sidney, a restless American backpacker exploring Europe in search of excitement, discovers an unexpected adventure in the quaint town of Sipaja in Eastern Europe. There, she encounters Robert, the enigmatic proprietor of a peculiar hostel where male patrons pay for free access to the female guests. Despite the allure of these erotic encounters, Sidney's heart is drawn to Robert, a handsome yet inexperienced man. As their relationship deepens, Sidney learns of Robert's brother, Milan, a monk guarding a mystical tome within an ancient monaster that holds the secrets of romantic love. Together, they embark on a journey to unlock the mysteries of the heart.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞＜strong＞The collective, indeterminable madness of Karachi＜/strong＞＜br /＞ And how is one to extract Karachi from oneself? The city gathers wanderers and dreamers into its bosom, contradictory, impenetrable, endlessly jostling its subjects to make room for new ones. And in this city of subterranean terrors and surprising bouts of goodness, a brother and a sister grow into their own. Seema and Hafiz, born into a Basti, long to make something of themselves. But when Seema wins a scholarship to attend university, she finds that social barriers are not easily defied, and when Hafiz finds himself smitten by a coworker's wife, he learns of the mutability of love and friendship. Meanwhile, Claire, an American anthropologist, discovers that while her professional training will only take her so far in her quest to unravel Karachi, living in the Basti is an education in itself. Anis Shivani's debut novel is an ambitious work that aches with intimacy even as it encompasses an entire generation into its bold, panoramic vision. Karachi Raj is the sort of book that will shape our understanding of urban Pakistan for years to come.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞'Few people know more about India's financial system than Dr Y.V. Reddy. And even fewer have the authority that he commands.' - Raghuram Rajan, former RBI governor＜/p＞ ＜p＞'If America had a central bank chief like Y.V. Reddy, the US economy would not have been in such a mess.' - Joseph Stiglitz, economist and Columbia University professor＜/p＞ ＜p＞'One among the brightest intellectuals living in India today...the most eminent central banker of the last decade across the world.' - P. Chidambaram, former Union finance minister＜/p＞ ＜p＞'How did India manage to beat the odds? [It was] largely the result of the sound management and foresight of one man: Yaga Venugopal Reddy.' - Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman of the Niti Aayog＜/p＞ ＜p＞'I have high regard for him for two reasons. First, his complete integrity. There are very few civil servants like him who are not self-centered. He does not want to please any bureaucrat or minister. Second, his devotion to work. Intellectually, he is very open.' - Bimal Jalan, former RBI governor＜/p＞ ＜p＞'Unlike Alan Greenspan, who didn't believe it was his job to even point out bubbles, much less try to deflate them, Mr Reddy saw his job as making sure Indian banks did not get too caught up in the bubble mentality.' - Joe Nocera, American journalist and author＜/p＞ ＜p＞'Dr Reddy is of a generation that believed public service was the highest calling.' - Karina Robinson, editor, ＜em＞The Banker＜/em＞ magazine＜/p＞ ＜p＞A journalist once asked Y.V. Reddy, 'Governor, how independent is the RBI?''I am very independent,' Reddy replied. 'The RBI has full autonomy. I have the permission of my finance minister to tell you that.'Reddy may have put it lightly but it is a theme he deals with at length in Advice and Dissent. Spanning a long career in public service which began with his joining the IAS in 1964, he writes about decision making at several levels. In his dealings, he was firm, unafraid to speak his mind, but avoided open discord.In a book that appeals to the lay reader and the finance specialist alike, Reddy gives an account of the debate and thinking behind some landmark events, and some remarkable initiatives of his own, whose benefits reached the man on the street. Reading between the lines, one recognizes controversies on key policy decisions which reverberate even now.This book provides a ringside view of the licence permit raj, drought, bonded labour, draconian forex controls, the balance of payments crisis, liberalisation, high finance, and the emergence of India as a key player in the global economy. He also shares his experience of working closely with some of the architects of India's economic change: Manmohan Singh, Bimal Jalan, C. Rangarajan, Yashwant Sinha, Jaswant Singh and P. Chidambaram. He also worked closely with extraordinary leaders like N.T. Rama Rao, as described in a memorable chapter.As governor of the RBI from 2003 to 2008 he presided over a period of high growth, low inflation, a stable rupee and ample foreign exchange reserves -- a far cry from the 1991 crisis he lived through and describes in vivid detail, when the country had to mortgage its gold to meet its debt obligations. He is credited with saving the Indian banking system from the sub-prime and liquidity crisis of 2008 that erupted shortly after his term at RBI ended.Dr Reddy provides insight into post-crisis reflection undertaken by several global institutions on the international monetary system and financial architecture. In addition, he describes the development of the Fourteenth Finance Commission report, which he chaired, and is considered a game changer.Leavened with his irrepressible sense of humour, Advice and Dissent is a warm, engaging account of a life that moves easily from his career in the districts as a young IAS officer to the higher echelons of policy making, in a trajectory that follows change in the country itself.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Novela de romance victoriano Todo estaba listo para que Valerie Ashton, la debutante suceso hiciera una boda so?ada con el heredero de Raveston, pero una serie de sucesos desafortunados echar?n por el suelo los ambiciosos planes de su hermano y la llevar?n a buscar refugio en el castillo de unos parientes, en las costas de Dover. Perdida toda esperanza y sabiendo que debe regresar a su hogar, sin boda y acosada por el esc?ndalo, Valerie recibe una proposici?n matrimonial que no piensa aceptar pero que sabe es su ?nica salida... La propuesta matrimonial de Patrick Wellington, el guapo y reservado caballero que sin embargo tiene la fama de ser el libertino m?s alegre de todo Londres parece llegar en el momento oportuno, excepto que Valerie piensa que prefiere convertirse en una consumada solterona a aceptar la ayuda de ese hombre. Est? furiosa pero atrapada porque esos ojos azules hace tiempo que la miran con creciente deseo y al parecer ese atrevido libertino no est? dispuesto a aceptar un no por respuesta..＜/p＞ ＜p＞Primero libro de la saga Hermanas Ashton＜/p＞ ＜p＞contin?a en Una boda en Escocia＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞New Delhi, 2017. It is nine years since the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai and the wounds have still not healed. Especially not for Superintendent of Police Vikrant Singh, who ends up landing a slap on the High Commissioner of Pakistan's face when he meets him at an event. Meanwhile, in Bhopal, five members of the Indian Mujahideen, arrested by Vikrant, break out of the Central Jail. Vikrant, suspended for the diplomatic disaster, is unofficially asked to assist the team tracking the escaped terrorists. In another part of the country, a retired tycoon, a heartbroken ex-soldier and a young woman dealing with demons of her own embark on a journey of self-discovery aboard a cruise liner from Mumbai to Lakshadweep. Fate, however, has other plans, and the cruise liner is hijacked. Racy and riveting, this is Hussain Zaidi at his best.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Examining how British writers are addressing the urgent matter of how we form and express group belonging in the 21st century, this book brings together a range of international scholars to explore the ongoing crises, developments and possibilities inherent in the task of representing community in the present. Including an extended critical introduction that positions the individual chapters in relation to broader conceptual questions, chapters combine close reading and engagement with the latest theories and concepts to engage with the complex regionalities of the United Kingdom, with representation of writers from all parts of the UK including Northern Ireland.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Including specific focus on the most challenging issues for community in the past five years, notably Brexit and the Covid-19 crisis, with a broader understanding of themes of local and national belonging, this book offers detailed discussions of writers including Ali Smith, Niall Griffiths, John McGregor, Max Porter, Amanda Craig, Bernadine Evaristo, Jonathan Coe, Bernie McGill, Jan Carson, Guy Gunaratne, Anthony Cartright, Barney Farmer, Maggie Gee and Sarah Hall.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Demonstrating some of the resources that literature can offer for a renewed understanding of community, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in how British Literature contributes to our understanding of society in both the past and present, and how such understanding can potentially help us to shape the future.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞A child cares for a family of pigeons nesting in his balcony; is his parents' relationship as diseased as the illness ravaging the baby pigeons? A man mulls over desire engendered by love and that which springs from mere lust. A couple confesses to the reader the reasons for the widening chasm between them. An intricate mesh of relationships and lives, Thirteen Kinds of Love follows the fortunes of several families living and working in an apartment block in Mumbai. This is a book about loving and losing, about trying to redeem oneself, about attempts to remake and refashion what has been torn asunder. Soumya Bhattacharya draws the reader into the narrative using his deeply evocative, distinctive prose. This is an astute exploration of how we live and love today.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞It seems that Thomas was injured and has some sequelae. So when the breeding cattle are in estrus in the spring, or when the beef cattle are sent out for long-distance transfer, Thomas may be a little overwhelmed.＜br /＞ "How about this, six hundred dollars a week, I think all the work can be completed in one and a half months." Sergio formally began to quote, "All the machines are mine, and a batch of my new machines have been delivered one after another."＜br /＞ Thomas picked up the wine glass, thought for a while and said, "Six hundred and fifty dollars a week, if you need to replant the pasture, it will be much easier. But it will be troublesome to replace the pasture, I have to deep plow to remove their roots. And I don't think the work can be completed in one and a half months, it will take two months."＜br /＞ Sergio stretched out his right hand and said with a smile, "Then we have a deal, I hope to see you at the pasture tomorrow."＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞Certainly! The world is filled with stories that defy explanation, tales that puzzle the mind and stir the imagination. Let's delve into some of the most intriguing mysterious and unexplained cases that have baffled experts and captivated the public.＜/p＞ ＜p＞On Christmas Eve in 1945, a fire engulfed the home of the Sodder family in Fayetteville, West Virginia. George and Jennie Sodder, along with nine of their ten children, escaped the blaze. However, five of their children were never found. Despite extensive investigations, no remains were discovered in the ashes. Speculations about their fate ranged from abduction to a cover-up, but the mystery remains unsolved to this day.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞A rollercoaster ride through Indian publishingFor nearly forty years, Ashok Chopra has been responsible for publishing some of the biggest names in India: Khushwant Singh, Shobhaa De, Dom Moraes, Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins are part of his illustrious list. In this candid and colourful memoir, Chopra brings his long experience to explain what works and what doesn't in the Indian market: Why do some books last when others don't? Is there a winning formula for publishers and writers? What do readers in India want? How does one commission textbooks and reference guides? What should one do about bans and censorship? And how is the market holding up in the age of e-books and digital readers? While going into the commercial aspects of publishing, he does not forget the human stories. Be it sourcing manuscripts, chasing celebrity authors like Dilip Kumar and Anupam Kher, scoring historic deals in the cut-throat world of publishing or managing egotists, eccentrics and windbags, Chopra's adventures and ordeals are unfailingly entertaining. If he celebrates the hits (the runaway success of Freedom at Midnight, for instance), he does not leave out the misses (such as Shalimar, the book based on the movie, one of the biggest flops of Indian publishing). Along the way, he recounts scandalous episodes, stories of wild parties and lavish book events on warships and boats.Filled with rip-roaring revelations and honest reminiscences, this is the definitive story of English-language book publishing in India -- tracing its journey from the winding lanes of Daryaganj in New Delhi to the glamour of high-profile book launches.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞**'＜strong＞＜strong＞A perfect book club read ... Assured and powerful＜/strong＞＜/strong＞'**＜em＞＜strong＞SUNDAY TIMES＜/strong＞＜/em＞＜br /＞ ＜strong＞'＜strong＞＜strong＞A compelling, compassionate page-turner＜/strong＞＜/strong＞' ＜em＞OBSERVER＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜strong＞'I loved this novel ... An addictive read' GILLIAN ANDERSON＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜strong＞'＜strong＞＜strong＞Moves between rage, forgiveness and hope ... A stonkingly good novel＜/strong＞＜/strong＞' SARAH WINMAN＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜strong＞'＜strong＞＜strong＞A beautiful, accomplished debut＜/strong＞＜/strong＞' LOUISE KENNEDY＜/strong＞＜br /＞ ＜strong＞'Impressive' ＜em＞TLS＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞It's 1994 in County Donegal, Ireland, and everyone is talking about Colette Crowley ? the writer, the bohemian, the woman who left her husband and sons to pursue a relationship with a married man in Dublin. But now Colette is back, and nobody knows why.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Returning to the community to try and reclaim her old life, Colette quickly learns that they are unwilling to give it back to her. The man to whom she is still married is denying her access to her children, and while the legalisation of divorce might be just around the corner, Colette finds herself caught between her old life and the freedom for which she risked everything. Desperate to see her children, she enlists the help of Izzy, a housewife and mother of two, and the women forge a friendship that will send them on a spiralling journey ? one toward a path of self-discovery, and the other toward tragedy.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Brilliantly observed from a sharp new literary talent, ＜em＞The Coast Road＜/em＞ is a novel about a closed community and the consequences of daring to move against the tide.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞The book that spawned Finding Fanny＜/p＞ ＜p＞'It doesn't matter where you go,' I tell them. 'Travelling just means getting out of where you were.' Which is my half-assed way of saying, if they have stumbled through my doorway, they are lost as hell. Off the guidebook grid. Bumfuck nowhere, in other words.Pocolim is a little village somewhere - or nowhere - in Goa. It is home to Ferdie, the postman, who sets out to find his long-lost love, Millie. Along for the ride in a recently repaired vintage car are the most unlikely companions: his friend Angie, the sweet, virginal widow; her mother-in-law, the extraordinarily corpulent and bossy, Rosalina Eucharistica; renowned painter, Don Pedro who finds lost inspiration in the vastness of Rosalina's body; and Savio, friend of Angie's late husband and once contender for her love. On the road, resentments, ambitions, bitterness and desires come to a boil; as disturbing secrets tumble out, redemption strikes where they least expect it.The Village of Pointless Conversation is a sensuous, funny, full-bodied affair, shot through with quiet gloom that peels off the thin skin of pretence under which lie all our human absurdities.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。

＜p＞The book that spawned Finding Fanny＜/p＞ ＜p＞'It doesn't matter where you go,' I tell them. 'Travelling just means getting out of where you were.' Which is my half-assed way of saying, if they have stumbled through my doorway, they are lost as hell. Off the guidebook grid. Bumfuck nowhere, in other words.Pocolim is a little village somewhere - or nowhere - in Goa. It is home to Ferdie, the postman, who sets out to find his long-lost love, Millie. Along for the ride in a recently repaired vintage car are the most unlikely companions: his friend Angie, the sweet, virginal widow; her mother-in-law, the extraordinarily corpulent and bossy, Rosalina Eucharistica; renowned painter, Don Pedro who finds lost inspiration in the vastness of Rosalina's body; and Savio, friend of Angie's late husband and once contender for her love. On the road, resentments, ambitions, bitterness and desires come to a boil; as disturbing secrets tumble out, redemption strikes where they least expect it.The Village of Pointless Conversation is a sensuous, funny, full-bodied affair, shot through with quiet gloom that peels off the thin skin of pretence under which lie all our human absurdities.＜/p＞画面が切り替わりますので、しばらくお待ち下さい。 ※ご購入は、楽天kobo商品ページからお願いします。※切り替わらない場合は、こちら をクリックして下さい。 ※このページからは注文できません。