tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3423393609151127312024-02-19T19:00:50.763+05:30Bookworm ReadsBook Summaries and Reviews of the books I have read since 2009Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036459496728595186noreply@blogger.comBlogger354125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342339360915112731.post-46366271508813438842018-02-19T23:02:00.000+05:302018-02-19T23:02:10.740+05:30 Flood of Fire - Amitav Ghosh <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Among those consigned is Kesri Singh, a soldier in the army of the East India Company.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">He makes his way eastward on the Hind, a transport ship that will carry him from Bengal to Hong Kong. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Along the way, many characters from the Ibis Trilogy come aboard, including Zachary Reid, a young American speculator in opium futures, and Shireen, the widow of an opium merchant whose mysterious death in China has compelled her to seek out his lost son. <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">T</span>he Hind docks in Hong Kong just as war breaks out and opium "pours into the market like monsoon flood." </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">From Bombay to Calcutta, from naval engagements to the decks of a hospital ship, among embezzlement, profiteering, and espionage, Amitav Ghosh charts a breathless course through the culminating moment of the British opium trade and vexed colonial history. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">With all the verve of the first two novels in the trilogy, Flood of Fire completes Ghosh’s unprecedented re<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span>envisioning of the nineteenth-century war on drugs. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">With remarkable historic vision and a vibrant cast of characters, Ghosh brings the Opium Wars to bear on the contemporary moment with the storytelling that has charmed readers around the world.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u>My Rating</u>: <b> 3 out of 5</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The concluding part of Ibis Trilogy is quite interesting but nothing exceptional. I found the first part of the trilogy - The Sea of Poppies the best among the three novels.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>Ads</p></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036459496728595186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342339360915112731.post-56226231708575187602018-02-03T20:43:00.001+05:302018-02-03T20:43:43.571+05:30The Floating Admiral - The Detection Club<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Rudge does not encounter many cases of murder in the sleepy seaside
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But when an old sailor lands a rowing boat containing
a fresh corpse with a stab wound to the chest, the Inspector's
investigation immediately comes up against several obstacles. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The vicar,
whose boat the body was found in, is clearly withholding information,
and the victim's niece has disappeared.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is clearly more to this
case than meets the eye even the identity of the victim is called into
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Inspector Rudge begins to wonder just how many people have
contributed to this extraordinary crime and whether he will ever unravel
it<br /><br />In 1931, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and ten other
crime writers from the newly-formed Detection Club’ collaborated in
publishing a unique crime novel. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In a literary game of consequences,
each author would write one chapter, leaving G.K. Chesterton to write a
typically paradoxical prologue and Anthony Berkeley to tie up all the
loose ends.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In addition, each of the authors provided their own solution
in a sealed envelope, all of which appeared at the end of the book,
with Agatha Christie’s ingenious conclusion acknowledged at the time to
be enough to make the book worth buying on its own’.<br />The authors
of this novel are: G. K. Chesterton, Canon Victor Whitechurch, G. D. H.
Cole and Margaret Cole, Henry Wade, Agatha Christie, John Rhode, Milward
Kennedy, Dorothy L. Sayers, Ronald Knox, Freeman Wills Crofts, Edgar
Jepson, Clemence Dane and Anthony Berkeley.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u>My Rating</u>: <b> 3 out of 5</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They say too many cooks spoil the broth. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This however is not the case here. But at the same time the book can't be compared to a gourmet dish, despite legends of detective fiction writing like Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, G.K. Chesterton and many more writers collaborating to write this book.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You may read it for its uniqueness of being the first collaborative novel by the greatest crime writers but don't have any great expectations..</span></span><br />
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<u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Story of an American Family</span></span></span></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once in every generation, there is a landmark book that adds a new
richness to all our lives. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For millions of people of all colors, that
book was Alex Haley's Roots. Roots was an instant success, winning a
Pulitzer Prize and spawning the most-watched miniseries in television
history. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alex Haley's legacy has had as great an impact on American
families as any story in the twentieth century.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, from the author of
Roots, comes Alex Haley's Queen - the saga of his father's family.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lovers
of sweeping generational epics will find much to rejoice in here. Once
again, this is a personal saga, but one played out against the broad
canvas of American history. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The story begins in Ireland, where Haley's
white great-great-grandfather, James Jackson, Sr., is born. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From there
we travel with Jackson to Nashville, where he meets Andrew Jackson, the
future president of the United States. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The two men become business
partners, and James Jackson makes his fortune. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He establishes his grand
plantation, The Forks of Cypress, in Alabama, while Andrew ascends to
the White House, and the rumblings that will explode into the Civil War
gather force.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">James's son Jass Jackson inherits the plantation just as
the genteel, well-ordered antebellum world begins to crumble. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His
adolescent attraction to the beautiful and strongwilled slave named
Easter blossoms into a powerful and lasting love, and from their
passionate union comes Queen - the heroine of the tale, Alex Haley's
grandmother.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is history at its most compelling - from the Irish sod
to the settlement of the South; from the Trail of Tears to the
battlefield at Manassas; from the agonies of slavery to the tribulations
of freedom - all rendered with the eye for telling detail and the sense
of historical significance that readers have come to expect of Haley. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this, his final book, Alex Haley has created a truly multicultural
family saga, the capstone to one of the great, classic American
stories.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The television miniseries of Alex Haley's Queen electrified and
engrossed a nation. </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But that was only part of the picture; here now is
the whole story, fleshed out in all its vivid detail and human drama -
the journey of an American family as only Alex Haley could tell it.</span> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Very picturesque and dramatic description about the lives of slaves and slave owners in southern states of America during 1800s. Though the book is titled Queen after the author Alex Haley's grandmother, I found the story of his great grandfather and great-great grandfather the Jacksons more gripping and interesting.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fleeing from pirates, Robinson Crusoe is swept ashore in a storm, with
only a knife, a box of tobacco, a pipe and the will to survive <span style="font-family: serif;">.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Robinson
Crusoe is the saga of a man alone: a man who overcomes self-pity and
despair to reconstruct his life. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In his journal he chronicles his daily
battle to stay alive, as he conquers isolation, fashions shelter and
clothes, first encounters another human being and fights off cannibals
and mutineers. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">With Robinson Crusoe, Defoe wrote what is regarded as the
first English novel, and created one of the most popular and enduring
myths in literature. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But above all, it is a brilliant narrative,
depicting Crusoe's transformation from a terrified survivor to the
self-sufficient master of his island.
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u>My Rating</u>: <b> 3 out of 5</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Written quite realistically , gives a feeling of true story which it is not</span>. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Interesting in some places. Long drawn<span style="font-family: serif;"> </span>out and plainly boring in other places. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Though one should remember that this book was written almost 200 years ago in 1719 and has been quite popular since then. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Can't judge it by present day standards.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>What You Need to Know About Data Mining and Data-Analytic Thinking</u></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Written by renowned data
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useful knowledge and business value from the data you collect.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You’ll not only learn how to improve communication between
business stakeholders and data scientists, but also how participate
intelligently in your company’s data science projects. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You’ll also
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Understand how data science fits in your organization—and how you can use it for competitive advantage</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Treat data as a business asset that requires careful investment if you’re to gain real value</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Approach business problems data-analytically, using the data-mining process to gather good data in the most appropriate way</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Learn general concepts for actually extracting knowledge from data</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Apply data science principles when interviewing data science job candidates</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This book is an excellent Executive Guide on Data Science. Written in a fairly non-technical manner focusing more on business perspective rather than deep technicalities. Serves as a very good introduction to Data Science.. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>A<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ll That's Left to Know About the World's Greatest Private Detective </span> </u></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Sherlock Holmes FAQ is a one-stop guide to over a centurys worth of
mystery, mayhem, and most of all, deduction. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Digging deep inside the
manifold worlds of Sherlock Holmes, the FAQ is a dramatic and detailed
digest of the Baker Street sleuth in all of his many guises, as TV and
radio star, movie phenomenon, and, of course, literary giant. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chapters
investigate his predecessors and his successors, and discuss the
influence that Holmes has had not only on other writers, but on
real-life police procedures as well. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The London that he perambulated in
deerstalker and cloak is laid bare, plus the life and other fascinations
of Holmes creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, are mapped out in all their
foggy, darkened atmosphere. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We meet giant hounds and fearful foes,
common crooks and misdirected souls. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ghosts appear in these pages, and
vampires, too and more puzzles, conundrums, and mysteries than any mortal
detective could ever hope to solve. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But Holmes, as we shall see, was no
mere mortal. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">And Sherlock Holmes FAQ is the story of his immortality. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>An Old Man, A Young Man And Life's Greatest Lesson</u><br /> </span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Someone older who understood
you when you were young and searching, who helped you see the world as a
more profound place, and gave you advice to help you make your way
through it. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his
college professor from nearly twenty years ago. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maybe, like Mitch, you
lost track of your mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded,
and the world seemed colder. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wouldn't you like to see that person again,
ask the bigger questions that still haunt you? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mitch Albom had that
second chance. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older
man's life. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study
every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Tuesdays With
Morrie" is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which
Mitch shares Morrie's lasting gift to the world </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u>My Rating</u>: <b> 4 out of 5</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Very moving and touching conversations between the author Mitch Albom and his dying professor Morrie Schwartz where the later shares his perspectives on the world, one's regrets, death, family,emotions, fear of aging, love, marriage, culture and forgiveness.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">French naturalist Professor Aronnax joins a task force to rid the seas
of a monster that is terrorizing shipping lanes. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But the Professor's
mission takes an unexpected turn when he falls overboard and is rescued
by the 'monster' itself-the Nautilus, a man-made submarine built by the
mysterious Captain Nemo. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At first Aronnax is thrilled to see the
unimaginable wonders of the oceans-the reef of coral that formed a
cemetery, the ice floes of the South Pole, the huge oyster and its
priceless pearl, the lost land of Atlantis-but soon he realizes that his
host's motives may be more sinister than he realized. </span></span><br />
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work of the imagination shows the limitless possibilities of science and
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Machine learning has become an integral
part of many commercial applications and research projects, but this
field is not exclusive to large companies with extensive research teams. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> If you use Python, even as a beginner, this book will teach you
practical ways to build your own machine learning solutions. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With all
the data available today, machine learning applications are limited only
by your imagination.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You’ll learn the steps necessary to create a
successful machine-learning application with Python and the
scikit-learn library. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Authors Andreas Müller and Sarah Guido focus on
the practical aspects of using machine learning algorithms, rather than
the math behind them. Familiarity with the NumPy and matplotlib
libraries will help you get even more from this book.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With this book, you’ll learn:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fundamental concepts and applications of machine learning</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Advantages and shortcomings of widely used machine learning algorithms</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">How to represent data processed by machine learning, including which data aspects to focus on</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Advanced methods for model evaluation and parameter tuning</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The concept of pipelines for chaining models and encapsulating your workflow</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Methods for working with text data, including text-specific processing techniques</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Suggestions for improving your machine learning and data science skills</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A very good introduction to machine learning concepts. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Systematic organization of the topics, and ample examples provided makes it a worthwhile read. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Several important algorithms have been discussed along with their pros and cons with minimum use of advanced mathematics. </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Much much better book to start with Machine Learning as compared to the "Machine Learning for Dummies" book which was pedagogically horrible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Man has always wanted to know more about life. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This intense quest
has caused all the progress humanity has made day and yet there still
remain many unanswered questions.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In this book Sri Sri takes questions
while interacting with gatherings all over the world covering eclectic
subjects - </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the mundane and the profound, the physical and the
metaphysical, </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">the personal and the universal, some philosophical and </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">some even irrational, answering them this characteristic simplicity,
playfulness and depth of wisdom </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A good compilation of answers by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to the questions put to him by his devotees. The answers are classified under following chapters - Ancient Wisdom, Dispassion, Divinity, Duality & Non-duality, Ego, Enlightenment, Faith and Devotion, Guru, Health, Karma, Love, Mind, Miscellaneous.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail</span></u> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The longest continuous footpath in the world, the Appalachian Trail
stretches along the East Coast of the United States, from Georgia to
Maine, through some of the most arresting and celebrated landscapes in
America. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the age of forty-four, in the company of his friend Stephen
Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There), Bill Bryson
set off to hike through the vast tangled woods which have been
frightening sensible people for three hundred years. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ahead lay almost
2,200 miles of remote mountain wilderness filled with bears, moose,
bobcats, rattlesnakes, poisonous plants, disease-bearing tics, the
occasional chuckling murderer and - perhaps most alarming of all -
people whose favorite pastime is discussing the relative merits of the
external-frame backpack. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Facing savage weather, merciless insects,
unreliable maps and a fickle companion whose profoundest wish was to go
to a motel and watch The X-Files, Bryson gamely struggled through the
wilderness to achieve a lifetime's ambition - not to die outdoors. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Machine learning can be a mind-boggling concept for the masses, but
those who are in the trenches of computer programming know just how
invaluable it is. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Without machine learning, fraud detection, web search
results, real-time ads on web pages, credit scoring, automation, and
email spam filtering wouldn't be possible, and this is only showcasing
just a few of its capabilities.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Written by two data science experts, <i>Machine Learning For Dummies</i> offers a much-needed entry point for anyone looking to use machine learning to accomplish practical tasks. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Covering
the entry-level topics needed to get you familiar with the basic
concepts of machine learning, this guide quickly helps you make sense of
the programming languages and tools you need to turn machine
learning-based tasks into a reality. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whether you're maddened by the math
behind machine learning, apprehensive about AI, perplexed by
preprocessing data—or anything in between—this guide makes it easier to
understand and implement machine learning seamlessly. </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Grasp how day-to-day activities are powered by machine learning</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Learn to 'speak' certain languages, such as Python and R, to teach machines to perform pattern-oriented tasks and data analysis</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Learn to code in R using R Studio</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Find out how to code in Python using Anaconda</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the best this is a OK sort of reference book for people who already have a fair exposure to Machine Learning. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Definitely not for dummies as the title of the book proclaims. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The authors may be experts in this field but certainly don't know the ABCs of how to teach absolute beginners. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The content is badly organized and jargons are thrown around with gay abandon all over the place thus overwhelming the newbies. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Most of the readers who start reading this book to learn Machine Learning may give up soon and switch over to better books available in the market.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'</span>All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.' </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mr
Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to
feed his livestock. </span></span><br />
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pigs Napoleon and Snowball leads to the animals taking over the farm. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed
Animal Farm is organized to benefit all those who walk on four legs. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But as time passes, the ideals of the rebellion are corrupted, then
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Animal Farm: A
Fairy Story by George Orwell-author of 1984, one of Britain's most
popular novels-is a brilliant political satire and a powerful, affecting
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A hard hitting political satire written in 1940s even today reflects the authentic picture of political scenarios of many countries ! A must read.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Why we are the way we are </span></u></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In a rare attempt to understand the Indianness of Indians—among the most
intelligent people in the world; but also; to a dispassionate eye;
perhaps the most baffling—V. Raghunathan uses the props of game theory
and behavioural economics to provide an insight into the difficult
conundrum of why we are the way we are. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">He puts under the scanner our
attitudes towards rationality and irrationality; selflessness and
selfishness; competition and cooperation; and collaboration and
deception. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Drawing examples from the way we behave in day-to-day
situations; Games Indians Play tries to show how in the long run each
one of us—whether businessmen; politicians; bureaucrats; or just plain
us—stand to profit more if we were to assume a little self-regulation;
give fairness a chance and strive to cooperate and collaborate a little
more even if self-interest were to be our main driving force.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">India is blessed with many intelligent minds. <br />Most Indians are more adept at maths and logic than people around the globe. <br />However, as a nation, we are still falling behind. <br />Our collective naiveté might be to blame, but how is it that we boast equal parts intelligence and naiveté? <br />In this book, the writer explains that Indians mistake talk for action. He tries to help readers understand why this happens and how we can change this. <br />He uses game theory to explain the behaviour of Indians and tries to combine these explanations with concepts of behavioural economics. <br />The author also presents his twelve points on the fallacies of Indians, explaining that our low trustworthiness, private smartness and public dumbness, fatalist outlook, over-intelligence, lack of public hygiene, self-regulation or a sense of fairness, reluctance to penalize wrong conduct, mistaking talk for action, deep-rooted corruption, inability to follow systems, a sense of self-worth and a propensity to look for loopholes in laws. <br />He helps readers understand how to break this vicious cycle and how to bring a change in the image Indians have around the world. <br />This is a definite read for all Indians who are trying to understand what is keeping them one step behind in the rise to success </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Interesting analysis through Game Theory of the typical behaviors observed in the Indian society with a nice touch of humor and food for thought. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Published first in the year 1999, Interpreter Of Maladies is a
collection of nine short stories that revolve around the lives of Indian
Americans, and their struggle to blend in with American culture.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The first story, A Temporary
Matter, revolves around the crumbling relationship between an Indian
couple, Shukumar and Shobha. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Each day, they would spend that time
talking about a number of dark secrets, which they never shared before,
which got more, and more controversial, indicating the end of their
marriage. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The main story of this book,<em> Interpreter of Maladies</em>, is based
on Mr. and Mrs. Das, who were NRIs visiting India. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">They meet Mr.
Kapasi, who serves as their tour guide, and has a day job as well, which
was that of an interpreter in a doctor’s clinic. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mrs. Das and Mr.
Kapasi begin to feel a strong attraction towards each other, and she
shares a highly personal secret with him about herself, which could
place her marriage in jeopardy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another story in this book, Mrs. Sen’s, revolves around an 11 year old
Eliot who begins to stay with Mrs. Sen, whose husband is a university
professor. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She spends her time with Eliot, telling him about her life in
Calcutta, and how she terribly missed living there. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">One day, she drives
to the market without her spouse and meets with an accident, after
which Eliot stops living with Mrs. Sen.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Interpreters of Maladies has been greatly appreciated by readers
worldwide, and fetched Lahiri the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and the
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. This book has sold more than 15 million
copies across the globe.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Speculations Around and About Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Ramana Maharishi </span></u></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The life of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa ‘enables us to see God face to
face’, Gandhiji wrote. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Similarly, when someone in his circle was
distraught, the Mahatma sent him to spend time at the Ashram of Ramana
Maharshi. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Such was their stature and influence.<br /><br />The Paramahamsa
and the Maharshi have been among the greatest spiritual figures of our
country. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">They have transformed the lives of and have been a solace to
millions. Moreover, in our tradition, words of such mystics are regarded
as conclusive.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">They have evidentiary status: if they say there is a
soul, there is; if they say there is life-after-death or reincarnation,
there is. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Their peak, mystic experience is what we yearn to have, even
just once.<br /><br />But what if several of the experiences they had - the
feeling that someone higher is present next to them, the feeling that
they are floating above their body, looking down at it; the ‘near-death
experience’; the ecstasy; the visions - occur in other circumstances
also? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Should we think again about their experiences when these occur as
points in the brain are stimulated with an electrode during surgery? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What if they can be recreated in a laboratory non-invasively? When they
occur to ordinary persons placed in extraordinary circumstances?<br /><br />Did
the experiences occur from some ailment? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As was alleged in the case of
Sri Ramakrishna? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">From some ‘madness’, which he feared he had? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">From the
fits that Sri Ramana said he used to have? <br /><br />What of the
experiences of devotees? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Seeing the Master where he wasn’t? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Seeing the
Master, feeling his presence, after he had passed away? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Are these
hallucinations?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Or do they testify to the Master’s divinity? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How would
conclusions about their experiences affect their teaching? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">That the
world and everything in it is ‘unreal’? <br /><br />In the light of their
pristine example, how should we view and what should we do about the
godmen and gurus who control vast financial and real estate empires
today, to whom lakhs flock? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Are they the saints they set themselves up
to be or just marketers? <br /><br />With the diligence and painstaking
research that mark all his work, Arun Shourie probes these questions in
the light of the recent breath-taking advances in neuroscience, as well
as psychology and sociology. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The result is a book of remarkable rigour:
an examination - and ultimately reconciliation - of science and faith as
also of seemingly antagonistic, irreconcilable worldviews. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u>My Rating</u>: <b> 3 out of 5</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u>My Comments</u>:</span>A rather convincing scientific explanation of the mystic experiences of the two saints - Sri Ramakrishna and Sri Ramana Maharshi - without doubting their sincerity and the solace they brought to their countless devotees. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The explanation is supported by very scholarly and dry details of the neurological studies conducted on the mind by various scientists.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Unless read with an open mind, this book may hurt the sentiments of some hard-core devotees of these saints.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I would have rated this book higher if only the narration was more interesting and understandable. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I found it rather boring and abstruse in many sections. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Inspite of this shortcoming, I would recommend this book to everyone who are curious to know why mystical experiences happen in some people.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Vikram Seth's novel is, at its core, a love story: the tale of
Lata's--and her mother, Mrs. Rupa Mehra's--attempts to find a suitable
boy for Lata, through love or through exacting maternal appraisal. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Set
in the early 1950s in an India newly independent and struggling through a
time of crisis, <i>A Suitable Boy</i> takes us into the richly imagined
world of four large extended families and spins a compulsively readable
tale of their lives and loves. </span></span><br />
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and sadness, prejudice and reconciliation, the most delicate social
etiquette and the most appalling violence.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The book covers an engaging story that is set in the
post-independence India. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The story unfolds through four middle class
families—Mehras, Kapoors, Khans and Chatterjis. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It also describes
India's caste system that has four main classes, which are further based
originally on personality, profession and birth. </span><br />
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student, who is under pressure of her mother Rupa and brother Arun for
getting married. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Her family is looking for a ‘suitable boy’ who could
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some of the major issues
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Divided into 19
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inter-relating the stories and, at last reach, to one conclusion. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
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characters in an extraordinary manner. </span><br />
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around 1500 pages, remains to be one of the lengthiest novels ever
published in English language in a single volume. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Why Some Ideas Take Hold and Others Come Unstuck</u></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is that makes urban myths so persistent but many everyday truths so
eminently forgettable? </span></span><br />
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stories but not complicated facts?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the course of over ten years of
study, Chip and Dan Heath have established what it is that determines
whether particular ideas or stories stick in our minds or not, and "Made
to Stick" is the fascinating outcome of their painstaking
research.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Packed full of case histories and thought-provoking anecdotes,
it shows, among other things, how one Australian scientist convinced the
world he'd discovered the cause of stomach ulcers by drinking a glass
filled with bacteria, how a gifted sports reporter got people to watch a
football match by showing them the outside of the stadium, and how
high-concept pitches such as 'Jaws on a spaceship' ("Alien") and 'Die
Hard on a bus' ("Speed") convince movie executives to invest vast sums
of money in a project on the basis of almost no information. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Entertaining and informative by turns, this is a fascinating and
multi-faceted account of a key area of human behavior. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the same
time, by showing how we can all use such cleverly devised strategies as
the 'Velcro Theory of Memory' and 'curiosity gaps', it offers superbly
practical insights, setting out principles we all can adopt to make sure
that we get our ideas across effectively.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>Power Tips for Power Users </u><br />By now it's clear that whether you're promoting a business, a product, or yourself, social media is near the top of what determines your success or failure. <br />And there are countless pundits, authors, and consultants eager to advise you. B</span>ut there’s no one quite like Guy
Kawasaki, the legendary former chief evangelist for Apple and one of
the pioneers of business blogging, tweeting, Facebooking, Tumbling, and
much, much more. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now Guy has teamed up with Peg Fitzpatrick, who he says
is the best social-media person he’s ever met, to offer <i>The Art of Social Media</i>—the one essential guide you need to get the most bang for your time, effort, and money.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With
over one hundred practical tips, tricks, and insights, Guy and Peg
present a bottom-up strategy to produce a focused, thorough, and
compelling presence on the most popular social-media platforms. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They
guide you through steps to build your foundation, amass your digital
assets, optimize your profile, attract more followers,
and effectively integrate social media and blogging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For beginners overwhelmed by too many choices as well as seasoned professionals eager to improve their game, <i>The Art of Social Media</i> is full of tactics that have been proven to work in the real world. Or as Guy puts it, “great stuff, no fluff.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u>My Rating</u>: <b> 2 out of 5</b></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u>My Comments</u>:</span> Considering the fact that Guy Kawasaki is one of the authors, I had expected more from this book. I was rather disappointed. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Though there are a few good tips here and there on the whole the book was just not up to the mark. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The oldest Anglican church east of the Suez, the first British inscription in India, the tallest flagstaff in the country and the only surviving national flag among those hoisted all over India on August 15, 1947,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The single most poignant true-life story to emerge from the Second World
War In July 1942, Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the horrors of
Nazi occupation, hide in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse.</span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For
the next two years, until their whereabouts were betrayed to the
Gestapo, they and another family lived cloistered there.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cut off from the outside world, they faced
hunger, boredom, the constant cruelties of living in confined quarters,
and the ever-present threat of discovery and death.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In her diary Anne
Frank recorded vivid impressions of her experiences during this period. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">By turns thoughtful, moving, and amusing, her account offers a
fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling
self-portrait of a sensitive and spirited young woman whose promise was
tragically cut short.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Her diary ends abruptly when she and
her family are discovered by the Nazis in August 1944. Anne died while
imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen, three months short of her sixteenth
birthday, but this acute account of her life and the world around her
reveals her as more human, more vulnerable and more vital than ever. </span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her
life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a
powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the
human spirit. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u>My Comments</u>:</span> A very touching autobiographical account of two years spent in hiding from Nazis. Makes us realize how precious are the things which we normally take for granted in our daily life. The narration is full of hope , inspiring and at times even humorous despite the grim circumstances in which Anne lived. Sad that she could not come out of the ordeal alive.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Dan Brown has become an international bestselling sensation, seamlessly
fusing codes, symbols, art, and history into riveting thrillers that
have captivated hundreds of millions of readers around the world. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now,
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through a landscape that inspired one of history’s most ominous literary
classics.<br />Harvard
professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in a hospital in the
middle of the night. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Disoriented and suffering from a head wound, he
recalls nothing of the last thirty-six hours, including how he got there
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hidden in his belongings.</span></span><br />
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chaos, and he finds himself on the run in Florence with a stoic young
woman, Sienna Brooks, whose clever maneuvering saves his life. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Langdon
quickly realizes that he is in possession of a series of disturbing
codes created by a brilliant scientist—a genius whose obsession with the
end of the world is matched only by his passion for one of the most
influential masterpieces ever written—Dante Alighieri’s dark epic poem <i>The Inferno</i> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Racing through such timeless locations as the Palazzo Vecchio, the
Boboli Gardens, and the Duomo, Langdon and Brooks discover a network of
hidden passageways and ancient secrets, as well as a terrifying new
scientific paradigm that will be used either to vastly improve the
quality of life on earth . . . or to devastate it.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />In his most riveting and thought-provoking novel to date, Dan Brown has raised the bar yet again.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Inferno</i>
is a sumptuously entertaining read—a novel that will captivate readers
with the beauty of classical Italian art, history, and literature . . .
while also posing provocative questions about the role of cutting-edge
science in our future.</span></span></div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer"><p>Ads</p></div>Unknownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12036459496728595186noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-342339360915112731.post-46663303685108573842017-05-07T11:20:00.001+05:302017-05-07T11:20:36.450+05:30Spirituality At Work by Devdas Menon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In a world of rapid changes, <i>Spirituality at Work</i> will serve as
an inspiration to find new gateways to success.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This book is based on
the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It also draws inspiration from the
renowned sage Sri Aurobindo's 'Essays on the Gita'.<br /><br />As Stephen
Covey has stated: 'Despite all our gains in technology, product
innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the
organisations they work for. They are neither fulfilled nor excited.'<br /><br />Dr.
Devdas Menon hopes to change this mindset of today's youth by
inspiring, motivating and raising their aspirational levels. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His book
draws its content based on a theme-wise, judicious selection of 162
verses from the Gita. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An integrated practice of spirituality through
work, knowledge, and devotion - referred to as 'Integral Karmayoga', is
the way forward. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Its focus is on finding fulfilment in life through the
application of conscious will.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A professor at IIT Madras and author of the bestseller '<i>Stop Sleepwalking Through Life!</i>'
Dr.Menon makes Spirituality at Work come alive. </span></span></div>
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courses such as Self-Awareness and Integral Karmayoga with great
success.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">He knows how to make the wisdom of the Gita relevant to young
adults facing the challenges of a competitive work environment - and
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">'Spirituality at Work' is the recommended textbook for the 'Integral Karmayoga' course at IIT Madras<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u>My Comments</u>:</span> The concept of </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span id="freeText3110817186607627638">integrated practice of spirituality through work, knowledge, and devotion</span> are explained in a very systematic and elegant manner.The verses selected from Bhagavad Gita are very apt for the current times and their </span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">interpretations are one among the best I have ever read.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span id="freeText5179665748687943549">British India. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span id="freeText5179665748687943549">The summer of 1942.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span id="freeText5179665748687943549">Bombay. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span id="freeText5179665748687943549">From the leafy lanes of
Wodehouse Road, a British woman goes missing from her home. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span id="freeText5179665748687943549">Her husband
Thomas Stanton, wants to keep the police out of the loop, and thus calls
in Bombay<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'</span>s first Private Detective, Barnabas Mehta.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span id="freeText5179665748687943549">Barnabas, the son
of a cook, has been brought up under the tutelage of his father<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'</span>s
employer, Francis Curtis, and thus knows the ways of the British. But
that isn<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'</span>t enough to solve the mystery for him. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span id="freeText5179665748687943549">His search for Rose
leads him to the <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">by-lanes</span> of Girgaum where he finds a murder to solve and
webs of deceit to traverse. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span id="freeText5179665748687943549">Who would murder Rose so brutally? </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span id="freeText5179665748687943549">Family
secrets and the machinations of an evil mind they<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'</span>re all there for
Barnabas Mehta to unveil! </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span id="freeText5179665748687943549">A gripping murder mystery, set against the events of the Indian freedom struggl<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e.</span> </span></span></span></div>
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