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Wings Of Fire
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the son of a little-educated boat-owner in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, had an unparalleled career as a defence scientist, culminating in the highest civilian award of India, the Bharat Ratna. As chief of the country's defence research and development programme, Kalam...
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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the son of a little-educated boat-owner in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, had an unparalleled career as a defence scientist, culminating in the highest civilian award of India, the Bharat Ratna. As chief of the country's defence research and development programme, Kalam...
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A Child Called 'It'
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Dave Pelzer
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A harrowing, yet inspiring true story of a young boy's abusive childhood, from internationally bestselling author Dave Pelzer
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A harrowing, yet inspiring true story of a young boy's abusive childhood, from internationally bestselling author Dave Pelzer
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Love in a Torn Land
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Jean Sasson
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Sasson, author of Princess: A True Story of Life behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia (1992) and ayada: Daughter of Iraq (2003), focuses on the story of Joanna Al-Askari Hussain, a Kurdish woman living in Iraq, to tell the broader story of ethnic tensions between the Kurds, Iraqis, Turks, Iranians, and S...
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Love in a Torn Land |
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Jean Sasson
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Sasson, author of Princess: A True Story of Life behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia (1992) and ayada: Daughter of Iraq (2003), focuses on the story of Joanna Al-Askari Hussain, a Kurdish woman living in Iraq, to tell the broader story of ethnic tensions between the Kurds, Iraqis, Turks, Iranians, and S...
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Sights And Sounds Of The World
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Khushwant Singh
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The compilation is full of nuggets of information and incidents that could only have happened to Khushwant Singh, all of which go into creating an intensely personal travelogue. As any reader of Khushwant Singh's works would know, a major section of the book comprises his sojourns in foreign lands a...
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Sights And Sounds Of The World |
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Khushwant Singh
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The compilation is full of nuggets of information and incidents that could only have happened to Khushwant Singh, all of which go into creating an intensely personal travelogue. As any reader of Khushwant Singh's works would know, a major section of the book comprises his sojourns in foreign lands a...
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I Dare
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Kiran Bedi
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This Book Was First Published In 1995, Has Been Translated Into Six Languages And Was Voted As The 'Biography Of The Decade' By India Today. Since The Last Publication, Kiran'S Career Has Continued To Rise. She Is At Present On A Deputation With The United Nations As A Civilian Police Adviser. The B...
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Kiran Bedi
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This Book Was First Published In 1995, Has Been Translated Into Six Languages And Was Voted As The 'Biography Of The Decade' By India Today. Since The Last Publication, Kiran'S Career Has Continued To Rise. She Is At Present On A Deputation With The United Nations As A Civilian Police Adviser. The B...
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Tuesdays With Morrie
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Mitch Albom
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Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schw...
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Mitch Albom
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Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schw...
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Nine Lives - In Search Of The Sacred In Modern India
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William Dalrymple
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A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet-then spends years trying to atone for the violence by hand-printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve to death. A woman leaves her middle-class...
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Nine Lives - In Search Of The Sacred In Modern India |
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William Dalrymple
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A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet-then spends years trying to atone for the violence by hand-printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve to death. A woman leaves her middle-class...
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Diaries : 1969 - 1979
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Michael Palin
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The hardback bestseller of last autumn now finds its way into paperback, and is destined be a summer reading choice for fans of both Monty Python, and Michael Palin himself. Beginning with his new marriage and the building of his TV/writing career, it encompasses the emergence and success of Python,...
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Diaries : 1969 - 1979 |
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Michael Palin
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The hardback bestseller of last autumn now finds its way into paperback, and is destined be a summer reading choice for fans of both Monty Python, and Michael Palin himself. Beginning with his new marriage and the building of his TV/writing career, it encompasses the emergence and success of Python,...
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The Lord God Made Them All
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James Herriot
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In 38 moving chapters, Herriot once again captures the magical beauty of the Yorkshire dales, the joys and sorrows of its inhabitants, and the richly rewarding experiences of a country veterinarian.
With each book more embraceable than the last, James Herriot once again brings us the magical beau...
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The Lord God Made Them All |
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James Herriot
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In 38 moving chapters, Herriot once again captures the magical beauty of the Yorkshire dales, the joys and sorrows of its inhabitants, and the richly rewarding experiences of a country veterinarian.
With each book more embraceable than the last, James Herriot once again brings us the magical beau...
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Oleander, Jacaranda
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Penelope Lively
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This autobiography is about growing up in Egypt. It is also an investigation into childhood perception in which the author uses herself and her memories as an insight into how children see and know. It is a look at Eygpt up to, and including, World War II from a small girl's point of view, which is ...
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Oleander, Jacaranda |
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Penelope Lively
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This autobiography is about growing up in Egypt. It is also an investigation into childhood perception in which the author uses herself and her memories as an insight into how children see and know. It is a look at Eygpt up to, and including, World War II from a small girl's point of view, which is ...
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