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The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski

What separates man from other primates, or indeed other animals? Jacob Bronowski, a mathematician trained in physics, examines the scientific and intellectual history of humankind in his book The Ascent of Man. Though the book is based on the television series aired on BBC in the 1970s, it is far from outdated. Over 30 years after it was first published; The Ascent of Man still invokes pride in our past and instils hope for our future in the reader.
Covering a wide canvas from the dawn of man until the modern times, Bronowski examines how man has been the shaper of his surroundings rather than being shaped by it. Every other species has been adapted to fit into a certain ecological niche; they have evolved for a particular environment. Man, despite his comparatively weak physical attributes has been able to shape the world with his unique set of gifts. Bronowski believes that it was not so much biological evolution, but cultural evolution that has made man what he is today.
Tracing the evolution of human from their hunter gather phase to the present one, he says that the change in diet from plant to animal based materials gave humans more time free to spend on building capabilities to get food from sources that could not be tackled by brute force. The most marked effect of this was to foster group action and communication. The next single largest step in the ascent of man was the change from a nomadic way of life to village agriculture, made possible by a set of natural and human events. Settled agriculture creates a technology from which all sciences take off.
Taking the reader on a journey through time, Bronowski delights in the inventions and scientific discoveries made over the last ten thousand years- from the domestication of wheat in 8000 BC to the double helix structure of the DNA in the 1950s. He describes the tools that extend the human hand as an instrument of vision- they reveal new structures and make it possible to put them together in imaginative combinations.
By delving deep into the lives and thoughts of an extraordinary range of people, Bronowski discusses a wider range of complex subjects from Anthropology to Astronomy and from Mathematics to the Life Sciences. He reveals the linkages that bring together cultures by introducing us to Pythagoras, who found a basic relation between musical harmony and mathematics, Euclid, Ptolemy and Arab scholars who delighted in calculation and geometry. The author demonstrates how the spread of ideas along the trade routes - the spread of the numeral system for notation of numbers from the Arab world and the decimal system from India - changed mathematics forever.
From mathematics to astronomy is a logical step. The Mayan civilization housed their astronomers in pyramid like structures and developed calendars to trace the journey of the stars, Copernicus placed the sun at the centre of the planetary system and Galileo gave his life to prove that this was so. The lives of these people have a profound impact on the modern way of life. While no account of the ascent of man can leave out Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, Bronowski describes more than their work. He shows us how they thought and how their characters defined their work.
The Industrial Revolution was the greatest discoverer of power- a time when new sources of energy were discovered and used. With this came many of the characteristics of the modern world that we abhor- the factory system with inhuman work hours, tyrannical bosses, pollution and the domination of men by machines. While bringing these to our notice, Bronowski does not leave out the other side of this age - the delight of discovery and the sense of fun in finding new ways of doing things. He believes that this revolution is as important as the Renaissance in the ascent of man- while one established the dignity of man; the other established the unity of nature.
Describing the theory of evolution by natural selection put forward by Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, Bronowski says that it was the most important single scientific innovation of the nineteenth century. It shows that the world is in movement and that creation is not static; it changes with time unlike the physical world. Another discovery that has shaped biology is one by contemporary scientists, which express the cycle of life in a chemical form that links them to nature as a whole.
Turing to the physical sciences, Bronowski says that the aim of the physical sciences has been to give an exact picture of the material world. One achievement of physics in the twentieth century has been to prove that aim is unattainable! Physicists have shown that there is no absolute knowledge; all information is imperfect and we have to treat it with humility.
In the last chapter in book, titled The Long Childhood, Bronowski goes back to what makes man human and what has made the ascent of man possible. He says, “We are all afraid - for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do. The personal commitment of man to his skill, the intellectual commitment and the emotional commitment working together as one, has made the Ascent of Man.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O0kcl4X_TQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mIfatdNqBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-Xs_TfLqk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdkpoQk2LDE

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

The Ascent of Man by Jacob Bronowski

What separates man from other primates, or indeed other animals? Jacob Bronowski, a mathematician trained in physics, examines the scientific and intellectual history of humankind in his book The Ascent of Man. Though the book is based on the television series aired on BBC in the 1970s, it is far from outdated. Over 30 years after it was first published; The Ascent of Man still invokes pride in our past and instils hope for our future in the reader.
Covering a wide canvas from the dawn of man until the modern times, Bronowski examines how man has been the shaper of his surroundings rather than being shaped by it. Every other species has been adapted to fit into a certain ecological niche; they have evolved for a particular environment. Man, despite his comparatively weak physical attributes has been able to shape the world with his unique set of gifts. Bronowski believes that it was not so much biological evolution, but cultural evolution that has made man what he is today.
Tracing the evolution of human from their hunter gather phase to the present one, he says that the change in diet from plant to animal based materials gave humans more time free to spend on building capabilities to get food from sources that could not be tackled by brute force. The most marked effect of this was to foster group action and communication. The next single largest step in the ascent of man was the change from a nomadic way of life to village agriculture, made possible by a set of natural and human events. Settled agriculture creates a technology from which all sciences take off.
Taking the reader on a journey through time, Bronowski delights in the inventions and scientific discoveries made over the last ten thousand years- from the domestication of wheat in 8000 BC to the double helix structure of the DNA in the 1950s. He describes the tools that extend the human hand as an instrument of vision- they reveal new structures and make it possible to put them together in imaginative combinations.
By delving deep into the lives and thoughts of an extraordinary range of people, Bronowski discusses a wider range of complex subjects from Anthropology to Astronomy and from Mathematics to the Life Sciences. He reveals the linkages that bring together cultures by introducing us to Pythagoras, who found a basic relation between musical harmony and mathematics, Euclid, Ptolemy and Arab scholars who delighted in calculation and geometry. The author demonstrates how the spread of ideas along the trade routes - the spread of the numeral system for notation of numbers from the Arab world and the decimal system from India - changed mathematics forever.
From mathematics to astronomy is a logical step. The Mayan civilization housed their astronomers in pyramid like structures and developed calendars to trace the journey of the stars, Copernicus placed the sun at the centre of the planetary system and Galileo gave his life to prove that this was so. The lives of these people have a profound impact on the modern way of life. While no account of the ascent of man can leave out Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, Bronowski describes more than their work. He shows us how they thought and how their characters defined their work.
The Industrial Revolution was the greatest discoverer of power- a time when new sources of energy were discovered and used. With this came many of the characteristics of the modern world that we abhor- the factory system with inhuman work hours, tyrannical bosses, pollution and the domination of men by machines. While bringing these to our notice, Bronowski does not leave out the other side of this age - the delight of discovery and the sense of fun in finding new ways of doing things. He believes that this revolution is as important as the Renaissance in the ascent of man- while one established the dignity of man; the other established the unity of nature.
Describing the theory of evolution by natural selection put forward by Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, Bronowski says that it was the most important single scientific innovation of the nineteenth century. It shows that the world is in movement and that creation is not static; it changes with time unlike the physical world. Another discovery that has shaped biology is one by contemporary scientists, which express the cycle of life in a chemical form that links them to nature as a whole.
Turing to the physical sciences, Bronowski says that the aim of the physical sciences has been to give an exact picture of the material world. One achievement of physics in the twentieth century has been to prove that aim is unattainable! Physicists have shown that there is no absolute knowledge; all information is imperfect and we have to treat it with humility.
In the last chapter in book, titled The Long Childhood, Bronowski goes back to what makes man human and what has made the ascent of man possible. He says, “We are all afraid - for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do. The personal commitment of man to his skill, the intellectual commitment and the emotional commitment working together as one, has made the Ascent of Man.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O0kcl4X_TQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mIfatdNqBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY-Xs_TfLqk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdkpoQk2LDE

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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IN THE WONDERLANDOF INDIAN MANAGERS BY SHARU RANGNEKAR

THIS IS A WONDER FULL BOOK II MAKES YOU THINK AND PRESENTED TO ME WHEN I JOINED MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC SECTORS BY A OLD BENGALI KAKU AND ADVISED TO STUDY IT. IT HAS REALLY WORKED WONDERS. THE CULTURE DAY BE DAY IS SPREADING ACROSS TO MNACS. IF YOU  ARE A YOUNG GREEN BEHIND THE EARS YOU BETTER READ IT.

THE CHAPTERS ARE INTERESTING
Last word first
A word again
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After a generation
1. How to avoid making decisions
2. The jagirdari system in Indian industry
3. Strange ritual called recruitment
4. The tragedy that is training
5. How to promote without really promoting
6. Five faces of Indian managers
7. Management by crisis
8. The problem of illiterate managers
9. The technique of defensive management
10. Managerial public speaking
11. Trials and tribulations of Indian executives
12. Organizing for 0 & M
13. Dummy haves versus dummy have-nots
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If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

IN THE WONDERLANDOF INDIAN MANAGERS BY SHARU RANGNEKAR

THIS IS A WONDER FULL BOOK II MAKES YOU THINK AND PRESENTED TO ME WHEN I JOINED MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC SECTORS BY A OLD BENGALI KAKU AND ADVISED TO STUDY IT. IT HAS REALLY WORKED WONDERS. THE CULTURE DAY BE DAY IS SPREADING ACROSS TO MNACS. IF YOU  ARE A YOUNG GREEN BEHIND THE EARS YOU BETTER READ IT.

THE CHAPTERS ARE INTERESTING
Last word first
A word again
A paperback word
After a generation
1. How to avoid making decisions
2. The jagirdari system in Indian industry
3. Strange ritual called recruitment
4. The tragedy that is training
5. How to promote without really promoting
6. Five faces of Indian managers
7. Management by crisis
8. The problem of illiterate managers
9. The technique of defensive management
10. Managerial public speaking
11. Trials and tribulations of Indian executives
12. Organizing for 0 & M
13. Dummy haves versus dummy have-nots
14. The last letter of the alphabet on
management i.e. theory ‘z’

GOODLUCK

SOURCE : http://www.sharurangnekar.com/about.html

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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Murder on the Orient Express is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in January 1934, in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company and later in the same year under the title of Murder in the Calais Coach. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence. The book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot

Returning from an important case in Syria, Hercule Poirot boards the Orient Express in Istanbul. The train is unusually crowded for the time of year and Poirot is only able to secure a spot with the help of his friend Mr. Bouc, the director of the Express. When a Mr. Harris fails to show up, Poirot takes his place, to the surprise of his new roommate Mr. McQueen. However, the second night Poirot receives his own room. On the second night out from Istanbul at about 23 minutes before 1:00 am. Poirot wakes to the sound of a loud groan that seemed to come from the room next to his, belonging to Mr. Ratchett. When Poirot peeks out his door, he sees the conductor knock on Mr. Ratchett's door and ask if he is okay. Mr. Ratchett replies in French that he is fine, and the conductor moves on to answer a bell down the hall. Poirot decides to go back to bed but he is disturbed by the fact that the train is unusually still and his mouth is dry. As he lies awake, he hears Mrs. Hubbard ringing the bell urgently. When Poirot then rings the conductor for a glass of water, he learns about Mrs. Hubbard's paranoia about someone in her cabin. He also finds out that the train has been stopped due to a snowstorm. Poirot dismisses the conductor and attempts retire only to be awoken again by a thud on his door. This time when Poirot gets up and looks out of his room, the corridor is completely silent and he sees nothing except for the back of a woman in a scarlet kimono retreating down the hall in the distance. The next day he awakes to find that Mr. Ratchett has been stabbed 12 times in his sleep. However, the clues and circumstances are very mysterious. Some of the stab wounds are very deep and some are glancing blows. Furthermore, some of them appear to be inflicted by a right-handed person and some of them appear to be inflicted by a left-handed person. Poirot finds several more clues in the victim's cabin and on board the coach, including a linen handkerchief with the letter H on it, a pipe cleaner, and a button from a conductor's uniform. All of these clues suggest that the murderer or murderers were somewhat sloppy. However, each clue seemingly points to different suspects, which suggests that some of the clues were planted

As the evidence mounts, it continues to point in wildly different directions and it appears that Poirot is being challenged by a master mind. A critical piece of missing evidence, the scarlet kimono worn the night of the murder by an unknown woman — turns up in Poirot's own luggage. Poirot discovers that some passengers had a connection to the victim, while other's have connections to the Armstrong family. After meditating on the evidence for some time, Poirot assembles the thirteen suspects, plus Mr. Bouc and Dr. Constantine, in the restaurant car where he lays out two possible explanations of Ratchett's murder.

Note: The Armstrong case was based on the actual kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's son.


This is story inwhich the poirot discovers muderers but leaves them alone. That  is it is really good. The movie was great

source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express
movie : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express_%281974_film%29

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Murder on the Orient Express is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in January 1934, in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company and later in the same year under the title of Murder in the Calais Coach. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence. The book features the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot

Returning from an important case in Syria, Hercule Poirot boards the Orient Express in Istanbul. The train is unusually crowded for the time of year and Poirot is only able to secure a spot with the help of his friend Mr. Bouc, the director of the Express. When a Mr. Harris fails to show up, Poirot takes his place, to the surprise of his new roommate Mr. McQueen. However, the second night Poirot receives his own room. On the second night out from Istanbul at about 23 minutes before 1:00 am. Poirot wakes to the sound of a loud groan that seemed to come from the room next to his, belonging to Mr. Ratchett. When Poirot peeks out his door, he sees the conductor knock on Mr. Ratchett's door and ask if he is okay. Mr. Ratchett replies in French that he is fine, and the conductor moves on to answer a bell down the hall. Poirot decides to go back to bed but he is disturbed by the fact that the train is unusually still and his mouth is dry. As he lies awake, he hears Mrs. Hubbard ringing the bell urgently. When Poirot then rings the conductor for a glass of water, he learns about Mrs. Hubbard's paranoia about someone in her cabin. He also finds out that the train has been stopped due to a snowstorm. Poirot dismisses the conductor and attempts retire only to be awoken again by a thud on his door. This time when Poirot gets up and looks out of his room, the corridor is completely silent and he sees nothing except for the back of a woman in a scarlet kimono retreating down the hall in the distance. The next day he awakes to find that Mr. Ratchett has been stabbed 12 times in his sleep. However, the clues and circumstances are very mysterious. Some of the stab wounds are very deep and some are glancing blows. Furthermore, some of them appear to be inflicted by a right-handed person and some of them appear to be inflicted by a left-handed person. Poirot finds several more clues in the victim's cabin and on board the coach, including a linen handkerchief with the letter H on it, a pipe cleaner, and a button from a conductor's uniform. All of these clues suggest that the murderer or murderers were somewhat sloppy. However, each clue seemingly points to different suspects, which suggests that some of the clues were planted

As the evidence mounts, it continues to point in wildly different directions and it appears that Poirot is being challenged by a master mind. A critical piece of missing evidence, the scarlet kimono worn the night of the murder by an unknown woman — turns up in Poirot's own luggage. Poirot discovers that some passengers had a connection to the victim, while other's have connections to the Armstrong family. After meditating on the evidence for some time, Poirot assembles the thirteen suspects, plus Mr. Bouc and Dr. Constantine, in the restaurant car where he lays out two possible explanations of Ratchett's murder.

Note: The Armstrong case was based on the actual kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's son.


This is story inwhich the poirot discovers muderers but leaves them alone. That  is it is really good. The movie was great

source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express
movie : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_on_the_Orient_Express_%281974_film%29

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

[Kr_iyer]

Leave it to Psmith is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse

Although the main character is Psmith (here called Ronald Eustace rather than Rupert as in previous books), the bulk of the story takes place at Blandings Castle and involves various intrigues within the extended family of Lord Emsworth, the absent-minded elderly Earl.

The plot is a typical Wodehouse romance, with Psmith inveigling himself into the idyllic castle, where there are the usual crop of girls to woo, crooks to foil, imposters to unmask, haughty aunts to baffle and valuable necklaces to steal. Among the players is Psmith's good friend Mike, married to Phyllis and in dire need of some financial help; the ever-suspicious Rupert Baxter is on watch as usual


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leave_it_to_Psmith

I cant stop laughing  the emsworth being thrown  a flower pot by mr baxter, a Real classic story if you like wodehouse emsworth & psmiths books

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Leave it to Psmith is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse

Although the main character is Psmith (here called Ronald Eustace rather than Rupert as in previous books), the bulk of the story takes place at Blandings Castle and involves various intrigues within the extended family of Lord Emsworth, the absent-minded elderly Earl.

The plot is a typical Wodehouse romance, with Psmith inveigling himself into the idyllic castle, where there are the usual crop of girls to woo, crooks to foil, imposters to unmask, haughty aunts to baffle and valuable necklaces to steal. Among the players is Psmith's good friend Mike, married to Phyllis and in dire need of some financial help; the ever-suspicious Rupert Baxter is on watch as usual


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leave_it_to_Psmith

I cant stop laughing  the emsworth being thrown  a flower pot by mr baxter, a Real classic story if you like wodehouse emsworth & psmiths books

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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[Kr_iyer]

Gone with the Wind is a 1936 American novel by Margaret Mitchell set in the Old South during the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film of the same name in 1939. It was Margaret Mitchell's only novel

I will say hats off to this book . nobody could write a sequel to match  charcters.When Mitchell diesd unfortunately this is the only book, shee died in an accident. Some body says its her own story who knows. Scarlett is a real tough woman, and her determination to save Tara at any cost. When Rhett Butler leaves her, She says "I wiil think Of that tomorrow" . It is acharcter I would have loved to meet. Ther Real Tough Boss, can learn the lessons from her. It almost convinces the reader that slavery was right. Like I used to hear granpa saying "Those Britishers"

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_wind

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Gone with the Wind is a 1936 American novel by Margaret Mitchell set in the Old South during the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 and was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film of the same name in 1939. It was Margaret Mitchell's only novel

I will say hats off to this book . nobody could write a sequel to match  charcters.When Mitchell diesd unfortunately this is the only book, shee died in an accident. Some body says its her own story who knows. Scarlett is a real tough woman, and her determination to save Tara at any cost. When Rhett Butler leaves her, She says "I wiil think Of that tomorrow" . It is acharcter I would have loved to meet. Ther Real Tough Boss, can learn the lessons from her. It almost convinces the reader that slavery was right. Like I used to hear granpa saying "Those Britishers"

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_with_the_wind

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by journalist William L. Shirer was the first definitive history of Nazi Germany in English.

This is a great book if you think only the asians have fanatism, A classic book to read  and find out how our politicians saying people of the natives onlyb should become leader of the country. Hitler was  born in Austria and never touched his foot inside germany. Yet he exploited with the political skill the failure of first world war by germany. Funny thing is name itself was not Hitler originally the name was due to illegallity birth dispute took his mothers name Schicklgruber, but then disputec was settled and  Hiedler, Huetler, Huettler and Hitler and probably changed to "Hitler" by a clerk. The origin of the name is either from the German word Hittler and similar, "one who lives in a hut", "shepherd", or from the Slavic word Hidlar and Hidlarcek. Think of his luck change of name and by birth austrian became the leader of Germany. His cocentration camps I dont have say a word.

Read It, It is really informative about a Person with  Fanaticsm & Power to utilse it

The Swastika the symbol of Nazism Belongs Hindu Culture


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Third_Reich

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by journalist William L. Shirer was the first definitive history of Nazi Germany in English.

This is a great book if you think only the asians have fanatism, A classic book to read  and find out how our politicians saying people of the natives onlyb should become leader of the country. Hitler was  born in Austria and never touched his foot inside germany. Yet he exploited with the political skill the failure of first world war by germany. Funny thing is name itself was not Hitler originally the name was due to illegallity birth dispute took his mothers name Schicklgruber, but then disputec was settled and  Hiedler, Huetler, Huettler and Hitler and probably changed to "Hitler" by a clerk. The origin of the name is either from the German word Hittler and similar, "one who lives in a hut", "shepherd", or from the Slavic word Hidlar and Hidlarcek. Think of his luck change of name and by birth austrian became the leader of Germany. His cocentration camps I dont have say a word.

Read It, It is really informative about a Person with  Fanaticsm & Power to utilse it

The Swastika the symbol of Nazism Belongs Hindu Culture


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_the_Third_Reich

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

[Kr_iyer]

The Day of the Jackal (1971) is a thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth, about a professional assassin who is contracted by the right-wing OAS French terrorist group of the early 1960s, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.

The story follows the efforts of an extremely professional assassin (hired by an exiled OAS high command) in his preparations to assassinate De Gaulle, and the efforts of an equally professional, but hard-pressed French detective assigned to identify and stop him, along with elements of intrigue and bureaucratic manoeuvring at the highest levels of the French government

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_jackal

A great Beautiful book, It is told that the assasin did not die reallly He beacme the a  leader in  Palastine

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

The Day of the Jackal (1971) is a thriller novel by Frederick Forsyth, about a professional assassin who is contracted by the right-wing OAS French terrorist group of the early 1960s, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France.

The story follows the efforts of an extremely professional assassin (hired by an exiled OAS high command) in his preparations to assassinate De Gaulle, and the efforts of an equally professional, but hard-pressed French detective assigned to identify and stop him, along with elements of intrigue and bureaucratic manoeuvring at the highest levels of the French government

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_jackal

A great Beautiful book, It is told that the assasin did not die reallly He beacme the a  leader in  Palastine

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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The Fifth Horseman is a novel (hard cover, paperback, and book on audio cassette) written by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. In a suspenseful novel of terrorist threat, Libyan leader Qaddafi holds New York City hostage with the threat of setting off a hidden nuclear bomb. The book had such a shocking effect that the French President cancelled the sale of nuclear reactors to Libya, even though it was meant for peaceful purposes. Paramount Pictures, which was planning to make a film based on the book, dropped the idea in the fear that some fanatics would try to emulate the scenario in real life.

A related book, with much the same plot and even the same jokes, "Is New York Burning?" examines the same scenario, except exchange George W. Bush for Jimmy Carter, exchange Osama bin Laden for Moammar al-Qadhafi, and the present day for 1980-1981.



Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Horseman_%28novel%29

A good book worth,Great

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
RABINDRANATH TAGORE

The Fifth Horseman is a novel (hard cover, paperback, and book on audio cassette) written by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. In a suspenseful novel of terrorist threat, Libyan leader Qaddafi holds New York City hostage with the threat of setting off a hidden nuclear bomb. The book had such a shocking effect that the French President cancelled the sale of nuclear reactors to Libya, even though it was meant for peaceful purposes. Paramount Pictures, which was planning to make a film based on the book, dropped the idea in the fear that some fanatics would try to emulate the scenario in real life.

A related book, with much the same plot and even the same jokes, "Is New York Burning?" examines the same scenario, except exchange George W. Bush for Jimmy Carter, exchange Osama bin Laden for Moammar al-Qadhafi, and the present day for 1980-1981.



Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Horseman_%28novel%29

A good book worth,Great

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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City of Joy is a novel written by Dominique Lapierre (1985) and a 1992 film directed by Roland Joffé.

The story concerns a polish priest living in West Bengal, India, Stephan Kovalski, who is trying to help and understand life in a Howrah slum (across the Hooghly river from Kolkata) called Anandnagar (City of Joy). Among its various protagonists is the rickshaw puller, Hasari Pal who becomes a central figure in the novel. Despite the abject poverty and injustice, the inhabitants of Anandnagar display an inscrutable acceptance and celebration of life - an attitude that humbles fate and dignifies life


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_joy

Hi, I am not born bengali, but love City like mad, I have visited entire country and Nepal ,bhutan and Bangaladesh. I find it no match  to Kolkata. People argumentative like Jews, but love their adda, friendly, alive city. Sometimes I feel without seeing kolkata very sad.

The book shows the spirit of bengalis/  and populsation of biharis there. A great book

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If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
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City of Joy is a novel written by Dominique Lapierre (1985) and a 1992 film directed by Roland Joffé.

The story concerns a polish priest living in West Bengal, India, Stephan Kovalski, who is trying to help and understand life in a Howrah slum (across the Hooghly river from Kolkata) called Anandnagar (City of Joy). Among its various protagonists is the rickshaw puller, Hasari Pal who becomes a central figure in the novel. Despite the abject poverty and injustice, the inhabitants of Anandnagar display an inscrutable acceptance and celebration of life - an attitude that humbles fate and dignifies life


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_joy

Hi, I am not born bengali, but love City like mad, I have visited entire country and Nepal ,bhutan and Bangaladesh. I find it no match  to Kolkata. People argumentative like Jews, but love their adda, friendly, alive city. Sometimes I feel without seeing kolkata very sad.

The book shows the spirit of bengalis/  and populsation of biharis there. A great book

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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[Kr_iyer]

Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the United States. It was Rand's last work of fiction before concentrating her writings exclusively on philosophy, politics and cultural criticism. At over one thousand pages in length, it was considered by her to be her magnum opus.[1] The book explores a number of philosophical themes that Rand would subsequently develop into the philosophy of Objectivism

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_shrugged

The central theme of the book is to be self independant. The book may not be liked but it attack Government's so called Social service.

"I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man nor ask another man to live for mine."

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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Atlas Shrugged is a novel by Ayn Rand, first published in 1957 in the United States. It was Rand's last work of fiction before concentrating her writings exclusively on philosophy, politics and cultural criticism. At over one thousand pages in length, it was considered by her to be her magnum opus.[1] The book explores a number of philosophical themes that Rand would subsequently develop into the philosophy of Objectivism

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_shrugged

The central theme of the book is to be self independant. The book may not be liked but it attack Government's so called Social service.

"I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man nor ask another man to live for mine."

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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[Kr_iyer]

Coma is Robin Cook's first published novel written in 1977. The book was a New York Times best seller and was also voted as the number one thriller of the year by the New York Times.

It was made into a highly successful film Coma by Michael Crichton in 1978.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coma_%28novel%29

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If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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Coma is Robin Cook's first published novel written in 1977. The book was a New York Times best seller and was also voted as the number one thriller of the year by the New York Times.

It was made into a highly successful film Coma by Michael Crichton in 1978.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coma_%28novel%29

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If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
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[Kr_iyer]

The Guns of Navarone is a well-known 1957 novel about World War II by Scottish thriller writer Alistair MacLean that was made into an equally acclaimed The Guns of Navarone film in 1961.

Plot introduction
The story concerns the efforts of an Allied commando team to destroy a seemingly impregnable German fortress that threatens Allied naval ships in the Aegean Sea, and prevents over 2,000 isolated British troops from being rescued. The story is based on the real events surrounding the Battle of Leros in World War II.

Source; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guns_of_Navarone_%28novel%29

Checkup which book Sharmila Tagore is reading im "Mere sapnonki aayegi tu" in ARADHANA

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If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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The Guns of Navarone is a well-known 1957 novel about World War II by Scottish thriller writer Alistair MacLean that was made into an equally acclaimed The Guns of Navarone film in 1961.

Plot introduction
The story concerns the efforts of an Allied commando team to destroy a seemingly impregnable German fortress that threatens Allied naval ships in the Aegean Sea, and prevents over 2,000 isolated British troops from being rescued. The story is based on the real events surrounding the Battle of Leros in World War II.

Source; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guns_of_Navarone_%28novel%29

Checkup which book Sharmila Tagore is reading im "Mere sapnonki aayegi tu" in ARADHANA

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If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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[Kr_iyer]

The Word is a 1972 mystery/thriller novel by Irving Wallace, which explores into the origin of the Bible.

The plot of the novel is based around the discovery of a new gospel written by Jesus' younger brother, James in the first century. In the gospel, many facts of Jesus' life, including the years not mentioned in the Bible, are revealed not to be as factual as they once thought to be. Steven Randall, a divorced public relations executive running his own company in New York City, is the man hired by New Testament International, an alliance of American and European Bible publishers, to give publicity to James' Gospel as published by them.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Word_%28novel%29

People goes crazy about Da Vinci Code, Read it it is much better

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If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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The Word is a 1972 mystery/thriller novel by Irving Wallace, which explores into the origin of the Bible.

The plot of the novel is based around the discovery of a new gospel written by Jesus' younger brother, James in the first century. In the gospel, many facts of Jesus' life, including the years not mentioned in the Bible, are revealed not to be as factual as they once thought to be. Steven Randall, a divorced public relations executive running his own company in New York City, is the man hired by New Testament International, an alliance of American and European Bible publishers, to give publicity to James' Gospel as published by them.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Word_%28novel%29

People goes crazy about Da Vinci Code, Read it it is much better

_________________
If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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The Bourne Identity is a 1980 spy fiction thriller novel by Robert Ludlum about an amnesiac who must discover who he is and why several different groups, including an assassin and the CIA, are trying to kill him. It is the first in a series of novels written by Ludlum, and later Eric Van Lustbader, featuring Jason Bourne.

The Bourne Identity was voted the second best spy novel of all-time, right behind John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, by Publishers Weekly


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bourne_Identity_%28novel%29

I liked the book pure thriller, enjoyed it, but seques were soso

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If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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The Bourne Identity is a 1980 spy fiction thriller novel by Robert Ludlum about an amnesiac who must discover who he is and why several different groups, including an assassin and the CIA, are trying to kill him. It is the first in a series of novels written by Ludlum, and later Eric Van Lustbader, featuring Jason Bourne.

The Bourne Identity was voted the second best spy novel of all-time, right behind John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, by Publishers Weekly


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bourne_Identity_%28novel%29

I liked the book pure thriller, enjoyed it, but seques were soso

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If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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Kane and Abel is a 1979 novel by British author Jeffrey Archer. The title and story is a play on the Biblical brothers, Cain and Abel. Released in the United Kingdom in 1979 and in the United States in February of 1980, the book was an international success. It reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and in 1985 was made into a CBS television miniseries titled Kane & Abel starring Peter Strauss as Rosnovski and Sam Neill as Kane.

The sequel to Kane and Abel is The Prodigal Daughter with Florentyna Kane as the protagonist.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane_and_Abel_%28novel%29

All the books of jeffrey archer are worth reading

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If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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Kane and Abel is a 1979 novel by British author Jeffrey Archer. The title and story is a play on the Biblical brothers, Cain and Abel. Released in the United Kingdom in 1979 and in the United States in February of 1980, the book was an international success. It reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list and in 1985 was made into a CBS television miniseries titled Kane & Abel starring Peter Strauss as Rosnovski and Sam Neill as Kane.

The sequel to Kane and Abel is The Prodigal Daughter with Florentyna Kane as the protagonist.


Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane_and_Abel_%28novel%29

All the books of jeffrey archer are worth reading

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If they answer not to thy call walk alone,
If they are afraid and cower mutely facing the wall,
O thou unlucky one,
open thy mind and speak out alone.
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