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Mistress of the Throne : The Mughal Intrigues
1631, the Empress of India Mumtaz Mahal has died. Yet, rather than anoint one of his several other wives to take her place as Empress of India, Mughal King Shah Jahan anoints his seventeen-year-old daughter Jahanara as the next Queen of India. Bearing an almost identical resemblance to her mother, Jahanara is the first ever daughter of a sitting Mughal King to be anointed queen. She is reluctant to accept this title, but does so in hopes of averting the storm approaching her family and Mughal India. Her younger siblings harbor extreme personalities from a liberal multiculturalist (who views religion as an agent of evil) to an orthodox Muslim (who views razing non-Muslim buildings as divine will). Meanwhile, Jahanara struggles to come to terms with her own dark reality as the daughter of a sitting King, she is forbidden to marry. Thus, while she lives in the shadow of her parents unflinching love story, she is devastated by the harsh reality that she is forbidden to share such a romance with another. Mistress of the Throne narrates the powerful story of one of Indias most opulent and turbulent times through the eyes of an unsuspecting character - a Muslim queen. It uses actual historical figures to illuminate the complexity of an era that has often been called Indias Golden Age. About the AuthorRuchir Gupta is a graduate of Upstate Medical University and currently practicing medicine in Long Island, NY, where he lives with his wife and daughter. He has authored several books on anesthesiology. His interests include reading, blogging, traveling and learning history. This is his debut novel.
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Six Years
Six years have passed since Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man. Six years of hiding a broken heart by throwing himself into his career. Six years of keeping his promise to leave Natalie alone and six years of tortured dreams of her life with her new husband, Todd. But six years haven't come close to extinguishing his feelings and when Jake comes across Todd's obituary, he can't keep himself away from the funeral. There he gets the glimpse of Todd's wife he's hoping for but she is not Natalie and Jake's world is turned completely inside out. As Jake searches for the truth, his picture perfect memories of Natalie begin to unravel. Mutual friends of the couple either can't be found or don't remember Jake. No one has seen Natalie in years. Jake's search for the woman who broke his heart and who lied to him soon puts his very life at risk as it dawns on him that the man he has become may be based on carefully constructed fiction
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Fit at 40
A practical guide to staying fit, healthy and younger looking in the 40s. Are you afraid of turning 40? 40 is an important milestone in our life. Yet, this is often the time when the bodys metabolism reduces progressively and a lot of health problems such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension, muscle and joint pain enter our lives. In Fit at 40, renowned obstetrician and gynaecologist Dr Rishma Dhillon Pai will give you a lowdown on major health issues that plague us in the 40s, the importance of a healthy diet, and offer advice, solutions, precautions and tips to stay healthy, look younger and keep midlife crisis at bay, forever
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Healing Wounded Emotions: Overcoming Life's Hurts
In this empathetic and inspiring resource, Padovani describes how one's emotional and spiritual lives interact, as he challenges readers to live fuller, more satisfying lives.
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Unposted Letter by T. T. Rangarajan
This book is a collection of a series of articles written by the editor of the magazine, Frozen Thoughts. Unposted Letters is a collection of short articles published in different issues of the magazine, Frozen Thoughts, compiled by the editor. Each letter contains deep and profound reflections on many topics related to life, work, situations, and attitudes. Each page contains ideas and concepts that can change the readers’ view on many things and make their life richer and more enjoyable. The book contains simple lessons and principles and practical ideas that, if implemented, can make life more fulfilling and adverse situations easier to face. Whatever the reader is looking for - a resolution to a conflict, a personal or professional dilemma, practical advice, dealing with the loss of material possessions - they will find something that is useful and practical. Incorporating philosophy, concepts, ideas, and thoughts from various sources like the Bible and Bhagavad Gita and from great leaders and thinkers of the past and present, the book contains inspirational life lessons. These writings were published in the magazine Frozen Thoughts. Frozen Thoughts is a self-development journal that focuses on self-awakening, spirituality, and relationships. The magazine also covers a wide variety of personality development related subjects like parenting, psychology, management, religion and science, and stress management.
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A Gesture Life
The riveting story of a Japanese immigrant who leads a proper, decorous life in a New York suburb. As his life slowly unravels, he is transported back to his days as a medic in the Japanese army in World War II, and his obsessive love of a young comfort woman. "Not since Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains of the Day has there been a novel so attentive to the interplay of dark memory and light manners...a beautiful, solitary, remarkably tender book."-New York Times Book Review "Exceptional...A beautifully tapestried story of seeking identity and acceptance in another culture while remaining separate from the tug of it."--Christian Science Monitor "A Gesture Life is the touching, multilayered rumination of an uneasy psyche. It is also a tragic, horrifying page-turner, whose evocation of wartime victims is unforgettable...a deeply involving tale."-Chicago Tribune
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The Yoga of Knowledge Janna Yoga
he Yoga of Knowledge Jnana Yoga is written by Swami Vivekananda. The sacred thoughts and the vivid articulacy of the Swami propose inspiration to his spiritual disciples. This book is popular under the classification of Hindu philosophy because of its diverse description of Vedanta Philosophy. The author focuses on the acumen of the Vedas, Bhagavad-Gita, and the Upanishads in the most technical and contemporary form. ‘Jnana’ is considered to be the best tactic of becoming alert of the perpetual self or god. These allocutions were canned by a popular stenographer names J.J. Goodwin, who later followed the path of Swami Vivekananda. Swami Vivekananda is one of the most well-known Hindu saints. The author has also written popular books such as Karma Yoga and Raja Yoga. He is known worldwide owing to his ideas of the Vedas and for the introducing the logical yoga. He was one of the strongest forces responsible for resuscitation of Hinduism in the late 19th century. The religion was introduced in the Parliament of Religion in Chicago in 1883 because of his inspiring speech. He was born in Calcutta on January 12, 1863.
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The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are
A witty attack on the illusion that the self is a separate ego that confronts a universe of alien physical objects.
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Path To Happiness and Prosperity
When we think of money, we imagine that it is an experience and an energy that stands outside of the reality of God. Yet there is nothing in the universe that stands outside of the reality of God, that is not a part of God. Once we understand that money is a part of what God is, our attitude about money changes. We see it as an extension of the glory of God, not the root of all evil. This can produce astonishing results. Essentially, God tells us in Conversations with God that most of us do not understand what abundance really is. We confuse it with money. Yet when we take stock of that in which we truly are abundant, and choose to share it freely with everyone whose life we touch, we find that what we thought was abundance - money - comes to us freely.
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The Girl's Guide to Being a Boss Without Being a B
Valuable Lessons, Smart Suggestions, and True Stories for Succeeding as the Chick-In-Charge As women, we haven’t always had the best role models at work. We’ve either worked for men or we’ve had female bosses who are, well, big bitches. Woman still don’t have much of a road map right now when it comes to taking charge at the office, so the team who brought you the national bestseller The Girl’s Guide to Starting Your Own Business is drawing one for us. Caitlin Friedman and Kimberly Yorio will teach you to be powerful without being possessive, to be opinionated without being brassy, and to have a strong voice without micromanaging. You’ll learn just how to own the role of queen bee in a positive way so that you can be more mentor than manager, one who leads, inspires, and motivates. So, you finally got that promotion. You’re the boss now. The supervisor. The manager. The captain. The taskmaster. Those days of taking orders, running errands, and clock-watching are over. As exciting as all this might seem, once the rush of the promotion is over, you might be scratching your head wondering exactly what to do. Being the boss is never easy, but it's twice as hard for a woman. It seems like there's no middle ground. Either you're the dragon lady who rules with an iron fist or the mousey girl who gets drowned out at every meeting. When a woman wields authority and dares to make tough decisions, how often is the "B-word" bandied about by her employees? How can she strike that balance between pushover and dictator? Fear not. You can do the job. All you need is a little helpful advice to send you on your way. Whether you supervise two as a shift manager or lord over an entire corporate empire, Caitlin Friedman and Kim Yorio will show you how to step gracefully into your new position of power. They’ll teach you how to motivate your team without alienating them, how to delegate without feeling guilty, how to deal with office politics and how to handle evaluations, promotions, and even firings. And for those of you who are already running the show, they can help you become the mentor your employees deserve. Inside, there are self-assessment questionnaires to help you find out where you land on the bitch or wimp scale; interviews with prominent female bosses, human-resources directors, and therapists; and advice from a whole host of experts. In addition, there are funny and informative checklists and tips to make sure you’re the Good Witch around the office and not the Big Bitch. And, most important, Caitlin and Kim will teach you the secrets to owning your role and loving it. You’ve earned your promotion, so enjoy it!
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The Hunt for Kohinoor
A spine chilling ninety six hour hunt through the worlds most dangerous terrain where history collides with gunfire will Mehrunisa get out of this one alive? One morning on her way to work, Mehrunisa gets a call that will change her life forever. The truth about her missing father is at her fingertips but it will take her on the most desperate chase of her lifetime. A chase that will pit her against hardened jihadis plotting the deadliest terror attack on India, that will test her mettle against historys deep secrets, that will teach her that the price of love can mean bloodied hands. The Hunt for Kohinoor hurtles from icy Kashmir to snow-clad Hindukush from the sinister corridors of a military hospital to the warrens of Peshawar even as the clock counts down to the impending catastrophe.
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The Treasure of Kafur
Hindustan, 1580 AD. The Mughal Emperor Akbar is at the height of his power, seemingly invincible. But twenty years of war have earned him many enemies and rebellion is brewing, led by Asaf Baig, the tyrannical ruler of Khandesh. Baig has stumbled upon the knowledge that the whereabouts of the fabulous lost treasure of Malik Kafur, which will guarantee victory to Akbars enemies, is known to an old woman called Ambu. Baig kidnaps Ambu to wrest the knowledge of the treasure from her but her twenty-year-old grandson, Dattatreya, escapes and flees across Hindustan to enlist the help of the the one person who has the most reason to stop Baig the Mughal Emperor himself. Staying one step ahead of capture and death, Datta is swept up in a world of kings and warrior princesses, of uncommon friendships and an implacable evil and a desperate race against time to save his grandmother and the Empire.
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THE ALADDIN FACTOR
The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Chicken Soup for the Soul introduce readers to the Aladdin Factor--the magical wellspring of confidence and desire that turns dreams into reality--and teach them how to put it into effect in their own lives.
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Peace Is the Way: Bringing War and Violence to an
Deepak Chopra's new book takes its title from a famous quotation: There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.\' Mere variations on the theme of conflict will never get us where we want to go. We must take an evolutionary leap into a new way of being.According to Dr Chopra, war is a deeply ingrained habit that needs to be replaced. And beyond that,If the way of peace is to succeed, it must offer a substitute for everything war now offers.More than this, Chopra contends that the majority of people have already evolved beyond war. The way of peace is the next step in their journey of personal growth. War is an outlet for fear, a stage for the enactment of courage and heroism, a display of machismo, and the contest of good versus evil. Peace Is the Way shows how each of us can end our need for these things.This stimulating new book offers a seven-step program for changing the reader's consciousness. War ends with one person at a time, Chopra argues, and if enough people expand their awareness, we will reach critical mass, at which point the entire consciousness of the planet can shift away from war forever. Inspiring, thoughtful, timely and skilfully-crafted, Peace Is the Way is reminiscent of How to Know God in its scope and vision for the future of the world.I absolutely agree with Dr Chopra's view that if we want to change the world, we have to begin by changing ourselves. The Dalai Lama
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JOURNEYS OUT OF THE BODY
this is the definitive work on the extraordinary phenomenon of out-of-body experiences, by the founder of the internationally known Monroe Institute.
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Reunited.
Raymond Moody\'s research in Reunited shows that it is possible to see and communicate with departed loved ones If you believe that communicating with those on the other side is impossible, or that only professionally trained psychics can cross that boundary, the evidence in this provocative book will surprise you. Dr Raymond Moody, bestselling author of Life After Life and the first medical professional to explore near-death experiences, shows that it is possible, and not even difficult, for all of us to make contact with our loved ones virtually whenever we choose, without the help of a medium.\n\nBy experimenting with such items as mirrors, crystals and specially designed chambers, Dr Moody created an environment in which many unbiased, intelligent men and women achieved amazing success in calling forth visions. Here are their own descriptions, recorded immediately after, of what they saw, heard and felt during moments of precious closeness that left them confident they had been in the actual presence of their dead loved ones.Grounded in solid historical and anthropological data, these case studies and Dr Moody’s own observations will give pause even to septicemic. As proof of life after death, his stunning findings promise to launch even more research and give comfort to many people around the world.