Success Vitamins for a Positive Mind

Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 in a one-room cabin on the Pound River in Wise County, Virginia. He began his writing career at age 13 as a "mountain reporter" for small- town newspapers and went on to become America's most beloved motivational author. Hill passed away in November 1970 after a long and successful career writing, teaching, and lecturing about the principles of success. His work stands as a monument to individual achievement and is the cornerstone of modern motivation. His book, Think and Grow Rich, is one of the biggest bestsellers of all time.

Judith A. Williamson is an international speaker, author, and Director of the Napoleon Hill World Learning Center at Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, Indiana since 2000. Currently, she is working on disseminating Dr. Napoleon Hill’s materials worldwide through her writings, workshops, and seminars.

''No man can get to the top without carrying others along with him.''

''Every thought you release becomes a permanent part of your character.''

''Remember that the mind grows strong through use. Struggle makes power.''

Dr. Napoleon Hill is an expert in taking theory and resizing it into applicable practice for the layperson. He is able to distill thought into short epigrams, which he himself has labeled ''Success Vitamins'', for a daily dose of insight into how to succeed in today''s complicated world. For the general reader as well as for businessmen and businesswomen alike who are watching their clocks but still need daily inspiration, this volume of over 700 success proverbs is ideal. By just reading and reflecting on a few epigrams or even a page a day, you will be conditioning your mind for positive outcomes. These ''Success Vitamins'' can contribute to your healing financially, socially, and emotionally today and throughout the year.

ISBN: 9788172239589
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

Body Lnguage (Collins gem)

Author: Collins gem
ISBN: 9780007286973
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

Branding India: An Incredible Story

A joint secretary in the ministry of tourism from 2001 to 2007, Amitabh Kant was one of the key drivers of the growth of Indian tourism. Earlier, as secretary of tourism in Kerala from 1997 to 2001, he put the state on the international tourism map by imaginatively building the “God’s Own Country” brand. He is currently principal secretary and special commissioner (industries) in Kerala.

A case history of the remarkable transformation in Indian tourism in the last seven years. In 2001-2002, after the destruction of the World Trade Centre, the war on Afghanistan and the attack on Indian Parliament, tourism was down in the dumps in India. It was at the peak of this crisis that the "Incredible India" campaign to position India as a tourist destination was launched.

This is the story of how that campaign triggered the take-off of Indian tourism, and how support sectors like aviation, hotels and infrastructure grew in tandem so that in 2008 India got 5.38 million visitors compared to 2.54 million in 2001.
The author, Amitabh Kant, played a key role in this phenomenon as joint secretary in the Union ministry of tourism. He writes a scholarly book that is full of personal insights into a remarkable growth story

ISBN: 9788172238094
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Ants, Ghosts and Whispering Trees: An Anthology of Oriya Short Stories

Author: K.K. Mohapatra Leelawati
ISBN: 9788172235727
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

Ad Infinitum: A Biography of Latin

A detailed and in-depth biography of the Latin language from its very beginnings to the present day from the widely acclaimed author of ''Empires of the Word''.

The Latin language has been a constant in the cultural history of the West for over two millennia. It has shaped the way we think of ourselves and of our (central) place in the world. It has formed and united us as Europeans, has been the foundation of our education for centuries and defined the way in which we express our thoughts, our faith and our knowledge of the workings of the world. And yet, Latin began life as the cumbersome dialect of a small southern Italian city-state.

Its active use lasted three times as long as Rome''s Empire and its use echoes on in the law codes of half the world, in terminologies of biology and medicine, and until forty years ago in the litany of the Catholic Church, the most populous form of Christianity.

In ''Ad Infinitum'', Nicholas Ostler examines the reasons why Latin made such a long-lasting impact on language, and how it managed to stay alive for two millennia despite the cultural superiority of Greek. He will look at how Latin''s sturdy roots remained untouched while empires rose and fell, the influence of religion and war, and the ways it has progressed through medieval times right up until the present day.

The Latin language has proved more far reaching than its creators. Today it continues to define the way our societies have developed technologically and scientifically and the way we practise law and worship our Christian God.

ISBN: 9780007221752
Author: Nicholas Ostler
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

An Idealist View of Life

''One of the most profoundly religious books of our time'' — The Spectator

Science is a system of second causes, which cannot describe the world adequately, much less account for it. In this remarkable treatise, Radhakrishnan explores aspects of the modern intellectual debate on science vis-à-vis religion and the vain attempts to find a substitute for religion. He discusses, drawing upon the traditions of East and West, the nature and validity of religious experience.Finally, he creates a fine vision of man''s evolution and the emergence of higher values. The range of subjects combined with the author''s own faith, undogmatic and free of creed, makes this book a philosophical education in itself.

ISBN: 9788172238445
Author: S. Radhakrishnan
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5-Minute Stress-Busting

Author: Collins gem
ISBN: 9780007286935
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

365 Nirvana Here And Now: Living Every Moment in Enlightenment

Author: Josh Baran
ISBN: 9780007200870
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy.

This is the story of how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. In more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them.

What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. Ishmael Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve in Sierra Leone, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he''d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found he was capable of truly terrible acts.

This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty. Ishmael Beah came to the United States when he was seventeen, and graduated from Oberlin College in 2003. He lives in New York City.

ISBN: 9780007247080
Author: Ishmael Beah
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

A Journey Interrupted: Being Indian in Pakistan

You need to be deported,'' said the retired army general. What follows is not deportation but the beginning of an exploration. An exploration that is nuanced by the identity of the narrator: an Indian Muslim woman travelling alone in a space notoriously difficult to negotiate, vis-à-vis its history and politics.
From travelling in the cockpit of the PIA aircraft to having the door shut in her face by a born-again nationalist to attending parties in perfumed salons to examining the minorities; from being treated as a philistine to engaging in enlivening conversations with those who had to pay the price for dissent, the author attempts to understand what it means to live in Pakistan today.
In the course of her journey, at times interrupted, through the cities of Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore and Peshawar, Farzana Versey finds herself struggling with her own identity ''When I was on the soil of the land of the pure, my impurity struck me. I was the emotional mulatto,'' she writes.
A Journey Interrupted is not your conventional travelogue. In the vignettes the author weaves together, of living and travelling in a complex society, the personal becomes the political. And the picture that emerges is of a changing nation with a unique mix of religious tradition and barely-in-check liberalism. In these times of political and social unrest in Pakistan, this is a timely book – one that delves into the Pakistani mind and traces the chasms in its recent history.

Author: Farzana Versey
ISBN: 9788172237554
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

50 Maestros 50 Performances: The Best of Indian Classicla Music

Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan represent the seventh generation of the Senia Bangash School of music. They have performed at concerts and festivals around the world and have crossed the bridge between pure classical and western fusion with their electronica and lounge albums. They have collaborated with various artists like guitarist Derek Trucks and percussionist Evelyn Glennie among others. They have also written a biography of their father, Abba: God’s Greatest Gift to Us (2002).

From Begum Akhtar to Bhimsen Joshi, Enayat Khan to Ravi Shankar, Bismillah Khan to Shiv Kumar Sharma, Indian classical music is as varied as it can be, from the pure traditional gharanas to more recent blends and fusions. Young sarod players Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan have grown up surrounded by music and musicians. In this tribute to the masters of Indian classical music, both instrumental and vocal, they take us through their encounters with fifty musicians from the twentieth century, exploring the world of both Hindustani and Carnatic music. Filled with personal anecdotes and musical appraisals, and accompanied by a CD selection of some of the finest recorded performances, this book takes you through the best of Indian classical music. Interspersed with some rare photographs from the authors'' personal collection as well as descriptions and details of every recording they have discussed, this book is a keepsake for the connoisseur and a comprehensive introduction to the beginner.

ISBN: 9788172239183
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

A Book of Lands & People

A sparkling anthology of several centuries worth of the world''s best travel writing, assembled by the legendary Eric Newby, the author of A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush and Love and War in the Apennines, and one of Britain''s pre-eminent and best-loved travel-writers.

In 1985 Eric Newby compiled an immensely successful anthology of travel-writing called Travellers Tales that was distinguished by its originality and the genuine affection with which each entry had been chosen and described. Newby''s enthusiasm and love for the subject shone out on every page, and the book became a travel-writing classic.

Now, nearly 20 years later, Newby returns with a collection even more far-ranging and delightfully entertaining. A virtually endless treasure-trove of the bizarre, the touching, the profound and the farcical, A Book of Lands and Peoples is a collection of staggering scope and range. From Herodotus to Wilfred Thesiger, from Christopher Columbus to Paul Theroux, from Nick Danziger to Marco Polo, Eric Newby has brought together the absolute cream of the travel-writing crop into one beautiful and fascinating volume. There is simply no other book like it.

Author: Eric Newby
ISBN: 9780007149407
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

50 Easy Ways Kids can Help Animals

When kids want to, they can make a lot of noise – especially when they use their voices to make the world a better place for animals. Now, for kids who want to make a difference, PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk brings you the ultimate guide to positive kid action and reaction.

GET TOGETHER AND GET INVOLVED

Here are some ways you can help save the animal planet:

• Share what you know – invite people to come and talk to your class about important animal protection issues.

• Tell insects to bug off – kindly! Flies and spiders are an important part of the natural world.

• Smile more brightly – use lip balm that doesn''t test on animals!

ISBN: 9788172237240
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

1812: Napoleon`s Fatal March on Moscow

An epic account of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and eventual retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on the subsequent course of Russian and European history.
• The saga of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and the catastrophic retreat from Moscow has fascinated not only military historians; Tolstoy’s War and Peace demonstrates the dramatic appeal of those events at a universal humal level. This is the story of how the most powerful man on earth met his doom, and how the greatest fighting force ever assembled was wiped out.
• By 1810 Napoleon was master of Europe, defied only by Britain, which he could not defeat because he had no navy. His intention was to destroy Britain through a total blockade, the Continental System. But Tsar Alexander of Russia now refused to apply the blockade, and Napoleon decided to bring him to heel.
• Napoleon quickly realised that nemesis awaited him, and the events of 1812 had a colossal impact on the fate of Europe: a great patriotic surge helped turn the Russians into a nation (hence Tchaikovsky’s ‘1812’ overture) and led them to reject Western values; the Germans began their fateful ‘Prussification’; the French lost their cultural dominance. And Napoleon’s legend – as man of destiny – began to exert its insidious fascination.

ISBN: 9780007123759
Author: Adam Zamoyski
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

3 Para

3 Para’ will tell the stories of the men and women who took part in this extraordinary and largely unreported saga. Best-selling author Patrick Bishop has been given exclusive access to the soldiers whose tales of courage and endurance provide an unforgettable portrait of one of the world''s finest and most fascinating fighting regiments, and a remarkable band of warriors. Their bravery was reflected in the array of gallantry medals that were bestowed on their return, including the Victoria Cross awarded to Corporal Bryan Budd and the George Cross won by Corporal Mark Wright, both of whom were killed winning their awards.

3 Para’s saga of comradeship, courage and fortitude is set to become a classic.

Afghanistan, Summer 2006. This is war.

Afghanistan in the summer of 2006. In blazing heat in remote outposts the 3 Para battlegroup is pitted against a stubborn enemy who keep on coming. Until now, the full story of what happened there has not been told. This is it.
In April 2006, the elite 3 Para battle group was dispatched to Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. They were tasked with providing security to reconstruction efforts, a deployment it was hoped would pass off without a shot being fired. In fact, over the six months they were there, the 3 Para battle group saw near continuous combat – one gruelling battle after another – in what would become one of the most extraordinary campaigns ever fought by British troops.

Around parched, dusty outposts reliant on a limited number of helicopters for food and ammunition resupply, troops were subjected to relentless Taliban attacks, as well as energy-sapping 50 degree heat and spartan conditions. At the end of the tour, the Taliban offensive aimed at driving the British and Afghan Government troops out of Helmand had been tactically defeated. But 3 Para paid a high price: fourteen soldiers and one interpreter were killed, and 46 wounded.

Author: Patrick Bishop
ISBN: 9780007257782
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

15-minute Yoga

Author: Collins gem
ISBN: 9780007286942
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

A Cabinet Secretary Looks Back

One of India''s most distinguished civil servants, B.G. Deshmukh in these candid memoirs describes his long and remarkable journey from Poona, where he grew up, to the heady days when he was cabinet secretary under Rajiv Gandhi and then principal secretary to three prime ministers - Rajiv Gandhi, V.P. Singh and Chandrashekhar.

Deshmukh provides fresh insights into the momentous events of those times, including such controversial subjects as Bofors, the coterie that surrounded Rajiv Gandhi, the Union Carbide case, the Mandal Commission report and India''s involvement in Sri lanka. He also charts the twists and turns in India-Pakistan relations, why terrorism took roots in Punjab and how it was eventually crushed, and the genesis of the Kashmir problem. In the process, he paints fascinating portraits of political leaders such as Zail Singh, Rajiv Gandhi, V.P. Singh, and Chandrashekhar.

At the same time, the book is a record of how Indian bureaucracy works - or doesn''t. The author traces his career from 1951, when he joined the IAS, to hi retirement in 1990 after having reached the pinnacle of his field.

ISBN: 9788172235925
Author: B.G. Deshmukh
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

10 Little Rubber Ducks

Chuckedy-chuckedy-chuck

goes the rubber duck machine.

Out pop little yellow rubber ducks

one after the other...

A brand-new batch of rubber ducks is loaded on to a ship and sent off to be delivered to children everywhere. But when a storm strikes, 10 little ducks are tossed into the sea and swept away in 10 different directions – with some wonderfully unexpected adventures along the way.

Come ride the waves as legendary children''s book author and illustrator, Eric Carle, explores numbers, directions, opposites, geography, animals and more in an extraordinary interactive picture book, beautifully illustrated with his unique collage-style art. And for a final surprise, the last page contains a duck with a squeaking sound chip for a special treat at the end of the story!

Author: Eric Carle
ISBN: 9780007202423
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

1434: The Year a Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance

In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further astonishing evidence that it was also Chinese advances in science, art, and technology that formed the basis of the European Renaissance and our modern world.

In his bestselling book 1421: The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies presented controversial and compelling evidence that Chinese fleets beat Columbus, Cook and Magellan to the New World. But his research has led him to astonishing new discoveries that Chinese influence on Western culture didn''t stop there.

Until now, scholars have considered that the Italian Renaissance - the basis of our modern Western world - came about as a result of a re-examining the ideas of classical Greece and Rome. However, a stunning reappraisal of history is about to be published.

Gavin Menzies makes the startling argument that a sophisticated Chinese delegation visited Italy in 1434, sparked the Renaissance, and forever changed the course of Western civilization. After that date the authority of Aristotle and Ptolemy was overturned and artistic conventions challenged, as was Arabic astronomy and cartography.

Florence and Venice of the 15th century attracted traders from across the world. Menzies presents astonishing evidence that a large Chinese fleet, official ambassadors of the Emperor, arrived in Tuscany in 1434 where they met with Pope Eugenius IV in Florence. A mass of information was offered by the Chinese delegation to the Pope and his entourage - concerning world maps (which Menzies argues were later given to Columbus), astronomy, mathematics, art, printing, architecture, steel manufacture, civil engineering, military machines, surveying, cartography, genetics, and more. It was this gift of knowledge that sparked the inventiveness of the Renaissance - Da Vinci''s inventions, the Copernican revolution, Galileo, etc. Following 1434, Europeans embraced Chinese intellectual ideas, discoveries, and inventions, which formed the basis of European civilization just as much as Greek thought and Roman law. In short, China provided the spark that set the Renaissance ablaze.

Author: Gavin Menzies
ISBN: 9780007275861
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

10-Minute Watercolours

A handy, practical and inspirational little book – perfect for the pocket or art bag – showing watercolour painters of all levels how to loosen up their paintings and maintain spontaneity.

Written by popular artist Hazel Soan, the book is arranged in two parts: the first section explains all about watercolour and shows what can be achieved with it in a short time span; the second section suggests specific approaches to painting in particular situations.

INCLUDES:

Covering all the essential techniques, the book focuses on maximising brushstrokes and exploring colours.

• Useful advice on deciding what to include and what to leave out

• Helpful chapters on painting a wide range of subjects, including people, landscapes, seascapes, buildings, gardens, flowers and still life subjects

Hazel Soan is a successful international artist who divides her studio time between London and Cape Town, exhibiting her work widely. She is the author of Collins Painting Workshop: Flowers in Watercolour, Learn to Paint Vibrant Watercolours, What Shall I Paint? and African Watercolours, and regularly contributes articles to art magazines. She has made several successful videos on painting, as well as a number of radio and TV appearances both in the UK and abroad. She is one of the art experts on the popular Channel 4 series Watercolour Challenge.

ISBN: 9780007202157
Author: Collins gem
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

A House in the Old Style

Youngest Granduncle, octogenarian and master storyteller, is the cherished, much-respected eldest member of his deceased brother''s family, and lives with his aged nephews, their sons, wives and children in an old colonial mansion in Allahabad. The colourful stories of his youth – his brush with the freedom struggle, his many years in Fiji, his marriage to a local woman – recounted with great flourish and comic timing, are a huge hit with the children of the house. But Swapan, his corporate son born from a late, second marriage, and wary of his father''s dubious past, is home for the Durga Puja festivities and feels duty-bound to take his father away with him, far from the comfort of his extended family and the courtesies of a traditional Prabashi household, to the tightly nuclear confines of his own… Another lyrical novel from the author of And Where My Friend Lay You Hiding, A House in the Old Style is an elegant and understated account of an anachronistic household and its Old World values…

Author: Ananda Mukherji
ISBN: 9788172237295
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

A Break In The Circle

Sharmila Kantha leads a peripatetic life as the wife of an Indian diplomat, while retaining her roots in Patna. Her previous publications include a novel, Just the Facts, Madamji (Indialog, 2002), a work of non-fiction, Building India with Partnership: The Story of CII 1895-2005 (Penguin, 2006), and two picture books for children (Children’s Book Trust). Currently based in Colombo, Sri Lanka with her husband and son, she is also consultant to a leading industry association.

Kallu chacha has to arrange his daughter’s marriage. Amma has to prevent Nanni from becoming a model. Nisha mausi has to prepare for her daughter’s engagement. Gautam is visiting Patna for some mysterious purpose. The maid is pregnant again. Srijana is buying a goat. And an unknown professor is returning to Patna after twenty years.

Anuradha has to deal with these and other events in her life where everyday compulsions of expectation, duty and responsibility leave her little time for reflection and selfdiscovery. As she strikes up an unexpected online contact with the mysterious professor from America, Anu begins to see life through his eyes and becomes increasingly distanced from the world around her.

Set in small-town India, A Break in the Circle explores the relationship of an individual with her society in an India that israpidly changing, yet unable to let go of its roots.

ISBN: 9788172239312
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India