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The Emperor of All Maladies
Selected as One of the Best Books of the 21st Century by The New York Times Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, adapted as a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, ...
The Gene
** NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ** The Gene is the story of one of the most powerful and dangerous ideas in our history from the author of The Emperor of All Maladies. The story begins in an Augustinian abbey in 1856, and takes the reader from Darwin’s groundbreaking theory of evolution, to the horrors of Nazi eugenics, to present day and beyond - as we learn to “read” and “write” the human genome that unleashes the potential to change the fates and identities of our children. Majestic in its scope and ambition, The Gene provides us with a definitive account of the epic history of the quest to decipher the master-code that makes and defines humans – and paints a fascinati...
Encyclopedia of General Science for General Competitions
1. Only book based on NCERT Textbooks of Science 2. In-Line with analysis of Competitive Exams papers 3. Explanation to everyday Science Phenomena 4. Coverage of Previous papers in a Chapterwise manner 5. More than 2000 MCQs are given for the quick revision The book "Encyclopedia of General Science” has been prepared after analysis the recent pattern of competitive exams like SSC, UPSC & State Level PCS, etc. serving as an ideal book for competitive examinations. It is the only book which is based on NCERT of Science covering all their major sections like physics, chemistry, biology, space science, etc., in a student friendly manner which can be studied by all students including non-science. Besides all the theories, this book focuses on the practice part too, with more than 2000 MCQs are provided for the quick revision. Previous Years’ Question Papers are provided in a Chapterwise manner for thorough practice. At the end of every section appendix given that covers glossary, branches and other important information of each section. TABLE OF CONTENT Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer & IT
The Laws of Medicine
One of the world's premiere cancer researchers reveals an urgent philosophy on the little-known principles that govern medicine--and how understanding these principles can empower everyone.
The Lives of Others
‘Ma, I feel exhausted with consuming, with taking and grabbing and using. I am so bloated that I feel I cannot breathe any more. I am leaving to find some air, some place where I shall be able to purge myself, push back against the life given me and make my own. I feel I live in a borrowed house. It’s time to find my own . . . Forgive me . . .’ Calcutta, 1967. Unnoticed by his family, Supratik has become dangerously involved in student unrest, agitation, extremist political activism. Compelled by an idealistic desire to change his life and the world around him, all he leaves behind before disappearing is this note . . . The ageing patriarch and matriarch of his family, the Ghoshes, pre...
The Archaeology of South Asia
This book synthesises the archaeology of South Asia from the Neolithic period (c.6500 BCE) to the third century BCE.
Refugee Tales
Two unaccompanied children travel across the Mediterranean in an overcrowded boat that has been designed to only make it halfway across… A 63-year-old man is woken one morning by border officers ‘acting on a tip-off’ and, despite having paid taxes for 28 years, is suddenly cast into the detention system with no obvious means of escape… An orphan whose entire life has been spent in slavery – first on a Ghanaian farm, then as a victim of trafficking – writes to the Home Office for help, only to be rewarded with a jail sentence and indefinite detention… These are not fictions. Nor are they testimonies from some distant, brutal past, but the frighteningly common experiences of Euro...
The Body Myth
"A young teacher living in a fictional Indian city becomes romantically involved with a sick woman and her husband"--
General Science for Competitive Exams - SSC/ Banking/ Railways/ Defense/ Insurance
The book "General Sciences for Competitive Exams" contains specific topics in Science which form a part of most of the Competitive Exams. The book contains to the point theory followed by an exercise with solutions. The book covers a lot of questions from the past competitive exams. The book is a MUST for all SSC/ Banking/ Railways/ Defense/ Insurance Exam aspirants.
The Sacred Garden of Lumbini
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha, was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 1997. It is situated in an area commonly referred to as the 'Sacred Garden'. Archaeological remains testify to the authenticity of the place, which has become a major pilgrimage site. Nevertheless over two and a half millennia, the understanding of Lumbini has changed and different perceptions exist of what Lumbini might have been like at the birth of Lord Buddha. For the long-term safeguarding of this World Heritage site, overall understanding of the property is essential. This publication will provide a means for the various stakeholders to come to an understanding of each other's historical, religious, environmental and touristic perspectives of Lumbini.
