Rajan 's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:55:04 -0700 60 Rajan 's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Becoming bullet proof 57352361 Former Secret Service agent and star of ’s Spy Games Evy Poumpouras shares lessons learned from protecting presidents, as well insights and skills from the oldest and most elite security force in the world to help you prepare for stressful situations, instantly read people, influence how you are perceived, and live a more fearless life.

Becoming Bulletproof means transforming yourself into a stronger, more confident, and more powerful person. Evy Poumpouras—former Secret Service agent to three presidents and one of only five women to receive the Medal of Valor—demonstrates how we can overcome our everyday fears, have difficult conversations, know who to trust and who might not have our best interests at heart, influence situations, and prepare for the unexpected. When you have become bulletproof, you are your best, most courageous, and most powerful version of you. Poumpouras shows us that ultimately true strength is found in the mind, not the body.

Courage involves facing our fears, but it is also about resilience, grit, and having a built-in BS detector and knowing how to use it. In Becoming Bulletproof, Poumpouras demonstrates how to heighten our natural instincts to employ all these qualities and move from fear to fearlessness.]]> 299 Evy Poumpouras 1785786857 Rajan 5
This book serves as a powerful reference manual for anyone striving to become significantly useful—to themselves and others. With an engaging narrative, real-life, action-packed anecdotes, and highly applicable wisdom, it is a true masterclass from a practitioner who has lived it.

The idea of becoming 'fearless' is often an unrealistic illusion sold by many, but adopting a 'bulletproof' mindset is the only practical mental framework to propel ourselves forward. Thank you, Evy Poumpouras!"]]> 4.10 2020 Becoming bullet proof
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Highly motivational, insightful, and immensely practical.

This book serves as a powerful reference manual for anyone striving to become significantly useful—to themselves and others. With an engaging narrative, real-life, action-packed anecdotes, and highly applicable wisdom, it is a true masterclass from a practitioner who has lived it.

The idea of becoming 'fearless' is often an unrealistic illusion sold by many, but adopting a 'bulletproof' mindset is the only practical mental framework to propel ourselves forward. Thank you, Evy Poumpouras!"
]]> <![CDATA[Aliens - Science Asks: Is Anyone Out There?]]> 32069090
It's the biggest question we've ever faced, one that has fascinated generations of humans: do aliens exist? If they did, what would they look like? How would they think? And what would it mean for us if we found them?

Here, Professor Jim Al-Khalili blasts off in search of answers. Featuring twenty pieces by top scientists and experts in the field including Martin Rees, Ian Stewart and Adam Rutherford, Aliens covers every aspect of the subject, from alien consciousness to the neuroscience behind alien abductions. And along the way he'll cover science fiction, the probability of us finding extra-terrestrial life, and whether recently-discovered exoplanets might support life.

Engaging, authoritative and filled with scientific insights fresh from the far edges of the galaxy, Aliens is the perfect book for anyone who has ever looked up into the starry sky and wondered: are we alone?]]> 240 Jim Al-Khalili 1781256810 Rajan 0 to-read 3.74 2016 Aliens - Science Asks: Is Anyone Out There?
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]]> Eleven Minutes 1430 Eleven Minutes is the story of Maria, a young girl from a Brazilian village, whose first innocent brushes with love leave her heartbroken. At a tender age, she becomes convinced that she will never find true love, instead believing that “love is a terrible thing that will make you suffer. . . .� A chance meeting in Rio takes her to Geneva, where she dreams of finding fame and fortune.

Maria’s despairing view of love is put to the test when she meets a handsome young painter. In this odyssey of self-discovery, Maria has to choose between pursuing a path of darkness—sexual pleasure for its own sake—or risking everything to find her own “inner light� and the possibility of sacred sex, sex in the context of love.]]> 273 Paulo Coelho 0060589280 Rajan 0 currently-reading 3.74 2003 Eleven Minutes
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]]> <![CDATA[Speech Evaluation, The Art of Constructive Criticism]]> 35069230 39 Ralph C. Smedley Rajan 0 to-read 5.00 Speech Evaluation, The Art of Constructive Criticism
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]]> <![CDATA[Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (Tamil Edition)]]> 43616940 இந்த நாவல� எழுதுவதன� மூலம� என்னைப� புதிதாய் ஒர� சோதனையில� நான் ஈடுபடுத்திக் கொண்டேன். அதில� தேறிவிட்� மகிழ்ச்ச� எனக்கு இப்போத� இருக்கிறது.


சொல்கி� முறையினால் எல்லோராலும� ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள முடியா� விஷயங்களைக்கூட எல்லோருக்கும� இணக்கமாகச் சொல்லிவி� முடியும் என்ற� இந்த நாவல� எழுதியதன� மூலம� நான் கண்டுகொண்டுவிட்டேன�.


கதிரில� தொடர்கதையா� இத� வந்தபொழுதும், வந்த� முடிந்� பிறகும� நூற்றுக்கணக்கா� வாசகர்கள� கடிதம் எழுத� இருந்தார்கள். வெளிவந்த� முடிந்� பிறக� வாசகர் கடிதங்கள� அடுக்கித� தொடர� கதைக்குப� 'புண்ணியா� வாசனம்' நடைபெறாத முதல� தொடர்கதை இதுதானென்ற� நான் நினைக்கிறேன். வந்த கடிதங்களையெல்லாம� கதிர� அலுவலகத்திலிருந்து நான் வாரிக்கொண்

]]> 503 Jayakanthan Rajan 4 4.41 1970 Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal (Tamil Edition)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wisdom of Life: Willpower and rational deliberation]]> 198470789 127 Arthur Shopenhauer Rajan 0 to-read 4.00 The Wisdom of Life: Willpower and rational deliberation
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read [and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did]]]> 42348818 This book is about how we have relationships with our children, what gets in the way of a good connection and what can enhance it


The most influential relationships are between parents and children. Yet for so many families, these relationships go can wrong and it may be difficult to get back on track.

In The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad that You Did), renowned psychotherapist Philippa Perry shows how strong and loving bonds are made with your children and how such attachments give a better chance of good mental health, in childhood and beyond.

She'll help you to:
- Understand how your own upbringing may be impacting upon your parenting style
- Contain, express, accept and validate your own and your child's feelings
- Understand that all behaviour is communication
- Break negative cycles and patterns
- Accept that you will make mistakes and what to do about them

Almost every parent loves their children, but by following the refreshing, sage and sane advice and steps in this book you will also find yourselves liking one another too.

]]> 240 Philippa Perry Rajan 0 to-read 4.10 2019 The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read [and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did]
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]]> <![CDATA[Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto]]> 60382737
From the founder and creator of The Nap Ministry,Rest Is Resistanceis a battle cry, a guidebook, a map for a movement, and a field guide for the weary and hopeful. It is rooted in spiritual energy and centered in Black liberation, womanism, somatics, and Afrofuturism. With captivating storytelling and practical advice, all delivered in Hersey's lyrical voice and informed by her deep experience in theology, activism, and performance art,Rest Is Resistanceis a call to action and manifesto for those who are sleep deprived, searching for justice, and longing to be liberated from the oppressive grip of Grind Culture.]]> 224 Tricia Hersey 0316365211 Rajan 0 to-read 4.06 2022 Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
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]]> Wandering Souls 60741794 One of Time Magazine's Must-Read Books of the Year
Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal of Excellence in Fiction 2024
Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2023

“A deeply humane and genre-defying work of love and uncompromising hope.� —Ocean Vuong, author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and Time Is a Mother

There are the goodbyes and then the fishing out of the bodies—everything in between is speculation.

After the last American troops leave Vietnam, siblings Anh, Minh, and Thanh journey to Hong Kong with the promise that their parents and younger siblings will soon follow. But when tragedy strikes, the three children are left orphaned, and sixteen-year-old Anh becomes the caretaker for her two younger brothers overnight.

In the years that follow, Anh and her brothers immigrate to the UK, living first in overcrowded camps and resettlement centers and then, later, in a modernizing London plagued by social inequality. Anh works in a factory to pay the bills. Minh loiters about with fellow high school dropouts. Thanh, the youngest, plays soccer with his friends after class. As they mature, each sibling reckons with survivor’s guilt, unmoored by their parents� absence. And with every choice, their paths diverge further, until it’s unclear if love alone can keep them together.

Told through lyrical narrative threads, historical research, voices from lost family, and notes by an unnamed narrator determined to chart these siblings� fates, Wandering Souls captures the lives of a family marked by loss yet relentless in the pursuit of a better future. With urgency and precision, it affirms that the most important stories are those we claim for ourselves, establishing Cecile Pin as a masterful new literary voice.]]> 240 Cecile Pin 1250863465 Rajan 0 to-read 4.13 2023 Wandering Souls
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]]> <![CDATA[Your Network Is Your Net Worth: Unlock the Hidden Power of Connections for Wealth, Success, and Happiness in the Digital Age]]> 16130715
A fresh take on How to Win Friends and Influence People, Your Network Is Your Net Worth is an entertaining, straightforward guide filled with revealing case studies, hands-on advice, and innovative strategies for building your network. Written by sought-after speaker, entrepreneur, and marketing executive Porter Gale, with a foreword by Apple evangelist and bestselling author Guy Kawasaki, this book shows you how to establish, expand, and nurture your connections both online and off.

New ways to network are popping up every day and Gale tells you how to make the most of them but even traditional networking opportunities are not the same animals that they once were, and we need to shift our attitudes and approaches accordingly. Networking has evolved from a transactional game to a transformational process. Whereas once it was about power plays, now it's about charting your own course, following your passions, and making meaningful connections, which in turn increase your happiness and productivity.

In addition to chronicling her own rise from an ad agency intern to an in-demand consultant, Gale also shares the inspiring stories of so many others who live by this networking model: a military wife who connects with social media communities while her husband is deployed overseas, a young woman blog-ger battling leukemia, a dyslexic politician who wins elections by telling stories, and the CEO of a Major League Baseball team who once made a phone call that changed the course of his life. When you focus on your passions and reorganize your networking around your values and beliefs, you will discover the kind of lasting relationships, personal transformation, and, ultimately, tangible wealth that are the foundation for happiness and success. With a message both timely and important, Your Network Is Your Net Worth is the definitive handbook to Networking 2.0.]]> 304 Porter Gale 145168875X Rajan 0 to-read 3.57 2013 Your Network Is Your Net Worth: Unlock the Hidden Power of Connections for Wealth, Success, and Happiness in the Digital Age
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]]> <![CDATA[Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power]]> 60784361 � Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play

From Journalist Rose Hackman, a deeply-researched foray into the invisible, uncompensated work women perform every day―and a profound call to action.

A stranger insists you “smile more,� even as you navigate a high-stress environment or grating commute. A mother is expected to oversee every last detail of domestic life. A nurse works on the front line, worried about her own health, but has to put on a brave face for her patients. A young professional is denied promotion for being deemed abrasive instead of placating her boss. Nearly every day, we find ourselves forced to edit our emotions to accommodate and elevate the emotions of others. Too many of us are asked to perform this exhausting, draining work at no extra cost, especially if we’re women or people of color.

Emotional labor is essential to our society and economy, but it’s so often invisible. In this groundbreaking, journalistic deep dive, Rose Hackman shares the stories of hundreds of women, tracing the history of this kind of work and exposing common manifestations of the phenomenon. But Hackman doesn’t simply diagnose a problem―she empowers us to combat this insidious force and forge pathways for radical evolution, justice, and change.

Drawing on years of research and hundreds of interviews, you’ll
· How emotional labor pervades our workplaces, from the bustling food service industry to the halls of corporate America
· How race, gender, and class unequally shape the load we carry
· Strategies for leveling the imbalances that contaminate our relationships, social circles, and households
· Empowering tools to stop anyone from gaslighting you into thinking the work you are doing is not real work

Emotional labor is real, but it no longer has to be our burden alone. By recognizing its value and insisting on its shared responsibility, we can set ourselves free and forge a path to a world where empathy, love, and caregiving claim their rightful power.]]> 272 Rose Hackman 1250777356 Rajan 0 to-read 4.20 Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
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]]> <![CDATA[By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept]]> 1428 The Alchemist, comes a poignant, richly poetic story that reflects the depth of love and life.

Rarely does adolescent love reach its full potential, but what happens when two young lovers reunite after eleven years? Time has transformed Pilar into a strong and independent woman, while her devoted childhood friend has grown into a handsome and charismatic spiritual leader. She has learned well how to bury her feelings... and he has turned to religion as a refuge from his raging inner conflicts.

Now they are together once again, embarking on a journey fraught with difficulties, as long-buried demons of blame and resentment resurface after more than a decade. But in a small village in the French Pyrenees, by the waters of the River Piedra, a most special relationship will be reexamined in the dazzling light of some of life’s biggest questions.]]> 180 Paulo Coelho 0061122092 Rajan 4 3.63 1994 By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
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Romantic, Spiritual & Poetic. A deep dive into authentic & soulful search for meaning and purpose. Loved the journey. Would highly recommend
]]> <![CDATA[Stoicism for New Life: The Path to a Stoic Mindset for Emotional Resilience and Joy: Including 52 Practices and Rules for Daily Life - Philosophy of Marcus ... and Others (The Stoic Wisdom Book 1)]]> 207628940 In this book, you will find answers to the most important questions: What is Stoicism and Stoic philosophy? How can you use Stoicism to achieve inner peace, resilience, and a sense of joy in your daily life? How can you develop a mindset that brings clarity, calm, and confidence regardless of external circumstances?

In Stoicism for New Life, you are invited to explore a transformative approach to life rooted in the ancient wisdom of Stoicism. This book is more than just a philosophical treatise; it's a practical guide to improving your life. In addition to describing Stoicism and its fundamental principles, here are 52 proven Stoic practices that can take you to new heights. Whether dealing with personal challenges, seeking greater self-awareness, or simply curious about Stoicism, this book offers a clear and practical path to transforming your life.

“Now is the time to get serious about living your ideals. How long can you afford to put off who you really want to be? Your nobler self cannot wait any longer.� � Epictetus, Stoic philosopher


]]> 172 Michael Whiteclear Rajan 0 to-read 4.50 Stoicism for New Life: The Path to a Stoic Mindset for Emotional Resilience and Joy: Including 52 Practices and Rules for Daily Life - Philosophy of Marcus ... and Others (The Stoic Wisdom Book 1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Stoic Mindset: Living the Ten Principles of Stoicism]]> 127280508
For twenty years, Mark Tuitert has used the principles of Stoic philosophy to become a gold-medal winning Olympic champion athlete, successful entrepreneur, as well as to deal with the challenges in his professional and private life. Now, in the internationally-bestselling book The Stoic Mindset , Mark lays out the ten practical lessons through which everyone, in any situation, can develop a Stoic mindset.

Applying the teachings of Stoic masters including Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, and Epictetus to the twenty-first century, Tuitert empowers readers to discover how Stoicism can change their lives and help them reach their full potential. With a gift for breaking down difficult concepts into practical applications, Tuitert distills thousands of years of Stoic philosophy into ten short principles, with an action item at the end of each chapter to help readers actualize theories. One step at a time, readers learn to develop a mindset that is both focused and relaxed, so that they can find fulfillment in a chaotic and unpredictable world.]]> 144 Mark Tuitert 1250325277 Rajan 0 to-read 3.43 The Stoic Mindset: Living the Ten Principles of Stoicism
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]]> Theekkul Viralai Vaithal 52234989 வாஸந்தியின� எழுத்துக்கள் ஆழமா�, கனமா� உளவியல� அதன் மனப்போராட்டத்த� தர்க்கரீதியில் பரிசீலன� செய்யும் தன்மையன்.
'தீக்குள் விரல� வைத்தால்...' நாவலிலும� இந்தச் சிறப்பினைக� காணலாம�.]]> 247 Vaasanthi Rajan 4 3.90 Theekkul Viralai Vaithal
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]]> <![CDATA[How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future]]> 56587388
'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If you want a brief but thorough education in numeric thinking about many of the fundamental forces that shape human life, this is the book to read. It's a tour de force' BILL GATES
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We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, through our material world and its globalization, to risks, our environment and its future, How the World Really Works offers a much-needed reality check - because before we can tackle problems effectively, we must understand the facts.

In this ambitious and thought-provoking book we see, for example, that globalization isn't inevitable and that our societies have been steadily increasing their dependence on fossil fuels, making their complete and rapid elimination unlikely. Drawing on the latest science and tackling sources of misinformation head on - from Yuval Noah Harari to Noam Chomsky - ultimately Smil answers the most profound question of our age: are we irrevocably doomed or is a brighter utopia ahead?
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'Very informative and eye-opening in many ways' HA-JOON CHANG, author of 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism

'If you are anxious about the future, and infuriated that we aren't doing enough about it, please read this book' PAUL COLLIER, author of The Future of Capitalism]]> 326 Vaclav Smil 0241454409 Rajan 0 to-read 3.89 2022 How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
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]]> <![CDATA[The Less You Preach, the More You Learn: Aphorisms for Our Age]]> 197432462
The authors present their formula for success in the form of aphorisms � concise, wise and witty sayings full of deep wisdom and insights. These aphorisms will help people unlock their potential, find success in life, love and work, and live their lives to the fullest. The aphorism is one of the oldest forms of literary expressions and has been around for thousands of years. Wise and insightful, the aphorisms in The Less You Preach, the More You for Our Age will help you make your life better.]]> 161 Shashi Tharoor 9395853913 Rajan 0 to-read 3.82 The Less You Preach, the More You Learn: Aphorisms for Our Age
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]]> The Reading List 55276648 An unforgettable and heartwarming debut about how a chance encounter with a list of library books helps forge an unlikely friendship between two very different people in a London suburb.

Widower Mukesh lives a quiet life in the London Borough of Ealing after losing his beloved wife. He shops every Wednesday, goes to Temple, and worries about his granddaughter, Priya, who hides in her room reading while he spends his evenings watching nature documentaries.

Aleisha is a bright but anxious teenager working at the local library for the summer when she discovers a crumpled-up piece of paper in the back of To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s a list of novels that she’s never heard of before. Intrigued, and a little bored with her slow job at the checkout desk, she impulsively decides to read every book on the list, one after the other. As each story gives up its magic, the books transport Aleisha from the painful realities she’s facing at home.

When Mukesh arrives at the library, desperate to forge a connection with his bookworm granddaughter, Aleisha passes along the reading list� hoping that it will be a lifeline for him too. Slowly, the shared books create a connection between two lonely souls, as fiction helps them escape their grief and everyday troubles and find joy again.]]> 368 Sara Nisha Adams 0063025280 Rajan 0 to-read 4.02 2021 The Reading List
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]]> The Doors of Perception 3188964 The Doors of Perception is a philosophical essay, released as a book, by Aldous Huxley. First published in 1954, it details his experiences when taking mescaline.

The book takes the form of Huxley's recollection of a mescaline trip that took place over the course of an afternoon in May 1953. The book takes its title from a phrase in William Blake's 1793 poem 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'.

Huxley recalls the insights he experienced, which range from the "purely aesthetic" to "sacramental vision". He also incorporates later reflections on the experience and its meaning for art and religion.]]> 208 Aldous Huxley Rajan 0 to-read 3.91 1956 The Doors of Perception
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]]> <![CDATA[The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam]]> 33584231
The Strange Death of Europe is the internationally bestselling account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Douglas Murray takes a step back and explores the deeper issues behind the continent's possible demise, from an atmosphere of mass terror attacks and a global refugee crisis to the steady erosion of our freedoms. He addresses the disappointing failure of multiculturalism, Angela Merkel's U-turn on migration, and the Western fixation on guilt. Murray travels to Berlin, Paris, Scandinavia, and Greece to uncover the malaise at the very heart of the European culture, and to hear the stories of those who have arrived in Europe from far away.

Declining birth rates, mass immigration, and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own comprehensive alteration as a society and an eventual end. This sharp and incisive book ends up with two visions for a new Europe--one hopeful, one pessimistic--which paint a picture of Europe in crisis and offer a choice as to what, if anything, we can do next. But perhaps Spengler was "civilizations like humans are born, briefly flourish, decay, and die."]]> 352 Douglas Murray 1472942248 Rajan 0 to-read 4.12 2017 The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam
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]]> <![CDATA[The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity]]> 44667183
We are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsed. In their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news media. Narrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal--and, as Murray shows, the casualties are mounting.]]> 293 Douglas Murray 1635579988 Rajan 0 to-read 4.18 2019 The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity
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]]> <![CDATA[The Pay Off: How Changing the Way We Pay Changes Everything]]> 58889716
As you read this, technology is dismantling payment barriers and governments are erecting them; cash is on the way out, and crypto and BigTech are fighting their way in. The Europeans are heavily regulated, the Americans oddly backward, and the Chinese hoping to lead the way forward. Challenging our understanding about where financial power really lies, The Pay Off shows us that the most important thing about money is the way we move it.

Leibbrandt and De Terán shine a light on the hidden workings of the humble payment - and reveal both how our payment habits are determined by history as well as where we go from here. From national customs to warring nation states, geopolitics will shape the future of payments every bit as much as technology.]]> 320 Gottfried Leibbrandt 1783966068 Rajan 4 4.09 The Pay Off: How Changing the Way We Pay Changes Everything
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]]> Man’s Search for Meaning 4069 Man's Search for Meaning has become one of the most influential books in America; it continues to inspire us all to find significance in the very act of living.]]> 165 Viktor E. Frankl 080701429X Rajan 0 to-read 4.39 1946 Man’s Search for Meaning
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name: Rajan
average rating: 4.39
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]]> ആടുജീവിതം / Aatujeevitham 33225952 297 Benyamin Rajan 4
“നാം അനുഭവിക്കാത്� ജീവിതങ്ങളെല്ലാ� നമുക്ക� വെറു� കെട്ടുകഥകള്� മാത്രമാണ�.�
� Benyamin, ആടുജീവിതം | Aatujeevitham]]> 4.68 2008 ആടുജീവിതം / Aatujeevitham
author: Benyamin
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.68
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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An Ordinary person's life pushed into an "un-imaginable# "not so ordinary" scenario. An engaging read. A relentless struggle for survival & freedom. My sense of gratitude became multifold on completion of this novel. Ever greatful for the countless blessed moments, people and experiences of our ordinary lives.

“നാം അനുഭവിക്കാത്� ജീവിതങ്ങളെല്ലാ� നമുക്ക� വെറു� കെട്ടുകഥകള്� മാത്രമാണ�.�
� Benyamin, ആടുജീവിതം | Aatujeevitham
]]> Periyar (Tamil) 33282144 எங்கும� எப்போதும� படியுங்கள், உங்கள் இலவச Kindle app இல�.

இந்திய அரசியல� களத்தில் இவரைப் போல் இன்னொர� புயல� உருவாகவில்லை. உருவாகப்போவதும� இல்ல�. அதிகாரம், ஆட்ச�, கட்ச� அரசியல� அனைத்தும� வெங்காயம்தான� பெரியாருக்கு. மதம், தேசியம�, மொழி, கற்ப� என்ற� புனிதமாகக் கொண்டாடப்படும் அனைத்தையும� போட்டு உடைத்தவர�. யாருக்காகவும� எதற்காகவும� சமரசம் செய்துகொண்டதில்ல� பெரியார். கண்முன்னால� ஒர� அராஜகம�? தோழர்களே, திரண்ட� வாருங்கள� போராடுவோம்! போராட்டம�. அத� மட்டும்தான� தெரியும். பெரியார் முன்வைத்� நாத்திகவாதம் ஆக்ரோஷமானத�, ஆவேசமானத�, அறிவியல்பூர்வமானது. நிலச� சீர்திருத்தத்தில� இருந்த� தொடங்குவோம� என்ற� கம்யூனிஸ்டுகள் சொன்னபோத�, அமைதியாக ஒதுங்கிக்கொண்டார�.]]> 190 818493033X Rajan 4 4.27 2009 Periyar (Tamil)
author: ஆர�.முத்துக்குமார் (R.Muthukumar)
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> பெண் ஏன� அடிமையானாள�? 5054659 "ஆண்கள், பெண்கள� விடுதலைக்குப� பாடுபடுவதால் பெண்களின� அடிமைத்தனம� வளருவதுடன் பெண்கள� என்றும� விடுதல� பெ� முடியா� கட்டுப்பாடுகள் பலப்பட்டுக� கொண்டு வருகின்ற�. பெண்களுக்க� மதிப்புக� கொடுப்பதாகவும், பெண்கள� விடுதலைக்காகப் பாடுபடுவதாகவும�, ஆண்கள் காட்டிக் கொள்வதெல்லாம� பெண்கள� ஏமாற்றுவதற்குச� செய்யும் சூழ்ச்சியே ஒழிய வேறல்ல. எங்காவது பூனைகளால� எலிகளுக்கு விடுதல� உண்டாகும�? எங்காவது நரிகளால் ஆட�, கோழிகளுக்க� விடுதல� உண்டாகும�? எங்காவது வெள்ளைக்காரர்களால் இந்தியர்களுக்குச� செல்வம� பெருகுமா? எங்காவது வெள்ளைக்காரர்களால் இந்தியர்களுக்குச� செல்வம� பெருகுமா? எங்காவது பார்ப்பனர்களால� பார்ப்பனரல்லாதவர்களுக்கும் சமத்துவம� கிடைக்குமா? என்பதை யோசித்தால் இதன் உண்ம� விளங்கும�."]]> 96 Periyar 9384646539 Rajan 3 4.26 1933 பெண் ஏன் அடிமையானாள்?
author: Periyar
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.26
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[பெண் ஏன� அடிமையானாள�: Pen Yen Adimaiyanaal (Politics Book 1) (Tamil Edition)]]> 37757188 108 Periyar Rajan 2 4.46 1933 பெண் ஏன் அடிமையானாள்: Pen Yen Adimaiyanaal (Politics Book 1) (Tamil Edition)
author: Periyar
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.46
book published: 1933
rating: 2
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]]> Bobok 1462282 22 Fyodor Dostoevsky 141911042X Rajan 4 3.36 1873 Bobok
author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
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average rating: 3.36
book published: 1873
rating: 4
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]]> White Nights 1772910 82 Fyodor Dostoevsky Rajan 4 4.16 1848 White Nights
author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1848
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism]]> 43532557 Should we believe in God? In this new book, written for a new generation, the brilliant science writer and author of The God Delusion, explains why we shouldn't.

Should we believe in God? Do we need God in order to explain the existence of the universe? Do we need God in order to be good? In twelve chapters that address some of the most profound questions human beings confront, Dawkins marshals science, philosophy and comparative religion to interrogate the hypocrisies of all the religious systems and explain to readers of all ages how life emerged without a Creator, how evolution works and how our world came into being.

For anyone hoping to grapple with the meaning of life and what to believe, Outgrowing God is a challenging, thrilling and revelatory read.]]> 304 Richard Dawkins 1787631214 Rajan 4 Darwin's brilliant observations explained with numerous examples and case studies. Surprising facts such as “skinners pigeons� and “cephalopod pixels� are fascinating. An engaging narrative, not only for the beginners but even for the practitioners. Was an completely engrossing read for me. Interesting, informative and educational. A treat for Curious minds ! Loved it !]]> 4.00 2019 Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism
author: Richard Dawkins
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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An enriching read. Scientific enquiry, nature’s bottom up building blocks and
Darwin's brilliant observations explained with numerous examples and case studies. Surprising facts such as “skinners pigeons� and “cephalopod pixels� are fascinating. An engaging narrative, not only for the beginners but even for the practitioners. Was an completely engrossing read for me. Interesting, informative and educational. A treat for Curious minds ! Loved it !
]]> <![CDATA[Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World]]> 60690713 From world-renowned historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, the New York Times bestselling author of Sapiens, comes an exciting, brand-new illustrated book for middle-grade readers that looks at the early history of humankind.

Even though we'll never outrun a hungry lion or outswim an angry shark, humans are pretty impressive--and we're the most dominant species on the planet. So how exactly did we become "unstoppable"?

The answer to that is one of the strangest tales you'll ever hear. And it's a true story.

From learning to make fire and using the stars as guides to cooking meals in microwaves and landing on the moon, prepare to uncover the secrets and superpowers of how we evolved from our first appearances millions of years ago.

Acclaimed author Yuval Noah Harari has expertly crafted an extraordinary story of how humans learned to not only survive but also thrive on Earth, complete with maps, a timeline, and full-color illustrations that bring his dynamic, unputdownable writing to life.]]> 208 Yuval Noah Harari 0593643461 Rajan 0 to-read 4.30 2022 Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over the World
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name: Rajan
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]]> Far From the Madding Crowd 31463 This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9780141439655

Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community. The first of his works set in the fictional county of Wessex, Hardy's novel of swift passion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships.]]> 433 Thomas Hardy Rajan 0 to-read 3.96 1874 Far From the Madding Crowd
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]]> The Universal Tone: My Life 21423243 In 1967 in San Francisco, just a few weeks after the Summer of Love, a young Mexican guitarist took the stage at the Fillmore Auditorium and played a blistering solo that announced the arrival of a prodigious musical talent. Two years later -- after he played a historic set at Woodstock -- the world came to know the name Carlos Santana, his sensual and instantly recognizable guitar sound, and the legendary band that blended electric blues, psychedelic rock, Latin rhythms, and modern jazz, and that still bears his name.
Carlos Santana's unforgettable memoir offers a page-turning tale of musical self-determination and inner self-discovery, with personal stories filled with colorful detail and life-affirming lessons. "The Universal Tone "traces his journey from his earliest days playing the strip bars in Tijuana while barely in his teens and brings to light the establishment of his signature guitar sound; his roles as husband, father, recording legend, and rock guitar star; his indebtedness to musical and spiritual influences -- from John Coltrane and John Lee Hooker to Miles Davis and Harry Belafonte; and his deep, lifelong dedication to a spiritual path that he developed from his Catholic upbringing, Eastern philosophies, and other mystical sources. It includes his recording some of the most popular and influential rock albums of all time, up to and beyond the 1999 sensation "Supernatural, "which garnered nine Grammy Awards and stands as arguably the most amazing career comeback in popular music history.
It's a profoundly inspiring tale of divine inspiration and musical fearlessness that does not balk at finding the humor in the world of high-flying fame, or at speaking plainly of Santana's personal revelations and the infinite possibility he sees in each person he meets. "Love is the light that is inside of all of us, everyone," he writes. "I salute the light that you are and that is inside your heart."]]> 526 Carlos Santana 0316244910 Rajan 0 to-read 4.08 2014 The Universal Tone: My Life
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name: Rajan
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]]> <![CDATA[The Boy from the Woods (Wilde, #1)]]> 51204046
No one seems to take Naomi Pine's disappearance seriously, not even her father-with one exception. Hester Crimstein, a television criminal attorney, knows through her grandson that Naomi was relentlessly bullied at school. Hester asks Wilde-with whom she shares a tragic connection-to use his unique skills to help find Naomi.

Wilde can't ignore an outcast in trouble, but in order to find Naomi he must venture back into the community where he has never fit in, a place where the powerful are protected even when they harbor secrets that could destroy the lives of millions . . . secrets that Wilde must uncover before it's too late.]]> 371 Harlan Coben 1538748142 Rajan 3 3.84 2020 The Boy from the Woods (Wilde, #1)
author: Harlan Coben
name: Rajan
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2020
rating: 3
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]]> Alyosha the Pot 9573978 16 Leo Tolstoy 0061920673 Rajan 5 3.76 1911 Alyosha the Pot
author: Leo Tolstoy
name: Rajan
average rating: 3.76
book published: 1911
rating: 5
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Awesome. Written before almost 120 years. The simple spirit of Alyosha is so alive that it captivates my mind space today. A true masterpiece. Timeless classic.
]]> <![CDATA[Drug-Induced Dementia: a perfect crime]]> 6926352 464 Grace E. Jackson 1438972318 Rajan 0 to-read 4.41 2009 Drug-Induced Dementia: a perfect crime
author: Grace E. Jackson
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.41
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]]> Happy Sexy Millionaire 58767424
'As an 18-year-old, black, broke, lonely, insecure, university drop-out, from a bankrupt family, I wrote in my diary that I wanted to be a 'Happy Sexy Millionaire' by the age of 25. By 25 I was a multi-millionaire having created a business worth over $300m dollars. Ironically, in achieving everything I set out to, I learnt that I was wrong about almost everything... The world had lied to me. It lied to me about how you attain fulfilment, love and success, why those things matter, and what those words actually mean.

In this book, I'll dismantle the most popular, unaddressed lies about happiness that we've been led to believe. I'll expose the source of these lies, examine the incentives that fuel them and replace them with a practical set of scientifically proven and unconventional ideas that will help you to live a truly fulfilled life, a life full of the love you seek and the success you deserve.']]> 251 Steven Bartlett 1529393256 Rajan 0 to-read 4.15 Happy Sexy Millionaire
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]]> ஒன்பது வேடிக்கைக் கதைகள் 58251997 உலகின் மிகச� சிறந்த சிறுகத� எழுத்தாளர்களில� செகோவ் கட்டாயம் இருப்பார�. இந்த நூலின் முன்னுரையில் அதன் அமெரிக்க ஆங்கில மொழிபெயர்ப்பாளர்கள� அவரை அமெரிக்கச் சிறுகத� எழுத்தாளர் �.ஹென்றியுடன� ஒப்பிடுகின்றனர�.
இந்தத் தொகுப்பில் இருக்கும� ஒன்பது கதைகளும் ஏத� ஒர� விதத்தில� மனிதர்களையும�, நிகழ்வுகளையும் பகடி செய்கிறத�. அவர்களின� நடத்தை, உணர்வுகள�, சுயநலம� எனப் பலவற்றையும� மெலிதாகக� கேலி செய்தபடியே எழுதுகிறார�. நாமும் இதில� இருப்பது போன்� மனிதர்களைப� பார்த்திருப்போம். நிகழ்வுகளைச் சந்தித்திருப்போம�. எதிர்பாராத வேடிக்கையா� நமது சிரமங்களில� வாழ்வு சிரித்திருக்கும். அதைத்தான� செகோவ் எழுதுகிறார�.]]> 50 Anton Chekhov Rajan 5 3.82 ஒன்பது வேடிக்கைக் கதைகள்
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name: Rajan
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]]> I Love to Sleep in My Own Bed 18079037 He lives with his family in a small, nice house in the forest.
The problem is that Jimmy doesn’t want to sleep in his own bed.
Every night he sneaks quietly into his parents� room and falls asleep in their bed.
Until one night something unexpected happened �. Are you curious?
Well, children, you'll just have to read the book to find out what happened.]]> 28 Shelley Admont 1926432010 Rajan 4 4.02 2013 I Love to Sleep in My Own Bed
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name: Rajan
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Whistler (The Whistler, #1)]]> 29354916
But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe? It’s rare, but it happens.

Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption.

But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims to know of a Florida judge who has stolen more money than all other crooked judges combined. And not just crooked judges in Florida. All judges, from all states, and throughout U.S. history.

What’s the source of the ill-gotten gains? It seems the judge was secretly involved with the construction of a large casino on Native American land. The Coast Mafia financed the casino and is now helping itself to a sizable skim of each month’s cash. The judge is getting a cut and looking the other way. It’s a sweet deal: Everyone is making money.

But now Greg wants to put a stop to it. His only client is a person who knows the truth and wants to blow the whistle and collect millions under Florida law. Greg files a complaint with the Board on Judicial Conduct, and the case is assigned to Lacy Stoltz, who immediately suspects that this one could be dangerous.

Dangerous is one thing. Deadly is something else.]]> 424 John Grisham 0385541201 Rajan 0 currently-reading 3.96 2016 The Whistler (The Whistler, #1)
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average rating: 3.96
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]]> <![CDATA[Ella Nalum Karthigai: எல்ல� நாளும் கார்த்திகை (Tamil Edition)]]> 41213825
- ஜெயமோகன்]]> 208 Bava Chelladurai 9380545649 Rajan 0 to-read 4.18 Ella Nalum Karthigai: எல்லா நாளும் கார்த்திகை (Tamil Edition)
author: Bava Chelladurai
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.18
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]]> பால் சக்காரிய நேர்காணல� 41753395 40 veil 9384598518 Rajan 0 to-read 3.75 பால் சக்காரிய நேர்காணல்
author: veil
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]]> <![CDATA[The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality]]> 61028382 320 Andy Clark 024139452X Rajan 0 to-read 3.89 2023 The Experience Machine: How Our Minds Predict and Shape Reality
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average rating: 3.89
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]]> The Fragrance of Guava 527181 128 Gabriel García Márquez 0571193269 Rajan 0 to-read 4.07 1982 The Fragrance of Guava
author: Gabriel García Márquez
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha]]> 57355429 176 Rodrigo García 0063158337 Rajan 0 to-read 4.24 2021 A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha
author: Rodrigo García
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.24
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]]> <![CDATA[Twelve Principles of Efficiency]]> 6837327 448 Harrington Emerson 0766160335 Rajan 0 to-read 4.00 1919 Twelve Principles of Efficiency
author: Harrington Emerson
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1919
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]]> <![CDATA[The Scandal of the Century: And Other Writings]]> 41880622 From one of the titans of twentieth-century literature, collected here for the first time: a selection of his journalism from the late 1940s to the mid-1980s–work that he considered even more important to his legacy than his universally acclaimed works of fiction.

“I don’t want to be remembered for One Hundred Years of Solitude or for the Nobel Prize but rather for my journalism,� Gabriel García Márquez said in the final years of his life. And while some of his journalistic writings have been made available over the years, this is the first volume to gather a representative selection from across the first four decades of his career–years during which he worked as a full-time, often muckraking, and controversial journalist, even as he penned the fiction that would bring him the Nobel Prize in 1982. Here are the first pieces he wrote while working for newspapers in the coastal Colombian cities of Cartagena and Barranquilla . . . his longer, more fictionlike reportage from Paris and Rome . . . his monthly columns for Spain’s El País. And while all the work points in style, wit, depth, and passion to his fiction, these fifty pieces are, more than anything, a revelation of the writer working at the profession he believed to be “the best in the world.”]]> 336 Gabriel García Márquez 0525656421 Rajan 0 4.18 2018 The Scandal of the Century: And Other Writings
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]]> <![CDATA[Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy]]> 22554204 FRIENDSHIP TO THE MAX!

At Miss Qiunzilla Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's camp for hard-core lady-types, things are not what they seem. Three-eyed foxes. Secret caves. Anagrams. Luckily, Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley are five rad, butt-kicking best pals determined to have an awesome summer together... And they're not gonna let a magical quest or an array of supernatural critters get in their way! The mystery keeps getting bigger, and it all begins here.

Collects Lumberjanes No. 1-4.]]> 128 N.D. Stevenson 1608866874 Rajan 0 to-read 3.91 2015 Lumberjanes, Vol. 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
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]]> Homecoming 1452848
A child of World War II, Peter Debauer grew up with his mother and scant memories of his father, a victim of war. Now an adult, Peter embarks upon a search for the truth surrounding his mother's unwavering--but shaky--history and the possibility of finding his missing father after all these years. The search takes him across Europe, to the United States, and back: finding witnesses, falling in and out of love, chasing fragments of a story and a person who may or may not exist. Within a maze of reinvented identities, Peter pieces together a portrait of a man who uses words as one might use a change of clothing, as he assumes a new guise in any given situation simply to stay alive.

The chase leads Peter to New York City, where he hopes to find the real person behind the disguises. Operating under an assumed identity of his own, Peter unravels the secrets surrounding Columbia University's celebrated political science professor and best-selling author John de Baur, who is known for his incendiary philosophy and the charismatic rapport he has with his students. Terrifying mind games challenge Peter's ability to bring to light the truth surrounding his family history while still holding on to the love of a woman who promises a new life, free of lies and deceit.

Homecoming is a story of fathers and sons, men and women, war and peace. It reveals the humanity that survives the trauma of war and the ongoing possibility for redemption.]]> 272 Bernhard Schlink 0375420916 Rajan 0 to-read 3.20 2006 Homecoming
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]]> <![CDATA[துணையெழுத்து [Thunai Ezhuthu]]]> 15724527 ஜனநெருக்கட� மிகுந்� மின்சா� ரயிலில�, ஒர� சிறுவன� புல்லாங்குழல� வாசித்துக்கொண்டு போவதைப� போ�, தீரா� வார்த்தைகளால� இதயத்த� வருடிக்கொண்ட� பயணமாகிக� கொண்டிருக்கிறார். இவருடை� பயணத்தில� நம்மையும� சக பயணியாகச� சேர்த்துக் கொண்டிருக்கிறார். பயணம� முழுக்� இவர் காட்டுகி� நிகழ்ச்சிகள், பாத்திரங்கள், சொற்கள� எல்லாம� காலத்தால� அழியாத ஜீவிதம� மிக்கவ�. மனதை மெல்லி� இறகாக்கி, பேரன்பில� மலர்த்தி வைப்பவ�.]]> 348 S. Ramakrishnan Rajan 0 to-read 4.23 துணையெழுத்து [Thunai Ezhuthu]
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]]> What's Eating Gilbert Grape 152662 319 Peter Hedges 0671038540 Rajan 0 currently-reading 4.10 1991 What's Eating Gilbert Grape
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]]> <![CDATA[The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)]]> 60556912
Every day I clean the Winchesters� beautiful house top to bottom. I collect their daughter from school. And I cook a delicious meal for the whole family before heading up to eat alone in my tiny room on the top floor.

I try to ignore how Nina makes a mess just to watch me clean it up. How she tells strange lies about her own daughter. And how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. But as I look into Andrew’s handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine what it would be like to live Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband.

I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once. Just to see what it’s like. But she soon finds out� and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s far too late.

But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am.

They don’t know what I’m capable of�

An unbelievably twisty read that will have you glued to the pages late into the night. Anyone who loves The Woman in the Window, The Wife Between Us and The Girl on the Train won’t be able to put this down!]]> 329 Freida McFadden 1803144378 Rajan 4 4.31 2022 The Housemaid (The Housemaid, #1)
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rating: 4
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]]> As a Man Thinketh 81959
Purity of mind leads inevitably to purity of life, to the precious love and understanding that should control our everyday acts and attitudes towards friends and foes.

But where must one look for guidance? How does one achieve purity of mind that alone brings happiness and confidence?

The author offers his clear answers in this book As A Man Thinketh. His words have helped millions for more than a century--and they continue to point the true way to a better life for a troubled humanity.

"Out of a clean heart comes a clean life and a clean body," James Allen writes. "Out of a defiled mind proceeds a defiled life and a corrupt body."

Too many mortals strive to improve only their wordly position--and too few seek spiritual betterment. Such is the problem James Allen faced in his own time. The ideas he found in his inner-most heart after great searching guided him as they will guide you.]]> 80 James Allen 1585425648 Rajan 4 4.23 1902 As a Man Thinketh
author: James Allen
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average rating: 4.23
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]]> <![CDATA[Happy Sexy Millionaire: Unexpected Truths about Fulfillment, Love, and Success]]> 52255414
We are losing ourselves. We're chasing the wrong things, asking the wrong questions, and polluting our minds. It's time to stop, it's time to resist and it's time to rethink the fundamental social blueprint that our lives are built upon.
As an 18-year-old, black, broke, lonely, insecure, university drop-out, from a bankrupt family, I wrote in my diary that I wanted to be a 'Happy Sexy Millionaire' by the age of 25. By 25 I was a multi-millionaire having created a business worth over $300m dollars. Ironically, in achieving everything I set out to, I learnt that I was wrong about almost everything... The world had lied to me. It lied to me about how you attain fulfillment, love and success, why those things matter, and what those words actually mean.

In this book, I'll dismantle the most popular, unaddressed lies about happiness that we've been led to believe. I'll expose the source of these lies, examine the incentives that fuel them and replace them with a practical set of scientifically proven and unconventional ideas that will help you to live a truly fulfilled life, a life full of the love you seek and the success you deserve.]]> 224 Steven Bartlett 1529301491 Rajan 0 to-read 4.09 Happy Sexy Millionaire: Unexpected Truths about Fulfillment, Love, and Success
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]]> <![CDATA[Closer to Love: How to Attract the Right Relationships and Deepen Your Connections]]> 75393702 Do you go on plenty of dates but can’t seem to click with the right person?
Do you keep having the same conflicts with your partner?

Embark on a journey of self-love to experience authentic connection and unconditional love.

Bestselling author of Good Vibes, Good Life and Healing is the New High , Vex King is back with Closer to Love , a life-changing guide to strengthening your relationships by honouring and nurturing the one you have with yourself.

Speaking from his personal experiences of healing from heartbreak and finding lasting love, Vex shares practical advice and thought-provoking insights to help
- Understand how you love and the role you play in your connections
- Heal from past conditioning, unprocessed emotions and trauma
- Cultivate healthy habits, boundaries and behaviours
- Nurture meaningful, mindful and lasting connections.

Essential reading for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of themselves and their relationships.]]> 332 Vex King 1529087864 Rajan 0 to-read 3.89 2023 Closer to Love: How to Attract the Right Relationships and Deepen Your Connections
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]]> <![CDATA[The Brothers Karamazov (Easy Classics) (The Easy Classics Epic Collection)]]> 59480305 An adapted and illustrated edition of Fyodor Dostoevsky's epic classic, at an easy-to-read level for all ages!Dimitri is angry and reckless. Ivan is smart and logical. Alyosha is caring and forgiving. And their half-brother Smerdyakov is treated no better than a servant by their father. When Dimitri falls in love with a woman who isn’t his fiancée and sets out to get the money his father is keeping from him, tensions within the family run higher than ever.

Can Alyosha bring the Karamazov family together before disaster strikes?]]> 0 Gemma Barder Rajan 4 3.86 The Brothers Karamazov (Easy Classics) (The Easy Classics Epic Collection)
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]]> <![CDATA[Ariyappadatha Tamizhagam (Essays on Tamil Culture) (Tamil Edition)]]> 53708205 170 தொ. பரமசிவன் 9389820626 Rajan 4 4.48 1997 Ariyappadatha Tamizhagam (Essays on Tamil Culture) (Tamil Edition)
author: தொ. பரமசிவன்
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.48
book published: 1997
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World's Imagination]]> 60254223 The extraordinary inside story of LEGO, based on unprecedented access to the company's archives and rare interviews with the founding family that still owns the company

This book tells the story of how my family built the LEGO brand. --Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, former President/CEO of the LEGO Group and 3rd generation owner

It's estimated that each year between eighty and ninety million children around the globe are given a box of LEGO, while up to ten million adults buy sets for themselves. Yet LEGO is much more than a dizzying number of plastic bricks that can be put together and combined in countless ways. LEGO is also a vision of the significance of what play can mean for humanity.

This book tells the extraordinary story of a global company and a Danish family who for ninety years have defended children's right to play--and who believe grown-ups, too, should make the time to nurture their inner child. The LEGO Story is built on Jens Andersen's unique access to LEGO's own archives, as well as on Andersen's extensive conversations with Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, former president and CEO of the LEGO group and grandson of its founder, Ole Kirk Christiansen.

A riveting cultural history of changing generations' views of childhood and the importance of play, The LEGO Story also a fascinating case study of how innovation and creativity helped leaders transform LEGO from a small carpentry business into the world's largest producer of play materials and one of the most beloved brands in the world. Richly illustrated with never-before-seen photos from the family's private archive, this is the ultimate book for fans of LEGO, revealing everything you ever wanted to know about the brand.]]> 432 Jens Andersen 0063258021 Rajan 0 to-read 3.76 2021 The LEGO Story: How a Little Toy Sparked the World's Imagination
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]]> Small Things Like These 58662236
Already an international bestseller, Small Things Like These is a deeply affecting story of hope, quiet heroism, and empathy from one of our most critically lauded and iconic writers.]]> 128 Claire Keegan 0802158749 Rajan 4 4.14 2021 Small Things Like These
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The first book i read in 2023. Engaging journey through the life of Bill Furlong set in a small Irish village . The characters are deeply touching n disturbing. Resonates & opens up hidden alleys in the mind. Loved it ! All we need is LOVE. Kindness, Warmth & Care are the greatest highs . Would love to re-read soon !
]]> <![CDATA[Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World]]> 40406806 From acclaimed tech writer Clive Thompson, a brilliant and immersive anthropological reckoning with the most powerful tribe in the world today, computer programmers - where they come from, how they think, what makes for greatness in their world, and what should give us pause.

You use software nearly every instant you're awake. And this may sound weirdly obvious, but every single one of those pieces of software was written by a programmer. Programmers are thus among the most quietly influential people on the planet. As we live in a world made of software, they're the architects. The decisions they make guide our behavior. When they make something newly easy to do, we do a lot more of it. If they make it hard or impossible to do something, we do less of it.

If we want to understand how today's world works, we ought to understand something about coders. Who exactly are the people that are building today's world? What makes them tick? What type of personality is drawn to writing software? And perhaps most interestingly -- what does it do to them?

One of the first pieces of coding a newbie learns is the program to make the computer say "Hello, world!" Like that piece of code, Clive Thompson's book is a delightful place to begin to understand this vocation, which is both a profession and a way of life, and which essentially didn't exist little more than a generation ago, but now is considered just about the only safe bet we can make about what the future holds. Thompson takes us close to some of the great coders of our time, and unpacks the surprising history of the field, beginning with the first great coders, who were women. Ironically, if we're going to traffic in stereotypes, women are arguably "naturally" better at coding than men, but they were written out of the history, and shoved out of the seats, for reasons that are illuminating. Now programming is indeed, if not a pure brotopia, at least an awfully homogenous community, which attracts people from a very narrow band of backgrounds and personality types. As Thompson learns, the consequences of that are significant - not least being a fetish for disruption at scale that doesn't leave much time for pondering larger moral issues of collateral damage. At the same time, coding is a marvelous new art form that has improved the world in innumerable ways, and Thompson reckons deeply, as no one before him has, with what great coding in fact looks like, who creates it, and where they come from. To get as close to his subject has he can, he picks up the thread of his own long-abandoned coding practice, and tries his mightiest to up his game, with some surprising results.

More and more, any serious engagement with the world demands an engagement with code and its consequences, and to understand code, we must understand coders. In that regard, Clive Thompson's Hello, World! is a marvelous and delightful master class.]]> 448 Clive Thompson 0735220565 Rajan 0 currently-reading 3.96 2019 Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World
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]]> <![CDATA[Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us]]> 6452796 The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motivation

Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others). In this provocative and persuasive new book, he asserts that the secret to high performance and satisfaction—at work, at school, and at home—is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.

Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does—and how that affects every aspect of life. He examines the three elements of true motivation—autonomy, mastery, and purpose—and offers smart and surprising techniques for putting these into action in a unique book that will change how we think and transform how we live.]]> 242 Daniel H. Pink 1594488843 Rajan 0 currently-reading 3.94 2009 Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
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]]> Humankind: A Hopeful History 52879286 From the author of Utopia For Realists, a revolutionary argument that the innate goodness and cooperation of human beings has been the greatest factor in our success

If one basic principle has served as the bedrock of bestselling author Rutger Bregman's thinking, it is that every progressive idea -- whether it was the abolition of slavery, the advent of democracy, women's suffrage, or the ratification of marriage equality -- was once considered radical and dangerous by the mainstream opinion of its time. With Humankind, he brings that mentality to bear against one of our most entrenched ideas: namely, that human beings are by nature selfish and self-interested.

By providing a new historical perspective of the last 200,000 years of human history, Bregman sets out to prove that we are in fact evolutionarily wired for cooperation rather than competition, and that our instinct to trust each other has a firm evolutionary basis going back to the beginning of Homo sapiens. Bregman systematically debunks our understanding of the Milgram electrical-shock experiment, the Zimbardo prison experiment, and the Kitty Genovese "bystander effect."

In place of these, he offers little-known true stories: the tale of twin brothers on opposing sides of apartheid in South Africa who came together with Nelson Mandela to create peace; a group of six shipwrecked children who survived for a year and a half on a deserted island by working together; a study done after World War II that found that as few as 15% of American soldiers were actually capable of firing at the enemy.

The ultimate goal of Humankind is to demonstrate that while neither capitalism nor communism has on its own been proven to be a workable social system, there is a third option: giving "citizens and professionals the means (left) to make their own choices (right)." Reorienting our thinking toward positive and high expectations of our fellow man, Bregman argues, will reap lasting success. Bregman presents this idea with his signature wit and frankness, once again making history, social science and economic theory accessible and enjoyable for lay readers.]]> 462 Rutger Bregman 0316418536 Rajan 0 currently-reading 4.37 2019 Humankind: A Hopeful History
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]]> Vanavasam (Tamil Edition) 38451637 436 Kannadasan Rajan 3 4.11 2008 Vanavasam (Tamil Edition)
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Doctor and the Saint: The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate]]> 31945021
This book situates Ambedkar’s arguments in their vital historical context� namely, as an extended public political debate with Mohandas Gandhi. “For more than half a century—throughout his adult life—[Gandhi’s] pronouncements on the inherent qualities of black Africans, untouchables and the laboring classes remained consistently insulting,� writes Roy. “His refusal to allow working-class people and untouchables to create their own political organizations and elect their own representatives remained consistent too.�

In The Doctor and the Saint, Roy exposes some uncomfortable, controversial, and even surprising truths about the political thought and career of India’s most famous and most revered figure. In doing so she makes the case for why Ambedkar’s revolutionary intellectual achievements must be resurrected, not only in India but throughout the world.

“Arundhati Roy is incandescent in her brilliance and her fearlessness.�
—Junot Díaz

“The fierceness with which Arundhati Roy loves humanity moves my heart.�
—Alice Walker]]> 184 Arundhati Roy 160846797X Rajan 0 to-read 4.31 2017 The Doctor and the Saint: The Ambedkar - Gandhi Debate
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]]> <![CDATA[The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life]]> 28257707 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062457738

In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.

For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up.

Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited�"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.

There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.]]> 212 Mark Manson Rajan 5 3.88 2016 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
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]]> <![CDATA[Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World]]> 40876575 Universal basic income. A 15-hour workweek. Open borders. Does it sound too good to be true? One of Europe's leading young thinkers shows how we can build an ideal world today.

After working all day at jobs we often dislike, we buy things we don't need. Rutger Bregman, a Dutch historian, reminds us it needn't be this way—and in some places it isn't. Rutger Bregman's TED Talk about universal basic income seemed impossibly radical when he delivered it in 2014. A quarter of a million views later, the subject of that video is being seriously considered by leading economists and government leaders the world over. It's just one of the many utopian ideas that Bregman proves is possible today.

Utopia for Realists is one of those rare books that takes you by surprise and challenges what you think can happen. From a Canadian city that once completely eradicated poverty, to Richard Nixon's near implementation of a basic income for millions of Americans, Bregman takes us on a journey through history, and beyond the traditional left-right divides, as he champions ideas whose time have come.

Every progressive milestone of civilization—from the end of slavery to the beginning of democracy—was once considered a utopian fantasy. Bregman's book, both challenging and bracing, demonstrates that new utopian ideas, like the elimination of poverty and the creation of the fifteen-hour workweek, can become a reality in our lifetime. Being unrealistic and unreasonable can in fact make the impossible inevitable, and it is the only way to build the ideal world.]]> 262 Rutger Bregman 0316471909 Rajan 0 currently-reading 4.24 2014 Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World
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]]> The Paper Palace 55994372
Now, over the next twenty-four hours, Elle will have to decide between the life she has made with her genuinely beloved husband, Peter, and the life she always imagined she would have had with her childhood love, Jonas, if a tragic event hadn't forever changed the course of their lives.

As Heller colors in the experiences that have led Elle to this day, we arrive at her ultimate decision with all its complexity. Tender yet devastating, The Paper Palace considers the tensions between desire and dignity, the legacies of abuse, and the crimes and misdemeanors of families.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780593329825.]]> 400 Miranda Cowley Heller Rajan 5 3.73 2021 The Paper Palace
author: Miranda Cowley Heller
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average rating: 3.73
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An engaging read ! One person's journey, experiences and relationships narrated so well ! Some places the writing is sheer poetry. Pains, pleasures, traumas ... Though it differs for each in terms of places, people and their take on it, i could relate a lot with the universal emotions of human experience. Though its a story of one person & everything around her, felt like having travelled with her & her experience for real ! Such an enticing n engaging writing. Loved it !
]]> Bewilderment 56404444 An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.

A heartrending new novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory.

The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He’s also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin’s emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother’s brain�

With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and son’s ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers’s most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?]]> 278 Richard Powers 0393881148 Rajan 0 to-read 3.87 2021 Bewilderment
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]]> The Thief Who Sang Storms 59835762
Linnet wishes she could sing magic, like her father, Nightingale - and bring the two sides of her island together again. For her land has been divided by a terrible tragedy, and Linnet has been banished with her father to the deepest swamps, leaving behind her best friends, Hero and Silver.

So when her father is captured, Linnet must be brave and embark on a treacherous journey. Through alligator pools and sinking sands, she finds new friends. Yet without her singing magic, Linnet discovers something even more powerful. Something that could save her father, and heal the broken heart of her island once more...

With themes of grief, trust, love, and that we have more in common than that which divides us, this is a heartfelt book filled with adventure and stunning storytelling from bestselling Sophie Anderson.]]> 416 Sophie Anderson 1474979068 Rajan 0 to-read 4.02 2022 The Thief Who Sang Storms
author: Sophie Anderson
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.02
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]]> The Midnight Library 52578297
When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?]]> 288 Matt Haig 0525559477 Rajan 5 3.96 2020 The Midnight Library
author: Matt Haig
name: Rajan
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2020
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[பொன்னியின் செல்வன�, பாகம� 1: புது வெள்ளம� (Ponniyin Selvan, Part 1)]]> 33286260 எங்கும� எப்போதும� படியுங்கள், உங்கள் இலவச Kindle app இல�.

தமிழின� பெரியதொர� திருப்புமுனையாளரான கல்க�, தமிழ்ச� சரித்திரக் கதைகளின் பிதாமகர். அவரத� ‘பார்த்திபன் கனவு�, ‘சிவகாமியின் சபதம்� போன்� சரித்திரக் கதைகள் தமிழ� மக்களால் பெரிதும் கொண்டாடப்பட்டவ�.அவற்றுக்கு நிகராக - இன்னும� ஒருபடி மேலா� தலைமுறைகள் கடந்து மீண்டும் மீண்டும் வாசிக்கப்படும், மீண்டும் மீண்டும் கொண்டாடப்படும் அற்புதம், பொன்னியின் செல்வன�. ஐந்த� பாகங்களில் ஆற� ஆண்டுகள் கல்க� இதழில் தொடராக வெளிவந்த பொன்னியின் செல்வன�, இதுவரை சென்றடைந்த இதயங்களின் எண்ணிக்க� பல லட்சங்களைத� தாண்டும்.சோழர்களின் பொற்கா� ஆட்சியைப� பற்ற� சரித்திர நூல்களில� இருந்த� தெரிந்துகொண்டதைக� காட்டில]]> 416 கல்க� Rajan 0 currently-reading 4.66 1954 பொன்னியின் செல்வன், பாகம் 1: புது வெள்ளம் (Ponniyin Selvan, Part 1)
author: கல்க�
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.66
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]]> The Bite of the Mango 3764130 216 Mariatu Kamara 1554511585 Rajan 0 to-read 3.97 2008 The Bite of the Mango
author: Mariatu Kamara
name: Rajan
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2008
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]]> <![CDATA[The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection]]> 23164946 From the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller The Untethered Soul comes this thought-provoking, inspirational memoir on the magic that happens when you just let go

Spirituality is meant to bring about harmony and peace. But the diversity of our philosophies, beliefs, concepts, and views about the soul often leads to confusion. To reconcile the noise that clouds spirituality, Michael Singer combines accounts of his own life journey to enlightenment—from his years as a hippie-loner to his success as a computer program engineer to his work in spiritual and humanitarian efforts—with lessons on how to put aside conflicting beliefs, let go of worries, and transform misdirected desires. Singer provides a road map to a new way of living not in the moment, but to exist in a state of perpetual happiness.]]> 252 Michael A. Singer 080414110X Rajan 0 to-read 4.00 2015 The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection
author: Michael A. Singer
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[Emotional Intelligence - Idliyaga Irungal (Tamil)]]> 33224522 113 Soma. Valliappan Rajan 0 4.23 2006 Emotional Intelligence - Idliyaga Irungal (Tamil)
author: Soma. Valliappan
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.23
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]]> <![CDATA[Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones]]> 40244063 The instant New York Times bestseller. Over 1 million copies sold!

Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results

No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.

Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.

Learn how to:
- make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);
- overcome a lack of motivation and willpower;
- design your environment to make success easier;
- get back on track when you fall off course;
...and much more.

Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.]]> 306 James Clear Rajan 5 4.41 2018 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
author: James Clear
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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A practical playbook ! Loved it ! Made an immense impact on the way i get things done now ! Highly grateful to James Clear !
]]> Reasons to Stay Alive 25733573 Matt Haig’s accessible and life-affirming memoir of his struggle with depression, and how his triumph over the illness taught him to live.

Like nearly one in five people, Matt Haig suffers from depression. Reasons to Stay Alive is Matt’s inspiring account of how, minute by minute and day by day, he overcame the disease with the help of reading, writing, and the love of his parents and his girlfriend (and now-wife), Andrea. And eventually, he learned to appreciate life all the more for it.

Everyone’s lives are touched by mental illness: if we do not suffer from it ourselves, then we have a friend or loved one who does. Matt’s frankness about his experiences is both inspiring to those who feel daunted by depression and illuminating to those who are mystified by it. Above all, his humor and encouragement never let us lose sight of hope. Speaking as his present self to his former self in the depths of depression, Matt is adamant that the oldest cliché is the truest—there is light at the end of the tunnel. He teaches us to celebrate the small joys and moments of peace that life brings, and reminds us that there are always reasons to stay alive.]]> 256 Matt Haig 0143128728 Rajan 0 to-read 4.04 2015 Reasons to Stay Alive
author: Matt Haig
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.04
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]]> The Lean Startup 10127019 Most startups fail. But many of those failures are preventable. The Lean Startup is a new approach being adopted across the globe, changing the way companies are built and new products are launched.

Eric Ries defines a startup as an organization dedicated to creating something new under conditions of extreme uncertainty. This is just as true for one person in a garage or a group of seasoned professionals in a Fortune 500 boardroom. What they have in common is a mission to penetrate that fog of uncertainty to discover a successful path to a sustainable business.



The Lean Startup approach fosters companies that are both more capital efficient and that leverage human creativity more effectively. Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, it relies on "validated learning," rapid scientific experimentation, as well as a number of counter-intuitive practices that shorten product development cycles, measure actual progress without resorting to vanity metrics, and learn what customers really want. It enables a company to shift directions with agility, altering plans inch by inch, minute by minute.

Rather than wasting time creating elaborate business plans, The Lean Startup offers entrepreneurs - in companies of all sizes - a way to test their vision continuously, to adapt and adjust before it's too late. Ries provides a scientific approach to creating and managing successful startups in a age when companies need to innovate more than ever.]]> 299 Eric Ries 0307887898 Rajan 5 currently-reading 4.11 2011 The Lean Startup
author: Eric Ries
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[மூன்றாம் பிறை : வாழ்வனுபவங்கள் (Tamil Edition)]]> 54501113
விவாகரத்து வழக்கில் அன்பான கணவனுக்க� எதிராகச் சாட்சி சொல்� முடியாமல� கோர்ட்டில் மயங்கி விழுந்� மனைவ�, மம்முட்டியால� காப்பாற்� முடியாமல� போ� முதல� ரசிகன் என அவரத� வாழ்க்கைச் சம்பவங்கள், அத� கற்றுக்கொடுத்த பாடம� ஆகியவற்றைக� குட்டிக் கதைபோல சுவாரஸ்யமா� சொல்லிச் செல்கிறார்!]]> 126 Mammootty 9380545371 Rajan 5 4.18 2009 மூன்றாம் பிறை : வாழ்வனுபவங்கள் (Tamil Edition)
author: Mammootty
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[50 Philosophy Classics: Thinking, Being, Acting, Seeing, Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books (50 Classics)]]> 17087629
From Aristotle, Plato, Epicurus, Confucius, Cicero and Heraclitus in ancient times to 17th century rationalists Descartes, Leibniz and Spinoza, from 20th-century greats Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Baudrillard and Simone de Beauvoir to contemporary thinkers Michael Sandel, Peter Singer and Slavoj Zizek, 50 Philosophy Classics explores key writings that have shaped the discipline and had an impact on the real world.

Philosophy can no longer be confined to academia, and 50 Philosophy Classics shows how powerful it can be as a tool for opening our minds and helping us think. Whether you are fascinated or daunted by the big questions of how to think, how to be, how to act and how to see, this is the perfect introduction to some of humanity's greatest minds and their landmark books.]]> 325 Tom Butler-Bowdon 1857885961 Rajan 0 to-read 4.11 2013 50 Philosophy Classics: Thinking, Being, Acting, Seeing, Profound Insights and Powerful Thinking from Fifty Key Books (50 Classics)
author: Tom Butler-Bowdon
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> Rishi Moolam 34742829 72 Jayakanthan 9385545299 Rajan 5 4.04 1969 Rishi Moolam
author: Jayakanthan
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1969
rating: 5
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]]> Dancing Wu Li Masters 54959149
At an Esalen Institute meeting in 1976, tai chi master Al Huang said that the Chinese word for physics is Wu Li, "patterns of organic energy." Journalist Gary Zukav and the others present developed the idea of physics as the dance of the Wu Li Masters--the teachers of physical essence. Zukav explains the concept further: The Wu Li Master dances with his student. The Wu Li Master does not teach, but the student learns. The Wu Li Master always begins at the center, the heart of the matter.... This book deals not with knowledge, which is always past tense anyway, but with imagination, which is physics come alive, which is Wu Li.... Most people believe that physicists are explaining the world. Some physicists even believe that, but the Wu Li Masters know that they are only dancing with it. The "new physics" of Zukav's 1979 book comprises quantum theory, particle physics, and relativity. Even as these theories age they haven't percolated all that far into the collective consciousness; they're too far removed from mundane human experience not to need introduction. The Dancing Wu Li Masters remains an engaging, accessible way to meet the most profound and mind-altering insights of 20th-century science. --Mary Ellen Curtin]]> 416 Gary Zukav 0730443264 Rajan 4 4.31 1979 Dancing Wu Li Masters
author: Gary Zukav
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.31
book published: 1979
rating: 4
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A transformative read. Widened my thought horizons. Shattered my limited points of view. This book continues to be a re-read for me since mid 90's . Every-time it expands my points of view & broadens my take on everything ! A true classic !
]]> <![CDATA[Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England's Tragic Queen]]> 31085 374 Joanna Denny 0306814749 Rajan 0 4.06 2004 Anne Boleyn: A New Life of England's Tragic Queen
author: Joanna Denny
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[திருக்குறள�: குறள�, தமிழ� உரைகள், மொழிபெயர்ப்ப� மற்றும� ஒலிபெயர்ப்பு (with translation & transliteration)]]> 26172937 2725 Thiruvalluvar Rajan 0 currently-reading 4.46 1812 திருக்குறள்: குறள், தமிழ் உரைகள், மொழிபெயர்ப்பு மற்றும் ஒலிபெயர்ப்பு (with translation & transliteration)
author: Thiruvalluvar
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.46
book published: 1812
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]]> <![CDATA[இரண்டாம் உலகப� போர் (Tamil Edition)]]> 53576140 69 Pa Raghavan Rajan 4 Well written war summary

Engaging and Interesting narration . Gives a brief overview about the root causes and the major events of world war two. ]]> 4.02 2007 இரண்டாம் உலகப் போர் (Tamil Edition)
author: Pa Raghavan
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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Well written war summary

Engaging and Interesting narration . Gives a brief overview about the root causes and the major events of world war two.
]]> <![CDATA[365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts]]> 20758093 New York Times bestselling novel Wonder, readers were introduced to memorable English teacher Mr. Browne and his love of precepts. Simply put, precepts are principles to live by, and Mr. Browne has compiled 365 of them—one for each day of the year—drawn from popular songs to children’s books to inscriptions on Egyptian tombstones to fortune cookies. His selections celebrate kindness, hopefulness, the goodness of human beings, the strength of people’s hearts, and the power of people’s wills. Interspersed with the precepts are letters and emails from characters who appeared in Wonder. Readers hear from Summer, Jack, Charlotte, Julian, and Amos.

There’s something for everyone here, with words of wisdom from such noteworthy people as Anne Frank, Martin Luther King Jr., Confucius, Goethe, Sappho—and over 100 readers of Wonder who sent R. J. Palacio their own precepts.]]> 432 R.J. Palacio 0553499041 Rajan 0 to-read 4.27 2014 365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts
author: R.J. Palacio
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.27
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]]> Wonder (Wonder, #1) 11387515 I won’t describe what I look like. Whatever you’re thinking, it’s probably worse.

August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. Wonder, begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others.]]> 315 R.J. Palacio 0375869026 Rajan 0 to-read 4.34 2012 Wonder (Wonder, #1)
author: R.J. Palacio
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2012
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Enn Kanmani Thamarai (Tamil Edition)]]> 40374015 ... 312 Balakumaran Rajan 5 awesome read

A transcendental trip ! An awesome amalgamation of history, spirutuality, self discovery and engaging writing. Thanks a ton to writer Balakumaran ]]> 4.57 Enn Kanmani Thamarai (Tamil Edition)
author: Balakumaran
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.57
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rating: 5
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awesome read

A transcendental trip ! An awesome amalgamation of history, spirutuality, self discovery and engaging writing. Thanks a ton to writer Balakumaran
]]> Hidden Mysteries 769091 pilgrimage, mantras and astrology has been forgotten or lost over the
centuries. Hidden Mysteries is a scientific, insightful, and at the same
time, esoteric exploration of what are often considered the outer trappings
and paraphanalia of religion.

REVIEW FROM SANNYAS DOT ORG:
Five chapters on ancient secrets man has been pondering over for centuries. Osho unveils new truths about pyramids, the third eye, ancient temples, mantras, sacred places of pilgrimage and their esoteric rituals and significance. This small volume also contains two fascinating chapters on astrology.

Subject
Early Talks and Writings
Translated from
Hindi :
Notes
Also published as "Odysee Within"
Time Period of Osho's original Discourses/Talks/Letters
from Apr 1, 1971 to Oct 31, 1971
Number of Discourses/Chapters
6]]> 236 Osho 8172610084 Rajan 0 4.24 1997 Hidden Mysteries
author: Osho
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1997
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Coffinman: The Journal of a Buddhist Mortician]]> 1250936
Looks at one man's very personal struggle to engage his Shin Buddhist faith to make sense of his experiences with the dead and dying. The author chronicles his progression from repulsion to a gradual realisation of the tranquillity that accompanies death.]]> 142 Shinmon Aoki 0972139508 Rajan 0 to-read 3.78 1996 Coffinman: The Journal of a Buddhist Mortician
author: Shinmon Aoki
name: Rajan
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1996
rating: 0
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]]> ஜன்னல் மலர் [Jannal Malar] 16091590 80 Sujatha Rajan 0 3.71 2010 ஜன்னல் மலர் [Jannal Malar]
author: Sujatha
name: Rajan
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2010
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]]> <![CDATA[Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character]]> 5544
In short, here is Feynman's life in all its eccentric glory—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah.]]> 350 Richard P. Feynman 0393316041 Rajan 5 4.27 1985 Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character
author: Richard P. Feynman
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.27
book published: 1985
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters]]> 45892276 Who listens to you?

New York Times contributor Kate Murphy asked people on five continents this question, and the response was typically a long, awkward pause. People struggled to come up with someone, anyone, who truly listened to them without glazing over, glancing down at a phone, or jumping in to offer an opinion. Many admitted that they, themselves, weren’t very good listeners, and most couldn’t even describe what it meant to be a good listener.

Despite living in a world where technology allows constant digital communication and opportunities to connect, it seems no one is really listening or even knows how. And it’s making us lonelier, more isolated, and less tolerant than ever before. A listener by trade, Murphy wanted to know how we got here.

In this illuminating and often humorous deep dive, Murphy explains why we’re not listening, what it’s doing to us, and how we can reverse the trend. She makes accessible the psychology, neuroscience, and sociology of listening while also introducing us to some of the best listeners out there (including a CIA agent, focus-group moderator, bartender, radio producer, and top furniture salesman).

While listening is often regarded as talking’s meek counterpart, Murphy discovered it’s actually the more powerful position in communication. We learn when we listen. It’s how we connect, cooperate, empathize, and fall in love. Listening is something we do or don’t do every day. While we might take listening for granted, how well we listen, to whom, and under what circumstances determines who we are and the paths we take in life.

Equal parts cultural observation, scientific exploration, and rousing call to action that’s full of practical advice, You’re Not Listening is to listening what Susan Cain’s Quiet was to introversion. It’s time to stop talking and start listening.]]> 278 Kate Murphy 1250297192 Rajan 0 to-read 4.08 2020 You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters
author: Kate Murphy
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2020
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]]> <![CDATA[Anne Boleyn: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of British Royalty)]]> 45284861 Discover the remarkable life of Anne Boleyn...Free BONUS Inside!Boleyn is most likely the best-known of Henry VIII’s six wives; she is also the most controversial. History has represented Anne as either a whore or a martyr. The true story, however, is far more complex. Henry VIII of England pursued Anne Boleyn for seven years while he was battling for an annulment from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. Catherine had failed to provide Henry with a male heir to the throne, so the king looked to Catherine’s maid of honor, Anne Boleyn, to secure his Tudor lineage. When Anne also failed to give birth to a son, her fate was sealed. She was charged with multiple counts of adultery during a trial everyone agreed was a sham. Found guilty, Anne Boleyn was beheaded immediately afterward and placed in an unmarked grave. Her death served to reveal the true horror dispensed to wives who displeased their royal husbands.Discover a plethora of topics such asEarly Life as a Lady-in-waitingThe King’s Great MatterAnne Ascends the ThroneAnother Birth, Another TragedyTrial and ExecutionAnd much more! So if you want a concise and informative book on Anne Boleyn, simply scroll up and click the "Buy now" button for instant access! ]]> 113 Hourly History Rajan 4 An engaging n awesome read !

My inquisitiveness about Anne Boleyn became obsessive after a visit to Tower of London in 2020. This was my first read in that quest. Finished it in one go . Awesome read. Short, engaging and very informative. Is a treat for history buffs. ]]> 4.08 Anne Boleyn: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of British Royalty)
author: Hourly History
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.08
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An engaging n awesome read !

My inquisitiveness about Anne Boleyn became obsessive after a visit to Tower of London in 2020. This was my first read in that quest. Finished it in one go . Awesome read. Short, engaging and very informative. Is a treat for history buffs.
]]> <![CDATA[ஒர� மனிதன், ஒர� வீடு, ஒர� உலகம� [Oru Manithan Oru Veedu Oru Ulagam]]]> 33244571 397 Jayakanthan Rajan 5 4.38 1973 ஒரு மனிதன், ஒரு வீடு, ஒரு உலகம் [Oru Manithan Oru Veedu Oru Ulagam]
author: Jayakanthan
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average rating: 4.38
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered]]> 1117634 �Newsweek

One the 100 most influential books published since World War II
�The Times Literary Supplement

Hailed as an "eco-bible" by Time magazine, E.F. Schumacher's riveting, richly researched statement on sustainability has become more relevant and vital with each year since its initial groundbreaking publication during the 1973 energy crisis. A landmark statement against "bigger is better" industrialism, Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful paved the way for twenty-first century books on environmentalism and economics, like Jeffrey Sachs's The End of Poverty, Paul Hawken's Natural Capitalism, Mohammad Yunis's Banker to the Poor, and Bill McKibben's Deep Economy. This timely reissue offers a crucial message for the modern world struggling to balance economic growth with the human costs of globalization.]]> 352 Ernst F. Schumacher 0060916303 Rajan 0 to-read 4.10 1973 Small Is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered
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]]> <![CDATA[Ikigai: The Japanese Life Philosophy]]> 39670126 51 Alan Daron Rajan 4 Well written!

A very good primer and practical guideline about ikigai. Inspiring and Informative. Valuable stuff for those who seek to pursue a meaningful life. Well written.!!! ]]> 3.74 Ikigai: The Japanese Life Philosophy
author: Alan Daron
name: Rajan
average rating: 3.74
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rating: 4
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Well written!

A very good primer and practical guideline about ikigai. Inspiring and Informative. Valuable stuff for those who seek to pursue a meaningful life. Well written.!!!
]]> <![CDATA[உன்னைப� போல் ஒருவன் [unnai pol oruvan]]]> 33288647 205 Jayakanthan 9385545302 Rajan 4 4.28 1965 உன்னைப் போல் ஒருவன் [unnai pol oruvan]
author: Jayakanthan
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1965
rating: 4
read at: 2017/02/24
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]]> <![CDATA[Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind]]> 23692271 512 Yuval Noah Harari Rajan 4 4.34 2011 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
author: Yuval Noah Harari
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2018/12/01
date added: 2019/04/17
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An awesome, mindboggling and transformative book. Yuval's narrative style is captivating and thought provoking.
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In this adorable illustrated book by bestselling author Mary Lee, a little girl is very happy to become a big girl. This is a great story to help tots understand the basic steps of going potty, and encourages them to get excited about it.]]> 24 Mary Lee Rajan 0 4.07 2013 Big Girl Potty
author: Mary Lee
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2013
rating: 0
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]]> Go to Sleep Mom! 30338583 to do in order to sleep. Not only that but, he surmises if this is not complete, she may just turn into a zombie! In order to save his mother from an awful fate, the boy embarks on a plan to rid his mom of the terrible to-dos and get her to sleep.]]> 32 Mary Eakin Rajan 5 Awesome illustrations!!!😊

My child really liked this book. Loved it for the funny content and beautiful illustrations. Our family read it over and over. ]]> 4.03 2016 Go to Sleep Mom!
author: Mary Eakin
name: Rajan
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2016
rating: 5
read at: 2018/11/01
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Awesome illustrations!!!😊

My child really liked this book. Loved it for the funny content and beautiful illustrations. Our family read it over and over.
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