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Carrying on the living tradition of mystic minstrels, the Bauls roam the countryside of eastern India enacting the spiritual love dalliance of Radha and Krishna through songs and dances. The Path of the Mystic Lover explores the Bauls' lifestyle and philosophy, describing their sexual and ritual pra... More

Choosing the best 200 Hindi films ever made from the 1940's onwards, Subhash K. Jha gives concise and enjoyable reviews of the films, along with trivia and anecdotes about actors and actresses of that time and about the making of the films. The book also has a timeline of films and landmark events... More

An encyclopedia of Bollywood films, this book takes readers from the silent era films to the latest box-office hits of the current year. Written by two of the finest film journalists, this lavishly illustrated title features some rare archival photos collected from all over the country. Special feat... More

Al-Jazeera, the independent, all-Arab television news network based in Qatar, emerged as ambassador to the Arab world in the events following September 11, 2001. Arabic for "the island," Al-Jazeera has "scooped" the western media conglomerates many times. With its exclusive access to Osama Bin Laden... More

A well-crafted, full-color book for a growing market, this title explores Adobe's DVD creation program, Encore. It's a complete tutorial for Adobe CS developers, particularly those who use Premiere and AfterEffect, as well as for professional filmmakers who wish to transfer their projects to DVDs.If... More

Niall Murtagh spent years as a world traveler--hitchhiking in Istanbul, trekking in Patagonia, crossing the Atlantic in a home-built yacht. In 1986, he closed the door on his life of adventure to settle in Japan. And then, in a breathtaking transition, he joined Mitsubishi as a "Salaryman"--a guy in... More

James Herriot, strapped into the cockpit of a Tiger Moth trainer, feels rather out of place, but he hasn't found a new profession and it surely won't be long before the RAF come round to his point of view. James Herriot's sixth volume of unforgettable memoirs sees him dreaming of the day when he can... More

More challenging and more addictive than Su Doku, Kakuro is the new puzzle craze to spellbind the nation and this is the first Kakuro book to be published in the States.Kakuro has already become more popular than Su Doku in Japan, delighting millions with its blend of total simplicity and devilish c... More

Without the powerful potion whipped up by the Druid Getafix, Asterix and his fellow Gaulish villagers would never have the strength to fight Caesar's legions. Now Getafix has run short of rock oil.Without the powerful potion whipped up by the Druid Getafix, Asterix and his fellow villagers would nev... More

Hot on the heels of Dogbert's Clues for the Clueless, this new Dilbert collection will be widely welcomed by fans of that attention-grabbing comic which appears in 175 newspapers nationwide. Don't miss incompetent, socially inept technohead Dilbert and his megalomaniac pet Dogbert as they try to not... More

This is the most comprehensive and exciting book in many decades on magic squares—arrays filled with numbers or letters in particular arrangements. Clifford Pickover offers a colourful history of these and similar structures, their construction, and classification along with a remarkable variety o... More

Book cricket, beetle races, bows and arrows, inkball fights in school . . . Boys will be boys . . .Witty boys, sporty boys, befuddled boys, mean boys. You’ll find all kinds of boys in these pages—there is a rising cricket star who finds himself dangling from a tree on the day of the b... More

New Page 2 Being assertive means that you can express yourself with confidence. It means that you don't resort to being too passive, aggressive and manipulative. By developing your assertiveness and becoming aware of your strengths and weakness, you will learn how to modify your behaviour. ... More

Conventional wisdom has it that humiliation is a bad thing (at least for the person it's happening to - let's face it, for everyone watching, it's fantastic entertainment). There is, however, a school of thought which holds that humiliation can actually be a good thing (in a twisted, masochistic, ce... More

The novel, inspired by Bromfield’s visit to India in 1932,is set against the backdrop of British India in a picturesque city, Ranchipur, where locals are praying for much needed rains and relief. Into this scenario enters an elegant Maharaja, Man Singh Bahadur, his wife, the Maharani of Ranchipur ... More

Complete with an eight page photo insert filled with new photos, this updated edition includes new information on the third exciting film, Rowling's marriage, the process of writing "Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix," and much more.The heartwarming story behind J.K. Rowling's rise to fame--and... More