Biographies & Memoirs

Legal administration in India has undergone substantial changes through the ages. Its contribution has been especially significant in upholding the dignity of the citizens and their democratic norms, especially in a pluralistic society like India. This book, Eminent Indians; Legal Luminaries, while ... More

Music as the sweetest language comes from one's depth of mind, absorbing and making one oblivious of one's anxieties in life. It is especially so with Indian music which is always in tune with celestial peace and tranquillity. This book, Eminent Indians: Musicians, while underlining the quality of ... More

This book, Fifty Key Figures in Management presents the lives and ideas of influential people who have helped redefine the way we think about management. The book covers well known and controversial figures from around the world and from the Renaissance onwards. Some of the key personalities feature... More

The exhibition on KHADI, documented in this catalogue, will commence its journey through India on Janaury 30, 2002. This date is the anniversary of the violent death of Mahatma Gandhi in 1947. It also marks the last day of the anniversary year of the affiliated charitable trust, the Volkart Foundati... More

The greatest achievement of the Montessori method is to make the school a less-hated, if not a positively liked, place for young ones.... More

I am proud of being Punjabi... I don't go to parties.... I also like poetry. When I'm alone I like to write then tear it up....I can't wear suits and ties.... I don't believe in politics and bloodshed in the name of religion.... Our generation, we're emotional fools....We take from life and life tak... More

Battered by repeated suicide bombs, the Israeli army invaded Palestine in April 2002 and held many of the principle towns, including Ramallah, under siege. A tank stood at the end of Raja Shehadeh's road there were Israeli soldiers on the roof tops and four soldiers took over his brothers flat, whi... More

This is the heroic story of the man whose on-violent movement transformed his native India both spiritually and politically as it impelled the nation along the road to independence. With consummate skill, in narration that never flags in vividness and spiritual and historical force and as a living p... More

Mahatma Gandhi led a lifelong search for social peace and political non-violence. Committed to dialogue across classes, cultures and faiths, his life and politics stand testimony to a remarkable civic life, which valued restraint, tolerance and transparency above all else. This book historicizes his... More

Few individuals have altered the intellectual landscape as did the Danish physicist Niels Bohr. This book explores the Nobel Prize-winning thinker in his varied roles as scientist, teacher and social force.... More

The absorbing story of how one of the greatest directors of our time began his film-making career ‘Ray’s fascinating account of how he made the (Apu) trilogy and how his passion for cinema was first kindled.’ -India Today 'Written in an impeccable style it brings back ... More

‘A gripping account of a physicist whose speculations could prove as revolutionary as those of Albert Einstein... It can be consulted as a clear and authoritative guide through three decades of Hawking’s central contributions to cosmology.’ — Bernard Dixon in the New Statesman & Society ... More

AUTHORS GUILD BACKINPRINT.COM EDITIONS are fiction and nonfiction works that were originally brought to the reading public by established United States publishers but have fallen out of print. The economics of traditional publishing methods force tens of thousands of works out of print each year, e... More

Set during the 1980s civil war in Lebanon, 'Dreams of Water' is complusively readable, deceptively simple and overwhelmingly moving. 'If you could tell me just one thing about yourself, what would it be?' She begins, 'I would say that I once lost a brother.' As a young man disappears, his family is ... More

Lorca was one of the most influential and talented members of the avant-garde movement of his generation.His chilling and compelling drama Blood Wedding established him as the dramatist who revived Spanish-speaking theatre.Garcia Lorca for Beginners analyses Lorca's work within the context of his li... More

Hema Malini, the quintessential 'Dream Girl' of Hindi cinema has truly nurtured a dream, and followed it to its realization. After being unceremoniously dropped from her first Tamil film as the director felt that she didn't have 'star quality', Hema signed the Hindi film she was offered opposite Raj... More

The pop hero who raised millions through Live Aid and filled many with hope.... More

He was the maestro of the sitar who could create musical magic on its strings. As aficionados say, when Ustad Vilayat Khan played, you were guaranteed an unforgettable melodic experience, a medley of ragas played in the purest classical traditions. For Vilayat Khan, life was a colourful musical jour... More