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In this brilliantly listenable autobiography, one of India’s greatest writers shows us the roots of everything he has written. He begins with a dream and a gentle haunting before taking us to an idyllic childhood in Jamnagar by the Arabian Sea and New Delhi in the early 1940s - where he found material for his first short story. A search for companionship and security, undercut by a fierce independence and a tendency for risk-taking, would inform every choice he made for the rest of his life.

Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw by Haldi Falki is a complete biography of Sam Manekshaw, one of India's most celebrated military leaders. The audiobook delves into his military history, leadership qualities and significant role in India's victory in the 1971 India-Pakistan war.

De geheimen van de grootste genie uit de geschiedenis. Leonardo da Vinci wordt gezien als het meest creatieve genie ooit. Naast zijn wereldberoemde werk als schilder was hij ook uitvinder, schrijver, architect, beeldhouwer, componist, anatomist, filosoof, natuurkundige, scheikundige en ingenieur. Op basis van duizenden pagina's van Da Vinci's aantekenboeken en nieuwe ontdekkingen over zijn leven en werk vertelt Isaacson een prachtig verhaal over hoe Da Vinci's kunst verweven is met de wetenschap.

In 1900, an 18-year-old Spaniard named Pablo Picasso made his first trip to Paris. It was in this glittering capital of the international art world that, after suffering years of poverty and neglect, he emerged as the leader of a bohemian band of painters, sculptors, and poets. Fueled by opium and alcohol, inspired by raucous late-night conversations at the Lapin Agile cabaret, Picasso and his friends resolved to shake up the world.

Bharatvarsh Ke Aakrantaon Ki Kalank Kathayen by Major Dr. Parshuram Gupt narrates tales of courage, sacrifice, and patriotism during the Mughal Empire's invasions of India, celebrating the resilience and bravery of India's heroes.

Take a tour of some of the most extraordinary thinkers in history with ‘500 Quotes from Great Minds´. Packed with cherry-picked thoughts, reflections, and observations, it offers inspiring insights into almost every aspect of life, from love and death to art and politics. A superb addition to any coffee table, ‘500 Quotes from Great Minds´ is ideal for those who need a bit of extra motivation. Born in Paris, Charles Baudelaire (1821 – 1867) was one of the most highly-regarded poets of the 19th century.

कोई व्यक्‍ति एक अच्छा चित्रकार हो सकता है, वैज्ञानिक हो सकता है, इंजीनियर और गणितज्ञ हो सकता है; पर एक ही व्यक्‍ति उत्कृष्‍ट चित्रकार, अच्छा वैज्ञानिक, श्रेष्‍ठ इंजीनियर, कुशल गणितज्ञ, अद‍्भुत चिंतक, गजब का वास्तुविद्, योजनाकार, संगीतज्ञ, वाद्ययंत्र डिजाइनर आदि सबकुछ हो— विश्‍वास करना कठिन है, लेकिन ऐसा ही एक अद‍्भुत व्यक्‍ति था—लियोनार्डो दा विंची। लियोनार्डो युद्ध के घोर विरोधी थे, पर विडंबना यह कि उन्हें हिंसक अस्‍‍त्र-शस्‍‍त्र, युक्‍तियाँ, उपकरण आदि तैयार करने पड़े।.

Featuring an introduction by Neil Gaiman! “J. Michael Straczynski is, without question, one of the greatest science fiction minds of our time.” -- Max Brooks (World War Z) For four decades, J. Michael Straczynski has been one of the most successful writers in Hollywood, one of the few to...

Following her retirement from Princeton University, celebrated historian Dr. Nell Irvin Painter surprised everyone in her life by returning to school - in her 60s - to earn a BFA and MFA in painting. In Old in Art School, she travels from her beloved Newark to the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design; finds meaning in the artists she loves, even as she comes to understand how they may be undervalued; and struggles with the unstable balance between the pursuit of art and the inevitable, sometimes painful, demands of a life fully lived.

The volatile years of England's Tudor dynasty (1485–1603) and the five monarchs who ruled England during this period continue to fascinate and intrigue. Thanks to the paintings of artists like Hans Holbein, we have very definitive ideas about the appearance and personalities of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and her successor Elizabeth I. It is through their eyes of artists that we still see the dynasty which ruled England for just over a century.

What do you do when your world ends? At 28 years old, Krista Schlyer sold almost everything she owned and packed the rest of it in a station wagon bound for the American wild. Her two best friends joined her - one a grumpy, grieving introvert, the other a feisty dog - and together they sought out every national park, historic site, forest, and wilderness they could get to before their money ran out or their minds gave in.

Bestselling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy (yes), and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius. Shlain shows that no other person in human history has excelled in so many different areas as Da Vinci and he peels back the layers to explore the how and the why.

These biographies of the great quattrocento artists have long been considered among the most important of contemporary sources on Italian Renaissance art. Vasari, who invented the term "Renaissance", was the first to outline the influential theory of Renaissance art that traces a progression through Giotto, Brunelleschi, and finally the titanic figures of Michaelangelo, Da Vinci, and Raphael.

We have all seen, whether live, in photographs or on postcards, some of Claude Monet's legendary water lily paintings. They are in museums all over the world and are among the most beloved works of art of the past century. Yet, ironically, these soothing images were created amid terrible personal turmoil and sadness.

Vincent Van Gogh arrived in the French capital on the last day of February 1886, a month short of his thirty-third birthday. He was a man beaten down by life, half-starved, and nearly broken psychologically. He was saved by his brother Theo, who provided him with room, board, and, most crucially, emotional support while he attempted to master the difficult craft of painting. Thus far, Vincent's crude scenes of peasant life rendered in murky shades of brown and gray were both hackneyed and amateurish.

Самая знаменитая балерина прошлого столетия - Анна Павлова. В детстве ее считали слишком худой и нескладной, в ее успех не верил практически никто, никто, кроме самой Анны Павловой. Оказавшись однажды с матерью на балете в Мариинском театре, девочка буквально "заболела" танцами.

1990ರ ದಶಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಾಹಿರಾತು ಜಗತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಿಂಚಿದ ಕಪ್ಪು ಶಿಲೆಯಂತ ಸುಂದರಿ ವಾರಿಸ್ ಡೆರಿಸ್ ನಳ ಆತ್ಮಕಥನ 'ಡೆಸರ್ಟ್ ಫ್ಲವರ್'ನ ಕನ್ನಡಾನುವಾದ. ವಾರಿಸ್ ಡೆರಿಸ್ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಜಾಹಿರಾತು ಲೋಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಚ್ಚಳಿಯದ ಹೆಸರು. 1990ರ ದಶಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಸೌಂದರ್ಯವರ್ಧಕ ಉತ್ಪನ್ನಗಳ ಬಹುರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಕಂಪನಿಯಾದ ರೆವಲಾನ್ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ತನ್ನ ಉತ್ಪನ್ನಗಳಿಗೆ ಕಡೆದ ಕಪ್ಪು ಕಲ್ಲಿನ ಶಿಲೆಯಂತಿದ್ದ ವಾರಿಸ್ ಡೆರಿಸ್ ಳನ್ನು ಅನೇಕ ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಕಾಲ ಜಾಗತಿಕ ಮಟ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿ ರೂಪದರ್ಶಿಯಾಗಿ ನೇಮಕ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡಿತ್ತು. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ಕಪ್ಪನೆಯ, ತೆಳ್ಳಗಿನ, ಪುಟ್ಟ ಬಾಯಿಯ ಈ ಸುಂದರಿಯ ಮುಖ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಬಹುಪಾಲು ಜನತೆಗೆ ಅಪರಿಚಿತವಾಗಿ ಉಳಿದಿಲ್ಲ.

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Lee Miller, 1927 - New York: A classically beautiful young woman, she is discovered by Condé Nast. Lee Miller, 1929 - Paris: Protégé and lover of Man Ray, she invents with him the solarization technique of photography, develops into a brilliant Surrealist photographer, and plays the statue in Cocteau's film Blood of a Poet. Lee Miller, 1939-45 - Europe: Living at times with her future husband, the painter Roland Penrose, she becomes a US war correspondent and covers the siege of St Malo and the liberation of Paris.

Ila Arun burst into public view with the controversial song from Khal Nayak (1993), Choli Ke Peechhey. But several years before that, she was already well known for her contribution to Rajasthani folk music.Mumbai soon became her home, and it was in this city of glamour that Ila made a name for...