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UsTaad : Journey Of A Shayar by Chetan Mahajan

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About Book:  When some couplets written on a piece of paper are making singers famous, here is a story of a Shayar who writes those couplets. From Ghalib to Shiv Kumar Batalvi, poets got more and more famous only after their deaths. Their journeys were speculated by readers, their writings became a part of the school curriculum. UsTaad is the journey of today’s poet. His name sounded arrogant while his Shayari was painful. He was no hero who had a happy ending. He didn’t preach. He didn’t motivate. Was UsTaad an alter ego, a survival mechanism, a defense mechanism or was he just a today’s poet? He suffered and his family suffered but his pen never stopped. UsTaad just dared to write it all. My Take:  UsTaad: Journey of a Shayar is the debut novel by Chetan Mahajan and its a collection of beautifully expressed Hindi Poems but with a twist of English composition.  The book starts with Safar, where the author Chetan Mahajan describes a scene where he is traveling on a bus, then continues

Rhime of Time By Padmaja Bharti.

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About Book:  The book “Rhime of Time” is a compilation of poems written by Padmaja Bharti. In this book, she has written a few poems, where she has described herself in some complex and in simple words. Most of the poems are about her black and white memories and few are on generic topics. In this book, the reader will see her describing a relationship between mother nature and human nature in a poetic way. My Take:  Rhime of Time has a collection of more than 70 short and beautiful poems written by poetess Padmaja Bharti. Listen...  My heart is speaking to you, my darling Mulberry... Listen... My soul has found you too emotionally...  I loved reading each and every poem written by the poetess. There is a fine art of elegancy and emotions in her poems, which intrigues peacefulness.  Each and every poem are written flawlessly and I found it incomparably original and beautiful.  1. Positive You  2.Vintage Mom 3.Clingy Thoughts 4.Metting Shy 5.Sin  These are a few of the poems that I enjo

Hair Care Kit by Deyga.

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Taking care of your hair is as important as any other part of the body. While you tend to cover other body parts, your hair is subjected to a lot of pollution, dirt, and chemicals. Sometimes oiling and washing is not the only solution. And after using Deyga's Hair Care kit I will definitely recommend it to others as it keeps your hair healthy & nourished. The kit includes 4 products that are natural & very effective.  Flowing and shiny locks are no longer a dream with our concentrated product range. We have put together four of our top selling hair care products to ensure your hair gets the best care! 1. Shampoo Bar Coconut Milk Shampoo Bar. This luxurious coconut milk Shampoo bar has deep nourishing properties. Farm Fresh coconuts are crushed to extract pure coconut milk which makes our shampoo bar luxurious. The pure coconut milk, coconut oil, soapnut & shikakai makes a perfect blend to cleanse your hair leaving it smooth & shiny. While Shikakai makes your hair si

Choices by Nigama RV.

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The Blurb:  Seventeen-year-old Evie is about to leave home for University when she meets Nathan, an Engineer a few years older than her. Nathan has watched Evie from afar and has been waiting for his chance to love her, he knows she would be perfect as his wife. Evie has always dreamed of being swept off her feet by her prince charming, and when she meets Nathan, she might just have found the both in him. Nathan becomes her first love but intermittently manipulates her love for him making the naive girl fall in his trap every time under newly discovered ploy, and causes distress; she learns that not every love is fairy tales. The story begins with love, goes with tortured love but not as happily ever after. My Take:  What will you do if your true love turns out to be a psychopath? Will you still love him or stand up to yourself? "Choices" is the first book I am reading of the author Nigama RV and is just ineffable.  The story is about a girl who falls in love with a loving, c

Why So Poetry? by Niket Raj Dwivedi.

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The Blurb:  The poems in this book are mostly sad and miserable but can be laughed upon too with a little attention to detail. No matter how much you relate to one of them, know that Poetry in itself is music to the eyes and it was always meant to be felt and forgotten. Rest, love has always been tragic and mostly meaningless and temporary. My Take:  Why so poetry has a collection of 50 short poems that will warm your heart and make you smile. Each poem is written with simplicity but has a deeper meaning of hidden in the words once you read them All you will feel is the emotions in those words. I have always loved reading poetry is because I think it’s the best way to express our hearts without being judged. If anyone talks about the pain then the other will either be sympathetic or will just listen. But when you say the same story in form of a poem then the others can feel your pain along with you. That’s how effectual the poetry is and these poems written by poet Niket Raj Dwivedi ar

An Unquenchable Excess of Love by Anjutha Ranganathan

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About Book:  "Even when you hate them, You can’t deny the fact that The hate in itself comes from An Unquenchable Excess of Love.” Love, a four-letter word that rules the world, is the ultimate source of immense pleasure as well as the deepest pain. It creates magic as well as havoc. This collection of poems looks at love from every angle, to paint an honest and beautiful image of what it means to fall in love. Let’s take life as it is. We are all humans and love is inevitable to us. ‘The Falling’, ‘The Breaking’ and ‘The Healing’ is what’s supposed to happen to us. Otherwise, if lucky, we only fall in love and a forever. An Unquenchable Excess of Love is for someone who has loved so passionately and has faced tremendous destruction by it and ultimately grown, become wise, and shone out of it. My Take:  An Unquenchable Excess of Love is a debut book written by poetess Anjutha Ranganathan, this  book has a beautiful collection of more than a hundred poems which are divided into thr

The United Negro : His problems and his progress written by D. E. Publishing & Tony Williams.

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The Blurb: This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in my edition. I have attempted, however, to repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical work. My Take:  The United Negro : His problems and his progress is an interesting and non-fiction book. It's a well researched and well-documented book that will show you part of Negro history and it's Something that will intriguingly your interest. This is the Promethean book written by the authors.  The United Negro : His problems and his progress contains many topics in this book that are interesting to read and very knowledgeable like, 1. Various Leagues  2. The present Religious Status of Negro in the United States 3. The necessity of a trained Ministry  4.Pictures of many important and historical monuments lik

Still Waters: Peter’s Story by Amanda Lewis.

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The Blurb:  They say still waters run deep... ...and there's certainly more to tall, blonde, and dangerously handsome Peter Levander than meets the eye. After a series of personal setbacks, Peter finds himself going through a midlife crisis. For the entire 45 years of his existence, he's meticulously planned everything, only to watch it all fall apart right in front of him. He's heartbroken, self-destructive, and on the verge of losing his job. Nothing a few weeks of therapy and a feisty chef can't fix, right? A follow-up novella to The Weight of Birds, Still Waters is the emotional continuation of the story readers everywhere fell in love with! My Take:  Still Waters is the second book in The Levander Brothers series and its an emotional and well-expressed book.  The story starts with 2 years later is were The Weight of Birds book ended and the way the author has continued the story, reading it just warmed my heart.  There are many aspects in this book that I liked Rea

The Conduit: Healing by Denise Major-Dodge.

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The Blurb: Diwata feels like she'll never find her place in the world - until she meets her indigenous Igorot ancestor in a dream. The spirit world guides her down a path towards purpose and meaning. With the help of her best friend Lila and a New Age store owner, Beth, she learns how to channel her spirit guide and heal people of various illnesses. Her lessons end up coming in very handy when her hus band becomes possessed by a powerful demon determined to own his soul. Diwata and Lila's destiny leads them into a wilderness that will test their ability to survive. My Take:  What will you do if you get a dream stating that you are meant to heal people, you have the power within to help others, What will you do? What if healing others is something that will come handy because your loved ones end up needing it the most. The story is about Diwata and how she learns about her healing powers, her ancestors a magical adventure. This is a unique book with an impressive and intriguing

Kaizen: A fateful redo by Shweta Desai.

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The Blurb: Dr. Leah Bellmore leads a picture-perfect life. She’s happily married to a software mogul, their toddler daughter is amazingly cute. She is dedicated to her research and rumoured to be in the running for the Noble. Could she be destined to murder someone? Harry is a loyalist, committed to his work and has an impeccable record, and has never failed any mission. However, he travels time, to step into Leah’s life and stop her from committing murder and save ultimate devastation. Join Leah and Harry as they battle fate to save humanity. My Take:  A story of time travel, a story of adventure, a story never heard before, Kaizen: A fateful redo written by Shweta Desai has a story that is an epic with promethean writing.  The storyline starts with a gripping prologue that will raise the bar of your interest high. Later the story continues into an original concept.  The author Shweta Desai has impressively developed characters and each one of them is perfectly balanced. The book is f

Boons & Curses by Yugal Joshi.

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The Blurb:  It is said that Kunti fulfilled her desires and ambitions through her sons, the Pandavas, resulting in the bloodbath in Kurukshetra. And once the truth struck her she sought help from Krishna to get rid of her guilt. Krishna became Kunti’s moral guardian, a conversation began, from which emerged fascinating tales of women in mythology. In this brilliant retelling, Kunti is placed at the central of the novel and running parallel to her universe are the stories of Aditi and Diti, the primordial mothers, the rebellious Soorpanakha, the independent Sanjana and Tara, trendsetters such as Anusuya, intrigues of Kaikeyee and Kaikasi, the helpless Gandhari, the self-sacrificing Devaki’s and the selfless Yashoda. These are the stories of resolve, exploits, revenge, sacrifice, and affection—taken together they give us a deeper understanding of the legendary women in India. My Take:  Boons & Curses is a book that has been translated into many languages and is the debut novel writte

Sonder: Daily Epiphany by Abhinav Motiwal.

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The Blurb:  The word 'Sonder' has its origins in neologism and was coined in 2012 by John Koenig. What does it mean? It is inspired by German "sonder"- special and French "sonder"-to probe. It has a very special meaning of the profound realization that everyone, including strangers passed in the street, has a life as complex as one's own. They are constantly living in it despite their lack of awareness of it. By extension, a collective existence with individual levels of awareness and general ignorance. That brings us to the primary motif of the poems, a fly on the wall commentary on daily life and observations. At times satirical, albeit dwelling on the world around us. The works use color, emotions, or behavior to reflect the tendencies and idiosyncrasies of people whom we see in our daily lives. The poems explore contrarian ideas or the flipside of reasoning or simply try making the mundane less so, weaving words in the process. While some poems tell

101 Choti Baatein Bade Kam Ki by Maj (Retd) Pradeep Khare.

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The Blurb:  जीवन बहुरूपदर्शक है । यह असंख्य स्थितियों को प्रस्तुत करता है । यह छोटी सी पुस्तक आपको बताती है की कैसे आप:-  १. अपने स्वस्थ्य का ध्यान रखें | २. एक ज़िम्मेदार अभिभावक बने | ३. अपमान से निपटना सीखें | ४. उस काम में आनंद लें जिसे आप पसंद नहीं करते | ५. हमेशा खुश रहें |  और ९६ ऐसे ही रोचक और उपयोगी छोटी बातें, बड़े काम की '१०१ छोटी बातें,बड़े काम की'जीवन के व्यक्तिगत, पेशेवर, सामाजिक, जीवनशैली,स्वास्थ्य सम्बन्धी और पालन पोषण के सभी पहलुओं पर प्रकाश डालती है और आपको वास्तविक सफलता दिलाने में मदद करेगी । यदिआपका एक पहलु कमजोर होगा तो आपको जीवन में सच्ची सफलता नहीं मिल सकती । जीवन में एक प्रभावशाली व्यक्तित्व बनाने के लिए आपको संतुलित होना चाहिए । यह पुस्तक सभी उम्र के लोगो के लिए उपयुक्त है और सरल भाषा में लिखी गयी है ।इसे आप चाहें तो एक बार में ही पूरा पढ़ सकते हैं ,या फिर किसी भी पेज से शुरू कर सकते हैं ।इसे पढ़ने का कोई निर्धारित क्रम नहीं है ।मुझे विश्वास है की जब भी आप इसे पढ़ेंगे आप प्रोत्साहित होंगे और इसे बार बार पढ़ेंगे। आप इसकी प्रतियां अपने प्रियजनों को उपहार में दे

Sainik Ki Kalam Se by Flt. Lt. Subodh Dixit

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The Blurb : यह कविताये सेना के तीनों अंगों के सैनिको के अन्तःभावो से प्रेरित है। अधिकांश कविताएं वीर रस को आधार बनाकर व्यक्त की गयी हैं। एक सैनिक का जीवन किन-किन भावों से प्रेरित होता रहता है, उसे मैंने अपने सीमित ज्ञान के माध्यम से लिखने का प्रयास किया है। मैं अपनी त्राुटियों के लिए क्षमाप्रार्थी हूँ। My Take: Sainik Ki Kalam Se, is pustak mein 110 kavitaon ka sangrah hai jo kavi Flt. Lt. Subodh Dixit ne in kavitaon ko ek bhaavuk tareke se varnan kiya hai.  Kya aapne kabhi socha hai ki sainik kya mehsoos karate hain? Vah kya sochate hai? vah kaunsi sithi se gujaratein hain? unke parivaar aur dost kya sochate aur mehsoos karate hain? unke kaam ke liye unki bahaduri?  Mujhe yah pustak bahot pasand aayi kyu ki pratek kavita ek dusre  se alag hai aur isne mujhe bhavuk kar diya. Iss pustak ki sabse achi baat yah bhi hai ki, isme kahi  sainikon ki chote parichay hain jo ki prerak hai aur anth mein kahi aur unke photo, naam aur padh ke sath.  Overall, yah ek preranadayak, bhavanaon aur sunda

God Within You by Rahul Singh.

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The Blurb & About Book:  “You receive positions, luxuries, situations, and eternal happiness, whatever have had attracted you, made you to think about, made you emotional, more than what we wish to attract. God within you makes all the arrangements to accomplish that. Be aware while getting emotional and attracted towards something. That may turn into reality.” In this book, the author has emphasized the logic behind ‘God within you’, techniques to recognize the fact and then simple processes to awake and raise the God within. Once succeeded, you can command anything to yourself, and the God within you will easily manifest for you. There are two ways to accomplish your desires: 1.By attracting yourself to such things which already exist with someone; your deep attraction with emotions will send most prominent signals to God within you. Then Inner God gets thoroughly convinced about your desires and makes it accomplished. 2.Another is by attracting them with firm wishes followed by

Striker X by Negus Lamont.

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The Blurb:  In this fast-paced space military action-adventure, one monster-hunting dark elf begins to question everything he knows-and finds himself surrounded by enemies. He eliminates the monsters that come from the rift. Vex is the third-highest-ranked striker in the Interplanetary Galactic Force, and he’s gaining fast on number two. Every victory, and every progression in rank, comes with upgraded weapons technology and magic defenses. But after a decade of loyal servitude to the IGF, he’s finding himself at odds with his fellow elves. His shadow fox phenome has begun whispering strange warnings. The monsters he’s hunting are no longer mindless beasts: They’ve somehow grown sentient. And while Vex has always stayed out of politics, he’s beginning to suspect corruption even in his own force. Someone is allying themselves with the cyber realm. In this high-octane thrill ride with intricate characters, majestic apocalyptic settings, and death around every corner, Vex’s fight for surv

Man Ke Manke by DR. Renu Mishra.

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The Blurb & About Book:  कविता तब नहीं आती जब आमंत्रित की जाती है। ये आती हैं वीरान टूटे दिल से, हिज़्र की रुसवाइयों में  जल कर जब अश्रुओं से सिंचित होती हैं तब दिल की दरारों से भावों की कोंपलें फूटतीं हैं, अलंकार रूपक  छंदों से सजतीं हैं, निर्झर शब्दों में बहती हैं तब अनायास बन जाती है कविता। मन के मनके भी कुछ  ऐसी ही कविताओं का संग्रह है जो मन की गहराइयों से उद्ध्रित भाव रूपी मनकों को शब्दों में पिरो कर  गढ़ा गया है। यह डाw रेणु मिश्रा का तीसरा काव्य संग्रह है जिसमें श्रृंगार रस के अलावा सामाजिक,  राजनीतिक, सामयिक हर विष य पर कविताएं लिखी गयीं हैं जो आपको जरूर पसंद आएंगी और आप  इन्हें बार बार पढ़ना चाहेंगे। My Take:  Man Ke Manke has a collection of 122 expressive poems written by poetess DR. Renu Mishra. Poetess DR. Renu Mishra says Poetry does not come when invited, and I agree with her, poetries are apart of the writer's heart, emotions, experiences, passion, or for some its fantasy as well, and reading these poems written by poetess DR. Renu Mishra it just swelled my heart

Every Moments Matters by WG CDR Vishal Bharti.

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The Blurb & About Book: Every Moment Matters" is a rich collection of poetry filled with all moments of life starting from childhood to college days. His poems remind us about our past, present and future life. He revisits conventional thinking, presenting us familiar, yet a different perspective. His poems evoke Nature, life's rhythms and sounds and are narrated with emotions and flair. Poems like "Mountains of Kangra Valley" redefine the beauty of this place and bring freshness to a tense mind. "Those were the days" poem takes us back to our childhood. About the Author: Wing Commander Vishal Bharti is serving as an Aeronautical Engineer in Indian Air Force. He has served across the length and breadth of India. He actively participated in flood relief operations in Uttrakhand and was involved in raising of a flying unit in J&K Sector. He has authored many articles and poems in various Air Force magazines. Vishal writes with a unique blend of heart

Never give up on me by Cynthia Lemos.

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The Blurb:  Are you a courageous immigrant that had to leave your comfort zone to change your life? Or are you a person living in a ‘forbidden love’ story due to external factors like religion, class, or ethnicity? Then, you will relate to this diary. Tough decisions usually lead us to the unknown, and life becomes harder and harder. Falling in love should make it better, but humankind insists on recognizing differences that separate us, rather than the things that unify us. Immigrants often struggle with the word ‘NO,’ but it is all part of the growing and improves resilience. This book invites us to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes and share our agonies. It tempts us to answer the philosophical questions in it and reflect on our current situation. Cynthia shares how she overcame the hindrances during the first six years of her immigrant life, and her story encourages us to always choose love in everything we do. She reminds us that sometimes we need to lose things or people to b