The Cosmic Detective:Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe

Are you feeling a little lonely in this vast universe? Find out who your neighbours are in this spectacular and thrilling guide to the deepest mysteries of the cosmos.

International best-selling author and world-renowned scientist Dr Mani Bhaumik takes young readers on a whirlwind tour into space with The Cosmic Detective. Addressing his readers as cosmic detectives, the author actively enlists his young sleuths in finding solutions to questions that have puzzled space scientists for ages.

How and when did the universe begin? What are stars made of? How far away are the most distant galaxies? What is a quasar? Explore these fundamental cosmic riddles and more in this fascinating journey of discovery and wonder. Find out about nebulae and black holes, navigate the galaxies and the enormous expanses beyond, dive into the heart of neutron stars and walk on distant planets as you join the author in investigating the most bizarre aspects of the cosmos. And in the broader context of our own existence in the universe, Dr Bhaumik reveals that when we explore the cosmos, we also explore ourselves.

Packed with interesting facts and dazzling colour photographs, this beautifully written primer is ideal for students and cosmic detectives of all ages.

Age group of target audience (Puffin): 11 +

ISBN: 9780143330691
Author: Mani Bhaumik
Published by: Penguin Book India

Child Labour

Child abuse involves several aspects, such as, sexual exploitation, domestic violence, abuse of domestic aids, trafficking for prostitution, corporal punishment at school and other. Child abuse also include physical, mental, social, psychological and neglect. The present book addresses many crucial aspects of child labour, e.g. major causes, magnitude, impacts, life conditions, welfare measures, relevant laws and their performance appraisal, etc..

ISBN: 8126134120
Author: Sharma, A K
Published by: ANMOL PUBLICATIONS PVT. LTD.

Where`s Hanuman?

Alister Taylor is a publisher and businessperson with deep connections with ISKCON. He divides his time between Mayapur in West Bengal and the US.

Chris Woods is an animator who doesn’t shy away from delving into other fields (preferably artistic). He grew up in a small town in the BC Rockies, USA, and spent most of his free time doodling away on whatever spare sheets of paper he could get his hands on.

Benjamin McClintic was born in Hannibal, Missouri, in 1974. His interest in South Asian culture began in New Orleans upon visiting an ISKCON temple for a Sunday program. He has been a professional freelance artist for fifteen years.

ISBN: 9780143331087
Published by: Penguin Books India

Child Psychology

The book is written for regular classroom teachers, special education teachers, other school personnel, parents and prospective teachers. It provides basic information about various childhood problems and help prepare current and prospective parents, teachers and other school personnel to teach, work and deal with these problems at schools and homes. Designed to be a practical guide for teachers and parents in dealing with children, this book can be used for pre-service or in-service courses or for a workshop for parents.

ISBN: 8131303078
Author: Chadha, Anupriya
Published by: APH PUBLISHING CORPORATION

Learning From Children What To Teach Them

This enriching book explores quality education at the grassroots level for disadvantaged children. It evolves and evaluates strategies for the promotion of the overall development of children in the motor, cognitive, language, emotional, social and moral domains. The methods used revolve around children, with a larger purpose of shaping young minds as opposed to solely enhancing academic skills by relating the subjects of the syllabi. The essence of the book lies in what adults can learn from children while teaching them.

ISBN: 0761936114
Author: Kapur, Malavika
Published by: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INDIA PVT LTD
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The Greatest Epic of All Time-Mahabharata

Retold in a simple and concise manner for young children, this edition of the Mahabharata brings alive the battle of epic proportions.The beautifully illustrated book will keep children engrossed for hours.

ISBN: 9788120744479
Published by: Sterling Publishers Private Limited

The World Of Fashion

Author: Jay Diamond
ISBN: 1563670755
Published by: Fairchild Books

Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul

Stuart Brown, M.D. is a medical doctor, psychiatrist, clinical researcher, and the founder of the National Institute for Play. He speaks regularly to Fortune 500 companies and groups across the country on the significance of play in our lives. The producer of a three-part PBS series, The Promise of Play, he has also appeared on NPR and was featured in a front-page story in The New York Times Magazine. He lives in Carmel Valley, California.Christopher Vaughan has been a journalist for more than twenty years. He cowrote the national bestseller The Promise of Sleep.

From a leading expert, a groundbreaking book on the science of play, and its essential role in fueling our intelligence and happiness throughout our lives.

We’ve all seen the happiness in the face of a child while playing in the school yard. Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing with glee across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless and all-consuming. And, most important, it’s fun.

As we become adults, taking time to play feels like a guilty pleasure—a distraction from “real” work and life. But as Dr. Stuart Brown illustrates, play is anything but trivial. It is a biological drive as integral to our health as sleep or nutrition. In fact, our ability to play throughout life is the single most important factor in determining our success and happiness.

Dr. Brown has spent his career studying animal behavior and conducting more than six thousand “play histories” of humans from all walks of life—from serial murderers to Nobel Prize winners. Backed by the latest research, Play explains why play is essential to our social skills, adaptability, intelligence, creativity, ability to problem solve, and more. Play is hardwired into our brains—it is the mechanism by which we become resilient, smart, and adaptable people.

Beyond play’s role in our personal fulfillment, its benefits have profound implications for child development and the way we parent, education and social policy, business innovation, productivity, and even the future of our society. From new research suggesting the direct role of three-dimensional-object play in shaping our brains to animal studies showing the startling effects of the lack of play, Brown provides a sweeping look at the latest breakthroughs in our understanding of the importance of this behavior. A fascinating blend of cutting-edge neuroscience, biology, psychology, social science, and inspiring human stories of the transformative power of play, this book proves why play just might be the most important work we can ever do.


ISBN: 9781583333334
Published by: Penguin Book India

Something Beautiful for God

Well-loved broadcaster Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–90) worked as a journalist for many years on The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Calcutta Statesman, The Evening Standard and Punch. During the Second World War he served as a major in the Intelligence Corps.

''In your own way, try to make the world conscious that it is never too late to do something beautiful for God.'' – Mother Teresa, in a letter to Malcolm Muggeridge In 1969, Malcolm Muggeridge travelled to Calcutta to make a documentary about Mother Teresa with the BBC. Muggeridge was immediately impressed on his first meeting with her and his resulting documentary, Something Beautiful for God, brought Mother Teresa to the attention of the world''s media and public. Following the documentary trip, Muggeridge wrote this book (originally published in 1971), which combines his reflections about Mother Teresa, her work and the time he spent with her, quotes from Mother Teresa on a wide range of topics and an in-depth interview between Mother Teresa and Muggeridge. This labour of love is as much the author''s personal homage as it is an uplifting chronicle of his discovery of Mother Teresa and the religious order she instituted.

ISBN: 9788172239008
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

Complete Book of Babycare

Written and produced by the experts at the National Childbirth Trust

New parents are bombarded with information from well-meaning parties, which can be difficult to absorb. The NCT Complete Book of BabyCare draws on the National Childbirth Trust’s (the largest childbirth and parenting charity in the world) expertise and practical skills to help parents cope.

The NCT Complete Book of BabyCare aims to be a daily handbook for all parents, but without judging or setting standards; it will not carry the hidden danger that it may make some parents feel inadequate when they don’t appear to match up to some textbook ideal. Using actual parents’ voices to illustrate the book, it aims to help new parents find their own way of doing things. It also recognises that parenting is not just about learning babycare techniques – the emotional impact of a new baby and becoming a family will be given equal attention. Drawing on the NCT’s forty years of experience, The NCT Complete Book of BabyCare also offers balanced guidance on all the latest topics, such as breastfeeding, cot mattresses and being a working parent.

ISBN: 9780004140537
Author: Daphne Metland
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

Soap! – Writing and Surviving Television in India

Venita Coelho has spent over 15 years in the busy world of Mumbai television, seeing it evolve from the days of the 13 episode Doordarshan serials, to the mad, mad world of the current daily soap opera. She has worked in various capacities of producer, writer and director in leading private channels, including Sony Entertainment Television and Cinevistaas. Currently she lives in an old Portuguese house in Bambordem, Goa, and continues her creative career in more inspired surroundings.
‘Coelho formalizes writing for television, explains the rules, and does her best to create a new generation of thinking writers. This book does a good job of teaching how to write – not just for television but for any medium. It has clear guidelines, a whole range of helpful tools and a practical approach. A must-read for those with any sort of writing ambitions.’
Siddharth Malhotra

Producer, Cinevistaas Pvt. Ltd – Sanjeevani, Dil Mil Gaye, Crime Patrol, Jersey No. Ten

‘A book like this would have saved me years of hard lessons and much angst. Not only does it explain the art of writing in a practical and lucid manner, at every step of the way Coelho pushes you to raise your standards and to write to your full potential. Writers of every sort would benefit from the experience, the wisdom and the advice that she hands out.’
Sandeep Shrivastava
Writer – New York, Ab Tak Chappan

ISBN: 9788172239411
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

Inspired India – Ideas to Transform a Nation

Neelesh Misra was born in 1973 in Lucknow, India. He worked with the India Abroad News Service and the Associated Press before joining The Hindustan Times in New Delhi as Senior Roving Editor.

In a career spanning seventeen years he has covered some of the biggest news stories in South Asia including the Kargil conflict, Orissa's super cyclone, the Gujarat earthquake, the massacre of the royal family in Nepal and its transition to democracy, the Asian Tsunami, and the Kashmir earthquake.He is the author of two non-fiction books: 173 Hours in Captivity: The story of the hijacking of IC 814 and End of the Line: The Story of the Killing of the Royals in Nepal . When he is not chasing the news he writes songs and scripts for Bollywood.

Zara Murao is news editor with the Hindustan Times in Mumbai. A graduate in literature from Sophia College, University of Mumbai, she earlier worked with the Indian Express, heading the city desk there and later at HT. She has written several travelogues for both newspapers and worked on a number of special series.

In a country the size of India, problems too come large-sized. Many of these appear all but insurmountable. In the past few years a series of examples of innovation and creative thinking are showing how many of these problems can be solved. In the process, the lives of millions are being transformed, and millions more can suddenly hope for a better future. Inspired India is a selection of 25 initiatives in the fields of health, governance, education, urban renewal, economy and road safety, among others, that have shown the way out of what is often a dead-end situation. These are examples of innovation by individuals and institutions, some of them turning accepted wisdom on its head. Who, for instance, could ever imagine that world-class healthcare could be inexpensive, as the Narayana Hrudayalaya near Bangalore provides, following a model that could revolutionize healthcare across the country. In addition to the examples are interviews with experts on how best to act on the issues covered, and specific measures to tackle the problems described, making this a unique book on a subject, an inspired India, that touches us all.

ISBN: 9788172237820
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

The Carrie Diaries

Candace Bushnell is the best-selling author of ‘Sex and the City’ – the global phenomenon that began as a column in the New York Observer and went on to become an HBO cult hit TV series, best-selling novel and a box office smash in 2008 (with a sequel currently being filmed for release May 2010). She is married and lives in Manhattan.

Meet Carrie Bradshaw before ‘Sex and the City!’

The Carrie Diaries is the coming-of-age story of one of the most iconic characters of our generation.

Before Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw was a small town girl who knew she wanted more. She''s ready for real life to start, but first she must navigate her senior year of high school. Up until now, Carrie and her friends have been inseparable. Then Sebastian Kydd comes into the picture, and a friend''s betrayal makes her question everything.

With an unforgettable cast of characters, The Carrie Diaries is the story of how a regular girl learns to think for herself, and evolves into a sharp, insightful writer. Readers will learn about her family background, how she found her writing voice, and the indelible impression her early friendships and relationships left on her. Through adventures both audacious and poignant, we''ll see what brings Carrie to her beloved New York City, where her new life begins.

ISBN: 9780007371211
Author: Candace Bushnell
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

Body Talk

Anjali Wason was the features correspondent at Tehelka and then lifestyle editor at Time Out Delhi. She designed HIV prevention curricula for adolescents in Nepal and South Africa while working at Planned Parenthood. She studied anthropology and law at the London School of Economics and currently teaches English at a public high school in New York City. Anjali spent three years researching and writing Body Talk.

Real Girls Ask Real Questions About Life, Love and Everything in Between

Sex. Girls. Boys. Bodies. Relationships. Being a young woman can be confusing, but Body Talk is here to offer some clarity…

Are you afraid to tell your parents about your boyfriend? Do you wish you were more confident about yourself? Or do you just want to know how to flirt?

Body Talk features over 400 questions that girls just like you have asked across India; it brings together real voices from the real world, in which everyone is curious about life, love and sex. Packed with advice on everything from how to use a condom to cyber dating to sexual harassment, Body Talk is an essential guide for any young woman interested in understanding her feelings, her body and her life.

ISBN: 9788172239626
Author: Anjali Wason
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

Original Price(PB)	:	Rs. 199.00
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Extreme American Makeover

Mitali Perkins was born in Kolkata, then lived in Cameroon, Ghana, Mexico, London and New York before settling in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she studied political science at Stanford University and public policy at U.C. Berkeley. Her books include Monsoon Summer, The Not-So-Star-Spangled Life of Sunita Sen, Rickshaw Girl, The Secret Keeper and Bamboo People. She now lives in Newton, Massachusetts, with her husband and sons, and ruminates about life,

She’s short, she’s spunky, she’s just a regular girl

Sameera—Sparrow to her friends—is used to feeling invisible. But all that is about to change. As her father’s presidential campaign heats up, Sameera trades in her summer vacation for a crash course in becoming a celebrity. Step 1: Fabulous Makeover, of course!

As it turns out, the makeover is amazing. But some of the campaign staff aren’t content with a trendy haircut, stilettos and designer outfits. They’ve decided to package Pakistan-born, plain-speaking Sameera as ‘Sammy’ Righton—a giggly, carefree, all-American girl. No more wearing comfy jeans and sneakers, dancing the bhangra or blogging from the heart—in other words, Sameera must forget about being herself.

What they don’t know is that Sameera has a mind of her own. And plenty to say. Not to mention a gutsy, straight-talking blog that could go live to millions…

ISBN: 9788172239657
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

Original Price(PB)	:	Rs. 199.00
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How to Salsa in a Sari

Dona Sarkar was born in Kathmandu and moved to Detroit, Michigan at a young age. She spent her college days scribbling stories about Indian vampires converting innocent bystanders to Hinduism instead of taking notes during Computer Science class. After doing the standard South Asian thing of getting a ‘real’ job Dona began taking writing classes found her true voice in young adult stories. How to Salsa in a Sari is her first novel.

Issa Mazumder, a nerdy half Indian, half African teenage girl who lives in the US with her single mother, has just been utterly destroyed because the gorgeous Cat Morena, Latina princess, Issa''s worst enemy and the most popular girl in school, has stolen Issa''s equally nerdy boyfriend Adam. And there''s worse to come – Issa''s mother announces that she and Cat''s father are getting married. And they are moving into Cat''s huge mansion.

Cat has no respect for Issa''s traditions and makes Issa''s life hell. But Issa gets some tough advice: if she wants Cat Morena to welcome her traditions, Issa had better learn to salsa in a sari!

ISBN: 9788172239633
Author: Dona Sarkar
Published by: Harper Collins Publishers India

Original Price(PB)	:	Rs. 199.00
Special Sale Price of(PB)	:	Rs. 180.00

Books of Encyclopaedia Of Child Labour (Set Of 2 Vols.)

This encyclopaedia, in two volumes, covers different aspects of the problem of child labour. While the first volume deals with the status of child labour, the second contains case studies and legal interventions. In all, the work gives an overview of the issues and problems related to child labour and includes valuable contributions from social scientists, planners and administrators on the subject..

ISBN: 8189161776
Author: Mahajan, Promila, Chand, S
Published by: ADHYAYAN PUBLISHERS & DISTRIBUTORS

Child Care And Protection (Set Of 2 Vols.)

Annex, Survival, growth and development in the earliest years of life, fundamental for the future of every individual and for the future of the societies into which they are born, remain a time of peril and loss. Disease and malnutrition not only claim the lives of millions of children throughout the world, but they also damage their growth and development, diminish their quality of life. This work deals with all vital issues pertaining to child care and their protection. It does so by focusing on Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) programmes which comprise a variety of interventions, including early education and socialization activities for children, education for parents, and social support for families.

ISBN: 8126121386
Author: Kumar, Arvind
Published by: ANMOL PUBLICATIONS PVT. LTD.

Child Development

Long considered the standard text in child development, the Eighth Edition of this best-selling book continues its tradition of being the most current and comprehensive text available.

The author has revised the text, adding new pedagogy, a heightened emphasis on the interplay between biology and environment, expanded coverage of culture, and an enhanced focus on education, health, and social issues, including many social policy topics addressed throughout the text. Berk’s revision provides contemporary and cohesive coverage on contexts for development, not only including family but extending beyond the family to peers, schooling, media, neighborhoods, communities, and societal values and priorities.

This book will be immensely useful to the postgraduate students of psychology, researchers in the field, clinical psychologists, and also to those who have an abiding interest in holistic child development.

“This text is my favorite in the field and I plan to continue to use it. The book is current, accurate, comprehensive, balanced, and well written.”

ISBN: 9788120340626
Author: Berk, Laura E
Published by: PHI Learning

The Cosmic Detective:Exploring the Mysteries of Our Universe

Are you feeling a little lonely in this vast universe? Find out who your neighbours are in this spectacular and thrilling guide to the deepest mysteries of the cosmos.

International best-selling author and world-renowned scientist Dr Mani Bhaumik takes young readers on a whirlwind tour into space with The Cosmic Detective. Addressing his readers as cosmic detectives, the author actively enlists his young sleuths in finding solutions to questions that have puzzled space scientists for ages.

How and when did the universe begin? What are stars made of? How far away are the most distant galaxies? What is a quasar? Explore these fundamental cosmic riddles and more in this fascinating journey of discovery and wonder. Find out about nebulae and black holes, navigate the galaxies and the enormous expanses beyond, dive into the heart of neutron stars and walk on distant planets as you join the author in investigating the most bizarre aspects of the cosmos. And in the broader context of our own existence in the universe, Dr Bhaumik reveals that when we explore the cosmos, we also explore ourselves.

Packed with interesting facts and dazzling colour photographs, this beautifully written primer is ideal for students and cosmic detectives of all ages.

Age group of target audience (Puffin): 11 +

ISBN: 9780143330691
Author: Mani Bhaumik
published by: Penguin Book India

A Better India, A Better World

N.R. Narayana Murthy is the Founder-Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited, a global software consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. He serves on the boards of Unilever, HSBC, NDTV, Ford Foundation and the UN Foundation. He also serves on the boards of Cornell University, Wharton School, Singapore Management University, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore and INSEAD.

The Economist ranked Narayana Murthy among the ten most admired business leaders in 2005. He topped the Economic Times list of India’s most powerful CEOs for three consecutive years: 2004 to 2006. He has been awarded the Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India, the Légion d’honneur by the Government of France, and the CBE by the British government. He is the first Indian winner of Ernst and Young’s World Entrepreneur of the Year award and the Max Schmidheiny Liberty prize, and has appeared in the rankings of businessmen and innovators published by India Today, Business Standard, Time, CNN, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes and Financial Times.

With one of the highest GDP growth rates in the world and an array of recent achievements in technology, industry and entrepreneurship, India strides confidently towards the future. But, in the world’s largest democracy, not everyone is equally fortunate. More than 300 million Indians are still prey to hunger, illiteracy and disease, and 51 per cent of India’s children are still undernourished.

What will it take for India to bridge this great divide? When will the fruits of development reach the poorest of the poor, and wipe the tears from the eyes of every man, woman and child, as Mahatma Gandhi had dreamt? And how should this, our greatest challenge ever, be negotiated?

In this extraordinarily inspiring and visionary book, N.R. Narayana Murthy, who pioneered, designed and executed the Global Delivery Model that has become the cornerstone of India’s success in information technology services outsourcing, shows us that a society working for the greatest welfare of the greatest number—samasta jananam sukhino bhavantu—must focus on two simple things: values and good leadership. Drawing on the remarkable Infosys story and the lessons learnt from the two decades of post-reform India, Narayana Murthy lays down the ground rules that must be followed if future generations are to inherit a truly progressive nation.

Built on Narayana Murthy’s lectures delivered around the world, A Better India: A Better World is a manifesto for the youth, the architects of the future, and a compelling argument for why a better India holds the key to a better world.

ISBN: 9780670082834
Published by: Penguin Book India

How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant

Elen Caldecott recently graduated with an MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa University. At the end of the course she was highly commended in the PFD Prize for Most Promising Writer for Young People. Before becoming a writer, she was an archaeologist, a nurse, a theatre usher and a museum security guard. It was while working at the museum that Elen realised there is a way to steal anything if you think about it hard enough. Elen either had to become a master thief, or create some characters to do it for her – and so her debut novel, How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant, published by Bloomsbury in January 2009, was born. Read Kirsty Jenkins' blog here. Elen lives in Bristol with her husband, Simon, and, one day – when they live in a bigger flat – they will be joined by a dog.

''Do you really think it will work?''

Kirsty nodded. She was surer than she had ever been before. ''This is the only thing that will work.'' she said.

Kirsty Jenkins adores the allotment her grandfather lovingly tends and, just before he dies, he asks Kirsty to look after it for him. But when horrible Mr Thomas from the council insists it must go to the next person on the waiting list, Kirsty is determined to find a way to keep her promise.

After pleading with Mr Thomas and demonstrating at the council offices, Kirsty and her half-siblings undertake their most daring plan of all: to ‘borrow’ the stuffed elephant from the museum that Mr Thomas loves so much, in a last-ditch attempt to gain his attention and understanding. Perhaps this risky ruse might also shake Kirsty’s dad from the quiet sadness he has fallen into ever since her grandfather died.

A warm, funny and moving novel about family relationships, dealing with bereavement, green beans and marrows.

ISBN: 9780747599197
Published by: Penguin Book India