Tuesdays with Morrie


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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A special 25th anniversary edition of the beloved book that has changed millions of lives with the story of an unforgettable friendship, the timeless wisdom of older generations, and healing lessons on loss and grief—featuring a new afterword by the author “A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul.”—Los Angeles Times “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was his college professor Morrie Schwartz. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn’t you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final “class”: lessons in how to live. “The truth is, Mitch,” he said, “once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie’s lasting gift with the world.




The Essence of Success


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This is a collection of Earl Nightingale's writings, broadcasts, and conversations on various aspects of personal development.




The Essence of Lessons


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Lessons in Essence


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Imbued with the tension of Taipei and the beauty of mountain seclusion, Lessons in Essence uncovers timeless human truths in the crises faced by an honest and vulnerable man Teacher Li is a grumbling Taiwanese master of ancient Chinese arts who suffers constant nightmares about a military takeover of Taiwan by China. His family is in New York seeking U.S. citizenship when Teacher Li has an almost accidental sexual encounter with a student. Knowing everything, his wife returns to Taipei. Miserable, but finding no solace in the city, Teacher Li retreats to the mountains like the Zen hermits of old to write a book about aesthetics. But the purity he seeks is elusive even in mountain exile—he finds a rotting house for shelter, and for company the contrary Dr. Gao and his dropout student lover. Their cynicism juxtaposes Teacher Li's innocence as New York is attacked on September 11, Taiwan's president is shot in an assassination attempt, and the poles of the world seem to shift. With keen insight into human nature, subjects as diverse as erotic paintings, Virginia Woolf's punctuation, and the casual savagery of children, Dana Standridge delivers a powerful story from a complex time in history.




Lessons


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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A NEW YORKER ESSENTIAL READ • From the best-selling author of Atonement and Saturday comes the epic and intimate story of one man's life across generations and historical upheavals. From the Suez Crisis to the Cuban Missile Crisis, the fall of the Berlin Wall to the current pandemic, Roland Baines sometimes rides with the tide of history, but more often struggles against it. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Vogue • The New Yorker “Masterful.... McEwan is a storyteller at the peak of his powers…. One of the joys of the novel is the way it weaves history into Roland’s biography…. The pleasure in reading this novel is letting it wash over you.” —Associated Press When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has closed, eleven-year-old Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Two thousand miles from his mother's protective love, stranded at an unusual boarding school, his vulnerability attracts piano teacher Miss Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a memory of love that will never fade. Now, when his wife vanishes, leaving him alone with his tiny son, Roland is forced to confront the reality of his restless existence. As the radiation from Chernobyl spreads across Europe, he begins a search for answers that looks deep into his family history and will last for the rest of his life. Haunted by lost opportunities, Roland seeks solace through every possible means—music, literature, friends, sex, politics, and, finally, love cut tragically short, then love ultimately redeemed. His journey raises important questions for us all. Can we take full charge of the course of our lives without causing damage to others? How do global events beyond our control shape our lives and our memories? And what can we really learn from the traumas of the past? Epic, mesmerizing, and deeply humane, Lessons is a chronicle for our times—a powerful meditation on history and humanity through the prism of one man's lifetime.




30 Lessons for Living


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“Heartfelt and ever-endearing—equal parts information and inspiration. This is a book to keep by your bedside and return to often.”—Amy Dickinson, nationally syndicated advice columnist "Ask Amy" More than one thousand extraordinary Americans share their stories and the wisdom they have gained on living, loving, and finding happiness. After a chance encounter with an extraordinary ninety-year-old woman, renowned gerontologist Karl Pillemer began to wonder what older people know about life that the rest of us don't. His quest led him to interview more than one thousand Americans over the age of sixty-five to seek their counsel on all the big issues- children, marriage, money, career, aging. Their moving stories and uncompromisingly honest answers often surprised him. And he found that he consistently heard advice that pointed to these thirty lessons for living. Here he weaves their personal recollections of difficulties overcome and lives well lived into a timeless book filled with the hard-won advice these older Americans wish someone had given them when they were young. Like This I Believe, StoryCorps's Listening Is an Act of Love, and Tuesdays with Morrie, 30 Lessons for Living is a book to keep and to give. Offering clear advice toward a more fulfilling life, it is as useful as it is inspiring.




The essence of scenarios


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In 1965, Royal Dutch Shell started experimenting with a new approach to preparing for the future. This approach, called scenario planning, eschewed forecasting in favor of plausible alternative stories. By using stories, or scenarios, Shell aimed to avoid the false assumption that the future would look much like the presentan assumption that marred most corporate planning at the time. The Essence of Scenarios offers unmatched insight into the companys innovative practice, which still has a huge influence on the way businesses, governments, and other organizations think about and plan for the future. In the course of their research, Angela Wilkinson and Roland Kupers interviewed almost every living veteran of the Shell scenario planning operation, along with many top Shell executives from later periods. Drawing on these interviews, the authors identify several principles that characterize the Shell process and explain how it has survived and thrived for so long. They also enumerate the qualities of successful Shell scenarios, which above all must be plausible stories with logical trajectories. Ultimately, Wilkinson and Kupers demonstrate the value of scenario planning as a sustained practice, rather than as a one-off exercise.




The Essence of Life for Class 2 AY (2023-24)Onward


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The Essence of Life is a life skills and value education series for classes 1 to 10. The aim of this series is to enable the children to develop good habits and mindset as they become a part of society. It is essential to plant the values of love, kindness, compassion gratitude, etc. in the learners at a young age so that they evolve to become responsible citizens. Further, values like hard work, self-management, perseverance, teamwork and punctuality help the learners achieve their goals in life. This series includes the latest features emphasised by the National Education Policy 2020 and encompasses the values incorporated in it. This book will prove to be a practical guide for children that will enhance their decision-making abilities. They will be able to distinguish between the good and the bad, the right and the wrong. The chapters include inspirational stories of people that have excelled in their respective fields. Students look up to such people and will be able to relate with their life experiences. Consequentially, they will be able to learn and adapt the values and life skills from their journeys. Books from classes 6 to 10 include posters at the end. These posters can be pasted, framed and displayed by the students in places like their study table, or bedroom where they can see them and imbibe positive thoughts. Suggestions for parents can be accessed by scanning the QR code at the back of the book. These suggestions include activities which the parents can take up by themselves to introduce these values to the children. This will allow parents to play an active part in cultivating the values covered in the book. These suggestions are not exhaustive and offer the parents flexibility to devise their own ways to cultivate the right values. The primary aim of this series is to impart the values and life skills that are crucial in the contemporary world. We are sure that this series will play a significant role in shaping the learners' conscience and making them better human beings Publishers




The Essence of Life for Class 6 AY (2023-24)Onward


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The Essence of Life is a life skills and value education series for classes 1 to 10. The aim of this series is to enable the children to develop good habits and mindset as they become a part of society. It is essential to plant the values of love, kindness, compassion gratitude, etc. in the learners at a young age so that they evolve to become responsible citizens. Further, values like hard work, self-management, perseverance, teamwork and punctuality help the learners achieve their goals in life. This series includes the latest features emphasised by the National Education Policy 2020 and encompasses the values incorporated in it. This book will prove to be a practical guide for children that will enhance their decision-making abilities. They will be able to distinguish between the good and the bad, the right and the wrong. The chapters include inspirational stories of people that have excelled in their respective fields. Students look up to such people and will be able to relate with their life experiences. Consequentially, they will be able to learn and adapt the values and life skills from their journeys. Books from classes 6 to 10 include posters at the end. These posters can be pasted, framed and displayed by the students in places like their study table, or bedroom where they can see them and imbibe positive thoughts. Suggestions for parents can be accessed by scanning the QR code at the back of the book. These suggestions include activities which the parents can take up by themselves to introduce these values to the children. This will allow parents to play an active part in cultivating the values covered in the book. These suggestions are not exhaustive and offer the parents flexibility to devise their own ways to cultivate the right values. The primary aim of this series is to impart the values and life skills that are crucial in the contemporary world. We are sure that this series will play a significant role in shaping the learners' conscience and making them better human beings Publishers




The Essence of Life for Class 1 AY (2023-24)Onward


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The Essence of Life is a life skills and value education series for classes 1 to 10. The aim of this series is to enable the children to develop good habits and mindset as they become a part of society. It is essential to plant the values of love, kindness, compassion gratitude, etc. in the learners at a young age so that they evolve to become responsible citizens. Further, values like hard work, self-management, perseverance, teamwork and punctuality help the learners achieve their goals in life. This series includes the latest features emphasised by the National Education Policy 2020 and encompasses the values incorporated in it. This book will prove to be a practical guide for children that will enhance their decision-making abilities. They will be able to distinguish between the good and the bad, the right and the wrong. The chapters include inspirational stories of people that have excelled in their respective fields. Students look up to such people and will be able to relate with their life experiences. Consequentially, they will be able to learn and adapt the values and life skills from their journeys. Books from classes 6 to 10 include posters at the end. These posters can be pasted, framed and displayed by the students in places like their study table, or bedroom where they can see them and imbibe positive thoughts. Suggestions for parents can be accessed by scanning the QR code at the back of the book. These suggestions include activities which the parents can take up by themselves to introduce these values to the children. This will allow parents to play an active part in cultivating the values covered in the book. These suggestions are not exhaustive and offer the parents flexibility to devise their own ways to cultivate the right values. The primary aim of this series is to impart the values and life skills that are crucial in the contemporary world. We are sure that this series will play a significant role in shaping the learners' conscience and making them better human beings Publishers