Saturday, 7 December 2013

"Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.”

Mitchell David Albom is an author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, radio and television broadcaster and musician. His books have collectively sold over 35 million copies worldwide; have been published in forty-one territories and in forty-two languages around the world; and have been made into Emmy Award-winning and critically-acclaimed television movies.





Latest release of Mitch Albom

The first phone call from heaven


“Sometimes, love brings you together even as life keeps you apart.” 
 
Mitch Albom, The First Phone Call from Heaven

One morning in the small town of Coldwater, Michigan, the phones start ringing. The voices say they are calling from heaven. Is it the greatest miracle ever? Or some cruel hoax? As news of these strange calls spreads, outsiders flock to Coldwater to be a part of it.
At the same time, a disgraced pilot named Sully Harding returns to Coldwater from prison to discover his hometown gripped by “miracle fever.” Even his young son carries a toy phone, hoping to hear from his mother in heaven.
As the calls increase, and proof of an afterlife begins to surface, the town—and the world—transform. Only Sully, convinced there is nothing beyond this sad life, digs into the phenomenon, determined to disprove it for his child and his own broken heart.
Moving seamlessly between the invention of the telephone in 1876 and a world obsessed with the next level of communication, Mitch Albom takes readers on a breathtaking ride of frenzied hope.
The First Phone Call from Heaven is a virtuosic story of love, history, and belief.

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Tuesdays with Morrie

 

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.” 
 
Mitch Albom, Tuesdays With Morrie

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 Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago.

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 Five People You Meet in Heaven

“All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.” 
 
Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Eddie is a wounded war veteran, an old man who has lived, in his mind, an uninspired life. His job is fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. On his 83rd birthday, a tragic accident kills him as he tries to save a little girl from a falling cart. He awakes in the afterlife, where he learns that heaven is not a destination, but an answer. 

In heaven, five people explain your life to you. Some you knew, others may have been strangers. One by one, from childhood to soldier to old age, Eddie's five people revisit their connections to him on earth, illuminating the mysteries of his "meaningless" life, and revealing the haunting secret behind the eternal question: "Why was I here?"

 

For One More Day

 

“When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.” 
 
Mitch Albom, For One More Day

For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one?
As a child, Charley "Chick" Benetto was told by his father, "You can be a mama's boy or a daddy's boy, but you can't be both." So he chooses his father, only to see the man disappear when Charley is on the verge of adolescence.

Decades later, Charley is a broken man. His life has been crumbled by alcohol and regret. He loses his job. He leaves his family. He hits bottom after discovering his only daughter has shut him out of her wedding. And he decides to take his own life.

He makes a midnight ride to his small hometown, with plans to do himself in. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers back to his old house, only to make an astonishing discovery. His mother
who died eight years earlier is still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing ever happened.

What follows is the one "ordinary" day so many of us yearn for, a chance to make good with a lost parent, to explain the family secrets, and to seek forgiveness. Somewhere between this life and the next, Charley learns the astonishing things he never knew about his mother and her sacrifices. And he tries, with her tender guidance, to put the crumbled pieces of his life back together.

Through Albom's inspiring characters and masterful storytelling, readers will newly appreciate those whom they love
and may have thought they'd lost in their own lives. For One More Day is a book for anyone in a family, and will be cherished by Albom's millions of fans worldwide.

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Tuesday, 22 October 2013





The Cuckoo’s Calling

The Cuckoo’s Calling by author Robert Galbraith was doing an average business. Since April, 1500 copies had been sold, until it was leaked that the crime novel was actually written by none other than the queen herself, JK Rowling (JKR)! The leak propelled the novel to number one and reprints were ordered. Her fans were ecstatic and did all that we could to get our hands on The Cuckoo’s Calling. As it turned out, the book didn't disappoint at all. However, JK Rowling has expressed her anger because she didn't want her false identity as Robert Galbraith to be leaked to the media; she enjoyed the liberating experience of writing under a pseudonym without any hype and expectations, according to her.

The book synopsis:
After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office. Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, the legendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as the Cuckoo, famously fell to her death a few months earlier. The police ruled it a suicide, but John refuses to believe that. The case plunges Strike into the world of multimillionaire beauties, rock-star boyfriends, and desperate designers, and it introduces him to every variety of pleasure, enticement, seduction, and delusion known to man.

You may think you know detectives, but you've never met one quite like Strike. You may think you know about the wealthy and famous, but you've never seen them under an investigation like this.
Even with the confusion surrounding the novel, "The Cuckoo's calling" has jumped to 1 on the bestseller charts.  Rowling has expressed her desire to continue writing under the pseudonym, and continue "The Cuckoo's Calling" story line to expand into another series. 


With Love
Dipali


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Saturday, 17 August 2013

There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder……

 ….Writer of a very Popular Book My Ex Fell In Love……Shubham is from Jaipur and Recently Completed his B.Tech from MNIT Jaipur…He is a Intellectual Boy with Few Extra qualities ****:) …. In his work you will find humor, intelligence, wits, honesty, love,and some other good things. I enjoyed his book…and I hope You too will Enjoy….But Before reading his book lets chat with shubham..With me…..so,here I have an exclusive interview with Shubham choudhary for all the readers of bookjunction.blogspot.in





  Dipali- Tell Me about Your Novel?
 Shubham-  It’s a story about Yatharth, a researcher whose life is disturbed by the uninvited  love he encounters. Twists and turns come his way and hilarity ensues when he tries winning   back the love he once     ignored.

Dipali- Which of your character (in the book )Is your favorite? 
Shubham- Does a mother ever say which kid is her favourite? Although I enjoyed writing Vikalp’s part the most. He’s also one character who is highly appreciated, as much as Yatharth’s father.

Dipali- Where do you find your inspiration to write?
Shubham-From every little thing in life. Everything, people, books, objects and others… they all have a story to tell. You just need the write vision.

Dipali- Who are you reading right now?
Shubham- Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games) and Amish Tripathi (Secret of the Nagas).

Dipali- what are the biggest influences on your work?
Shubham- Probably my ability to have a lot of free of time despite being involved in every second thing one can imagine and the inner force that doesn't let me sleep unless I complete writing any idea that comes to my mind. I like multitasking, helps me have some time to write in peace.


Dipali- what else do you do besides writing?
Shubham- A lot of things. I just completed engineering so I’d soon be starting my job in Oracle Softwares. I also like to sing, dance and sometimes develop android and windows apps. My passion for RJing is also well known to people who know me.

Dipali- Food you eat every day?
Shubham- Whatever mom makes. I love it. Although I am allergic to onion, something which is a bliss given the prices!


Dipali- Do you still Watch Cartoon?
Shubham- Oh yeah! Exclusively. Although I don’t get the new ones that come these days. I still love Donald, Duck tales and Batman of course.


Dipali- Your Celebrity Crush?
Shubham- Scarlett Johansson and kind of Parineeti Chopra these days.


Dipali- Your Current project?
Shubham- Finishing my second book.

Dipali- Is this book inspired by your real life experience?
Shubham- Haha!  No way. Some instances might be, but I am too immature to have a love story of my own. And research! Please!

Dipali- Would you like to convey any message to all those who are in love?
Shubham-Let me think. Well, since you’re in love, any sensible advice isn’t going to work. Just this one thing, respect your partner and maintain your priorities in the right order. If it needs efforts and excuses, it’s not a relationship.


To buy the book: www.bit.ly/myexfellinlove
Book on goodreads: www.bit.ly/bookgoodreads
Contact me on : shubham.author@gmail.com


 With Love
  Dipali





Monday, 12 August 2013

Only Guinness World Records has the answers to the question that move the world


Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U.S. editions as The Guinness Book of World Records), is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of World Records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book series of all time. It is also one of the most frequently stolen books from public libraries in the United States. Guinness World Records states several types of records it will not accept for ethical reasons, such as those related to the killing or harming of animals. Several world records that were once included in the book have been removed for ethical reasons, including concerns for the well being of potential record breakers. For example, following publication of a "heaviest fish" record, many fish owners overfed their pets beyond the bounds of what was healthy, therefore such entries were removed. The Guinness Book of Records is the world's most sold copyrighted book, thus earning it an entry within its own pages. A number of spin-off books and television series have also been produced. Each edition contains a selection of the large set of records in the Guinness database, and the criteria for that choice have changed over the years. The newest records are added, and the records that have been updated are added too.
Lucky Diamond Rich is "the world's most tattooed person", and has tattoos covering his entire body. He holds the Guinness world record as of 2006, being 100 percent tattooed.



Sultan Kösen (Turkey) is the tallest living person since September 17, 2009, as determined by Guinness World Records.




Guiness world Records 2013 is out……

 Abbie-g Longest Wave Surfed By a dog
 Amy Varney-Most Mashed Potato Eaten
Largest Telephone 
 Archie-Smallest Bull


Darlene-Flynn-Shoe Collection



3,000 new entries
You’ll find an estimated 4,000 records – and countless facts – throughout the book. Here’s a good fact you should know: each year, at least 75% of the content is brand new!
Infographics
New to the 2013 edition is the infographics panel – a strip running down the page packed with amazing stats, facts, titbits and trivia… all presented in an engaging, reader-friendly way.

The Book is available to read online on below mention URL


With love-
Dipali




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Monday, 22 July 2013

Trilogy Of Shiva



        
Author Amish Tripathi or Amish as he prefers to be called is now the stuff of Indian publishing legend. The latest in Shiva Trilogy “The Oath of the Vayuputras” sold five lakh copies within a week of publication and cumulative sales of the Trilogy have clocked Rs 40 crore.



  Amish Tripathi


 About the author of Famous Shiva Trilogy

Amish Tripathi (born on 18 October 1974) is an Indian author. He is known for his novels The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas and The Oath of the Vayuputras. The three books collectively comprise the Shiva Trilogy. Tripathi's debut work The Immortals of Meluha was a surprise bestseller, breaking into the top seller charts within a week of its launch. The Shiva Trilogy has become the fastest selling book series in the history of Indian publishing, with 1.7 million copies in print and over Rs 40 crores in sales. 

ForbesIndia has ranked him #85 in the 2012 Celebrity 100 list. Amish Tripathi is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Although he originally wanted to be a historian, Tripathi initially chose a career in finance because he couldn't afford the former. He worked for 14 years in the financial services industry, in companies such as Standard Chartered, DBS Bank and IDBI Federal Life Insurance, before starting his writing career. Tripathi says that he’s learnt most of his knowledge of Hindu theology and religion from his grandfather and his very religious parents. Amish quotes from the ancient Hindu scripture Rig Veda to say that ‘Truth is one, but the wise men know it as many; God is one, but we can approach Him in many ways’. He says that he lives this philosophy; in his puja room at home, besides the idols of Lord Shiva and other Hindu Gods, he also regularly worships pictures of the MuslimKaaba, Mother Mary, Jesus Christ, Prophet Zarathustra, Gautam Buddha besides symbols of many other religions. All of Tripathi's books (released and planned) are on religious topics since he is a devoted worshiper of Shiva.




 
About The Books-:

Title: Shiva Trilogy (The Immortals of Meluha, The Secret of the Nagas, The Oath of the Vayuputras)
Publisher: Westland (April 1st 2010, August 12th 2011, February 27th 2013)

Summary: 


1900 BC. In what modern Indians mistakenly call the Indus Valley Civilisation. The inhabitants of that period called it the land of Meluha a near perfect empire created many centuries earlier by Lord Ram, one of the greatest monarchs that ever lived. This once proud empire and its Suryavanshi rulers face severe perils.

The only hope for the Suryavanshis is an ancient legend: When evil reaches epic proportions, when all seems lost, when it appears that your enemies have triumphed, a hero will emerge.
Is the rough-hewn Tibetan immigrant Shiva, really that hero? And does he want to be that hero at all? Drawn suddenly to his destiny, by duty as well as by love, will Shiva lead the Suryavanshi vengeance and destroy evil?


Today, He is a God.
4000 years ago, He was just a man.
In a journey that will take him across the length and breadth of ancient India, Shiva searches for the truth in a land of deadly mysteries only to find that nothing is what it seems.
Only A God Can Stop It.


Shiva is gathering his forces. He reaches the Naga capital, Panchavati, and Evil is finally revealed. The Neelkanth prepares for a holy war against his true enemy, a man whose name instils dread in the fiercest of warriors.
Will he succeed? And what will be the real cost of battling Evil? To India? And to Shiva’s soul?


In “The Immortals of Meluha” Shiva meets the Meluhans who have found immortality. They are Suryavanshis who follow the path set out by Ram. They have order and discipline in their lives and believe in the betterment of the community rather than that of the individual. He fights the Chandravanshis who are the descendants of Ram too and have different beliefs and lifestyles to the Suryavanshis only to realize they aren’t evil.



This realisation leads him to the Nagas in “The Secret of the Nagas”. It’s in meeting them that he learns of Kali, the other half of his wife Sati and has to make peace with Ganesh, the other son of Sati. It is in this book that Karthik makes his appearance growing up faster than a normal boy. The Nagas take him to their city – Panchvati where Shiva again has to confront and revise his idea and understanding of evil.


“The Oath of the Vayuputras” is about Shiva’s confrontation with evil and his fighting the righteous fight. He teams up with the Vasudevs who are the guides of the Rudra avatar to take on evil and meets and understands the previous Mahadev Rudra through his tribe the Vayuputras who are sworn to support the Neelkanth in his war against evil. The book isn’t about whether Shiva will win, that’s a given but rather about how a man becomes so loveable that we still love, fear and worship him to this day.



My Review-:


All three covers have been beautifully designed with vibrant colours and textures. 

The font was fine but print quality kept varying through the books. I’ve been hearing a lot about the series and with my interest in mythology, there’s no way I’d have missed this series. Evil is not a person, it is an idea or belief. This is something Shiva has to learn on his journey through the three books.

The characters of the books are the ones we all grew up hearing about in our grandma’s stories – Shiva, Sati, Kali, Ganesh, Karthik…, they are all there in human believable form. Not gods but human beings like you and me who are flawed and yet loved. And there were some I’d never heard of before like Badhra, Shiva’s best friend, Krittika, Sati best friend, Parvateshwar the amy general after whom Sati is also called Parvati, among others. The characters are well sketched and memorable; each one of them. 

One of the best parts of the book for me was the scientific reasoning behind all that magical technology of those times. This trilogy is great if you like Indian mythology; well written it is an enjoyable read but be warned it does get dreggy as you progress through the books.

Something new to know…..

The authors of our country have great potential and the directors have even more potential to convert their novels into good flicks. Karan Johar was quick enough to grab this opportunity and is all set to make this novel into a big movie. As the grapevines say,Karan Johar is willing to cast ...

Vidya Balan and Hrithik Roshan in the film. The producer and his camp Dharma Production have passionately started looking for a director for their movie who will set down the screenplay.







With Love
Dipali