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The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou has Hardcover binding and this format has 1,184 number of pages of content for use. This book by Maya Angelou is written in English language.

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He had taken risks, too many and too often, even when the stakes were high. He tells the story of his struggle with humour and humility, qualities that enable him to emerge as a sharply observant witness to an eventful era.

His autobiography offers fascinating glimpses of the educational system in India under British rule, life in a feudatory state in Orissa and the world of Oriya publishing (less)

A journalist in her own right, Mariane is, as was her husband, profoundly committed to the idea that a more informed public makes for a better world, and to the idea that risks are taken to uncover a story. A superb writer, she presents a truly illuminating tale ? including her own crucial role in the investigative team, where she was responsible for negotiating unprecedented cooperation between the FBI and Pakistani intelligence and able to forge alliances with an array of people, from the Karachi chief of police to George Bush.

A Mighty Heart is an extraordinary book ? a fitting tribute to a dedicated reporter and a profound and heartbreaking love story (less)

Naipaul's writing has been characterized by a commitment to truth that gives his work a unique luminosity and brilliance. In A Writer's People he brings unmatched clarity and rich experience to an exploration of the ways we think, see and feel (less)

But his feet are still firmly on the ground. This book presents his story (less)

To read its message of hope to all truth seekers is to begin a great adventure. This is a verbatim reproduction of the original 1946 edition, complete with the original photos, many of them not seen since earlier editions.

Although subsequent printings, reflecting revisions made after the Yogananda's death in 1952, have sold over a million copies and have been translated into more than 19 languages, the few thousand of the original have long since disappeared into the hands of collectors. Now, with this online version, the 1946 edition is widely available, with all its inherent power, just as Yogananda first presented it (less)

In addition, he gives the reader a lucid exposition of Hinduism beginning with its birth in the Vedic ages. He examines the nineteenth-century Hindu revivalism of Swami Vivekananda, and probes the roots of the chronic Hindu-Muslim antagonism that plagues Indian society even today.

Nirad Chaudhuri also offers penetrating insights into what he believes caused the partition of India in 1947 (less)

This translation is accompanied by endnotes and a glossary (less)

Then came The Tube, the seminal live music programme of the Eighties. Along with fellow icon, Paula Yates, Jools Holland’s provocative and irreverent style of presenting broke the mould of music shows on British television.

It was an exhilarating and exciting time. He made further shows in America and England and in 1992, began broadcasting Later with Jools Holland, one of the BBC’s most successful music shows of all time, which has given countless television debuts to now world famous bands.

From playing pubs as a teenager greaser in the East End docks, to leading his rhythm and blues orchestra and selling millions of records in this century, it is his passion for music that has made Jools Holland into a doyen of the music scene and which suffuses the pages of this fascinating and delightful autobiography. This memoir is packed with hilarious anecdotes and unusual memories.

It provides an inside look into the world of music as well a wonderful insight into the debonair gentleman and national institution that is Jools Holland (less)

The boy, gifted with a vivid imagination and a sensitive mind, grew up to become one of India's greatest poets and thinkers. In Boyhood Days Rabindranath Tagore recounts his growing up years with gentle wit and humour.

He describes life in nineteenth-century Kolkata when the only light in the evening came from castor-oil lamps; when hackney carriages raced through the city's streets and women travelled in palanquins to the Ganga for their bath. He writes about his early love for music and poetry, the myriad influences that shaped his thinking and about the other members of his large, gifted family (less)

Thus the author had sailed to London in September 1956 and joined the LSE. Soon unfortunately, a travail of failures had followed and despite more than three years stay in London, the author was not able to get any degree.

Initially, almost halfway, he was unceremoniously asked to shift to Master's degree from Ph.D.

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It also given an account his vision on art, its basic elements and their differences in range and reference (less)

It is also a portrait of the classic Paris haute couture of the 1950s and offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes. Dior details his childhood in Granville, the family and friends closest to him, his most difficult years and sudden success, as well as his sources of inspiration and creative processes (less)

The narrative begins with the author's family history and the lives of various family members that contribute to an understanding of Punjabi society of those days. Various aspects of rural life, such as castes and occupations, marriage customs and mourning rituals, clothing and hairstyles, festivals and celebrations, animals and crops, sexual mores and taboos, religions and superstitions are described in varying detail.

In addition to the story of one person's life, this book is an ethnographic study, with numerous real-life stories that illustrate the conditions of life in those times (less)

The narrative records experiences of humiliation and atrocities; but is remarkably free from feelings of rancour and self-pity. It is animated by hope, compassion and faith in humanity (less)