Adidass poster boy once, Fauja Singh became the worlds oldest half marathon runner when he completed the 2010 Luxembourg InterFaith Marathon at the age of 99. Turbaned Tornado captures Fauja Singhs zest for life and his invincible spirit.

It traces the runners roots and tries to capture his lifes journey, understanding the impact of Fauja on the world around him. For Fauja Impossible is Nothing as he wishes to run a marathon at 100.

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Adidass poster boy once, Fauja Singh became the worlds oldest half marathon runner when he completed the 2010 Luxembourg InterFaith Marathon at the age of 99. Turbaned Tornado captures Fauja Singhs zest for life and his invincible spirit.

It traces the runners roots and tries to capture his lifes journey, understanding the impact of Fauja on the world around him. For Fauja Impossible is Nothing as he wishes to run a marathon at 100.

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With insight and compassion, Edelman probes this unique and emotionally charged relationship in a book that is a true celebration of an extraordinary bond. (Paperback) (less)

He depicts the Dalai Lama in the light of his life in exile and the various roles he has had to assume for his followers. He sheds light on the highly complex conflict between China and Tibet, and offers insights into the growing discontent among young Tibetans who are frustrated with the nonviolent approach to Chinese occupation that the Dalai Lama advocates.

A balanced, informative view of the Dalai Lama and his work, this biography is both a compelling profile of a remarkable spiritual leader and his mission, and an engaging look at how the current unrest in his country will affect its future (less)

Whether read alone or as a study aid to reading the diary itself, this book is an inspiring and reliable introduction to this remarkable twentieth-century saint (less)

Just eighteen, she soon conquered the hearts of all moviegoers with her beauty, grace and charisma. From Johnny Mera Naam to Sholay, from Meera to Baghbaan, she has portrayed a diverse range of characters that will always remain a part of the film legend.

This intimate portrayal, the first authorized biography, by Bhawana Somaaya is a result of her long years of association with Hema as a film journalist and critic. Hema speaks to her more candidly than ever before about her life, with and without Dharmendra, her children, her mother and her twin passions of dance and acting (less)

Symphonies, chamber music, opera, church music, and songs (more than 600 of them) poured forth in profusion. His ''Trout'' Quintet, his ''Unfinished'' Symphony, the three last piano sonatas, and above all his song cycles Die Schone Mullerin and Winterreise have come to be universally regarded as belonging to the very greatest works of music.

Who was the man who composed this amazing succession of masterpieces, so many of which were either entirely ignored or regarded as failures during his lifetime? In her new biography, Elizabeth Norman McKay paints a vivid portrait of Schubert and his world. She explores his familybackground, his education and musical upbringing, his friendships, and his brushes and flirtations with the repressive authorities of Church and State.

She discusses his experience of the arts, literature and theatre, and his relations with the professional and amateur musical world of his day. Schubert''s manic-depressive temperament became of increasing significance inhis life, and McKay shows how it was partly responsible for his social inadequacies, professional ineptitude, and idiosyncracies in his music.

She examines Schubert''s uneven physical decline after he contracted syphilis, traces its effects on his music, his hedonism, and sensuality, and investigates the cause and circumstances of his death at the age of 31 (less)

Though she lived only 24 years, the Little Flower has become one of the best-loved saints of modern times. This scholarly yet readable biography has rapidly taken its place as one of the standard works on her life (less)

In her rich and forthright biography, Rita Kramer brings this powerful woman to life, illuminating not only her lasting contributions to child development and social reform, butalso the controversies surrounding her training methods and private life (less)

Rising from its ruins, it became the capital of the Deccan--the largest province of the Mughals. In the eighteenth century, its superceded Delhi as the epicentre of Indian politics.

Two centuries later, it emerges dramatically from its feudal position to become the capital of the first linguistic state of India. In its fascinating march from Bhagnagar to Hyderabad to 'Cyberabad', the story is replete with divers engaging, eccentirc, and often daring characters, some of whose live are stranger than fiction.

Narendra Luther describes the origin and evolution of Hyderabad's unique composite culture, which has continued to attract people since its founding by its poet-builder. The reader is swept along the highway of history, through many bylanes that give insights into seemingly trivial incidents that shaped the course of history (less)

According to the author, Here was a man who, without setting up an elaborate organization, despising wealth and trusting only the contagion of great ideas, exerted an influence which is still potent in the heart of half the human race. In this biography of Buddha, Gotama the man stands and breathes again.

It is captivating in its Combination of scholarly accuracy with undisguised admiration for the majestic character of Gotama. It will enable the reader to rise above prejudice and recognize in Gotama one of the worlds noblemen, a rare lover of his kind, a hater of sham, a seeker after the unknown God (less)