The Future

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the former vice president and #1 New York Times bestselling author comes An Inconvenient Truth for everything—a frank and clear-eyed assessment of six critical drivers of global change in the decades to come.   Ours is a time of revolutionary change that has no precedent in history. With the same passion he brought to the challenge of climate change, and with his decades of experience on the front lines of global policy, Al Gore surveys our planet’s beclouded horizon and offers a sober, learned, and ultimately hopeful forecast in the visionary tradition of Alvin Toffler’s Future Shock and John Naisbitt’s Megatrends. In The Future, Gore identifies the emerging forces that are reshaping our world:   • Ever-increasing economic globalization has led to the emergence of what he labels “Earth Inc.”—an integrated holistic entity with a new and different relationship to capital, labor, consumer markets, and national governments than in the past. • The worldwide digital communications, Internet, and computer revolutions have led to the emergence of “the Global Mind,” which links the thoughts and feelings of billions of people and connects intelligent machines, robots, ubiquitous sensors, and databases. • The balance of global political, economic, and military power is shifting more profoundly than at any time in the last five hundred years—from a U.S.-centered system to one with multiple emerging centers of power, from nation-states to private actors, and from political systems to markets. • A deeply flawed economic compass is leading us to unsustainable growth in consumption, pollution flows, and depletion of the planet’s strategic resources of topsoil, freshwater, and living species. • Genomic, biotechnology, neuroscience, and life sciences revolutions are radically transforming the fields of medicine, agriculture, and molecular science—and are putting control of evolution in human hands. • There has been a radical disruption of the relationship between human beings and the earth’s ecosystems, along with the beginning of a revolutionary transformation of energy systems, agriculture, transportation, and construction worldwide.   From his earliest days in public life, Al Gore has been warning us of the promise and peril of emergent truths—no matter how “inconvenient” they may seem to be. As absorbing as it is visionary, The Future is a map of the world to come, from a man who has looked ahead before and been proven all too right.Praise for The Future  “Magisterial . . . The passion is unmistakable. So is the knowledge. Practically every page offers an illumination.”—Bloomberg   “In The Future . . . Gore takes on a subject whose scale matches that of his achievements and ambition.”—The New York Times Book Review   “Historically grounded . . . Gore’s strengths lie in his passion for the subject and in his ability to take the long view by putting current events and trends in historical context.”—Publishers Weekly   “Provocative, smart, densely argued . . . a tour de force of Big Picture thinking.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)   “A luminously intelligent analysis that is packed with arresting ideas and facts.”—The Guardian

AL GORE

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As the Age unfolds in a dark and treacherous enactment of religious inspired violence throughout the world, an avatar rises in the mountains and meets his destiny in the desert sands. Michael of the Morning, Chosen of God, is born the child of simple ranchers in the primitive Rocky Mountains of northwest America. His heart is pure; his eyes crystal; he sees no evil. At thirteen, he experiences a mystical awakening. He is the Chosen One, blessed with the Prophet mind, and sent into the world on a mission to create a path for the lost; to bring reform to the great religion of Islam, now held in the bondage of apocryphal suras and hadiths of the Holy Scripture and used by men of violence to spread terror across the world. The Chosen One is sent to bring clarity to those who hunger for light and righteousness. He stands alone in the clear knowledge of his destiny. How, where and when his great mission will be accomplished lies hidden in the folds of Time. Dark forces stand in his way and great suffering, peril and evil will come… The years pass, as pass they will, and Michael the Chosen dons the uniform of the US Armed Forces as a naval jet pilot – a meditative Islamic warrior in a dangerous age of strife. Shot down in battle during Desert Storm, he is taken prisoner by the Saddam Hussein regime. How he escapes and lives in hiding with his collected disciples, the Desert Leopards (each a descendant of the bloodline of Muhammad), is a powerful narrative of high adventure, poignant human experience, lush and meaningful relationships, and meeting of the disparate cultures of East and West. Supported by ancient scriptures, including the Bhagavad Gita, the New Testament and the Qur’an, and the writings of Eastern mystics like Omar Khayyam and Rumi, it contains numerous descriptions of mystical and cosmic-consciousness experience. It is written in the Bhagavad Gita: Whenever virtue declines and vice predominates, I incarnate as an Avatar, in visible form I appear from age to age to protect the virtuous and to destroy evildoing in order to re-establish righteousness. And so Michael, Chosen of God, who once rode a fine horse in the hallowed high mountains, goes to meet his fate and fulfill his destiny in the burning desert sands of Mecca, a land fragrant with the prayers of millions… An unforgettable book.

Desert Leopards

Grace, Nikki

Literature & Fiction

The Kool-5 mystery hunters are a bunch of five spunky youngsters Maya, Munch, Jinx, Nano and Dodo, who live in an urban residential complex. The adventure seekers love to chillax and play pranks on The Gabbar , the security guard. They also hold secret meetings in their Headquarters an old, abandoned garage where they coin Kool new words tank up from the car pantry and brainstorm over baffling and sometimes dangerous mysteries... The K-5 stumble upon their very first mystery when strange hauntings are reported from Raymond Villa, a deserted, old mansion in their neighbourhood. Strange voices, dancing lights, a claw, and crashing chandeliers, greet those who dare to venture into the house. But most scary and eerie of all is the Phantom of Raymond Villa, who auto-magically materialises at different places at the same time and scares the daylights out of people. There are so many puzzling questions: Who is the mysterious sender of the threatening letters? How does the paint inside the villa change colour? What secret is old Grandma Gomes hiding? Who is the mysterious tramp? How does water turn to blood? Who scribbled the deadly warning and ransacked the H.Q? Is it the spirit of the young boy Mark, who met a tragic end in the villa decades ago, or some sinister human conspiracy? The podgy property dealer Mr.Bansal, the buyer Mr. Ahuja, Sharkface the mad scientist, Raju the head painter, and even The Gabbar, are all prime suspects in the challenging mystery before the K-5. There is never a lull as they embark on a roller-coaster adventure to unravel the clues and solve the baffling case of The Phantom Of Raymond Villa

THE PHANTOM OF RAYMOND VILLA : The KOOL-5 Mystery Series

Children's Books

Sonu Dabral

This book is not based on the lifestyles of the rich and famous. It re-acquaints you with the simple, real and inexpensive facts and truths which have always existed - but which have been complicated and twisted by Man. This volume is based on the simple concepts that have transformed hundreds of people's lives in the areas of health, fitness, weight loss, disease and general well-being. Eat Smart. Move More. Sleep Right. contains a 60-day toolkit to achieve the fitness and weight-loss goals you have always desired. Learn how simple it is to get fit, stay healthy and make the lifestyle changes that will last forever. Watch your health and life transform as you learn about these simple facts and the power of the mind.

Eat Smart Move More Sleep Right

Luke Coutinho

When Tiger the cat moves to Canberra with his owner, he befriends a local, Wanda the blue-tongue lizard, who is suspicious of introduced species. Tiger even condescends to speak to the two mongrels next door, Cleo and Tony. At the local park he meets Prince aof the Sacred Pool, a royal bullfrog, and his loyal followers; and Eudora, a raven with magical powers. Together they must save Earth from the Great Danger, but first Tiger has to prove himself to his new friends. He's game, so long as it doesn't involve missing out on his Car Gourmet!

The Greenhouse Effect

David Reiter

In order to get what you want, you must act; and in order to act, you must apply force. And it is a self-evident proposition that the force to be applied is one within yourself... whether you seek health, wealth, development, position or happiness, you must apply your own inward force... you cannot get it in any other way. ~ Walter D. Wattles. Why do some people seem to be born winners while others, in the same circumstances, struggle and fail? It really isn't a mystery. They have learned how to use the special power within themselves to get what they want... and you can too! It s already yours. The question is... how have you been using it? Used constructively, it will bring you everything you want health, wealth, success, happiness, and loving relationships. Used negatively, it'll bring poor health, financial hardship, failure, unhappiness, and broken relationships. It's the same power... it just depends on how you use it!

The Science Of Getting Rich

Self-Help

WALLACE D. WATTLES

Motivational

India and China the inheritors of two ancient civilizations and aeons of neighbourly bonds cemented by Buddhism and the bridge-building missions of Fa-Hien, Huen Tsang, Tagore and Kotnis never witnessed strife between themselves till the fateful autumn of 1962, when they fought a short but bitter border war on the desolate heights of the Himalayas. Mutual suspicion and sporadic face-offs have ever since bedevilled relations between the two Asian giants, based on their still-unsettled borders. What caused the tragic estrangement of Asia s leading lights? In this cogent and comprehensive analysis, the author traces the origins of the discord to a legacy flawed by the flip-flops of imperial Britain s unilateral border delineation, and the ebbs and flows of Chinese activism in Tibet. The gripping narrative carries us from the post-1947 scenario of initial Panchsheel bonhomie, yielding place to mutual distrust, aggravated, among other causes, by Chinese paranoia over Tibet and the unrelenting pressure of Indian public opinion. India s cataclysmic defeat in the war, which remains a young nation s humiliation, is attributed to the ill-advised forward policy and failure of the politico-military leadership of the time, revalidating Clemenceau s adage, that war is too important a matter to be left to generals .

Dividing Lines: Contours of India-China Conflict

K. N. Raghavan

Kerala: The Divine Destination

Lalitha Balasubramanian

Lonely at the Top is about leaders and the challenges they face as they walk alone. This edited anthology contains the reflections of a seasoned Mentor, on the leadership dilemmas of the CEO in a turbulent and unpredictably changing world. With examples and experiences, the author indicates, sometimes subtly and at other times, forcefully, the tools, mindsets and approaches that enable leaders to steer their organizations safely through dangerous times. Many Indian CEOs also suffer from cultural schizophrenia, whether acknowledged or not a crisis of identity stemming from the differing dialectics of modern Western business culture and India s own rich, philosophical heritage. Using real experiences as telling case studies, the book demonstrates the value of anchorage in the spiritual ethos of India, and especially in the ambrosial mentoring of Arjuna by Lord Krishna, on the eve of a primordial conflict that has much in common with the inner conflicts in the minds of today s decision-makers.

LONELY AT THE TOP : Memoirs Of A Mentor

Business & Money

V.K. Madhav Mohan

Management & Leadership

Spinning Top is a collection of short stories based on the very real dilemmas, worries and joys that colour the lives of children, but which are often trivialised by grown-ups. Nitya Satyani, a firm believer in the power of story-telling as the most effective yet untapped resource every adult is armed with, embarks upon a fascinating journey into the world of innocence.... where grown-ups are allowed entry only if accompanied by a child! Each story is joyful experience in learning and understanding the lessons life offers while allowing the imagination to wing free.

Spinning Top Expanded Edition

Nitya Satyani

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