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Book- IKIGAI Author- Hector Garica and Francesc Miralles  Published- April 2016 Length- 194 pages. BRIEF OF AUTHORS:- Hector Garica and Francesc Miralles are the coauthors of the book "IKIGAI". It was published on April 2016. It was published in so many languages. Hector Garica is a citizen of Japan. He was born in 1981. He is the author of several books about japanese culture. Two books were worldwide bestsellers. A greek in japan and Ikigai. Francesc Miralles is a spanish writer, translator and musician. He was born on 27th August 1986 in Barcelona Spain. He is the author of the books like Ichigo Ichie, Love is small letter, Ikigai and many more. SUMMARY :- Ikigai is the japanese secret to live happy and long life."Iki" means to live and "gai" means reason. Okinawa is the place in Japan where people follow Ikigai. There people live 90 to 100 years long. Their motto of living is not to take retirement. I would never think about it.But people in Okinawa fo

Author = Vex King  Publisher = Hay House  Published = 20 Jan 2019 Length = 270 pages GOOD VIBES, GOOD LIFE is how self-love is? The key to unlocking your greatness. How to be a better you. This book talks about the Law of Vibration which is similar to the Law of Attraction. As for how vibrations can affect your life. This book has lots of positive things which will impel you. Vex King addresses his childhood and what it was like and how he survived and become this amazing person. He talks about the struggles he faced but how to not let them get you down, his to trust and believe in yourself. He talks about making yourself a priority. If you keep trying to satisfy others, you will never keep up. In the end, you will satisfy neither them nor yourself. We always forget our prosperity just to keep others happy. Do you think it's selfish to put yourself first? Which is actually worth thinking about. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE BOOK: There is a beautiful quote in this book "Phys

Author - Khushwant Singh Length - 181 pages Published - August 1956 This was all started when the partition of India and Pakistan in the year 1947 was going on. Train to Pakistan was written by Khushwant Singh in the year 1950. He has attributed the struggle of people during partition. The truth of the partition is also spoken of by the author. He was 32 years old at the time of partition and witnessed firsthand the atrocities committed by Hindu, Sikh and Muslims and recorded them without taking a side or showing favour. SUMMARY : In the year 1947, one crore Hindu, Sikh and Muslims left their homes, to cross the borders. The borders were made recently between India and Pakistan. Northern India was in huge chaos. But between all this time there was a village Mano Majra which was a semblance of peace. There lived a moneylender named Lala Ram Lal who was murdered. Mano Majra was one of these villages, know mostly for boasted a train station. Not many trains stopped there. In f

  Author - Anne Frank  Published - 25 June 1947 Length - 328 pages Diary Of A Young Girl book is a diary written by Anne Frank. From June 1942 to August 1944, Anne kept a diary of her experiences in Amsterdam to the capital of the Netherlands, after the Netherlands fell to Nazis control during World War ll. Anne has begun her diary talking about her 13th birthday. Her father gifted her a diary. As she believed that paper has more patients than people, she made diary her true friend despite having a lovely family. She addressed her diary as "Kitty". Her family consisted of mother, father and an elder sister named Margot.  In July 1942, Anne's family received a call-up for Margot, which means Margot will either be imprisoned or taken to a concentration camp. Rather sending Margot away they decided to go in hiding. They when into Anne's father's office. There they lived in the Annex for around 2 years. Anne had written about the struggles of food, siren,

Author = A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Length = 182 pages Published = 22 June, 2012 Turning point is the book gifted to us by A.P.J Abdul Kalam. It is definitely an inspiring sequel of Wings Of Fire. This book has around all the aspiring chapters of Mr Kalam's life when he was president.  The very first chapter WHEN CAN I SING A SONG OF INDIA? The chapter begins when he ended his term as president of India. The last day of a president.  The belief of his is that of youth is the most powerful resource of the earth, above the earth and under the earth.  The experiences he had in the Rashtrapati Bhavan. His dream was to make our developing country into a developed country before the year 2020. In one of his chapter, he has maintained about his father Janab Jainuladeen who was the president in the village council. He said a beautiful quote " when the Almighty appoints a person to a position, he takes care of his provision. If a person takes anything beyond that,  it is an illegal

Author - Emma Donoghue  Published -6 Aug, 2010 Length -336 pages   Publisher - Little, Brown and company Summary : The story is told by the five-year-old boy Jack. Who lives in a small room along with his mother Ma. The room contains a small kitchen, a bathroom, a wardrobe, a bed and a tv set. Thought Jack has always been in this room so he believes that only himself and Ma are "real". Ma doesn't want to disappoint Jack, allows him to believe that the rest of the world exists only on tv. Ma tries to keep Jack healthy and happy. Jack only know another person Old Nick, who visit room at night while Jack sleeps hidden in a wardrobe. Old Nick brings them food and essentials. Jack didn't know the real story. Old Nick kidnapped Ma when she was 19 years old and kept in this room from the last 7 years. Old Nick regularly raped Ma, as she got pregnant and Jack was born. A week after Jack's Birthday, Ma made a plan to get Jack out of the room by t