ARDENT BIBLIOPHAGIST

  By Stephen Hawking credits: http://www.cairowestmag.com/ Stephen Hawking, all I remember when I come across the name is, a geeky and humorous person with a machine voice. No wonder, even if you remember the same. I am not so much into science to know every scientist with path breaking innovations. I am just curious about science, so I read books who try to explain the world in simple terms to me. And Stephen Hawking does that work pretty neatly. This book answers to 10 questions. As the title suggests they are 10 big questions in terms of the concepts and the scientist had done a wonderful job, explaining it without bringing in complex mathematics and making it simple. If you had this nerdy friend, who has answers to every question you ask (like literally), you sometimes think, why can't I know them? What is so big about that? Maybe, you are bad at analytical things (there are books that can help you with that too). But this book gives you a clear-cut idea withou...

  By Michelle Obama It is quite difficult when you have a spouse whose dreams line with the welfare of the people and the world's prosperity. It is difficult to figure what the world expects from you; it is difficult to figure what your close circle expects from you; After all it is difficult to understand what the inner you craves for yourself. Michelle Obama, the former First Lady of the United States, in her memoir 'Becoming', describes her story. So who is Michelle? Michelle is someone who was born in Chicago with dreams of gaining respectable positions, propelled by great zeal towards learning and shaping herself. It sounds such a normal dream for us in the 21 st century. But it is a crazy dream for people of color in the 1970s. A four year old girl playing piano to a person with love for jazz. Michelle showed herself as a simple yet sophisticated person. I never knew about Michelle before, apart from her being the former FLOTUS. This memo...

Richard Stengel Richard Stengel spent around 3 years with Mandela, while writing Mandela's autobiography. This book is a collection of humble notes by the author on Mandela, one of the greatest believers of the human society.  This book aims at bringing lessons to people on life, love and courage, as the title suggests. It comprises of 15 lessons or principles that are mostly Mandela's beliefs, as well as practices his life advocates. Let me give a quick outline of the lessons, in other words, the contents of the book. I don’t want to give a summary of the book; I wish to make this book appealing so you would pick it as your next read. So, I have explained briefly the first 5 lessons the book preaches followed by the 10 lessons and my favourite lines from them.   1.      Courage is not the absence of fear What if I tell you Mandela also had fear? From the serene face of his, and the colourful shirts we see him in, finding a place for fear seems like a...

By Sidney Sheldon If you are looking into this, chances are you have already read its first part, if not check here... Chasing Tomorrow by Sidney Sheldon Tracy Whitney and Jeff Stevens are married... yes!! They are leading a happy and pleasant life... just like other normal people. Jeff Stevens finds a job in the museum, following his passions, while Tracy makes a beautiful and caring wife. A happy married Life Everything goes normal, despite the fact that Tracy missing her adrenaline rush. Life always has a lot of surprises and hence came a woman between Jeff and Tracy. Tracy left Jeff, without letting him know the fact that she was pregnant. She goes in hiding, raising her son Nicholas, somewhere in a ranch with Blake Carter, who becomes Tracy's dear friend.  Love never ends Even after all years passed, Tracy is unable to forgive Jeff, but she can't accept that she is still in deep love with Jeff. When she hears about heists, she sees the clarity...

by Sidney Sheldon Are you an enthusiast of mystery, romantic and thriller novels? Then 'If Tomorrow Comes' promises you a pleasant day, with itself in a hand and a coffee in the other hand. Sidney Sheldon has etched this book to serve a delicious meal at the plates of the bookworms. Enthusiastic Banker Lass Tracy Whitney, yes right, the protagonist, works as a banker and she loves her job. She is in her beautiful part of her life, where a woman will be at their utmost natural beauty, loving her man and expecting a baby! She has a rich boyfriend, who wishes to marry her and enjoy the life of father with their child soon. He falls in love with her, when she glows with the beauty of her banking knowledge. Unhelpful Suicide of her Mother Doris Whitney calls to have a final talk to her daughter, when the girl happily describes about her boyfriend and their soon-to-be-held marriage. The mother patiently hears and feels joyful for her daughter's won...