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ABC of Vegetable Gardening
This how-to book includes chapters on getting ready, mapping the garden, planting, seeds, early work, house plants, fruits, hot beds and cold frames, and small gardens. There is even a chapter “expressly for women.” – Summary by Bill Boerst
Abdul’s Journey from Zero to Hero in the Share Market by Mahesh Chandra Kaushik
Mahesh Chandra Kaushik started his career as a teacher, after doing graduation with a Bachelor’s Degree in Science. He worked as a Junior Clerk in Commercial Taxes Department for five years and then as T.R.A. in Revenue Department, at the Rajasthan Public Service Commission. He was promoted and is presently posted as Assistant Revenue Accounts Officer in the office of District Collector, Sirohi.
Mahesh has been writing blogs on share market since 2009. Later, due to SEBI Research Analyst Regulation 2014 he had to stop blogging. This prompted thousands of his fans to register him as a certified Research Analyst so that they could continue to benefit from his blogs. Overcome by the love of his fans, he cleared that examination and got himself registered as Research Analyst with SEBI. He has more than 50 thousand followers on social media and You Tube. Now he provides the services as a Research Analyst free of cost.
Abe and Mawruss: Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter
Montague Glass was a lawyer who eventually abandoned the practice of law to write full time. He wrote a series of stories in the New York Post about a pair of popular characters in the predominantly Jewish garment trade. Many of the plots were derived from trade problems he saw as a lawyer. This is the second book of the collected stories; his Potash and Perlmutter stories were also made into stage plays and even movies that were very popular in their time. – Summary by ToddHW
Abhav by Vishnu Prabhakar
हिंदी कथा-साहित्य के सुप्रसिद्ध गांधीवादी रचनाकार श्री विष्णु प्रभाकर अपने पारिवारिक परिवेश से कहानी लिखने की ओर प्रवत्त हुए। बाल्यकाल में ही उन दिनों की प्रसिद्ध रचनाएँ उन्होंने पढ़ डाली थीं।
उनकी प्रथम कहानी नवंबर १९३१ के ‘हिंदी मिलाप’ में छपी। इसका कथानक बताते हुए वे लिखते हैं, ‘परिवार का स्वामी जुआ खेलता है, शराब पीता है, उस दिन दीवाली का दिन था। घर का मालिक जुए में सबकुछ लुटाकर शराब के नशे में धुत्त दरवाजे पर आकर गिरता है। घर के भीतर अंधकार है। बच्चे तरस रहे हैं कि पिताजी आएँ और मिठाई लाएँ। माँ एक ओर असहाय मूकदर्शक बनकर सबकुछ देख रही है। यही कुछ थी वह मेरी पहली कहानी।’
सन् १९५४ में प्रकाशित उनकी कहानी ‘धरती अब भी घूम रही है’ काफी लोकप्रिय हुई। लेखक का मानना है कि जितनी प्रसिद्धि उन्हें इस कहानी से मिली, उतनी चर्चित पुस्तक ‘आवारा मसीहा’ से भी नहीं मिली।
श्री विष्णुजी की कहानियों पर आर्यसमाज, प्रगतिवाद और समाजवाद का गहरा प्रभाव है। पर अपनी कहानियों के व्यापक फलक के मद्देनजर उनका मानना है कि ‘मैं न आदर्शों से बँधा हूँ, न सिद्धांतों से। बस, भोगे हुए यथार्थ की पृष्ठभूमि में उस उदात्त की खोज में चलता आ रहा हूँ।…झूठ का सहारा मैंने कभी नहीं लिया।’
उदात्त, यथार्थ और सच के धरातल पर उकेरी उनकी संपूर्ण कहानियाँ हम पाठकों की सुविधा के लिए आठ खंडों में प्रस्तुत कर रहे हैं। ये कहानियाँ मनोरंजक तो हैं ही, नव पीढ़ी को आशावादी बनानेवाली, प्रेरणादायी और जीवनोन्मुख भी हैं।
Abhinav Bindra by Gagandeep
Abhinav was born in Dehradun on September 28, 1982. He did his schooling from Doon School, Dehradun and St. Stephens School, Chandigarh. He pursued higher studies at the University of Colorado and was awarded degree of Bachelors in Business Administration (BBA) from there. He holds a Diploma in Sports Mental Management from Munich and Lanny School of Mental Management, USA. He is pursuing Doctorate in Masters of Business Management. On September 8, 2008, he was conferred Honorary Doctorate in Literature from SRM University , Chennai.
Abhinav Sangraha by Karuna Pande
अभिनव संग्रह—करुणा पांडे
काव्य मानव जीवन का उत्सव है और प्रकृति काव्य की आत्मा। बिना प्रकृति के मानव का जीवन अपंग जैसा ही है। मानव केवल चेतनता के साथ ही जन्म नहीं लेता, वरन् वह जड़ व चेतन दोनों की अनुपम देन है। प्राचीनकाल से ही प्रकृति मानव जीवन में रची-बसी है। प्राकृतिक सौंदर्य मानव को अलौकिक आनंद प्रदान करता है।
प्रकृति के विभिन्न उपादान, यथा—रात्रि, प्रभात, पुष्प, पक्षी, जल, अंधकार, प्रकाश, समुद्र, शिला, सुगंध आदि कितने रूपों में हमारे सामने अपनी स्नेहमयी छाया बिखेरे हुए हैं। सब अपने में कितने अलौकिक गुण सहेजे हुए हैं। इनको अलग-अलग महसूस करने पर कुछ भाव मन में उठे, जो स्वतः शब्दों में ढल कविता का चोला पा गए।
इन कविताओं में विभिन्न क्षणों के विभिन्न रंग हैं। देशभक्ति का रंग है तो देश की दुर्दशा पर विलाप भी। अंतर से निकली सहानुभूति भूखे, नंगे से तादात्म्य स्थापित करने में सक्षम है।
‘अभिनव संग्रह’ की कविताएँ हृदयस्पर्शी होने के साथ-साथ विचारोत्तेजक भी हैं। भाषा भावों एवं विचारों का अनुगमन करती है। सहज भाषा में बड़ी बात कही गई है। प्रतीकों का भी प्रयोग हुआ है। विश्वास है, हिंदी जगत् में इस कविता संकलन का भरपूर स्वागत होगा।
Abide in Christ
Towards the close of his ministry on earth, Jesus taught his disciples of the need for them to abide in Him. This word “abide” speaks of the intimacy of fellowship with the Master to which his followers are still invited. Andrew Murray wrote this series of meditations, which he subtitled “Thoughts on the Blessed Life of Fellowship with the Son of God”, out of a conviction that many believers are missing out on something that is really at the heart of a healthy Christian life. The author explains that many, although they trust the Lord for forgiveness and help, have yet to experience the blessing of a day by day and hour by hour walk with the Lord, and therefore are not enjoying the power, the joy and the fruitfulness that is available to each one. He shows how, by taking the time to live closer to Jesus, we may move into a deeper and stronger Christian experience. (Summary by Christopher Smith)
Abigail Adams and Her Times
This is a young person’s biography of Abigail Adams that will appeal to readers of all ages. In the author’s own words, “I am not writing a history; far from it. I am merely throwing on the screen, in the fashion of today, a few scenes to make a background for my little pen-picture-play. ” – Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi
Abigail Adams and Her Times by Laura E. Richards
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Abijah’s Bubble by Francis Hopkinson Smith
Ezekiel Todd, her dry, tight-fisted, lean father, had named her, bawling it out so loud that the more suitable, certainly the more euphonious, “Evangeline,” proffered in a timid whisper by her faded and somewhat romantic mother, was completely smothered.
“I baptize thee, Evang—” began the minister, when Ezekiel’s voice rose clear:
“Abijah, I tell ye, Parson—A-b-i-j-a-h—Abijah!” And Abijah it was.
The women were furious.
Abner Daniel by Will N. Harben
“The young man stood in the field road giving directions to a robust negro who was ploughing the corn, which, in parallel rows, stretched on to the main road a quarter of a mile distant. The negro placed the point of his ploughshare a few inches from the first stalk of corn, wound the line around his wrist, and clucked to his horse. With a jangling jerk of the trace-chains the animal lunged ahead: the polished ploughshare cut into the mellow soil and sped onward, curling the gray earth like shavings, and uprooting and burying the tenacious crab-grass and succulent purslane.” -an excerpt
Abolition Fanaticism in New York by Frederick Douglass
The present ebook is not a full fledged book but a speech delivered by famous African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman Frederick Douglass at an abolition meeting in New York in the year 1847 on 11th May.
About Orchids, a Chat
This is not a manual of instruction for orchid growers; though there are many hints on cultivation, and a few paragraphs on how to hybridize. The author is just an enthusiastic amateur orchid lover. He takes the reader on a wander through the dangers and consequences of hunting orchids in the tropical jungles of the nineteenth century, and chats about the extreme peculiarities of orchid growth, behaviour and structure, colouring the essays with his own experiences and with his delight in cultivating these beautiful plants. Beware! A new hobby beckons! (Summary by Peter Yearsley)
Above Lavender Bay
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Above Lavender Bay by Henry Lawson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for January 10, 2021. —— Henry Archibald Hertzberg Lawson was an Australian writer and bush poet. Along with his contemporary Banjo Paterson, Lawson is among the best-known Australian poets and fiction writers of the colonial period and is often called Australia’s “greatest short story writer”. This poem is taken from The Skyline Riders and Other Verses By Henry Lawson (1910) – Summary by Wikipedia
Above Life’s Turmoil
The turmoil of the world we cannot avoid, but the disturbances of mind we can overcome. The duties and difficulties of life claim our attention, but we can rise above all anxiety concerning them. Surrounded by noise, we can yet have a quiet mind; involved in responsibilities, the heart can be at rest; in the midst of strife, we can know the abiding peace. The twenty pieces which comprise this book, unrelated as some of them are in the letter, will be found to be harmonious in the spirit, in that they point the reader towards those heights of self-knowledge and self-conquest which, rising above the turbulence of the world, lift their peaks where the Heavenly Silence reigns. (Summary from the book)
Above Life’s Turmoil by James Allen
Above Life’s Turmoil by James Allen – Inspirational to Motivational – We cannot alter external things, nor shape other people to our liking, nor mould the world to our wishes but we can alter internal things, -our desires, passions, thoughts, -we can shape our liking to other people, and we can mould the inner world of our own mind in accordance with wisdom, and so reconcile it to the outer world if men and things.
Above the Battle by Romain Rolland
Above the Battle is an anti-world war I treatise by Romain Rolland written in 1916. Romain Rolland (29 January 1866 – 30 December 1944) was a French dramatist, novelist, essayist, art historian and mystic who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1915. Romain Rolland was a lifelong pacifist. He protested against the first World War in Above the Battle (Chicago, 1916).
Above the French Lines
A collection of letters written by Stuart Walcott while training to be an aviator in France to prepare for combat. Walcott died in his first aerial combat after first downing a German bi-plane. – Summary by KevinS
Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United States
The book is a biography of Abraham Lincoln with emphasis on how his personality and beliefs impacted the history of the American Emancipation and its causes. The book is very well written, easy to read and includes incredible historical information being written by a man who was there during the civil war. He even fought in the war and was able to add his insight into the happenings from his own perspective. This book would add knowledge to anyone who really wants to know the truth about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. – Summary by philip chenevert
Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 different recordings of Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight by Vachel Lindsay. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of February 18th, 2007.
Abraham Lincoln: A Commemoration ? 15 April 2015
April 14-15th, 2015, is the 150th year anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln?s assassination. This is a collection of pieces to mark that occasion. Whitman?s poems, written shortly after the death, express his intense grief. Here are prose pieces that Whitman composed in the years following. Included too are three other eulogies regarded by Lincoln scholars as among the best, as well as a narrative from one of the doctors who attended the dying president and two speeches in the British Parliament. And finally three of the President?s finest compositions. ( summary by david wales)
Abraham Lincoln: A Complete Biography by Lord Charnwood
The subject of this memoir is revered by multitudes of his countrymen as the preserver of their commonwealth. This reverence has grown with the lapse of time and the accumulation of evidence. It is blended with a peculiar affection, seldom bestowed upon the memory of statesmen. It is
shared to-day by many who remember with no less affection how their own fathers fought against him. He died with every circumstance of tragedy, yet it is not the accident of his death but the purpose of his life that is remembered.
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 1)
This is the biography of Abraham Lincoln, written by two of his private secretaries. (Summary by ashleighjane)
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 10)
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 10 chronicles Lincoln’s life in early 1865, including his assassination and the events following. (Summary adapted from wikipedia by Ann Boulais)
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 2)
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 2 chronicles Lincoln’s life from 1856-1860. – Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Ann Boulais
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 3)
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 3 chronicles Lincoln’s life from his election in 1860 through April, 1861. ( Summary adapted from wikipedia by Ann Boulais)
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 4)
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 4 chronicles Lincoln’s life from April to November 1861. ( Summary adapted from wikipedia by Ann Boulais)
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 5)
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 5 chronicles Lincoln’s life from November 1861 through August 1862. (Summary adapted from wikipedia by Ann Boulais)
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 6)
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 6 chronicles Lincoln’s life in early 1862. (Summary adapted from wikipedia by Ann Boulais)
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 7)
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 7 chronicles Lincoln’s life from 1862, including the major battles in the American Civil War that year. (Summary adapted from wikipedia by Ann Boulais)
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 8)
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 8 chronicles Lincoln’s life from 1862 to 1863. (Summary adapted from wikipedia by Ann Boulais)
Abraham Lincoln: A History (Volume 9)
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War. Volume 6 chronicles Lincoln’s life in 1864, including the battles of that summer and Lincoln’s reelection. (Summary adapted from wikipedia by Ann Boulais)
Abraham Lincoln’s Inaugural Addresses
Lincoln’s first inaugural address was delivered on March 4th, 1861, as the North and South were sliding towards separation and Civil War. His second inaugural, given just weeks before his assassination, was also delivered on March 4th but four years later, in 1865. Just over a month later, April 18th, 1865, the Civil War ended with the surrender of the Confederate army. This was four days after Lincoln was shot on April 14th. He died the next day. – Summary by John Greenman
Absalom and Achitophel
John Dryden published Absalom and Achitophel: A Poem in 1681. It is an elaborate historical allegory using the political situation faced by King David (2 Samuel 14-18) to mirror that faced by Charles II. Each monarch had a son whom a high-ranking minister attempted to use against him. James Scott, first Duke of Monmouth, Charles II’s illegitimate son, was detected planning a rebellion late in 1681, supposedly instigated by the Earl of Shaftesbury, who was tried for high treason, and it is believed that Dryden wrote the poem in an effort to sway the jury in his trial. The fates of both Absalom (Monmouth) and Achitophel (Shaftesbury) are left unspecified at the end of the poem (Monmouth did rebel in 1685, after his father’s death, and was executed, and Shaftesbury was acquitted), but we are left to surmise that their fates would resemble those of their Biblical counterparts: Absalom was killed against David’s instructions and Achitophel hanged himself. The poem can be enjoyed without any special knowledge of either the Bible or seventeenth-century English history, but it is useful to understand why Monmouth (AKA Absalom) was such a useful tool to use against his father: Charles had many illegitimate offspring, but his wife was barren, so at his death the crown would pass (did pass) to his brother, James, who was Catholic, but Monmouth was Protestant as well as well-beloved by both the king and the people. England had good reason to dread a return of officially enforced Catholicism. The narrator’s urbane attitude toward David’s amatory adventures in the opening of the poem and his burlesque of the supposed Jebusitical plot (the “Popish Plot” of 1678) establish clearly his Tory bias in favor of the Establishment and his disdain of the panic caused by fear of Catholicism (Dryden himself converted to the Catholic faith at some time before 1685).
Absolute Surrender and Other Addresses
This is a series of short messages written by the South African minister, Andrew Murray. They deal with the necessity and joy of surrendering our lives completely to God. (Summary written by Joy Chan)
According to Plato by Frank Frankfort Moore
No one who has not been bankrupt at least twice could afford to be so careful about his dress as Mr. Richmond is,” said Josephine.
“He admits a solitary bankruptcy,” said Amber. “Bankruptcy is the official recognition of genius.”
“It certainly is the shortest way to distinction,” said Josephine. “Bankruptcy’s a sort of English Legion of Honour, isn’t it?—a kind of bourgeois decoration.” -an excerpt
According to Promise, or The Lord?s Method of Dealing with His Chosen People
Charles Haddon (C.H.) Spurgeon (19 June 1834 ? 31 January 1892) was a British Particular Baptist preacher and is still known today as the “Prince of Preachers”. He was a strong figure in the Reformed Baptist tradition, defending the Church in agreement with the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith understanding, and opposing the liberal and pragmatic theological tendencies in the Church of his day. In his lifetime, Spurgeon preached to around 10 million people, often up to ten times each week at different places. In this series of devotionals, he challenges each of us to examine our own heart to make sure our faith is solidly grounded, to count the cost, and to experience the promise of grace. ?It would be very difficult to say how far a man may go in religion, and yet die in his sins; how much he may look like an heir of heaven, and yet be a child of wrath. Many unconverted men have a belief which is similar to faith, and yet it is not true faith. The life of God within the soul creates an infinite difference between the man who has it and the man who has it not; and the point is, to make sure that we have this life. I desire to help my reader in the business of self-examination. I would have him go further than examination, and attain to such abundance of grace that his holy and happy state shall become a witness to himself. No man can lose by honestly searching his own heart.? (Summary by WYSIWYG, MaryAnn and Charles Spurgeon)
Aces Up
A crack American flying troop has been sent to France, where they await further instructions. They are concerned that their extensive talents will not be put to good use in the war. Major Cowan introduces Lt. McGee as the British instructor for the crew. It turns out the Brit is actually an American, born in the U.S., even though his parents were British. McGee and Larkin are flying partners. Out on a mission, McGee spots a small enemy plane in a searchlight, probably intent on dropping flares to mark targets for bombers. He drives in for the attack successfully, as the enemy plane zooms earthward in flames. During another flight to Epernay, a fellow pilot, Siddons, fades back to a previous stop. McGee and Larkin suspect Siddons of aiding the enemy. Von Herzmann is preparing German pilots to fight Americans. Larkin and McGee defeat the enemy and force a retreat. In another battle, McGee must crash-land, where he passes out due to injuries. He spends weeks recovering in a hospital. When he is discharged, he cannot find his squadron. After diligent searching, he shows up at his old base. At the end, it is revealed that Siddons is not at all what he was suspected of being–in fact, the opposite. (Bill Boerst)
Acharya Chanakya by Anil Kumar ‘Salil’
There is no conclusive detail available anywhere in the history about the birthplace and date of birth of the world-famous diplomat and statesman, Chanakya. It is estimated that he was born in 350 BC. Some scholars say that he was born in 400 BC.
Acharya Raghuveer by Shashibala
राष्ट्रोत्थान हेतु ज्ञानमार्ग के पुजारी आचार्य रघुवीर जन-जन को आंदोलित कर उनमें अस्मिता, आत्मगौरव और स्वाभिमान का भाव जगाकर उन्हें वैचारिक स्वतंत्रता, सांस्कृतिक चेतना और स्वभाषा के स्वाभिमान के मार्ग पर चला देना चाहते थे।
इस पुस्तक में भारतीय धरोहर के मनीषी आचार्य रघुवीर की अद्भुत मेधा और विचारपूर्ण चिंतन के बारे में विस्तृत जानकारी है। यूरोप में विद्यार्थी के रूप में उनका अध्ययन, अनुसंधान एवं लेखन एवं भारत लौटने पर वैदिक वाङ्मय पर किया गया अनुसंधान कार्य तथा संस्कृत के उत्कर्ष का स्वप्न आदि विषयों पर प्रकाश डाला गया है। संस्कृति के अग्रदूत के रूप में उनका व्यक्तित्व, सांस्कृतिक धरोहर के रक्षण एवं अनुसंधान हेतु सरस्वती विहार की स्थापना, एशिया के विभिन्न देशों में उनकी यात्राएँ, उनके द्वारा स्थापित सांस्कृतिक संबंध, उन देशों में किए गए कार्य तथा वहाँ से संगृहीत सांस्कृतिक निधियाँ आदि विषयों पर सचित्र वर्णन प्रस्तुत हैं।
साथ ही आचार्य रघुवीर के राष्ट्रभाषा दर्शन पर एक विशेष अध्याय के माध्यम से उनके द्वारा निर्मित पारिभाषिक एवं वैज्ञानिक शब्दावली, उनकी दृष्टि से राष्ट्रभाषा का स्वरूप, बृहत् आंग्ल-भारतीय शब्दकोश की रचना, संसदीय हिंदी की नींव, प्रांतीय भाषाओं का गौरव, राष्ट्रीय एकता का माध्यम संस्कृतनिष्ठ हिंदी, अंग्रेजी-हिंदी शब्द-कोश का निर्माण तथा देवनागरी अक्षरों का मुद्रलिख (टाइपराइटर) बनवाना आदि विषयों पर प्रकाश डाला गया है।
प्रखर चिंतक, विचारक, राष्ट्रभाषा के प्रबल पैरोकार, भविष्यद्रष्टा और उत्कृष्ट देशभक्त आचार्य रघुवीर की प्रेरणाप्रद जीवनी।
