TITLE: Essential English Grammar.

AUTHOR: Raymond Murphy.

GENRE: Self-study.

THEME: A reference & practice book for elementary learners of English.  

                       Essential English Grammar is an absolute book for elementary learners i.e., learners with very little English. Told so, this cannot be used for a beginner who primarily needs to accustom himself with basic words. The material is organised in grammatical categories such as tenses, questions, articles etc.There are 114 units in the book and each one is on a particular area of English grammar. Each unit is two paged: the information on the left, and the exercises on the right.  The additional exercise set at the flipside of the book is a good memory test plan of all the units; however, the author has tried to make it easy by mentioning the unit in which the question fits into. While providing mixed practice for the test, the book also supplies keys to have a check over the answers. An edition without the key is also available for teachers who would prefer their students to use this.

                       The explanations and vocabulary addressed in the book is made as simple and short as possible. An intriguing factor of the book is usage of apt images which allows the reader to observe keenly and keeps focused while filling in the exercises related to those images. Essential English Grammar is a perfect guide to learners whose grammar is weaker than other aspects of their English or who has problems with particular areas of elementary grammar. This self-study book comes at an affordable cost and it is high time you rush to the nearest book shop and buy the book to fortify your grammar. Sure this would be an easy go way to play with the language.

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DETAILS:

Material: Paperback with 300 pages.                                                                         

Publication: Cambridge: UP, 1998.                                                                          

ISBN 10: 81-7596-029-9.                                                                                     

ISBN 13: 978-81-7596-029-9. 

TITLE:For One More Day.

AUTHOR: Mitch Albom.                                               

GENRE:Philosophical Novel.                                                                                        

THEME:Believe & dwell in the eternal power of mother’s love.

New year wish's!

Feels good to meet you with a wonderful book to begin your new year with, and I'm sure you'll really love this.

      Albom is a confessional writer: his writings form the product of his inner self which is highly influenced by everything around him. Once on the way back to the airport, Albom stopped for a coffee and wandered over the fields nearby. He froze on looking at a tanned, wrinkled man; with a half cigar in his mouth—Chick Benetto [called “Charles”/“Charley” in the story], a former baseball player who made it to the World Series. What Albom has written in For One More Day is what Charley told him during their conversation that morning. The technique adapted in the story is in the form of first person narrative; and is told from Charley’s point of view, so as to make the readers feel they are listening to the story in the narrator’s voice.   

       For One More Day’s Charley is a broken man who takes a midnight ride to his small hometown with plans to kill himself. But upon failing even to do that, he staggers into his old house, only to make an astonishing discovery—his mother who deceased eight years earlier appears to be still living there, and welcomes him home as if nothing ever happened. For One More Day is the story of a mother and a son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and beyond. It explores the question: what would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? It’s all about chance; if you had the chance, just one chance, to go back and fix what you did wrong in life, would you take it? Charley got answer for all his queries and qualms in the chance given to him; he was made to see the invisible, believe the unbelievable, and receive the impossible. At the end of the mysterious day spent with the spirit of his mother, Charley relearnt that love triumphs over everything. Mitch Albom’s writings will never fail in appealing to your senses leaving you moved with tears. In fact you will try to byheart certain lines and keep telling it to yourself to feel the depth of emotions. And it does make you question your own self and look at things in an unusual lens.

       “Death ends a life, not a relationship.” If you believe in it, you’d hardly take a couple of days to finish this book. The success of For One More Day propelled Oprah Winfrey to adapt it into a movie. Now, will it propel you to read?

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DETAILS:

 Material: Paperback with 197 pages.                                                                         

  Publication: NY: Hyperion, 2006.                                                                          

  ISBN 10: 0786891173.                                                                                     

  ISBN 13: 9780786891177. 

ALSO TRY:

“Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.”

• - Alfred Lord Tennyson.

“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.”

• - Benjamin Franklin

“A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.”

-  Edgar Guest.

“We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential.”

- Ellen Goodman.

“The object of a New Year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul and a new nose; new feet, a new backbone, new ears, and new eyes certainly to be effective.”

 - G.K. Chesterton.

“An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.”

- Bill Vaughan.

Happy '13 to you all!

Have a great year ahead with family & friends!!

 

 

"Freedom is like a house: you build it brick by brick. The first brick you should lay is willpower. This quality inspires you to do what is right in any given moment. It gives you the energy to act with courage. It gives you the control to live the life you have imagined rather than accepting the life you have. Discipline is an antidote to regret."

 

 

"Every one of us creates a story about his own life, even if he only tells it to himself. For some, the story is all about being a victim. Playing the victim is easy. You do not have to assume any responsibility for the way your life looks. You can blame everyone else for what's not working in your life, never having to look at yourself and make the changes required. But when you play victim, you give away your power to that which you allege is victimizing you. It's a very impotent way to live."

Excerpts from Robin Sharma's The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.

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"If you want to live greatly, you must also be willing to risk greatly. To get the pearls, the deliver needs to be willing to go deep and visit the places that the timid souls would never visit.

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"In order to awaken your best life, it's important that you “die while you are alive.” Most people live as if they have all the time in the world. They wish they had more time in their days and yet they waste the time they have. They put off living until some event in the future occurs. In order to awaken to your best life, everyday should be lived as it it were your last day on the planet."

Excerpts from Robin Sharma's The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.

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"Reflection is the mother of wisdom. Carve out some time each day to ask ourselves why we are here, how we are living and whether we are making the highest use of the gifts that life has given us. Make the time to think. Daily."

 

 

 

 

"Self-examination is the first step to personal greatness."

 

 

Excerpts from Robin Sharma's The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.

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   "The people who get on in life are those dream big dreams and then take whatever risks are necessary to bring their vision to life. They face their fears directly, get into the game and live their days with courage. They break through their fear doors, no matter how scared they feel. It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life.

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   "The best antidote for fear is knowledge.

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   "In our society, we all too often label the ignorant as weak. However, those who express their lack of knowledge and then seek instruction find the path to wisdom before anyone else.

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Excerpts from Robin Sharma's The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.

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"The time to start building your legacy is today, not ten years from today when you “have more time.”  Reflect on what it is you want to create in your life and, more importantly, what gift you wish to leave the world when you are no longer here. Greatness comes from beginning something that does not end with you.

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"Balance success with significance. What is the point of achieving great things without having a great impact? At the end of our lives, what will be most important is who we have become—and the difference we have made.

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"Nothing so destroys the heart as the knowledge that you had the chance to manifest the gorgeous potential within you and you refused to accept the call."

 

 

Excerpts from Robin Sharma's The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.

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"Connect to a compelling cause with your heart, not your head. And then fasten your seatbelt because your life will soar. The mind can be a limiter. The emotions are liberator."

 

 

 

 

 

"You can find your cause—your crusade—exactly where you are. No one has to leave a job to find something to engage their heart and excite them. Often all that is required is that a person see things differently. And to take that first step. Today."

 

 

 

"A cause to stand for unleashes energy, no matter if it's one about creating incredible experiences for the men and women who give you business or one that involves saving the world. All remarkable creations begin with energy—and commitment. Resolve to be extraordinary in all that you do."

 

 

 

"Find your cause, and then do your work with pride and love—love is such an incredible force for good. It's the most powerful thing in the world."

 

 

 

 

 

"One of the best ways to find the higher meaning in the work you do is to use the technique of creative questioning to become aware of the impact your work has on the world around you. Ask yourself questions like, "Who ultimately benefits from the products and services my company offers? Or what difference do my daily efforts make? Once you do so, you will start noticing the connection between the work you do and the lives you touch. This will inspire you."

Excerpts from Robin Sharma's The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.

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"Purpose is the most powerful motivator in the world.

The secret of passion truly is

purpose.'"

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Success cannot be pursued; success ensues. It flows as the unintended byproduct of efforts concentrated in the direction of a worthy cause."

 

 

 

 

 

"The word 'duty' is often viewed negatively in our culture. Many people don't like the idea of it, feeling that duty would restrict them and hinder them from living in the moment. To me, the word 'duty' represents freedom and happiness. And leadership and authentic success is about doing what's right rather than what's easy."

 

 

Excerpts from Robin Sharma's The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari.

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