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A DELIGHTFUL COLLECTION FROM INDIA`S FOREMOST STORYTELLER, UNDER THE BANYAN TREE ADDS TWENTY-EIGHT TALES OF THE RICH AND COLORFUL HERITAGE OF R K NARAYAN`S FICTIONAL SOUTH INDIAN CITY, MALGUDI. NARAYAN`S CHARACTERS, OBSERVED WITH A WRY AND COMPASSIONATE EYE, COME FROM EVERY AREA OF INDIAN SOCIETY - MERCHANTS, BEGGARS, HERDSMEN, HERMITS, TEACHERS, ROGUES - AND REPRESENT IN MINIATURE A WEALTH OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE. A REBELLIOUS YOUNG MAN REFUSES T...

Through compelling evidence related to the current health and economic impact of diabetes, the book provides effective approaches to prevent and manage diabetes through the practice of public health. It combines state-of-the-artdescriptions of risk factors and complications, effective and cost-effective approaches to prevention and treatment, translational research, and genomics to give a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis on diabetes publi...

THE APPLE OF HIS EYE IS HIS SON MALI, FOR WHOM HE FEELS A DEEP BUT ABSURDLY EMBARRASSED AFFECTION, WHICH APPEARS TO GO UNREQUITED. WHEN MALI COOLLY ANNOUNCES THAT HE IS ABANDONING SCHOOL TO GO TO AMERICA TO BECOME A WRITER, JAGAN`S FATHERLY FEELINGS ARE THROWN INTO STILL GREATER CONFUSION. AND WHEN, A YEAR OR TWO LATER, MALI RETURNS WITH A HALF-KOREAN, HALF-AMERICAN WIFE AND A GRANDIOSE SCHEME FOR MARKETING A NOVEL-WRITING MACHINE, JAGAN IS UT...

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There is no better introduction to R.K. Narayan than this remarkable collection of stories celebrating work that spans five decades. Characters include a storyteller whose magical source of tales dries up, a love-stricken husband who is told by astrologers he must sleep with a prostitute to save his dying wife, a pampered child who discovers that his beloved uncle may be an impostor or even a murderer. Standing supreme amid this rich assortmen...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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Al centro di questo celebre poema indiano sono l'inimicizia che divide i due rami della famiglia regale dei Kuru - i Pandava e i Kaurava - i loro tentativi di impossessarsi del potere e la grandiosa, definitiva battaglia che assurge a simbolo universale della lotta fra il bene e il male. Dei ed eroi, intrighi diabolici e gesta sovraumane, sontuose città regali e paesaggi incantati: la ricchezza dell'epica indiana viene restituita dal racconto ...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Automated Technology for Verification and Analysis, ATVA 2017, held in Pune, India, in October 2017. The 22 full and 7 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 78 submissions. The book also contains one invited talk in full-paper length. The contributions are organized in topical sections named: program analysis, mod...

THE BOOK: This omnibus edition features four books from R. Narayan's famous series based in the imaginary Indian town of Malgudi: The World of Nagaraj, Mr Sampath-Printer of Malgudi, Waiting for the Mahatma and The Financial Expert.

An unusual and witty travel book about the United States of America. At the age of fifty, when most people have settled for the safety of routine, R. K. Narayan left India for the first time to travel through America. In this account of his journey, the writer's pen unerringly captures the clamour and energy of New York city, the friendliness of the West Coast, the wealth and insularity of the Mid-West, the magnificence of the Grand Canyon...T...

Botany is a forerunning field of study that could address the foremost disputes facing humanity in the 21st century, coupled with the development of new tools and techniques, it could aid in finding solutions to diagnose these unsolved questions. The present book summarises the recent technological advances of plant science. This is a succinct, up-to-date, and relevant compilation based on the techniques used in plant science, this book embodi...

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Originally published 1978 by the Viking Press.

This book deals with the EM analysis of closed microwave cavities based on a three-dimensional FDTD method. The EM analysis is carried out for (i) rectangular microwave ovens and (ii) hybrid-cylindrical microwave autoclaves at 2.45 GHz. The field distribution is first estimated inside domestic rectangular ovens in xy-, yz-, and zx-plane. Further, the RF leakage from the oven door is determined to study the effect of leakage radiation on wirele...