The world of work, the way we work and we, who work, will continue to evolve. From commuting to large industrial units, to operating from structured cabins and now from homes—every change has brought its set of challenges. It has become imperative for humans to be at the forefront of it.
Human at Work delves into these challenges, the rapid technological advances, digital transformation and economic uncertainties that serve as opportunities and threats for the future of work. These developments call for agile leadership, ethical decision-making and commitment to continuous innovation in an ever-shifting landscape.
Each chapter of this book guides business leader into developing a human-centric approach to the changing dynamics of the workplace. It also highlights the need for companies to ensure team collaboration and foster employee well-being while being inclusive and sustainable.
Filled with useful cases and practical exercises by seasoned HR veteran Richard Lobo, this book is an excellent resource for anyone on how to better the future of the human at work.
When a bureaucrat who witnessed the Bhopal gas tragedy firsthand passes away from Covid, he leaves behind his oldest friend and an unfinished book.
An impassioned lament, a nostalgic tribute and a poignant ode to boyhood, Thank You, Gandhi is a unique blend of fiction and nonfiction, past and present, memoir and social commentary, and ultimately an uncategorizable book that pays homage to the enduring legacy of the father of our nation. At its epicentre sits the profound bond between K and Munna whose lives are inextricably intertwined with India’s tumultuous history and Gandhi’s teachings.
The ingenious metafictional device of the book inside the book becomes a timely conversation between two nations, one of the past and one of the present. When K pieces together Munna’s manuscript, feeling honour-bound to complete it, he discovers his late comrade all over again. Even as he grapples with India’s complex political landscape and the challenges of upholding Gandhi’s ideals in a rapidly changing world, the bifocal lenses of Munna’s experiences and his own introspections serve as a turbulent reckoning.
A novel unlike any other, Thank You, Gandhi takes readers into a liminal space beyond the confines of genre and invites them to confront the difficult questions of where we are and how we got here through a layered and rare exploration of male camaraderie.
*A Classic Fairytale Series*
Read It Yourself with Ladybird is one of Ladybird’s best-selling series. This is a series of character stories and traditional tales, written in a simple way for children who are learning to read. For over thirty-five years it has helped young children who are learning to read develop and improve their reading skills.
Each Read It Yourself book is very carefully written to include many key, high-frequency words that are vital for learning to read, as well as a limited number of story words that are introduced and practised throughout. Simple sentences and frequently repeated words help to build the confidence of beginner readers and the different levels of books support children all the way from very first reading practice through to independent, fluent reading.
Each book has been carefully checked by educational consultants and can be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. Further content includes comprehension puzzles, helpful notes for parents, carers and teachers, and book band information for use in schools.
Please note that the following individual books as per original ISBN and cover image in this listing shall be dispatched collectively.
This box contains 10 graded storybooks from Level 0. It is perfect for children who can read short, simple sentences with help.
This Tuck-Box includes below titles:
1. Space Party
2. Emma Explorer
3. Pippa and the Pip
4. Go, Kit Cat!
5. Gus and Ross
6. Wags the Big Dog
7. Dash is Fab!
8. Jack and Jen
9. Barn Owl
10. The Camping Trip
Level 0 Read It Yourself Tuck-Box is designed for children who are developing their synthetic phonics skills.
Considered one of the finest works in Malayalam literature, The Book of Exodus is a poignant and, at times, harrowing portrait of a rural community living in the backwaters of Kochi, Kerala. The protagonist, Kunjootty, is struggling to write a book of the same title, aiming to capture the stories of the natives of his village, Potta Thuruthu, the Isle of Reeds, untouched by the forces of modernization.
As the mystery and tragedy of Kunjootty’s own life become clearer, the narrative attains the proportions and complexity of an epic, where myths and legends are intertwined with reality, and where the past and present become indistinguishable from each other. Soon, all the intersecting stories of Kunjootty’s friends and acquaintances start converging into the inexorable flow of time, characterized by the nameless river that runs alongside Potta Thuruthu.
Originally published twenty-fifive years ago, this was V.J. James’s debut novel, which won the DC Books Silver Jubilee Award in 1999 and garnered a wide readership in Malayalam over the years. This lucid and elegant translation by Ministhy S. brings it for the first time to an English readership, opening a window on a timeless classic of modern Malayalam literature that was more than twelve years in the making
The Ramayana is thousands of years old, yet it is filled with life lessons that benefit us even today. It teaches courage and fortitude to handle problems that are the inevitable result of birth. Reading it instils values like leadership, forbearance, loyalty, respect, equality, forgiveness, humility, and most of all, selflessness. Rama exemplifies eternally relevant dharma, demonstrating the path to enlightenment through conscious selfless action. He illustrates how one can attain liberation from suffering not by renunciation but by engaging fully in life, yet rising above it, through the purity of our choices.
This retelling of Valmiki’s Ramayana is a compelling read. It brings alive the poet’s ancient Sanskrit epic in lucid English without diluting the original intent. Making this edition truly special are the additional chapters on Vedic life, Rama’s descendants and the story of Valmiki.
Read this book and be amazed at the profound thinking of our ancestors. The values we cherish today—democracy, liberty, equality and justice—are at the core of this story. Rama embodies righteousness that never loses relevance, making him a man of dharma and a role model in every age.
A hopeful and heartwarming story about finding joy after tragedy, Amil and the After is a companion to the Newbery Award-winning novel The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani.
At the turn of the new year in 1948, Amil and his family have started over in Bombay and are once again trying to rebuild their lives in independent India.
Both Muslim and Hindu, twelve-year-old Amil is not sure what home means anymore. The memory of the long and difficult journey from his family’s hometown in what is now Pakistan lives with him. And despite having an apartment in Bombay to live in and a school to attend, life still feels lonely and uncertain.
At Nisha’s suggestion, Amil begins to tell his story via drawings meant for their mother, who died when he was just a baby. Through Amil, readers witness the unwavering and resilient spirit of a young boy trying to make sense of a chaotic world and to find hope for himself, his family and a newly reborn nation.
मानव ने सवाल पूछना और जवाब ढूँढ़ना कब शुरू किया पता नहीं, पर एक बार शुरू किया तो सवालों और जवाबों का सिलसिला कभी नहीं रुका। इन्हीं सवालों और जवाबों की तलाश ने मानव ज्ञान की हर शाख़ को जन्म दिया। मिथक, कहानियाँ, धर्म, दर्शन, अध्यात्म, दर्शन, विज्ञान—प्रश्नों के उत्तर की तलाश का ही नतीजा हैं। सवालों की इस भीड़ में दो बड़े सवाल थे : ब्रह्मांड की उत्पत्ति और जीव-जंतु और मानव की उत्पत्ति कैसे और क्यों हुई। इतिहास हमें ये बताता है की कैसे और क्यों पूछने में एक बुनियादी अंतर है। कैसे से शुरू होने वाले सवाल हमें विज्ञान की तरफ ले जाते हैं और क्यों से शुरू होने वाले सवालों की तलाश हमें अध्यात्म और धर्म की तरफ। यह किताब ब्रह्मांड और जीवन के विकास की बदलती कहानी के उदाहरण को दर्शाती हुई ‘विज्ञान’ की परिभाषा चिह्नित करने की एक कोशिश है। इतिहास के पन्ने पलटते हुए यह किताब बताती है कि विज्ञान को, अध्यात्म और धार्मिक ज्ञान को छुए बिना, और इनके बीच लकीर खींचे बिना, पारभाषित नहीं किया जा सकता। विज्ञान और धार्मिक ज्ञान में कई बुनियादी तरह के फ़र्क़ में से एक अहम फ़र्क़ ये है कि विज्ञान में पुराने सच को ग़लत साबित करने पर जश्न मनाया जाता है और धर्म में हमेशा के सच पर उंगली उठाने से संकट पैदा हो जाता है।
द ग्रेटनेस माइंड किताब आपके भीतर छिपी महानता को उजागर करने का मार्गदर्शन देती है। यह पुस्तक मानसिक शक्ति, सकारात्मक सोच और आत्म-विकास के विभिन्न पहलुओं पर प्रकाश डालती है। इसमें दिए गए सिद्धांत और तकनीकें आपको अपनी पूरी क्षमता का उपयोग करने में मदद करती हैं, जिससे आप जीवन के हर क्षेत्र में सफलता प्राप्त कर सकते हैं। इस किताब के साथ आप अपने जीवन में असाधारण बदलाव ला सकते हैं।
“भगवान शिव, वैदिक देवों में सबसे रहस्यमयी और अबूझे देवता हैं। उनकी लोकप्रियता तो अविश्वसनीय है, लेकिन उनके व्यक्तित्व को सबसे कम समझा गया है।संहारक से लेकर परम दयालु तक, क्रोध के प्रतीक से लेकर सरलता से मानने वाले तक और स्वयं भौतिकता से परे पूर्ण वैराग्य का जीवन जीने से लेकर अपने उपासकों को भौतिक ऐश्वर्य का आशीर्वाद देने तक, उनका दैवीय व्यक्तित्व अधिकांश के लिए एक रहस्य है।भगवान शिव को प्राय: ध्यान में लीन दर्शाया जाता है, जो उत्कृष्टता और आंतरिक शांति का प्रतीक है। अपने तीसरे नेत्र के माध्यम से ज्ञान और अंतर्दृष्टि का प्रतिनिधित्व करने वाले, वे अज्ञानता का नाश करने और ज्ञान प्रदान करने में सक्षम हैं। परम सन्यासी शिव, भक्तों को सांसारिकता से परे जाने और आध्यात्मिक उत्थान को अंगीकार करने की चुनौती देते हैं। वे परोपकारी संरक्षक भी हैं और वंचितों को सांत्वना और मार्गदर्शन भी देते हैं। यह पुस्तक भगवान शिव के गोपनीय पक्ष की पड़ताल करने के साथ, उनके व्यक्तित्व के अनछुए पहलुओं को गहराई से समझने की अंतर्दृष्टि देती है। ”
इन्फर्नो एक उत्तेजक थ्रिलर उपन्यास है, जो डैन ब्राउन द्वारा लिखा गया है। इस किताब में, प्रमुख किरदार रोबर्ट लैंग्डन अपनी रोमांचक यात्रा के दौरान एक गहन रहस्य की खोज करते हैं। यह कहानी गूढ़ प्रकाश, संवेदनशीलता, और उलझन के रहस्यों से भरपूर है, जो पाठकों को एक सोचने-समझने वाली यात्रा पर ले जाती है।
