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Tales of legendary courtiers and jesters have delighted people for centuries through their wit, wisdom and humour. This book covers five such legendary characters: Birbal, Mullah Nasruddin, Tenali Rama, Appaji Rao and Maryada Raman.

Towards the middle of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o'clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-entered the city by the bridge, without...

In the following pages it will be observed that, in order not to distract the reader, I have refrained from adding large numbers of notes, references, and discussions, such as are customary in works of this kind. I am aware that by telling a straightforward story in this manner I lay myself open to the...

Picture your hands raised in a victory pose. No one but you enjoying your moment your victory lap your knockout your achievement your crowning gloryyour EVEREST! From wherever you stand right now Summit Strategies can help you reach your own personal summit. Through riveting accounts of lessons learned...

Extrait : "Nous avons vu percer des rues là où s'entassaient les maisons, ici où verdoyaient les jardins ; de nouvelles rues ont donné du jour et de l'air aux vieux quartiers ; de nouvelles rues, larges comme des voies romaines, se sont ouvertes dans des quartiers tout neufs ; chaque année la grande...

In 1816, the U.S. Congress decided to give the newly formed State of Indiana four square miles of land to lay out a capital city. Just where the capital city would be platted, however, was unknown. Four years later, the spot was finally chosen near where Fall Creek meets the White River. From that moment...

From Boulevard Park and Memorial Field to Security Service Field (formerly Sky Sox Stadium), Colorado Springs is a baseball town. Professional baseball arrived in 1901; the Brown Bombers, a semiprofessional black team, came in the 1940s; and the original Sky Sox won the Western League Championship in...

The Medicos, the Purple Hurricane, the Seceders- all South Carolina football mascots that long ago drifted into history. From as early as 1889, college football began to take hold of South Carolina. The fans of the state's first intercollegiate game could hardly have foreseen how it would steadily grow...

Life is full of surprises and challenges, none more so for John and his wife Pat when an accident changes John's life forever. For Brad, Ed, Jack and Bugsy the forthcoming marathon will define them as runners. Follow these characters on their roller-coaster ride of life.

* Meets the current standards of first aid care by the American Red Cross and the Wilderness Medical Society * Updated figures and drawings that illustrate essential first aid skills * Includes quick-reference boxes that summarize recognition and treatment of many first-aid problems This fifth edition...

Expanding school choice and competition is the single most important action we can take to improve America's schools. Although school choice faces strong opposition from powerful teacher unions and their entrenched political allies, expanding choice via vouchers, charters, and tax credits has repeatedly...

This book is a tutorial guide for new users that aims to help you understand the basics of and become accomplished with the use of R for quantitative finance.If you are looking to use R to solve problems in quantitative finance, then this book is for you. A basic knowledge of financial theory is assumed,...

The definitive book on investment news that literally takes you behind the scenes and teaches you unbreakable strategies on financial investments, best money investment, investment leadership, investment banking, investment banks hedge funds and private equity and more.