NYC bookstore The Strand advertises like "Real books priced lower than E-books", With the fact that you can Read Them During Take-Off And Landing, Anti-Glare ! Great For Outdoors, No Software Or Batteries Required.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
How The Strand Sells Print Books And Novels To E-book Readers in NYC
NYC bookstore The Strand advertises like "Real books priced lower than E-books", With the fact that you can Read Them During Take-Off And Landing, Anti-Glare ! Great For Outdoors, No Software Or Batteries Required.
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Chetan Bhagat Is The Author Of Blockbuster Novels, Five Point Someone, One Night @ The Call Center, The 3 Mistakes Of Life, 2 States, Revolution 2020 And What Young India Wants.
Chetan Bhagat is the author of four blockbuster novels, Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of life (2008) and 2 States (2009). All four books have remained bestsellers since their release and have inspired major Bollywood films. The New York Times called Chetan the the biggest selling English language novelist in India's history. Seen more as a youth icon than just an author, this IITD or IIMA graduate is making India read like never before. Time Magazine named him as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
What Young India Wants : In his latest book, What Young India Wants, Chetan Bhagat asks hard questions, demands answers and presents solutions for a better, more prosperous India.
2 States the Story of My Marriage: Welcome to 2 States, a story about Krish and Ananya who are from two different states of India, deeply in love and want to get married. Of course, their parents don't agree. To convert their love story into a love marriage, the couple has a tough battle in front of them. For it is easy to fight and rebel, but much harder to convince. Will they make it?
Revolution 2020: Love.Corruption.Ambition:Once upon a time, in small town India, there lived two intelligent boys. One wanted to use his intelligence to make money. One wanted to use his intelligence to create a revolution. The problem was, they both loved the same girl. Welcome to Revolution 2020. A story about childhood friends Gopal, Raghav and Aarti who struggle to find success and love in Varanasi. However, it isn’t easy to achieve this in an unfair society that rewards the corrupt. As Gopal gives in to the system and Raghav fights it, who will win? From the bestselling author of Five Point Someone, One night at the Call Center, The Three Mistakes of My Life and 2 States, comes another gripping tale from the heartland of India. Are you ready for the revolution?
One Night @ the Call Center:Six friends work nights at a call center in India, providing technical support for a major U.S. appliance corporation. Skilled in patience–and accent management–they help American consumers keep their lives running. Yet behind the headsets, everybody’s heart is on the line.
Shyam (Sam to his callers) has lost his self-confidence after being dumped by the girl who just so happens to be sitting next to him. Priyanka’s domineering mother has arranged for her daughter’s upscale marriage to an Indian man in Seattle. Esha longs to be a model but discovers it’s a horizontal romp to the runway. Lost, dissatisfied Vroom has high ideals, but compromises them by talking on the phone to idiots each night. Traditional Radhika has just found out that her husband is sleeping with his secretary. And Military Uncle (nobody knows his real name) sits alone working the online chat.
They all try to make it through their shifts–and maintain their sanity–under the eagle eye of a boss whose ego rivals his incompetence. But tonight is no ordinary night. Tonight is Thanksgiving in America: Appliances are going haywire, and the phones are ringing off their hooks. Then one call, from one very special caller, changes everything.
Chetan Bhagat’s delicious romantic comedy takes us inside the world of the international call center, where cultural cross-wires come together with perfect pathos, hilarity, and spice.
They all try to make it through their shifts–and maintain their sanity–under the eagle eye of a boss whose ego rivals his incompetence. But tonight is no ordinary night. Tonight is Thanksgiving in America: Appliances are going haywire, and the phones are ringing off their hooks. Then one call, from one very special caller, changes everything.
Chetan Bhagat’s delicious romantic comedy takes us inside the world of the international call center, where cultural cross-wires come together with perfect pathos, hilarity, and spice.
The 3 Mistakes of My Life: In late-2000, a young boy in Ahmedabad called Govind dreamt of having a business. To accomodate his friends Ish and Omi's passion, they open a cricket shop. Govind's wants to make money and thinks big. Ish is all about nurturing Ali, the batsman with a rare gift. Omi knows his limited capabiltiies and just wants to be with his friends. However, nothing comes easy in a turbulent city. To realize their goals, they will have to face it all - religious politics, earthquakes, riots, unacceptable love and above all, their own mistakes. Will they make it? Can an individual's dreams overcome the nightmares offered by real life? Can we succeed despite a few mistakes? Based on real events, from the bestselling author of "Five Point Someone" and "One Night @ the call centre", comes another dark, witty tale about modern India.
Five Point Someone: Set in IIT, in the early 90's, Five Point Someone portrays the lives of the protagonist Hari and his two friends Ryan and Alok. It explores the darker side of IIT, one in which students having worked for years to make it into the institute - struggle to maintain their grades, keep their friends and have some kind of life outside studies.
Top 10 Chatting Application Or Messenger Apps For Android - WhatsApp, Facebook, Yahoo, Badoo, 2go, WeChat, Imo, Viber, Line, Kakao Talk.
This
is our number one chat app. I have used this application across
many mobile Operating-Systems and I found it both smooth
and fun. You only need a Username and Password to use to app on any
supported device. WhatsApp also works like an alternative
to your phone SMS which means you can choose to send text to your
contact either via your phone SMS or WhatsApp.
The application is ad free so you shall have fun.
Facebook
Messenger:Facebook is the largest Social network site in the world. This means that Facebook’s registered users are far greater than that found in any other site. Your loved ones and friends are certainly on Facebook. This standalone app connects you to all your FB contacts who are online. The good news is that many phone manufacturers ship their phones with a factory pre-installed Facebook messenger. You can alslo enjoy Facebook chat via some other 3rd party apps like 2go!, etc.
Yahoo! Messenger mobile:
Y! Messenger is still a great app notwithstanding. Many Operating system allows you to install additional plugin to your Yahoo Messenger for mobile. This plugin enables you make FREE video and voice calls with Yahoo Messenger.
Badoo:
This fast growing communication app is more of a Dating app than a normal personalized communication application. Badoo’s primary function isn't how to re-connect you to your friends and lost contacts, but as a dating app it matches you with male or female users who share similar interest with you around your region. You can also choose to search and chat with friends from any major city around the world.
2go! Messenger:
Countless millions of people now use this java application on their mobile. It runs on low-end Java devices and China phones and connects you instantly to your friends.It also supports public rooms which means that you can connect to friends outside your region. The only bad thing about this app is that its default theme makes your phone appear as if its running on a Windows 98 theme! Unfortunately you wont find 2go! on many OS store so advice you to visit their website.
WeChat:
WeChat
is the new way to connect with your buddies. The most popular wechat
messenger allows you to send text messages, audio, video and images.
Now you can easily Make free video calls and video chat without any
cost.
Imo
Messenger:
Imo
Messenger – Chat. Call. Discover. If you have friends that use
multiple instant messaging services and you don’t want to have to
switch between individual apps, Imo will feel like a godsend. With
Imo messenger, You can log into all of them with one master password
and chat with others.
Viber:
Viber
has become one of the most popular messaging applications worldwide,
and it offers mobile VoIP and video calling chat recently, a desktop
client. Once you have downloaded Viber, Continue and Tap OK for
access to the address book. After Choose your country code and type
your phone number, You will receive an SMS with an access code. Enter
that code in the Viber Setup and click on ‘Enter Viber to done.
Line:
With
probably now over 30 million users heard the Messenger Line made by
Naver in this overview. The functionality is similar to the majority
of presented here and has clients in addition to tap the camera on
the way and to provide images shot with stickers to send cards and
draw pictures, which in turn can be connected to share with
friends.
Line can be exploited via the browser, OS X and PC clients, are also apps for Android, iOS, Windows Phone and BlackBerry to download.
Line can be exploited via the browser, OS X and PC clients, are also apps for Android, iOS, Windows Phone and BlackBerry to download.
KakaoTalk:
With KakaoTalk, You can ability to start group chats. It can send text messages, photos or audio notes, videos and even voice messages. It needs your mobile number to send you 4 digit verification code when you register for an account.
Top 10 Games for Android Smart Mobile Phones - Speed Night Racing HD, Speed Racing, Extreme Road Trip 2, Beach Buggy Blitz, Road Warrior, Raging Thunder free, Hill Climb Racing, Real Racing 3, GT Racing, Drag Racing.
The Android games are full of fun and Entertainment. The top rated and best Android Games are only listed here. You can find this below games on Google Play.
Drag Racing:Drag Racing is the best racing game for Android users. You can Drive the 50+ officially licensed Real Cars from hot hatches to American muscle and 1000 HP in this Game for you to enjoy. You can pick anyone like an iconic Skyline GT-R, a classic 69′ Mustang or a brand new BMW M3 super cars because this game includes lots of cars.
GT Racing: Motor Academy Free+ :The GT Racing Motor Academy Free+ – Pass driving tests and win races to unlock more cars and events gives the richest racing simulation experience.
Real Racing 3:Real Racing 3 car sporting game is the best Racing game in the Google Play store. “Electronics Arts” Company Real Racing 3 game has stunning Graphics with superior quality.New features include formally licensed tracks, a best widened 22-car grid, as well as in excess of 45 meticulously detailed cars from makers like Porsche, Lamborghini, Dodge, Bugatti, in addition to Audi. Plus, racing along with friends gets kicked into another dimension using with the reality-bending Time Changed Multiplayer technology.
Hill Climb Racing:The most addictive and fun Hill climb racing has a simple concept, nice user interface and control but gives you enough challenge to keep racing more.
Raging Thunder free:Raging Thunder is really a fun game to play with multiple online players. Raging Thunder comes with nice 3D graphics and effects for the most hardcore racing experience of your life!
Road Warrior:Road Warrior is the multi player combat racing game. Race and shoot against the opponents. Beat them for an extremely tuned racing & killing machines!
Beach Buggy Blitz:The Beach Buggy Blitz game is drive your hot-rod beach buggy as far as you can into the uncharted depths of a mysterious tropical island
Extreme Road Trip 2:Extreme Road Trip 2 is very fun! Simple game yet challenging one. Play for Collect coins to unlock new cars then Complete missions and get rewards.
Speed Racing:Speed Racing is the most lovable racing game. Buckle up and hit the gas; you’re in for the ride of the best racing experience. Feel the intensity of no brakes allowed street racing with the best 3D racing visuals.
Speed Night Racing HD:Speed night Racing HD is the most challenging 3D racing game. Drive your car with crazy speed Speed night racing unites with the splendid urban night scene!
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