Sunday, August 16, 2009

The Oxford Dictionary of Plays by Michael Patterson

Read a summary (under details) and check availability in KIS library catalog.

Your competent child by Jesper Juul

One of the best books of parenting (in my personal opinion), but quite challenging. I dare every parent to read it!
Is it available?
Usha K R recently visited KIS for the annual writers workshop. The library then acquired 2 of her novels, The Chosen and A Girl and a River. We got to tape Usha talking briefly about her authorship. Watch it below.

Author Usha K R is talking about her writing .

Monday, August 10, 2009

New books on contemporary India




Books mentioned in this video are:
  • India after Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha
  • India and the Global Financial Crisis by Y. V. Reddy
  • Being Indian by Pavan K Varma
  • India's new capitalists by Harish Damodaran
  • India Unbound by Gurcharan Das
  • Crossing the Rubicon by C Raja Mohan

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Invitation to Terror by Frank Furedi

The Expanding Empire of the Unknown.
Is the book available?

Expressionism by Norbert Wolf

Which artists are represented? Is the book available? Check the library catalog!

The Broken Window by Jeffrey Deaver



Watch an interview with author Jeffery Deaver about how he goes about when writing a book. Quite interesting! The Broken Window is actually the latest in a series of novels about the quadriplegic homicide detective Lincoln Rhyme and his partner Amelia Sachs. Maybe someone has watched the film with Denzel Washington and Angelina Jolie that was made out of the first one, The Bone Collector. Unfortunately we don't have any of the earlier Lincoln Rhyme novels in the library, but this book works quite well for itself.

I tried to embed this video, but for some reason it didn't work. You'll have to click on the link!

You can hear me now by Nicholas P Sullivan

How Microloans and Cell phones are connecting th world's poor to the Global economy.
Available?

The Beast by Roslund-Hellstrom

Available in the library?