
SPEECHES THAT RESHAPED THE WORLD is a collection of sixty of the greatest speeches of modern times: speeches that instigated war and called for peace, that liberated women and recognised AIDS sufferers, that aimed to abolish poverty or to shame the rich. Many of these speeches are iconic signposts in the passage of time with the recurring themes of war and peace This is the gripping story of the Awa Maru, the little known "Titanic of Japan". It sank within minutes taking almost all of the 2007 passengers to their watery graves.

"safe passage" by the Allies, in the dead of night, was mistaken for a military vessel and torpedoed by the American submarine "Queenfish".

On the 1st of April 1945, a Japanese hospital ship that had been given Glimpses of Changing Banking Scenario is not only an account of the life of a successful banker but also a record of the momentous changes in banking policies, practices and developments witnessed by the author during his career spanning over four decad Glimpses of Changing Banking Scenario ( ENGLISH) She slowly learns to adapt and survive in a dangerous but beautiful environ In a southern Africa violently split during Apartheid, Koba is taken away from her Kalahari desert-tribe after withnessing her parents being murdered by a party of white hunters. With her dog as her only friend, she must scrounge for food, beg for money and look for a safe place to sleep every night. Parvana's best friend, Shauzia, has fled Afghanistan and is faced with surviving on her own on the streets of Peshawar, Pakistan. Parvana recognized the run-for-your-life look. Mattresses, rugs, cook-pots and tea cups were scattered everywhere. She peered into what was left of the one-room mud houses. PARVANA entered the little settlement, stepping carefully through the rubble. A rifle was slung across his chest as casually as her father's shoulder bag had been sl Turning her head, she saw the dark turban that was the uniform of the Taliban.

PARVANA felt the shadow before she saw it, as the man moved between her and the sun.
