Hindi is one of the world’s main language, with over 650 million speakers in India, and millions more on every continent. There are man primers that teach children who can already speak Hindi-how to read and write their language. As the title Hindi Teacher for English Speaking People suggests, Dr. Ratnakar Narale has written this book with a different audience in mind: English speakers of all ages who want to learn Hindi from scratch. This audience includes many kinds of people: the inhabitants of non-Hindi-speaking parts of India; Canadians, Americans, and West Indians whose ancestors came from India, but whose first languages is English. This logically arranged book is filled with virtually thousands of examples, and each dialogue is designed with the view of its practical value for the targeted people. Along the way, hundreds of new words and the frequent exercises let he student learn to speak and write Hindi sentences almost without much effort. This practical ‘Teach Yourself’ manual closes with exercises in correcting faulty sentences, reading dialogues, telling the time, and writing letters. There are also useful lists of proverbs, synonyms and antonyms, and so on. Dr. Narale has been careful to draw most of the examples from words and concepts that are familiar to Westerners. This emphasizes that Hindi is a world language, and not merely an Indian one. Truly practical, compre-hensive and easy to understand reference manual for classroom study to learn Hindi.

This book presents a complete and accessible description of the history of early India. It starts by discussing the origins and growth of civilizations, empires, and religions. It also deals with the geographical, ecological, and linguistic backgrounds, and looks at specific cultures of the Neolithic, Chalcolithic, and Vedic periods, as well as at the Harappan civilization. In addition, the rise of Jainism and Buddhism, Magadha and the beginning of territorial states, and the period of Mauryas, Central Asian countries, Satvahanas, Guptas, and Harshavardhana are also analysed. Next, it stresses varna system, urbanization, commerce and trade, developments in science and philosophy, and cultural legacy. Finally, the process of transition from ancient to medieval India and the origin of the Aryan culture has also been examined.

Written for calculus-inclusive general chemistry courses, Chemical Principles helps students develop chemical insight by showing the connections between fundamental chemical ideas and their applications. Unlike other texts, it begins with a detailed picture of the atom then builds toward chemistry's frontier, continually demonstrating how to solve problems, think about nature and matter, and visualize chemical concepts as working chemists do. Flexibility in level is crucial, and is largely established through clearly labeling (separating in boxes) the calculus coverage in the text: Instructors have the option of whether to incorporate calculus in the coverage of topics. The multimedia integration of Chemical Principles is more deeply established than any other text for this course. Through the unique eBook, the comprehensive Chemistry Portal, Living Graph icons that connect the text to the Web, and a complete set of animations, students can take full advantage of the wealth of resources available to them to help them learn and gain a deeper understanding.