01/08/2022
Book Title: Panauti: Past – Present (1976-2020)
Author: Gérard Toffin
Price: Rs. 2000/- plus delivery charge.
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The photo book PANAUTI: PAST-PRESENT [1976-2020] was officially launched by the French Ambassador Gilles Bourbao.
Supported by French governmen in early days to revive Panauti, the entire landscape of the Panauti has changed now. In this scenario inauguration by French ambassador to Nepal is highly valuable.
Organized by the Alliance Française Katmandou it was attended by the Mayors of Lalitpur Metropolitan City and of Panauti Municipality Chiribabu Maharjan and Bhim Neupane respectively, researchers, students and the friends from the media.
This photo book, which is published in both French and English languages, illustrates the changes the town of Panauti has gone through from 1976 until 2020 and shows the ambitious renovation project carried out by the French researchers, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the French development agencies aimed at preserving Panauti’s architectural heritage.
It also highlights the local cultural heritage and how the current uncontrolled urbanization threatens it. The photobook is the work of Gérard Toffin, the French social anthropologist, and Prasant Shrestha, the photographer from Panauti.
Toffin has been carrying our researches in the Banepa Valley since the 1970s. The publication of this photo book was funded by the Alliance Française Katmandou and will be available for purchase at Vajra Books, Mandala Book Point, and Panauti Study Center.
The sale proceedings will go towards the social fund of P3RAM GROUP from Panauti. . .
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30/07/2022
Book Title: Languages of Truth: Essays: 2003-2020
Author: Salman Rushdie
Price: Rs. 1280/- plus delivery charge.
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Salman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of the highest order, illuminating truths about our society and culture through his gorgeous, often searing prose. Now, in his latest collection of nonfiction, he brings together insightful and inspiring essays, criticism, and speeches that focus on his relationship with the written word and solidify his place as one of the most original thinkers of our time. Gathering pieces written between 2003 and 2020, Languages of Truth chronicles Rushdie's intellectual engagement with a period of momentous cultural shifts. Immersing the reader in a wide variety of subjects, he delves into the nature of storytelling as a human need, and what emerges is, in myriad ways, a love letter to literature itself. Rushdie explores what the work of authors from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Samuel Beckett, Eudora Welty, and Toni Morrison mean to him, whether on the page or in person. He delves deep into the nature of "truth," revels in the vibrant malleability of language and the creative lines that can join art and life, and looks anew at migration, multiculturalism, and censorship.Enlivened on every page by Rushdie's signature wit and dazzling voice, Languages of Truth offers the author's most piercingly analytical views yet on the evolution of literature and culture even as he takes us on an exhilarating tour of his own exuberant and fearless imagination. . .
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Book Title: Languages of Truth: Essays: 2003-2020
Author: Salman Rushdie
Price: Rs. 1280/- plus delivery charge.
𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬
Salman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of the highest order, illuminating truths about our society and culture through his gorgeous, often searing prose. Now, in his latest collection of nonfiction, he brings together insightful and inspiring essays, criticism, and speeches that focus on his relationship with the written word and solidify his place as one of the most original thinkers of our time. Gathering pieces written between 2003 and 2020, Languages of Truth chronicles Rushdie's intellectual engagement with a period of momentous cultural shifts. Immersing the reader in a wide variety of subjects, he delves into the nature of storytelling as a human need, and what emerges is, in myriad ways, a love letter to literature itself. Rushdie explores what the work of authors from Shakespeare and Cervantes to Samuel Beckett, Eudora Welty, and Toni Morrison mean to him, whether on the page or in person. He delves deep into the nature of "truth," revels in the vibrant malleability of language and the creative lines that can join art and life, and looks anew at migration, multiculturalism, and censorship.Enlivened on every page by Rushdie's signature wit and dazzling voice, Languages of Truth offers the author's most piercingly analytical views yet on the evolution of literature and culture even as he takes us on an exhilarating tour of his own exuberant and fearless imagination. . .
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28/07/2022
Book Title: The Antiquity of Nepalese Wood Carving
Author: Mary Slusser and Paul Jett
Price: Rs. 8600/- plus delivery charge.
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Mary Slusser’s work on the history of the art and culture of Nepal is marked by a series of discoveries and critical reassessments that have advanced our comprehension of this extraordinarily rich culture and art in a revolutionary way. In The Antiquity of Nepalese Wood Carving, Dr. Slusser drastically revises our perception of the marvelous wooden sculpture of the Kathmandu Valley.
Previously considered to be no earlier than the thirteenth century, the earliest of these wooden masterpieces have now been clearly demonstrated to date from the sixth or seventh century, the time of the Licchavis, lords of Nepal from about 300 to 850. Slusser has used an important scientific tool, radiocarbon dating, to help realign -- and correct -- our overly conservative accepted perceptions of the antiquity of Nepalese wood sculpture. The book is bolstered by the meticulous and painstaking research and documentation that are among the hallmarks of Slusser’s works. It is also enriched by her extraordinary photographic archive. Beautiful struts and architectural details that have long been missing from the sites where Slusser first saw them are shown once again in situ in this work, and new photographs, largely the work of Neil Greentree, reveal a wealth of previously unsuspected detail. Also included is an essay by Paul Jett that is both a brief explanation of the science of radiocarbon testing and a validation of the revised dating of Nepalese wood carving proposed in the study. . .
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27/07/2022
Book Title: Love is a Dog From Hell
Author: Charles Bukowski
Price: Rs. 1120/- plus delivery charge.
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Poems rising from and returning to Bukowski's personal experiences reflect people, objects, places, and events of the external world, and reflects on them, on their way out and back . .
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26/07/2022
Book Title: The Stars in My Sky: Those Who Brightened My Film Journey
Author: Divya Dutta
Price: Rs. 960/- plus delivery charge.
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In her second book, award-winning actor Divya Dutta recounts her experiences with some of the stalwarts of Bollywood who played a significant role in her film journey. She talks about the inspiration they have been in her life through their immersive interactions, through what they did for her, and what she learnt from them. From getting Shabbo's dialect and look just right on the sets of Veer-Zaara with Yash Chopra to being inspired by Shabana Azmi's inimitable zest for celebrating life; from her impromptu improvisations on the sets with Irrfan Khan to her non-stop peals of laughter with Shah Rukh Khan, she tells it all with rare candour. She opens up about moments that changed her deeply from within. Such as the time when she burst out crying after playing mean to Amitabh Bachchan during a shoot, or when Shyam Benegal made her choreograph her own dance sequence in a film. The Stars in My Sky is not only about the deep impact these experiences had on her life, but also about how they defined the trajectory of her career. . .
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24/07/2022
Book Title: The Compound Effect (10th Anniversary Edition): Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
Author: Darren Hardy
Price: Rs. 2040/- plus delivery charge.
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21/07/2022
Book Title: A Town Called Solace: LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2021
Author: Mary Lawson
Price: Rs. 1280/- plus delivery charge.
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17/07/2022
Book Title: Embodied Enlightenment
Author: Dina Bangdel and Samundra Man Singh Shrestha(Artist)
Price: Rs. 5500/- plus delivery charge.
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