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Million dollar arm

sometimes to win, you have to change the game
2014
"A TRUE STORY OF FINDING THE AMERICAN DREAM. ABROAD India is a country with more than one billion people, a fanatical national cricket obsession, and exactly zero talent scouts. There, superstar sports agent J. B. Bernstein knew that he could find the Yao Ming of baseball-- someone with a strong arm and enough raw talent to pitch in the major leagues. Almost no one in India is familiar with the game, but Bernstein had heard enough coaches swear that if you gave them a guy who throws a hundred miles an hour, they could teach him how to pitch. So in 2007, Bernstein flew to Mumbai with a radar gun and a plan to find his diamond in the rough. His idea was The Million Dollar Arm, a reality television competition with a huge cash prize and a chance to become the first native of India to sign a contract with an American major-league team. The result is a humorous and inspiring story about three guys transformed: Bernstein, the consummate bachelor and shrewd businessman, and Dinesh and Rinku, the two young men from small farming villages whom he brought home to California. Million Dollar Arm is a timeless reflection on baseball and the American dream, as well as a tale of victory over incredible odds. But, above all, it's about the limitless possibilities inside every one of us"--.

Gandhi's truth

on the origins of militant nonviolence
1993
Describes the author's search for the historical presence of Mahatma Gandhi and the meaning of the Indian leader's teachings.

Indira Gandhi

2003
Examines the life of Indira Gandhi, the first woman prime minister of India, and her impact on the politics of her country.

Buddha

a pictorial history of his life and legacy
1983

Indira Gandhi

in the crucible of leadership : a political biography
1979

Gandhi

1990
A biography of Mahatma Gandhi, a great mediator, reconciler, and political leader, whose inspiration was religion and impact was global. Archival footage includes his Salt March to the Sea and numerous speeches.

Song of the cuckoo bird

a novel
2006
In 1960s India, Kokila, a fourteen-year-old orphan, decides to forego marriage and motherhood to stay at Tella Meda, the ashram that has housed her for three years, and finds herself in a different kind of family, maturing alongside the other young women who call Tella Meda home.

P?jaro sin hogar

2002
Thirteen-year-old Koly enters into an ill-fated arranged marriage and must either suffer a destiny dictated by India's customs or find the courage to oppose tradition.

Kim

authoritative text, backgrounds, criticism
2002
Presents the text to Rudyard Kipling's classic novel "Kim," and contains selections from Kipling's autobiography, letters, short stories, and poems, thirteen critical essays on his work,contemporary reviews, and chronology.

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