Tjs George (46 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: New. pp. 270.

Hardcover. Condition: New. ISBN:9788197758102 N.A.

Condition: New. pp. 270.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. When the fabled founder of Bangalore, Kempe Gowda, set out to build his dream city in the early sixteenth century, his mother gave him two instructions: Keregalam Kattu, Marangalam Nedu. Build lakes, plant trees. Gowda built a hundred lakes and lined the wide avenues of the city with leafy trees. After India gained independence, Bangalore became known as a pensioners' paradise. In the early 1980s, the city reinvented itself once again, this time as the home of some of the world's most outstanding entrepreneurs. Very rapidly, aided by the dozens of engineering schools that had sprouted in the city since Independence, Bangalore became the hub of India's information technology (IT) revolution. In the twenty-first century, the city is trying to cope with the problems that have accompanied its explosive growth, and enormous success- crumbling infrastructure, traffic jams, soaring real estate prices, corruption and chaos. Despite the challenges it faces, Bangalore continues to be one of the world's most distinctive and interesting cities. T. J. S. George walks us through both 'old' and 'new' Bangalore-from gleaming skyscrapers and lively dance studios to colonial-era bungalows marked by quaint little name-stones, from legendary eating places like Koshy's and Mavalli Tiffin Room (MTR) to shining new eateries that serve craft beer.…

Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916-2004), who was popularly known as MS, was one of India's greatest classical musicians. Born into a humble devadasi home, her talent and dedication to her art made her one of India's most critically acclaimed classical singers. She was the first Indian musician to receive the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, in addition to numerous other awards. Jawaharlal Nehru called her 'a Queen of Music' and Sarojini Naidu dubbed her 'the Nightingale of India'. Her fellow musicians were no less generous in their praise. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan said she was Suswaralakshmi (the Goddess of the Perfect Note) while Kishori Amonkar said she was Aathuvansur or music's 'Eighth Note' (there are only seven notes that are basic to all musical forms). MS's genius had principally to do with her exquisite voice, her extraordinary range and her unequalled command of all the material she worked with, whether it was Carnatic music, Hindustani music or devotional music such as bhajans. In this, the definitive biography of the musician (previously published as MS: A Life in Music), award-winning biographer T. J. S. George traces her journey from her beginnings as a singer in Madurai, through her breakthrough performance at the prestigious Madras Music Academy in 1932, to her carving out a place for herself as a cultural icon. Besides exploring MS's genius, the author describes the musical and social milieu that she was part of, and the various barriers she was instrumental in breaking in the course of her journey to superstardom. He covers her stint as an actress and looks at how her career was helped by various mentors and sponsors, including C. Rajagopalachari, India's last governor general. He pays particular attention to the role of her husband, T. Sadasivam, in the creation and burnishing of MS's reputation. He examines the various controversies that surrounded her origins, and also underlines her essential humility and generosity. Told with a music connoisseur's passion and understanding, M. S. Subbulakshmi: The Definitive Biography is an enthralling portrait of a musical legend.…

Condition: New. pp. 270.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover, with dust jacket, in Good condition, previous owners name inside the cover, there are no other writing or marks, some light age spots on a couple pages, straight spine, clean unmarked text, a nice reading copy.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveränderung.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 8vo., 272 pp. Illustrations.

Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9788130907888.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: New. Brand New Original US Edition. Customer service! Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. This softcover is the fourth printing of this book, May 1975. Used book with typical aging (50 years old) with edge wear and a few soft corners and a small crease on the lower front cover corner. A previous owner has stamped his name on the lower corner of the half-title page and a previous bookseller has penciled a price in the upper corner. Inside text pages are clean and unmarked. 222 pages. From the back cover: "Lee Kuan Yew has been Prime Minister of Singapore for Twelve years and has led it to prosperity and order. Western reaction has often implied the thought 'If only there were more Third World leaders like Lee!' T.J.S. George, however, examines Lee Kuan Yew and his city state from the Asian point of view, and while acknowledging this achievements, makes an alarmingly good case for believing them to weigh light against the disadvantages of dictatorship. He chronicles the Prime Minister's rise and rule in great detail, analyses his personality, aspirations and methods, and argues from well-marshalled facts, without rhetoric, that if Lee's political philosophy had been leftist instead of favouring opportunistic capitalism, the West would have greeted his performance with dismay rather than approval." Not ex-library. Shelf: C-1.…

N.A. Condition: New. ISBN:9789384067212 N.A.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Possibly signed by the author Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN.…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. None. Light shelfwear/edgewear on covers and spine; light foxing on outer edges of pages and on endpapers; corners lightly bumped; sticker on rear cover. ; 8.5 X 5.6 X 0.6 inches fmc2%262D.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In October 1947, two months after Independence, TJS George arrived in Bombay. He was nineteen years old, with a degree in English Literature. He sent out job applicationsto the Air Force and to the city's English-language newspapers. Only one organization cared to reply, The Free Press Journal. The editor was known to hire anyone who asked for a job, but most new hires were sacked in a fortnight. George was put on the news desk as a sub-editor and eventually became an assistant editor. In Patna, as editor of The Searchlight, he was arrested by the chief minister for sedition. He spent three weeks in Hazaribagh Central Jail. In Hong Kong, he worked for the Far Eastern Economic Review as regional editor; in New York he was a writer for the United Nations population division; and, back in Hong Kong, in 1975, he founded Asiaweek. Six years later, he returned to India and settled in Bangalore. He began a column for Indian Express that ran without a break for twenty-five years, until 2022. His seventy-five years of journalism, concurrent with India's development as an independent nation, make for a unique understanding of events and personalities. Acclaimed for his widely historical, pan-Asian vision, George brings this far-flung experience to a compulsively readable new book, The Dismantling of India. It is the story of India told in 35 concise biographies, beginning with Jamsetji Tata and ending with Narendra Modi. …

Paperback. Condition: New.

Condition: Good. Original gilt lettered cloth, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated endpapers, ribbon marker, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.; Tears in dust jacket repaired with tape.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 278 pages. 8.50x5.40x0.80 inches. In Stock.

Okt. 224 Seiten Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 298.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, Hardback with Price Clipped Dust Jacket, 272 Pages, Illustrations, Some Light Edge Wear to Jacket, Few Light Marks to Front End Papers, Occasional Pencil Mark to Page Margins, Overall, A Very Good Copy in Likewise Jacket. Extra Postage Costs may apply to Oversea's Orders.…

First edition 272pp ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.) excellent, d/w very good in plastic (rear flap price clipped).

hardcover. Condition: Good. Our good condition books are generally good for reading but not for gifting or collecting. They could have imperfections such as creasing, fanning, inscriptions, margin notes, yellowing, staining on edge or cover or pages, bumps, scuffs, etc etc (sometimes multiple of these). It's a wide category that encompasses anything that isn't almost-new down to anything that is slightly better than poor. We would NOT recommend gifting Good books - these should be considered reading copies. Our books are dispatched from a Yorkshire former cotton mill. We list via barcode/ISBN so please note that the images are stock images and may not be the exact copy you receive, furthermore the details about edition and year might not be accurate as many publishers reuse the same ISBN for multiple editions and as we simply scan a barcode or enter an ISBN we do not check the validity of the edition data when listing. If you're looking for an exact edition please don't order (at least not without checking with us first, although we don't always have time to check). We aim to dispatch prompty, the service used will depend on order value and book size. We can ship to most countries, see our shipping policies. Payment is via Abe only.…

Condition: Good.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Pre-Publication Book. The jacket is shelf rubbed with creases around the edges. The wraps are edge rubbed with scarring around the edges. Binding is secure. Stamp on the first page, not affecting text, and 2 on the back inner flap. No inscriptions or annotations. Presents well in cellophane. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

hardcover. Condition: Fair.