26th Grinzane Cavour Prize for literature announced
INTERNATIONAL FICTION
# Award for International fiction went to ‘Night train to Lisbon’ by Pascal Mercier.
Night train to Lisbon: It is the thriller of the soul, spanning the investigation of an unsolved mystry and a deep soul search by the protagonist Raimond Gregorius on a train to Lisbon.
# ‘Palazzo Yacoubian’ by Egyptian author Ala Al Aswani
It is about the inhabitants of a building in Cairo. Their parallel lives running along length and breadth of the building and the way the building holds the characters together.
# ‘The Whole Night Long’ by Philippe Forest
A heart wrenching read. About Alice who came into the world to suffer and disappear-how bone tumour snatches a life.
Something interesting ...
# ‘The Lollipop shoes ‘ by Joanne Harris.
Set in Montmarte, a sequel to ‘Chocolat’, ‘The Lollipop shoes’ is as delicious. Vianne Rocher, asingle mother of two daughters wants to lead a normal life without resorting to magical powers she and her daughters have. Enter Ms Lollipop Shoes, an irresistible witch and life is never the same again. The book has magic, mystery and pathos.
Self help books: For your shelf
# ‘You can heal your life’ by Louise L Hays
The book talks about mindsets and outlooks that if changed can help you immensely. It helps you see the problem, helps you in acceptance of it and then in dealing with it.
# ‘Don’t sweat the small stuff..and it is all small stuff’ by Richard Carlson
Okay.it has stuff everyone knows..but easy reading, easy to digest, capsuled material makes it a must on your shelf.
# ‘Peace, Love and Healing’ and ‘Love, Medicine and Miracles’ by Dr. Bernie Siegel
Life can be tragic. Medicines, Diseases, Death –coping with the loss. This book helps you get the right perspective and accelerates the healing process.
# ‘The Goose Is Out’ by Osho
A compilation of Osho’s commentary on Zen stories. Very interesting book for the youngsters who search for meanings - of life - of circumstances they find themselves in.
# ‘Natural Mind, Natural Medicine’ by Andrew Weil
A book about natural medicine and all about harnessing the healing powers of nature. A must on the shelves of people who are looking for alternatives.
# ‘Think On These Things’ by J Krishnamurti
A series of question and answers compiled. Krishnamurthy exhorts you to question, to look to seek. This book will change the way you look not only at your personal world but also at things like education and child rearing.
Leaders are Readers
# 'The inner work of leaders' by Barbara Mackoff and Gary Wenet
Inner work basically is the process leaders use to leverage the lessons of past experiences to invigorate their relationship with the present. It is an intimate look at how pivotal events and people shaped the outlook of real life leaders.
This book is recommended for people who are in charge of an organization and for those who want to be. This book demonstrates how to draw upon your life’s rich legacy and to turn the challenges in your work into opportunities for leadership.
The premise of ‘The inner world of leaders’ is that the emotional lives of leaders is cumulative. Relationships and events from the past do translate the present point of view of leaders.
The crux of ‘The inner work of leaders’ is summed up by the scientist ad novelist Aldous Huxley's quote, ‘Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you.’
Must read.
# 'Rules for revolutionaries' by Guy Kawasaki and Michaele Moreno
The capitalist manifesto for creating and marketing new products and services.
In this great how-to, you get common-sense advice about ways to beat the competition. Read chapters titled "Create Like a God," "Command Like a King" and "Work Like a Slave," and move through exercises to reinforce what you've learnt. At the end, you should understand how to catalyze and then market innovation.
Must read.
# 'The Innovator’s Dilemma' by Clayton Christensen
Read this BusinessWeek bestseller to find out how great companies fail by only excelling at commonly accepted management practices. You'll learn a formula that will help you guard against failure, create new markets and find new customers.
INTERNATIONAL FICTION
# Award for International fiction went to ‘Night train to Lisbon’ by Pascal Mercier.
Night train to Lisbon: It is the thriller of the soul, spanning the investigation of an unsolved mystry and a deep soul search by the protagonist Raimond Gregorius on a train to Lisbon.
# ‘Palazzo Yacoubian’ by Egyptian author Ala Al Aswani
It is about the inhabitants of a building in Cairo. Their parallel lives running along length and breadth of the building and the way the building holds the characters together.
# ‘The Whole Night Long’ by Philippe Forest
A heart wrenching read. About Alice who came into the world to suffer and disappear-how bone tumour snatches a life.
Something interesting ...
# ‘The Lollipop shoes ‘ by Joanne Harris.
Set in Montmarte, a sequel to ‘Chocolat’, ‘The Lollipop shoes’ is as delicious. Vianne Rocher, asingle mother of two daughters wants to lead a normal life without resorting to magical powers she and her daughters have. Enter Ms Lollipop Shoes, an irresistible witch and life is never the same again. The book has magic, mystery and pathos.
Self help books: For your shelf
# ‘You can heal your life’ by Louise L Hays
The book talks about mindsets and outlooks that if changed can help you immensely. It helps you see the problem, helps you in acceptance of it and then in dealing with it.
# ‘Don’t sweat the small stuff..and it is all small stuff’ by Richard Carlson
Okay.it has stuff everyone knows..but easy reading, easy to digest, capsuled material makes it a must on your shelf.
# ‘Peace, Love and Healing’ and ‘Love, Medicine and Miracles’ by Dr. Bernie Siegel
Life can be tragic. Medicines, Diseases, Death –coping with the loss. This book helps you get the right perspective and accelerates the healing process.
# ‘The Goose Is Out’ by Osho
A compilation of Osho’s commentary on Zen stories. Very interesting book for the youngsters who search for meanings - of life - of circumstances they find themselves in.
# ‘Natural Mind, Natural Medicine’ by Andrew Weil
A book about natural medicine and all about harnessing the healing powers of nature. A must on the shelves of people who are looking for alternatives.
# ‘Think On These Things’ by J Krishnamurti
A series of question and answers compiled. Krishnamurthy exhorts you to question, to look to seek. This book will change the way you look not only at your personal world but also at things like education and child rearing.
Leaders are Readers
# 'The inner work of leaders' by Barbara Mackoff and Gary Wenet
Inner work basically is the process leaders use to leverage the lessons of past experiences to invigorate their relationship with the present. It is an intimate look at how pivotal events and people shaped the outlook of real life leaders.
This book is recommended for people who are in charge of an organization and for those who want to be. This book demonstrates how to draw upon your life’s rich legacy and to turn the challenges in your work into opportunities for leadership.
The premise of ‘The inner world of leaders’ is that the emotional lives of leaders is cumulative. Relationships and events from the past do translate the present point of view of leaders.
The crux of ‘The inner work of leaders’ is summed up by the scientist ad novelist Aldous Huxley's quote, ‘Experience is not what happens to you, it is what you do with what happens to you.’
Must read.
# 'Rules for revolutionaries' by Guy Kawasaki and Michaele Moreno
The capitalist manifesto for creating and marketing new products and services.
In this great how-to, you get common-sense advice about ways to beat the competition. Read chapters titled "Create Like a God," "Command Like a King" and "Work Like a Slave," and move through exercises to reinforce what you've learnt. At the end, you should understand how to catalyze and then market innovation.
Must read.
# 'The Innovator’s Dilemma' by Clayton Christensen
Read this BusinessWeek bestseller to find out how great companies fail by only excelling at commonly accepted management practices. You'll learn a formula that will help you guard against failure, create new markets and find new customers.
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