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A partridge and a rabbit get into an argument about their home. This is a story about what happens to them when they blindly trust a stranger to help them settle their problem.

The court priest is a vain, arrogant man. Moreover, he is always bothering Tenali Raman…until one day, when Tenali decides to teach him a painful lesson.

It always pays to remember that everything comes for a price! The poor king in this story however, did not realize this and learnt it the hard way! But now after you read this story, you won’t have to learn it the hard way, will you?

A young man’s question, and the answer he learns the hard way. Read on to learn……where is God?

Ever thought that pure obedience could be foolishness? Well, it can be! The story of the foolish disciples depicts to us that obedience without using ones reason and discrimination, is total, absolute foolishness!

A story of how giving up even a single bad habit can help you, it depicts the story of a thief who by giving up the habit of lying, changed his whole life!

A holy man turns a mouse into a beautiful girl and brings her up as his own daughter. When she grows up, he wants her to get married to the greatest being in the world. But who is it?

Ever wondered why pigs are called filthy or why they are mostly filthy animals? Well, there is a reason for that! Read on and you’ll know!

Didactic tale from Hitopadeśa; for children.

Story from Hitopadeśa, on moral themes; for children.

Ever got caught in a situation where there are no right answers? Well, Bharat did and that too with two powerful goddesses! He got out of it through simple and brilliant negotiation! How do I know? Well, he lived to tell me the story. I’ll tell you all about it, if you read on!

The age old question of ‘brain or brawn' finds its solution in this enchanting tale.

Sai Baba was a phenomenon whose charisma and omniscience attracted multitudes from all religions and regions of India.

This story will show you the plight of a poor bird that resorted to deceit that didn't get him anywhere.

This is a story that depicts how a clever rabbit saved the whole of animal kingdom. He proves that brain power is truly greater than muscle power!

Cinderella spends all her day cleaning and washing for her mean stepmother and her stepsisters. But then one day, her kind fairy godmother comes to her rescue. With a little bit of magic, Cinderella’s life may change forever!

Two parrots brought up in different surroundings…… What are they like? How do they differ? Does the company they keep affect them? Read on to find out!

By a strange accident, a jackal turns blue! The clever animal takes advantage of his situation, but for how long can he hide his true self?

Part of the triumvirate of the Hindu pantheon, Lord Shiva is the destroyer. He wears a snake around his neck and has long matted hair. The story of Shiva depicts his life and his many miracles.

This is a story of happiness bought through the grief of others is short lived.

The King sets a young woman the impossible task of spinning straw into gold. The woman thinks she has no hope, until she meets a weird man who amazingly spins all the straw into gold for her! In return, she must guess his name. Will the poor woman ever guess the man’s name?

A story of how a small deer by using his wit and ingenuity was able to overcome dangerous obstacles.

Snow White's evil stepmother wants her killed. Snow White Escapes and lives with seven dwarfs deep in the forest. But her stepmother finds her there too. Can Snow White escape again?

A story that teaches us that the most priceless gifts are not those that are expensive or fancy but those that come from the heart.

Breaking the notions of big and small, powerful and weak, this is a story that teaches us never to under estimate anyone based on what they look like.

The cautiousness of the wise may be looked upon as over cautiousness by the foolish. This tale tells us of how true wisdom comes only through experience.

Blind belief is destructive and this story shows that trust should be vested only in the worthy.

King Krishnadevaraya has grown too proud of his own power and fame. It now falls upon Tenali Raman to show him that his power too changes with situations.

A flock of doves is trapped in a hunter’s net. Only by working together, and with the help of their friends the mice, can the doves escape.

An examination of the political and diplomatic role of American nuclear weapons in conflicts with a non-nuclear China in the Korean War and the Taiwan Strait crises of 1954-1955 and 1958, this study analyzes the American tendency to become involved in confrontations with far weaker powers over issues of very little strategic significance to the United States. Washington threatens these adversaries with the use of incommensurate levels of force, then ultimately backs down in the face of international and domestic opposition to ill-considered plans to use force. Unlike works on nuclear history that have either focused on superpower nuclear conflicts and ignored cases of American nuclear diplomacy toward non-nuclear adversaries, or those that have focused merely on the outcomes of nuclear threats against non-nuclear powers, this book considers in depth American nuclear diplomacy toward China during the whole period of Sino-American military confrontations. Soman offers new insights on Truman's decision to enter the Korean War, the extent of nuclear diplomacy during the war, and the way in which the war ended. He argues that the goal of American nuclear diplomacy in the spring of 1955 was to provoke a war with China, rather than to deter a Chinese attack on Taiwan. Finally, he lays out, for the first time in print, the elaborate diplomacy that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles initiated to defuse the 1958 crisis, involving a major shift in American policy that still remains hidden from the public as well as historians. Highlighting the central role of nuclear diplomacy in these crises, this book draws conclusions on the efficacy of such diplomacy, the impact of these crises on the development of policies of massive retaliation and limited war, the consequences of Dulles's brinkmanship, and the revival of nuclear diplomacy by the Clinton administration in conflicts with non-nuclear adversaries.

Intended for use in an introductory pharmacology course, Basic Pharmacology: Understanding Drug Actions and Reactions provides an in-depth discussion of how to apply the chemical and molecular pharmacology concepts, a discussion students need for more advanced study. The textbook introduces the principles of chemistry and biology necessary to understand drug interactions at the cellular level. The authors highlight chemical and physical properties of drugs, drug absorption and distribution, drug interactions with cellular receptors, and drug metabolism and elimination. The book begins with a review of chemical principles as they apply to drug molecules, focusing mainly on those for commonly prescribed drugs. The authors use drug structures to illustrate the chemical concepts learned in general and organic chemistry courses. They cover the dynamics of receptors in mediating the pharmacological effects of drugs. They clarify theories, drawn from the scientific literature, which explain drug-receptor interactions and the quantitative relationship between drug binding and its effects at the cellular level. The authors’ extensive use of drug structures for teaching chemical and molecular pharmacology principles, and their emphasis on the relevance of these principles in future professional life makes this book unique. It provides the framework for better understanding of advanced pharmacology and therapeutics topics. Blending medicinal chemistry and pharmacodynamics aspects, this textbook clearly elucidates the essential concepts that form the cornerstone for further work in pharmacology.

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