Prabhat Prakashan: 305 books

Stephen Hawking is one of the greatest geniuses of our time. After Albert Einstein, he is one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history. Though this great cosmologist is afflicted with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), it did not deter him from pursuing Physics.This book is an unbeatable person’s...

The two most important factors in life are fate and luck. Fate plays an important role in everyone’s life. Fate is determined by some supernatural power or GOD which is beyond our control. All of us are born with different characteristics and qualities. These characteristics are according to our birth...

Aurobindo’s ideology and principles embody divinity, ethics, spontaneity and knowledge. He was an accomplished teacher, a profound scholar, writer and a spiritual Guru. For him nationalism was a holy offering to the motherland when viewed from the divine perspective.Aurobindo also played a very prominent...

Bhagat Singh one of the most prominent revolutionaries of India enhanced the dormant national feelings of his countrymen. He went to the gallows with a smile, when he was charged and convicted for assassinating John Saunders. Hanged on March 23, 1931, he is regarded as Shaheed which means “martyr”.

Sometimes, when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.”These words are of Steve Paul Jobs, who revolutionized the world through computer technology. One of the co-founders of Apple, he took the industry towards new heights...

"Adolf Hitler’s 12 years as ruler of Germany led to the deaths of millions in World War II and earned him the crown of one of history’s most hated villains.He became a dictator with full-fledged support from many parties of Germany and assumed control of the military, to which no one else had power....

Devotees of Sri Datta have always have a curiosity about the life of Swami Samartha. While trying to understand his personality, his work and the whole purpose of his life, Kardaliwan can hardly be left out as it is a most important part of his biography. It has always been believed to be an inaccessible...

Arun K. Tiwari is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and is currently Director of CARE Foundation, Hyderabad. He took up creative scientific writing in 1987 and since then has written several books including the best seller Wings of Fire with President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love—selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt. Awake, awake, great souls!---When we can attach the mind to, or detach it from, the sense at our will, we shall really possess character....

Give me blood and I’ll give you freedom’, declared Subhash Chandra Bose. This was exactly what he believed in. The moderate ways of the Congress were not for him. Therefore, he formed the Azad Hind Fauj to overthrow the British. Burning with patriotic zeal, he tried his best to oust the British from...

In his book, Chanakya has dealt with a wide variety of subjects under the sun, and it is worthwhile to know the expanse of his learning, knowledge, thinking and wisdom; this is like an ocean from which we can draw food for thought and advice for action in all circumstances that we may confront in our...

Socrates, one of the finest philosophers that the world could have, always emphasized the importance of the mind over the relative unimportance of the human body. This work is an effort to remember the credos, the adages, and the statements which Socrates left behind. Surely, his unconventional and iconoclastic ideas are going to also incite the readers of this book too to think and interrogate.

hankar, connect me immediately to the Prime Minister.”Without wasting time on any further questions, Shankar dialled the telephone number of the Prime Minister’s residence. Unfortunately, the Prime Minister had left for the radio station.Shankar rushed back to give the message to Sardar. Sardar impatiently...

Abraham Lincoln the 16th President of the United States was born in February 1809, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He played in key role in passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, which ended slavery in America. Prior to his election as President in 1860, he had successful...