A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music

A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music
Author: Nasreen Munni Kabir
Publisher: Om Books International
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2011
Genre: Composers
ISBN: 9380070144

When composer A.R. Rahman's first film Roja was released in 1992, his astonishing music with its other-worldly melodies, tonal texture, pulsating rhythms made an instant impact in India. His abundantly flowing talent has given life to the scores of over a hundred films, including Dil Se, Bombay, Lagaan, Warriors of Heaven and Earth, 127 Hours and Jodhaa Akbar. According to a recent estimate by the BBC, 150 million copies of his albums have sold worldwide. A.R. Rahman has won a host of awards, together with a Golden Globe, a Bafta, two Oscars and two Grammys for his score in Slumdog Millionaire. In 2010, he received the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honour, awarded by the Government of India. Despite all his great success, Rahman remains a deeply private person, shying away from the glitz and glamour of show business. A.R. Rahman: The Spirit of Music is in the form of biographical conversations between the composer and Nasreen Munni Kabir in which we hear of Rahman's amazing journey from modest beginnings to an assured place in world music history.

Crimes Committed by Terrorist Groups

Crimes Committed by Terrorist Groups
Author: Mark S. Hamm
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2011
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1437929591

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Examines terrorists¿ involvement in a variety of crimes ranging from motor vehicle violations, immigration fraud, and mfg. illegal firearms to counterfeiting, armed bank robbery, and smuggling weapons of mass destruction. There are 3 parts: (1) Compares the criminality of internat. jihad groups with domestic right-wing groups. (2) Six case studies of crimes includes trial transcripts, official reports, previous scholarship, and interviews with law enforce. officials and former terrorists are used to explore skills that made crimes possible; or events and lack of skill that the prevented crimes. Includes brief bio. of the terrorists along with descriptions of their org., strategies, and plots. (3) Analysis of the themes in closing arguments of the transcripts in Part 2. Illus.

A.R. Rahman

A.R. Rahman
Author: Kamini Mathai
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0670083712

Includes discography (p. 250-258) and index.

Incomparable Genius

Incomparable Genius
Author: Frazer G. Donald
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2016-02-29
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1504996879

Incomparable Genius is a poetry book. There is no continuous theme to the book, style or rhythm of the poetry. The poems are differently structured from one another, they have been placed into nine circles, though they are in no specific order, apart from the trilogy entitled KMK Trilogy. The illustrations in the book where given as a task for artists to complete, the artists were each given three poems to read and illustrate how they made them feel. In total the book has taken 8 years to complete, with the poetry inside being written between 2007-2015. Incomparable Genius is to be read however you like, back to front, start in the middle and read outwards, upside down, there is no real start or end to the book. The poetry has been made to share love, humour, sadness, a wide mixture of emotions.

The Cambridge Companion to Film Music

The Cambridge Companion to Film Music
Author: Mervyn Cooke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 439
Release: 2016-12-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1107094518

A stimulating and unusually wide-ranging collection of essays overviewing ways in which music functions in film soundtracks.

Unfinished Gestures

Unfinished Gestures
Author: Davesh Soneji
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2012-01-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0226768090

'Unfinished Gestures' presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Recent Advances on Soft Computing and Data Mining

Recent Advances on Soft Computing and Data Mining
Author: Rozaida Ghazali
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 491
Release: 2019-12-04
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030360563

This book provides an introduction to data science and offers a practical overview of the concepts and techniques that readers need to get the most out of their large-scale data mining projects and research studies. It discusses data-analytical thinking, which is essential to extract useful knowledge and obtain commercial value from the data. Also known as data-driven science, soft computing and data mining disciplines cover a broad interdisciplinary range of scientific methods and processes. The book provides readers with sufficient knowledge to tackle a wide range of issues in complex systems, bringing together the scopes that integrate soft computing and data mining in various combinations of applications and practices, since to thrive in these data-driven ecosystems, researchers, data analysts and practitioners must understand the design choice and options of these approaches. This book helps readers to solve complex benchmark problems and to better appreciate the concepts, tools and techniques used.

The different aspects of islamic culture

The different aspects of islamic culture
Author: UNESCO
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Total Pages: 926
Release: 2003-12-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9231039091

This publication examines art, the human sciences, science, philosophy, mysticism, language and literature. For this task, UNESCO has chosen scholars and experts from all over the world who belong to widely divergent cultural and religious backgrounds.--Publisher's description.