{"id":121,"date":"2016-05-07T16:12:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-07T10:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/?p=121"},"modified":"2016-05-07T16:12:39","modified_gmt":"2016-05-07T10:42:39","slug":"new-additions-may-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"New additions May 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Public Speaking for Success: the Complete Programme \u2026 by\u00a0 Dale Carnegie<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The essential elements of how to prepare and deliver a speech<br \/>\nHow to grab the audience\u2019s attention right at the start<br \/>\nHow to persuade your listeners to agree with your message<br \/>\nThe use of body language in enhancing your presentation<br \/>\nHow to close your talk, ensuring your point has been made \u2026.<\/p>\n<p>**************<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>George Wahsington Carver: Scientist and Symbol \u2026 by Linda McMurry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How did Washington Carver, whose concrete accomplishments on paper did not amount to much more than \u201cdoing something \u201c with peanuts, sweet potatoes, homemade paints and recipes, come to be known as a great man who made brilliant inventions? How was it that his more significant contributions were lost in the myth-making that surrounded him? Linda McMurry addresses these questions and others as she joins biography with a sensitive exploration of Carver as a symbol of black ability and achievement<\/p>\n<p>**************<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0The Mind of an Engineer \u00a0\u2026 by Purnendu Ghosh, Baldev Raj, Editors<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The book is an initiative of the INAE (Indian National Academy of Engineering) and a reflection of the experiences of some of the Fellows of the INAE in the fileds of science, technology and engineering. It is about the reminiscences, eufeka moments, inspirations, challenges and opportunities in the jouney the professionals took toward self-realisation and the goals they achieved.<\/p>\n<p>**************<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0IP for Development: The Emerging Paradigm \u2026 by Karuna Jain, Mukundan R, Editors<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based on the accepted papers for the 1<sup>st<\/sup> International Conference on Management of Intellectual Property and Strategy, 2<sup>nd<\/sup> \u2013 5<sup>th<\/sup> February 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Speaking for Success: the Complete Programme \u2026 by\u00a0 Dale Carnegie The essential elements of how to prepare and deliver a speech How to grab the audience\u2019s attention right at the start How to persuade your listeners to agree with your message The use of body language in enhancing your presentation How to close your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.vcenterlibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}