BOOKS YOU DEFINITELY SHOULDN’T MISS THIS MONSOON
Compiled by: My Secret Bookshelf
1) “Alive!: Lifestyle Changes to Age-Proof Your Mind and Body” by Rachna Chhachhi
(Self Help Book| Format: Paperback/Kindle | MRP: 154 INR)
BLURB: It's not about the years you live, it's about how much life you put in each year. We live longer than our ancestors did, thanks to modern medicine. Yet, building a society with a healthy life expectancy has become our greatest challenge.
In “Alive!: Lifestyle Changes to Age-Proof Your Mind and Body”, nutritional therapist and cancer coach Rachna Chhachhi shares a holistic living plan that can help slow down the ageing process, fend off disease and improve quality of life.
Focused on building the mind-body connection and opting for an unhurried pace to heal yourself, this nutrition, exercise, sleep, and stress management programme follows four steps: 1. Eliminate what harms you. 2. Imbibe what heals you. 3. Discover your mind-body balance. 4. Nurture your healing lifestyle.
This book is essential reading in a post Covid-19 world, where an integrated approach towards strengthening our immune system has become even more critical.
2) “Episodic Poetry: Flashes of Thoughts” by Nishant Gang
(Poetry | Format: Paperback/Kindle | MRP: 120 INR)
BLURB: “Episodic Poetry” is a series of poems you can binge read anytime you wish to. Moreover, it is about a character, who is the one reading this right now.
In this collection, author of the poetry anthology, “Silent Words”, Nishant Gang is back with a poetry series full of feelings and emotions. An account of 49 poems and 1 message, this book ensures that it will be in your re-run list.
3) “The Angels of Kailash” by Shubira Prasad
(Mytho-Fantasy Fiction | Format: Paperback/Kindle | MRP: 305 INR)
BLURB: Aishani and Adheesh witness total annihilation of their ‘School of Warfare’, their beloved Guruji is killed and the Gurukul is destroyed. But there is no time to grieve. They flee to Mount Kailash with the help of Garuda devta, who takes them two years into the past with twenty undead people from the Gurukul, whom they must nurse back to life. “The Angels of Kailash” is the second book of the trilogy of the battle between the humans and the demons. In the first book, “The Demons of Jaitraya”, Aishani and Adheesh are overwhelmed by the power of the demons, but now they are back to face their nemesis, stronger than ever before. The real fireworks begin now.
4) “The Art of Healing” by Sanhita Baruah
(Poetry | Format: Paperback/Kindle | MRP: 149 INR)
BLURB: This book captures the phases of healing in the form of poems and notes. It is divided into three chapters - Awareness, Acceptance and Allowance to be read in the particular order. Heal from your past so that it doesn't shadow the future. Make a choice to heal from what has been hurting you to step up in life. It requires your efforts, patience, trust and time. It's a long journey but, in the end, it will be worth it as you let go of what didn't work for you and embrace what did with an open heart.