Learning How To Fly: Life Lessons For The Youth + My Journey: Transforming Dreams Into Actions (Set of 2 Books)

The book ?My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions? is the life story of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam India's famous scientist and former President. Written with a powerful narrative style laden with significant experiences Dr. Kalam has filled this book with the details that matter. This inspirational book has been published by Rupa Publications India in the year 2013. The book reveals the famous story of how a simple child from Rameshwaram became the President of the world?s largest democracy. It is an extraordinary tale of India?s most celebrated scientist who along with his research found time for his fellow people and worked hard towards their development. In this book Dr. Kalam sheds light on several personal aspects like the people who he was very close to and their influence on him. He also speaks in detail about the life and the atmosphere at Rameshwaram. He talks about his upbringing and family as well and the various pangs and toils he had to go through. A large part of this book deals with Dr.Kalam?s work in India?s space program. He talks about the difficulties they had to face while developing India?s first space vehicle. Written in a candid manner you can now go through the nitty-gritty details of the life of Dr. Kalam as told by the former President himself.+Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam had a great belief in the power of the youth. He met over 21 million children and young people in India and outside and spoke to them about the power of knowledge ambition moral behavior and the need to bring about change in society. He travelled to almost every corner of the country meeting the youth in schools universities and institutions and interacted with them like a committed teacher. In Learning How to Fly some of his nearly 2 000 lectures have been compiled. These lectures were addressed to teachers and students in school and beyond. In each one of them he has spoken about preparing oneself best for life.