Hornbill

Textbook in English for Class XI (Core Course)

- Courtesy National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi

FOR FREE DISTRIBUTION IN GOVT. SCHOOLS

2012 Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Ajmer

Contents
FOREWORD ABOUT THE BOOK iii v 1 86

READING SKILLS
1. The Portrait of a Lady KHUSHWANT SINGH A Photograph SHIRLEY TOULSON 2. Were Not Afraid to Die... if We Can All Be Together GORDON COOK and ALAN EAST Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues A.R. WILLIAMS The Laburnum Top TED HUGHES 4. Landscape of the Soul NATHALIE TROUVEROY The Voice of the Rain WALT WHITMAN 5. The Ailing Planet: the Green Movements Role NANI PALKHIVALA

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The Browning Version TERENCE RATTIGAN Childhood MARKUS NATTEN

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The Adventure JAYANT NARLIKAR Silk Road NICK MIDDLETON Father to Son ELIZABETH JENNINGS

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WRITING SKILLS
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Note-making Summarising Sub-titling Essay-writing Letter -writing Creative Writing

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