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A Short History of Nearly Everything: A Journey through Space and Time
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Bill Bryson

Best-Selling Popular Science book of the 21st Century

Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Nominee (2004)

EU Descartes Prize for science communication (2005)

J. A. Hollon palkinto Winner (2006)

The Aventis Prizes for Science Books for best general science book (2004)

The ultimate eye-opening journey through time and space, A Short History of Nearly Everything is the biggest-selling popular science book of the 21st century and has sold over 2 million copies.

‘Truly impressive…It’s hard to imagine a better rough guide to science.’ Guardian

‘A travelogue of science, with a witty, engaging, and well-informed guide‘ The Times

Mr Bryson has a natural gift for clear and vivid expression. I doubt that a better book for the layman about the findings of modern science has been written ― Sunday Telegraph

A fascinating idea, and I can’t think of many writers, other than Bryson, who would do it this well. It’s the sort of book I would have devoured as a teenager. It might well turn unsuspecting young readers into scientists. And the famous, slightly cynical humour is always there ― Evening Standard

A genuinely useful and readable book. There is a phenomenal amount of fascinating information packed between its covers … A thoroughly enjoyable, as well as educational, experience. Nobody who reads it will ever look at the world around them in the same way again ― Daily Express

Of course, there are people much better qualified than Bill Bryson to attempt a project of this magnitude. None of them, however, can write fluent Brysonese, which, as pretty much the entire Western reading public now knows, is an appealing mixture of self-deprecation, wryness and punnery ― Spectator

The very book I have been looking for most of my life… Bryson wears his knowledge with aplomb and a lot of very good jokes ― Daily Mail
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The Song Of The Cell: An Exploration Of: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
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Siddhartha Mukherjee

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Song of The Cell is a revelatory exploration of cells and their profound impact on biology and medicine. Mukherjee’s vivid storytelling traces the discovery of cells by Robert Hooke and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, and how this understanding has transformed medicine. With personal anecdotes and captivating prose, Mukherjee paints a panoramic and intimate picture of the revolutionary field of cellular therapies in this extraordinary book.

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Sick Money: Sky-high prices and Dirty tricks: inside the Global Pharmaceutical Industry
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Billy Kenber

Billy Kenber is one of the most promising young journalists in the land, and he has, unsurprisingly, produced a compelling debut which surprises, entertains and inspires dismay. An essential read — SATHNAM SANGHERA

A painstakingly researched and beautifully written history of the dark underbelly of the pharmaceutical industry, which never forgets to tell the stories of the vulnerable people harmed when these companies lose their moral compass. I could not put it down ― Nigel Praities, executive editor of the Pharmaceutical Journal

The pharmaceutical industry is broken. From the American hedge fund manager who hiked the price of an AIDS pill from $17.50 to $750 overnight to the children’s cancer drugs left intentionally to expire in a Spanish warehouse, the signs of this dysfunction are all around. A system that was designed to drive innovation and patient care has been relentlessly distorted to drive up profits.

Medicines have become nothing more than financial assets. The focus of drug research, how drugs are priced and who has access to them is now dictated by shareholder value, not the good of the public. Drug companies fixated on ever-higher profits are being fined for bribing doctors and striking secret price-gouging deals, while patients desperate for life-saving medicines are driven to the black market in search of drugs that national health services can’t afford.

Sick Money argues that the way medicines are developed and paid for is no longer working. Unless we take action we risk a dramatic decline in the pace of drug development and a future in which medicines are only available to the highest bidder. In this book investigative journalist Billy Kenber offers a diagnosis of an industry in crisis and a prescription for how we can fight back.

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The Secret World: A History of Intelligence
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Christopher Andrew

To write a world history of intelligence, from the dawn of recorded history to the present day, is a daunting task. To make such a work accurate, comprehensive, digestible and startling, and all in a single volume, is a stellar achievement. But that is what Christopher Andrew has done in The Secret World. — Edward Lucas ― The Times

Brilliant in its sweep and near-miraculous in the detail and confident judgements provided on two and a half millennia of spying … The book is a crowning triumph of one of the most adventurous scholars of the security world — John Lloyd ― Financial Times

The first-ever detailed, comprehensive history of intelligence, from Moses and Sun Tzu to the present day

The history of espionage is far older than any of today’s intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. The codebreakers at Bletchley Park, the most successful World War II intelligence agency, were completely unaware that their predecessors in earlier moments of national crisis had broken the codes of Napoleon during the Napoleonic wars and those of Spain before the Spanish Armada.

Those who do not understand past mistakes are likely to repeat them. Intelligence is a prime example. At the outbreak of World War I, the grasp of intelligence shown by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith was not in the same class as that of George Washington during the Revolutionary War and leading eighteenth-century British statesmen.

In this book, the first global history of espionage ever written, distinguished historian Christopher Andrew recovers much of the lost intelligence history of the past three millennia—and shows us its relevance.

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சேப்பியன்ஸ்: மனிதகுலத்தின் ஒரு சுருக்கமான வரலாறு ( Sapiens Tamil )
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யுவால் நோவா ஹராரி

தமிழில்: நாகலட்சுமி சண்முகம்

“மனிதகுல வரலாறு குறித்த ஒரு சுவாரசியமான பதிவு இந்தூல். இதை படிக்கத் தொடங்கிவிடடால் கீழே வைக்கவே மனம் வராது” — பிBல் கேட்ஸ்

சுவாரஸ்யமான மற்றும் ஆர்வத்தைத்துாண்டும் … இந்த பூமியில் நாங்கள் எவ்வளவு சுருக்கமான காலம் இருந்தோம் என்பதை இது உங்களுக்கு உணர்த்துகிறது – பBராக் ஒபாமா

முதலிலிருந்து இருந்து கடைசி வரை ஆச்சர்யமூட்டும் … நான் படித்த சிறந்த புத்தகம் இதுவாக இருக்கலாம்- கிறிஸ் எவன்ஸ்

வரலாறு மற்றும் நவீன உலகின் மிகப்பெரிய கேள்விகளைக் கையாளுகிறது … மறக்க முடியாத தெளிவான மொழியில் எழுதப்பட்டது – ஜாரெட் டயமண்ட்

திடுக்கிடும் … இது உலகை நீங்கள் பார்க்கும் விதத்தை மாற்றுகிறது – சைமன் மாயோ

நான் சமீபத்தில் படித்த மிகச்சிறந்த புத்தகங்களில் ஒன்று … நம் இனங்கள் எவ்வாறு வளர்ந்தன என்பதைப் பற்றிய சிறந்த கண்ணோட்டத்தை அளிக்கிறது – லில்லி கோல்

உங்கள் மூளையிலிருந்து சக்தியையும் தெளிவையும் வெளிப்படுத்துகிறது, உலகத்தை விசித்திரமாகவும் புதியதாகவும் ஆக்குகிறது – சண்டே டைம்ஸ்

சேபியன்ஸ் வழக்கமாக ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்படட சிந்தனைகளுக்கு மாற்றமாக மற்றும் ஆச்சரியமான உண்மைகளால் நிரம்பியுள்ளது. இந்த புதிரான, புராணத்தை உடைக்கும் புத்தகத்தை எந்த விவரத்திலும் சுருக்கமாகச் சொல்ல முடியாது; நீங்கள் அதை படிக்க வேண்டும் – ஜான் கிரே – பைfனான்சியல் டைம்ஸ்

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Edda Mussolini: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe
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Caroline Moorehead

It’s testament to Moorehead’s precise, empathic prose that Edda emerges not as the Duce’s devilish scion, but as a wounded, fragile being… It makes for a profoundly satisfying, albeit wistful, read and – give the recent victory of Giorgia Meloni in the Italian elections – a worryingly relevant one ― Guardian

Interesting and original… Moorehead is a fine writer and a conscientious historian ― Spectator

Edda Mussolini was Benito’s favourite daughter: spoilt, venal, uneducated but clever, faithless but flamboyant, a brilliant diplomat, wild but brave, and ultimately strong and loyal.

She was her father’s confidante during the 20 years of Fascist rule, acting as envoy to both Germany and Britain, and playing a part in steering Italy to join forces with Hitler. From her early twenties she was effectively first lady of Italy. She married Galeazzo Ciano, who would become the youngest Foreign Secretary in Italian history, and they were the most celebrated and glamorous couple in elegant, vulgar Roman fascist society.

Their fortunes turned in 1943, when Ciano voted against Mussolini in a plot to bring him down, and his father-in-law did not forgive him. In a dramatic story that takes in hidden diaries, her father’s fall and her husband’s execution, an escape into Switzerland and a period in exile, we come to know a complicated, bold and determined woman who emerges not just as a witness but as a key player in some of the twentieth century’s defining moments. And we see Fascist Italy with all its glamour, decadence and political intrigue, and the turbulence before its violent end.

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ISRO: A Personal History
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R. Aravamudan, Gita Aravamudan

“ISRO: A Personal History” is a book by R. Aravamudan and Gita Aravamudan that provides a firsthand account of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It delves into the history, achievements, challenges, and people behind India’s space program, as narrated by R. Aravamudan, former Director of the ISRO Satellite Centre. The book offers a unique perspective on ISRO’s journey and is a compelling read for space enthusiasts, history buffs, and those interested in science and technology.

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Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
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Fareed Zakaria

Since the end of the Cold War, the world has been shaken to its core three times. 11 September 2001, the financial collapse of 2008 and – most of all – Covid-19. Each was an asymmetric threat, set in motion by something seemingly small, and different from anything the world had experienced before. Lenin is supposed to have said, ‘There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen.’ This is one of those times when history has sped up.

In this urgent and timely book, Fareed Zakaria, one of the ‘top ten global thinkers of the last decade’ (Foreign Policy), foresees the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological and economic consequences that may take years to unfold. In ten surprising, hopeful ‘lessons’, he writes about the acceleration of natural and biological risks, the obsolescence of the old political categories of right and left, the rise of ‘digital life’, the future of globalization and an emerging world order split between the United States and China. He invites us to think about how we are truly social animals with community embedded in our nature, and, above all, the degree to which nothing is written – the future is truly in our own hands.

Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World speaks to past, present and future, and will become an enduring reflection on life in the early twenty-first century.

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A Humans Guide to Machine Intelligence: How Algorithms Are Shaping Our Lives and How We Can Stay in Control
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Kartik Hosanagar

A Wharton professor and tech entrepreneur examines how algorithms and artificial intelligence are starting to run every aspect of our lives, and how we can shape the way they impact us Through the technology embedded in almost every major tech platform and every web-enabled device, algorithms and the artificial intelligence that underlies them make a staggering number of everyday decisions for us, from what products we buy, to where we decide to eat, to how we consume our news, to whom we date, and how we find a job. We’ve even delegated life-and-death decisions to algorithms–decisions once made by doctors, pilots, and judges.

In his new book, Kartik Hosanagar surveys the brave new world of algorithmic decision-making and reveals the potentially dangerous biases they can give rise to as they increasingly run our lives. He makes the compelling case that we need to arm ourselves with a better, deeper, more nuanced understanding of the phenomenon of algorithmic thinking. And he gives us a route in, pointing out that algorithms often think a lot like their creators–that is, like you and me.

Hosanagar draws on his experiences designing algorithms professionally–as well as on history, computer science, and psychology–to explore how algorithms work and why they occasionally go rogue, what drives our trust in them, and the many ramifications of algorithmic decision-making. He examines episodes like Microsoft’s chatbot Tay, which was designed to converse on social media like a teenage girl, but instead turned sexist and racist; the fatal accidents of self-driving cars; and even our own common, and often frustrating, experiences on services like Netflix and Amazon.

A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence is an entertaining and provocative look at one of the most important developments of our time and a practical user’s guide to this first wave of practical artificial intelligence.

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Fourth Wing
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Rebecca Yarros

#1 New York Times bestseller

“Fourth Wing will have your heart pounding from beginning to end… A fantasy like you’ve never read before.” ―#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout

Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros

Twenty-year-old Violet Sorrengail was supposed to enter the Scribe Quadrant, living a quiet life among books and history. Now, the commanding general―also known as her tough-as-talons mother―has ordered Violet to join the hundreds of candidates striving to become the elite of Navarre: dragon riders.

But when you’re smaller than everyone else and your body is brittle, death is only a heartbeat away…because dragons don’t bond to “fragile” humans. They incinerate them.

With fewer dragons willing to bond than cadets, most would kill Violet to better their own chances of success. The rest would kill her just for being her mother’s daughter―like Xaden Riorson, the most powerful and ruthless wingleader in the Riders Quadrant.

She’ll need every edge her wits can give her just to see the next sunrise.

Yet, with every day that passes, the war outside grows more deadly, the kingdom’s protective wards are failing, and the death toll continues to rise. Even worse, Violet begins to suspect leadership is hiding a terrible secret.

Friends, enemies, lovers. Everyone at Basgiath War College has an agenda―because once you enter, there are only two ways out: graduate or die.

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The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family and Defiance During the Blitz
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Erik Larson

#1 New York Times Bestseller

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for History & Biography (2020)

‘Fresh, fast and deeply moving … Larson’s deft portraits show the essential connection that words created between the powerful and the powerless, capturing the moments that defined life for millions struggling to survive the decisions of a few’ New York Times Book Review

‘If you want to look back at a really important part of history with fresh eyes, this is the book for you … Gripping and wonderful’ Alan Carr

‘There are countless books about World War II, but there’s only one Erik Larson … There are many things to admire about The Splendid and the Vile, but chief among them is Larson’s electric writing. The book reads like a novel, and even though everyone (hopefully) knows how the war ultimately ended, he keeps the reader turning the pages with his gripping prose.’ NPR

‘A particularly gripping read, written with bounce and brio. Larson pulls together vivid vignettes – some moving, some amusing, a few grim … A fine writer of narrative nonfiction history.’ Robbie Millen, Times

‘A captivating history of Churchill’s heroic year, with more than the usual emphasis on his intimates.’ Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

‘This book is peppered with eye-popping details … A deeply compelling work of history … Without resorting to heroism, it makes one long powerfully for real leadership’ Lit Hub
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Quantum Computing (Hot Science): The Transformative Technology of the Qubit Revolution
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Brian Clegg

“Quantum Computing: The Transformative Technology of the Qubit Revolution” by Brian Clegg explores the cutting-edge technology of quantum computing, which promises to revolutionize computing as we know it. The book offers a comprehensive introduction to the principles of quantum mechanics and explains how quantum computing can solve complex problems at lightning-fast speeds. With clear explanations and examples, Clegg offers a fascinating look at the potential of quantum computing and its implications for the future of technology.

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Gandhi: The Years that Changed the World 1914 – 1948
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Ramachandra Guha

Wise, graceful and entertaining . . . Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948 will not be bettered, and it is essential reading even for those who do not think of themselves as India buffs, because Gandhi is a maker of our whole modern world. — Ferdinand Mount, Wall Street Journal

Beginning in July 1914, as Mohandas Gandhi leaves South Africa to return to India, Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948 traces the Mahatma’s life over the three decades preceding his assassination.

Drawing on new archival materials, acclaimed historian Ramachandra Guha follows Gandhi’s struggle to deliver India from British rule, to forge harmonious relations between India’s Hindus and Muslims, to end the pernicious practice of untouchability and to nurture India’s economic and moral self-reliance. Guha shows how, in each of these campaigns, Gandhi adapted methods of non-violence that successfully challenged British authority and influenced revolutionary movements throughout the world.

A revelatory look at the complexity of Gandhi’s thinking and motives, the book is a luminous portrait of the man himself, as well as his family, friends, colleagues, rivals and adversaries.

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A Brief History Of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes
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Stephen Hawking

Royal Society Science Book Prize Nominee for General Prize (1989)

‘Master of the Universe…One scientist’s courageous voyage to the frontiers of the Cosmos’ ― Newsweek

‘This book marries a child’s wonder to a genius’s intellect. We journey into Hawking’s universe, while marvelling at his mind’ ― The Sunday Times

‘He can explain the complexities of cosmological physics with an engaging combination of clarity and wit…His is a brain of extraordinary power’ ― Observer

‘To follow such a fine mind as it exposes such great problems is an exciting experience’ ― The Sunday Times
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Quantum Marketing: Mastering the New Marketing Mindset for Tomorrow’s Consumers
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Raja Rajamannar

WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER

“This book will do to our view of marketing what Copernicus’ book did to our view of the world—it will change it forever. If you want to know how things really work, read it.” —Ivan Pollard, CMO, General Mills

“Quantum Marketing provides inspiration for an exciting future of disruption in the field and sheds light on the value marketing brings in driving business in this era of transformation. Wherever you are in your marketing journey, this is a must-read.” —Conny Braams, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer, Unilever

“Any marketer who wants to build brands that stand the test of time in the post digital age requires a balanced approach to marketing where science rules and storytelling amplifies. Raja is a true polymath who has struck the right balance.”—Antonio Lucio, former CMO of Facebook, Visa, HP and PepsiCo Int.

“Quantum Marketing serves as a call to arms for marketing transformation made inevitable by technology breakthroughs and shifts in cultural expectations. This book is for anyone who wants to understand where marketing is going and how to harness these inevitable changes.” —Chris Capossela, CMO, Microsoft

“Raja offers a clear roadmap for marketers to become stronger stewards of brand and growth amidst this paradigm shift. Insightful and eye-opening, this is a must-read for any marketer who does not want to become obsolete in today’s fast-paced world.” —Michelle Peluso, SVP Digital Sales & CMO, IBM

Raja offers an innovative view of the new Quantum Marketer mindset, which is both daunting and exhilarating. A must-read for anyone willing to compete for and succeed in a top marketing job today.’ — Greg Welch, Senior Partner, Spencer Stuart

‘Raja offers not only a fascinating view into the fifth paradigm of marketing, but also how to play deftly in it and win. This is an outstanding book and it will prove to be a landmark in the world of marketing!’ — Ashok Vaswani, CEO, Consumer Banking & Payments, Barclays

‘Raja thoughtfully took a hard and objective look at our industry and our work, and he did so with honesty and macro self-awareness. He effectively brings marketing of the past into the future.’ — Leslie Berland, CMO, Twitter

‘Quantum Marketing is a book full of optimism and hope, with practical examples of how to integrate critical elements of brand building with the data and analytic rigor necessary to drive business growth.’ — Leanne Cutts, Group CMO, HSBC

‘Quantum Marketing brilliantly describes the tremendous challenges facing future CMOs and how to fundamentally rethink marketing principles and frameworks. A must-read for marketers and business leaders who want to drive growth and thrive in the future.’ — Ravi Dhar, Professor of Marketing, Yale School of Management

‘Raja provides a clear roadmap for marketers to leapfrog into the future. He peels back the hype and gives pragmatic guidance. An excellent read!’ — Zena Arnold Srivatsa, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer, Kimberley Clark

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In Search Of Schrodinger’s Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality
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John Gribbin

Explore the mind-bending world of quantum theory in ‘In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat’ by John Gribbin. Discover the scientists who developed quantum mechanics, and learn about atoms, radiation, time travel, the birth of the universe, superconductors, and life itself. This fascinating book takes you on a journey to understand the fundamental underpinnings of modern science, including DNA, genetic engineering, and computer technology. With clear explanations and an open-minded approach, Gribbin brings readers to a deeper understanding of quantum physics – a vital area of scientific study that shapes our world today.

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Genius Mindset Twin Pack
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Ozan Varol, Walter Isaacson

Awaken Your Genius

Unlock your originality and unleash your unique talents with this simple guide from the acclaimed author of Think Like a Rocket Scientist.

We say some people march to the beat of a different drummer. But implicit in this cliché is that the rest of us march to the same beat. We sleepwalk through life, find ourselves on well-worn paths that were never ours to walk, and become a silent extra in someone else’s story.

Extraordinary people carve their own paths as leaders and creators. They think and act with genuine independence. They stand out from the crowd because they embody their own shape and colour.

We call these people geniuses—as if they’re another breed. But genius isn’t for a special few. It can be cultivated.

This book will show you how. You’ll learn how to discard what no longer serves you and discover your first principles—the qualities that make up your genius. You’ll be equipped to escape your intellectual prisons and generate original insights from your own depths. You’ll discover how to look where others don’t look and see what others don’t see. You will give birth to the genius, the universe-centered self you were meant to be.

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson charts Elon Musk’s journey from humble beginnings to one of the wealthiest people on the planet – but is Musk a genius or a jerk?

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of Elon Musk, the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era – a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.

When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist.

His father’s impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive.

At the beginning of 2022 – after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one rockets into orbit, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth – Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas. ‘I need to shift my mindset away from being in crisis mode, which it has been for about fourteen years now, or arguably most of my life,’ he said.

It was a wistful comment, not a New Year’s resolution. Even as he said it, he was secretly buying up shares of Twitter, the world’s ultimate playground. Over the years, whenever he was in a dark place, his mind went back to being bullied on the playground. Now he had the chance to own the playground.

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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
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Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson

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“You will have three reasons to love this book. It’s about national income differences within the modern world, perhaps the biggest problem facing the world today. It’s peppered with fascinating stories that will make you a spellbinder at cocktail parties—such as why Botswana is prospering and Sierra Leone isn’t. And it’s a great read. Like me, you may succumb to reading it in one go, and then you may come back to it again and again.” —Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of the bestsellers Guns, Germs, and Steel and Collapse

“For economics and political-science students, surely, but also for the general reader who will appreciate how gracefully the authors wear their erudition.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Why Nations Fail is a wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world to answer the very big question of why some countries get rich and others don’t.” —The New York Times (Chrystia Freeland)

“Why Nations Fail is a splendid piece of scholarship and a showcase of economic rigor.” —The Wall Street Journal

“This is an intellectually rich book that develops an important thesis with verve. It should be widely read.” —Financial Times

“Why Nations Fail is a truly awesome book. Acemoglu and Robinson tackle one of the most important problems in the social sciences—a question that has bedeviled leading thinkers for centuries—and offer an answer that is brilliant in its simplicity and power. A wonderfully readable mix of history, political science, and economics, this book will change the way we think about economic development. Why Nations Fail is a must-read book.” —Steven Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics

“Some time ago a little-known Scottish philosopher wrote a book on what makes nations succeed and what makes them fail. The Wealth of Nations is still being read today. With the same perspicacity and with the same broad historical perspective, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson have retackled this same question for our own times. Two centuries from now our great-great- . . . -great grandchildren will be, similarly, reading Why Nations Fail.” —George Akerlof, Nobel laureate in economics, 2001

“It’s the politics, stupid! That is Acemoglu and Robinson’s simple yet compelling explanation for why so many countries fail to develop. From the absolutism of the Stuarts to the antebellum South, from Sierra Leone to Colombia, this magisterial work shows how powerful elites rig the rules to benefit themselves at the expense of the many. Charting a careful course between the pessimists and optimists, the authors demonstrate history and geography need not be destiny. But they also document how sensible economic ideas and policies often achieve little in the absence of fundamental political change.”—Dani Rodrik, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

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Beyond the Stars Combo
Original price was: Rs. 11,380.00.Current price is: Rs. 10,240.00.

Ashlee Vance, Walter Isaacson

When The Heavens Went On Sale

A momentous look at the private companies driving the revolutionary new space race, from the 3-million copy, New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk

In 2008, Elon Musk’s SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. Suddenly Silicon Valley, not NASA, was the epicentre of the new Space Age.

Ashlee Vance follows four pioneering companies – Astra, Firefly, Planet Labs, and Rocket Lab – as they race to control access to outer space. While the space tourism ambitions of billionaires such as Bezos and Branson make headlines, these under-the-radar companies are striving to monetize Earth’s lower orbit; to connect, analyze and monitor everything on Earth.

With unprecedented access to private company headquarters, labs, and top-secret launch locations – from the US to New Zealand, Ukraine to India – Vance presents a gripping account of private jets, communes, gun-toting bodyguards, drugs, espionage investigations and multimillionaires guzzling booze as their fortunes disappear.

This is the most pressing and controversial technology story of our time.

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson charts Elon Musk’s journey from humble beginnings to one of the wealthiest people on the planet – but is Musk a genius or a jerk?

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of Elon Musk, the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era – a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.

When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist.

His father’s impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive.

At the beginning of 2022 – after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one rockets into orbit, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth – Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas. ‘I need to shift my mindset away from being in crisis mode, which it has been for about fourteen years now, or arguably most of my life,’ he said.

It was a wistful comment, not a New Year’s resolution. Even as he said it, he was secretly buying up shares of Twitter, the world’s ultimate playground. Over the years, whenever he was in a dark place, his mind went back to being bullied on the playground. Now he had the chance to own the playground.

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A Brief History Of Mathematical Thought
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Luke Heaton

A Brief History of Mathematical Thought by Luke Heaton explores the evolution of the language of mathematics and its impact on science, philosophy, and human culture. From stone-age rituals to calculus and the concept of computation, Heaton shows how mathematics has shaped the way people think and has enabled new technologies. The book is structured into thirteen chapters split between four sections, tracing the fascinating history of mathematical practice and focusing on the impact of key conceptual innovations. Heaton illuminates the fundamental concept of number, explores the origins of calculus and non-Euclidean geometries, examines the concept of the infinite and formal logic, and considers the critical role of mathematics in our ongoing attempts to comprehend the world around us.

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Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance
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Atul Gawande

Nowhere is the drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the line with every decision. Atul Gawande’s gripping stories take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, delivery rooms in Boston, a polio outbreak in India, and malpractice courtrooms in the US. He discusses the ethical dilemma of lethal injections, examines the influence of money on modern medicine, and recounts the contentious history of hand-washing. And as in all his writing, he gives us an inside look at his own life as a surgeon.

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Open: How Collaboration and Curiosity Shaped Humankind
Original price was: Rs. 3,690.00.Current price is: Rs. 2,890.00.
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Johan Norberg

AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR

“No person or society is smart enough or wise enough or noble enough to solve the wicked problems of life by themselves. With clarity and grace, Johan Norberg reminds us that openness to things and ideas from others is the only route to well-being..” –Steven Pinker, author, Enlightenment Now

“If we are to recover from the pandemic of 2020, the world needs openness more than ever: open minds, open hearts, open communications, open markets. Johan Norberg’s superb book demonstrates, with hundreds of examples, how openness has been the key to the success of our species over 10,000 years and is the secret of prosperity and peace today.” –Matt Ridley, author, The Rational Optimist

“Johan Norberg has a great story to tell: how, throughout history, open societies have always closed down, but never for good. The tension between closed and open, between trading and tribalism drives both progress and reaction. Why are the virtues and benefits of openness always under threat? We can’t live without it, yet too often it seems that we can’t live with it either. Norberg has a powerful argument to give us insight and hope that man’s curiosity and imagination is unstoppable.” –Margaret Heffernan, author, Beyond Measure

“Norberg reminds us that every great civilization has been destroyed by the end of openness. His essential book, then, is a timely reminder that the fate of our civilization rests on a defense of openness. Strongly recommended.” –Andrew Keen, author, The Internet Is Not The Answer

Clear, colourful and convincing, marshalling evidence from a range of eras and civilisations. […] The author is often amusing as well as illuminating. ― The Economist

Norberg has a strong case and he makes it with energy and charm. A pertinent book for grumpy times. ― The Times on Progress
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China After Mao: The Rise of a Superpower
Rs. 3,390.00
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Frank Dikötter

‘A leading historian of modern China. He is a rare scholar, adept in both Russian and Chinese . . . Combined with this linguistic skill, Dikötter has a writer’s gift’ EVENING STANDARD

A mesmerizing account of the communist revolution in China, and the subsequent transformation of hundreds of millions of lives through violence, coercion and broken promises. The Chinese themselves suppress this history, but for anyone who wants to understand the current Beijing regime, this is essential background reading — Anne Applebaum

From the Samuel Johnson Prize-winning author of Mao’s Great Famine, a timely and compelling account of China in the wake of Chairman Mao

In China After Mao, award-winning historian Frank Dikötter explores how the People’s Republic of China was transformed from a backwater economy in the 1970s into the world superpower of today. His account is the first to be based on hundreds of previously unseen archival documents, from the secret minutes of top party meetings to confidential bank reports. Unfolding with great narrative sweep, this riveting, richly detailed chronicle recasts our understanding of an era that both the regime and foreign admirers celebrate as an economic miracle.

In charting four decades of so-called ‘Reform and Opening Up’ and China’s emergence as a world power, Dikötter tells a fascinating tale of contradictions and illusions, of shadow banking, anti-corruption drives and extreme state wealth standing alongside everyday poverty. He examines China’s approach to the 2008 financial crash, the country’s increasing hostility towards perceived Western interference and its development into a thoroughly entrenched dictatorship – one equipped with a sprawling security apparatus and the most sophisticated surveillance system in the world. Ultimately, the book concludes, the communist party’s goal was never to join the democratic sphere, but to resist it – and then defeat it.
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How The Mind Changed: A Human History Of Our Evolving Brain
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Joseph Jebelli

How did humans develop such a runaway mind? Joseph Jebelli masterfully illuminates the neurobiological road by which we arrived, and where it might reach from here — David Eagleman, bestselling author of Livewired and Incognito

Jebelli writes with aplomb and an eye for arresting asides… This is a slim, accessible and thought-provoking book – a springboard to further reading ― The Times

An eye for thrilling details makes his approachable, sometimes provocative book an aptly mind-expanding experience for the curious reader ― The Mail on Sunday

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What I Know for Sure
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Oprah Winfrey

“What I Know for Sure” by Oprah Winfrey is a bestselling book that shares insights and reflections from Winfrey’s own life. With wisdom and inspiration, she offers practical advice on topics like joy, gratitude, resilience, and self-care. This collection of empowering essays encourages readers to embrace their own truths and live a meaningful life. A must-read for those seeking personal growth and self-improvement.

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Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire
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Brad Stone

‘Stone’s new volume is on its surface a business book that seeks to explain the rise of America’s most important private enterprise… Amazon Unbound is particularly valuable in explaining how the company makes money, and the day-to-day decisions that end up having a big effect on consumers… a dense, at times juicy tour of the company Bezos built.’ (Ben Smith New York Times)

‘Fascinating and deeply researched… Stone is at his best describing Bezos’s demanding style of management… Masterful.’ (Marc Levinson Washington Post)

‘An excellent new book…Bezos emerges as the ur-billionaire of our time, the deft wielder of a fortune so vast that he and his company are becoming “perilously close to invincible”.’ (Farhad Manjoo New York Times)

‘In this vivid, anecdote-filled page-turner of a book, Stone goes deep inside a company with colossal power, one we rely on for low-cost, wonderful service, and one that also kills many businesses and jobs. With rare access to Amazon executives, readers are taken inside Amazon meetings, see up close Jeff Bezos’s brilliance but also his belligerence, understand the trade-off between impressive efficiency versus the perils of market dominance, and get an up-to-the-moment appreciation of why government is now awake to the monopoly dangers posed by digital giants like Amazon.’ (Ken Auletta, author of Googled )

‘Amazon’s reach is so extensive that it can seem easier to list the few areas of commerce that it doesn’t touch than the many it does. Stone even-handedly describes the history, expansion and major personalities of the company.’ (Curtis Sittenfeld, my favourite non-fiction books The Week)

‘There are really only a handful of writers who can craft a page-turning narrative about the most transformative business ideas. Brad Stone is one. His topic of choice – Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos – is equal to his journalistic skill. In this book, he gives us his second must-read account of how the world’s most important company and technology titan captured not only global retail, but Washington, Hollywood, outer space and your brain.’ (Rana Foroohar, author of Makers and Takers and Don’t Be Evil )

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The Uninhabitable Earth: A Story of the Future
Original price was: Rs. 2,490.00.Current price is: Rs. 1,990.00.
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David Wallace-Wells

SUNDAY TIMES AND THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Selected as a Book of the Year 2019 by the Sunday Times, Spectator and New Statesman

A Waterstones Paperback of the Year

Shortlisted for the Foyles Book of the Year 2019

Longlisted for the PEN / E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science & Technology (2019)

In crystalline prose, Wallace-Wells provides a devastating overview of where we are in terms of climate crisis and ecological destruction, and what the future will hold if we keep on going down the same path. Urgently readable, this is an epoch-defining book. — Matt Haig, ‘The Book that Changed My Mind’ ― The Guardian

The most terrifying book I have ever read . . . a meticulously documented, white-knuckled tour through the cascading catastrophes that will soon engulf our warming planet. ― The New York Times

A must-read. It’s not only the grandkids and the kids: it’s you. And it’s not only those in other countries: it’s you. — Margaret Atwood ― Twitter

Riveting . . . Some readers will find Mr Wallace-Wells’s outline of possible futures alarmist. He is indeed alarmed. You should be, too. ― The Economist

There is much to learn from this book. From media and scientific reports of the past decade, Wallace-Wells sifts key predictions and conveys them in vivid prose. — David George Haskell ― The Observer

If there are people around to write history books in the future, they will look back at the @ExtinctionR protestors and think they were the sanest people of our time. Read The Uninhabitable Earth by @dwallacewells if you don’t know why. ― Johann Hari, Twitter

Yes, this book will scare you, but it will also prompt you to take action to ensure the damage we as humans have done to the planet is stopped. ― Stylist, Your Guide to the Best Books of 2019
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A Brief History Of Science
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Thomas Crump

From earliest pre-history, with the dawning understanding of fire and its many uses, up to the astonishing advances of the twenty-first century, Thomas Crump traces the ever more sophisticated means employed in our attempts to understand the universe. The result is a vigorous and readable account of how our curious nature has continually pushed forward the frontiers of science and, as a consequence, human civilization.

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Mindful Mastery Collection: Atomic Habits And Think like a Monk Bundle
Original price was: Rs. 7,180.00.Current price is: Rs. 6,800.00.

James Clear & Jay Shetty

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

People say when you want to change your life, you need to set big goals. But they’re wrong.

World-renowned habits expert James Clear has discovered a simpler system for transforming your life. He knows that lasting change comes from the compound effect of hundreds of small decisions – doing two push-ups a day, waking up five minutes early, or holding a single short phone call. He calls them atomic habits.

In this ground-breaking book, Clear reveals how these tiny changes will help you get 1 percent better every day. He uncovers a handful of simple life hacks (the forgotten art of Habit Stacking, the unexpected power of the Two Minute Rule, or the trick to entering the Goldilocks Zone) and delves into cutting-edge psychology and neuroscience to explain why they matter. Along the way, he tells inspiring stories of Olympic gold medalists, leading CEOs and distinguished scientists who have used the science of small habits to stay productive, motivated and happy.

These small changes will have a revolutionary effect on your career, your relationships and your life.

Think like a Monk

“Who better to help you find meaning in your life than a monk? Jay’s experience and wisdom are invaluable to anyone looking to improve their life and reach their full potential.”―ELLEN DeGeneres, television host, actress, writer, and producer

“Jay Shetty shows you step by step how to build your power, shifting your focus from self-image to self-esteem. This book frees you from the hypnosis of social conditioning and helps you become the architect of your own life.”―DEEPAK CHOPRA, MD, professor of medicine, University of California, San Diego, and New York Times bestselling author

“Grab this book, find a comfortable chair, and let Jay Shetty take you on a life-changing journey. Jay guides us with warmth and clarity on a path to greater joy and purpose, offering wisdom that can be put into practice right now. You will want to share it with everyone you love.”―ROBERT WALDINGER, MD, professor of psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and director, Harvard Study of Adult Development

“Combining ancient wisdom with the practicalities of today, Think Like a Monk provides essential guidance for traveling a balanced path to success.”―RAY DALIO, founder, co-chairman, and co-chief investment officer of Bridgewater Associates and New York Times bestselling author

“Jay Shetty has a rare gift for tapping into the world’s timeless wisdom and making it timely by infusing everyday moments with meaning and grace. He’s already shared glimmers of that wisdom with millions on social media, but here he gathers it all into one life-changing volume. Read this book to open your mind, lift your heart, redefine success, and connect with your deeper purpose.”―ARIANNA HUFFINGTON, founder of The Huffington Post, founder and CEO of Thrive Global, and New York Times bestselling author

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An Island’s Eleven: The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket
Original price was: Rs. 4,990.00.Current price is: Rs. 4,590.00.
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Nicholas Brookes

MCC/Cricket Society and Wisden Book Of The Year 2023

A tour de force of scholarship and storytelling. There have been plenty of good books on Sri Lankan cricket, but few as comprehensive or as entertaining as ‘An Island’s Eleven’. Ambitious in scope and lovingly compiled, it’s packed with anecdotes, insights and surprises. An enthralling read — Shehan Karunatilaka

Nicholas Brookes has filled a gap in cricket literature. This wonderful book, based on compendious research, tells the great story of Sri Lankan cricket, how it began in schools and colleges and emerged to become one of the great forces in world cricket. It is more than a cricket book: it is also indispensable for understanding Sri Lanka itself. This book should be in the library of every serious cricket lover. It has been written with real passion and understanding. A great debut from a serious sports historian — Peter Oborne ― bestselling author of Wounded Tiger: A History of Cricket in Pakistan

This is an impeccably researched and beautifully told story, enhanced with anecdotes and first-hand accounts, of the rise of Sri Lankan cricket from its colonial roots to becoming world beaters with some of the greatest cricketers to play the game — Mike Selvey
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Unshakeable: Your Financial Freedom Playbook
Rs. 2,990.00
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Anthony Robbins

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2017)

‘The high priest of human potential. The world can’t get enough of Anthony Robbins.’ The New York Times

‘Tony Robbins needs no introduction. He is committed to helping make life better for every investor.’ — Carl Icahn

‘He has a great gift. He has the gift to inspire.’ — Bill Clinton

‘Tony’s power is super-human — Oprah Winfrey
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Chasing the Moon : The Story of the Space Race
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Alan Andres Robert Stone

Chasing the moon thoroughly reimagine the race to the moon, upending much of the conventional mythology. With newly revealed stories about the space race, from its earliest days to the monumental achievement of the lunar landing in 1969, The book features a diverse cast of characters who played key roles in these historic events. Utilising a wealth of previously overlooked and lost archival material, much of which has never before been revealed to the public, the space age is recast as a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, political calculation, media spectacle, visionary impulses and personal drama in this fascinating new book. Among those included are astronauts buzz Aldrin, Frank borman and Bill Anders; Sergei Khrushchev, son of the former Soviet premier and a leading Soviet Rocket engineer; Poppy northcutt, a 25-year old ‘Mathematics whiz’ who gained worldwide attention as the first woman to serve in the all-male bastion of NASA’s mission control; and Ed Dwight, the air Force pilot selected by the Kennedy administration to train as American first black astronaut.

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The Bridgerton Collection: Books 1-8
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Julia Quinn

The Bridgerton Collection: Books 1-8 Box Set includes:

1. Bridgerton: The Duke And I;

2. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me;

3. Bridgerton: An Offer From A Gentleman;

4. Bridgerton: Romancing Mr Bridgerton;

5. Bridgerton: To Sir Phillip, With Love;

6. Bridgerton: When He Was Wicked;

7. Bridgerton: It’S In His Kiss;

8. Bridgerton: On The Way To The Wedding
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The Path: Accelerating Your Journey to Financial Freedom
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Peter Mallouk and Tony Robbins

#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller!

“Robbins is the best economic moderator that I’ve ever worked with. His mission to bring insights from the world’s greatest financial minds to the average investor is truly inspiring.” —Alan Greenspan, Former Federal Reserve Chairman

“Want an eye-opening guide to money management—one that tells it like it is and will make you laugh along the way? Peter Mallouk’s tour of the financial world is a tour de force that’ll change the way you think about money.” —Jonathan Clements, Former Columnist for The Wall Street Journal and current board member and Director of Financial Education at Creative Planning

Accelerate your journey to financial freedom with the tools, strategies, and mindset of money mastery.

Regardless of your stage of life and your current financial picture, the quest for financial freedom can indeed be conquered. The journey will demand the right tools and strategies along with the mindset of money mastery. With decades of collective wisdom and hands-on experience, your guides for this expedition are Peter Mallouk, the only man in history to be ranked the #1 Financial Advisor in the U.S. for three consecutive years by Barron’s (2013, 2014, 2015), and Tony Robbins, the world-renowned life and business strategist. Mallouk and Robbins take the seemingly daunting goal of financial freedom and simplify it into a step-by-step process that anyone can achieve.

The pages of this book are filled with real-life success stories and vital lessons, such as…

Why the future is better than you think and why there is no greater time in history to be an investor

How to chart your personally tailored course for financial security

How markets behave and how to achieve peace of mind during volatility

What the financial services industry doesn’t want you to know

How to select a financial advisor that puts your interests first

How to navigate, select, or reject the many types of investments available

Success without fulfillment is the ultimate failure! Financial freedom is not only about money—it’s about feeling deeply fulfilled in your own personal journey
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Mossad: The Great Operations of Israel’s Secret Service
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Michael Bar-Zohar & Nissim Mishal

The Mossad is universally recognized today as the greatest intelligence service in the world. It is also the most enigmatic one, shrouded in a thick veil of secrecy. Many of its fascinating feats are still unknown; most of its heroes remain unnamed. Here, for the first time the veil is lifted by two Israeli authors.

From the famous cases – – the kidnapping of Eichmann from Argentina, the systematic tracking down of those responsible for the Munich Massacre – to lesser-known episodes, shrouded in darkness, this extraordinary book describes the dramatic, largely secret history of the Mossad, and the Israeli intelligence community. It examines the covert operations, the targeted assassinations, the paramilitary operations within and outside Israel. It also reveals the identities of the best Mossad agents and leaders, whose personal stories are interwoven with the great Mossad operations.

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Dare to be Different and Grow Rich
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Dr. Zitelmann

Dare to be Different and Grow Rich is an insightful and thought-provoking journey through 150 years of cultural and business history. Packed with useful advice, interesting facts and entertaining anecdotes, the book offers a definitive philosophy for success. This book is for everybody who has the courage to dream.

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The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity
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Steven Pinker

Shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize 2012

One of the most important books I’ve read – not just this year, but ever … For me, what’s most important about The Better Angels of Our Nature are its insights into how to help achieve positive outcomes. How can we encourage a less violent, more just society, particularly for the poor? Steven Pinker shows us ways we can make those positive trajectories a little more likely. That’s a contribution, not just to historical scholarship, but to the world — Bill Gates

A supremely important book. To have command of so much research, spread across so many different fields, is a masterly achievement. Pinker convincingly demonstrates that there has been a dramatic decline in violence, and he is persuasive about the causes of that decline — Peter Singer ― New York Times

Steven Pinker, author of “the language instinct” and “the blank slate”, argues that, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent, over millenia and decades.

Can violence really have declined? the images of conflict we see daily on our screens from around the world suggest this is an almost obscene claim to be making. Extraordinarily, however, steven pinker shows violence within and between societies – both murder and warfare – really has declined from prehistory to today.

we are much less likely to die at someone else’s hands than ever before. Even the horrific carnage of the last century, when compared to the dangers of pre – state societies, is part of this trend. Debunking both the idea of the ‘noble savage’ and an over – simplistic hobbesian notion of a ‘nasty, brutish and short’ life, steven pinker argues that modernity and its cultural institutions are actually making.
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Jesus Lived in India: His Unknown Life Before and After the Crucifixion
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Holger Kersten

Jesus Lived In India is a book by theologian, Holger Kersten, which presents the connection that Jesus had with India. It cites evidence that Jesus lived in India for a large part of his life after the crucifixion and died there at old age. The book asks its readers the question of why Christianity chose to ignore it’s connections with the religions of the east.

Historical sites traced back Jesus to Israel, the Middle East, Afghanistan, and India. According to this book, this had been found out as a result of investigative research. Many startling conclusions have been presented by Holger Kersten.

Some of the allusions made by this book include statements that Jesus followed the ancient Silk Road to India and studied Buddhism there, adopting its tenets in order to become a master of spirituality. This book states that he survived the crucifixion, and after that returned to India where he finally died in Jammu & Kashmir.

Key Features:

The book is based on research by Holger Kersten.

It was not well-received by the mainstream scholarship.

Jesus In India was originally a treatise written by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
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The Act Of Living
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Frank Tallis

The book explores the contributions of outstanding figures in the practice of psychotherapy, arguing that psychotherapeutic thinking is an immensely valuable and under-exploited resource. It explains how psychotherapists have been developing and refining models of the human mind for over a hundred years, offering original perspectives on big questions usually entrusted to philosophers and faith representatives. The book is written by Frank Tallis, who argues that the legacy of psychotherapy has much wider relevance than just its clinical provenance.

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High Output Management & Musk Bundle
Original price was: Rs. 11,380.00.Current price is: Rs. 10,240.00.

Andrew S. Grove, Walter Isaacson

High Output Management

In this legendary business book and Silicon Valley staple, the former chairman and CEO of Intel shares his perspective on how to build and run a company.

A practical handbook for navigating real-life business scenarios and a powerful management manifesto with the ability to revolutionize the way we work.

The essential skill of creating and maintaining new businesses—the art of the entrepreneur—can be summed up in a single word: managing. Born of Grove’s experiences at one of America’s leading technology companies (as CEO and employee number three at Intel),

High Output Management is equally appropriate for sales managers, accountants, consultants, and teachers, as well as CEOs and startup founders. Grove covers techniques for creating highly productive teams, demonstrating methods of motivation that lead to peak performance.

“Generous enough with advice and observations to be required reading.” —The Wall Street Journal

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of Elon Musk, the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era – a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.

When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist.

His father’s impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive.

At the beginning of 2022 – after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one rockets into orbit, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth – Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas. ‘I need to shift my mindset away from being in crisis mode, which it has been for about fourteen years now, or arguably most of my life,’ he said.

It was a wistful comment, not a New Year’s resolution. Even as he said it, he was secretly buying up shares of Twitter, the world’s ultimate playground. Over the years, whenever he was in a dark place, his mind went back to being bullied on the playground. Now he had the chance to own the playground.

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Pluses and Minuses: How Maths Makes the World More Manageable
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Stefan Buijsman

Pluses and Minuses: How Maths Makes the World More Manageable by Stefan Buijsman is a fascinating exploration of the ways in which mathematics shapes and impacts our daily lives. From simple arithmetic to complex algorithms, Buijsman takes readers on a journey through the history of math and its practical applications in fields such as science, finance, and technology. Through clear explanations and relatable examples, Buijsman shows how math can help us make better decisions, solve problems, and navigate the world around us with greater ease and confidence.

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Strategic Scaling Masters Bundle
Original price was: Rs. 11,280.00.Current price is: Rs. 10,150.00.

Reid Hoffman, Walter Isaacson

Masters of Scale

“Whether you’re at a startup or working to drive change within a large organization, the business principles in this book will help you deploy your strategy with creativity, integrity, and realism.”—Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft Corporation

“Reid Hoffman has a talent for getting right to the heart of a business case and turning it into an unforgettable lesson. If you’re scaling a company—or if you just love a well-told story—this is a book to savor.”—Bob Iger, executive chairman, The Walt Disney Company

“What if, instead of learning from one entrepreneur at a time, you could distill the lessons of many of the greatest founders of our time? This book combines memorable stories with actionable insights from world-class leaders to help you turn your biggest, boldest ideas into reality.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast WorkLife

“To lead with vision and heart, start by listening and learning from others. Using stories to teach lessons, this book is full of solid (and sometimes surprising!) advice that will help accelerate your journey.”—Angela Ahrendts, former CEO, Burberry, and former head, Apple Retail

“A book to take with you into battle as you build a company or a career. It’s full of enjoyable stories, but the killer feature is the sharp insights that Hoffman draws out—specific, memorable, and actionable mindsets.”—Reed Hastings, co-founder and co-CEO, Netflix

Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson

From the author of Steve Jobs and other bestselling biographies, this is the astonishingly intimate story of Elon Musk, the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era – a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. Oh, and took over Twitter.

When Elon Musk was a kid in South Africa, he was regularly beaten by bullies. One day a group pushed him down some concrete steps and kicked him until his face was a swollen ball of flesh. He was in the hospital for a week. But the physical scars were minor compared to the emotional ones inflicted by his father, an engineer, rogue, and charismatic fantasist.

His father’s impact on his psyche would linger. He developed into a tough yet vulnerable man-child with an exceedingly high tolerance for risk, a craving for drama, an epic sense of mission, and a maniacal intensity that was callous and at times destructive.

At the beginning of 2022 – after a year marked by SpaceX launching thirty-one rockets into orbit, Tesla selling a million cars, and him becoming the richest man on earth – Musk spoke ruefully about his compulsion to stir up dramas. ‘I need to shift my mindset away from being in crisis mode, which it has been for about fourteen years now, or arguably most of my life,’ he said.

It was a wistful comment, not a New Year’s resolution. Even as he said it, he was secretly buying up shares of Twitter, the world’s ultimate playground. Over the years, whenever he was in a dark place, his mind went back to being bullied on the playground. Now he had the chance to own the playground.

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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
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Malcolm Gladwell

A Best Book of the Year: The Financial Times, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, and Detroit Free Press

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2019)

I love this book . . . reading it will actually change not just how you see strangers, but how you look at yourself, the news – the world. Reading this book changed me. ― Oprah Winfrey

Fascinating . . . you should read the book . . . He’s tackling the dark side of human nature – what do we ever know about other people? — Sathnam Sanghera ― The Times Magazine

Now that practically everybody seems to be spoiling for a fight, I have found Malcolm Gladwell’s Talking to Strangers invaluable . . . His moral – to approach new people with caution and humility – has become my motto. ― Evening Standard

Taut, provocative, smart . . . Gladwell’s cool, playful intelligence has made him one of our leading public thinkers ― New Statesman

A book examining the ways we misinterpret or fail to communicate with one another could not feel more necessary . . . the page-turning urgency of a thriller — Chris Barton ― Los Angeles Times

Superb writing. Masterful . . . bears all the marks that have made Gladwell one of the most successful non-fiction authors of his generation. — Pilita Clark ― Financial Times

A dazzling book . . . Gladwell is a rock star of nonfiction . . . ideas are slowly revealed until the reader arrives at a conclusion they didn’t expect. Gladwell is advancing ideas and, sure, they are all open to challenge . . . but they are stimulating and convincing – and you won’t regret a minute you spend mastering them ― The Times

A wonderful provocation which Gladwell delivers like no other, an awakening to just one of the fascinations that lie in ordinary human experience . . . as ever, Gladwell’s genius is in the telling. ― Spectator

Malcolm Gladwell made his name bringing intellectual sparkle to everyday subjects, and his new book – about how strangers talk to each other – is no exception. — Sean O’Hagan ― Observer

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Alibaba’s World: How One Remarkable Chinese Company Is Changing the Face of Global Business
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Porter Erisman – Former Vice President, Alibaba

Selected as one of the Best Business Books of 2015 by the Wall Street Journal

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

‘Fascinating . . . stories don’t get much better than Alibaba’s’ Financial Times

‘An absolute delight to read. Porter Erisman has crafted an insider’s loving portrayal of the world’s largest e-commerce site . . . If you like a well-written business yarn, read Alibaba’s World. It’s how the East was won’ New York Journal of Books
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Speeches that Shaped the World
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Alan J. Whiticker

53 Speeches from great leaders M. K. GANDHI, NELSON MANDELA, STEVE JOBS, STEPHEN HAWKING, MALALA YOUSAFZAI, BARACK OBAMA and others. The passing of time allows many speeches to take on a deeper meaning and poignancy. Others have become an iconic part of our times.

Alan J. Whiticker’s Speeches that Shaped the World is a collection of the most potent and memorable speeches throughout history. These speeches highlight recurring themes such as politics and power, war and peace, civil rights and human rights. What they all have in common is the power to inspire—emotionally, politically and socially.In this brilliant collection, many of history’s greatest orators and pivotal moments are featured. These speeches shaped and changed the world. Different eras and many nations are represented, with several speeches from famous women—speeches of clarity and hope. Along with famous names like John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher and Hillary Clinton there are also lesser known orators who are remembered for making their mark on history.

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Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
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Reid Hoffman

Foreword by Bill Gates

“The case studies you’re about to explore and the tools you’re about to gain have never been more relevant. This is an ideal moment to be reading this book” – From the Foreword by Bill Gates

LinkedIn cofounder, legendary investor, and host of the award-winning Masters of Scale podcast reveals the secret to starting and scaling massively valuable companies.

What entrepreneur or founder doesn’t aspire to build the next Amazon, Facebook, or Airbnb?

Yet those who actually manage to do so are exceedingly rare. So what separates the startups that get disrupted and disappear from the ones that grow to become global giants?

The secret is blitzscaling: a set of techniques for scaling up at a dizzying pace that blows competitors out of the water. The objective of Blitzscaling is not to go from zero to one, but from one to one billion –as quickly as possible.

When growing at a breakneck pace, getting to the next level requires very different strategies from those that got you to where you are today. In a book inspired by their popular class at Stanford Business School, Hoffman and Yeh reveal how to navigate the necessary shifts and weather the unique challenges that arise at each stage of a company’s life cycle, such as: how to design business models for igniting and sustaining relentless growth; strategies for hiring and managing; how the role of the founder and company culture must evolve as the business matures, and more.

Whether your business has ten employees or ten thousand, Blitzscaling is the essential playbook for winning in a world where speed is the only competitive advantage that matters.

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Into the Minds of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger
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Daniel Pecaut with Corey Wrenn

A Remarkable retelling of the lessons, wisdom, and investment strategies handed down personally from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger to shareholders.

“Seasoned investors, as well as Buffett fans, will find plenty of value in this storehouse of financial counsel. A rare view into the mind of Warren Buffett.” ―Kirkus Reviews

“For 25 years, I have religiously read Daniel and Corey’s annual commentaries about Berkshire Hathaway. I know of no keener observers on what has made Berkshire such a wonderful wealth-builder. I also know of no investment firm that cares more about their clients than their firm, Pecaut and Company. You can’t help but learn valuable lessons by reading this book.” ―Jonathan Brandt, Research Analyst, Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb

“Since Buffett and Munger always expressed themselves candidly and clearly, once you’ve read Daniel and Corey’s copious notes, you’ll understand Berkshire’s extraordinary approach to investing. This book is a true gem.” ―Jean-Marie Eveillard, Senior Adviser, First Eagle Investment Management

“Having attended nearly every Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting since 1985, I know first-hand that these notes cover every base Buffett and Munger have touched. University of Berkshire Hathaway is a unique gateway inside these legendary meetings. This book will be a resource for generations.” ―Daniel P. Boyle, President, Schwerin Boyle Capital Management

“I’m impressed. I’ve attended quite a few Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meetings but this book filled in the gaps for those I haven’t attended and better still, it underscored any number of valuable insights Buffett and Munger have provided more than once. What’s more, because it covers so many years, it shows how they’ve learned and changed and how they haven’t been afraid to fess up to mistakes. All in all, a fascinating look at two extraordinary investors who unselfishly share their many talents and who educate by putting on a very entertaining show in Omaha every spring.”―Randy Cepuch, Author of A Weekend with Warren Buffett

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Explaining Life Through Evolution
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Prosanta Chakrabarty

“A good book for people who want straight answers to tough questions about evolution.” –– Dr. Mary Jane West-Eberhard, author of Developmental Plasticity and Evolution and 2021 recipient of the Linnean Medal

“This incredibly readable and engaging primer on evolutionary principles and processes is a ‘must have’ for any reader’s bookshelf. I enjoyed not only the elaboration of how evolution works but also the sections on misconceptions and applications. It even clarifies important timely topics like race as a social rather than genetic construct and our current COVID-19 pandemic.” — Dr. Mohamed Noor, Darwin-Wallace Medal winner; Dean of Natural Sciences, Duke University

“An enlightening and entertaining climb through the tree of life. Prosanta Chakrabarty is a superb educator who wants more than anything to persuade you to think. He offers an accessible and affable guide to evolution, what it is, what it isn’t, how it works and why it matters – especially right now. Essential reading for students, teachers and anyone who’s ever wondered how life on earth came to be the way it is.” — Dr. Helen Scales, author of Spirals in Time and The Brilliant Abyss

“Chakrabarty weaves his lived experiences into this poignant discussion of evolution, covering key concepts that are vital to our understanding of current conditions like mutation and natural selection. Important for any book on evolutionary biology is discussion of how the discipline has been (too often) misused to conflate socially constructed categories like gender, and here Chakrabarty’s incandescent analysis shines light on the problems with historical and present-day interpretations of evolution, while enlightening us about those who work at the cutting edges of the field. We need this book, to guide us through viral pandemics and social change, and to provide literacy so that we can work together toward a thriving future world.” — Dr. Jessica Ware; Associate Curator, American Museum of Natural History and winner of the ‘Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers’

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Get It Done Now! – Second Edition: Own Your Time, Take Back Your Life
Rs. 1,790.00
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Brian Tracy

From the bestselling author of Eat That Frog

While productivity and time management expert Brian Tracy has been writing bestselling books and giving seminars on these topics for well over thirty years, the challenge of remaining optimally productive in our modern world has never been greater. How can this be?

We live in the most technologically advanced period of history in the most technologically advanced world. With the advent of mobile phones, killer apps, internet speeds that stagger the imagination, and nearly any bit of information, products, and solutions only one click away, how can it be that remaining optimally productive is such a challenge for so many? In a word: DISTRACTION. Many of us spend precious time focusing on the incessant emails, texts, notifications, ads, etc. that seem important-even urgent-to our success and happiness, but, in reality, only complicate our lives and take us even further from our goals.

In Get It Done Now!, Brian addresses this challenge of distraction in its many forms and shows you how to focus on your most important task so you can get it done now! In this book, you will discover:

How to eliminate excuses and take control of your life NOW!

Mental programming for getting things done NOW!

The 10 best productivity methods

Breakthrough habits for getting organized NOW!

Productivity tips to fast-track your career
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The Invention of Surgery: A History of Modern Medicine: From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution
Original price was: Rs. 2,990.00.Current price is: Rs. 2,690.00.
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Dr. David Schneider

“Brace yourself! The Invention of Surgery is a globetrotting historical adventure, told from the inside of the operating room. Through a series of colorful, bizarre and, at times, stomach-churning stories, Dr. Schneider reveals how the human, messy side of surgical history adds up to the wondrous advances we see today. This is medical writing at its most exhilarating.”
– Michael Paul Mason, author of Head Cases: Stories of Brain Injury and Its Aftermath

“Comprehensively researched, deftly told, and radiating both intellect and passion, The Invention of Surgery is essential reading for anyone interested not only in the history but also in the future of medicine. This book is a labor of love, and it shows.”
– Frank Huyler, author of The Blood of Strangers: Stories from Emergency Medicine

“Rampaging through surgery’s history, David Schneider’s unique take on its heroes and their achievements is cut with poignant, pithy stories from his own experience of repairing our bodies. He celebrates the audacity of putting something foreign inside of us, ruminates on its current costs and ethics, and asks us to join him on a fascinating ride into the future of implants.”
– Helen Bynum PhD, author of Spitting Blood: The History of Tuberculosis

“Bold and compelling… Uniformly excellent, and often wryly amusing.“– The Wall Street Journal

“A history of surgery that is informative, entertaining, and highly readable.” –Library Journal

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Now You’re Talking: Human Conversation from the Neanderthals to Artificial Intelligence
Original price was: Rs. 3,390.00.Current price is: Rs. 2,690.00.
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Trevor Cox

“The spectrum of sounds humans emit are not only the lifeblood of conversation—they are central to our sense of who we are and where we come from. In his book Now You’re Talking, acoustic engineer and BBC radio presenter Trevor Cox zooms in on the basic mechanics of our vocal abilities, broadly surveys the ways our speaking voices define and reflect identity, and asks what it means when this most human quality can be replicated by computers.” —Psychology Today

“A lucid look at the science behind human communication . . . The greatest takeaway from the book is the welcome thought that our best moments as human communicators are in ordinary conversations, ‘quotidian activity that allows knowledge about how to survive and thrive to be passed between us.’ There’s lots to ponder in Cox’s geekily entertaining exploration of how we acquire our voices and understand those of others.” —Kirkus Reviews

“A lively, intelligent and persuasive history of speech.” —Laura Freeman, The Times

“Illuminating . . . Cox knows how to make his subject sing.” —Sebastian Shakespeare, Daily Mail

“Cox proves an affable guide, and his sharp history will give casual science buffs a lot to talk about.” —Publishers Weekly

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Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Original price was: Rs. 3,190.00.Current price is: Rs. 2,990.00.
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Patrick Radden Keefe

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Winner of the 2021 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction

Shortlisted for the 2021 Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award

A grand, devastating portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. From the prize-winning and bestselling author of Say Nothing.

“A real-life version of the HBO series Succession with a lethal sting in its tail…a masterful work of narrative reportage.” – Laura Miller, Slate

Empire of Pain is the saga of three generations of a single family and the mark they would leave on the world, a tale that moves from the bustling streets of early twentieth-century Brooklyn to the seaside palaces of Greenwich, Connecticut, and Cap d’Antibes to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C. It follows the family’s early success with Valium to the much more potent OxyContin, marketed with a ruthless technique of co-opting doctors, influencing the FDA, and downplaying the drug’s addictiveness.

Empire of Pain chronicles the multiple investigations of the Sacklers and their company and the scorched-earth legal tactics that the family has used to evade accountability.

A masterpiece of narrative reporting, Empire of Pain is a ferociously compelling portrait of America’s second Gilded Age, a study of impunity among the super-elite and a relentless investigation of the naked greed that built one of the world’s great fortunes.

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What’s Eating the Universe?: And Other Cosmic Questions
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Paul Davies

Brilliant. You won’t find a clearer, more engaging guide to what we know (or would like to know) about the universe and how it is put together. — Bill Bryson ― author of The Body: A Guide for Occupants

Paul Davies gives us a thought-provoking, fascinating, and delightful journey through some of the big questions that have perplexed and tantalized scientists throughout history. These are the questions and paradoxes that have stumped and teased history’s greatest minds. What happened before the beginning? What is the meaning of the universe? Are there other universes? –– Michio Kaku

Paul Davies brings his customary lucidity to a survey of some of the most fascinating and puzzling aspects of our universe, simultaneously educating us about its vertiginous wonders and giving us a real sense of science’s questions as it confronts and explores them and wrestles with their mystery. It is an absorbing and stimulating read, one of the best of its kind. — A.C. Grayling ― author of The Frontiers of Knowledge

Compelling … Davies excels in succinctly addressing the cosmological conundrums that haven’t received as much attention as dark matter, dark energy, what triggered the big bang and the fate of the universe ― Forbes

A whistle-stop tour of the biggest mysteries that cosmologists are investigating today … a fun way of making sure you’re all caught up on where cosmology is at today ― Physics World

What’s Eating the Universe? is a veritable feast for curious minds. Davies, a polymath and lyrical writer, masterfully tackles all the big questions ranging from why this Universe to the meaning of life and the significance of the present moment-a whirlwind journey through ideas that have shaped our understanding of the cosmos and its constituents. — Priyamvada Natarajan ― author of Mapping the Heavens: The Radical Scientific Ideas That Reveal the Cosmos

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50 Politics Classics: Your Shortcut to the Most Important Ideas on Freedom, Equality, and Power
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Tom Butler-Bowdon

A terrific compendium of the best from famous classics to off-beat unknowns, distilled to the point of joyous clarity.―Richard Koch, author of The 80/20 Principle

“Tremendous. Because the range and depth of the sources are so huge, the cumulative reading effect is amazing. Alternatively, it educates and edifies, affirms and inspires. Often both.”―Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

We live in politically charged times, but little of what we contend with today is new and much can be learned from history.

From Abraham Lincoln to Nelson Mandela, and from Aristotle to George Orwell, 50 Politics Classics distills the essence of the books, pamphlets, and speeches of the major leaders and great thinkers that drive real-world change. Spanning 2,500 years, left and right, thinkers and doers, Tom Butler-Bowdon’s new book covers activists, war strategists, visionary leaders, economists, philosophers of freedom, feminists, conservatives and environmentalists, right up to contemporary classics such as The Spirit Level and No Logo. Whether you consider yourself to be conservative, liberal, socialist, or Marxist, this book gives you greater understanding of the key ideas that matter in our politically charged times.

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Power Pathways Collection: The 48 Laws Of Power & Unscripted Bundle
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Robert Greene & James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams

The 48 Laws Of Power

WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS BOOK AWARD 2019

“Greene’s specialty is analyzing the lives and philosophies of historical figures like Sun Tzu and Napoleon, and extracting from them tips on how to manipulate people and situations–a cutthroat worldview that has earned him a devoted following among a like-minded readership of rappers, drug dealers and corporate executives.” —The New York Times

“The Laws of Human Nature provides some first-rate comprehensive and in-depth information about how to deal with our fellow human beings effectively. Greene’s intense curiosity about the inner workings of humanity is contagious, as he invites us to join him as fellow sleuths on his investigation of why people, including ourselves, do what we do. He rightly (and frequently) reminds us that in order to understand others, we must first and foremost understand what makes ourselves tick.” — New York Journal of Books

“Machiavelli has a new rival. And Sun Tzu had better watch his back. Greene . . . has put together a checklist of ambitious behavior. Just reading the table of contents is enough to stir a little corner-office lust.”—New York magazine

“The writing is engaging and the ideas are fascinating… we could all use the insights Greene provides…. a hopeful book that advocates freedom and creativity.” — Quartz

Unscripted

James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams

‘Addicted to Succession? Well, here’s the real thing.’ Hollywood Reporter

The shocking inside story of how dysfunction, misconduct and scandal almost brought down one of Hollywood’s greatest companies.

Unscripted is the inside story of the struggle to control one of the world’s great entertainment empires.

It is the story of the last great Hollywood mogul, Sumner Redstone: the ninety-something founder of Paramount Global who, well into his dotage and facing a scandalous lawsuit, proves increasingly unable to run the sprawling company he has built.
A racy tale of big money, bigger egos and #MeToo disgrace . . . Like a real-life blueprint for the TV show Succession ― The Times

Jaw-dropping . . . an epic tale of toxic wealth and greed populated by connivers and manipulators. — Editor’s Choice ― New York Times

A real-life Succession . . . A deeply reported account of one of the trashiest episodes in recent business history . . . Masterful. ― Financial Times

Has a business book ever made you blush? . . . With soap-operatic twists and turns, Unscripted makes the amped-up historical fiction of Babylon feel downright chaste by comparison ― Washington Post

The sordid family saga that makes Succession look tame ― Esquire

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New Ideas from Dead Economists: The Introduction to Modern Economic Thought
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Todd G. Buchholz

“If you read only one economics book this year, read this one.” —Larry Summers, secretary of the Treasury under President Clinton, director of the National Economic Council under President Obama

“Outstanding . . . fun to read.” —The Wall Street Journal

An entertaining and widely-praised introduction to great economic thinkers throughout history, now in its fourth edition, with updates and commentary on the 2020 “great cessation,” Trump and Obama economic policies, the dominance of Amazon, and many other timely topics.

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The Rise and Fall of the Black Hole Paradigm
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Abhas Mitra

“The Rise and Fall of the Black Hole Paradigm” is a book by Indian astrophysicist Abhas Mitra, which challenges the current understanding of black holes in astrophysics. Mitra argues that the concept of black holes is based on flawed mathematical assumptions and argues for a new paradigm that can explain the observed phenomena without the need for black holes. Mitra critiques the current understanding of black holes and offers alternative explanations for the observations that are traditionally attributed to them. He also delves into the history of black hole research and the social and institutional factors that have contributed to the continued dominance of the black hole paradigm in astrophysics. The book offers a thought-provoking and controversial perspective on one of the most enigmatic and mysterious objects in the universe.

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Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts (5th Anniversary Edition): A Story of the Indian Stock Market
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Santosh Nair

‘An honest and extremely detailed recounting of the evolution of the market’ — Business Line

‘A delightful book on the stock markets’ — Free Press Journal

A rip-roaring history of the Indian stock market post liberalization.

The wise and wily Lalchand Gupta takes you on an exciting journey through Dalal Street in this comprehensive history of the stock market since 1991. From tech booms and tax evasion to banks and money laundering; scams and crashes to fixers and investors, Lala has seen it all. Bringing the story up to the present, this special fifth anniversary edition also makes keen observations about the developments on the trading floor of the Bombay Stock Exchange in more recent times and doles out smart investing hacks in Lala’s inimitable style.

Bulls, Bears and Other Beasts is a must-read for anyone interested in the financial health of the country as well as those who want to know about the sensational events that led up to the far more sterile stock-market operations of the present day.

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Tamil: A Biography
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David Shulman

Spoken by eighty million people in South Asia and a diaspora that stretches across the globe, Tamil is one of the great world languages and one of the few ancient languages that survives as a mother tongue for so many speakers.

David Shulman presents a comprehensive cultural history of Tamil language, literature and civilization emphasizing how Tamil speakers and poets have understood the unique features of their language over its long history. Impetuous, musical, whimsical, in constant flux, Tamil is a living entity and this is its biography.Two stories animate Shulman s narrative. The first concerns the evolution of Tamil s distinctive modes of speaking, thinking and singing.

The second describes Tamil s major expressive themes, the stunning poems of love and war known as Sangam poetry and Tamil s influence as a shaping force within Hinduism. Shulman tracks Tamil from its earliest traces at the end of the first millennium BCE through the classical period, 850 to 1200 CE, when Tamil-speaking rulers held sway over southern India and into late-medieval and modern times, including the deeply contentious politics that overshadow Tamil today.

Tamil is more than a language, Shulman says. It is a body of knowledge, much of it intrinsic to an ancient culture and sensibility. Tamil can mean both knowing how to love in the manner of classical love poetry and being a civilized person. It is thus a kind of grammar, not merely of the language in its spoken and written forms but of the creative potential of its speakers.

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When Breath Becomes Air
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Paul Kalanithi

Selected as a Book of the Year by the New York Times, Evening Standard, Observer, Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday and The Economist

THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

Goodreads Choice Award for Memoir & Autobiography (2016)

Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Biography or Autobiography (2017)

Wellcome Book Prize Nominee (2017)

Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (2016)

Jan Michalski Prize Nominee for Longlist (2017)

“Rattling. Heartbreaking. Beautiful.” (Atul Gawande, author of BEING MORTAL)

“A vital book about dying. Awe-inspiring and exquisite. Obligatory reading for the living.“ (Nigella Lawson)

“Paul Kalanithi’s memoir, When Breath Becomes Air… split my head open with its beauty. Truly. Madly. Deeply.” (Cheryl Strayed, author of WILD)

“It turns out not really to be about dying at all but about life and how to live it ― though the closeness of death gives it an urgency and economy… When Breath Becomes Air is a Renaissance book from a Renaissance man. It is a work of philosophy and morality, a reconciliation of science and religion. There is even plot and excitement… It was only with the restrained, elegant epilogue written by his wife Lucy Kalanithi that I found myself weeping helplessly… When Breath Becomes Air tells us what means to live a good life, by giving us a glimpse into an exceptional one.” (Lucy Kellaway Financial Times)

“A tremendous book, crackling with life, animated by wonder and by the question of how we should live. Paul Kalanithi lived and died in the pursuit of excellence, and by this testimonial, he achieved it.” (Gavin Francis, author of Adventures in Human Being)

“When I came to the end of the last flawless paragraph of When Breath Becomes Air, all I could do was turn to the first page and read the whole thing again. Searingly intelligent, beautifully written, and beyond brave, I haven’t been so marked by a book in years.” (Gabriel Weston, author of DIRECT RED)
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