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A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes
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Adam Rutherford
- A National Geographic Best Book of 2017
- National Book Critics Circle Award—2017 Nonfiction Finalist
- An Amazon Best Book of October 2017
“Nothing less than a tour de force—a heady amalgam of science, history, a little bit of anthropology and plenty of nuanced, captivating storytelling.”—The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice
“[Rutherford’s] head-on, humane approach to such charged and misunderstood topics as intelligence and race make this an indispensable contribution to the popular science genre.”—Apple’s iBooks Best Book of September 2017
In our unique genomes, every one of us carries the story of our species—births, deaths, disease, war, famine, migration, and a lot of sex.
But those stories have always been locked away—until now.
Who are our ancestors? Where did they come from? Geneticists have suddenly become historians, and the hard evidence in our DNA has blown the lid off what we thought we knew. Acclaimed science writer Adam Rutherford explains exactly how genomics is completely rewriting the human story—from 100,000 years ago to the present.
A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived will upend your thinking on Neanderthals, evolution, royalty, race, and even redheads. (For example, we now know that at least four human species once roamed the earth.) Plus, here is the remarkable, controversial story of how our genes made their way to the Americas—one that’s still being written, as ever more of us have our DNA sequenced.
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Thinking Better: The Art of the Shortcut
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How can you earn more and become more creative just by moving house?
And how do you pack a car boot most efficiently?This is your shortcut to the art of the shortcut.
Mathematics is full of better ways of thinking, and with over 2,000 years of knowledge to draw on, Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy interrogates his passion for shortcuts in this fresh and fascinating guide.
After all, shortcuts have enabled so much of human progress, whether in constructing the first cities around the Euphrates 5,000 years ago, using calculus to determine the scale of the universe, or in writing today’s algorithms that help us find a new life partner.
As well as looking at the most useful shortcuts in history – such as measuring the circumference of the earth in 240 BC to diagrams that illustrate how modern GPS works – Marcus also looks at how you can use shortcuts in investing or how to learn a musical instrument to memory techniques. He talks to, among many, the writer Robert MacFarlane, cellist Natalie Clein, and the psychologist Suzie Orbach, asking whether shortcuts are always the best idea and, if so, when they use them.With engaging puzzles and conundrums throughout to illustrate the shortcut’s ability to find solutions with speed, Thinking Better offers many clever strategies for daily complex problems.
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Game Theory (Hot Science): Understanding the Mathematics of Life
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“Game Theory (Hot Science): Understanding the Mathematics of Life” by Brian Clegg is a book that explores the field of game theory and its applications in various aspects of life. The book explains how game theory can be used to understand human behavior, decision-making, and strategy in a variety of settings, from economics and politics to biology and psychology. The book covers the basic principles of game theory and how they can be applied to real-world situations, such as bargaining, auctions, and voting systems. The author also examines the evolution of game theory, its major contributors, and how it has been used to solve some of the most pressing problems in modern society. With its engaging writing style and accessible approach, “Game Theory (Hot Science)” is a great introduction to this fascinating and influential field.
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Make, Think, Imagine
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In “Make, Think, Imagine,” John Browne argues that we should not halt technological progress despite concerns about its impact. Drawing on history and his own experiences, he explores the consequences of progress and provides a blueprint for using innovation to address negative outcomes. Browne emphasizes the importance of engineering innovation as the foundation of civilization and advocates for harnessing technology for a brighter future.
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
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- A New York Times Notable Book for 2011
- A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 Title
- A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title
“Political theorist Francis Fukuyama’s new book is a major accomplishment, likely to find its place among the works of seminal thinkers like Jean-Jacques Rousseau and John Locke, and modern moral philosophers and economists such as John Rawls and Amartya Sen . . .It is a perspective and a voice that can supply a thinker’s tonic for our current political maladies.” ―Earl Pike, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
“A sweeping survey that tries to explain why human beings act as they do in the political sphere. Magisterial in its learning and admirably immodest in its ambition.” ―David Gress, The Wall Street Journal
“The Origins of Political Order “begins in prehumen times and concludes on the eve of the American and French Revolutions. Along the way, Fukuyama mines the fields of anthropology, archaeology, biology, evolutionary psychology, economics, and, of course, political science and international relations to establish a framework for understanding the evolution of political institutions. And that’s just Volume One….At the center of the project is a fundamental question: Why do some states succeed while others collapse?” ―Evan Goldstein, The Chronicle of Higher Education
A landmark history of the origins of modern democratic societies by one of our most important political thinkers.
Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents. We take these institutions for granted, but they are absent or are unable to perform in many of today’s developing countries―with often disastrous consequences for the rest of the world.
Francis Fukuyama, author of the bestselling The End of History and the Last Man and one of our most important political thinkers, provides a sweeping account of how today’s basic political institutions developed. The first of a major two-volume work, The Origins of Political Order begins with politics among our primate ancestors and follows the story through the emergence of tribal societies, the growth of the first modern state in China, the beginning of the rule of law in India and the Middle East, and the development of political accountability in Europe up until the eve of the French Revolution.
Drawing on a vast body of knowledge―history, evolutionary biology, archaeology, and economics―Fukuyama has produced a brilliant, provocative work that offers fresh insights on the origins of democratic societies and raises essential questions about the nature of politics and its discontents.
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
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This novel is a fine addition to a once taboo area of history, at least where children’s literature is concerned. It provides an account of a dreadful episode short on actual horror but packed with overtones that remain in the imagination. Plainly and sometimes archly written, it stays just ahead of its readers before delivering its killer punch in the final pages ― Independent
Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us . . .
Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas.
Bruno’s friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. And in exploring what he is unwittingly a part of, he will inevitably become subsumed by the terrible process.
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A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years
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How did an obscure personality cult come to be the world’s biggest religion, with a third of humanity its followers? This book describes not only the main facts, ideas and personalities of Christian history, its organization and spirituality, but how it has changed politics, sex, and human society.
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The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future
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“The best book about the CIA I’ve ever read. Its revelations are eye-popping, alternately exhilarating and depressing…How Whipple managed to pull so much history together, how he extracted such a wealth of detail from his principal sources—the CIA leaders themselves—is quite simply mind-boggling. This is an important book. And one hell of a story.” —Christopher Buckley, New York Times bestselling author of The White House Mess and Thank You for Smoking
“Compelling…Chris Whipple does for the CIA and Washington DC what Plutarch did for those whose job it was to expand and defend the glory of Rome—paint an indelible portrait of how the servants of government seek to know and control the world….One theme emerges from the career of each director—how difficult it is to tell presidents anything they don’t want to hear.” —Thomas Powers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Man Who Kept the Secrets: Richard Helms and the CIA
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Gatekeepers, a remarkable, behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to run the world’s most powerful intelligence agency, and how the CIA is often a crucial counterforce against presidents threatening to overstep the powers of their office.
Only eleven men and one woman are alive today who have made the life-and-death decisions that come with running the world’s most powerful and influential intelligence service. With unprecedented, deep access to nearly all these individuals plus several of their predecessors, Chris Whipple tells the story of an agency that answers to the United States president alone, but whose activities—spying, espionage, and covert action—take place on every continent. At pivotal moments, the CIA acts as a brake on rogue presidents, starting in the mid-seventies with DCI Richard Helms’s refusal to conceal Richard Nixon’s criminality and continuing to the present as the actions of a CIA whistleblower have ignited impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump.
Since its inception in 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency has been a powerful player on the world stage, operating largely in the shadows to protect American interests. For The Spymasters, Whipple conducted extensive, exclusive interviews with nearly every living CIA director, pulling back the curtain on the world’s elite spy agencies and showing how the CIA partners—or clashes—with counterparts in Britain, France, Germany, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Russia. Topics covered in the book include attempts by presidents to use the agency for their own ends; simmering problems in the Middle East and Asia; rogue nuclear threats; and cyberwarfare.
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The Hidden Habits of Genius : Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit—Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness
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“An unusually engaging book on the forces that fuel originality across fields.” –Adam Grant
Looking at the 14 key traits of genius, from curiosity to creative maladjustment to obsession, Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale University’s popular “Genius Course,” explores what we can learn from brilliant minds that have changed the world.
Einstein, Beethoven, Picasso, Jobs. The word genius evokes these iconic figures, whose cultural contributions have irreversibly shaped society.
Yet Beethoven could not multiply. Picasso couldn’t pass a 4th-grade math test. And Jobs left high school with a 2.65 GPA.
What does this say about our metrics for measuring success and achievement today?
Why do we teach children to behave and play by the rules, when the transformative geniuses of Western culture have done just the opposite?
And what is genius, really?
Professor Craig Wright, creator of Yale University’s popular “Genius Course,” has devoted more than two decades to exploring these questions and probing the nature of this term, which is deeply embedded in our culture. In The Hidden Habits of Genius, he reveals what we can learn from the lives of those we have dubbed “geniuses,” past and present.
Examining the lives of transformative individuals ranging from Charles Darwin and Marie Curie to Leonardo Da Vinci and Andy Warhol to Toni Morrison and Elon Musk, Wright identifies more than a dozen drivers of genius—characteristics and patterns of behavior common to great minds throughout history.
He argues that genius is about more than intellect and work ethic—it is far more complex—and that the famed “eureka” moment is a Hollywood fiction. Brilliant insights that change the world are never sudden, but rather, they are the result of unique modes of thinking and lengthy gestation.
Most importantly, the habits of mind that produce great thinking and discovery can be actively learned and cultivated, and Wright shows us how.
This book won’t make you a genius. But embracing the hidden habits of these transformative individuals will make you more strategic, creative, and successful, and, ultimately, happier.
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Game Changer
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When runs are needed and big shots required, and when his bat is responding, Shahid Afridi can be the most dangerous player. —- Sachin Tendulkar
Shahid Afridi’s competitiveness, his never-say-die attitude, his spirit, his energy: all so impressive. A great servant to cricket and to his country. —- Sir Vivian Richards
As brave as a warrior… Afridi is one of the strongest men I’ve known. —- Wasim Akram
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Unstoppable Us, Volume 1 (How Humans Took Over the World)
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From the bestselling author of Sapiens comes an incredible new story for younger readers – how humans rose to rule the world!
We may not be as strong as lions or swim like dolphins, but we have a superpower: the ability to tell stories. This true tale traces our journey from hunting mammoths to landing on the moon, fueled by our unstoppable storytelling ability that has made us powerful, but also deadly.
Discover how stories have shaped our history, from imagining ghosts to creating money. Learn how fire changed our bodies, how our ancestors communicated with animals, and what football reveals about our humanity. Explore how we’ve used our storytelling superpower for good and bad, and how YOU can change the world.
With full-color illustrations depicting our relentless rise, this is history like you’ve never experienced before!
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After Steve : How Apple became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul
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From the New York Times’ Tripp Mickle, the dramatic, untold story inside Apple after the passing of Steve Jobs by following his top lieutenants—Jony Ive, the Chief Design Officer, and Tim Cook, the COO-turned-CEO—and how the fading of the former and the rise of the latter led to Apple losing its soul.
Steve Jobs called Jony Ive his “spiritual partner at Apple.” The London-born genius was the second-most powerful person at Apple and the creative force who most embodies Jobs’s spirit, the man who designed the products adopted by hundreds of millions the world over the iPod, iPad, MacBook Air, the iMac G3, and the iPhone.
In the wake of his close collaborator’s death, the chief designer wrestled with grief and initially threw himself into his work designing the new Apple headquarters and the Watch before losing his motivation in a company increasingly devoted more to margins than to inspiration.
In many ways, Cook was Ive’s opposite. The product of a small Alabama town, he had risen through the ranks from the supply side of the company. His gift was not the creation of new products. Instead, he had invented countless ways to maximize a margin, squeezing some suppliers, and persuading others to build factories the size of cities to churn out more units. He considered inventory evil. He knew how to make subordinates sweat with withering questions.
Jobs selected Cook as his successor, and Cook oversaw a period of tremendous revenue growth that has lifted Apple’s valuation to $2 trillion. He built a commanding business in China and rapidly distinguished himself as a master politician who could forge global alliances and send the world’s stock market into freefall with a single sentence.
Author Tripp Mickle spoke with more than 200 current and former Apple executives, as well as figures key to this period of Apple’s history, including Trump administration officials and fashion luminaries such as Anna Wintour while writing After Steve. His research shows the company’s success came at a cost.
Apple lost its innovative spirit and has not designed a new category of device in years. Ive’s departure in 2019 marked a culmination in Apple’s shift from a company of innovation to one of operational excellence, and the price is a company that has lost its soul.
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Welcome to the Universe in 3D : A Visual Tour
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“Longlisted for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books, Hands-On category”
“Welcome to the Universe in 3D, the ideal gift for star gazers of all ages, brings readers a built-in stereo viewer…that enables a 3D tour of the universe. Armchair astronomers can peer through the stereo viewer, page through nearly 60 double images of the solar system and take in three-dimensional images from as far away as 13.8 billion light years …. Cheaper than a telescope, this is a marvelous introduction to astronomy” ― Shelf Awareness
“Welcome to the Universe in 3D provides a fascinating journey through the observable universe, from Earth to the big bang. This unique book gives readers a sense of the vast spatial and temporal scales that set the stage for our existence.”―Abraham Loeb, author of How Did the First Stars and Galaxies Form?or 3 X Rs. 2,163.33 withRead more
The Last Mughal: The fall of a Dynasty Delhi 1857
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In The Last Mughal, William Dalrymple delves into the fall of the Mughal Empire, using new sources to reveal the plight of Bahadur Shah Zafar II, the last Mogul emperor. Set in 1862 Rangoon, the book follows Zafar’s life as a skilled calligrapher and poet, who was reduced to a mere figurehead by the British East India Company. As the sepoy mutiny of 1857 unfolded, Zafar, powerless to resist, was declared the king of India only to witness the British capture Delhi and leave the city in ruins. Through Dalrymple’s meticulous research, this revelatory account sheds light on one of history’s bloodiest upheavals, and has won prestigious awards such as the Duff Cooper Prize and the Vodafone Crossword Book Award. Published in May 2007, this paperback edition of The Last Mughal is a compelling exploration of a pivotal era in Indian history, with contributions from eminent Urdu scholar Mahmood Farooqui
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Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
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“I highly recommend this book” —Bill Gates
“Terribly important. Groundbreaking, extraordinary sagacity and clarity, enabling him to combine his wide-ranging knowledge over an impressively broad spectrum of disciplines – engineering, natural sciences, medicine, social sciences and philosophy – into a comprehensible whole. If this book gets the reception that it deserves, it may turn out the most important alarm bell since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring from 1962, or ever.” —Olle Haggstrom, Professor of Mathematical Statistics
“Nick Bostrom’s excellent book “Superintelligence” is the best thing I’ve seen on this topic. It is well worth a read.” —Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator and Co-Chairman of OpenAI
“Worth reading. We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes” —Elon Musk, Founder of SpaceX and Tesla
“Nick Bostrom makes a persuasive case that the future impact of AI is perhaps the most important issue the human race has ever faced. Instead of passively drifting, we need to steer a course. Superintelligence charts the submerged rocks of the future with unprecedented detail. It marks the beginning of a new era.” ––Stuart Russell, Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Berkley
“This superb analysis by one of the world’s clearest thinkers tackles one of humanity’s greatest challenges: if future superhuman artificial intelligence becomes the biggest event in human history, then how can we ensure that it doesn’t become the last?” —Professor Max Tegmark, MIT
“Valuable. The implications of introducing a second intelligent species onto Earth are far-reaching enough to deserve hard thinking” —The Economist“There is no doubting the force of [Bostrom’s] arguments. The problem is a research challenge worthy of the next generation’s best mathematical talent. Human civilisation is at stake.” —Clive Cookson, Financial Times
“Those disposed to dismiss an ‘AI takeover’ as science fiction may think again after reading this original and well-argued book.” —Martin Rees, Past President, Royal Society
“Every intelligent person should read it.” —Nils Nilsson, Artificial Intelligence Pioneer, Stanford University
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Leonardo’s Brain
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Understanding Da Vinci’s Creative Genius The life and art of history’s most influential mind author Leonard Shlain explores the potential for humankind through the life, art, and mind of the first true Renaissance Man, Leonardo da Vinci. His innovations as an artist, scientist, and inventor are recast through a modern lens, with Shlain applying contemporary neuroscience to illuminate da Vinci’s creative process. No other person in human history has excelled in so many areas of innovation: Shlain reveals the how and the why. Shlain theorizes that Leonardo’s extraordinary mind came from a uniquely developed and integrated right and left brain, which gives a model for how we too can evolve. Using past and current research, Leonardo’s Brain presents da Vinci as the focal point for a fresh exploration of human creativity. With his lucid style and remarkable ability to discern connections among a wide range of fields, Shlain brings the reader into the world of history’s grea mind.
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Why : What Makes us Curious
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Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio investigates perhaps the most human of all our characteristics—curiosity—as he explores our innate desire to know why. Experiments demonstrate that people are more distracted when they overhear a phone conversation—where they can know only one side of the dialogue—than when they overhear two people talking and know both sides. Why does half a conversation make us more curious than a whole conversation? In the ever-fascinating Why? Mario Livio interviewed scientists in several fields to explore the nature of curiosity. He examined the lives of two of history’s most curious geniuses, Leonardo da Vinci and Richard Feynman. He also talked to people with boundless curiosity: a superstar rock guitarist who is also an astrophysicist; an astronaut with degrees in computer science, biology, literature and medicine. What drives these people to be curious about so many subjects? Curiosity is at the heart of mystery and suspense novels. It is essential to other forms of art, from painting to sculpture to music. It is the principal driver of basic scientific research. Even so, there is still no definitive scientific consensus about why we humans are so curious or about the mechanisms in our brain that are responsible for curiosity. Mario Livio—an astrophysicist who has written about mathematics, biology and now psychology and neuroscience—explores this irresistible subject in a lucid, entertaining way that will captivate anyone who is curious about curiosity.
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The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and hailed as “the best history of oil ever written” by Business Week, Daniel Yergin’s “spellbinding…irresistible” (The New York Times) account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power addresses the ongoing energy crisis.
“Splendid and epic history of oil…. The story is brilliantly told…with its remarkable cast of characters.” — The Wall Street Journal
“Impassioned and riveting…only in the great epics of Homer will readers regularly run into a comparable string of larger-than-life swashbucklers and statesmen, heroes and villains.” — San Francisco Examiner
“A masterly narrative…The Prize portrays the interweaving of national and corporate interests, the conflicts and stratagems, the miscalculations, the follies, and the ironies.” — James Schlesinger, former U.S. Secretary of Defense and U.S. Secretary of Energy
“Spellbinding…irresistible…monumental…must be read to understand the first thing about the role of oil in modern history.” — The New York Times
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The Idea Of The Brain: A History
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“The Idea of the Brain” is a book by Professor Matthew Cobb that explores the history of our understanding of the brain and how it has evolved over time. The book covers a wide range of topics, from ancient beliefs about the brain to the latest advances in neuroscience, and offers a thought-provoking analysis of the cultural, social, and scientific factors that have shaped our understanding of this complex organ. The author examines the major figures in the history of neuroscience, such as Galen, Descartes, and Ramón y Cajal, and explains how their ideas have influenced the development of modern neuroscience. He also discusses the ethical and philosophical implications of our growing knowledge of the brain, and how it is changing our understanding of ourselves and our place in the world. With its engaging writing style and interdisciplinary approach, “The Idea of the Brain” is a fascinating exploration of one of the most complex and mysterious organs in the human body.
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The LEGO Story : How a Little Toy Sparked the World’s Imagination
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“This compelling cultural history of the Danish company that revolutionized toys for children and adults draws from the author’s unique access to Lego’s archives and interviews with its former president.” — New York Times Book Review
“The LEGO Story is absolutely essential reading for every LEGO fan. If you know nothing about the company and founding family’s history, then this is the perfect starting point. If you already know a lot of it, then this is packed with new information that you haven’t heard before. Whatever you do though, make sure you finish any urgent build projects before you start reading – this pacey, enjoyable book is really hard to put down.” — Blocks
“This book tells the story of how my family built the LEGO brand.” — Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, former President/CEO of the LEGO Group and 3rd generation owner
“How did stackable plastic blocks made by a Danish toy company become as ubiquitous in America as Tylenol and Kleenex? The Lego Story starts with the Christiansen family’s Great Depression–era decision to switch from carpentry to toys in order to stay afloat and brings us to the present.” — Vulture, “6 Books You Should Read This Month”
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The Body: A Guide for Occupants
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‘It is a feat of narrative skill to bake so many facts into an entertaining and nutritious book.‘– The Daily Telegraph
Readable and useful … witty, jargon-free prose that glides you through 400 pages. It’s fun to read because it’s not just comprehensive, but quirky. — Richard Morrison ― The Times
Remarkable … Every page is dense with scientific facts written as vividly as a thriller, as well as answers to conundrums such as why we don’t fall out of bed when we are asleep … It is woven through with the kind of human stories that Bryson has made his trademark. ― Mail on Sunday
A directory of wonders. Extraordinary stories about the heart, lungs, genitals … plus some anger and life advice – all delivered in the inimitable Bryson style — Gavin Francis ― Guardian
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Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
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“It is not often that a 600-page work of political science ends with a cliffhanger. But the first volume of Francis Fukuyama’s epic two-part account of what makes political societies work, published three years ago, left the big question unanswered . . . Political Order and Political Decay is his answer . . . Fukuyama’s wealth of insights [are] worthy of the greatest writers about democracy.” ―David Runciman, Financial Times
“This bold political scientist limns the transformation of societies politically galvanized by eighteenth-century revolutions and financially enriched by nineteenth-century industry . . . Strikingly ambitious and provocative.” ―Booklist (starred review)
The second volume of the bestselling landmark work on the history of the modern state
Volume two is finally here, completing the most important work of political thought in at least a generation. Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring and the deep dysfunctions of contemporary American politics.
Volume two is finally here, completing the most important work of political thought in at least a generation. Taking up the essential question of how societies develop strong, impersonal, and accountable political institutions, Fukuyama follows the story from the French Revolution to the so-called Arab Spring and the deep dysfunctions of contemporary American politics.
A sweeping, masterful account of the struggle to create a well-functioning modern state, Political Order and Political Decay is destined to be a classic.
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50 Maths Ideas You Really Need To Know
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“50 Maths Ideas You Really Need to Know” is a book written by mathematician and author Tony Crilly. The book explores 50 key mathematical concepts that are essential to understanding the world around us. From basic arithmetic and algebra to advanced concepts such as chaos theory and infinity, Crilly breaks down each idea in a clear and concise way, making them accessible to readers of all levels. With practical examples and real-world applications, the book provides an engaging and informative introduction to the power of mathematics. It is part of the “50 Ideas You Really Need to Know” series, which aims to make complex ideas accessible to a general audience.
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Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World
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Himalaya is one of the world’s most extraordinary geophysical, historical, environmental and social regions.
More rugged and elevated than any other zone on earth, it embraces all of Tibet, six of the world’s eight major mountain ranges and nearly all its highest peaks. It contains around 50,000 glaciers and the most extensive permafrost outside the polar regions. Over an area nearly as big as Europe, the population is scattered, often nomadic and always sparse. Many languages are spoken, some are written and few are related.
Religious and political affiliations are equally diverse. Borders are disputed, while jealous neighbours shy away from a common strategy for protecting an environment in which desert meets rainforest and temperatures can fluctuate between 30 and -30°C in the course of a single day.
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Samsung Rising: Inside the Secretive Company Conquering Tech
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- Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2020)
‘Shines an incisive and entertaining light into the secretive world of the South Korean technology giant shaping our digital lives in ways we probably can’t imagine‘ — Brad Stone, author of Amazon Unbound
“Samsung Rising reads like a dynastic thriller, rolling through three generations of family intrigue, embezzlement, bribery, corruption, prostitution and other bad behavior. . . . Wonderfully informative.”—The Wall Street Journal
“A brisk, balanced telling of the Samsung story.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Cain captures the drama of Samsung. . . . He pulls no punches, touching raw nerves of rivalries and repression and clashing egos in an account that’s unavoidably murky at times, but riveting current history.”—Forbes
“[A] riveting story . . . one of entrepreneurial derring-do and excruciating work habits mixed with scandals, vendettas and political intrigue.”—The Economist
“An extraordinary work of narrative business reportage . . . With the flair of a novelist, Geoffrey Cain tells the story of Samsung’s meteoric rise.”—Robert S. Boynton, author of The New New Journalism and The Invitation-Only Zone
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Edison
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris presents a revelatory biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the prolific genius in American history. Known for his invention of the practical incandescent lamp, Edison’s life and achievements go far beyond that. With over 1,093 patented inventions, including advancements in recording technology and movies, Edison’s story is brought to life through extensive research and access to original documents. Morris debunks myths and presents a complex portrait of Edison as a creative yet often neglectful husband and father. A must-read biography that sheds new light on the legendary inventor.
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The Accidental Scientist
Rs. 1,990.00or 3 X Rs.663.33 withHave you wondered how the greatest discoveries of today actually came about? In the accidental scientist, author Graeme Donald takes you through some of the most crucial breakthroughs the world has ever known. From Penicillin to DNA fingerprinting and Cell phone to botox, the author explores the role of chance and error in scientific, medical and commercial spheres. Written in a tongue-in-cheek style, this book gives you the fascinating stories behind the science that we are so familiar with today. This book is a delightful page-turner on the world’s most intriguing technologies.
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A Short History of Humanity: How Migration Made Us Who We Are
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A highly readable, personal guide to the twists and turns in unravelling ancient DNA: Krause and Trappe expertly unravel the story of ancient DNA to reveal how the new field of archaeogenetics has utterly transformed understanding of our deep past. ― Rebecca Wragg Sykes, author of Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death, and Art
A Short History of Humanity is an eloquent and timely reminder that viruses and other pathogens of infectious disease are merely fellow-travellers in an epic journey that began when the first human migrants left Africa around 200,000 years ago. The solution to pandemics is not to close borders in the hope of keeping viruses out but to recognise that we are a fundamentally peripatetic species united in our shared genetic inheritance and common humanity. ― Mark Honigsbaum, author of A Pandemic Century
A valuable contribution to our understanding of who we are and how we got here. ― Tim Marshall, bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography
One of those books that stops you dead in your tracks and makes you say out loud – why didn’t I know that before? So easy to read. So logically argued. So satisfyingly sensible and thought-provoking. Read it, think about it, and then read it again. An absolute revelation. ― Professor Sue Black, bestselling author of All That Remains
Extremely enriching. Rarely, have I been able to learn so much and get such radically new insights over 250 pages ― Süddeutsche Zeitung
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Inferno (Robert Langdon Book 4)
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“One hell of a good read…. As close as a book can come to a summertime cinematic blockbuster.” —USA Today
“A diverting thriller.” —Entertainment Weekly
- Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented and with no recollection of the past thirty-six hours, including the origin of the macabre object hidden in his belongings.
- With a relentless female assassin trailing them through Florence, he and his resourceful doctor, Sienna Brooks, are forced to flee.Embarking on a harrowing journey, they must unravel a series of codes, which are the work of a brilliant scientist whose obsession with the end of the world is matched only by his passion for one of the most influential masterpieces ever written, Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno.Dan Brown has raised the bar yet again, combining classical Italian art, history, and literature with cutting-edge science in this captivating thriller.
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New Scientist: The Origin of Almost Everything
Rs. 3,490.00or 3 X Rs.1,163.33 withWhere did we come from? How did it all begin? These are the biggest questions in the universe, and New Scientist has the answers …
Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking
From what actually happened in the Big Bang to the accidental discovery of post-it notes, science is packed with surprising discoveries. Did you know, for instance, that if you were to get too close to a black hole it would suck you up like a noodle (it’s called spaghettification), why your keyboard is laid out in QWERTY (it’s not to make it easier to type) or whether the invention of the wheel was less important to civilisation than the bag (think about it). New Scientist does.
Get ready for a whistlestop journey from the start of our universe (through the history of stars, galaxies, meteorites, the Moon and dark energy) to our planet (through oceans and weather to oil) and life (through dinosaurs to emotions and sex) to civilization (from cities to alcohol and cooking), knowledge (from alphabets to alchemy) ending up with technology (computers to rocket science).
Witty essays explore the concepts alongside enlightening infographics that zoom from how many people have ever lived to showing you how a left-wing brain differs from a right-wing one.or 3 X Rs. 1,163.33 withRead more
Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever
Rs. 2,890.00or 3 X Rs.963.33 withRobin Wigglesworth
- Best books of 2021, Financial Times
Trillions is both entertaining and educational. Wigglesworth explores one of the most important modern-day financial innovations and explains its broad impact on financial markets, investors, global economies and even capitalism. A terrific read and a topic that will become more important as passive investments increasingly dominate markets. Wigglesworth brings what could be a dull topic to full life ― Gregory Zuckerman, special writer at the Wall Street Journal and author of The Man Who Solved the Market
The simplest, humblest ideas are sometimes the ones that turn the world upside down. Grab some popcorn and take a front row seat, because Robin Wigglesworth has an astonishing story to tell you ― Tim Harford, author of How to Make the World Add Up
A real tour de force, this engaging and thought-provoking book brings together several historical threads – from Warren Buffett’s famous hedge fund bet to the ‘Manhattan Project of financial economics’ – to show how passive investing and index funds have evolved into an ETF phenomenon that has ‘humble[d] the investment industry … reshape[d] finance forever,’ and now poses risks for future financial stability and economic wellbeing ― Mohamed El Erian, Chief Economic Adviser of Allianz and author of When Markets Collide
Robin Wigglesworth is one of the most lucid and exciting journalists writing about finance today. Trillions tackles the enormous changes that have swept the investing world through the stories of its charismatic innovators. It’s a fascinating journey and a crucial book for anyone trying to understand the financial markets ― Bradley Hope, writer at Project Brazen and author of Billion Dollar Whale
In Trillions, Financial Times journalist Robin Wigglesworth unveils the vivid secret history of index funds, bringing to life the colourful characters behind their birth, growth and evolution into a world-conquering phenomenon. It is the untold story behind one of the most pressing financial uncertainties of our time.
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Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills That Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed
Original price was: Rs. 2,390.00.Rs. 1,690.00Current price is: Rs. 1,690.00.or 3 X Rs.563.33 withBrian Tracy
“This great book can be your key to success and happiness if you will only follow its powerful principles.” — Og Mandino
“Looking for a book with the power to jump-start your life? Look no further. Brian Tracy’s Maximum Achievement is a wake-up call to the wonders within us all. It is straight to the point and straight to the heart.” — Harvey Mackay
“Brian Tracy is a master of self-management skills development. In this treasure chest, he gives us an encyclopedia of inner wealth more knowledge-based, action-oriented, and relevant to today’s global achiever than any other source you can tap. More than a self-help book, this is an owner’s manual for high-performance winners.” –Denis Waitley
“I read this book in prison. It was the first “self-help” book I ever read. In 5 short years after my release; 1. I started a successful property management company. 2. I bought 12 houses, remodeled and rented them out. 3. I started a successful personal training business located in the financial district of NYC. 4. I traveled the world. 5. More importantly I changed the way I thought and looked. It changed my socio-economic status and who I associated with. Everything about me has changed because of goals and the principles I follow in this book.
To say this book helped me to be successful would be an understatement. The information in this book is like a scalpel, you can have it and do nothing or you can use it properly and change lives.” — Joel Thomasor 3 X Rs. 563.33 withRead more
Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance
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“Better is a masterpiece, a series of stories set inside the four walls of a hospital that end up telling us something unforgettable about the world outside.” ―Malcolm Gladwell, author of Talking to Strangers
The New York Times bestselling author of Being Mortal and Complications examines, in riveting accounts of medical failure and triumph, how success is achieved in a complex and risk-filled profession
The struggle to perform well is universal: each one of us faces fatigue, limited resources, and imperfect abilities in whatever we do. But nowhere is this drive to do better more important than in medicine, where lives are on the line with every decision. In this book, Atul Gawande explores how doctors strive to close the gap between the best intentions and best performance in the face of obstacles that sometimes seem insurmountable.
Gawande’s gripping stories of diligence, ingenuity, and what it means to do right by people take us to battlefield surgical tents in Iraq, to labor and delivery rooms in Boston, to a polio outbreak in India, and to malpractice courtrooms around the country.
He discusses the ethical dilemmas of doctors’ participation in lethal injections, examines the influence of money on modern medicine, and recounts the astoundingly contentious history of hand washing. As in all his writing, Gawande gives us an inside look at his own life as a practicing surgeon, offering a searingly honest firsthand account of work in a field where mistakes are both unavoidable and unthinkable.
At once unflinching and compassionate, Better is an exhilarating journey narrated by “arguably the best nonfiction doctor-writer around” (Salon). Gawande’s investigation into medical professionals and how they progress from merely good to great provides rare insight into the elements of success, illuminating every area of human endeavor.
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The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon Book 3)
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“Impossible to put down…. Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story.” —The New York Times
An intelligent, lightning-paced thriller set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., with surprises at every turn.
Famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon answers an unexpected summons to appear at the U.S. Capitol Building. His plans are interrupted when a disturbing object—artfully encoded with five symbols—is discovered in the building. Langdon recognizes in the find an ancient invitation into a lost world of esoteric, potentially dangerous wisdom.
When his mentor Peter Solomon—a long-standing Mason and beloved philanthropist—is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that the only way to save Solomon is to accept the mystical invitation and plunge headlong into a clandestine world of Masonic secrets, hidden history, and one inconceivable truth … all under the watchful eye of Dan Brown’s most terrifying villain to date.
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A Little Book about the Big Bang
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A Little Book about the Big Bang is an introduction to the mysteries of modern cosmology, including the nature and origin of the universe, dark energy, dark matter, and quantum gravity. Written by physicist and writer Tony Rothman, the book breaks down what is known and what isn’t, highlighting current controversies and future avenues of exploration in the field. Despite being almost a century old, the theory of the big bang remains one of the most solid edifices in the history of science, provoking new questions with each discovery.
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Living Planet: A new, fully updated edition of David Attenborough’s seminal portrait of life on Earth
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David Attenborough’s “The Living Planet” is a fully updated narrative edition of his seminal biography exploring the intricate lives of plant and animal species thriving or surviving within every extreme climate and habitat on Earth. Attenborough’s curiosity and enthusiasm illuminate the extraordinary adaptations of these species, from fish that walk to flightless birds that graze like deer. The book showcases their interdependence and ingenuity in contriving a living within their habitats. The updated edition includes the most recent discoveries of ecology and biology, a full-color 64-page photography section, and addresses the urgent issues facing our living planet, such as climate change, pollution, and mass extinction of species.
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A Human History of Emotion : How the Way We Feel Built the World We Know
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‘A fascinating look at the profound ways in which the harnessing of human emotions has shaped world-wide history and culture. Eye-opening and thought-provoking’ Gina Rippon, author of The Gendered Brain
‘Emotions are a much bigger part of the experience of being human than most people would ever realise. If you want to know more about emotions and how we arrived at our understanding of them, this book is exactly what you need’ Dean Burnett, author of The Happy Brain
‘Whether you are looking for new ideas, narrative history, psychological theory, or cultural anthropology, this book will teach you something new about how people have felt about their feelings through the ages. A book like no other’ Thomas Dixon, author of Weeping Britannia: Portrait of a Nation in Tears
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Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
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Colin Bryar and Bill Carr have operationalized the core management practices that lie behind Amazon’s success. In particular, their insights into how any successful leader can focus on narrative and metrics to take a short-cut to the truth are essential for any leader in any industry. You’ll want to have your highlighter ready and keep this book close at hand for quick reference. — Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor
Jeff Bezos once told me that unlike Google or Apple, ‘Amazon doesn’t have one big advantage, so we have to braid a rope out of many small advantages.’ Amazon has demonstrated again and again that success doesn’t result from one big stroke of genius but from a set of clear business practices consistently and boldly applied. Colin Bryar and Bill Carr dive deep into how Amazon has become the company to study if you want to succeed in 21st-century business. — Tim O’Reilly, owner of O’Reilly Media
For those looking to change the world in ways (very) large and small via innovation and business, my strong recommendation is to dive deeply into Working Backwards. Bill and Colin have delivered a rarity of immense value, which is a powerful, high judgment dissection of the inputs to Amazon itself. I anticipate Working Backwards to quickly become required reading in board rooms and classrooms around the world — Jason Kilar, CEO of WarnerMedia
Rather than offering a dull catalog of the company’s 14 leadership principles and three implementation mechanisms, Mr. Bryar and Mr. Carr provide concrete and accessible examples of how these are put into practice across a range of functions, from hiring and communications to organizational and product design. — New York Times
Colin and Bill very precisely captured the unique corporate culture of Amazon and described many of the essential parts of Amazon’s approach to innovation. They offer a unique, insiders’ view of the company with many valuable lessons for large companies that want to reinvent their business models as well as for startups that want to scale rapidly. This is the definitive innovation playbook. — Serguei Netessine, Vice Dean and Dhirubhai Ambani Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at The Wharton School
Working Backwards should be read by anyone interested in the real thing -the principles, processes and practices of 21st century management and leadership. — Forbes Magazine
Rather like a potted business school case study, this book gives us the story as it developed at the time ― and that is probably worth the cover price of the book in itself. — The Financial Times
This book reads like a how-to guide, which perhaps is by design ? Bryar and Carr both were long-time Amazonians and their vantage point is that of an enthusiast rather than a critic. To be sure, Amazon offers much to admire….It’s a safe bet Amazon’s core principles and practices will remain essentially intact, not because Bezos will be watching from the executive suite but because Bryar, Carr and legions of current managers at the company believe in the Amazon way. — Associated Press
Colin and Bill have captured the essence of what it means at Amazon to start with the customer and work backwards. They both held important leadership roles at critical moments in the company’s history that they’ve translated into interesting stories and lessons for readers. — Jeff Wilke, CEO, Worldwide Consumer, Amazon
Working Backwards serves as a blueprint enabling leaders to implement guiding principles, operating rhythms and durable mechanisms that allow teams to scale effectively, even as your business expands at an accelerated clip. A must read for every entrepreneur or business leader focused on driving growth. — Mariana Garavaglia, Chief People & Business Operations Officer, Peloton
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Water: A Biography
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“Brimming with ideas and unexpected correlations, Water is far more than a biography of its nominal subject . . . The book stands as a compelling history of civilization itself.”—Gerard Helferich, Wall Street Journal Book Review
“This is one of the most ambitious books that I’ve read in a long time. It is both deep and broad.”—Ari Shapiro, NPR, All Things Considered
“[A] wonderfully detailed account of humankind’s relationship with water . . . During this time of accelerated population growth, climate change, and political instability, Water is essential reading.”—George Kendall, Booklist
“It was an inspired idea to write a ‘biography’ of water and Giulio Boccaletti has carried it off in style. His book is impressively global in scope. It ranges from the earliest human societies to questions of water security in our own time, combining bold lines of argument with compelling examples. Ambitious, assured and very well written, Water: A Biography is an impressive and very welcome addition to the literature.” —David Blackbourn, Cornelius Vanderbilt Distinguished Chair of History, Vanderbilt University.
Spanning millennia and continents, here is a stunningly revealing history of how the distribution of water has shaped human civilization. Boccaletti, of The Nature Conservancy, “tackles the most important story of our time: our relationship with water in a world of looming scarcity” (Kelly McEvers, NPR Host).
Writing with authority and brio, Giulio Boccaletti—honorary research associate at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford—shrewdly combines environmental and social history, beginning with the earliest civilizations of sedentary farmers on the banks of the Nile, the Tigris, and the Euphrates Rivers. Even as he describes how these societies were made possible by sea-level changes from the last glacial melt, he incisively examines how this type of farming led to irrigation and multiple cropping, which, in turn, led to a population explosion and labor specialization.
We see with clarity how irrigation’s structure informed social structure (inventions such as the calendar sprung from agricultural necessity); how in ancient Greece, the communal ownership of wells laid the groundwork for democracy; how the Greek and Roman experiences with water security resulted in systems of taxation; and how the modern world as we know it began with a legal framework for the development of water infrastructure.
Extraordinary for its monumental scope and piercing insightfulness, Water: A Biography richly enlarges our understanding of our relationship to—and fundamental reliance on—the most elemental substance on earth.
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Davos Man : How The Billionaires Devoured The World
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“A meticulously researched, clearly reported and truly infuriating history of the way the top 1% of the world has systematically arranged the way societies operate in order to become even richer, all to the detriment of the rest of us. … The book serves as a call to arms and an invitation to fight back against the continued unabashed pillaging of all economies by those who least need it.” –– San Francisco Chronicle
“A biting, uproarious yet vital and deadly serious account of the profound damage the billionaire class is inflicting on the world. Peter S. Goodman guides the reader through the hidden stories and twisted beliefs of some of the titans of finance and industry, who continually rationalize their bad behavior to themselves.” — JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics
“Unflinching and authoritative, Peter Goodman’s Davos Man will be read a hundred years from now as a warning, bellowed from the blessed side of the velvet rope, about a slow-motion scandal that spans the globe. Deliciously rich with searing detail, the clarity is reminiscent of Tom Wolfe, let loose in the Alps, in search of hypocrisies and vanities.” — EVAN OSNOS, National Book Award-winning author of Age of Ambition and Wildland
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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- Benjamin Barondess Award (2006)
- Lincoln Prize (2006)
- New-York Historical Society American History Book Prize
- Winner of the Bostonian Society’s 2006 Bostonian History Award
- Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for biography
- Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in biography
A wonderful book … a remarkable study in leadership — Barack Obama
A brilliant book … I couldn’t get enough of it –– Alex Ferguson
Goodwin’s narrative abilities are on full display here. A portrait of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician and managerial genius — Michiko Kakutani ― New York Times
I have not enjoyed a history book as much for years — Robert Harris ― The Observer (Books of the Year)
The most uplifting book that I have read in the last two decades. Sensational — Jon Snow
“An elegant, incisive study of Lincoln and leading members of his cabinet that will appeal to experts as well as to those whose knowledge of Lincoln is an amalgam of high school history and popular mythology…. Goodwin has brilliantly described how Lincoln forged a team that preserved a nation and freed America from the curse of slavery.” -James M. McPherson, The New York Times Book Review
“A brilliantly conceived and well-written tour de force of a historical nar rative…. Goodwin’s contribution is refreshingly unique…. Goodwin’s emotive prose elevates this tome from mere popular history to literary achievement.” -Douglas Brinkly, The Boston Globe
“Goodwin finds her Lincoln hiding in plain view. He is Lincoln the politician, but one whose political shrewdness ends up being indistinguishable from wisdom. She has written a wonderful book. There is a man in it.” -Garry Wills, American Scholar
“A sweeping, riveting account… Put simply, Goodwin’s story of Lincoln’s great, troubled, triumphant life is a star-spangled, high-stepping, hat-waving, bugle-blowing winner.” – Daily News (New York)
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Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance
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- JP MORGAN’S BEST SUMMER READ OF 2016
- New York Times bestseller
- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Nonfiction (2016)
In this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People).
“Grit delves into the personal ingredients of great success. It’s worth reading…the gist is that talent and skill are less valuable than effort.” —Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times
“It really isn’t talent but practice—along with passion—that makes perfect, explains psychologist Duckworth in this illuminating book. Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere.” —People
“[Have] no doubt: Grit is great. It’s a lucid, informative, and entertaining review of the research Angela has assiduously conducted over the past decade or so. The book also includes suggestions on how to develop grit, and how we can help support grit in others. There are few people who wouldn’t learn something from this book.” —Scientific American (blog)
“Duckworth is the researcher most associated with the study and popularization of grit. And yet what I like about her new book, Grit, is the way she is pulling away from the narrow, joyless intonations of that word, and pointing us beyond the way many schools are now teaching it…Most important, she notes that the quality of our longing matters. Gritty people are resilient and hard working, sure. But they also, she writes, know in a very, very deep way what it is they want.” —David Brooks, New York Times
“Offers invaluable lessons to business leaders, parents, recruiters, and almost anyone who wishes to have a roadmap to achieve greater levels of success.” —Forbes
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Brief Answers To The Big Questions
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions is a posthumous work by world-famous cosmologist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking. In this book, Hawking shares his final thoughts on the universe’s biggest questions, from the existence of God to the possibility of time travel. He also focuses on urgent issues facing humanity, including climate change, dwindling resources, and the threat of artificial intelligence. The book is wide-ranging, intellectually stimulating, and infused with Hawking’s characteristic humor. A percentage of royalties will go to charity.
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The Earth Transformed: An Untold History
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Frankopan is a brilliant guide to terra incognita — Niall Ferguson ― Sunday Times
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR: A Revolutionary New History that reveals how climate change has dramatically shaped the development—and demise—of civilizations across time
Climate change is real. There is no question that global warming will have a dramatic impact on a significant part of the world’s population. Scientific models predicting famine, large-scale migration, and the failure and collapse of cities are right to do so – because history is filled with cases where this is precisely what happened.
In Climate Change and the Making of History, acclaimed historian Peter Frankopan draws on new scientific archives to reveal how environmental change has shaped our world: from the fall of the Ming dynasty in China to the emergence of Viking society, to the collapse of Angkor. Ranging from the beginning of recorded history to the present today, he explores how religions and language can trace their evolution to climate change, and demonstrates that contemporary concerns about pollution, damage, and altering climatic patterns are nothing new; rather, they follow in a long tradition of humankind’s efforts to make sense of and live within the natural world.
By turns revolutionary and revelatory, invigorating and incisive, Climate Change and the Making of History is a manifesto for human action, rooted in the lessons offered up by our past.
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Reality is Not What it Seems: The Journey to Quantum Gravity
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“The man who makes physics sexy . . . the scientist they’re calling the next Stephen Hawking.” —The Times Magazine
“Some physicists, mind you, not many of them, are physicist-poets. They see the world or, more adequately, physical reality, as a lyrical narrative written in some hidden code that the human mind can decipher. Carlo Rovelli, the Italian physicist and author, is one of them…Rovelli’s book is a gem. It’s a pleasure to read, full of wonderful analogies and imagery and, last but not least, a celebration of the human spirit.”—NPR Cosmos & Culture
“With its warm, enthusiastic language and tone, [Seven Brief Lessons on Physics] is also deeply humanistic in approach, using words like elegant and beauty about a subject…that can seem impenetrably dense and abstract…Reality Is Not What It Seems takes much the same approach.”—New York Magazine
“Rovelli writes beautiful prose while walking the reader through the history and concept of ‘reality’ and what it all means for the yet to be discovered universe and thus our own lives.”—Pasadena Star-News
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Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
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“[Tyson] tackles a great range of subjects…with great humor, humility, and—most important—humanity.” —Entertainment Weekly Loyal readers of the monthly “Universe” essays in Natural History magazine have long recognized Neil deGrasse Tyson’s talent for guiding them through the mysteries of the cosmos with clarity and enthusiasm. Bringing together more than forty of Tyson’s favorite essays, Death by Black Hole explores a myriad of cosmic topics, from what it would be like to be inside a black hole to the movie industry’s feeble efforts to get its night skies right. One of America’s best-known astrophysicists, Tyson is a natural teacher who simplifies the complexities of astrophysics while sharing his infectious fascination for our universe.
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The Book Of Humans
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In “The Book of Humans,” bestselling author Adam Rutherford explores what makes us human by taking a thrilling tour of the animal kingdom. Using the latest scientific discoveries, Rutherford delves into what sets us apart from other animals, from war and sex for pleasure to mastery of fire and creating art. This illuminating and accessible discussion sheds light on our unique place among the animal world and is praised by Dan Snow and Chris Packham, among others.
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A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trial
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- NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“Bryson is . . . great company right from the start–a lumbering, droll, neatnik intellectual who comes off as equal parts Garrison Keillor, Michael Kinsley, and . . . Dave Barry.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A Walk in the Woods is an almost perfect travel book.” —The Boston Globe
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The Intimate Universe
Rs. 3,990.00or 3 X Rs.1,330.00 withMarek Kukula
The scale of the cosmos can be baffling, with distances so vast and timescales to long that it’s easy to dismiss them as being completely divorced from our everyday life. But in this new book Dr Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, shows you the myriad ways we are intrinsically connected to the rest of the universe and how everything on Earth – from the ground beneath our feet to the technology in our pockets – has origins in space.
Discover how rocks from space reveal what conditions are like at our planet’s core, how the desolate surface of the moon holds ancient clues to Earth’s earliest life forms, and how buried treasure in the Nile reveals the watery past of Mars. Discover how the atoms of your own body were forged in the heart of a star, how you can see the echo of creation on your TV, and the ways in which technology developed for observing the most far-flung corners of space is now used to diagnose potentially fatal human diseases.
The Intimate Universe is a curated tour of the most fascinating phenomena and discoveries in astronomy, revealing how we are inextricably, inspirationally linked to the cosmos.
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Elon Musk: How the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is shaping our future
Rs. 2,990.00or 3 X Rs.996.67 withAshlee Vance
- Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2015)
- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science & Technology (2015)
- New York Times and International Bestseller
- Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Audible and Amazon
Ashlee Vance’s stellar biography captures Musk’s remarkable life story and irrepressible spirit ― Richard Branson
“Mr. Vance tells the stories of both SpaceX and Tesla with intricacy and insight. . . . What does come through is a sense of legitimate wonder at what humans can accomplish when they aim high, and aim weird”. — Dwight Garner, New York Times
“[T]his work will likely serve as the definitive account of a man whom so far we’ve seen mostly through caricature. By the final pages, too, any reader will sense the need to put comparisons to Steve Jobs aside. Give Musk credit. There is no one like him.” — New York Times Book Review
“[A] spirited and riveting biography.” — Wall Street Journal
“The SpaceX and Tesla founder certainly sees setbacks as an unavoidable part of innovation. But a brilliant new biography paints a picture of him as an obsessive, intolerant perfectionist.” — Financial Times
“Fascinating and superbly researched…” — The Guardian UK
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Churchill: Walking with Destiny
Rs. 3,290.00or 3 X Rs.1,096.67 withAndrew Roberts
- THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
- SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
- THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
- ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR
- DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR
- EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR
- OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR
- Arthur Ross Book Award Nominee (2019)
This terrific book, which bursts with character, humour and incident on almost every page … is undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written — Dominic Sandbrook ― Sunday Times
A stupendous achievement: lucid, erudite, intelligent, but also inspiring. Roberts catches the imperishable grandeur of Churchill’s life as no other historian has done — Daniel Johnson ― Standpoint
As Andrew Roberts reminds us in this epic biography … Churchill’s career provides ample proof that fact can be far more extraordinary than fiction — Nick Rennison ― Daily Mail
Brilliant, breathtaking, unputdownable … All Roberts’s past life has been but a preparation for this hour and this work, and this brilliant book is a fitting crown to his own career — Michael Gove ― Evening Standard
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Buddha: Spirituality For Leadership & Success
Rs. 1,190.00or 3 X Rs.396.67 withPranay
“I teach because you and all beings want to have happiness and want to avoid suffering. I teach the way things are.” – Buddha
Buddha, one of the most influential figures in history, founded Buddhism over 2500 years ago. Today, Buddhism is widely practiced in East and Southeast Asia, and its influence is growing globally. This book presents profound and practical teachings from Buddha that can inspire and guide leaders. Despite not aspiring to be a leader himself, Buddha’s teachings offer valuable lessons on effective leadership, achieving true success, and living a virtuous life. Discover the wisdom of Buddhism and how it can contribute to becoming an excellent leader in this book.
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Infinite Powers: The Story of Calculus , The Language of the Universe
Rs. 2,290.00or 3 X Rs.763.33 withSteven Strogatz
- Shortlistedd for the royal society Science book Prize 2019
Warning: this book is dangerous. It will make you love mathematics. Even more, there is a nonzero risk it will turn you into a mathematician. ― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, bestselling author of The Black Swan
Eloquent, erudite and charming. A remarkable story. Strogatz is a world class mathematician and a world class science writer. With a light touch and razor-sharp clarity, he tells the remarkable story of a mathematical breakthrough that changed the world – and continues to do so. ― Alex Bellos, bestselling author of Alex’s Adventures in Numberland
Simple, lucid, amusing, informative, and a pleasure to read. If you want to know where calculus came from, how it works, what it’s good for, and where it’s going next, this is the book for you. ― Professor Ian Stewart, author of Significant Figures
A wide-ranging, humane, thoroughly readable take on one of the greatest ideas our species has ever produced. ― Jordan Ellenberg, author of How Not to Be Wrong
A highly readable account of calculus and its modern applications – all done with the human touch. ― Dr David Acheson, Emeritus Fellow, Oxford University and author of The Calculus Story
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Weirder Maths: At the Edge of the Possible
Rs. 2,990.00or 3 X Rs.996.67 withD Darling, A Banerjee
Even the most enthusiastic of maths students probably at one time wondered when exactly it would all prove useful in ‘real life’. Well, maths reaches so far and wide through our world that, love it or hate it, we’re all doing maths almost every minute of every day. David Darling and Agnijo Banerjee go in search of the perfect labyrinth, journey back to the second century in pursuit of ‘bubble maths’, reveal the weirdest mathematicians in history and transform the bewildering into the beautiful, delighting us once again.
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Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Rs. 3,390.00or 3 X Rs.1,130.00 withJocko Willink & Leif Babin
The #1 New York Times bestseller
This book explains the SEAL leadership concepts crucial to accomplishing the most difficult missions in combat and how to apply them to any group, team, or organization. It provides the reader with Jocko and Leif’s formula for success: the mindset and guiding principles that enable SEAL combat units to achieve extraordinary results. It demonstrates how to apply these directly to business and life to likewise achieve victory.
“[Jocko] is the co-author of an incredible new book – which I’ve been loving. Trust me. Buy it.” – Tim Ferriss
“You show in the book how to motivate… thanks for writing the book Extreme Ownership.” Bill O’Reilly
“This is a life-learning lesson for everyone… the book is awesome.” – Sean Hannity
“An incredible book… you teach guys and gals about leadership and you’ve helped not only military guys but families.” – Megyn Kelly
This is the SEAL Leadership book we have been waiting for. Poignant, powerful, practical. A must read for every leader.” ―Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO, Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, and chairman, Fox Television Stations
“Leif and Jocko are the real deal. I’m honored to have served with them. They led SEALs in the fight through the hell that was the Battle of Ramadi. This book shows how they did it.” ―Marcus Luttrell, U.S. Navy SEAL and #1 national bestselling author of Lone Survivor
“The smartest, most revolutionary management approach since Jack Welch’s Six Sigma.” ―Don Imus, radio host, Imus in the Morning
“Finally, a leadership book that actually demonstrates how to truly lead. Riveting, engaging, and free from the usual cliché platitudes, this book is strikingly impactful and will dramatically improve leaders of all types.” ―Amy Brandt Schumacher, entrepreneur, executive, and philanthropist
“Extreme Ownership provides huge value for leaders at all levels. An inspiring and page-turning read, the leadership lessons are easy to digest and implement. It provides a powerful SEAL framework for action to lead teams in high-stakes environments. This book made me a better leader and enabled my entire team step up our game!” ―Jared Hamilton, founder and CEO, DrivingSales
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காலத்தின் மிகச் சுருக்கமான ஒரு வரலாறு (A Briefer History of Time)
Rs. 2,190.00or 3 X Rs.730.00 withஸ்டீஃபன் ஹாக்கிங் and லெனர்டு மிலோடினாவ்
தமிழில்: நாகலட்சமி சண்முகம்
உலக அளவில் விற்பனையில் பெரும் சாதனைகளைப் படைத்த, ஸ்டீபன் ஹாக்கிங் எழுதிய ‘A Brief History of Time’ நூல், ஓர் அற்புதமான அறிவியல் படைப்பாகும். ஹாக்கிங்கின் வசீகரமான எழுத்து நடையும், காலம் மற்றும் வெளியின் இயல்பு, படைப்பில் கடவுளின் பங்கு, பிரபஞ்சத்தின் வரலாறு மற்றும் எதிர்காலம் போன்ற, அவர் கையாள்கின்ற சுவாரசியமான அறிவியல் விவகாரங்களும் நம் மனங்களைக் கட்டிப் போடுபவையாக இருக்கின்றன. ஆனால் அந்நூல் வெளியிடப்பட்டதிலிருந்து, அதில் இடம்பெற்றிருந்த மிக முக்கியமான கோட்பாடுகளில் சிலவற்றைப் புரிந்து கொள்வது மிகக் கடினமாக இருந்ததாகப் பேராசிரியர் ஹாக்கிங்கிற்கு வாசகர்கள் தொடர்ந்து கடிதங்கள் எழுதி வந்துள்ளனர்.
அவர்களுடைய கோரிக்கைகளுக்கு இணங்கி, அந்நூலில் கையாளப்பட்ட அனைத்து விஷயங்களையும் எவரொருவரும் எளிதில் புரிந்து கொள்வதற்காகவும், சமீபத்திய அறிவியல் அவதானிப்புகளையும் கண்டுபிடிப்புகளையும் பற்றிய தகவல்களை மக்களுடன் பகிர்ந்து கொள்வதற்காகவும் ஹாக்கிங் படைத்துள்ள அற்புதமான நூல்தான் ‘A Briefer History of Time என்ற இந்நூல்.
இது ‘மிகச் சுருக்கமானதாக’ இருந்தாலும்கூட, உண்மையில், முந்தைய நூலின் மிக முக்கியமான அறிவியல் விவகாரங்களை இது அதிக விரிவாக விளக்குகிறது. குழப்பமான எல்லைச் சூழல்கள் குறித்த எண்கணிதம் போன்ற சிக்கலான கோட்பாடுகள் அகற்றப்பட்டுவிட்டன. அவற்றுக்குப் பதிலாக, முந்தைய நூல் நெடுகிலும் இழையோடிய மிகவும் சுவாரசியமான, ஆனால் புரிந்து கொள்ளக் கடினமாக இருந்த சார்புக் கோட்பாடு, வளைவான வெளி, குவாண்டம் கோட்பாடு போன்ற அறிவியல் கோட்பாடுகள் ஒவ்வொன்றுக்கும் இந்நூலில் தனித்தனி அத்தியாயங்கள் ஒதுக்கப்பட்டுள்ளன.
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Cracking Quantum Physics
Rs. 4,490.00or 3 X Rs.1,496.67 withBrian Clegg
“Cracking Quantum Physics” is a book authored by Brian Clegg, a science writer and popularizer. The book provides an accessible introduction to the field of quantum physics, which is known for its counterintuitive and mysterious nature. Clegg explains the key concepts and theories of quantum physics in a clear and engaging manner, using everyday examples to help readers understand complex ideas. The book covers topics such as wave-particle duality, the uncertainty principle, and quantum entanglement, and has been praised for its ability to make quantum physics understandable to a general audience.
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The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
Rs. 2,990.00or 3 X Rs.996.67 withAmitav Ghosh
What do you do when the subject matter of life on this planet seems to lack . . . life? Your read The Nutmeg’s Curse, which eschews the leaden language of climate expertise in favor of the re-animating powers of mythology, etymology, and cosmology. Ghosh challenges readers to reckon with war, empire, and genocide in order to fully grasp the world-devouring logics that underpin ecological collapse. We owe a great debt to his brilliant mind, avenging pen, and huge soul. Do not miss this book-and above all, do not tell yourself that you already know its contents, because you don’t. — Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
In this brilliant book, aflame with insight and moral power, Ghosh shows that in the history of the nutmeg lies the path to our planetary crisis, twisting through the horrors of empire and racial capitalism. The Nutmeg’s Curse brings to life alternative visions of human flourishing in consonance with the rest of nature-and reminds us how great are the vested interests that obstruct them. — Sunil Amrith, author of Unruly Waters
The Nutmeg’s Curse elegantly and audaciously reconceives modernity as a centuries-long campaign of omnicide, against the spirits of the earth, the rivers, the trees, and even the humble nutmeg, then makes an impassioned argument for the keen necessity of vitalist thought and non-human narrative. With sweeping historical perspective and startling insight, Ghosh has written a groundbreaking, visionary call to new forms of human life in the Anthropocene. An urgent and powerful book. — Roy Scranton, author of Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization
It’s widely recognized that the climate crisis is multi-dimensional, yet American cultural conversations about it are mostly stuck in its scientific, technological, and economic dimensions. In this tour de force, Amitav Ghosh defiantly moves the conversation into the realms of history, politics, and culture, insisting that we will never resolve our planetary crisis until we acknowledge that the “great acceleration” of the past fifty years is part of a larger historical pattern of omnicide. For centuries, the dominant global powers have seen Earth–its plants, its animals, and its non-white peoples–as brute objects: mute, without agency, and available for the taking and killing. The solution to the climate crisis, Ghosh insists, is not injecting particles into the stratosphere to block the sun, or even to build a bevy of solar farms (as important as the latter is). Rather, the solution lies in re-engaging with the vital aspects of life, in all its capaciousness, and in doing so move past our long history of destruction and into true sustainability. — Naomi Oreskes
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Alexander The Great
Rs. 1,090.00or 3 X Rs.363.33 withJacob Abbott
A king at nineteen, dead at thirty-two and in between.. an empire that refused to end.This is the incredible true story of Alexander the Great, the boy who set out to win till there were ?no more worlds to conquer.? a ruthless and self-willed king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia, Alexander?s rule extended from Greece to Egypt to India, making him one of history?s most successful military commanders. This enlightening account of the great king?s remarkable life, highlights not only his phenomenal military accomplishments, unparalleled success and victories and adept leadership qualities, but also brings for us an insight into this extremely interesting man?s life. Alexander the Great?s story is one of the most fascinating ones ever told and he continues to attract the attention of mankind by remaining an unsurpassed legendary hero.
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