The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind
By: Ramachandra Guha
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
From one of India’s finest writers, thinkers and commentators, a memoir of a love affair with crick…
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3.88
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
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2. The Rozabal Line
By: Ashwin Sanghi , Shawn Haigins
3.36
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
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"The SAGE OF RESEARCH"-Ashwin Sanghi, The Rozabal Line
3. Five Point Someone
By: Chetan Bhagat
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Format: 80 pages,
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4. Half - Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
By: Vinay Sitapati
4.57
Format: 201 pages,
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5. Ghachar Ghochar
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Format: 144 pages, Paperback
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6. The Annihilation of Caste
By: B.R. Ambedkar
3.50
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
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7. The Egg and Other Stories
By: Andy Weir
3.00
Format: 112 pages, Audiobook
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8. The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
By: William Dalrymple
4.20
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
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9. Why I am an Atheist and Other Works
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4.41
Format: 129 pages, Kindle Edition
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"Do you really know the most cursed sin in this world is to be poor? Yes, poverty is a sin; it is a punishment!"-Bhagat Singh, Why I am an Atheist and Other Works
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10. Empireland: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain
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4.10
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
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11. The cricket war: The inside story of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket
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Format: 398 pages, Paperback
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12. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
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4.34
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"Little noticed and little scrutinised, the commodity traders have become essential cogs in the modern economy. Without them, petrol stations would run out of fuel, factories would grind to a halt and…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
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4.19
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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14. How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
By: Steven Levitsky
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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15. Dishonesty Is the Second-Best Policy: And Other Rules to Live By
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3.68
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4.08
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3.35
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18. The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind
By: Ramachandra Guha
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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20. Late Cuts: Musings on Cricket
By: Vic Marks
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