The Fractured Himalaya: India Tibet China 1949-62
By: Nirupama Rao
4.18
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
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1. Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
By: Tom Holland
4.22
Format: 408 pages, Paperback
In 49 B.C., the seven hundred fifth year since the founding of Rome, Julius Caesar crossed a small … read more
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"Achievement was worthy of praise and honor, but excessive achievement was pernicious and a threat to the state. However great a citizen might become, however great he might wish to become, the truest…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Enthusiasts for empire argued that Rome had a civilizing mission; that because her values and institutions were self-evidently superior to those of barbarians, she had a duty to propagate them; that …"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"Honour, in the Republic, had never been a goal in itself, only a means to an infinite end. And what was true of her citizens, naturally, was also true of Rome herself. For the generation that had liv…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
"It was an article of faith to the Romans that they were the most morally upright people in the world. How else was the size of their empire to be explained? Yet they also knew that the Republic's gre…"-Tom Holland, Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
2. Mahabharata
By: C. Rajagopalachari , Vyasa
4.31
Format: 483 pages, Paperback
Originally published in the year 1951, the huge popularity of the book has resulted in the book bei… read more
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"Pleasure from the senses seems like nectar at first, but it is bitter as poison in the end."-C. Rajagopalachari, Mahabharata
"What is the greatest wonder in the world? That, every single day, people die, Yet the living think they are immortal."-C. Rajagopalachari, Mahabharata
"Like numerous river-currents that rush towards the one ocean, those heroes of the world of men enter your flaming mouths; like moths that fly ever faster to destroy themselves in a blazing flame, the…"-C. Rajagopalachari, Mahabharata
"An action carried out through human effort may be well planned, well performed and properly accomplished, and yet be thwarted by fate. But likewise a fated action, something not carried out by humans…"-C. Rajagopalachari, Mahabharata
3. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
By: William McDonough , Michael Braungart
4.09
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
"Reduce, reuse, recycle," urge environmentalists; in other words, do more with less in order to min… read more
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"When you talk about “saving the planet"-William McDonough, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
"Cradle to Cradle is like good gardening; it is not about “saving"-William McDonough, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
"Here's where redesign begins in earnest, where we stop trying to be less bad and we start figuring out how to be good."-William McDonough, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
"as a buyer you got the item or service you wanted, plus additives that you didn’t ask for and that may be harmful to you and your loved ones."-William McDonough, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
4. Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ
By: Giulia Enders , Jill Enders
4.53
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
A cheeky up-close and personal guide to the secrets and science of our digestive system. For too lo… read more
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5. The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss
By: Jason Fung
4.50
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
Why you've never been able to lose weight, and how that can change now Everything you believe about… read more
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6. Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)
By: David Baldacci
4.11
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
He did not force the door open. He was in no hurry. When Amos Decker returned home to find the b… read more
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"It would cut into him at unpredictable moments, like a gutting knife made of colored light."-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)
"Dark, cool, musty, smoky, where light fell funny and everyone looked like someone you knew or wanted to know. Or, more likely, wanted to forget."-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)
"But then he put aside the awkward encounter, which his mind allowed him to do quite easily. He could compartmentalize at an astonishing level. It came from not giving a shit."-David Baldacci, Memory Man (Amos Decker, #1)
7. Land of Two Rivers: A History of Bengal from the Mahabharata to Mujib
By: None
3.46
Format: None pages, Paperback
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8. Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
By: Abhijit V. Banerjee , Esther Duflo
4.07
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the Year Award Billions of g… read more
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9. An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions
By: Amartya Sen , Jean Drèze
4.45
Format: 122 pages, Hardcover
From two of India's leading economists, Jean Dreze (Hunger and Public Action) and Nobel Prize-winne… read more
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10. Blue Lightning (Shetland Island, #4)
By: Ann Cleeves
4.34
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair … read more
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11. The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
By: Ben Macintyre
4.51
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the hea… read more
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12. Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
By: Chris Miller
4.44
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world's most critical… read more
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- china
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"Comrade, we have built the world’s biggest microprocessor!"-Chris Miller, Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
13. The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
By: William Dalrymple
4.20
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
The story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results… read more
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14. Lords of the Deccan : Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas
By: Anirudh Kanisetti
4.23
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The history of the vast Indian subcontinent is usually told as a series of ephemeral moments when a… read more
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- history
15. How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
By: Jason F. Stanley
4.17
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Fascist politics are running rampant in America today—and spreading around the world. A Yale philos… read more
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"Fascist politics does not necessarily lead to an explicitly fascist state, but it is dangerous nonetheless. Fascist politics includes many distinct strategies: the mythic past, propaganda, anti-intel…"-Jason F. Stanley, How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
16. Slough House (Slough House, #7)
By: Mick Herron
4.41
Format: 312 pages, Hardcover
Brexit is in full swing. And due to mysterious accidents, the Slough Houses ranks continue to thin.… read more
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"Funny thing. When I hear the words "trust me", I get the feeling someone's pissing in my shoe."-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)
"Treat those you despise with humanity, especially if the reason you despise them is that they have none."-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)
"Most great ideas, or a lot of them anyway, were thought at the time to be rubbish, and you were reckoned an idiot for having them. This was true of stupid ideas too. Telling them apart was the tricky…"-Mick Herron, Slough House (Slough House, #7)
17. Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
By: Héctor García
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
3 Books Collection Set: Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life The people of Ja… read more
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"Walk slowly and you’ll go far"-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
"Keep going; don’t change your path."-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
"Happiness is always determined by your heart."-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
"when you have a clear purpose, no one can stop you."-Héctor García, Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life / The Little Book of Lykke / Lagom: The Swedish Art of Balanced Living
18. The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
By: Javier Blas
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Meet the traders who supply the world with oil, metal and food - no matter how corrupt, war-torn or… read more
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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
"Most of us take for granted the ease with which we can fill up our cars, buy a new smartphone or order a cup of Colombian coffee. But underpinning almost all of our consumption is a frenetic internat…"-Javier Blas, The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
19. The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
By: Amitav Ghosh
4.22
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this ambitious successor to The Great Derangement, acclaimed writer Amitav Ghosh finds the origi… read more
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"This is the great burden that now rests upon writers, artists, filmmakers, and everyone else who is involved in the telling of stories: to us falls the task of imaginatively restoring agency and voic…"-Amitav Ghosh, The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis
20. Freezing Order: A True Story of Money Laundering, Murder, and Surviving Vladimir Putin's Wrath
By: Bill Browder
4.34
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Following his explosive New York Times bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browd… read more
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21. How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
By: Vaclav Smil
3.97
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
* THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If … read more
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"Найліпше нашу пасивність і надзвичайну складність проблеми глобального потепління можна проілюструвати таким фактом: тридцять років масштабних міжнародних кліматичних конференцій ніяк не вплинули на …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
"У 2010-х роках саме джипи стали другою найбільшою причиною зростання викидів CO2, лишивши позаду важку промисловість, вантажоперевезення й авіацію. Обігнала їх тільки електроенергетика. Якщо народна …"-Vaclav Smil, How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
22. Age of Vice
By: Deepti Kapoor
3.61
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
This is the age of vice, where money, pleasure, and power are everything, and the family ties that … read more
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"You are who you are, the past is gone. It’s the present you must master now."-Deepti Kapoor, Age of Vice
23. India, Bharat and Pakistan: The Constitutional Journey of a Sandwiched Civilisation (Bharat Trilogy #2)
By: J. Sai Deepak
4.63
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
India, Bharat and Pakistan, the second book of the Bharat Trilogy, takes the discussion forward fro… read more
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24. False Allies: India's Maharajahs in The Age of Ravi Varma
By: Manu S. Pillai
3.79
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
India?s maharajahs have traditionally been cast as petty despots, consumed by lust and luxury. Beje… read more
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25. The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate with India
By: Vijay Gokhale
4.48
Format: 200 pages, Hardcover
'Essential reading for all those interested in how India will deal with its greatest strategic chal… read more
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26. The Courtesan, the Mahatma and the Italian Brahmin: Tales from Indian History
By: Manu S. Pillai
3.96
Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition
From a Maratha prince who parodied caste to a Muslim deity in a Hindu temple; from a courtesan who … read more
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27. A Life in the Shadows: A Memoir
By: A.S. Dulat
3.51
Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition
No Indian spymaster has, until now, written a memoir. A.S. Dulat is the first to do so, and in A Li… read more
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28. The Fractured Himalaya: India Tibet China 1949-62
By: Nirupama Rao
4.18
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
In the India-China relationship, the past shadows the present. It shapes current policy options and… read more
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29. The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
By: William Dalrymple
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
For most of its modern history, India was fated to be on the receiving end of cultural influence fr… read more
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30. The Art Of Conjuring Alternate Realities: How Information Warfare Shapes Your World
By: Shivam Shankar Singh
4.13
Format: 292 pages, Hardcover
HOW DO POLITICIANS IN TODAY'S world attain power? How do nations become powerful? Why do human bein… read more
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31. West Asia At War: Repression, Resistance and Great Power Games
By: Talmiz Ahmad
4.48
Format: 722 pages, Kindle Edition
Events in West Asia constantly demand global attention due to regional conflicts, faith-based divis… read more
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