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…
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2. Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India's Geography
By: Sanjeev Sanyal
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3. Lords of the Deccan : Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas
By: Anirudh Kanisetti
4.23
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
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By: Amitav Ghosh
4.14
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When Amitav Ghosh began his research for the Ibis Trilogy some twenty years ago, he was startled to… read more
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By: Samantha Harvey
3.73
Format: 207 pages, Hardcover
A slender novel of epic power, Orbital deftly snapshots one day in the lives of six women and men … read more
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"Maybe we're the new dinosaurs and need to watch out."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
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"That's all this great human endeavor of space exploration really is, he thinks, an animal migration, a bid for survival. A looping song sent into the open, a territorial animal song."-Samantha Harvey, Orbital
6. An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
By: Zeinab Badawi
3.97
Format: 531 pages, Kindle Edition
Everyone is originally from Africa, and this book is therefore for everyone. For too long, Afric… read more
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7. Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From
By: Tony Joseph
4.33
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Who are we Indians ? Where did we come from ? Many of us believe our ancestors have lived in South … read more
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8. The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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4.02
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Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Th… read more
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9. Rebel Sultans: The Deccan from Khilji to Shivaji
By: Manu S. Pillai
3.93
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Manu S. Pillai narrates the story of the Deccan from the close of the thirteenth century to the daw… read more
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10. How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History
By: Josephine Quinn
4.12
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An award-winning Oxford history professor overturns the way the West thinks about itself, tracing i… read more
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11. Dethroned: The Downfall of India's Princely States
By: John Zubrzycki
4.05
Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition
On 25 July 1947, India's last Viceroy, Lord Louis Mountbatten, stood before the Chamber of Princes … read more
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12. Chronicle of an Hour and a Half
By: Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari
4.30
Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition
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13. Quarterlife
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3.86
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
India’s literary novel of the year—an enthralling, award-winning debut from a “blazingly original v… read more
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"Dusk. They park at the edge of a wide, sandy bank. Omkar hums Shanth wahate Krishna-mai. He says the lyrics mean that a truly great person is as quiet as the river Krishna. It's the same river at Men…"-Devika Rege, Quarterlife
14. What Went Wrong with Capitalism
By: Ruchir Sharma
4.09
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A century of expanding government has distorted financial markets, stoked massive inequality, and s… read more
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15. The Damascus Events: The 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman World
By: Eugene Rogan
4.38
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16. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
By: Yuval Noah Harari
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more
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17. Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich
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4.27
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18. The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
By: William Dalrymple
4.38
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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19. Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT, and the Race that Will Change the World
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Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
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20. Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #4)
By: Stephen Fry
4.42
Format: 400 pages, ebook
The final book in Stephen Fry's acclaimed internationally bestselling Greek myths series telling th… read more
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21. Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity
By: Manu Pillai
3.50
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
When European missionaries arrived in India in the sixteenth century, they entered a world both fas… read more
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