Difficult Daughters by Manju Kapur
This is Manju Kapur’s fictional debut which earned her both commercial and fictional success. An intelligent, witty and sentimental story, Difficult Daughters follows the journey of a rebellious woman...
View ArticleEcological Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
This is a book which focuses on the idea that ‘radical transparency’ regarding the origins and production processes of the goods we buy can allow us to make market choices that would create more...
View ArticleThe Private Patient by P.D. James
The Private Patient is the fourteenth Dalgliesh mystery from author P.D. James. This time the whodunit revolves around the murder of journalist Rhonda Gradwyn who is found dead after she books into an...
View ArticleGlobalization And Its Discontents By Joseph Stiglitz
This book should be read by anyone interested in the impacts of globalization. Joseph Stiglitz, author and Nobel Prize winner for economics gives his first hand experience of life in the World Bank...
View ArticleTrain To Pakistan by Khushwant Singh
Over half a century old, the brutal episode that tore a country apart is slowly fading from the pages of Indian history. The Partition of India which occurred in 1947 left millions dead, homeless, and...
View ArticleSuperfreakonomics by Stephen J. Dubner and Steven D. Levitt
The ‘freakuel’ to Dubner and Levitt’s international bestselling phenomenon; Superfreakonomics uses the same analytical style of Freakonomics, but applies it to different topics. Once again applying...
View ArticleThe Camel Bookdrive
Though The Camel Bookmobile is a novel by by Masha Hamilton, in a silent, desiccated part of the globe, the camel-borne library actually exists. Operating from Garrissa, capital of the Garrissa...
View ArticleWhat They Teach You at Harvard Business School by Philip Delves Broughton
This is an ironic and witty account of the author’s experience of graduating from the Harvard Business School. Revealing a glimpse into the life of a Harvard Business student and the culture of...
View ArticleTwitterature By Alexander Aciman and Emmett Rensin
The brainchild of two college students, Twitterature combines the simplicity of 140-character “tweets” used within the world of Twitter, with well-known works of literature. The authors do a very good...
View ArticleBook Review: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
If there is a book that every bookaholic must read, it is this, it is this, it is this. 84, Charing Cross Road – a weird name for a book, don’t you think? I would probably have never picked it up if I...
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