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Eye-opening history of sleep
Benjamin Reiss's Wild Nights offers a history of sleep (and sleeplessness)
Nobel causes
A compelling book suggests that the Nobel Prize in Economics may not be a true measure of merit
The Soviet push for tech dominance
It was at once the glory and the laughingstock of the intellectual world, writes Simon Ings
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Economics versus the real world
Authored by Ashok Sanjay Guha
The real Ranis of World War II
Book review: Women at War: Subhas Chandra Bose and the Rani of Jhansi regiment
China, India: Known unknowns
Amitav Acharya offers a different perspective in analysing the Bandung Conference
Derring-do in the line of duty
In Mission Overseas, Sushant Singh describes three foreign military operations
Russia's revolution through expat eyes
Helen Rappaport takes a necessarily narrow slice of revolutionary history
Heroines out of the shadows
Books on Draupadi and on Sita are common sightings at the few bookstores that still survive
What young Indians want
Book Review: India 2047: Voices of the Young
An idea of medieval India
The author has devoted attention to issues like Indian feudalism and de-urbanisation
Pet projects of the new billionaires
Books Review: Valley of The Gods and The Kingdom of Happiness
Kohinoor over troubled waters
From their study of old texts, authors speculate it originated from South India
Branding by the book
Corporate biographies are on rise as companies find them to be sophisticated brand building tools
 "Branding by the book")
Economic thought made simple
Each chapter in the book is dedicated to an economist
Archaeology of a Mughal capital
For those with curiosity, this book will spark it further and the detailed bibliography at the end would be a help
The all-American dreamer
Tommy Hilfiger takes you back to the 1960s with its boho hippie culture and heady music
Egypt's lost revolution
Egyptian people's unexpected revolt baffled political scientists and other experts
English, the mongrel tongue
May We Borrow Your Language? examines the linguistic peculiarities of English
Review: An Unsuitable Boy is honest, reads like a good Karan Johar movie
Karan Johar's, first film, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, was a huge hit in India and the overseas market
