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Surviving a survival guide

The best thing about the book is that the author is obviously a very competent writer

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Updated On : 07 Feb 2017 | 11:05 PM IST

How David became Goliath

The secret of Israel's military success

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Updated On : 05 Feb 2017 | 11:06 PM IST

The colonial impulse

The Theft of India: The European Conquests of India, 1498-1765

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Updated On : 02 Feb 2017 | 11:01 PM IST

The creation of India Inc

Goras and Desis: Managing agencies and the making of corporate India

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Updated On : 31 Jan 2017 | 11:53 PM IST

Geography made America great

Earning the Rockies: How geography shapes America's role in the world

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Updated On : 29 Jan 2017 | 11:38 PM IST

Jim Kelly: The other Clinton

Tomasky's contribution is to remind us just how much Clinton did accomplish during his presidency

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Updated On : 28 Jan 2017 | 12:16 AM IST

Lahore at the crossroads

Ian Talbot and Tahir Kamran have produced an empathetic guide to a remarkable city

Lahore at the crossroads
Updated On : 27 Jan 2017 | 11:44 PM IST

Big data: Big concerns

Cathy O'Neil brings in interesting human stories to explain risks of indiscriminate use of big data

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Updated On : 26 Jan 2017 | 11:24 PM IST

Note ban sung blue

Demonetisation: The Economists Speak is a collection of articles written by noted Indian economists

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Updated On : 25 Jan 2017 | 11:01 PM IST

South Asia's zero-sum war

Regarding the Mumbai attacks, MacDonald tells us that the CIA turned a 'blind eye' to the LeT's role

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Updated On : 24 Jan 2017 | 3:37 AM IST

Yes he did

Jonathan Chait argues that Obama's accomplishments will survive

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Updated On : 22 Jan 2017 | 10:34 PM IST

A time-travelling flâneur

A frequently-ignored aspect Banerjee explores is the multiculturalism of south Calcutta

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Updated On : 19 Jan 2017 | 10:47 PM IST

Leaders in their wonder years

The author's discoveries about leadership cannot be called revelatory

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Updated On : 18 Jan 2017 | 10:48 PM IST

The hidden revolution

The book is a testament to the durability of ideas propagated by Western institutions

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Updated On : 17 Jan 2017 | 11:19 PM IST

Is Edward Snowden a spy?

Edward Jay Epstein has produced a long, detailed book elaborating on his theory

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Updated On : 15 Jan 2017 | 10:41 PM IST

West Asia in the age of Jihad

Journalist Patrick Cockburn provides an incisive & unsparing analysis of the region's conflict zones

West Asia in the age of Jihad
Updated On : 13 Jan 2017 | 11:44 PM IST

Einstein's quantum leap back

This biography of Einstein is built around that quirk of intuition ossifying into dogmatism

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Updated On : 12 Jan 2017 | 10:48 PM IST

Dissecting the Indian-American diaspora

The book is colossal in its effort to understand Indians in America beyond Rajat Gupta, Indira Nooyi, Neel Kashkari, Sundar Pichai and their ilk

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Updated On : 11 Jan 2017 | 11:24 PM IST

A spy-eye view of Pakistan

The book is more than just a historiographical recounting of Pakistan's birth and subsequent journey

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Updated On : 10 Jan 2017 | 11:04 PM IST

The US-China confrontation

A history of the complicated US-China relationship since 1776

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Updated On : 08 Jan 2017 | 11:07 PM IST