Many aspects of the human mind remain mysterious. While Darwinian natural selection can explain the evolution of most life on earth, it has never seemed fully adequate to explain the aspects of our minds that seem most uniquely and profoundly human – art, morality, consciousness, creativity and language. Yet these aspects of human nature need […]
Ambani & Sons is the riveting story of one of the wealthiest families in the world. Dhirubhai Ambani was a rags-to-riches tycoon whose company Reliance, is now one of India s major corporations. His sons Anil and Mukesh took over after his death in 2002 and their respective arms of the company are bigger than […]
India is poised to become one of the worlds three largest economies in the next generation and to overtake China as the worlds most populous country by 2032. Well before then Indias incipient nuclear deterrent will have acquired intercontinental range and air, sea and land capabilities. Indias volatile relationship with its nuclear-armed neighbour, Pakistan, may […]
Sartre – A Beginners Guide introduces you to the life and work of this leading novelist, central philosopher and major dramatist. Sartre remains a symbol of the committed writer and thinker, and his existentialism continues to challenge us. No need to wrestle with difficult concepts as key themes and ideas are presented in a clear […]
This charming story about a penguin colony in Antarctica illustrates key truths about how to deal with the issue of change: handle the challenge well and you can prosper greatly; handle it poorly and you put yourself at risk. The penguins are living happily on their iceberg as they have done for many years. Then, […]
With the same brilliant combination of humor and warmth she brought to best seller Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott gives us a smart, funny, and comforting chronicle of single motherhood. Its not like shes the only woman to ever have a baby. At 35. On her own. But Anne Lamott makes it all fresh in […]
A Double Life traces the life and times of Alyque Padamsree, godfather of Indian advertising and patriarch of English theatre in India. Padamsree takes the reader backstage with him on an exciting, and sometimes hilarious, trip as he unfolds scenes from a career that has encompassed the launch of some of Indias most successful brands, […]
The sensational biography of Princess Diana, written with her cooperation and now featuring exclusive new material to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death. When Diana: Her True Story was first published in 1992, it forever changed the way the public viewed the British monarchy. Greeted initially with disbelief and ridicule, the #1 New York […]
The Laws of the Spirit World?? by Khorshed Bhavnagri is a book that tells us about automatic writing, spirits and life after death. This book is based on the author??s own life. In 1980, Khorshed Bhavnagri and her husband lost their sons in a car accident. Their lives had come to a standstill after this […]
Nobel Peace Prize winner and bestselling author Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the faces behind the statistics and news stories we read or hear every day about the millions of people displaced worldwide. Malalas experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider her own displacement – first as an Internally Displaced Person when she was […]
It is a popular belief that the Ramayana is idealistic, while the Mahabharata is realistic. Yet these two epics have identical building blocks, identical themes, and identical history. In this ground-breaking book, Devdutt Pattanaik, India??s most popular mythologist, explores the similarities and dissimilarities between the two epics in a ??playful analysis?? accompanied by his signature […]
India??s greatest film-maker on the art and craft of films. Exactly fifty years ago, in 1955, the release of Pather Panchali heralded the arrival of a master in the world of cinema. Over the next forty years, Satyajit Ray came to be regarded as one of the world??s finest film-makers ever. Today, more than a […]
Explorer Bruce Parry is embarking on yet another epic journey: down the Amazon – the worlds greatest river, its largest forest, the most bio-diverse habitat on the planet and home to some of the last uncontacted tribes left on Earth. Its one hell of a trip, as Parry travels over 6,000 kms by foot, light […]
Did you know there was a time when bears spoke, the moon laughed and babies were found inside fish? Have you heard of the two-horned sage who had never seen a woman in his life? Did you know Ravanas half-brother was the god of wealth? Have you ever seen a man with a thousand arms? […]