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Is Edward Snowden a spy?
Edward Jay Epstein has produced a long, detailed book elaborating on his theory
West Asia in the age of Jihad
Journalist Patrick Cockburn provides an incisive & unsparing analysis of the region's conflict zones
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Einstein's quantum leap back
This biography of Einstein is built around that quirk of intuition ossifying into dogmatism
Dissecting the Indian-American diaspora
The book is colossal in its effort to understand Indians in America beyond Rajat Gupta, Indira Nooyi
I read 40 books last year. Here's what I learned
I turned 40 this year and reading these books was my version of the so-called midlife crisis
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A spy-eye view of Pakistan
The book is more than just a historiographical recounting of Pakistan's birth and subsequent journey
T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan: Barbarians at the Gate
Books have become like fortnightly magazines where sales are based on the cover story
The US-China confrontation
A history of the complicated US-China relationship since 1776
Spielberg, a Jewish life
A book review by Lisa Schwarzbaum
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Pitch perfect
S Giridhar and V J Raghunath's book makes you want to watch Test cricket again, says Dhruv Munjal
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Religious pasts vs political presents
A volume on religion and modernity published in 2016 does not have a chapter on the Sangh Parivar
Nilanjana S Roy: Lord of the rabbits
'Watership Down' remains one of the biggest bestsellers in the world
US foreign policy's hubris
Once in office American presidents are often 'susceptible to a utopian temptation'
The Bookshelf in 2017
From novel by Arundhati Roy to Nanavati case, 2017 offers a range of eclectic reading
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Apollo's wheel of fortune
Onkar Singh Kanwar of Apollo Tyres is that rare breed of businessmen who shoot straight from the hip
I am a troll: Inside the secret world of BJP's digital army
Trolling is an organised political activity
Using fiction to make curious links between financial risk and terrorism
University of the Witwatersrand English lecturer Schalkwyk with five books that influenced his year
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Mihir S Sharma: All the President's books
Barack Obama is not just a reader, he is a genuine writer
Unsung son-in-law
Feroze Gandhi was a champion of press freedom and nemesis of crony capitalism and corruption
An epic reign
Book describes the 20 years of Victoria's marriage to Albert as the weakest period of her reign