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Jinnah, friend and folly
If Amitav Ghosh is a sociologist-historian turned novelist, Kiran Doshi is a novelist turned social historian
Jihad in secular struggles
This book focuses on the call for jihad against the British by the Islamic clergy (mullahs) in the 19th and 20th centuries
Barkha Dutt behind the fault lines
In "The Place of Women", the journalist in Ms Dutt takes a backseat and the woman in her gets behind the wheel
Chetan Bhagat is the most loved author on Flipkart
Shilpa Shetty Kundra emerges as the top-selling non-fiction writer
A street thug turns jihadi leader
Mr Warrick focuses parts of this book on the lives of several individuals with singular, inside takes on the overarching story
The 2016 reading list
The author lists some of the books to look forward to in India
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Rogues, rascals and oligarchs
This book tracks the transfer of wealth and power in Russia. The focal point is the career of the so-called Godfather of the Kremlin, the oligarch Boris Abramovich Berezovsky (1946-2013)
National security after 9/11
Democratic govts naturally want to do whatever they can to protect their citizens, Mr Savage notes, but they also want to avoid breaking the law - and so it becomes crucial to decide just what counter
America's role in 1962
This is the detailed story of how Kennedy and Nehru, despite the lack of chemistry between them, were induced by their democratic values and principles to come together in the face of China's aggressi
Penguin Books acquires 'Democrats and Dissenters' by Ramachandra Guha
The book covers a wide range of themes from the varying national projects of India's neighbours to political debates within India itself
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Kevin Costner, John Baird and Rick Ross travel back in time in this new book
A Hollywood director, an author and a celebrated comic-book artist collaborate to produce a spoof on the 19th- and 20th-century world
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How the Left was lost
In this book, published posthumously, author pulls no punches in detailing the reasons for the "terminal decline" of the Left movement in India
Fracking: Between the rocks and a hard place
Mr Briggle had never even heard of fracking when he was hired as a professor of philosophy at the University of North Texas, in 2009
Lunch with BS: Andrew Small
The writer of The China Pakistan Axis: Asia's New Geopolitics'' talks to Archis Mohan about China's engagement with Taliban and why huge Chinese investment in Pakistan is good news for India
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Dire straits
The Allied defeat at Gallipoli in soldiers' words and pictures reveals the full extent of that disastrous campaign in its centenary year
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