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Sen & Dreze's uncertain rant
The book resembles the ruminations of two disgruntled senior citizens on all that is wrong with India. Where are Amartya Sen the philosopher and Jean Dreze the activist with a creative agenda for chan
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Jim Rogers' Quantum mechanics
An entertaining autobiography-cum-investment guide from the legendary Wall Street trader
The novel road to a start-up
It is the story of four young, budding entrepreneurs from different walks of life who come together to start a restaurant
Indo-Pak relations, from the files
A monumental work laying out the key documents on Indo-Pak relations contains both insights and material for many PhD dissertations
Surviving the iron lady
This courageous and touching memoir of growing up gay in Margaret Thatcher's England is as accurate a portrait of the times as you can get
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On a wing and a Predator
Bush started the war on terror, but Obama extended and intensified it in ways that may not serve America's interests in the long run, says Jeremy Scahill, author of the bestseller Blackwater
A GPS guide for investing in India
Former Cummins and Microsoft India chief Ravi Venkatesan's book is a lucid explanation of what it takes to win in India
The con who was conned
Guy Lawson's book is not a conspiracy theory; it is an honest account of a person, and an event that affected real money
JLR: Going for broke
After it was bought by Tata Motors, the management of Jaguar Land Rover stood conventional wisdom on its head and kept its three UK plants open - and still managed to improve top and bottom lines. Aut
An elemental study of world history
A former British Petroleum CEO presents a unique analysis of the seven chemical elements that have had a powerful influence on world events
Job interview strategies from the trenches
The prolific adman has co-authored a useful primer on how to prepare for and appear at job interviews
Everest's unsung hero
An absorbing biography reveals how Hillary and Tenzing's achievements would not have been possible without the technological innovations of Griffith Pugh
The golden bait
The controversy over Vikram Seth's mega-advance is a sign of the many-layered complexities that have emerged in the global publishing business
Close your CSR departments...
From Smart to Wise has been made possible by more than 20 years of research on companies and their leaders, say the authors