Page 4 - Book Reviews
The Liver Doctor: Finding humanism and empathy beyond social media battles
In The Liver Doctor, the hero is not the doctor, but the liver itself: One of the least understood yet endlessly fascinating organs in the human body, and the only one capable of regenerating itself
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Enshittification: How Big Tech went from innovation to digital feudalism
The mischievous quality of the book's title or the emoji on its cover might mislead readers into dismissing it as lightweight reading
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Open Intelligence: AI demands a rethink of human learning for digital age
Popularly known as "the Godfather of AI", Dr Hinton notes that humanity "is just a passing phase in the evolution of intelligence"
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India Out of Work: Hurdles in the Viksit Bharat race for growth and jobs
The book holds the slowdown in the growth of non-farm jobs as a key reason for inadequate demand
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How to Rule the World: The secret elite one freshman discovered at Stanford
Baker pursues the story like a campus reincarnation of Woodward and Bernstein
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The Ghosts of Indian Small Towns: Ruskin Bond's journey through time
Ruskin Bond's reflective essays revisit vanished small-town India, blending nostalgia, memory, humour, and the quiet ghosts of changing landscapes
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Chapal Rani: A poignant portrait of gender and exclusion in folk theatre
Through the story of a female impersonator in theatres, this book offers a commentary on how queerness exists around us in different shapes, forms, words, and feeling
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River Traveller: Hazarika brings alive the Tsangpo-Brahmaputra ecosystem
Mr Hazarika's book will appeal to environmentalists, historians, diplomats, anthropologists, political scientists, bureaucrats, and activists as well as readers who enjoy reading travelogues
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London Falling: Deception and a death without answers in a gilded city
How a teenager in London crafted a double life as the son of a Russian oligarch, and paid for it with his life under suspicious circumstances
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The Good Reporter: Rural women's stories, uninterrupted amid media clutter
In a crowded media world, a women-led newsroom offers a refreshing breather
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AI For Good: Can artificial intelligence become a force for humanity?
AI for Good is structured like a travelogue and the author's prose is breezy, concise and well observed. But travellers don't always come home with a nuanced understanding of what they've seen
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Flower of India: The life and times of the lotus in myth and memory
The lotus is mentioned in some of the oldest creation myths of India. The Puranic myths state that Brahma was seated on a lotus when he conjured up the universe
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Japan's imperial hubris holds a dire warning for a violent century
As new empires pursue old ambitions and borders become bargaining chips, this anti-war treatise reminds us how history repeats itself through humanity's amnesia
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China Under Xi Jinping: Caution gives way to control, nationalism, ambition
The book provides a one-stop access point for information and analysis on China under Mr Xi
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Science and Practice of Public Health: A manual for the developing world
At a time when the world is grappling with public health challenges, this book is an easy-to-read handbook for policymakers, connecting theory to the practice of public health
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James McDougall's 'Worlds of Islam' celebrates rich heritage and diversity
One recurring theme that unites this book is Sufism
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Our 'screenified' future: How screens turned people into performers online
The book is at its strongest when Garber gets hyperspecific, forcing the reader to wrestle with the fact that the far-reaching power of the screen has touched all parts of life
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Test Cricket: Tim Wigmore's masterly history of the game and empire
A sweeping review of Tim Wigmore's Test Cricket: A History, exploring how empire, race, class and politics shaped the game's longest format
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The Rules That Make Us: Anthropology meets corporate strategy in this book
This book offers a fascinating look at the intersection of big business and the humanities, offering a glimpse into a unique career, though it can sometimes feel self-promoting
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Reimagining Government: Handy AI guide for govt, but falls short on detail
While the book is written obviously for policymakers in the United States, it can actually pretty well be used by most governments in both developed nations and fast-developing nations like India
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