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Diplomatic doublethink
Shadi Hamid's argument for a world with the US as the sole hegemon is more confused than convincing
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Surviving Climate Anxiety: A manifesto for flourishing in climate change
Guilt-driven environmentalism that favours moral absolutism and blames individuals for inaction on climate issues is the wrong approach to climate action
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Destructive potential of sentient AI
AI is still not intelligent in the human sense, but fears of a superintelligent threat to humanity are not misplaced
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American Reich explores the culture of hate in US' far-right groups
Eric Lichtblau's American Reich traces the murder of Blaze Bernstein to the wider, chilling rise of neo-Nazi violence and white supremacy in contemporary America
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The living mountains: Anuradha Roy's intimate portrait of life in the hills
Anuradha Roy's Called by the Hills is a luminous, reflective memoir of building a life in the Himalayas-where gardens, memories and ecology quietly intertwine
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Economica: How women shaped the economy long before history sidelined them
The book is interested in not just the stories of the women who amassed immense wealth and wielded great power, but those whose quiet labour laid the building blocks of history
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Revolting: How Terry Deary retells history through revolt and irony
By revisiting lesser-known rebellions and forgotten episodes, Revolting takes readers on a tour of the world
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Click Here: A timely reminder that marketing fundamentals are not outdated
In the ever-changing digital world, Click Here offers a refresher course that should be again and again to stay up to speed on the subject
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What histories of Islamic-world slavery get right, and what they miss
A probing review of Captives and Companions reveals how slavery's long legacy in the Middle East shapes language, race, and memory - and how history itself becomes contested terrain
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The Railways as social contract: What Amitava Kumar's book reveals
Slim, at just 130 pages, the book might be a bit of a disappointment for readers looking for an in-depth account of the history and socio-economic aspects of the Indian Railways
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Camus in his own words: Discipline, doubt, and the limits of intimacy
Camus's notebooks, which run from 1935 to 1959 contain almost nothing about his friends or his family, his experiences during wartime or much about his personal life
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The Battle of Narnaul: Re-examining the 1857 rebellion and selective memory
The book is an invitation to rediscover a moment of defiance and to shed light on forgotten heroes whose sacrifice deserves recognition
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Urjit Patel's new book uncovers Western sanctions and their discontents
The author's analysis highlights another factor, namely, overestimating benefits and understating or ignoring the welfare costs of sanctions, including to third parties
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The Great Indian Brain Rot: How platform capitalism is reshaping thinking
A central insight of the book lies in its sustained attention to influence as a social and economic form
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Unseen captures the behind-the-scenes evolution of Zomato's Deepinder Goyal
The book not only tells of many such awe-inspiring moments in the life of a startup, it also captures the unpredictability, risk and adventure through it all
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Ghost-Eye: Amitav Ghosh's book on rebirth, regeneration and cycles of life
We are lucky that Ghosh continues to tell stories that are profound, layered and meaningful
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Furious Minds: The MAGA intellectuals and the rise of extremist ideas
How ideas that used to be the arcane obsessions of nerdy young men and buttoned-up tenured professors have become 'an engine and accelerant' for extremism
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Malala's coming-of-age memoir offers an unfiltered glimpse into her life
With wisecracks, misadventures, and tales of first love, Malala Yousafzai takes charge of her own story, offering the world an unfiltered glimpse into her life
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Pax Americana: Why the world needs the US to stay true to its ideals
The world needs an America worthy of its ideals, because the alternative could be brutal authoritarianism
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Cult building in black and white: How chess became one man's redemption
The book deals in detail with one of the most infamous cheating scandals, with its account of the Hans Niemann - Magnus Carlsen face off in 2022, seen from the perspective of Rensch and Chess.com
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