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Mango Millionaires: The common man's guide to financial independence
Why for beginners financial independence is less about picking the right stocks and more about avoiding mistakes early on
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The CEO Mindset: Shiv Shivakumar puts behaviour at the heart of leadership
For leaders, what matters more - behaviour and mindset, or actions and practices? S Shivakumar's book argues for the former
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Missing from the House: Tracing the political legacy of Muslim women MPs
Despite exclusion and patriarchy, 18 Muslim women have entered the Lok Sabha to date - but their absence from public discourse is stark. This book recalls their political legacy
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Dance of Freedom: How Bharata Natyam became India's quintessential dance
Padma Shri Leela Samson traces the journey of Bharata Natyam through its origins, controversies, costumes, and philosophy, while reflecting on its enduring inclusivity and timeless appeal
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Decoding China: Ashok Kantha's book offers hard Indian perspectives
From the weaponisation of trade and border issues to the Belt and Road Initiative, this book paints a detailed picture of China and its future direction
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Dapaan: Kashmir's stories of conflict, resilience and remembrance
After 35 years of armed conflict, Kashmir abounds with stories-heard and unheard-of loss, laughter, haunting, and place-making, but also of defiance against the state
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Being an Oak shows the hidden life and lessons of a 240-year-old tree
Through the life of Quercus the acorn and his woodland kin, Being an Oak reveals nature's quiet power to change, adapt, and heal when left alone
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Believer's Dilemma: A leader's struggle with power and self-doubt
A new biography unravels Atal Bihari Vajpayee's complex persona, tracing his political journey, inner conflicts, and role in shaping modern Indian politics
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Victoria Woodhull: A tale of America's first female presidential candidate
Victoria Woodhull's improbable life - from clairvoyant to Wall Street broker to presidential candidate - is retold in Eden Collinsworth's witty new biography
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The Evin Prison Bakers Club: Prison memoir details hard-baked resistance
The book blends memoir, recipes, and resistance, portraying Iranian women prisoners who turn baking into an act of defiance and solidarity
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From broom to bust: New book traces AAP's rise, drift, and undoing
In just 13 years, Delhi's own party soared and stumbled. Sayantan Ghosh's book examines what it must do to rise again as it grapples with existential questions
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The Red Bull story: Book reveals private man behind the successful brand
The creator of the Red Bull empire had a strong aversion to media attention, and even his death would not change that
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The Story of CO2: The story of human civilisation is a story of energy
Peter Brannen's sweeping book argues CO₂ is the hidden force behind evolution, civilisation, fossil fuels, and today's climate crisis - the story of everything
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Valmik Thapar's final book distils half a century of tiger conservation
Valmik Thapar's final book celebrates India's tiger legacy, blending conservation insights, Ranthambore tales, and lyrical portraits of the majestic Royal Bengal Tiger
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STRONG ROOTS: Chef Olia Hercules' Ukraine memoir by way of her family tree
Strong Roots is its own kind of dam, against the rushing anguish of war and generational trauma
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'Mango: A Global History' explores the global appeal of 'bathroom fruit'
Often called a 'full-body experience' to eat, this book on the mango's history can be enjoyed just as much by those raised on fresh fruit as by those who first tasted it in preserved form
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To Lose a War: How the US slowly lost its way in Afghanistan conflict
A gripping account of two decades in Afghanistan, tracing the Taliban's fall, America's missteps, and the enduring human cost in Jon Lee Anderson's To Lose a War
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No, Minister: Subhash Chandra Garg's 2nd memoir mirrors tone of his first
The tenor of the second part of former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg's memoir is not dissimilar to that which pervaded his first one --and the title is a dead giveaway
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Superbloom: Nicholas Carr book says more communication isn't always better
The real threat of AI and LLMs lie not in job loss, but in corporations using them to create endless loops of content tailored to everyone's smallest needs, chaining us to our devices more than ever
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Scott Anderson captures US' hubris, Iran's revolution in exceptional detail
For most Americans, the hostage crisis was the revolution's defining event
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