Page 7 - Literature

Thought experiments about the human condition

Neil deGrasse Tyson's collection of essays challenges common assumptions through counterfactual data and provocative thought experiments, leaving even the most informed readers much to chew on

On a wing and a prayer

Among the many virtues of John Lancaster's delightful The Great Air Race is how vividly it conveys the entirely different world of aviation at the dawn of the industry a century ago

The freewheelin' Bob Dylan

His book about pop songs is a strange, slightly self-indulgent romp through songs that have been selected with no particular theme in mind

Making economics palatable

In Edible Economics, Ha-Joon Chang takes a global approach to food to deliver a stinging critique of the neoclassical order

Battlegrounds in the global AI war

A revolution is underway in several aspects of our life. "When AI Rules the World" details these groundbreaking changes

Handling workplace conflicts

Amy Gallo's book offers hope to those in a toxic work environment. She argues oscillating between suffering in silence and lashing out in anger in not their only option

Hoover: Bravery and black bag jobs

As the Yale historian Beverly Gage makes abundantly clear in G-Man, her revelatory new biography of Hoover, all of this is true

McKinsey: A profile in amorality

When McKinsey is held to account, the blame is invariably taken by the partners engaged in that transaction

The worldly philosophers

David Runciman's timely book examines the views of a dozen philosophers on the subject of state power: On what principles does the state enjoy power over its citizens and what limits its control?

The brand is 'you'

In All the world's a stage, Ambi Parameswaran mines the rich cache of insights and anecdotes gathered over a long career in marketing and advertising to help you build your personal brand

The lives and times of ransomware hunters

A recurring theme across the book is the indifference and incompetence of government, particularly in America

A kick-off for Qatar

The Most Incredible World Cup Stories captures the rambunctious, funny, controversial and the human side of football and offers a great deal of entertainment to football fans ahead of the World Cup

A conversation about economic reform

Gautam Chikarmane's book is a politically intrepid look at India's transformation from an economy 'of the small, by the small, for the small' to one 'of the big, by the big, for the big'

Beautiful minds of the investment world

David M Rubenstein's compilation of interviews with star money managers is a joy to read

Our kind of spy novelist

An anthology, edited by John Le Carre's son, takes us through the bestselling spy novelist's life through a series of revealing, yet delightful, collection of letters

The dynasty of Empire

In The Sassoons, Joseph Sassoon charts his family's triumphs and tragedies across continents and centuries and uncovers a tribe of fascinating figures

The filmy chronicler

The book celebrates Abbas by showing how this "boy from Panipat, land of Sufis, land of battles" introduced the small-town sensibilities to Indian cinema.

Geostrategy 101: Understanding the new normal

Following its retreat from Afghanistan, has the US hauled itself back to the centre of the geostrategic world? A new book argues it has but warns India not to give up its status as a 'Swing State''

A physicist in multiverse

A short but beautifully written book by an Albanian woman physicist delves into the non-mathematical explanations of the existence of multiple universes and where the hypothesis could lead

Policy making through the third eye

In current times when data is under threat, N Bhaskara Rao's book makes a compelling argument for basing policies on sound research and using data and insights wisely for the purpose