The Wretched of the Earth – Frantz Fanon A fantastic read if a reader is interested in understanding the effects of Colonialism. The word “Profound” can be used aptly to underline the impact this book has on the reader. It’s amazing to see the level of dissection Frantz Fanon has achieved with respect to...
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What do plane crashes and Math geniuses have in common? What is the common binding thread between Bill Gates and The Beatles? How much of a role does your IQ play in your subsequent success in life? And how much is your success dependent solely on your own abilities? These and more questions are...
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“I look up. I’m lying on the floor beside the bed. I remember now. I moved from the bed to the floor in the middle of the night. I do that most nights. Better for my back. Too many hours on a soft mattress causes agony. I count to three, then start the long,...
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Tags: Andre Agassi, autobiography, Open, sports, Tennis
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Commenting on this book would be a minor crime, for there are perhaps few equals to Iravati Karve’s Yuganta – The end of an epoch. Commentaries and commentaries have been written about the ‘Mahabharat’, and continue to be written today, such is the mystery and vastness of that epic. But few have dared autopsied...
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Frankly, the only time I’d heard of Max Müller before I bought this book was with reference to one Max Müller Bhavan in Pune where German is supposedly taught. All I knew was that he was some hotshot Western thinker and that I ought to read him sometime. (Yes, scoff all you want. So...
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Tags: Culture, history, India: What can it teach us?, Max Müller, Orientalism
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Author : Chris Majer with John Brant Publisher : Rodale Price : $25.99 US, $32.99 CAN Unlike many self-help books, The Power to Transform does not promise to turn you into a super achiever overnight. However, what the book does seek to do is to give you more of yourself, not with a sudden...
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Akio Morita is considered to be the technological and business master mind of SONY. He and Ibuka started SONY at a small destroyed building at Japan right after World War-II. They worked hard with the very limited resources available at the seemingly disappeared country-Japan and wrote history. The book is not just about SONY....
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If Mata Hari had been alive long enough to write her memoirs, there were things about men and women that would have been revealed to both genders across the world. Unfortunately for us, she passed away before imparting all her knowledge. But then, something good happened. In 2003, Neil Strauss decided to put his...
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Tags: Men, Neil Strauss, The Game, Women
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He’s spent two years undercover as a pick-up artist, has gotten comfortable with the likes of Marilyn Manson and Britney Spears, and learned to make love like a porn star with Jenna Jameson. Oh yes, Neil Strauss has been to most places envied by at least half the population on the planet (well, wouldn’t...
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Tags: Emergency, Neil Strauss
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Bad science by Ben Goldacre is an eye opener to many frauds that happen in the name of science. This book focuses on many kinds of conning that happens in the medical field. You might be popping many pills or applying different kind of creams with full confidence that the manufacturer of the product...
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Tags: Bad science, Ben Goldacre, Homeopathy, medicine, pharma, pills, research
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