<p><strong>Empire of sand </strong><br />Tasha Suri <br />Hachette, 2019, pp 432, Rs 399<br />Born to parents who come from two classes of <br />contrast — the rulers and the outcasts or nomads — Mehr is caught between cultures. Caught one <br />night for performing ‘forbidden’ rites, she is <br />brought to the court’s mystics, who try to force her into arranged marraige... </p>.<p><strong>Everything is fucked</strong><br />Mark Manson <br />Harper Collins, 2019, pp 273, Rs 499<br />Called the ‘book of hope’, the author turns his <br />gaze to the endless calamities taking place in <br />the world around us. Drawing from the pool of <br />psychological research on these topics, as well <br />as the timeless wisdom of philosophers, he dissects religion and politics.</p>.<p><strong>Summoner: The Outcast</strong><br />Taran Matharu<br />Hachette, 2019, pp 407, Rs 399<br />In the fourth book of the Summoner series, Arcturus is just an orphaned stable boy when he accidentally summons a demon. As Hominum’s first common summoner, he becomes the key to a secret that the powerful nobility would do anything to keep hidden. </p>.<p><strong>Please Think</strong><br />Narendra Dabholkar, translated by Jai Vipar<br />Westland, 2019, pp 143, Rs 299<br />How does one cultivate a scientific temper?<br />The author was a gaint of the rationalist and <br />the anti-superstition movement in India. He <br />wrote in Marathi about fighting blind faith. This work uses stories from the movement to shed light on the need to fight religious superstitions now. </p>.<p><strong>Destiny’s Flowers </strong><br />Kajoli Khanna<br />Roli Books, 2019, pp 280, Rs 350<br />In this criss-cross of a story, the lives of an art <br />restorer, a Buddhist nun and an unsung hero <br />of a slum take us on a mystery, unravelling a<br />journey through monasteries, slums and fairy-tale fort, and even through a class clash in a Bengal household. </p>.<p><strong>The Secret Life of Organizations</strong><br />Shalini Lal & Pradnya Parasher <br />Hachette, 2019, pp 216, Rs 299<br />The two HR professionals hope to convey what <br />universities don’t teach — the key unwritten rule of career success: how doing well in your workplace <br />is as much about knowing how your organisation functions as it is about understanding your job and yourself. </p>.<p><strong>The Billionaire’s Funeral</strong><br />Elijah Brahms <br />Harper Collins, 2019, pp 258, Rs 299<br />Someone’s out there to get billionaire investor Chad Cohen. He is at a London restaurant when all his credit cards are declined. Before he can make sense of any of it, he receives a disturbing message — he’s being accused of travelling on a stolen passport!</p>.<p><strong>Alpha Girls </strong><br />Julian Guthrie<br />Hachette, 2019, pp 289, Rs 599<br />This is an unforgettable story of four women who, through grit and ingenuity, became stars in the <br />cutthroat, high-stakes, male dominated world of <br />venture capital in Silicon Valley, and helped build some of the foremost companies of our time. </p>
<p><strong>Empire of sand </strong><br />Tasha Suri <br />Hachette, 2019, pp 432, Rs 399<br />Born to parents who come from two classes of <br />contrast — the rulers and the outcasts or nomads — Mehr is caught between cultures. Caught one <br />night for performing ‘forbidden’ rites, she is <br />brought to the court’s mystics, who try to force her into arranged marraige... </p>.<p><strong>Everything is fucked</strong><br />Mark Manson <br />Harper Collins, 2019, pp 273, Rs 499<br />Called the ‘book of hope’, the author turns his <br />gaze to the endless calamities taking place in <br />the world around us. Drawing from the pool of <br />psychological research on these topics, as well <br />as the timeless wisdom of philosophers, he dissects religion and politics.</p>.<p><strong>Summoner: The Outcast</strong><br />Taran Matharu<br />Hachette, 2019, pp 407, Rs 399<br />In the fourth book of the Summoner series, Arcturus is just an orphaned stable boy when he accidentally summons a demon. As Hominum’s first common summoner, he becomes the key to a secret that the powerful nobility would do anything to keep hidden. </p>.<p><strong>Please Think</strong><br />Narendra Dabholkar, translated by Jai Vipar<br />Westland, 2019, pp 143, Rs 299<br />How does one cultivate a scientific temper?<br />The author was a gaint of the rationalist and <br />the anti-superstition movement in India. He <br />wrote in Marathi about fighting blind faith. This work uses stories from the movement to shed light on the need to fight religious superstitions now. </p>.<p><strong>Destiny’s Flowers </strong><br />Kajoli Khanna<br />Roli Books, 2019, pp 280, Rs 350<br />In this criss-cross of a story, the lives of an art <br />restorer, a Buddhist nun and an unsung hero <br />of a slum take us on a mystery, unravelling a<br />journey through monasteries, slums and fairy-tale fort, and even through a class clash in a Bengal household. </p>.<p><strong>The Secret Life of Organizations</strong><br />Shalini Lal & Pradnya Parasher <br />Hachette, 2019, pp 216, Rs 299<br />The two HR professionals hope to convey what <br />universities don’t teach — the key unwritten rule of career success: how doing well in your workplace <br />is as much about knowing how your organisation functions as it is about understanding your job and yourself. </p>.<p><strong>The Billionaire’s Funeral</strong><br />Elijah Brahms <br />Harper Collins, 2019, pp 258, Rs 299<br />Someone’s out there to get billionaire investor Chad Cohen. He is at a London restaurant when all his credit cards are declined. Before he can make sense of any of it, he receives a disturbing message — he’s being accused of travelling on a stolen passport!</p>.<p><strong>Alpha Girls </strong><br />Julian Guthrie<br />Hachette, 2019, pp 289, Rs 599<br />This is an unforgettable story of four women who, through grit and ingenuity, became stars in the <br />cutthroat, high-stakes, male dominated world of <br />venture capital in Silicon Valley, and helped build some of the foremost companies of our time. </p>