by Nil Twenty-five years after the planes struck New York and Washington, the most unsettling argument in 25 Years After 9/11: The Future of the Global Jihadi Movement is not that al-Qaeda
by Satchi In Pseudoscience, Lydia Kang and Nate Pedersen present a fascinating exploration of the enduring allure of false scientific beliefs and the persistent myths that continue to shape human understanding. This
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by Durga In Our Brains, Our Selves, neurologist Masud Husain embarks on a profound, philosophical excavation of identity, consciousness, and the fragile architecture of the human brain. Far from a sterile clinical
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by Satchi Timothy Caulfield’s The Certainty Illusion is a masterful, incendiary dissection of the modern knowledge crisis, a book that dares to claw at the bedrock of our cognitive complacency. With surgical
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by Durga Evy Poumpouras’s Becoming Bulletproof is not merely a self-help book but an existential roadmap for psychological resilience, strategic deception detection, and the cultivation of a mind impervious to manipulation. Poumpouras,
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by Satchi Terry Deary, renowned for his irreverent yet incisive approach to history, delivers A History of Britain in Ten Enemies as a biting, often satirical examination of Britain’s greatest adversaries. It
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Jason Hanson’s Agent of Influence is an audacious blend of espionage tactics and business acumen, promising readers a shortcut to success by employing the psychological strategies used by CIA operatives. It is
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Anirudh Kanisetti’s Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire is an ambitious and erudite retelling of one of South India’s most influential yet often overlooked dynasties. A sweeping
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For the nonhuman animal cause, the 19th century’s end would bring to a close a defining period—a transformative 30-year era beginning in 1866, with the founding of the first animal welfare society.
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by Durga Stephen J. Campbell’s Leonardo da Vinci: An Untraceable Life is not just another biography of the Renaissance polymath; it is, in fact, an anti-biography. Unlike the countless hagiographies that perpetuate
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by Satchi Morgan Housel’s The Psychology of Money is a profound meditation on the often-irrational relationship humans have with wealth. While financial literature is traditionally inundated with rigid mathematical formulas, investment strategies,
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