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Spielberg, a Jewish life

A book review by Lisa Schwarzbaum

Pitch perfect

S Giridhar and V J Raghunath's book makes you want to watch Test cricket again, says Dhruv Munjal

Religious pasts vs political presents

A volume on religion and modernity published in 2016 does not have a chapter on the Sangh Parivar

Nilanjana S Roy: Lord of the rabbits

'Watership Down' remains one of the biggest bestsellers in the world

US foreign policy's hubris

Once in office American presidents are often 'susceptible to a utopian temptation'

The Bookshelf in 2017

From novel by Arundhati Roy to Nanavati case, 2017 offers a range of eclectic reading

Apollo's wheel of fortune

Onkar Singh Kanwar of Apollo Tyres is that rare breed of businessmen who shoot straight from the hip

I am a troll: Inside the secret world of BJP's digital army

Trolling is an organised political activity

Using fiction to make curious links between financial risk and terrorism

University of the Witwatersrand English lecturer Schalkwyk with five books that influenced his year

Mihir S Sharma: All the President's books

Barack Obama is not just a reader, he is a genuine writer

Unsung son-in-law

Feroze Gandhi was a champion of press freedom and nemesis of crony capitalism and corruption

An epic reign

Book describes the 20 years of Victoria's marriage to Albert as the weakest period of her reign

An internal view of external relations

This book provides valuable insights into the complexities of foreign-policy-making

Israel's Egyptian 'saviour'

Marwan's story is a reminder of the Cold War era in West Asian politics

Alokananda Chakraborty: Managing without control

The far-reaching implications of digital technology and the way it impinges on strategy have not bee

The fate of financial centres

Reading 'Crash, Bang, Wallop', the story of London's emergence as an international financial centre, an Indian can certainly wonder what didn't work in favour of Mumbai

Nilanjana S Roy: Beautiful minds, flawed human minds

'The Undoing Project: The Friendship That Changed Our Minds' is an account of a truly remarkable partnership, set down in his trademark lucid and perceptive style

An art of living

If work is our national religion, Mr Pang is the philosopher reintegrating our bifurcated selves

Driving force: A peek into Onkar S Kanwar's life

A new biography of the industrialist recounts Apollo Tyres' aborted bid to acquire the US' Cooper Tires

Deborah Lutz: Into the Wilde

A free-spirited family gave rise to Oscar Wilde