Book review of Amit Chaudhuri's 'Sweet Shop'
Adam Higginbotham shows how an almost fanatical compulsion for secrecy among the Soviet Union's governing elite was part of what made the accident not just cataclysmic but so likely in the first place
Critics of American foreign policy have long accused the country of imperialism in a general sense
Author Shoshanna Zuboff devotes 100 or more pages of her nearly 700-page book to decode the advertising dependence
The Epilogue offers a critique of Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) leadership of the Myanmar government
The writing is meandering. Long asides interrupt the narrative out of the blue; references to events yet to be described appear with regularity
Ms Sen writes that as a student, her "cheeks hurt from smiling too much". Angry immigrants, she'd learnt, made Americans uncomfortable; they got labelled as jihadists
The book underlines other distinctions between Yahweh and Allah
Until there are changes in these two areas, West Asia will remain condemned to further conflict
Politics dominates but unlike most books on political economy, this one is neither screechy nor preachy; in fact, it is quite an easy read
The present leadership in Russia, ambitious for a global role, views itself as a bridge between the two continents
Hicky's paper lasted barely two years in the face of opposition from the Company's bigwigs
In more than one chapter, Mr Francis discusses the benefits of psychotherapy in relieving patients of long-buried stresses.
Author relies only on reports by several commissions and quotes other books to make his point
Nowhere is there a greater need for climate activism than in the United States in the Age of Trump
Mr Jackson's work is set in Portland, Ore., one of the whitest big cities in America, scarred by a long history of racist violence and intimidation
The book talks about how the Alt News team meticulously tracks the origins of fake news
Back in the 1970s a story had caught her eye. A true-crime story, that belonged on the shelf more or less created by In Cold Blood
Mr Kahney's work is an interesting read, partly because this is the first comprehensive account of Mr Cook's life
Since Mr Iyer is a consummate craftsman who understands that he is writing a beginner's guide, he doesn't allow his book to become heavy with elucidations of the many omnipresent principles of Japan