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Archaeology of a Mughal capital

For those with curiosity, this book will spark it further and the detailed bibliography at the end would be a help

The all-American dreamer

Tommy Hilfiger takes you back to the 1960s with its boho hippie culture and heady music

Egypt's lost revolution

Egyptian people's unexpected revolt baffled political scientists and other experts

English, the mongrel tongue

May We Borrow Your Language? examines the linguistic peculiarities of English

Review: An Unsuitable Boy is honest, reads like a good Karan Johar movie

Karan Johar's, first film, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, was a huge hit in India and the overseas market

Surviving a survival guide

The best thing about the book is that the author is obviously a very competent writer

How David became Goliath

The secret of Israel's military success

The colonial impulse

The Theft of India: The European Conquests of India, 1498-1765

The creation of India Inc

Goras and Desis: Managing agencies and the making of corporate India

Geography made America great

Earning the Rockies: How geography shapes America's role in the world

Jim Kelly: The other Clinton

Tomasky's contribution is to remind us just how much Clinton did accomplish during his presidency

Lahore at the crossroads

Ian Talbot and Tahir Kamran have produced an empathetic guide to a remarkable city

Big data: Big concerns

Cathy O'Neil brings in interesting human stories to explain risks of indiscriminate use of big data

Note ban sung blue

Demonetisation: The Economists Speak is a collection of articles written by noted Indian economists

South Asia's zero-sum war

Regarding the Mumbai attacks, MacDonald tells us that the CIA turned a 'blind eye' to the LeT's role

Yes he did

Jonathan Chait argues that Obama's accomplishments will survive

A time-travelling flâneur

A frequently-ignored aspect Banerjee explores is the multiculturalism of south Calcutta

Leaders in their wonder years

The author's discoveries about leadership cannot be called revelatory

The hidden revolution

The book is a testament to the durability of ideas propagated by Western institutions

Is Edward Snowden a spy?

Edward Jay Epstein has produced a long, detailed book elaborating on his theory