Limca Book of Records 2019 Publisher : Hachette India Pages : 440; Rs.550 Discover our country’s firsts and foremost in human endeavour, structures, education, defence, government, on science and technology, adventure, business, cinema, the natural world, literature and the arts in this

De-stress your life Author        : Glenn Harrold Publisher   : Hachette India Pages          : 183; Rs.299 The must-have book for de-stressing your life and embracing modern living. Using

In her recently published portrait of Jahangir, Parvati Sharma portrays that he has the reputation of being a weak man, a profligate almost, at best an alcoholic with an eye for art and greed for pleasure, and one who was controlled by a powerful wife.

Forest of Tides: The untold story of the Sunderbans Author                  : Manisha Sobhrajani Publisher             : Hachette India Pages                    : 166; Rs.399 In Forest of Tides, Manisha Sobhrajani recounts her experience of living and working in the Sunderbans supervising

Titan, Inside India’s most successful consumer brand Author                  : Vinay Kamath Publisher             : Hachette India Pages                    : 187; Rs.599 From boardrooms to back rooms Titan, Inside India’s most successful consumer brand reveals how a quintessential Indian brand from the

Although the jacket of this book is old-fashioned — apart from featuring a bunch of young people who are clearly not of any-part-of-India origin — the title makes it clear that it is as much a book for teens as for anybody who has anything to do

After smallpox, how did polio capture the imagination of the world to become the largest mass immunisation programme in history? Thomas Abraham brings decades of journalistic expertise to tell a gripping tale of geopolitics, illiteracy, and the role of big money in Polio, The

Sheela Nambiar’s book isn’t the last word on the subject; some of the things she says or doesn’t say leave room for healthy discussion. But it is a reasonably comprehensive exploration of why fitness matters, and how the lack of it impacts us. She takes the trouble

Get ready to lead — a book that brims with positivity and motivation, it talks about aspects such as goal setting, skill development, time management, teamwork and social intelligence. Peppered with case studies and laced with humour, it makes an interesting read. Talking about accountability, the author narrates

Here are two books on Rotary authored by two ­Rotarians of District 3211. Know your Rotary ­written by N Baskaran Pillai is a ready reckoner with detailed ­information on all Rotary aspects ranging from how it was started, themes of

Most of us must have come across philatelists (who collects postage stamps as a hobby), numismatists (coins and papermoney collectors) and deltiologists (post card ­collectors). Well, I am a phillumenist. ­Phillumeny refers to the hobby of collecting matchbox labels. It is not half as popular as stamp and coin ­collecting. My