J Randy Taraborrelli’s latest biography, Becoming Beyonce, comes after his telling accounts of Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and Cher among others.
A coffee-table book that delves into the history of the pioneering automobile marque, Mercedes-Benz.
In The Last Mile, the policeman-turned-private-investigator is called in to consult with the FBI for a project involving the reopening of cold and/or anomalous cases.
The subtle art of geoeconomics and the limitations of military force form the core of this analysis of America’s foreign policy
When Breath Becomes Air is a lyrical account of a philosophical mind that strove to find meaning in literature, medicine, religion and mortality.
Yet, after reading Pramod Kapoor’s voluminous tome on Gandhi, I cannot but conclude that this book adds significant value to the biographical corpus of the Mahatma.
Travel doesn’t widen our horizons. it merely confirms them. We were there, and we have the pictures to prove it.
Srinath Raghavan’s landmark history argues that the Second World War, which saw Indian soldiers fight many battles for the British, destroyed the myth of the invincibility of the empire.
An unputdownable thriller about a fractious family and a child who disappears.
This book about books, ramifying over a nearly two-century history of writing in India, primarily in the English language, is a rich and colourful patchwork
How geopolitics and geography shaped the idea of the Northeast.
Writer and columnist Tavleen Singh on her new book, Modi and the media, and the family she holds responsible for the country’s many ills.
When two lovers are compared to Romeo and Juliet, one expects a story with death foretold. Not with Rod Nordland’s Zakia and Ali in The Lovers.
A clearly disturbed individual learns how to remotely access various “smart” household devices and employs them as a means to murder by causing horrific domestic accidents.
A well-researched but prosaic book on the circus that is the Indian Premier League.
The last word from one of India’s finest writers, who famously refused to live in Narendra Modi’s India.
The role of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army in the mainstream national movement and how their moral compass was rooted in non-violence.
Through the many David homes, beginning with the first in the heart of the city, one goes through the history of Ahmedabad, right till 2007, when Esther moved out of her quaint abode bordering Juhapura.
An expensive but enjoyable introduction to the simple pleasures of birdwatching, with vibrant photography and classical colour plates
A translation of Ashok Vajpeyi’s poems reveals his faith and an awareness of his failures.
In Anubha Bhonsle's intimate portrayal, Manipur emerges as a wounded civilisation, where sorrow is a moral response to tragedy and violation.
Julian Barnes’ fictionalised biography of Dimitri Shostakovich is an agonised meditation on the relationship between an artist and the communist regime he lived under
An analysis of India’s security apparatus by a man who has spent a lifetime in governance.
Sunil Khilnani threads India's complex and variegated history together through elegant biographies of 50 individuals who made a difference.
When ARTIST Marianne Glass falls to her death at her home, the police mark it as an accident.




