Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century

By J. Bradford DeLong (2022) Pages: 546, Final verdict: Should-read To most of us, the twentieth century feels both intimately familiar and immensely complex. Two world wars, the emergence and collapse of the Soviet Union, the rise of the CPC in China and multiple economic recessions. It doesn't seem like... Read more

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A Promised Land

By Barack Obama (2020) Pages: 701, Final-verdict: Great-read How does it feel to be the President of the United States? In this first of two volumes of his memoir, Barack Obama brings the reader a human view of the office - the feelings, the responsibility, and the family challenges -... Read more

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An Autobiography: The Story Of My Experiments With Truth

By M.K. Gandhi (1926) Pages: 454, Final verdict: Great-read "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this walked the Earth in flesh and blood." (Albert Einstein about M.K. Gandhi) An Autobiography: The Story Of My Experiments With Truth is the autobiographical work of Mohandas... Read more

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What Money Can't Buy

By Michael J. Sandel (2012) Pages: 203, Final verdict: Should-read Is there anything which we shouldn't allow money to buy? What Money Can't Buy - The Moral Limits of Markets is a call for public discussion on preserving things such as political hearings or naming rights off the reach of... Read more

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Prisoners of Geography

By Tim Marshall (2015) Pages: 288,Final verdict: Must-read How will the Western world react to North Korea's reckless nuclear tests? And why hasn't China imposed more sanctions? And what about Russia, is it still controlling Crimea? What was that all about? Foreign correspondent to Sky News Tim Marshall has... Read more

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