-
Humankind-A Hopeful History
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The “lively” (The New Yorker), “convincing” (Forbes), and “riveting pick-me-up we all need right now” (People) that proves humanity thrives in a crisis and that our innate kindness and cooperation have been the greatest factors in our long-term success as a species. If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient thinkers and modern ones, it is the tacit assumption that humans are bad. It’s a notion that drives newspaper headlines and guides the laws that shape our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Pinker, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we’re taught, are by nature selfish and governed primarily by self-interest.
₨ 800.00Humankind-A Hopeful History
₨ 800.00 -
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe left NASA in 2005 to start up his hugely popular site XKCD ‘a web comic of romance, sarcasm, math and language’ which offers a witty take on the world of science and geeks. It now has 600,000 to a million page hits daily. Every now and then, Munroe would get emails asking him to arbitrate a science debate. ‘My friend and I were arguing about what would happen if a bullet got struck by lightning, and we agreed that you should resolve it . . . ‘ He liked these questions so much that he started up What If. If your cells suddenly lost the power to divide, how long would you survive? How dangerous is it, really, to be in a swimming pool in a thunderstorm? If we hooked turbines to people exercising in gyms, how much power could we produce? What if everyone only had one soulmate?7
₨ 800.00 -
Good Economics for Hard Times (Hindi) by Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
यह पता लगाना हमारे समय की एक बड़ी चुनौती है कि आज की गंभीर आर्थिक समस्याओं से कैसे निपटा जाए। यह अंतरिक्ष यात्रा से कहीं ज़्यादाऔर शायद कैंसर का इलाज करने से भीज़्यादा चुनौती पूर्ण है – इसमें एक बेहतर जीवन की परिकल्पना का विचारऔर शायद पूरा उदार लोकतंत्र ही दाँव पर लगा है।इन समस्याओं को हल करने के लिए हमारे पास संसाधन तो हैं, लेकिन हमारे पास ऐसे विचारों की कमी है, जो असहमति और अविश्वास की उस दीवार को पार करने में हमारी मदद कर सकें, जो हमें बाँट देती है।
₨ 800.00 -
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
It’s been nearly 25 years since Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad first made waves in the Personal Finance arena. It has since become the #1 Personal Finance book of all time… translated into dozens of languages and sold around the world. Rich Dad Poor Dad is Robert’s story of growing up with two dads — his real father and the father of his best friend, his rich dad — and the ways in which both men shaped his thoughts about money and investing. The book explodes the myth that you need to earn a high income to be rich and explains the difference between working for money and having your money work for you.
₨ 800.00 -
Screen Time
Rather than going cold turkey or fighting against the finely calibrated, billion-dollar barrage of demands for our attention that ping up on our phones, we need to know how to strike a healthier balance with our devices.
₨ 800.00Screen Time
₨ 800.00 -
The Bhagavad Gita – By S.Rashakrishnan
The Bhagavadgita or ‘Sacred Song’, holds an assured place among the world’s great scriptures. In fourteen hundred lines of verse, the relationship of man with God – and the intense joy of divine love – are celebrated, in a language that is precise and beautiful.
₨ 800.00 -
The Accidental Scientist: The Role of Chance and Luck in Scientific Discovery
Explore the role of chance, luck, and error in scientific, medical, and commercial innovation with examples of how well-known products, gadgets, and useful gizmos came to be
₨ 800.00 -
Celestial Bodies
This winner of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize and national bestseller is “an innovative reimagining of the family saga . . . Celestial Bodies is itself a treasure house: an intricately calibrated chaos of familial orbits and conjunctions, of the gravitational pull of secrets” (The New York Times Book Review). In the village of al-Awafi in Oman, we encounter three sisters: Mayya, who marries after a heartbreak; Asma, who marries from a sense of duty; and Khawla, who chooses to refuse all offers and await a reunion with the man she loves, who has emigrated to Canada.
₨ 800.00Celestial Bodies
₨ 800.00 -
Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
You sit down at your desk to work on an important project, but a notification on your phone interrupts your morning. Later, as you’re about to get back to work, a colleague taps you on the shoulder to chat. At home, screens get in the way of quality time with your family. Another day goes by, and once again, your most important personal and professional goals are put on hold. What would be possible if you followed through on your best intentions? What could you accomplish if you could stay focused? What if you had the power to become “indistractable?” International bestselling author, former Stanford lecturer, and behavioral design expert, Nir Eyal, wrote Silicon Valley’s handbook for making technology habit-forming. Five years after publishing Hooked, Eyal reveals distraction’s Achilles’ heel in his groundbreaking new book.
₨ 800.00 -
Brief Answers to the Big Questions: the final book from Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration after defying his ALS diagnosis at age twenty-one. He is known for both his breakthroughs in theoretical physics as well as his ability to make complex concepts accessible for all, and was beloved for his mischievous sense of humor. At the time of his death, Hawking was working on a final project: a book compiling his answers to the “big” questions that he was so often posed–questions that ranged beyond his academic field.
₨ 800.00 -
Behavioural Economics: Psychology, Neuroscience, and the Human Side of Economics
For centuries, economics was dominated by the idea that we are rational individuals who optimise our own ‘utility’. Then, in the 1970s, psychologists demonstrated that the reality is a lot messier. We don’t really know what our utility is, and we care about people other than ourselves. We are susceptible to external nudges.
₨ 800.00 -
The Arts of Seduction: The 21st century guide to having the greatest sex of your life
The Arts of Seduction is a guide to having great sex in the twenty-first century. It seeks to make what has been largely reduced to an act of instant gratification a rather more pleasurable experience.
₨ 800.00 -
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems from Randall Munroe of xkcd
Randall Munroe is . . .’Nerd royalty’ Ben Goldacre ‘Totally brilliant’ Tim Harford ‘Laugh-out-loud funny’ Bill Gates ‘Wonderful’ Neil Gaiman AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
₨ 800.00 -
Afterlives
LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2021 ‘One of Africa’s greatest living writers’ Giles Foden ‘Exquisite’ Telegraph ‘A remarkable novel, by a wondrous writer’ Philippe Sands ‘To read Afterlives is to be returned to the joy of storytelling’ Aminatta Forna ‘Effortlessly compelling storytelling … You forget that you are reading fiction, it feels so real’ Leila Aboulela Restless, ambitious Ilyas was stolen from his parents by the Schutzruppe askari, the German colonial troops; after years away, he returns to his village to find his parents gone, and his sister Afiya given away.
₨ 800.00Afterlives
₨ 800.00 -
The Coaching Habit (summary) : say less, ask more & change the way you lead forever
In Michael Bungay Stanier’s The Coaching Habit, coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your day so managers and their teams can work less hard and have more impact. Drawing on years of experience training more than 10,000 busy managers from around the globe in practical, everyday coaching skills, Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock your peoples’ potential. He unpacks sevenessential coaching questions to demonstrate how–by saying less and asking more–you can develop coaching methods that produce great results. Get straight to the point in any conversation with The Kickstart Question Stay on track during any interaction with The Awe Question Save hours of time for yourself with The Lazy Question, and hours of time for others with The Strategic Question Get to the heart of any interpersonal or external challenge with The Focus Question and The Foundation Question Finally ensure others find your coaching as beneficial as you do with The Learning Question A fresh innovative take on the traditional how-to manual, the book combines insider information with research based in neuroscience and behavioural economics, together with interactive training tools to turnpractical advice into practiced habits. Witty and conversational, The Coaching Habit takes your work–and your workplace–from good to great.
₨ 800.00 -
A Brief History of Timekeeping : The Science of Marking Time, from Stonehenge to Atomic Clocks
From the movements of the spheres to the slipperiness of relativity, the story of science unfolds through the fascinating history of humanity’s efforts to keep time. Our modern lives are ruled by clocks and watches, smartphone apps and calendar programs. While our gadgets may be new, however, the drive to measure and master time is anything but—and in A Brief History of Timekeeping, Chad Orzel traces the path from Stonehenge to your smartphone. Predating written language and marching on through human history, the desire for ever-better timekeeping has spurred technological innovation and sparked theories that radically reshaped our understanding of the universe and our place in it.
₨ 800.00 -
The Humans
When an extraterrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are less than positive. Taking the form of Professor Andrew Martin, a leading mathematician at Cambridge University, the visitor wants to complete his task and return home to his planet and a utopian society of immortality and infinite knowledge.
₨ 800.00The Humans
₨ 800.00 -
Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life Those You Love
Transform your life or the life of someone you love with Life Force—the newest breakthroughs in health technology to help maximize your energy and strength, prevent disease, and extend your health span—from Tony Robbins, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Money: Master the Game. What if there were scientific solutions that could wipe out your deepest fears of falling ill, receiving a life-threatening diagnosis, or feeling the effects of aging? What if you had access to the same cutting-edge tools and technology used by peak performers and the world’s greatest athletes? In a world full of fear and uncertainty about our health, it can be difficult to know where to turn for actionable advice you can trust. Today, leading scientists and doctors in the field of regenerative medicine are developing diagnostic tools and safe and effective therapies that can free you from fear.
₨ 800.00 -
Daisy Jones & The Six
“An explosive, dynamite, down-and-dirty look at a fictional rock band told in an interview style that gives it irresistible surface energy.”—Elin Hilderbrand ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, The Washington Post, Esquire, Glamour, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Marie Claire, Parade, Paste, Shelf Awareness, BookRiot Everyone knows DAISY JONES & THE SIX, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now.
₨ 800.00Daisy Jones & The Six
₨ 800.00 -
WABI SABI: THE WISDOM IN IMPERFECTION
Wabi Sabi is the Japanese Zen philosophy that all things are imperfect, unfinished and impermanent. It is a fresh way of seeing and moving through the world when our lives, literally and figuratively, feel cluttered. This book shows us how to apply this concept in the context of daily life and offers ideas on how to see it, embrace it and incorporate it into everyday thoughts, objects and situations.
₨ 800.00 -
The Comfort Book
“It is a strange paradox, that many of the clearest, most comforting life lessons are learnt while we are at our lowest. But then we never think about food more than when we are hungry and we never think about life rafts more than when we are thrown overboard.”a
₨ 800.00The Comfort Book
₨ 800.00 -
Narcissus and Goldmund
Hermann Hesse’s Narcissus and Goldmund is the story of a passionate yet uneasy friendship between two men of opposite character. Narcissus, an ascetic instructor at a cloister school, has devoted himself solely to scholarly and spiritual pursuits.
₨ 800.00Narcissus and Goldmund
₨ 800.00 -
The Book of Angst: Understand and Manage Anxiety (Gwendoline Smith – Improving Mental Health Series)
There’s a lot of angst around these days. This heightened sense of fear, concern, insecurity and uncertainty can be overwhelming.
₨ 800.00 -
Maths Tricks to Blow Your Mind: A Journey Through Viral Maths
From the infamous ‘Hannah’s sweets’ exam question to percentages ‘life-hacks’, viral math problems seem to capture the public’s imagination without fail. This is often because they blow people’s minds with their logic, or there are multiple answers, or no answer or at all, or they are just generally wacky. T
₨ 800.00