Fragile Lives by Stephen Westaby (Book Review 014)

‘Fragile lives’ by Stephen Westaby is the first technical book I have read from the field of surgery and medicine. Having read books from Atul Gawande, I must admit that ‘fragile lives’ was more on the technical side, but one cannot expect the author to narrate his incredible life experiences, otherwise. Having said that I… Continue reading Fragile Lives by Stephen Westaby (Book Review 014)

The Tatas: How a Family Built a Business and a Nation by Girish Kuber (Book Review 013)

The Tatas: How a Family Built a Business and a Nation by Girish Kuber, translated from the Marathi language to English by Vikrant Pande and narrated in audiobook format by Rajiv Dadia. This book is a gripping and enjoyable story of the oldest business family in modern India. Note that I had listened to this… Continue reading The Tatas: How a Family Built a Business and a Nation by Girish Kuber (Book Review 013)

Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base by Annie Jacobsen (Book Review 012)

Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen is a good effort in collating the various pieces of history regarding the ranch (most of which is still classified). Note that I had read this book via the kindle app on my ipad. I had learnt about Area 51 from a couple of Discovery Channel shows that create a… Continue reading Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base by Annie Jacobsen (Book Review 012)

The Gods Themselves by Issac Asimov (Book Review 011)

The Gods Themselves is a very popular novel by the great science fiction writer Issac Asimov. If you are an Asimov fan, chances are that you might have already read it. This novel was regarded by Asimov as one of his favourite works. It is one of the very few works of Asimov that contain… Continue reading The Gods Themselves by Issac Asimov (Book Review 011)

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Book Review 010)

ISBN: 9780316010665 Tagline: The Power of Thinking without Thinking Malcolm Gladwell covered business, science and medicine for the Washington Post before becoming the New York City bureau chief. Currently he is a staff writer for the New Yorker Blink is an unconventional book on an unconventional topic and is extremely engrossing. The writing style of… Continue reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Book Review 010)

“The Last Question” and why I am so intrigued by it

Hi, Yesterday I wanted to read this amazing short story by Isaac Asimov that I had read long ago during my MBA course. I did not know the title of the story and only remembered that it ended with the following line: “Let there be light”. So I googled “Let there be Light + Isaac… Continue reading “The Last Question” and why I am so intrigued by it

The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox (Book Review 009)

ISBN: 8185984131 Tagline: A process of ongoing improvement. The Goal was not on my reading list. However, it was lying around in the house and I decided to go ahead with it. The size of this book was very uninviting and from all the text on the covers and in the intro pages, I thought… Continue reading The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox (Book Review 009)

The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Book Review 008)

ISBN 0349114463 Tagline: How little things can make a big difference I was looking forward to reading books by Malcolm Gladwell and finally got my hands on The Tipping Point. It is not a very big book and I managed to finish it in three days, reading only in my free time. Most of you… Continue reading The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Book Review 008)

The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (Book Review 007)

ISBN: 0141022728 Tagline: The Globalized world in the Twenty-First century Hanging around for almost a month with The World is Flat, I finally completed it despite all the time constraints I was under. I have never read such a thick book back-to-back in my life until this one and this book is very special not… Continue reading The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman (Book Review 007)

Anne Frank: The Diary of a young girl (Book Review 006)

ISBN: 0553296981 I had finished reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a young girl a few days ago. This book is the most popular war documentary of the Second World War and perhaps of all times. It was published in 1947 and since then it has been translated into more than thirty languages and adapted… Continue reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a young girl (Book Review 006)

Freakonomics by Levitt & Dubner (Book Review 005)

ISBN: 006073132X Tagline: A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything. I had completed reading Freakonomics over a month ago and was pretty much glued to it then. However, now that I have decided to pick up The world is flat and a few Malcolm Gladwell’s books, I thought that I should finish this… Continue reading Freakonomics by Levitt & Dubner (Book Review 005)

Biological Weapons: Issues and Threats by Chari & Rajain (Book Review 004)

ISBN: 9812104046 This book published by the Indian Research press, has been edited by P.R. Chari and Arpit Rajain. Before I move on to the book, I would like to mention a few words about the editors as given in the book. P.R. Chari is a former member of Indian Administrative Services and has also… Continue reading Biological Weapons: Issues and Threats by Chari & Rajain (Book Review 004)

Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho (Book Review 003)

ISBN: 0060589280 Paulo Coelho is a popular author who shot to fame with his best-selling book The Alchemist. He has also written other books like the pilgrimage, the Valkyries, the fifth mountain, the Zahir (being his latest) and many others. Eleven Minutes is very different from his other works for it is based on an… Continue reading Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho (Book Review 003)