How a Good Person can Really Win
Author: Pavan Choudary
Publisher: Wisdom, Rs195
In the world of power, there are two kinds of people — one, the immoral people for whom only the goals matter; two, the good people, for whom the means to reach these goals are equally important. This book challenges the belief that a good man hasn't got a chance in the real world. It shows how goodness, with creativity and wisdom, can turn formidable.
DARK DIVERSIONS
Author: John Ralston Saul
Publisher: Penguin, Rs299
In Dark Diversions, author John Ralston Saul stages a black comedy of international proportions that takes the reader from New York to Paris to Morocco to Haiti. When he's not encountering dictators in Third World hot spots, Saul's unnamed journalist narrator moves in privileged circles on both sides of the Atlantic, insinuating himself into the lives of well-to-do aristocrats.
All About Bacteria
Author: Ravi Mantha
Publisher: Collins, Rs299
Do you know that 90 per cent of our body's cells are bacterialIJ Or that the bacteria that cause meningitis live in our body all the time, without troubling us at allIJ Or even that life as we know it on earth began because bacteria rode into our world on an asteroidIJ Ravi Mantha explains that, in order to remain healthy, we must understand and maintain the human ecosystem - which includes looking after our bacteria.