BOOKS AMEYA

Luciano Wernicke's The Most Incredible Olympic Stories is a tale of the journey covered by modern civilization's greatest sporting event

The Most Incredible Olympic Stories | Sports | Luciano Wernicke

Synopsis: The Olympics are arguably the greatest sporting contest on the planet. Very few sporting events can claim to be as global as the summer Olympiad. Luciano Wernicke’s The Most Incredible Olympic Stories maps the breathtaking journey of this global event since time immemorial. Exploring both its humble beginnings and glory days, the book eulogizes Read more…

The Comfort Book, a self-help book by Matt Haig

The Comfort Book | Self-Help for Anxiety | Matt Haig

Synopsis: Nothing is stronger than a small hope that doesn’t give up. Matt Haig’s The Comfort Book is one such collection of small islands of hope. It offers us stories that give us an all-new outlook on life as well as on ourselves. The book is an exquisite blend of philosophy, meditation and self-reflection. It Read more…

Looking Inward: Meditating to Survive in A Changing World is a book on the benefits of meditation by Dutch self-help guru Swami Purnachaitanya

Looking Inward | Meditation and Spirituality | Swami Purnachaitanya

Synopsis: 2021 has come as a major setback to everyone who was trying to comfort themselves with the idea that nothing could beat the horrors of 2020. Global warming, the COVID-19 pandemic, rampant misinformation and fake news, ghastly riots, and the ever-changing social relationships and lifestyles have all taken a heavy toll on our health, Read more…

The Vivekananda Handbook for Everyday Living | Anshul Chaturvedi

Synopsis: The Vivekananda Handbook for Everyday Living is a must-have guide to incorporate Swami Vivekananda’s principles and philosophy into our daily lives. In a world where people are increasingly bogged down by the weight of social expectations, peer pressure, or the need for online validation, India’s National Monk can help relieve you of that burden. Read more…

Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean

Tokyo Ever After | Children’s Literature & Fiction | Emiko Jean

Synopsis: Having lived out an uneventful seventeen years of her life in a small town, Izumi Tanaka is perfectly mindful of all the ways in which her family is different from those of her classmates. However, all that is a set to change. One day, Izumi discovers a pivotal clue to the identity of her Read more…

Pete Davis's Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing is a humorous yet disturbing take on the indecision and restlessness that plagues that modern youth

Dedicated | Self-Help & Personal Transformation | Pete Davis

Synopsis: How many times has it happened to you that you found yourself browsing through countless options on Netflix or Prime, unable to make up your mind? Eventually you end up spending so much time reading through long-winded reviews or watching flashy trailers that there is barely any time left to watch anything at all. Read more…

The Art of Resilience by Gauranga Das is a collection of 40 heart-warming stories on how to discover your true self

The Art of Resilience | Spirituality and Self-Help | Gauranga Das

Synopsis: Have you been losing sleep over what your friends and peers think about you? Or is it that you could not care less? Regardless of the mindset you adopt in your emotional life, happiness in life solely depends on what you think about yourself. The rise of social media has given us an opportunity Read more…

A Daffodil Amongst Narcissuses is a collection of fantastical short stories by S.G. Kovvali

A Daffodil Amongst Narcissuses | Short Stories | S.G. Kovvali

Synopsis: A Daffodil Amongst Narcissuses: Fantastical Tales is a collection of short stories for all age groups.  Enchanting and bewitching, these tales chronicle the journey of a troubled mountain lion, who yearns to be human, a thin-strawed scarecrow, who longs for the love of a farmer’s daughter, a unique beetle that has found its forever Read more…

Everyday Superfoods is a treatise on the food products that can do a world of good to our immunity in these unprecedented times

Everyday Superfoods | Cuisine and Health | Nandita Iyer

Synopsis: Everyday Superfoods is your one-stop shop – an indispensable guide – to enrich your diet with the superheroes of the culinary world. In keeping with our growing obsession with a healthy diet and a strong immune system, superfoods seem to have become the buzzword of the decade. This is nowhere more evident than in Read more…

The Roaring Lambs: A Fable about Finding the Leader in You is a leadership and self-help book by Sreedhar Bevara

The Roaring Lambs | Motivation & Leadership | Sreedhar Bevara

Synopsis: ‘How many were killed in the attack today?’ asked Fursa, the senior sheep. He was surveying the bloodstained East African grassland where the lions had gone on a rampage, now scattered with the shattered bones of his friends and families. Despair hung thick in the air.’ Welcome to the jungle, where the survival of Read more…