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Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari book review on Ameya

Sapiens | Book Review | 2011 | Yuval Noah Harari

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli historian, professor, and bestselling author. Born in 1976 in Kiryat Atta, Israel, Harari is known for his captivating insights into the history and future of humanity. Harari completed his undergraduate studies in history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and would later earn his PhD in Read more…

Think on These Things book review on Ameya

Think on These Things | Book Review | 1964 | Jiddu Krishnamurti

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jiddu Krishnamurti was born in 1895 in modern-day Andhra Pradesh. Dr. Annie Besant later adopted him. Krishnamurti is regarded as one of the all-time great philosophers. He traveled for nearly sixty years, talking with various people about the changes in mankind. Krishnamurti saw religion and sect as factors that caused conflict among Read more…

Jonathan Livingston Seagull book review on Ameya

Jonathan Livingston Seagull | Book Review | 1970 | Richard Bach

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Richard David Bach is an American writer. Born in 1936 in Illinois, USA, Bach is also a pilot who served in the USA Air Force. Most of his literary works contain allusions to flights. Bach has authored both fiction and non-fiction. His most notable works include Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Illusions: The Adventures Read more…

The Queen’s Gambit | Book Review | 1983 | Walter Tevis

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Walter Tevis was an American novelist and short-story writer. Tevis was born in 1928 in San Francisco. At the age of 17, he served in the Pacific Theater as a Navy carpenter’s mate on board the USS Hamilton. Post-discharge, he completed his B.A. and M.A. in English literature from the University of Read more…

Book review of Supernatural by Graham Bruce Hancock

Supernatural | Book Review | 2005 | Graham Hancock

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Graham Hancock is a British writer and journalist. He has worked with The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent, and The Guardian. Hancock has authored many books on alternate and unconventional theories on ancient civilizations. Some of his notable works are The Sign and the Seal, Fingerprints of the Gods, Heaven’s Mirror, Read more…

Book review of Crazy Times with Uncle Ken, by Ruskin Bond

Crazy Times with Uncle Ken | Ruskin Bond | 2011 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ruskin Bond was born in Kasauli in 1934. He grew up in different parts of India, namely Jamnagar, Dehradun, New Delhi, and Shimla. Bond wrote his first book, The Room on the Roof, at the age of seventeen. The book got him the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize in 1957. He has Read more…

Book review of The Secret History, by Donna Tartt

The Secret History | Donna Tartt | 1992 | Book Review

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Donna Tartt is an award-winning author from the United States of America. Her 2013 novel, The Goldfinch, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and has been adapted into a Hollywood film. The Secret History was her first novel. It is an inverted detective story set in New England. It explores the lives Read more…