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  I have always been a fan of mythological and historical novels, where the writer, with a mixture of historical facts and mythical characters, brings an era to life – and author Amish Tripathi is a past master at this game. That is why when I saw that he has published a new book – “Legend of Suheldev: The King who saved India” – I did not hesitate before downloading it to Kindle for an immediate read. Nor was I disappointed. About the author: Amish Tripathi specialises in converting mythology to real life stories. His earlier books, which are all about making mythological stories real, include the Shiva trilogy, viz The Immortals of Meluha, Secret of the Nagas and Oath of the Vayuputras, and the Rama trilogy, viz Scion of Ikshvaku, Sita: Warrior of Mithila and Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta . About this book: This 325-page story is distinctly different from Amish’s earlier books on two counts. Firstly, this is not mythology based but history based, Suheldev being a real ki...

This is a book I wanted to read for some time and I was not disappointed. Large in scope, full of insights and examples, it left me quite enriched. Even if some of the concepts sound novel, they are beievable. I read it like a thriller. About the author: Yuval Noah Harari is an Israeli public intellectual, historian and a professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Apart from Sapiens, he is the author of some more bestsellers: "Homo Deu s: A Brief History of Tomorrow"  and " 21 Lessons for the 21st Century" .  About the book: This book of around 500 pages cuts a swathe across human history, focussing however on Homo Sapiens, who we are descended from, and their social development over the last 70,000 years. Why did Homo Sapiens suddenly become the king of the earth? What were the turning points? The writer combines facts with theories in a gripping tale that often turns on its head our ideas about our own dominance of the planet. T...