The Nazis discovered it. The Allies won the war with it. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics. This incredib...
The classic multimillion copy bestseller
Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herriot, the world's most beloved veterinarian, and his men...
Hindi littérateur Harivansh Rai Bachchan came into prominence in the 1930s through Madhushala, a long lyric poem inspired by the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam...
The benefits of a good monarch are almost invaluable, but the evils of a bad monarch are almost irreparable' wrote Walter Bagehot in his classic study of th...
Autobiography of Charles Darwin contains the life and experiences of the man, not only in his own words, but also in the words of his son, Sir Francis Darwin.
His cartoons may not make you laugh. Even when the contours of Vijayan's unique strokes tickle your imagination, the laughter, when it comes, comes salted w...
This is a well-documented set of a hundred short biographics of people who have left their footprints on the sands of Indian history, in different ways. The fig...
Born in a traditional family of Karnal, Haryana, Kalpana Chawla had an unlikely background and unfavourable climate for becoming an astronaut. Braving oppositio...
S. Ramanujan: The Mathematical Genius is a book that traces the life of India’s biggest mathematical genius of the twentieth century.
The book begins w...