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BOOKS |
AUTHOR |
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150
Years Of Celebrating The Mahatma – The South African Legacy |
Fakir Hassen |
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40
Years With Abdul Kalam – Untold Story |
Sivathanu Pillai |
|
A
Better India: A Better World |
NR Narayan Murthy |
|
A
Brief History Of Time |
Stephen Hawkins |
|
A
Bunch Of Old Letters |
Jawahar Lal
Neheru |
|
A
Comparison Between Woman And Man |
Tarabai Sinde |
|
A
Fine Balance |
Rohinton Mistry |
|
A
History Of The Sikhs |
Khuswant Singh |
|
A
Love Song For The North (Poem) |
Sarojini Naidu |
|
A
Passage To England |
Nirod C
Choudhuri. |
|
A
Passage To India |
E. M. Forster |
|
A
Prime Minister To Remember – Memories Of A Military Chief |
Ex-chief Naval
Admiral Sushil Kumar |
|
A
Woman Is No Man |
Etaf Rum |
|
Aatish-I-Chinar |
Sheikh Muhammad
Abdullah |
|
Abode
Of Love |
Narendra Modi |
|
Amnesty |
Arvind Adiga |
|
An
Area Of Darkness |
V. S. Naipaul |
|
An
Autobiography |
Jawahar Lal
Neheru |
|
An
Enquiry Into The Nature |
Adam Smith |
|
An
Era Of Darkness |
Sashi Tharoor |
|
Annihilation
Of Caste |
BR Ambedkar |
|
Anything
But Khamos |
Biography of
Shatrughan Sinha |
|
Artic
Home Of The Vedas |
Bal Gangadhar
Tilak |
|
Autobiography
Of An Unknown Indian |
Nirad C Choudhuri |
|
Becoming |
Michelle Obama |
|
Being
Gandhi |
Paro Anand |
|
Beyond
The Lines |
Kuldip nayar |
|
Black
Beauty |
Anna sewell |
|
Bookless
In Baghdad |
Sashi Tharoor |
|
Bridgital
Nation: Solving Technology’s People Problem |
N Chandrasekaran |
|
Broom
And Groom |
Kiran Bedi and
Pavan Choudhury |
|
Brunt
Sugar |
Avni Doshi. |
|
Buddha
Gaya: The Hermitake Of Sakya Muni |
Rajendralal Mitra |
|
Caesar
And Cleopatra |
George Bernard
Shaw |
|
Capital
And Growth |
John Hicks |
|
Captain
Cool |
Gulu Ezekiel
(story of MS Dhoni) |
|
Changing
India |
Manmohan Singh |
|
Cricket
World Cup: The Indian Challenge |
Ashis Roy |
|
Cross
Connection: The Big Circus Adventure |
Jugal Hansraj |
|
Crossed
Swords: Pakistan, Its Army And The War Within |
Shuja Nawaz |
|
Defending
India |
Jaswant Singh |
|
Delhi
Is Not Far |
Ruskin Bond |
|
Democrats
And Dissenters |
Ramachandra Guha |
|
Devil’s
Advocate: The Untold Story |
Karan Thapar |
|
Dollar
Bahu |
Sudha Murthy |
|
Dreams
From My Father |
Barack Obama |
|
Ethical
Religion |
Mahatma Gandhi |
|
Every
Child Matters |
Kailash Satyarthi |
|
Every
Vote Counts – The Story Of India’s Elections |
Navin Chawla |
|
Exam
Warrior |
Narendra Modi |
|
Five
Point Someone, What Not To Do At Iit |
Chatan Bhagat |
|
Freedom
In Exile |
Dalai Lama |
|
Gaban |
Munshi Premchand |
|
Gandhi |
Ramachandra Guha |
|
Glimpses
Of World History |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
|
Godaan |
Munshi Premchand |
|
Gulamgiri |
Jyotiba Phule |
|
Hazaar
Chaurasi Ki Maa |
Mahasweta Devi |
|
Hind
Swaraj / Indian Home Rule |
Mahatma Gandhi |
|
Hit
Refresh |
Satya Nadela |
|
Idgah |
Munshi Premchand |
|
Imaginary
Homelands |
Salman Rushdie |
|
In a
Free State |
V. S. Naipaul |
|
In
The Forest (Poem) |
Saronini Naidu |
|
India
: The Future Is Now |
Sashi Tharoor |
|
India
: The Future Is Now |
Shashi Tharoor |
|
India
After Gandhi |
Ramchandra Guha
(won Sahitya Akademi award in 2011) |
|
India
Divided |
Rajendra Prashad |
|
India
Wins Freedom |
Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad |
|
India:
A Million Mutinies Now |
Vidiadhar
Surajprasad Naipaul |
|
India:
From Midnight To Millennium |
Shashi Tharoor |
|
Indian
Parliamentary Diplomacy – Speaker’s Perspective |
Meira Kumar |
|
Indian
Shastra: Reflection On The Nation In Our Time |
Sashi Tharoor |
|
Indomitable
Spirit |
A. P. J. Abdul
Kalam |
|
Inglorious
Empire |
Shashi Tharoor |
|
Interpreter
Of Maladies |
Jhumpa Lahiri |
|
Kamayani |
Jaishankar Prashad. |
|
Kanthapura |
Raja Rao |
|
Kerala
: God’s Own Country |
Sashi Tharoor |
|
Kitab-Ul-Hind |
Al-Biruni |
|
Kuch
Lekh Kuch Bhasan |
Atal Bihari
Vajpayee |
|
Making
India Awesome |
Chetan Bhagat |
|
Malatimadhav |
Bhavabhuti |
|
Mansarovar |
Munshi Premchand |
|
Manucharita |
Allasani Peddana |
|
Men
In White – A Book Of Cricket |
Mukul Kesavan |
|
Meri
Sansadiya Yatra |
Atal Bihari
Vajpayee |
|
Midnight’s
Children |
Salman Rushdie
(won Booker Prize 1981) |
|
Ministry
Of Utmost Happiness |
Arundhuti Roy |
|
Mohana-O-
Mohana |
K Siva Reddy. |
|
Mrs
Funnybones: She’s Just Like You And A Lot Like Me |
Twinkle Khanna |
|
My
Dead Dream (Poem) |
Sarojini Naidu |
|
My
Master |
Swami Vivekananda |
|
My
Truth |
Indira Ganghi |
|
Na
Dainyam Na Palayanam |
Atal Bihari
Vajpayee |
|
Neheru
: The Invention Of India |
Sashi Tharoor |
|
Nirmala |
Munshi Premchand |
|
One
Indian Girl |
Chetan Bhagat |
|
Pakkaki
Ottigilite |
K Siva Reddy. |
|
Pathway
To God |
Mahatma Gandhi |
|
Pinjar |
Amrita Pritam |
|
Poskem |
Wendell Rodricks |
|
Post
Office |
Rabindranath
Tagore |
|
Poverty
And Un-British Rule In India |
Dadabhai Nauraji |
|
Quichotte |
Salman Rushdie |
|
Quichotte |
Salman Rushdie |
|
Rajniti
Neeti, Kya Khoya Kya Paya |
Atal Bihari
Vajpayee |
|
Rangbhumi:
The Arena Of Life |
Munshi Premchand |
|
Reporting
India: My Seventy-Year Journey As A Journalist |
Prem Prakash |
|
Reset:
Regaining India’s Economic Legacy |
Subramanian Swamy |
|
Revolution
2020 |
Chetan Bhagat |
|
River
Of Palace |
Amitabh Ghosh |
|
Runs
And Ruins |
Sunil Gavaskar |
|
Sabka
Saath, Sabka Vikas |
Prem Chand |
|
Scholar
Extraordinary |
Nirad C Choudhuri |
|
Sea
Of Poppies |
Amitabh Ghosh |
|
Selection
Day |
Arvind Adiga |
|
Shame |
Salman Rushdie |
|
Sita-Warrior
Of Mithila |
Amish Tripathi |
|
Social
Harmony |
Narendra Modi |
|
Speaking
Truth To Power: My Alternative View |
P Chidambaram |
|
Swami
Vivekananda In The West: New Discoveries |
Marie Louise
Burke |
|
Target
3 Billion |
APJ Abdul Kalam |
|
The
Art Of Happiness |
Dalai Lama |
|
The
Audatity Of Hope |
Barack Obama |
|
The
Bachelor Of Arts |
R K Narayan. |
|
The
Banyan Tree |
Ruskin Bond |
|
The
Best Thing About You Is You |
Anupam Kher |
|
The
Blue Umbrella |
Ruskin Bond |
|
The
Book Of Joy |
Dalai Lama |
|
The
Brahma Sutra – The Philosophy Of Spiritual Life |
Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan |
|
The
British Empire In India |
Shashi Tharoor |
|
The
Broken Wings |
Adam Lee |
|
The
Coalition Years: 1996 – 2012 |
Pranab Mukherjee |
|
The
Continent Of Circe: An Essay On People Of India |
Nirad C Choudhuri |
|
The
Discovery Of India |
Jawahar Lal
Neheru |
|
The
Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years |
Pranab Mukherjee |
|
The
End Of Imagination |
Arundhuti Roy |
|
The
English Teacher |
R. K. Narayan |
|
The
Free Voice: On Democracy, Culture And The Nation |
Ravish Kumar |
|
The
General Theory Of Employment, Interest And Money |
John Maynard
Keynes |
|
The
Glass Palace |
Amitabh Ghosh |
|
The
God Of Small Things |
Arundhuti Roy. |
|
The
Golden Threshold |
Sarojini Naidu |
|
The
Google Story |
David A. Vise |
|
The
Great Indian Novel |
Sashi Tharoor |
|
The
Hitman: The Rohit Sharma Story |
G Krishnan |
|
The
Immortals Of Mehula |
Amish Tripathi |
|
The
Inheritance of Loss |
Kiran Desai |
|
The
Judgement: Inside Story Of The Emergency In India |
Kuldip Nayar |
|
The
Jungle Book |
Rudyard Kipling |
|
The
Life Divine |
Sri Aurobindo |
|
The
Light Of Asia |
Jairam Ramesh |
|
The
Lowland |
Jhumpa Lahiri |
|
The
Man-Eater Of Malgudi |
RK Narayan |
|
The
Namesake |
Jhumpa Lahiri |
|
The
Old Man And His God: Discovering The Spirit Of India |
Shudha Murthy |
|
The
Origin Of The Species |
Charles Darwin |
|
The
Palace Of Illusions |
Chitra Banarjee
Divakaruni. |
|
The
Paradoxical Prima Minister |
Sashi Tharoor |
|
The
Presidential Years: 2012 – 2017 |
Pranab Mukherjee |
|
The
Quest For Equity In Development |
Manmohan Singh |
|
The
Reluctant Family Man: Shivaji In Everyday Family Life |
Neelima
Chitagopekar |
|
The
Room Of The Roof |
Ruskin Bond |
|
The
Satanic Verse |
Salman Rushdie |
|
The
Secret Of Nagas |
Amish Tripathi |
|
The
Shadow Lines |
Amitabh Ghosh |
|
The
Silent Cry |
Kenzaburo Oa |
|
The
Testaments |
Margaret Atwood
(win 2019 Man Booker Prize) |
|
The
Three Mistakes Of My Life |
Chetan Bhagat. |
|
The
Turbulent Years: 1980 – 1996 |
Pranab Mukherjee |
|
The
White Tiger |
Arvind Adiga. |
|
Those
Days |
Sunil
Gangopadhyay |
|
Thought
On Pakistan |
Dr. B. R.
Ambedkar |
|
Timeless
Laxma |
R. K. Narayan |
|
Train
To Pakistan |
Khushwant Singh |
|
Unaccustomed
Earth |
Jhumpa Lahiri |
|
Videsh:
Code To Win |
Nirupama Yadav |
|
Waiting
For The Mahatma |
RK Narayan |
|
Walking
With The Comrades |
Arundhuti Ray |
|
War
And Peace |
Leo Tolstay |
|
We
Are Displaced |
Malala Yousafzai |
|
What
Happened |
Hillary Clinton |
|
Why I
Am Atheist |
Bhagat Singh |
|
Why I
Am Hindu |
Sashi Tharoor |
|
Wings
Of Fire |
APJ Abdul Kalam |
|
Wise
And Otherwise |
Sudha Murthy |
|
AUTOBIOGRAPHY & BIOGRAPHY |
|
|
BOOKS |
AUTHORS |
|
A
Century Is Not Enough |
Sourav Ganguly (Autobiography.) |
|
A
Shot At History |
Abhinava Bindra
(Autobiography) |
|
Ace
Against Odds |
Sania Mirza (Autobiography) |
|
Boy:
Tales Of Childhood |
Roald Dahl (Autobiography) |
|
Dream
From My Father: A Story Of Race And Inheritence |
Barack Obama (Autobiography) |
|
Faster
Than Lighting: My Autobiography |
Usain Bolt (Autobiography) |
|
Lessons
Life Taught Me Unknowingly |
Actor Anupam Kher
(Autobiography) |
|
Long
Walk To Freedom |
Nelson Mandella
(Autobiography) |
|
My
Experiments With Truth |
Mahatma Gandhi (Autobiography) |
|
My
Journey: Transforming Dreams Into Actions |
Autobiography of
APJ Abdul Kalam |
|
My
Life, My Mission |
Baba Ramdev (Autobiography) |
|
No
Spin |
Shane Warne (Autobiography) |
|
Playing
It My Way |
Sachin Tendulkar (Autobiography) |
|
Straight
From The Heart |
Kapil Dev (Autobiography) |
|
Sunny
Days |
Sunil Gavaskar (Autobiography) |
|
The
Dairy Of A Young Girl |
Anne Frank (Autobiography) |
|
The
Greatest: My Own Story |
Muhammad Ali (Autobiography) |
|
The
Race of My Life |
Milkha Singh (Autobiography) |
|
The
Substance And The Shadow |
Autobiography of Dilip
Kumar. Written by –
Udaya Tara Nagar |
|
The
Substance And The Shadow |
Dilip kumar (Autobiography). |
|
Unbreakable |
Mary Kom (Autobiography) |
|
Waiting
For A Visa |
B.R. Ambedkar (20
pages Autobiography) |