Winner of the Grand Prix of the Academie Francaise, Wind, Sand and Stars is universally acknowledged as one of the most popular books on flying. However to cloister this indispensable Palmarium within the narrow confines of aviation would tantamount to causing absolute injustice, for Exupery's work is a book on courage, confidence, catharsis and above … Continue reading Wind, Sand and Stars by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Lewis Galantière (Translator)

On a Monday morning in the spring of 1953, Aldous Leonard Huxley dissolved four-tenths of a gramme of mescaline in a glass of water, and, armed with the use of a sitter (his spouse) and a voice recorder, waited for the effects of the psychotropic substance to kick in. The resulting psychedelic experience was chronicled … Continue reading The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley

Over the past three decades, Peter Singer has been continuously jolting us out of our reverie by goading us to think about some of the most pressing issues plaguing humanity. He takes this entrenched habit of his a notch higher with his new book "The Most Good You Can Do". Deliberately provocative and dilemma inducing, … Continue reading The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism Is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically by Peter Singer

Written by Evelyn Waugh in 1930, "Vile Bodies" is a scathing indictment of a decadent society that ran amok in London during the intervening period between the two World Wars. The excesses indulged in by the 'bright young' (as Waugh prefers to address the boisterous and raucous youth) ranged from various bouts of inebriation to … Continue reading Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh

Inspired by Evelyn Waugh's not so memorable tryst with Hollywood when an attempt was made to transform his masterpiece "Brideshead Revisited" into a film adaptation, "The Loved One" is a savage criticism of pretention, profligacy and pomposity. Dennis Barlow is a struggling out of favour English poet who lives in the United States of America. … Continue reading The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh

The widely acclaimed author of "Zero-Sum World" has authored yet another thought provoking and essential work in the form of "Easternization". Mainly dealing with the seminal shift of both economic and political power from the hitherto formidable West to the unmistakably rising East, Easternization provides the reader an enlightening perspective into the gradual but invariable … Continue reading Easternization: Asia’s Rise and America’s Decline From Obama to Trump and Beyond by Gideon Rachman

Yet another devastating masterpiece by one of the greatest writers of out time. "The Genius and The Goddess" is vintage Huxley at his desolate best! A scarring tragedy where impiety jousts with instinct, petulance grapples with philosophy and rationality loses out to ravishing lust. A young and talented John Rivers arrives at the family home … Continue reading The Genius and the Goddess by Aldous Huxley

The incredible Leicester City side that pulled what arguably has been the most endearing and unsuspected rabbit out of a priceless hat in 2016, might in all probability have been influenced by the fictional exploits of the motely crew that is Steeple Sinderby Wanderers. The factual miracle of Claudio Ranieri's side has an eerie similarity … Continue reading How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup by J.L. Carr

Ushering in the singularly unique style, jarring and abrasive style of Gonzo Journalism, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S.Thompson is a seminal pop culture book that had reverberating ramifications when it first hit the book-stands. Thompson once said "I hate to advocate, drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always … Continue reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Ralph Steadman (Illustrator)

A blood curling thriller from one of the most enduring writers of our time, "No Country for Old Men" is replete with twists, turns and a copious amount of blood shedding. While hunting for deer in the desert, Llewelyn Moss comes across a literal carnage involving trucks riddled with bullet holes, strewn bodies, a stash … Continue reading No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy