Bookend – Where reading meets review

(Image Credit: New Generation Publishing) Emma Strandberg’s reminiscences of her 21-week peregrination of Iceland transcends the genre of travelogue. It is a spontaneous…

(Image Credit: http://www.edelweiss.plus) The obsession of the global economy with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) received a rude jolt in a meeting organised by…

(Image Credit: http://www.hatchette.com.au) I usually abhor the self-help genre like the plague. So, it was with a tinge of skepticism that I picked…

(Image Credit: goodreads.com) From one of the most acclaimed Iranian illustrators comes an exquisite introduction to the legendary poet Rumi, targeted at children.…

(Image Credit: http://www.goodreads.com) Using humorous names such as ‘Smallasaurus’, ‘Badasaurus’ and ‘Worseasaurus’, award winning author of childrens books, Sean Taylor, ably supported by…

(Image Credit: http://www.goodreads.com) Laced with vitriol, and interspersed with dollops of morbid wit, award winning investigative reporter Carl Hiaasen’s book, nay, tract, is…

(Image Credit: http://www.goodreads.com) Artificial Intelligence and Synthetic Biology. Two sophisticated concepts, unfettered advances into which has the potential to either empower or endanger…

(Image Credit: Greystone Books) Whether it be prowling the streets of Mexico City in search of ahuautle, a delicacy made from the eggs…

(Image Credit: http://www.netgalley.com) When still a boy, Cixin Liu sneaked away on a sweltering day from the gaze and gossip of the adults,…

(Image Credit: http://www.goodreads.com) Little Avani, overcome with an insatiable desire to explore her mother’s dazzling array of saris, pulls all of them from…