The Federalist Papers, by Hamilton/Madison/Jay.
White Mughals, by William Dalrymple. I had blogged about it earlier.
The Third Chimpanzee, by Jared Diamond. A gripping anthropological account of the darker sides of humans and how it can bring about the destruction of the entire race.
The Khyber Pass, Paddy Docherty. The history of the Khyber Pass from ancient Persian-Indian Empires up to the present.
A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini. A nicely written novel, but left me depressed for a week.
Oracle Bones, by Peter Hessler. 'A journey between China's Past and Future'. It gave me a pretty good insight (through western eyes) of the Chinese nation and culture. I really liked the way the narrative goes from the present to the past and back to the present, again and again.
Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things, Gary Geddes. A fascinating journey from Kabul to Chiapas, through Afghanistan, Pakistan, China (through the Chinese wild west: Kasghar/Urumqi), the Pacific up to Central America.
The Complete Yes Prime Minister, Jonathon Lynn/Antony Jay. The book version of the brilliant and hilarious BBC Series.
A Random Walk down Wall Street, by Burton Malkiel.
The New Asian Hemisphere, Kishore Mahbubani.
When Markets Collide, Mohammed El-Erian.
Flip!, by Peter Sheahan. 'How to turn everything you know on its head'.
A New Earth, by Eckhart Tolle.
Swami Vivekananda Reader. A collection of speeches and essays by Swami Vivekananda.
Plus, ongoing reading of the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich and Sir Winston Churchill's memoirs.
