Category: Books
How Civility Can Be a Tool for Pursuing Justice
Yascha Mounk and Alexandra Hudson in Persuasion: Alexandra Hudson is a writer, an adjunct professor…
Qualities of a Great CEO—and, By Implication, Great Leaders
Eighty percent of successful CEOs come from within their companies, but many of them think…
‘To Hell With Poets’ by Baqytgul Sarmekova
Peter Gordon in the Asian Review of Books: How is a reviewer, faced with (yet…
Why Do Authoritarians Win?
Not by repudiating democracy but by simulating it, a new book argues. William E. Scheuerman…
“A Passage to India” on Its 100th Birthday
THIS YEAR marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of E. M. Forster’s A Passage to…
Love and Let Die: Ian Fleming ‘The Complete Man’
Behind the shaken-not-stirred-martini-drinking James Bond, there was Ian Fleming, whose real life was marked by…
People-first Leadership, and Serving a Greater Purpose
Find the North Star, the direction. To find the North Star, Resilience and Conviction are…
Western Christianity Triumphed Not By Destiny But Accident
In the beginning there were many different sons of God John Gray at The New…
Why a New Adaptation of ‘The Master and Margarita’ is Setting Russian Society Aflame
Cameron Manley at Literary Hub: One of the most celebrated lines from Mikhail Bulgakov’s novel The…
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023 Joumana Khatib at The New York Times:…
Maniza Naqvi on Saving Karachi’s Oldest Bookstore
Maniza Naqvi at Literary Hub: Back in December 2016, I was sitting in my office…