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Reporting from around the world, investigative journalist Karen Hao reveals how one company’s vision of the future is ...

The Great Indian Novel (1989) brought Shashi Tharoor into the literary spotlight in the late 80s. A work of fiction, it ...

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The Reckoning, Phil Craig presents a powerful and nuanced account of the climactic final year of World War II, focusing not ...

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