Tag: Nonfiction

BOOK REVIEW: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

BOOK REVIEW: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari

Posted December 31, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Reviews / 22 Comments

100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. Homo sapiens.  If you want to read at least one book in 2018, make sure you read Harari’s Sapiens. The book is recommend by many over the past few years on the Internet but few have talked about why read this book and in my opinion one of the best published work in the history of mankind. I know Harari’s work is famous and that might be a turn off for you but give me a chance in this review to let you convince to give it a shot in the coming year. Read this one book, even if you don’t have any reading […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Dream Big by Mukesh Jindal and Arunraj VS

BOOK REVIEW: Dream Big by Mukesh Jindal and Arunraj VS

Posted December 28, 2017 by @amanhimself in Books, Business, Reviews / 0 Comments

Pages: 236, Hardcover Published: 2017 Cover Rating: 5/5 Very few Indian writers talk about money and in the book Dream Big the co authors Mukesh Jindal and Arunraj talk not only about money but offers you pragmatic and healthy tips on financial planning.

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Book Review: The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

Book Review: The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss

Posted December 14, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 5 Comments

Pages: 416, Kindle edition Published: August, 2011 (current edition) Cover Rating: 3/5 Goodreads | Buy from Amazon Last month was all about work and productivity. The older me (self two years ago) would be scared of the term of productivity. Since the start of this year, I am reading and learning about how in this new economy one can manage work-life balance and a lot depends on being productive since productivity is directly proportional to your well-being which comes from you being a happy person.

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BOOK REVIEW: Just Another Girl’s Story by Laura Eckert

BOOK REVIEW: Just Another Girl’s Story by Laura Eckert

Posted December 9, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 0 Comments

Pages: 180, Kindle Edition Published: June 2017 Cover Rating: 5/5 In her memoir Just Another Girl’s Story, Laura Eckert opens a pool for the reader to dive in her personal life and consequences she faced for her actions. A real life story of love, loss, courage, faith and redemption.

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BOOK REVIEW: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg

BOOK REVIEW: Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg

Posted December 3, 2017 by @amanhimself in Books, Non-Fiction / 4 Comments

I am a strong believer in effective communication skills which are vital for success. One thing I can assure you from my experience is that loud, bitter and violent communication never leads to fulfilment. Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication is a book about avoiding just that. He takes the reader through all the intricacies of working on what to say and how to say it so that one’s words lead to peace, not bitterness or violence. Another aspect of the book is that it also speaks to the essential need for developing compassionate communication with one self.

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BOOK REVIEW: Tribe of Mentors – Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss

BOOK REVIEW: Tribe of Mentors – Short Life Advice from the Best in the World by Timothy Ferriss

Posted November 26, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 7 Comments

Pages: 624, Kindle Edition Published: 21st November 2017, by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Cover Rating: 5/5 (hint: something is in symmetry, see carefully) I get excited when I hear Tim Ferriss is going to release a new book. The guy knows what to write, or at least how to present information in terms of mere words. Last year, I spent 18 days on his Tools of Titans which came out in the month of December. I haven’t spent more than 15 days on Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace and War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Tim’s books tend to cover a vast amount of information that is not easy for a human brain to process. After putting my nose in his […]

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BOOK REVIEW: Vagabonding An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long Term World Travel by Rolf Potts

BOOK REVIEW: Vagabonding An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long Term World Travel by Rolf Potts

Posted November 21, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books / 9 Comments

Pages: 224, Kindle Edition Published: January 2002 Cover Rating: 3/5 “Long-term travel isn’t about being a college student; it’s about being a student of daily life. Long-term travel isn’t an act of rebellion against society; it’s an act of common sense within society. Long-term travel doesn’t require a massive “bundle of cash”; it requires only that we walk through the world in a more deliberate way.” Rolf Potts travelled more than 60 countries across six continents. He is the author of Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel, a book that fascinated me a for long time before I decided to finally give it a read. All that excitement was worth.

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BOOK REVIEW: Ikigai – The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

BOOK REVIEW: Ikigai – The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life

Posted November 11, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Reviews / 2 Comments

Pages: 192, Kindle Edition Published: August 2017 by Penguin Books Cover Rating: 5/5 The positive attitude and emotional awareness of Japanese is appealing to anyone since it is directly associated with health. It is known that people of Japan have longest life expectancy in the world. Don’t we all want to live a long, and healthy life? Co-authors of this book, Frances Miralles and Hector Garcia did research on this variables and the main subject of their research was the elderly in Japan. The result is Ikigai, the book rightly titled.

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BOOK REVIEW: March To Opulence by Parikshit Nagesh Samant

BOOK REVIEW: March To Opulence by Parikshit Nagesh Samant

Posted November 7, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Reviews / 3 Comments

Pages: 640 Published: April, 2017 by Opulencesix Digital Private Limited Cover Rating: 4/5 March to Opulence is a unique book. It consists stories from different era’s and around the world. This vast number of stories of various genres, and cultures are hard to find in a single collection such that readers of different age group have access to them.

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BOOK REVIEW: The Black Tiger by Srijan Pal Singh

BOOK REVIEW: The Black Tiger by Srijan Pal Singh

Posted November 4, 2017 by @amanhimself in Book Reviews, Books, Reviews / 3 Comments

Pages: 208, Paperback Published: August 2017 by Fingerprint! Publishing Cover Rating: 5/5 The Black Tiger by Srijan Pal Singh is an analysis of one the most grave topic of corruption and black money and because of that the youth of India as a nation, which is at its peak in terms of population, is on the verge of losing hope with this democratic nation.

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