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Principles of Bitcoin: Technology, Economics, Politics, and Philosophy

Principles of Bitcoin presents a holistic, first-principles-based framework for understanding one of the most misunderstood inventions of our time. By stripping away the hype, jargon, and superficial analysis that often surrounds the crypto industry, this book uncovers the true ingenuity behind Satoshi Nakamoto’s creation―and its profound implications for the future of money, governance, and individual freedom.

Vijay Selvam analyzes the technology, economics, politics, and philosophy of Bitcoin, making the case that only through this holistic understanding can we gain an appreciation of its true meaning and significance. Readers are invited to consider Bitcoin as a tool for individual empowerment, a catalyst for economic autonomy, and a challenge to traditional monetary systems. Selvam demonstrates why Bitcoin stands alone in the digital asset space as a path-dependent once-in-history invention that cannot be replicated.

The Most Important Thing Illuminated: Uncommon Sense for Thoughtful Investor (Columbia Business School Publishing)

Howard Marks’s The Most Important Thing distilled the investing insight of his celebrated client memos into a single volume and, for the first time, made his time-tested philosophy available to general readers. In this edition, Marks’s wisdom is joined by the comments, insights, and counterpoints of four renowned investors and investment educators: Christopher C. Davis (Davis Funds), Joel Greenblatt (Gotham Capital), Paul Johnson (Nicusa Capital), and Seth A. Klarman (Baupost Group).

These experts lend insight into such concepts as “second-level thinking,” the price/value relationship, patient opportunism, and defensive investing. Marks also adds his own annotations, expanding on his book’s original themes and issues. A new chapter addresses the importance of reasonable expectations, and a foreword by Bruce C. Greenwald, called “a guru to Wall Street’s gurus” by the New York Times, speaks on value investing, productivity, and the economics of information.

LISA JEWELL’S 4 BOOKS BOXSET: Then She Was Gone, The Family Upstairs, The Family Remains and None of This Is True | UNFORGETABLE THRILLERS | PREPARED TO BE HOOKED!

* An Instant New York Times Bestselling Author *

Get ready for four unforgettable thrillers from bestselling author Lisa Jewell, each filled with twists, dark secrets, and edge-of-your-seat suspense. Whether you’re a long-time fan of Lisa Jewell’s gripping narratives or a newcomer, this collection will captivate you from the very first page.

What’s Inside This Box Set?
1. Then She Was Gone – Ellie Mack vanished ten years ago, and the case remains unsolved. When her mother, Laurel, meets a charming man, she’s stunned to discover he has a daughter who looks eerily like Ellie. What follows is a journey into the dark past that will keep you guessing until the final page.

2. The Family Upstairs – Three babies were abandoned in a mansion, and now the secrets of this luxurious, haunting home are unravelling. With a complex web of family drama, intrigue, and lies, this is a thriller that explores identity, trust, and betrayal.

3. The Family Remains – A gripping sequel to The Family Upstairs, this novel picks up where the story left off, delving deeper into the lives of the characters and uncovering even more shocking truths. Dark, suspenseful, and emotionally gripping, this book is a must-read for fans of psychological thrillers.

4. None of This Is True – When a woman discovers unsettling truths about her life, everything she thought she knew begins to unravel. This novel is a gripping exploration of identity, deception, and the dark side of social media.

Did You Know? Lisa Jewell is a bestselling author with a knack for creating page-turning stories with rich characters. Then She Was Gone was a major commercial success and is widely considered one of her best books.

Prepare for a rollercoaster of emotions, suspense, and unexpected twists. Lisa Jewell’s thrillers are guaranteed to keep you up at night – don’t miss out on these four gripping reads!

THE INHERITANCE GAMES ULTIMATE COLLECTION: The Inheritance Games, The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit and The Brothers Hawthorne | MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING YA MYSTERY SERIES | Twists, Secrets and Drama

Uncover the secrets, riddles, and high-stakes drama that have captivated readers worldwide. This ultimate boxset includes all four books in the #1 New York Times and million-copy bestsellingInheritance Games series—perfect for fans of puzzles, unexpected twists, and powerful romance.

Included in this Collection:

1. The Inheritance Games
Avery Grambs’ life changes overnight when billionaire Tobias Hawthorne leaves her his fortune—on one condition: she must move into his mansion full of puzzles, secret passages, and a furious family.

2. The Hawthorne Legacy
Avery dives deeper into the Hawthorne family secrets. As threats close in, and riddles unfold, she must determine whom she can trust—even among those she’s falling for.

3. The Final Gambit
The explosive conclusion to the inheritance mystery. With one last test left to play, Avery faces the ultimate choice: love, legacy, or freedom.

4. The Brothers Hawthorne
A thrilling spin-off adventure featuring fan-favorite brothers Grayson and Jameson. Each must take on a dangerous mission—and confront their past—to secure their future.

Why Readers Love This Series:
✔️ Bestselling, binge-worthy mystery and romance
✔️ Smart puzzles, high-stakes inheritance games, and dramatic reveals
✔️ Diverse cast, fast-paced storytelling, and emotional depth
✔️ Perfect for fans of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and One of Us Is Lying
✔️ Ideal gift for teens, book clubs, or young adult thriller fans

Step into Hawthorne House and get ready to play the game.
Danger, love, and legacy await!

Along The Ramayana Trail: A Cultural Journey Across India and Sri Lanka

Take an unforgettable journey across the heart of India and Sri Lanka, tracing the path of the epic Ramayana across sacred geographies.

Travel from the sprawling temple city of Ayodhya in northern India where Rama was born and the dense forests of Dandakaranya where he was exiled, to the misty Horton Plains in Kandy, believed to be the site of Ravana’s airport and the reefs of Hambantota, once the Lankan king’s citadel.

Walk in Rama’s footsteps as he searches for Sita, experience Sita’s yearning as she awaits rescue, follow Hanuman on his reconnaissance across the ocean, and relive the grandeur of Lanka, ruled by Ravana, a mighty king. And explore the cultural practices that have emerged from the Ramayana – from RamLila performances in Varanasi and the Tanjore paintings to the shadow puppets of Kerala.

In Along The Ramayana Trail, the reader will experience the epic’s living heritage – at once a cultural odyssey and an essential guide to exploring two nations bound by one timeless story.

Swimming In Our Oceans: A Memoir by Pragya Bhagat

Swimming In Our Oceans traverses the uncertainties and contradictions that shape who we are. The memoir explores performance, invisibility, and mental health, following Pragya’s move to a village in Uttarakhand. Alternating between the author’s past and present, Swimming in Our Oceans questions what it means to belong – to a place, to a person, to oneself.

My First Adventure Stories: Ruskin Bond Boxset (Set of 4) | Thrilling, Illustrated Adventure Stories of Courage, Curiosity & Exploration | Perfect for Bedtime Reading and Classroom Storytelling | Ages 7+

A thrilling first collection of adventure tales from India’s favourite storyteller!

Venture into the thrilling world of Ruskin Bond, where mysteries unfold in dark tunnels, brave hearts face mighty earthquakes and the wind carries whispers on the hills.
Have you ever walked through a dark tunnel with your heart pounding, only to see a roaring train rush past like a dragon? Or stood steady as the ground shook like jelly? Can you imagine flying like an eagle or leaving quiet hills for a noisy town?

From lush jungles and rumbling hillsides to dusty mountain paths and stormy nights, My First Adventure Stories brings together tales of unexpected friendship, courage, curiosity and the wild spirit of exploration.

Birds in Flight

Come, sit on these pages awhile to admire, ponder over, and sometimes get lost in the profound wisdom and hidden truths of these fleeting creations that Joginder Paul offers.

Bird in Flight, a volume of afsanche (flash fiction) by Paul, brings to you another facet of his artistry. These micro stories are slices of life that have been transmuted into sparkling gems of creativity. With such constraint on the use of words and so much abandon in meaning making, the reader is sure to feel the expanse of the artist’s vision captured consummately within the confines of the brevity of the microfiction form.

Though known for his short stories and novels, Joginder Paul has been a pioneer of the afsanche form in Urdu literary writing. These short shorts are as much the reader’s as they are the author’s, and the translator’s, because they invite creative participation. And yet they have an autonomy that makes them experiences to be felt rather than narratives to be read—such is the genius of Paul’s musings.

Silk Route

Nishikant leads a quiet life, going for long walks around Pune with his older sister, fantasizing about the handsome next-door neighbor and lingering in bookstores while dreaming of being a writer. But when a love affair claims his sister’s life and takes the handsome neighbour far away from him, his middle-class parents pack him off to Mumbai to shield him from the scandal. Through his relationships with Shiv in Mumbai, and later with Sreenivas, in London, Nishikant is able to break apart the shackles his past have placed on him. When Nishikant moves back to Mumbai, he has become a writer and a professor and the only escape from his solitary existence are the long letters he receives from Srinivas , until one day, Sreenivas disappears mysteriously.

Silk Route translated from the Marathi Reshim Marg, invites readers to go on a journey along with Nishikant on his many travels through cities and people in a way that has rarely been seen in Indian literature. As the series’ first part, the novel lays the groundwork for this expansive narrative journey that questions love, identity and the false veneer of societal expectations.

Trial by Water

In 1947, the Indian subcontinent was partitioned, and Pakistan was born. A shared heritage, a composite culture and centuries-old bonds between people, all seemed to vanish overnight. Nowhere was this rupture more profound than in the Indus Basin—once a unified lifeline of the region, now fragmented by sovereign borders, its rivers flowing through two nations immediately at odds with each other.

The Indus Waters Treaty was signed in 1960, proving that even bitter adversaries could cooperate over shared resources. Yet, it never brought lasting peace. The treaty was suspended by India in April 2025 as a punitive measure in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack, and its future remains shrouded in uncertainty. Can it still endure and adapt? Perhaps the time has come for a new arrangement—one that is not just inevitable but essential.

This book traces the turbulent history of the Indus Basin and examines how the Indus Waters Treaty has been shaped by the region’s ever-evolving political dynamics. It explores the role of key leaders on both sides, as well as external pressures, in shaping and reshaping one of the world’s most critical transboundary water agreements.

The Indus Basin has been a witness to conflict, compromise and survival. And if you seek to understand the true nature of India–Pakistan relations, start with the rivers that bind them. Trial by Water leads us in that direction.

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