The privatisation of power and their laundromats for stolen money — This is Blacklist meets McMafia meets the investigation attempt in Billions. It is a fast-paced narration of a true story of the names that you’ve probably never heard of, but secretly controls a huge chunk of the world’s money. The book reads like a spy novel and it is gripping…

The human story behind the legend — This is a charming little book that serves as the self-narration of the life of Benjamin Franklin. …

Grown-ups are really very odd — There’s nothing like reading a classic book given by a dear friend, on a rainy Sunday, that reminds us of the simplest lessons that we’ve somehow forgotten as we get too busy growing up. …

A behind-the-scene account on how peacemaking and peacekeeping work — Jan Egeland is a remarkable human being. …

How the modern media works — At the age of 25, before he wrote about Stoicism, Ryan Holiday wreck havoc the media and marketing world by telling the insider’s truth of what he personally experienced and witnessed as a professional within the industry. As Holiday remarked, “[m]y job is to lie to the media so they…

The history of engineered substances called modern food — How can people in France or Italy are able to eat all the “unhealthy” meals filled with pasta, bread, and the likes of foie grass but can wind up healthier, thinner, and happier compared to those who consume supposedly healthy diet of low-carb, high protein, and good fat? This book…

Behavioural economics at its best — Years ago, in the attempt of reducing the rate of urine spill at their mens toilets, Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport made a tiny change that successfully reduced the spill by 80%: they draw a tiny fly in the middle of the urinal, which subconsciously led men to aim at the fly…

The man behind the legend — There are so many things that we can learn from biographies, and this one is a prime example for that. This is an 834 pages book filled with everything imaginable about John D. Rockefeller. What his legendary demeanour was like, his decision makings in business, the way he carries himself…

Old age wisdom taught through classic short stories — This book is a collection of Aesop’s most famous fables. Some are so blunt and honest, like the story of the ass and the lap dog. Some are funny, such as the bear and the travellers. Some are well known, such as the boy who cried wolf. …