I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou gives an intimate portrait of her poignant life interwined with the civil war era told through a childs [...]
South Indian Traditional Kolam Ritual
Kolam is a traditional art done by joining dots. Women in Tamil Nadu, a southern state [...]
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux’s account of his epic journey by rail through Asia. Filled with [...]
A Life on Our Planet: David Attenborough
https://youtu.be/UjrXXjQ6UDMDavid Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet is a first-hand account of humanity’s impact on [...]
Wonderstruck: Brian Selznick
Brian Selznick narrates a visualising compelling and an awe-inspiring journey of Ben and Rose. Part prose [...]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"You can disagree without being disagreeable.""Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.""Fight for the [...]
Newspaper Blackout Poem: Austin Kleon
https://youtu.be/wKpVgoGr6kE This blog is the brainchild of [...]
Witty Himalayan Road Signs
Darkly humorous, rhyming and sometimes confusing road signs greet drivers in the mountainous regions of India. [...]
When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
[Pema Chödrön] “The only time we really know what’s really going on is when the rug’s been pulled out from [...]
Autobiography of a Yogi
Autobiography of a Yogi is at once a beautifully written account of an exceptional life and a profound [...]
Partition: W. H. Auden
Auden's 1966 poem "Partition" is a caustic criticism of the five weeks Cyril Radcliffe spent in the subcontinent [...]
Paddle to the Amazon: The Ultimate 12,000-Mile Canoe Adventure
It was crazy. It was unthinkable. It was the adventure of a lifetime. When Don and Dana Starkell left Winnipeg in a [...]
Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits
In 1989, Bill Porter, having spent much of his life studying and translating Chinese religious and [...]
Man’s Search for Meaning: Viktor E. Frankl
Viktor Frankl has lived through one of the worst crimes committed to fellow humans in the recent [...]
Letting Go of the Person You Used to Be: Surya Das
This book is for anyone who have experienced pain and struggling to let go. Lama Surya Das holds [...]
Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Richard P. Feynman
Quirky and insightful book by Nobel prize winning scientist Richard
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Jean-Dominique Bauby
A memoir written by the author Jean-Dominique Bauby while he was in locked-in syndrome where he could only [...]
Fresh Vegetable and Fruit Juices: N.W. Walker
Informative book on gut health and juicing. Dr. Norman Walker was a proponent of raw juicing even in [...]
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Reimagined: Max Richter
https://youtu.be/QmrIDK03HlgTwo generations after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, composer [...]
