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BOOKS AND AUTHORS - July 2019

Jul 2019

Feb 12, 2021

"Platform Scale: For a Post-Pandemic World" by Sangeet Paul Choudary

A book titled 'Platform Scale: For a Post-Pandemic World' has been authored by Sangeet Paul Choudary. It is published by Penguin Random House India. It explains the importance of inner workings of platform business models and their ability to scale rapidly. The 1st edition of Platform Scale was published in 2015.
The book tells how the decade leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic witnessed the rise of platform business models as they drove stock market gains and extended their influence across the economic and political activity.

Feb 11, 2021

'By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life' Authored by M. Hamid Ansari

A book titled 'By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life' has been authored by M. Hamid Ansari. Mohammad Hamid Ansari was the vice president of India and chairman of the Rajya Sabha for two consecutive terms from 2007 to 2017. A former diplomat, he served as ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, as high commissioner to Australia and as permanent representative to the United Nations in New York.
The book is an account of a life of unplanned happenings that took M. Hamid Ansari away from his preferred fancy for academia to professional diplomacy and then be co-opted in public life and catapulted to the second-highest office in the land for two consecutive terms. None of his predecessors, except Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, had experienced this honour.

Feb 08, 2021

Hunter Biden to Release Memoir 'Beautiful Things'

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden and an ongoing target for conservatives, has a memoir coming out April 6.
The book is called 'Beautiful Things' and will centre on the younger Biden's well publicized struggles with substance abuse, according to Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
Acquired in the fall of 2019, 'Beautiful Things' was kept under wraps even as Biden's business dealings became a fixation of then-President Donald Trump and others during the election and his finances a matter of investigation by the Justice Department.

Feb 03, 2021

Dalai Lama pens new book 'The Little Book of Encouragement'

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has come out with his new book titled 'The Little Book of Encouragement', in which he has shared quotes and words of wisdom to promote human happiness.
The book has been edited by Renuka Singh and published by Penguin Random House.
The Little Book of Encouragement contains 130 quotes related to how to deal with the new realities of the panic-stricken world, combat rising extremism, polarity and climate change besides Dalai Lama's views on Tibet.

Jan 21, 2021

Goa CM Releases Book 'Manohar Parrikar - Off the Record'

Goa Chief Minister, Pramod Sawant has released a book 'Manohar Parrikar- Off the Record' at a function organized at Institute Menezes Braganza hall in the city. The book has been written by senior journalist Waman Subha Prabhu.
The book 'Manohar Parrikar- Off the Record' is a collection of memories of Mr Prabhu who happened to be with late Parrikar during the journey of his life. In the book, the author has endeavoured to narrate the multi-faceted personality of late Manohar Parrikar. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, while speaking, said Late Manohar Parrikar was a great visionary who had dreamt to serve Goa.

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