Books

In the Mouth of the Wolf Michael Morpurgo The true wartime story of the author's uncle Francis, a pacifist who became a secret agent. In the Name of Honor Mukhtar Mai The Pakistani woman who was raped on the order of a village council, refused to stay silent, and used the compensation to build a school. 1 recommender In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts Gabor Maté Drawn from his years treating addicts in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Maté reframes addiction not as a choice or a disease but as a response to pain. Indeh Ethan Hawke, Greg Ruth Ethan Hawke's graphic novel of the Apache Wars, following the young warrior who became Geronimo. Independent People Halldor Laxness 1 recommender India: A Million Mutinies Now V. S. Naipaul Naipaul's third book on India, built from the testimony of people describing their own lives and grievances. 1 recommender Indian Summer Alex von Tunzelmann 1 recommender Indigo Ellen Bass Bass writes desire, ageing, food and grief without embarrassment about pleasure or flinching at loss. The collection where her plainspoken late style arrives complete. 1 recommender Indus Journey Imran Khan A personal portrait of Pakistan's landscapes, peoples and layered past, traced along the river that made the country. Inevitable Illusions Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini A tour of the mental traps and cognitive illusions that reliably fool even careful thinkers. 1 recommender Infinite Country Patricia Engel One Colombian family split across two countries by an expired visa, told in short compressed chapters. 1 recommender Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Robert B. Cialdini Robert Cialdini's classic study of the six principles that make people say yes, from reciprocity to scarcity and social proof. 6 recommenders Inhabit the Poem: Last Essays Helen Vendler The last essays of the critic who taught several generations how to read a poem line by line. 1 recommender Inner Gold: Understanding Psychological Projection Robert A. Johnson Johnson on projection: the unlived gold we hand other people to carry for us, and what happens to everyone involved when they eventually put it down. 1 recommender Inside Out Demi Moore Demi Moore's memoir, unusually candid about addiction, a chaotic childhood, and the cost of being the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. 1 recommender Inside Thatcher’s Monetarism Experiment: The Promise, The Failure, The Legacy Tim Lankester A Treasury official who was in the room when Britain tried monetarism and it did not go to plan. 1 recommender Inside the Box David Epstein David Epstein, author of Range, makes the counterintuitive case that the right limits and constraints, not boundless freedom, are what push people to do their best work. 2 recommenders Inspire Adam Galinsky Columbia Business School's Adam Galinsky distills decades of research into what separates inspiring leaders from infuriating ones, and how to become the former. 1 recommender Inspired Marty Cagan A field manual for how the best tech companies staff, structure and run the product teams behind the software people actually love. Instant Influence and Charisma Paul McKenna Techniques for connecting with and influencing others. 1 recommender Instant Lives And More Howard Moss Invented biographies of the famous by the New Yorker's poetry editor, with drawings by Edward Gorey. 1 recommender Into the Amazon: The Life of Cândido Rondon, Trailblazing Explorer, Scientist, Statesman, and Conservationist Larry Rohter The Brazilian officer who strung telegraph wire across the Amazon and refused to fight the people there. 1 recommender Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer Krakauer summited Everest the day a storm killed eight climbers, and wrote this trying to work out how it happened 1 recommender Invent It, Sell It, Bank It! Lori Greiner The Shark Tank inventor's step-by-step guide from idea to store shelf, including how to tell a mass-appeal hero product from a money-pit zero. Investing: The Last Liberal Art Robert G. Hagstrom Better investing through physics, biology, philosophy and literature, as well as finance. 1 recommender Iqbal and Pakistan’s Moment of Truth Imran N. Hosein On Muhammad Iqbal's vision for a Muslim polity and how far Pakistan has answered it. Iranian Architecture: A Visual History Sohrab Sardashti Iranian architecture photographed at length, for readers who may never be able to visit any of it. 1 recommender Iraq Confidential Scott Ritter The weapons inspections from inside, including the intelligence operations running under their cover. Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane Three rivers, in Ecuador, India and Canada, and the legal movement arguing they hold rights of their own. The question in the title is not rhetorical. 1 recommender Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Mindy Kaling Kaling's debut collection of comic essays, from bookish immigrant kid to The Office writers' room, in the confident-yet-insecure voice that made her a star. Is There Really a Human Race? Jamie Lee Curtis A child wonders whether life is a race to win or a journey to enjoy, in Jamie Lee Curtis's picture book. Islam Hans Küng 1 recommender Islam and Buddhism in the Modern World Imran N. Hosein A comparative study of the two religions and the ground the author finds common to them. Islam and Politics Peter Mandaville From the earliest disputes over authority to the present, showing how much theology is about power. Islam and the Secular State Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im 1 recommender Islamesque: The Forgotten Craftsmen Who Built Europe’s Medieval Monuments Diana Darke Darke traces the pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the geometric ornament back through Sicily and Spain, and asks why the craftsmen were written out. 1 recommender