One's faith trust in the veracity of books is beyond question. There is a tacit appropriation made possible by virtue of the concerted efforts of writers and printers at the dawn of the print era. Adrian Johns wants this legacy to be questioned, not for nitpicking for nitpicking sake but for the need to understand why things are as they are. In his effort to trace the links between knowledge and print, Johns tracks the evolution of the book by focusing on the book trade as practised in one hugely influential locale, London, writes Gene Evans

Bill Bryson moved, with his wife and children, to America after having lived in England for twenty years. Upon arriving, someone pushed a column at him and this book contains many of those columns about his observations on life in America. For example, he was struck by the fact that there were many free things to be had such as free refills and free matchbooks, says Cynthia Arbuthnot

Thakur's pieces were never really high on researched facts. But they gave an insight into the personality he wrote about. I last met him when I was researching an article on the Congress and its relevance 50 years after Independence. He not only gave me insight into the Congress party's decline, but also an insight into the events that shaped the destiny of the first family of the Congress party and Indian politics ---- Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, her 'bahus' (daughters-in-law) Sonia and Maneka, and her sons Rajiv and Sanjay, writes Deepaili Nandwani

It's tempting to write off The Lost River as just another adventure story. It certainly has all the trappings of a formulaic action blockbuster--raging rapids, hungry crocodiles, mysterious natives, even the lost Ark of the Covenant. But as veteran river-runner Richard Bangs chronicles his lifelong pursuit of "aqua incognita," he proves a refreshingly introspective adventurer, a thinking man's Indiana Jones, says Amazon.com

British historian, Aileen Kelly's tome is reflects the resurgent debate and conflict between nationalist and liberal camps among post-Soviet political and intellectual elites. Those with a keen interest in the socio-cultural history of Russia and also the Soviet Union of the late 19th and early 20th century will find that the current attitudes toward 19th century Russian intellectuals was the result of distortions on the part of both Soviet and Western historians. The Cold War had made historians distort history, argues Gene Evans