Agra: Excitement was in the air on 16 December at DPS Agra as it witnessed the release of ‘Real Illusion’- a book written by its ex-student, a budding writer, Mahi Goyal.

'Why Women Will Save the Planet' tackles the links between discrimination and environmental degradation with a collection of articles and interviews from more than 30 women around the world.

Hammond: If Plato were alive today, what would he think of our modern times? Specifically, how would he react to a modern world where secularism and religious fundamentalism are growing further apart?

Buffalo: Some of the most iconic photos of Adolf Hitler show him at his most intense, eyes alight with frenetic energy as he addresses an audience or salutes a crowd.

Washington: More than a dozen years have passed since Professor Stuart Hart co-authored the landmark paper “The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid” offering a blueprint for companies wanting to turn a profit while also lifting the world’s poorest people out of poverty. Two books would follow along with major investments from corporations looking to capitalize from -- and liberate -- the four billion people living on $8 a day.

Chicago: When it comes to the art of persuasion, you can attract more followers if you turn conventional wisdom on its head and stress what you like, not what you do.