The White Tiger, Aravind AdigaBalram Halwai is the White Tiger the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to finish school and he has to work in a teashop, breaking coals and wiping tables. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. The city is a revelation. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly aware of immense wealth and opportunity

socialite Allie Nelson is about to marry a wealthy lawyer

Are you getting butterflies just thinking about him

and isn't much good for anything except watching human beings in action

From Ann Cleeves—New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of the Vera and Shetland series

Vaclav Smil's mission is to make facts matter

this uproariously funny

New York Times editorial writer Binyamin Appelbaum tells the story of the people who sparked four decades of economic revolution

He uncovers the key to a sorcery masterwork

Wielding his pen like a flaming broadsword

and she should be over the moon

separation all other aspect of Worldly life

choosing them for their difficulty to master and their lack of marketability--chess