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Creating [Better] Leaders

A Shift Every Organisation Needs With The P.E.A.R.L. Framework

How much can employee dissatisfaction hinder your organisation’s performance? According to the research, a lot.

Creating [Better] Leaders presents a practical framework for building cultures that care, perform and sustain. Ankna Kaul brings almost two decades of experience across hospitality, consulting and customer experience, to give leaders at all levels the tools to drive measurable, people-centric outcomes with her PEARL Model.

This book guides you through the concepts of Purpose & philosophy, Employee experience & wellbeing, Alignment to culture, Results via KPIs and Leadership for service excellence. It brings together real-world case studies, actionable frameworks and reflection prompts to equip leaders across functional areas to build a culture supported beyond the HR department.

Timely and relevant, PEARL responds to the evolving demands of new-age workplaces, where empathy, performance and culture must coexist.

Bend, Don’t Break

The future of work is here and it’s not waiting for you.

AI is inventing jobs, reshaping teams and causing seismic shifts in entire industries. And with every change, more people feel left behind. The new competitive edge isn’t expertise—it’s adaptability.

Real adaptability isn’t just about staying positive or being flexible. It’s about building a system that helps you evolve without losing what matters most. Bend, Don’t Break introduces a practical, research-backed framework for navigating change with purpose. Talent development expert Matt A. West has developed the Adaptability System to help you:

Spot and break free from the patterns that keep you stuck in the past
Make sure that what you’ve already mastered never starts weighing you down instead of lifting you up
Focus on what actually moves you forward instead of just staying busy
Embrace experimentation and upgrade continuously instead of expecting immediate perfection
Adapt alongside AI while protecting your uniquely human edge

Packed with exercises and challenges, Bend, Don’t Break helps professionals, leaders and teams flex with change instead of snapping under it. Whether you’re leading through uncertainty, shifting roles or simply trying to stay relevant, Matt A. West will help you meet the future with confidence, clarity and purpose.

How to Raise Rich Kids

Every parent wishes for their kids to be safe—especially financially. Personal finance wizard, Sarah Megginson, tells you exactly how to create this safety net.

Financial stability buys your kids more than just things. It brings them a life full of choices, opportunities and freedom. But handling your finances is no piece of cake. How to Raise Rich Kids helps you build healthy money habits that will equip you to handle sudden financial challenges and meet future goals.

As a personal finance expert with over twenty years of experience and a mother herself, Sarah Megginson aims to create a life full of possibilities for her children. She wrote this book to teach them everything she knows about money including its management, investment and enjoyment.

This book will change your family’s relationship with money for the better by teaching you how to approach finances with your kids when they are at different stages of their lives.

Backed with research, Megginson provides essential and helpful strategies, tips and case studies, guiding you to be more successful in planning your family’s future.

This is your ultimate guide to improving financial literacy—for yourself, as well as your children.

Talk the Walk: A Premarital Playbook

What actually holds a relationship together once the sparks of romance settle?

In Talk the Walk, Prof Dr Minnu Bhonsle uses her decades of psychotherapy and counselling experience to guide couples through vital conversations that are tempting to avoid. From defining commitment to navigating finances to expectations for intimacy to long-term goals—this book allows you and your partner to define for yourselves what will help your relationship thrive.

Designed to be an easy-to-understand workbook, it provides you with comprehensive prompts and handy space to reflect in writing as you use it in tandem with your partner. Whether you’re contemplating marriage, preparing for life after ‘I do’ or recalibrating years into your partnership, Talk the Walk equips you with the tools to build a life together on your own terms.

A self-help guide to prepare premarital couples to go from “you and me” to “we”

The Discovery of India

A timeless exploration of India’s history, culture and civilisational identity by one of its foremost nation-builders.

Nehru was an erudite—his knowledge of India’s traditions, history and culture made him one of the greatest leaders in the nation’s history.

The Discovery of India was written by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru during his imprisonment from 1942 to 1945 at Ahmednagar Fort in present-day Maharashtra by British colonial authorities, when India was at the threshold of independence. First published in 1946, this book remains a modern classic written by India’s first and longest-serving Prime Minister.

The Discovery of India traces the journey of India from the ancient history of her invaders to the final years of exploitation at the hands of the British. Drawing on his knowledge of the Upanishads, Vedas and historical texts, Nehru presents the development of India, beginning with the Indus Valley Civilisation and continuing through the socio-political transformations introduced by successive foreign powers, culminating in the contemporary period of his time.

Imprisoned alongside other freedom fighters such as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Govind Ballabh Pant, Narendra Deva and Asaf Ali, Nehru used this period of confinement and intellectual exchange to document his reflections on India’s diverse past. Providing a rich narrative of Indian history, philosophy and culture from the perspective of a leader striving for independence, this book reflects his personal and intellectual exploration of the idea of India.

This book was a successful attempt at capturing our nation’s lasting spirit—with a hope for a brighter future.

Part history, part philosophy and part personal reflection, The Discovery of India remains an essential work for anyone seeking to understand the roots of Indian civilisation and the ideas that shaped a modern nation.

The Index Series by The Bombay Circle Press brings you a curated collection of stories from and about the history of India. From the speeches of Netaji to the empires that shaped Bharat, each volume is thoughtfully compiled and edited by The Bombay Circle Press team.

The Discovery of India is the second volume in The Index Series and presents one of the most influential interpretations of India’s past, written by a statesman whose vision helped shape its future.

Empires That Shaped Bharat

A sweeping political history of the dynasties, kingdoms and ideas that shaped ancient India.

Empires rise through ambition, fracture through conflict and endure through memory.

The story of the Indian subcontinent unfolds across centuries, with stories of migration, conquest and cultural transformation. From the earliest Aryan settlements in friction with the aboriginal people to the fall of the Rajput dynasty, this volume traces the history of ancient India before the sultanates.

At the heart of this book are the accounts of legendary and historical figures whose reigns marked turning points in the trajectory of their kingdoms as they shaped kingship, statecraft and culture. Through genealogies and shifting territories, it reveals how various powers were formed, contested and remembered.

Empires that Shaped Bharat curates the archived writings of historian Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri and economic historian and translator of the Ramayana and Mahabharata, Romesh Chunder Dutt, to reconstruct dynasties that rose through war, ritual, lineage and ideas. Grounded in classical sources from Vedic literature, epics, Puranic accounts and early historical narratives, it is as much a history of thought as it is of empire.

A story of early Indian civilisations imagining themselves and their place in the world.

Rich in political history, cultural evolution and historical insight, this volume offers readers an accessible gateway to understanding the foundations of ancient Bharat and the forces that shaped its enduring legacy.

Empires That Shaped Bharat is the third volume in The Index Series—a compelling exploration of the rulers, kingdoms and ideas that laid the foundations of Indian civilisation.

The Making of Netaji

Inquilab Zindabad wasn’t an overnight success. It took years of blood, sweat and tears for the revolution to rise.

In The Making of Netaji, we explore the journey of Bose, tracing his growth into a pivotal figure in the country’s struggle for freedom from the British Raj. This collection features selected speeches and writings, spanning from 1912 to 1945—as the philosophical and intellectual backbone of his political ideology was built. It is the story of a revolutionary, told in his own words, blending iconic speeches like Give me blood, and I promise you freedom! with in-depth writings such as A Glimpse of the Future. This collection offers a compelling window into the making of one of the nation’s foremost architects of freedom.

Born into a privileged Hindu family, Bose received an English education. He left his higher studies in pursuit of a higher calling—come back home and work for the freedom of his motherland. Charismatic and devoted, his rallying cries inspired hundreds of people to join the Azad Hind Fauj for the liberation of the country. Letters that he exchanged with his mother show a side of him unknown to many; the inner turmoil he went through in his early years led to his formation as a national leader later. Arranged chronologically, these documents guide readers through the evolution of Bose’s ideological convictions and leadership style. As each piece unfolds in the context of its time, it reveals not only his political vision but also the shifting circumstances that shaped his decisions, offering a deeper and more nuanced understanding of the man behind the movement.

Even eight decades after his death—his footprints are still visible on the soil of the nation.

The Index Series by The Bombay Circle Press brings you a curated collection of stories from and about the history of India. From the speeches of Netaji to the empires that shaped Bharat, each volume is thoughtfully compiled and edited by The Bombay Circle Press team. The Making of Netaji marks the first volume in The Index Series and is a collection of Subhash Chandra Bose’s correspondence, speeches and other writings.

How to Train a Happy Mind

Based on the hugely successful podcast A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment, this book provides a simple 8-step guide to using the power of analytical meditation to improve mental wellbeing by mixing Tibetan Buddhist Meditation with modern science, psychology and popular culture.

Train your mind toward lasting connection and joy.

Eager to share the life-enhancing benefits he found in Buddhism, skeptic Scott Snibbe presents this 8-step programme that allows anyone to build positive mental habits. Inspired by the ancient Buddhist path to enlightenment yet firmly grounded in modern science, How to Train a Happy Mind is the first mainstream book to show how you can achieve happiness using analytical meditation. Working in much the same way as cognitive behavioural therapy, analytical meditation goes beyond the calm-inducing practice of mindfulness to actively train the brain through easy-to-follow narrative visualizations.

Breaking the path down into concise steps and written in a relatable tone with plenty of references to popular culture, this is the ideal book if you recognize your mind as both the source of your problems and the source of your solutions.

Why Politicians Lie About Trade: … and What You Need to Know About It

‘Why Politicians Lie About Trade…’ explains how international trade in goods and services actually works and the compromises and concessions nations must make to take part in this $32 trillion-a-year jamboree: the greatest commercial show on earth.

Daily we can see the fruits of international trade on display on the shelves of shops, from American oranges to Chinese mobile phones to Kenyan coffee. But hidden from view is the geopolitical wiring that allows global cross-border trade to make it all happen: a network of treaties, tariffs, taxes and disputes that is remote and unintelligible to most people. Until now.

With clear, often humorous writing and case studies, former trade negotiator Dmitry Grozoubinski takes readers through the intricacies and surprises of global commerce. He reveals the underlying political and geographical forces that shape trade policy and our everyday lives. He spells out the impact of trade treaties on topics such as food, jobs, gender conflict and climate. And he reveals what politicians cover-up about the system— and why it matters.

A companion to books such as How to Lie With Statistics, Why Politicians Lie About Trade illuminates a much misunderstood and underestimated network that is vital to our modern interconnected world. With the US-China trade war, Brexit, and other disputes regularly hitting the headlines (and sometimes our nerves), grasping how trade actually works has never been more important.

A Brief History of Love

Is love about chemistry or do biology, evolution and psychology all have a part to play?

Love is one of the most complex and confusing emotions in the human experience. It consumes so much of our lives and yet we don’t truly understand it – what it is on a biological, chemical and evolutionary level. This book takes you on a fascinating journey to explore the science of love, looking closely at the interplay between genes, hormones, emotions and relationships.

Discover everything you need to know about why you are attracted to certain people, the brain’s role in your emotions, how to pick “the one” and how to preserve that love over time. Learn how to have better, healthier and more loving relationships by understanding the inner workings of love in your body.

You Have Not Yet Heard Your Favourite Song

If you want to know anything about how music surfaces today, how to find it, or how to create it, you will find what you need right here.’ Joseph Menn, Washington Post writer

For the first time in history, almost every song ever recorded is available instantly. Everywhere.

This book charts what music’s dazzling digital revolution really means for fans and artists. As a former data guru at the world’s biggest streaming service, Spotify, Glenn McDonald reveals:

What the tech giants know about you
How they serve up your next song
Whether fans can cheat the algorithm
Whether jazz is dead and ASMR is the new punk
Your chances of becoming a rock star

Having analysed the streams of 500 million people, McDonald explores what the data tells us about music and about ourselves, from the secrets of russelåter in Norway to Christmas in the Philippines. Statistically, you have not yet heard your lifetime’s favourite song. This book will take you on a voyage of discovery through music’s fast-flowing new waters.

10 bonus playlists of wonder included!

How AI Ate The World

Artificial intelligence will shake up life in the 2020s as dramatically as the internet did in the 2000s.

This accessible, up-to-date book charts Al’s rise from its origins in the Cold War to its increasing impact on us today and in the coming years. Journalist Chris Stokel-Walker (TikTok Boom and YouTubers) meets the Silicon Valley innovators making rapid advances in ‘large language models’ of machine learning like Google’s Bard and ChatGPT and reveals the extraordinary plans they have for them.

And he explores the dark side of Al by talking to workers who have lost their jobs to chatbots and to futurologists worried that we are unwittingly creating a force that could destroy humankind.

How Al Ate the World answers all the key questions, such as how Al will transform the way we live and work; the professions that will ultimately win and lose; and whether the likes of Elon Musk are right to warn about a looming threat to humanity. This is a pithy ‘start here’ guide for anyone who wants to know more about the next big technology that will govern our lives, whether we like it or not.