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Working to Restore: Why We Do Business in The Regenerative Era

Publisher: Penguin VikingAuthor: Esha Chhabra Historically, big businesses have sourced materials from remote corners of the globe and moved millions of people and tons of cargo around the clock-all in the name of profit. But many of today’s startups are rewriting the rules. Journalist Esha Chhabra draws on her decades of reporting to explore the nuanced realities and promise of…

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A Walk Up the Hill: Living with People and Nature

Publisher: Penguin Allen LaneAuthor: Madhav Gadgil Madhav Gadgil was born in Pune in 1942, just as Salim Ali’s superbly illustrated Book of Indian Birds was published. Influenced by his birdwatcher father, he learnt to recognize birds from their pictures even before he could read. He is an unusual combination of a person fascinated by the diversity of the natural world, of the…

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Kungfu Aunty Versus Garbage Monsters

Publisher: Speaking TigerAuthor: Shweta Taneja Trash Rajah, the dictator of Pretty City, has declared there should be piles of stinking garbage, unending pollution, foaming lakes, and disgusting toxic creations everywhere. Trash Rajah and his garbage army need an endless supply of garbage to keep them alive—and the humans of Pretty City must provide it. But when their only playground is…

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Birdman of India Salim Ali

Publisher: Hachette IndiaAuthor: Zai Whitaker From being a trigger-happy airgun-toting nine-year-old boy to becoming one of the foremost bird scientists in the world, Sálim Ali did not follow a straight path. Somewhere along his adventures between India, Burma and Europe, he developed such a single-minded zeal for the study of feathered creatures that he spent all his time close to…

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Alltime favourite Nature Stories

Publisher: Penguin Random House IndiaAuthor: Ruskin Bond ‘I am lucky to be up here on this mountain, where the wind still hums in the deodars, the horse chestnuts fall in the autumn and the flycatchers flit among the ancient oaks.’ ALL-TIME FAVOURITE NATURE STORIES is a collection of twenty-five soulful and timeless tales about nature, featuring endearing characters and stunning illustrations.…

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The Case for Nature: The Other Planetary Crisis

Publisher: Penguin BusinessAuthor: Siddarth Shrikanth Our planet is facing not one but two crises. In a world where carbon emissions and climate financing are rightly rising up the agenda, there exists another catastrophe that is often overlooked but just as dire-the global collapse of our ecosystems. Siddarth Shrikanth’s The Case for Nature presents a compelling vision for tackling this other crisis by…

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Back to Bharat

Publisher: Penguin BusinessAuthor: Nagaraja Prakasam Back to Bharat: In Search of a Sustainable Future is a book that addresses the present economic dilemma for Indian entrepreneurs and consumers, looking at the past and present situation of both India and the developed world to find a way forward. Written in an engaging and anecdotal style, the book is enriched with case studies…

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Marginlands

Publisher: Pan Macmillan IndiaAuthor: Arati Kumar-Rao In the boundless Thar, deemed a ‘wasteland’ by the authorities, miners bulldoze sand dunes guarding life-sustaining water. The Gangetic dolphin, once a thriving apex predator, struggles for survival as its riverine habitat is fragmented by dams and roiled by incessant shipping. Deep in the mangrove forests of the Sunderban, tigers prey on desperate crab-catchers.…

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Pugmarks and Carbon Footprints

Publisher: PenguinAuthor: Rohan Chakravarty Pugmarks and Carbon Footprints is a collection of gag cartoons and comic strips based exclusively on wildlife and nature. Staying true to their theme, the cartoons and comics in the book will speak about wildlife, ecology, interesting trivia about the lives of wild animals, and how the lives of these creatures are entwined with ours. Other than…

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The Shell Story

Publisher: KathaAuthor: Mallika RavikumarIllustrator: Zainab Tambawalla Who were those monsters as large as mountains grinning at her with scary eyes…? Can Ria figure out what is going on and why the monsters keep reappearing? Join Ria as she finds out the significance of the scary monsters while on an idyllic holiday at her granny and grandfather’s place near the enchanting…