The Hobbit is the classic fantasy tale of Bilbo Baggins, a home-loving hobbit whose quiet life is upended when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves recruit him for an epic quest. Their mission is to reclaim the dwarves’ long-lost treasure from the fearsome dragon, Smaug, who now guards it in the Lonely Mountain.
Set in the treacherous mangrove forests of the Sundarbans in India, The Hungry Tide follows the intersection of three lives. Piya Roy, an Indian-American marine biologist, arrives in the tide country to study a rare dolphin species. Kanai Dutt, a wealthy and urbane Delhi businessman, is visiting his aunt to retrieve a journal from his late uncle. When Piya falls into the crocodile-infested water, she is rescued by Fokir, an illiterate but insightful local fisherman.
The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen explains why successful, well-managed companies often fail when faced with disruptive technologies. The dilemma arises because the very business practices that make them leaders in their market—listening to customers and investing in high-margin improvements—cause them to overlook or reject simpler, lower-margin innovations that ultimately unseat them.
The Intelligent Investor, written by Benjamin Graham in 1949, is possibly the most important and influential value investing book ever written. A bible for all investors, it made the concept of investing simple and easy to understand, so that even an ordinary individual could become an “intelligent investor”.
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