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Acclaimed political thinker John Keane has tracked the concept of democracy from the age of assembly democracy in Athens, to European-inspired electoral democracy and the birth of representative government in his book The Shortest History of Democracy.

In a new book, Ma's longtime assistant describes pivotal early moments in Alibaba's history and the billionaire's eccentric leadership style.

He is the first Indian recipient of the highest accolade for architecture, the Pritzker Prize.

In an excerpt from his new book "Black Founder," Stacy Spikes details how the legendary actor almost became an early investor.

Over the past decade, more than a dozen Chinese agents recruited by the CIA have been killed or imprisoned. An alleged spy in the FBI may be to blame.

An excerpt from ‘The Big Bang of Numbers’, by Manil Suri.

A new book unearths the startling numbers behind underage enlistment during the Civil War

An excerpt from ‘The Body by the Shore’, by Tabish Khair.

An excerpt from ‘Independence’, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.

Shana Lebowitz Gaynor was ready to quit her job, but learned that introspection was key to finding happiness at work again.