Book: India: A History

India: A History is a book by English Journalist and author John Keay. A comprehensive book on Indian History covering ancient, medieval and modern India. Though there is nothing like unbiased History, but I would rate this book most unbiased because it presents several alternative versions of various events. I would highly recommend reading this book to every Indian.

PS: Several post indepence political events [including operation blue star] have been added to the latest edition of the book.

Book: The Story of Philosophy

The Story of Philosophy: the Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers is a book by Will Durant that profiles several prominent Western philosophers and their ideas, beginning with Plato and on through Friedrich Nietzsche. Durant attempts to show the interconnection of their ideas and how one philosopher's ideas informed the next. [from Wikipedia]

A wonderful introduction to great Philosophers [of all times] & their thoughts. Durant spent several years working on this book & his effort reflects well in this book.

[PS: I was highly disappointed by other books from Durant]