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We are a 16 year old underground bookstore in Bangalore, India.
We love SF, literature and Non-fiction.
We love SF, literature and Non-fiction.
@aptshadow.bsky.social why is children of strife available only on Kindle not paperback or hardcover in india? Kind of not good for us brick and motars.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
@aptshadow.bsky.social why is children of strife available only on Kindle not paperback or hardcover in india? Kind of not good for us brick and motars.
If Russia Wins is not prophecy — it’s a warning.
Empires don’t fall; they wait.
Masala shows how comfort killed courage, how treaties replaced vigilance.
Peace is not given. It’s defended.
#IfRussiaWins #Geopolitics
Empires don’t fall; they wait.
Masala shows how comfort killed courage, how treaties replaced vigilance.
Peace is not given. It’s defended.
#IfRussiaWins #Geopolitics
October 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If Russia Wins is not prophecy — it’s a warning.
Empires don’t fall; they wait.
Masala shows how comfort killed courage, how treaties replaced vigilance.
Peace is not given. It’s defended.
#IfRussiaWins #Geopolitics
Empires don’t fall; they wait.
Masala shows how comfort killed courage, how treaties replaced vigilance.
Peace is not given. It’s defended.
#IfRussiaWins #Geopolitics
Bengaluru: where cranes count as progress & speculation replaces equity.
Chronicles of a Global City exposes how neoliberal dreams turn cities into markets & citizens into margins.
An urgent read for anyone mistaking GDP for justice.
#UrbanFutures #Bengaluru #Inequality
Chronicles of a Global City exposes how neoliberal dreams turn cities into markets & citizens into margins.
An urgent read for anyone mistaking GDP for justice.
#UrbanFutures #Bengaluru #Inequality
October 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Bengaluru: where cranes count as progress & speculation replaces equity.
Chronicles of a Global City exposes how neoliberal dreams turn cities into markets & citizens into margins.
An urgent read for anyone mistaking GDP for justice.
#UrbanFutures #Bengaluru #Inequality
Chronicles of a Global City exposes how neoliberal dreams turn cities into markets & citizens into margins.
An urgent read for anyone mistaking GDP for justice.
#UrbanFutures #Bengaluru #Inequality
Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is a slow-burning ache—love, exile, silence stitched into prose that glows like half-lit moons. A return worth the wait. 🌙 #Booker2025
September 29, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Kiran Desai’s The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny is a slow-burning ache—love, exile, silence stitched into prose that glows like half-lit moons. A return worth the wait. 🌙 #Booker2025
A symphony in Black & White, Sousanis redraws thought—words twist to galaxies, panels to wormholes. Unflattening proves perception is never flat, but infinite.
September 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A symphony in Black & White, Sousanis redraws thought—words twist to galaxies, panels to wormholes. Unflattening proves perception is never flat, but infinite.
Durrell points his lens at beetles & birds; the soil breathes, insects whisper equations, & time stretches like a heron’s wing. Absurd, wondrous, infinite. 🌿📖
September 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Durrell points his lens at beetles & birds; the soil breathes, insects whisper equations, & time stretches like a heron’s wing. Absurd, wondrous, infinite. 🌿📖
A shelf of warnings: sequels mutating, ghosts whispering, poems smuggled like contraband, love rewritten by faulty code, murder manuals as self-help, memory erased & repackaged, and the Eye watching us all. Reality’s thin @ Goobe’s.
September 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A shelf of warnings: sequels mutating, ghosts whispering, poems smuggled like contraband, love rewritten by faulty code, murder manuals as self-help, memory erased & repackaged, and the Eye watching us all. Reality’s thin @ Goobe’s.
One memoir from the heart of Big Tech, another from the shadows of lost archives. Careless People and The Tesla Files remind us: power survives on silence, and truth is never buried—only waiting to be unearthed.
August 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
One memoir from the heart of Big Tech, another from the shadows of lost archives. Careless People and The Tesla Files remind us: power survives on silence, and truth is never buried—only waiting to be unearthed.
Observe, if you will, the tortured genius in its natural habitat: drenched in oil paint, scandal, and remarkable libido.
Nigel Cawthorne’s Sex Lives of the Great Artists is art history's steamiest safari.
Now at @goobes strictly for the curious species. 💋 #ArtHistory #NSFWReads
Nigel Cawthorne’s Sex Lives of the Great Artists is art history's steamiest safari.
Now at @goobes strictly for the curious species. 💋 #ArtHistory #NSFWReads
August 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Observe, if you will, the tortured genius in its natural habitat: drenched in oil paint, scandal, and remarkable libido.
Nigel Cawthorne’s Sex Lives of the Great Artists is art history's steamiest safari.
Now at @goobes strictly for the curious species. 💋 #ArtHistory #NSFWReads
Nigel Cawthorne’s Sex Lives of the Great Artists is art history's steamiest safari.
Now at @goobes strictly for the curious species. 💋 #ArtHistory #NSFWReads
Three books to read slowly:
📘 More Human — On leading with presence, not code.
📕 Empire of AI — A brutal anatomy of ambition in tech.
📗 The Genius Myth — Myths fall; what’s left is messy, human, true.
Each asks: what kind of future are we building?
📘 More Human — On leading with presence, not code.
📕 Empire of AI — A brutal anatomy of ambition in tech.
📗 The Genius Myth — Myths fall; what’s left is messy, human, true.
Each asks: what kind of future are we building?
July 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Three books to read slowly:
📘 More Human — On leading with presence, not code.
📕 Empire of AI — A brutal anatomy of ambition in tech.
📗 The Genius Myth — Myths fall; what’s left is messy, human, true.
Each asks: what kind of future are we building?
📘 More Human — On leading with presence, not code.
📕 Empire of AI — A brutal anatomy of ambition in tech.
📗 The Genius Myth — Myths fall; what’s left is messy, human, true.
Each asks: what kind of future are we building?
Why read Aldous Huxley?
Because fiction is still the best way to understand the absurdity of being alive.
• Island = soft psychedelic utopia
• Antic Hay = chaotic youth satire
• After Many a Summer… = vanity, death, LA
Goobe’s > algorithm
Because fiction is still the best way to understand the absurdity of being alive.
• Island = soft psychedelic utopia
• Antic Hay = chaotic youth satire
• After Many a Summer… = vanity, death, LA
Goobe’s > algorithm
July 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Why read Aldous Huxley?
Because fiction is still the best way to understand the absurdity of being alive.
• Island = soft psychedelic utopia
• Antic Hay = chaotic youth satire
• After Many a Summer… = vanity, death, LA
Goobe’s > algorithm
Because fiction is still the best way to understand the absurdity of being alive.
• Island = soft psychedelic utopia
• Antic Hay = chaotic youth satire
• After Many a Summer… = vanity, death, LA
Goobe’s > algorithm
India’s present and future under the lens: policy, politics, resistance, reform.
Big ideas, bold voices:
A must-shelf for anyone tracking where we’re headed.
Big ideas, bold voices:
A must-shelf for anyone tracking where we’re headed.
July 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
India’s present and future under the lens: policy, politics, resistance, reform.
Big ideas, bold voices:
A must-shelf for anyone tracking where we’re headed.
Big ideas, bold voices:
A must-shelf for anyone tracking where we’re headed.
The comics of indian.summer.press, in store and to your home courtesy Goobe's
The Sun is Made of Silver, by Nikhil Gulati & Angshuman Chakraborty, is a historical adventure drama about war, damage and friendship and its first chapter ended on a cliffhanger
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The Sun is Made of Silver, by Nikhil Gulati & Angshuman Chakraborty, is a historical adventure drama about war, damage and friendship and its first chapter ended on a cliffhanger
www.indiansummerpress.com/category/all...
July 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The comics of indian.summer.press, in store and to your home courtesy Goobe's
The Sun is Made of Silver, by Nikhil Gulati & Angshuman Chakraborty, is a historical adventure drama about war, damage and friendship and its first chapter ended on a cliffhanger
www.indiansummerpress.com/category/all...
The Sun is Made of Silver, by Nikhil Gulati & Angshuman Chakraborty, is a historical adventure drama about war, damage and friendship and its first chapter ended on a cliffhanger
www.indiansummerpress.com/category/all...
Shelf goals 📚✨
🔴 *The Tech Coup
🧠 *Apostles of Development
🌀 *Cultish
🌾 *Adivasi or Vanvasi
👩 *Blue Sisters
🕊 *Troubles
🌕 *Beautiful Star
👁 *Strange Pictures
Big tech, cults, colonialism, identity, & surreal beauty—this shelf has range. 🔥
#BookTwitter #Shelfie
🔴 *The Tech Coup
🧠 *Apostles of Development
🌀 *Cultish
🌾 *Adivasi or Vanvasi
👩 *Blue Sisters
🕊 *Troubles
🌕 *Beautiful Star
👁 *Strange Pictures
Big tech, cults, colonialism, identity, & surreal beauty—this shelf has range. 🔥
#BookTwitter #Shelfie
June 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Shelf goals 📚✨
🔴 *The Tech Coup
🧠 *Apostles of Development
🌀 *Cultish
🌾 *Adivasi or Vanvasi
👩 *Blue Sisters
🕊 *Troubles
🌕 *Beautiful Star
👁 *Strange Pictures
Big tech, cults, colonialism, identity, & surreal beauty—this shelf has range. 🔥
#BookTwitter #Shelfie
🔴 *The Tech Coup
🧠 *Apostles of Development
🌀 *Cultish
🌾 *Adivasi or Vanvasi
👩 *Blue Sisters
🕊 *Troubles
🌕 *Beautiful Star
👁 *Strange Pictures
Big tech, cults, colonialism, identity, & surreal beauty—this shelf has range. 🔥
#BookTwitter #Shelfie
Like Junji Ito wandered into a fever dream. Uketsu's Strange Pictures is disturbing, hypnotic, and gorgeously grotesque — each page dares you to keep looking… and regret it.
🖤🪓
#uketsu #mangahorror #strangepictures #horrorart
🖤🪓
#uketsu #mangahorror #strangepictures #horrorart
June 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Like Junji Ito wandered into a fever dream. Uketsu's Strange Pictures is disturbing, hypnotic, and gorgeously grotesque — each page dares you to keep looking… and regret it.
🖤🪓
#uketsu #mangahorror #strangepictures #horrorart
🖤🪓
#uketsu #mangahorror #strangepictures #horrorart
"The Invisible Doctrine" by George Monbiot This book is a vital, eye-opening exposé on how neoliberalism quietly shaped our world. Essential reading to understand the forces behind today's crises. Prepare for a paradigm shift! #TheInvisibleDoctrine #GeorgeMonbiot #MustRead
June 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"The Invisible Doctrine" by George Monbiot This book is a vital, eye-opening exposé on how neoliberalism quietly shaped our world. Essential reading to understand the forces behind today's crises. Prepare for a paradigm shift! #TheInvisibleDoctrine #GeorgeMonbiot #MustRead
Reposted by Goobe's Book Republic
Everything sucks so here's a pic of a frog on a lily pad in bloom.
June 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Everything sucks so here's a pic of a frog on a lily pad in bloom.
Grew up on pure chaos, genius & guitar riffs? Nirvana, Cobain, Grohl, The Beatles, Marley, Ozzy, Metallica, AC/DC. Loud lives, louder legacies. All stacked at chez Goobe's
June 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Grew up on pure chaos, genius & guitar riffs? Nirvana, Cobain, Grohl, The Beatles, Marley, Ozzy, Metallica, AC/DC. Loud lives, louder legacies. All stacked at chez Goobe's
A reading sprint across continents & minds
🍃 Mangifera Indica - lyrical eco-reflection
🪄 Emilia del Valle - Allende's magic
⚖️ Govt Gangsters - sharp political take
👑 Indira - rigor over myth
👳🏾♂️ Aurangzeb - wild genius
😂 Zarna Garg - immigrant wit
🎬 Dev Anand - cinema's soul
🍃 Mangifera Indica - lyrical eco-reflection
🪄 Emilia del Valle - Allende's magic
⚖️ Govt Gangsters - sharp political take
👑 Indira - rigor over myth
👳🏾♂️ Aurangzeb - wild genius
😂 Zarna Garg - immigrant wit
🎬 Dev Anand - cinema's soul
May 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A reading sprint across continents & minds
🍃 Mangifera Indica - lyrical eco-reflection
🪄 Emilia del Valle - Allende's magic
⚖️ Govt Gangsters - sharp political take
👑 Indira - rigor over myth
👳🏾♂️ Aurangzeb - wild genius
😂 Zarna Garg - immigrant wit
🎬 Dev Anand - cinema's soul
🍃 Mangifera Indica - lyrical eco-reflection
🪄 Emilia del Valle - Allende's magic
⚖️ Govt Gangsters - sharp political take
👑 Indira - rigor over myth
👳🏾♂️ Aurangzeb - wild genius
😂 Zarna Garg - immigrant wit
🎬 Dev Anand - cinema's soul
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey is part memoir, part life manual, all heart.
Not just a Hollywood tale—it's a roadmap for rolling with life.
“Sometimes you gotta go back to go forward.”
Highly recommend.
#Greenlights #MatthewMcConaughey #Memoir
Not just a Hollywood tale—it's a roadmap for rolling with life.
“Sometimes you gotta go back to go forward.”
Highly recommend.
#Greenlights #MatthewMcConaughey #Memoir
May 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey is part memoir, part life manual, all heart.
Not just a Hollywood tale—it's a roadmap for rolling with life.
“Sometimes you gotta go back to go forward.”
Highly recommend.
#Greenlights #MatthewMcConaughey #Memoir
Not just a Hollywood tale—it's a roadmap for rolling with life.
“Sometimes you gotta go back to go forward.”
Highly recommend.
#Greenlights #MatthewMcConaughey #Memoir
Abundance urges us to think bigger.
Attached decodes our love lives with attachment science.
The Road to Unfreedom warns of rising authoritarianism. Insightful reads on hope, love, and democracy! #BookReview
Attached decodes our love lives with attachment science.
The Road to Unfreedom warns of rising authoritarianism. Insightful reads on hope, love, and democracy! #BookReview
May 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Abundance urges us to think bigger.
Attached decodes our love lives with attachment science.
The Road to Unfreedom warns of rising authoritarianism. Insightful reads on hope, love, and democracy! #BookReview
Attached decodes our love lives with attachment science.
The Road to Unfreedom warns of rising authoritarianism. Insightful reads on hope, love, and democracy! #BookReview
Just heard about HEART LAMP by Banu Mushtaq and I'm intrigued! 👀 This #BookerPrize winner from Karnataka sounds magical—lamps revealing true feelings?? Adding to my TBR immediately! Anyone read it yet? Apparently there's a mind-blowing twist! #HeartLamp #MustRead #NewFiction #BookerWinner
May 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Just heard about HEART LAMP by Banu Mushtaq and I'm intrigued! 👀 This #BookerPrize winner from Karnataka sounds magical—lamps revealing true feelings?? Adding to my TBR immediately! Anyone read it yet? Apparently there's a mind-blowing twist! #HeartLamp #MustRead #NewFiction #BookerWinner
Hubris Maximus shows us what happens when a man believes his own memes. Faiz Siddiqui peels back the Musk myth, and what’s left isn’t genius—just a cracked statue held together with WiFi and vibes.
#HubrisMaximus #elonmusk
#HubrisMaximus #elonmusk
May 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Hubris Maximus shows us what happens when a man believes his own memes. Faiz Siddiqui peels back the Musk myth, and what’s left isn’t genius—just a cracked statue held together with WiFi and vibes.
#HubrisMaximus #elonmusk
#HubrisMaximus #elonmusk
What happens when a consulting giant whispers in the ears of governments, corporations, and tyrants alike?
A brutal takedown of elite consultancy hubris secrecy, greed, and moral rot dressed up as expertise.
Read it and rage.
#McKinsey #WhenMcKinseyComesToTown #CorporateGreed #BookReview #MustRead
A brutal takedown of elite consultancy hubris secrecy, greed, and moral rot dressed up as expertise.
Read it and rage.
#McKinsey #WhenMcKinseyComesToTown #CorporateGreed #BookReview #MustRead
May 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
What happens when a consulting giant whispers in the ears of governments, corporations, and tyrants alike?
A brutal takedown of elite consultancy hubris secrecy, greed, and moral rot dressed up as expertise.
Read it and rage.
#McKinsey #WhenMcKinseyComesToTown #CorporateGreed #BookReview #MustRead
A brutal takedown of elite consultancy hubris secrecy, greed, and moral rot dressed up as expertise.
Read it and rage.
#McKinsey #WhenMcKinseyComesToTown #CorporateGreed #BookReview #MustRead
🔪 I Am on the Hit List by Rollo Romig is part true crime, part political memoir, and all heart.
A haunting journey through murder of a beloved journalist, myth, and caste in Karnataka—gripping, fearless journalism.
One of the year’s essential nonfiction reads. #TrueCrime #IndiaReads #Nonfiction
A haunting journey through murder of a beloved journalist, myth, and caste in Karnataka—gripping, fearless journalism.
One of the year’s essential nonfiction reads. #TrueCrime #IndiaReads #Nonfiction
May 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🔪 I Am on the Hit List by Rollo Romig is part true crime, part political memoir, and all heart.
A haunting journey through murder of a beloved journalist, myth, and caste in Karnataka—gripping, fearless journalism.
One of the year’s essential nonfiction reads. #TrueCrime #IndiaReads #Nonfiction
A haunting journey through murder of a beloved journalist, myth, and caste in Karnataka—gripping, fearless journalism.
One of the year’s essential nonfiction reads. #TrueCrime #IndiaReads #Nonfiction