New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- If the ever-changing drift of the news cycle is making you anxious, it's useful to take a pause-and a long perspective. What better than books to give you the much-needed time you need to process the turmoil all around, while also entertaining and educating you in the process? Here are our recent picks.

Confessions of Stock Market Wizards by Safir Anand (HarperCollins, Rs.699) is a must-read for not only stock-market geeks but also ordinary citizens taken in by the mighty promises of investing in shares. The catch here is that instead of giving you a bouquet of success stories, Anand takes the unexpected route of asking successful investors to speak about their biggest mistakes-and the lessons they have learned in t...