• The golden book of India: a geneological and biographical dictionary of the ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian Empire / Lethbridge, Roper.
  Delhi: Aakar Books, 2005
  

  The British Administrators in India amassed a wealth of information about their colony and analysed it with care. They were particularly interested in acquainted themselves with the men of influence, especially the princes and landlords. This book sheds light on not just the princes and nobles but also a number of poets and writers.

• Contemporary world cinema: Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia / Chaudhuri, Shohini.
  Edinburgh: Edinburgh University, 2005
  

  Since the start of the 1990s, despite tougher competition than ever before from Hollywood, a rebirth and flourishing of cinema has been taking place in parts of Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia. This book provides an overview of the cinemas of these regions, interpreting some of the recent developments as strategic responses to globalization. Highlighting transnational and cross-cultural structures, influences and themes, this book includes a broad critical context for the study of contemporary world cinema, introducing key concepts and issues including modes of production and distribution.

• Civil society, public sphere and citizenship: dialogues and perceptions / Bhargava, Rajeev, ed.
  New Delhi: Sage, 2005
  

  The political rights of citizenship, especially the right to participate in different forms of democratic government as much as citizens’ obligations towards the state and the society as a whole, are long-debated issues in India as they are in Europe. This volume examines the relationship between state and society in India, discuss ideas of citizenship, and study the broad area known as the public sphere. The scholars who have contributed to this volume provide numerous fresh insights into these and related issues which have been the subject of extensive debate in recent years.

• The future of India: politics, economics and governance / Jalan, Bimal. --New Delhi: Viking, 2005
  

  As recently as decade ago, the prospect of India becoming a developed country any time soon seemed a distant possibility. Since then, however, there has been a sea change in our own and the world’s perception about our future. This book takes up the formidable challenge of examining the nuts and bolts of this proposition. It argues that the key factors to success are three: politics, economics and governance. It is the interface between these, and their combined effect on the functioning of our democracy, which will largely determine India’s future.

• Europe: a concise encyclopedia of the European Union / Leach, Rodney. --London: Profile Books, 2004
  

  ‘Europe’ is confusing. It has been through several treaty revisions and changes of name—from European Economic Community or Common Market, to European Community and now European Union. It is not only to the amateur that the EU is confusing. Even the knowledgeable are baffled by the similarity of different institutions’ names, the plethora of acronyms and initials, the changing titles and numbering of the treaties. This book is addressed to anyone who has sought in vain clarification of some aspect of the Union, only to encounter the sort of officialese, which leaves the reader as perplexed after the explanation as before.

• The world charter for nature / Samar Singh, comp.--Delhi: Full Circle, 2001
  

  The adoption of the World Charter for Nature by the UN General Assembly in 1982 was a universal recognition of the growing awareness about the vital role of nature in sustaining life on earth. The Charter is a declaration of global importance, at par with the UN Declaration on Human Rights. It sets out the basic principles, which must be observed for achieving the conservation of nature and natural resources, and on which depends the very survival of the human race.

• Developing India: an intellectual and social history c.1930-50 / Zachariah, Benjamin.
  New Delhi: Oxford University, 2005
  

  This book is concerned with ideas of ‘development’ in India—often claimed as the defining goal of both imperialism and nationalism—in the late colonial period, circa 1930-50. It delves into the underlying notions of progress, self-government, and nation building in developmental goals articulated in India in the late colonial period. The book opens up a new arena in the historiography of South Asia, that of an intellectual history of late colonialism in India, and of the nationalism that succeeded it.

• The Mongols: a history / Curtin, Jeremiah. --Boston: Da Capo, 2003
  

  The Mongols were the superpower of their day, erupting out of Central Asia in 1206 to conquer an empire stretching from Poland to Korea. Their arrival in the Middle East upset the very tenuous balance between Christendom and Islam, exacerbating a long simmering rivalry that has lasted to this day. This book provides a narrative of the clans, feuds, battles, and conquests of the Mongol era, covering every aspect of Mongol planning and tactics and describing in memorable detail the incidents that exemplify their cunning, cruelty and ingenuity.

• International organizations: the politics and processes of global governance / Karns, Margaret P.
  New Delhi: Viva Books, 2005
  

  The politics and processes of global governance have become increasingly complex in recent years as the pieces and actors multiplied and challenges mounted. This book trace the evolving roles of International Government Organizations, Nongovernmental Organizations, states, and nonstate actors and of norms, rules, and other pieces of global governance. Although extensive attention is given to the UN system, the full range of regional and subregional organizations is also thoroughly covered, as are the activities and influence of a variety of nonstate actors.

• Prospects of peace in South Asia / Dossani, Rafiq, ed. --Sanford, California: Sanford University, 2005
  

  This book addresses the largely hostile, often violent relations between India and Pakistan that date from their independence in 1947. The most persistent conflict between the two neighboring countries, over Kashmir, has defied numerous international attempts at resolution and has now, with both India and Pakistan become nuclear powers in 1998, entered its most dangerous phase. The struggle over Kashmir is enduringly rooted in national identity, religion, and human rights. This volume analyzes these forces, their impact on relations between the two countries, and alternate roles the United States might play in resolving the dispute.

• Field guide to the global economy / Anderson, Sarah. --New York: New Press, 2005
  

  This book presents the latest facts to help make sense of the rapidly changing international economy. It documents new trends, including the foreign “outsourcing” of U.S. service jobs, as well as the increasing influence of mega-firms like Wal-Mart with its exploited labor force in the United States, China and elsewhere. This guide explains how global institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, and the North American Free Trade Agreement affect communities, workers, the poor, and the environment.

• Strategic knowledge management technology / Gottschalk, Petter. --Hershey: Idea, 2005
  

  This book is based on the premise that it is difficult, if not impossible, to manage a modern business or public organization without at least some understanding of the planning, use, control and benefits of information technology to support knowledge work in the organization. This book applies the knowledge-based view of the firm that has established itself as an important perspective in strategic management. It also provides insights into links between information technology and knowledge management.

• International project management / Murphy, Owen Jay. --Australia: Thomas, 2005
  

  Managing a large project can be challenging. Add to this the international variable and even the experienced project manager can feel anxious. This book provides a complete guide to managing projects on the global stage. Drawing from his experience in successfully managing international projects in both military and business settings for companies such as Hughes, Raytheon, and Thalus, Owen Jay Murphy begins with the planning process and takes one through to project completion.

• Who owns the media: global trends and local resistances / Thomas, Pradip N., ed.
  London: Zed Books, 2004
  

  The ownership of the media and issues related to the governance of global media institutions are of immense public significance. Not only are the culture industries a major source of contemporary power—economic, political, social—they are also the primary definers of consciousness in most parts of the contemporary world. This collection of critical writings from different parts of the world offers a textured reading of the political economy of contemporary media ownership. This volume is largely the outcome of a series of workshops on media ownership and control that was organized by the London-based World Association for Christian Communications (WACC) between 1997 and 2001.

• Views: yours and mine / Quraishi, Humra. --New Delhi: UBS, 2005
  

  This book presents the collection of writings of a columnist, a freelance writer, who, over the years, has met and interacted with a multitude of people, the so called who’s who, kept in touch with the happenings and recorded the same in her journalistic writings. According to the author, “the very definition of the who’s who is getting far too confusing and twisted, for it is the politically smart and financially sound who are making it big, sidelining and bypassing the genuine. With the changing socio-political order, there are few around who can be called ‘men’ in the actual sense of the term”.

• The trial of Bhagat Singh; politics of justice / Noorani, A. G. --New Delhi: Oxford University, 2005
  

  Bhagat Singh’s trial is one of those episodes in the history of India’s struggle for freedom of which little is known. This book reveals how the executive and legislative branches of the British government in India conspired to ensure the miscarriage of justice. It seeks to explore certain dark aspects of the trial. It also raises certain issues which have not received the attention they deserve.

• Stress at work: management and prevention / Stranks, Jeremy. - - Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2005
  

  People at work worry about all sorts of things – increasing competition for jobs, globalization, terrorism, ‘rationalization’ of the organizations’ operations, looking after ageing parents and relatives, the threat of redundancy, annual appraisals, new technology, outsourcing of jobs to India and other Third World countries together with increased demands by employers for higher productivity. This book has been written as a guide for managers. It incorporates a number of important features, including a stress audit, the recent Court of Appeal general guidelines with respect to civil claims for stress-related ill health, measures necessary with respect to bullying and harassment and procedures for bringing stress management into operating procedures.

• Administrative change and innovation: a reader / Chakrabarty, Bidyut, ed. --New Delhi: Oxford University, 2005
  

  The idea and practice of administrative reform involves the twin concepts of change and innovation. This volume discusses recent trends in administrative reforms in India with the adoption of the New Economic Policy in the early 1990s. Underlining the processes of devolution and deconcentration of power, it points out the importance of citizen participation in public affairs, emphasizing accountability in democratic politics. It highlights the importance of good governance, participative development, and debureaucratization in an ever-changing scenario. It further explores administrative reforms in developed countries like the US and UK, and in socialist like China and Vietnam.

• God's breath: sacred scriptures of the world / Miller, John, ed. --New York: Marlowe, 2000
  

  This volume collection of sacred texts which represent seven of the world’s major wisdom traditions: Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Sufism and Taoism. For hundreds of generations they have instructed, inspired, and consoled men and women around the world. These presentations offer a unique opportunity to appreciate their enduring truths anew.

• The Asian future: dialogues for change / Hutanuwatr, Pracha, ed. --London: Zed Books, 2005 (in 2 volumes)
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  For several decades the western model of development has been criticized forcefully within Asia. But there has been little intellectual articulation of what the alternatives might be-at micro and macro levels-from an Asia perspective. These two volumes bring together the ideas and experiences of some Asia’s outstanding intellectuals and social activists from diverse traditions and faiths. Through in-depth interviews and dialogues, an understanding of shared spiritual, social and ecological values emerges.

• Anti-Utopia: essential writings of Andre Beteille / Gupta, Dipankar, ed.
  New Delhi: Oxford University, 2005
  

  In a career spanning over four decades known for its robustness and versatility, Andre Beteille’s contribution and influence on the way sociology is researched, studied, and taught in India has been immense. This book is divided into five sections, each of which is devoted to Professor Beteille’s varied intellectual interests. The essays range from the significance of the comparative method, to ideas of equality and inequality, and finally to issues regarding civil society and institutional well-being.

• On civil society: issues and perspectives / N. Jayaram, ed. --New Delhi: Sage, 2005
  

  The idea of civil society re-emerged in the public sphere in Europe during the 1980s. The intellectual threads of the political developments there were picked up elsewhere in the world, including India, where a vigorous debate ensued on the meaning and relevance of civil society. This volume provides the first sociological articulation of an Indian perspective on the discourse by locating it in the context of the historical experience of India, and the peculiarities of her economic, political and social realities.

• Understanding the cultural landscape / Wallach, Bret. --New York: Guilford Press, 2005
  

  This book offers a fresh perspective on how the natural world has been imagined, built on, and transformed by human beings throughout history and around the globe. Coverage ranges from the earliest societies to preindustrial China and India, from the emergence in Europe of the modern world to the contemporary global economy. The focus is on what the places we have created say about us: our belief systems and the ways we make a living. Also explored are the social and environmental consequences of human activities, and how conflicts over the meaning of progress are reflected in today’s urban, rural, and suburban landscapes.

• USA / Campbell, Jeff. : Lonely Planet, 2004 (Reference)
  

  The USA holds a different promise for every visitor, and this complete guide covering the lower 48, Alaska and Hawaii will inspire and connect with this country. It includes more than 130 maps, routes and itineraries; best spots to rest up, from ski shacks in the Rockies to high-class suites in LA; authors’ picks and expert local advice on every region is presented. A new chapter Food & Drink is also included.

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