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Biography |
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Sugar in milk: lives of
eminent Parsis / Dadabhoy, Bakhtiar K. --New Delhi: Rupa, 2008 |
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This is a collection of twelve
in-depth profiles of some of the greatest Parsis India has
produced, ranging from nineteenth century to the contemporary,
here are freedom fighters and industrialists, a lawyer and a
scientist, a field marshal and a western classical musical
conductor. They are ordered chronologically and provide
fascinating juxtapositions of characters.
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Rumsfeld: His rise, fall, and
catastrophic legacy/Cockburn, Andrew. --New York: Scribner, 2007 |
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The authors provide a balanced,
easy to read but sophisticated account of the internal dynamics
of Iraqi society today and chronicle major developments in that
country from the end of the Gulf War to the beginning of 1999. |
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Elementary education |
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Elementry education in India:
progress towards UEE: Analytical report 2005-06 / Mehta, Arun C.
--Arun C Mehta: NUEPA, 2007 (Reference) |
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The National University of
Educational Planning and Administration has created a
comprehensive database on elementary education in India under
one of its most prestigious projects, know as, District
Information System for Education (DISE). The project covers both
primary and upper primary schools/sections of all the districts
of the country. The report Cards are produced to provide users
comprehensive information on all the vital parameters, be it
student, teacher or school related variables, yet concise,
accurate information about each school in a standard format
which is easy to understand and allows meaningful comparisons to
be made among schools. |
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Etiquette (Manners) |
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To the manner born: a most
proper guide to modern civility / Blaikie, Thomas. --New York:
Villard Books, 2005 |
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This book is the perfect guide
through the treacherous minefield of contemporary social mores:
witty, amusingly abstruse, stylish, and, most important,
knowledgeable. |
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Financial economics |
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A Bull in China: investing
profitability in the World's gretest market / Rosers, Jim. --New
York: Random House, 2007 |
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In this indispensable new book,
one of the world's most successful investors, Jim Rogers, brings
his unerring investment acumen to bear on this huge and unruly
land now being opened to the world and exploding in potential.
The author didn't just wake up a Sinophile yesterday. He's been
tracking the Chinese economy since he first went to China in
1984 in preparation for his round-the world motorcycle trip and
then again, later when he saw Shanghai's newly reopened stock
exchange. |
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World investment report 2007:
transnational corporations, extractive industries and
development/ United Nations Conference on T. --New Delhi:
Academic Foundation, 2007 (Reference) |
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The globalization of production is
reshaping the international economic landscape. With that, the
conventional wisdom of developed countries as capital and
technology exporters and developing countries as importers is
gradually giving way to a more complex set of relationships. The
geography of international investment flows is changing.
Developing countries are emerging as outward investors, and
their importance as recipients of foreign direct investment in
more knowledge-intensive activities is increasing. This world
investment report focuses on the internationalization of
research and development by transnational corporations and
illustrates some of these changes.
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General management |
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Leadership: theory and practice
/ Northouse, Peter G.--New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2007 |
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The book offers a full coverage of
contemporary notions of leadership, including traditional
theories, salient models, and new domains. The chapters on women
in leadership, culture, and team leadership are welcomed
additions. The sophisticated but readable style and the
inclusion of superb case material make this book a valuable
resource for both entry level and advance leadership course.
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12: The Elements of great
managing / Wagner, Rodd.--New York: Gallup Press, 2006 |
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This wonderfully documented book
provides a clear case for the elements that enhance performance
in organizations. Implementing the recommendations in 12 will
most certainly increase the productivity of your employees. |
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Leading with wisdom:
spiritual-based leadership in business / Mikkelsen, Peter Pruzan.
--New Delhi: Response, 2007 |
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The book portrays an emerging
global culture. This path breaking book offers the experiences
and perspectives of 31 top executives from 15 countries in 6
continents. They are executives who express from their first
hand experience what it is like to lead a business from a
spiritual basis. They tell amazing, down to earth, real life
stories about how spirituality and rationality can go hand in
hand in leadership and life. |
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We are like that only:
understanding the logic of consumer India / Bijapurkar,
Bijapurkar. --New Delhi: Penguin group, 2007 |
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With a billion plus consumers
India is one of the largest, most varied and stratified markets
in the world today. It is young, with rising incomes and
purchasing power, and has only just begun its consumption
journey. Why is the India market untenable? Will India really be
the world's next consumption powerhouse? Does the Indian middle
class really exist? Irreverent and insightful, this book answers
all these questions as it casts an unblinking eye on twelve key
facets of consumer India.
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International relations |
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After the Neocons: America at
the crossroads/ Fukuyama, Francis. --London: Profile Books,
2007. |
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The subject of this book is
American foreign policy since the Al-Qaida attacks of September
11, 2001. The author argues that the Bush administration is
applying the principles of neoconservatism wrongly. Certain
interpretations of this ideology helped America during the Cold
War, but during the 1990s the principles were used to justify a
foreign policy that led the war in Iraq. |
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An Eye at the top of the world:
the terrifying legacy of the cold war's most daring CIA
operation / Takeda, Peter. --New York: Thunders Mouth Press,
2006
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The book is both a dramatic
history and a harrowing present-day account of Takeda's expetion
to solve the mystery of Nanda Devi. |
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Land
economics |
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The Politics of water resource
development in India: the Narmada dams controversy / Wood, John
R. --New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2007 |
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The author analyses the politics
of the inter-state river water dispute over Narmada in the
context of Indian center-state and inter-state relationships,
and the constitutional and legal mechanisms for resolving
disputes among riparian states; the upstream-downstream politics
implicit in the battle between downstream Gujrat and Rajasthan
versus upstream Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
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The Panic of 1907: lessons
learned from the markets perfect storm / Bruner, Robert F. --New
Jersey: John Wiley, 2007 |
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The book offers a deeper
understanding of what influences financial markets both then and
now. Through this engaging case study of the panic and crash,
authors provide a useful framework for understanding these
events, suggesting that major financial crises can be the result
of a convergence of certain, unique forces-the forces of the
market's perfect storm that can cause investors to react with
alarm.
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Photography & photographs
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Delhi then and now Delhi now /
Kapoor, Pramod, ed. --New Delhi: Roli Books, 2007. (Reference)
Location: Delhi Documenta |
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A city of dreams and desires,
Delhi's urban landscape is incomplete without the stones of
seven ancient cities which give it a distinct meaning, a
distinct outlook. This modern city on the move-the colours and
digital vibrancy of the photographs capturing Delhi in all moods
and monuments is as imposing as the grand old structures of
yesterday. |
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From technological to virtual
art / Popper, Frank. --Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2007 |
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The rapid development of digital
technology and interface design has made it increasingly
difficult to summarise recent trends in the meeting between
technology and art. This new book gives an insightful overview
of the technological arts by clarifying the concept of virtual
art. The author outlines its historical development and explains
its ability to immerse the body and senses of its participants
in a simulated world. |
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Production |
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Economic and social survey of
Asia and the Pacific 2007: development in an ageing World /
United Nations.--New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2007.
(Reference) |
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This publication is a timely and
valuable contribution towards a better understanding of the many
development challenges faced by the nations of Asia and the
Pacific. The survey also addresses the issue of gender
discrimination. Restrictions on women's choices and
opportunities carry significant socio-economic costs at all
levels of society. The survey proposes action in our basic
sectors: economic participation; education; health; and
empowerment. In each are, examples of best practices illustrate
the proven efficacy of the recommendations. |
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Public finance |
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Financing cities: fiscal
responsibility and urban infrastructure in Brazil, China, India,
Poland and South Africa / Peterson, George E., ed. --New Delhi:
Sage Publications, 2007 |
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This book looks at the practical
policy dimension of reconciling two valid policy perspectives:
the need to boost urban infrastructure investment levels and the
need for prudent fiscal management across all levels of
government all in the context of decentralizing service delivery
responsibilities. The volume provides a menu of experience
tested institutional arrangements and financing strategies, thus
offering a much better informed basis for making policy choices. |
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Global development finance
2007: the globalization of corporate finance in Developing
countries / World Bank. --Washington: The World Bank, 2007.
(Reference) |
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This is the World Bank's annual
review of recent trends in and prospects for financial flows to
developing countries. This year's special topics low income
countries' access to commercial debt markets and financial
globalisation of the corporate sector in developing
countries-highlights two areas of increasing importance to the
future growth and financial stability of emerging market
economies. |
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Social Science |
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Women, Quotas and Politics /
Dahlerup, Drude, ed.--London: Routledge, 2006. |
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This book offers the first global
comparative analysis of the new trend to introduce gender quotas
in public elections written by researchers from all major
regions in the world. This book presents cutting-edge research
about the discursive controversies and actual implementation
processes in countries with quota provisions. |
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