Architecture

Un-volumetric architecture expresses a new condition acquired in dealing with and designing open and public space from the nineties to today. This volume is therefore intended to offer a theoretical reflection conducted through 100 construction projects worldwide that have faced the difficult challenge of delineating and building a new identity for that transient and continually metamorphosing category that is the contemporary open space.

Arts

This book presents some significant aspects of creative arts of India through highlighting the outburst of sentiments and vision of creator and valour of his chisel, brush and hands applied on different mediums. It also reflects the moods and insight of the prossessor beside his emotional attachment to the objects..

The author makes clear that, rather than the resolution of a lifetime's artistic endeavor, most of the late works discussed are rife with unresolved contradiction and almost impenetrable complexity. He helps us see how, though these works often stood in direct contrast to the tastes of society, they were, just as often, announcements of what was to come in the artist's discipline works of true artistic genius.

Astronomy

The book takes the reader from the theories and laws of the earliest astronomers to modern space technology-presenting up-to-date ideas of the Big Bang, how the planets and stellar debris formed in our solar system, and the birth, evolution and death of stars in clear language that demystifies the jargon normally associated with this complicated subject.

The book contains up-to-date and accessible information on creation and the cosmos. The book is split up into two main sections, stars and atoms and the earth and other planets, which combined, give a concise and interesting look at our infinite surroundings. At the beginning of each of the two sections are knowledge maps, time charts and keyword pages that help put into context the complex, yet approachable, theories and studies that are examined in the subsequent chapters.

Vikram Sarabhai (1919-71), the renaissance man of Indian science, visualized the impossible and often made it happen. Founder of India's space programme, Vikram dreamed of communication satellites that would educate people at a time when even a modest rocket programme seemed daring; of huge agricultural complexes serviced by atomic power and desalinated sea water. This book is the story of this dynamic visionary. This is a vivid and intimate portrait of a multifaceted genius who died young, but whose vision still drives India's ambitious space programme and inspires Indians in all walks of life.

Civil Rights

A Practical guide to the right to information act, 2005: with case studies / Tolia, R. S. Dehra Dun: Natraj Publishers, 2006

The Right to Information Act, 2005 has been enacted to provide for setting out the practical regime of the right to information for citizens to secure access to information under control of public authority, in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority. This publication attempts to focus on the practical aspects of its implementation and throws light on certain grey areas of the RTI Act.

Cricket

This anthology paints a coherent, compelling picture of cricket's evolution over the past 30 years. The best of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack from 1978 to 2006, woven to tell the story of cricket since the centenary of Test cricket and the Packer revolution. Includes reports and articles by more than a hundred of cricket's leading writers, as well as photographs by Patrick Eager.

Commerce & Trade

This book finds that China and India's South-South commerce with Africa is about far more than natural resources, opening the way for Africa to become a processor of commodities and a competitive supplier of goods and services to these countries, a major departure from its long established relations with the North. A growing number of Chinese and Indian businesses active in Africa operate on a global scale, work with world-class technologies, produce and services according to the most demanding standards, and foster the integration of African businesses into advanced markets.

Economics

This book contains a set of exceptional voices in the debate over the relative merits of the US and alternative European models of capitalism. The debate has come to the fore due to the showdown in the deepening of European integration, Europe's poor economic performance and the need of the transition economies to find an economic model that will allow them to catch up with the rest of Europe.

History

This impressive publishing landmark traces the history of the world from the earliest times to the present day - from the building of the pyramids by the ancient Egyptians to the war on terrorism in the twenty-first century. It is rare that a book speaks so artfully to such a wide range of topics. In this we find information about the history of art, politics, religion, philosophy, science, technology, and literature seamlessly woven together to place events and advancements into historical context.

Law

The Constitution of India: popular sovereignty and democratic transformations / Sen, Sarbani.New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007

This intellectually rigorous and elegantly argued book examines fundamental issues about the basic law of the land. The author examines the founding of the Indian constitution and the emergence of its text in the background of the ideas of leading constitutional law theories, such as Habermas and Ackerman. The author suggests that the constitution can be more meaningfully understood by adopting a more complex concept of democracy.

Literature

The Cannons of Lucknow / Stuart, V. A. --Ithaca: McBook Press, 2003

Cawnpore is retaken, but they have come too late to stop the slaughter, the relieving British soldiers can only stare at the ill-sited, poorly-defended entrenchment and shake their heads, wondering why. One of only two survivors, Colonel Alex Sheridan is numb. His wife and newborn son lie dead. But now he must join General Havelock's force of barely a thousand men as they fight their way through to the besieged garrison at Lucknow.

Management

The book captures the change challenge faced by most executives and offers practical tools that not only dissect change but provide hope that the constancy of change need not be feared but relished. They explain how to anticipate leadership challenges and make them manageable. This book is a dramatic departure from the tired approach of looking back at successful companies and identifying elements of excellence..

The book demonstrates how leaders who embark on a management philosophy of personal accountability imbue their organizations with the qualities of integrity and responsibility. Those who manage by accountability viscerally know that external rules can not substitute for character. And they also know that accountability can be developed, honed through practice, and encourage in others.

Strategy creation is about doing the right things; implementation is about doing things right. Both sides of strategy equation must be aligned and managed well for today's organizations to succeed. Strategy draws on more than two decades of research and advice from leading thinkers to arm mangers with the knowledge and hands on tools they need to actively and confidently participate in strategy formulation and execution.

Good brand management is the route to getting a brand to work harder, make its proper mark and achieve success. Any brand-new or old-must be managed, nurtured, exploited and, when necessary, changed. This book is for those who know that brand management is crucial but don't know how to go about it.

Power Resources

This new edition of the authoritative World Energy Outlook discusses two visions of the energy future: under-invested, vulnerable and dirty, and or clean, clever and competitive. With extensive statistics, detailed projections, analysis and advice, WEO 2006 equips policy makers and the public to re-make the energy future.

Sociology

The book explores the economic, political, socio-spatial and cultural practices and processes relating to small cities. While intense attention from a range of disciplines and by policy makers has been paid over the past twenty years to the large metropolitan centre, there is a growing awareness that cities further down the urban hierarchy have as much to tell us about contemporary urban change.

The essays collected in this volume highlight this multiplicity by studying both notions and practices of time in relation to the different contexts in which they are enacted. Scholars from different disciplines address these topics with regard history, religion, methods of time-reckoning, festivals, life-cycle rituals, kinship and modern historiography. The essays deal with both pan-Indian notions and traditions located in Orissa.

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