The book presents a political biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah. It discusses why did the partition of India take place at all and who was responsible for this. The book attempts an objective evaluation of Jinnah’s public life and political journey.

The princely states of pre-independent India threw up many charismatic leaders, political stalwarts and influential princes. Among the more dynamic was Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner (1880-1943). The book presents biography of this multi-hued personality, whose rich legacy makes him one of the most resplendent figures in the vibrant history of Rajasthan.

The Translator is a memoir of how one person has made a difference in the world–an on-the-ground account of one of the biggest stories of our time. Using his high school knowledge of languages as his weapon, while others around him were taking up arms–Daoud Hari helped in informing the world about Darfur. The book tells the remarkable story of a man who came face-to-face with genocide, time and again risking his own life to fight injustice and save his people.

This book gives an account of how and why cultural production has changed since the early 1980s. New phrases representing new phenomena have appeared, including blogging, i-Pods, podcasting, the HBO model, social networking sites and digital rights management. The book scrutinizes facts and debates about the role of culture and creativity in modern societies and provides new material on copyright, cultural policy, celebrity power, the digital distribution of music and many other issues.

Business schools, the media, the corporate sector, governments, and non-governmental organizations have all begun to pay more attention to issues of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in recent years. These issues encompass broad questions about the changing relationship between business, society, and government, environmental issues, globalization, etc. This handbook is an authoritative review of the academic research that has both prompted, and responded to, these issues.

This report arrives at a moment of great uncertainty for the global economy. The crisis that began more than a year ago in the U.S. housing market spread to the global financial system and is now taking its toll on real output and incomes. Along with 91 data tables, the report has an introduction with each section that shows statistics in action, describing the history of the current crisis, its effect on developing economies, and the challenges they face.

Al Gore, Academy Award winning filmmaker, Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and former Vice President of the US, leads the charge against climate change, the world's greatest threat, in this book. The topics from global warming to pollution are covered in a simple way.

The story of the Rajputs is a colourful tapestry growing steadily on the loom of time. This book is a human tale of scandal and intrigue, moustaches and harems. Custom, tradition and memories born in those early days all have their reasons, so do the locations of battles and forts.

The report evaluates critically the performance in terms of economy and education for three major South Asian countries: India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Overall South Asian perspective is also given on all issues that were the themes of ten previous South Asian Human Development Reports including education, health, employment, agricultural development, poverty alleviation, women's empowerment, governance and human security.

Amnesty International's Report 2008, shows that sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations, people are still tortured or ill-treated in at least 81 countries, face unfair trials in at least 54 countries and are not allowed to speak freely in at least 77 countries. Amnesty International challenged challenged world leaders to apologize for six decades of human rights failure and re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements.

This 18th annual World report summarizes human rights conditions in more than 75 countries worldwide. It reflects extensive investigative work undertaken in 2007 by Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partnership with human rights activists in the country in question.

This collection contains a selection of Jeremy Clarkson's journalism to date, from his "Top Gear" and "Sunday Times" articles. They transcend the framework of motoring to offer acute observations about people, places and the way we live.

This publication explores the prospects and challenges on the path “Towards Participatory and Transparent Governance”. It focuses on public service ethics and trust in government; governance-oriented innovations to enhance state capacity; access to services for all through participation and accountability; e-government as a tool for participation and transparency; auditing for social change; representative democracy, participator methods and capacity; development for responsible politics; corporate governance, market economy and accountability; decentralization and local autonomy for participatory democracy; and the role and capacity of civil society organizations.

This book offers the insights on the inspiring life of one of the world's most important figures. This re-imagining of his life shows how the iconic journey of the prince who became the Buddha has changed the world forever, and how the lessons he taught continue to influence every corner of the world.

Everyone in India has the fullest freedom to preach his point of view. Religious groups and individual missionaries enjoy this right as fully as others. The book discusses that even though the Church worldwide has long abandoned most of the falsehoods it has used throughout the ages to convert people, in India, missionaries are still using those to convert people.

The author combines science, history, geography, culture, and art to tell the story of science in a way kids love. The author narrates the evolution of scientific thought from ancient times to the present. With lively, character-driven narrative, author highlights the curiosity of the world's great scientists and encourages a similar spirit of inquiry in readers.

The shopping industry in India continues to be fragmented and opportunistic. To all purposes, there is a tremendous amount of activity all around in the country’s new-age organized retail spaces. As India evolves as a global marketplace, developers need to align themselves with increasing differentiation and specialization in shopping centre business. This book provides an overview of retail real estate market, consumption trends of shopping centre development, basics of mall management and mall profiles all over India.

Social Forums

The author recounts the history of the World Social Forum, the most important political innovation of recent times from the inside. He offers a clear, broad view of the multiple dimensions of the initiative.

This book takes the reader on a journey along the full length of the Himalaya, including the Khyber Pass, the hidden valleys of the Hindu Kush, ancient cities like Peshawar and Lahore, the mighty peaks of K2, Annapurna and Everest, to the roof of the world-the enigmatic Tibetan plateau.

This volume brings together two critical but interrelated dimensions of water challenge, i.e. water pollution, particularly from non-points sources, and water conservation. This volume also brings together various economic concepts and policy dilemmas regarding water shortage, non-point source pollution, efficiency of water use and irrigation technology.

New Additions in Authors’ Corner
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Elder abuse is largely rooted in the family contexts; it also has developed aberrations in the societal context with the work of institutions and individual that facilitate management of utility services, financial services, life-protecting services, and services provided by care givers. This report is a compilation of papers on the subject of the challenges faced by the Senior Citizens in their quests for survival with dignity.

New Additions in Electronic Reports

This edition of the Global Education Digest (GED) explores the changing patterns in higher education, while presenting indicators that span the entire scope of the education sector. It builds on the analyses and indicators developed for earlier editions of the GED, which focused on secondary education (2005) and tertiary education (2006). Moreover, the Digest introduces additional time series data on tertiary education to assess progress since 1970. It also expands reporting on upper secondary education graduates to 70 countries, which helps forecast the number of potential entrants into tertiary programmes.

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