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Tracing Eisenman: Peter Eisenman,
complete works/ Davidson, Cynthia, ed. --London: Thames and Hudson,
2006. (Reference). |
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New York based
architect Peter Eisenman is one of the most significant
international figures of the postwar period. Through his extensive
theoretical writings and built projects in the United States, Japan,
Spain and Germany, he has influenced generations of architects and
educators and opened the way for the current digital avant-garde.
This is the first single volume, comprehensive overview ever
published of Eisenman's buildings and projects, from his first work |
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Autobiography/Biography |
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Dare to dream: the life of M.S. Oberoi
/ Karkaria, Bachi J. --New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2006. |
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Born in a small
village in Punjab at the turn of the century, Rai Bahadur Mohan
Singh Oberoi began his career in the hotel industry on a fifty rupee
a month wage at Simla's Cecil hotel. But he was not destined to
remain in his lowely position for long. In his well researched and
candid biography, written with M.S. Oberoi, Bagchi J. Karkaria
describes how a man of an internationally celebrated hotel chain,
and details how a major business is established, operated and
maintained at the top. |
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How life imitates chess / Kasparov, Garry. --London: William Heinemann, 2007. |
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The most
successful chess player of all time shares his insights into life as
a game of strategy he has learned from dominating the world's most
intellectually challenging game - lessons about mastering the
strategic and emotional skills to navigate life's toughest
challenges and maximize success no matter how tough the competition. |
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Business &
Technology |
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Service-oriented architecture: a
planning and implementation guide for business and technology/
Marks, Eric A. --New Jersey: John Wiley, 2006. |
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Service
oriented architecture (SOA) is the most important and most
misunderstood influence on information technology (IT) strategy and
enterprise architecture, a critical discipline to make web services,
and services in the general sense, work together to help
organizations plan, implement, and achieve SOA value. This book
clarifies and simplifies this complex topic and complex
organizational goal. |
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Dictionary |
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Oxford dictionary of scientific
quotations / Bynum, W. F., ed. --New York: Oxford University Press,
2006 |
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This stimulating
collection charts the progress of the great ideas of science. Ten or
twenty aptly chosen quotations taken from the writings of the great
scientist can genuinely provide a digest of their most important
scientific perceptions and findings. |
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Economics |
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India: land policies for growth and
poverty reduction/ World Bank. --New Delhi: Oxford University Press,
2007. |
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Land has always
been of enormous economic and social relevance in India.
Historically, land revenue has long been a key element of public
service. By reducing investment and undermining the functioning of
land markets, recent deterioration in the quality of land records is
threatening to undermine India's growth and global competitiveness.
This report draws on in-depth study of land administration records,
registration, surveys, and settlement in 14 states to assess the
status of land administration. |
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Film |
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Complete A to Z media & film studies
handbook / Clark, Vivienne. : Hodder Arnold, 2007. |
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This book is an
alphabetical reference book designed for ease of use which is
followed by an explanation. The more important the term, the more
detailed the entry. The A-Z format makes it exceptionally easy to
use. |
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History – India |
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The last Nizam: the rise and the fall
of India's greatest princely state / Zuberzycki, John. --Sydney:
Picador, 2007. |
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The book is the
story of an extraordinary dynasty, the Nizams of Hyderabad, and how
the heir to India's richest princely state gave up a kingdom and
retired to the dusty paddocks of outlook Australia. A delicate and
detailed work adds a crucial chapter to the history of India,
capturing the very scent of wine, women and wealth whose appetites
kept the Nizams in news and scandal while simultaneously deepening
their legend |
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Reflections in a sacred pond: an
inquiry into India's history, mythology and religion through 80
questions/ Baig, Murad Ali. --New Delhi: Tara Press, 2007. |
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The author does
not question the importance of faith but outlines how all religions
have been captured by the vested interests of professional priests
claiming to be God's sole selling agents leading to distortions,
superstitions and religiously that the founding sages would have
abhorred. He analyses the five creators of religion: the founding
prophets, the apostles, priests, the rulers and the rich as patrons
and finally the common people whose offerings and sacrifices make
the places of worship so rich. |
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Literature |
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William Shakespeare complete works
/ Bate, Jonathan, ed. --New York: Modern Library, 2007. (Reference). |
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The text in this
edition is based on the 1623 First Folio, the first and original
complete works lovingly assembled and seen into print by
Shakespeare’s fellow actors. The first Folio is a literary icon and
is the version of Shakespeare’s text preferred by many actors and
directors, yet no one has edited it in it’s entirely for over three
hundred years |
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Mathematics |
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Einstein's heroes: imagining the world
through the language of mathematics / Arianhold, Robyn. --Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 2005. |
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This book is about
the age old human quest to make sense of the physical world. It is
centered on the work of James Clerk Maxwell, who created the
paradigm of present day physics with his theory of electromagnetism.
He was the first physicist to embrace deliberately the ambiguous
relationship between language and reality; the first to accept that
in a very real sense, language is reality. |
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Political Science |
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Frontiers of justice: disability,
nationality, species membership / Nussbaum, Martha C. --New Delhi:
Oxford University Press, 2006. |
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Achieving social
justice is one of the key challenges facing the world today.
Scholars of political theory have long grappled with issues arising
from it. However, as the history of ideas shows, the concept itself
has undergone much change over the centuries and there is no
watertight definition of what justice connotes in the contemporary
context. |
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Psychology |
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Got what it takes? Successful people
reveal how they made it to the top / Boggs, Bill. --New York: Harper
Collins, 2007. |
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This readable book
is packed with revelations and a host of suggestions about how we
can approach our career and the professional challenges we face. It
is an inside view of what makes the most successful people tick and
a lessons in life career guide from accomplished stars at the top of
their games. |
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Religion |
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Geography of Religion: where God
lives, where pilgrims walk / Hitchcock, Susan Tyler. --Washington:
National Geographic. (Reference). |
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Authoritative and
guided by a spirit of respectful inquiry, The book reveals a vivid
map of the paths we follow toward a higher truth. The book traces
the geography and spread of the five major world religions and takes
the reader through their histories |
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Social Sciences |
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Facilitating multicultural groups: a
practical guide/ Hogan, Christine. --London: Kogan Page, 2007. |
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The book provides
a practical approach for facilitators needing to enhance their
skills when working with people from a diverse range of backgrounds.
Using a step-by-step approach, it takes the facilitator through
ideas, processes, models and frameworks that are designed to assist
with the preparation, facilitation and evaluation of workshops. |
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Urban women in contemporary India: a
reader/ Ghadially, Rehana. --London: Sage Publications, 2007. |
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This anthology
explores the impact of globalization on Indian women and the
struggle for gender equality. Since urban India has taken the
initial benefit and brunt of globalization, the focus here is on
urban women, particularly from the educated middle class. Since the
early 1990s, feminists in India have been rallying against
integrating the Indian economy into the world market, perceiving it
as a phenomenon which will lead to increased feminization of poverty
and the commodification of women. |
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Sports |
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Dream team India: the best World cup
squad ever! / Menon, Suresh. --New Delhi: Puffin Books, 2006 |
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This book tells us
how these men became icons, how India has performed in one-dayers
and in the World Cup since its inception, and why we have not won
the cup since 1983. There are also some cool new ways to enjoy
cricket at home get together some friends and play dice and book
cricket using the rules given at the end of the book. |
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Men in white: a book of
cricket / Kesavan, Mukul.--New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2007 |
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The book looks
back authoritatively, at everything: at the 'Pandara Park' cricket
of his childhood, at the usurpation of radio commentary's domain by
television, changes in Test cricket brought about by the one-day
international, as well as variations in cricketing fashions and
attire over the years. The author also examines the health of Test
cricket, the problem of chucking, the increasing influence of
technology on the on-field decision making processes, and the
wickedness of the ICC. |
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Travel |
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100 most beautiful cities of the
world: a journey across five continents / Leier, Manfred, ed. : Rebo
Publishers, 2006. (Reference |
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This superbly
illustrated book takes us on a world trip through the medieval town
centres of Europe, to the bazaars of the Orient, and the skyscrapers
of the modern western world. One hundred special towns and cities
are included in the journey. It is the combination of magnificent
architecture created by former rulers, the temples and church towers
together with the narrow alleys of the old city centre. |
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On the road to Kandahar: travels
through conflict in the Islamic World / Burke, Jason. --London:
Penguin books, 2007 |
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A personal odyssey
shot through with vivid description and human sympathy. In the
summer of 1991 author set off to join Kurdish guerillas fighting in
Iraq. It was the start of a remarkable journey that would take him
from the sands of the Sahara to the highest peaks of the Himalayas,
revealing the true complexity and variety of the Islamic world. |
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