Andre Agassi is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted ever to step   onto a tennis court-but from the early childhood he hated the game. In this autobiography, Agassi tells the story of a life framed by such conflicts, a life balanced precariously between self-destruction and perfectionism. The author brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match and every public relationship.

This is an inspirational account of an Indian entrepreneur. This is a story of a boy who grew up in a remote village and went from riding a bullock cart to owning an airline, one that would become India's first and largest low-cost carrier.

The rise of Sonia Gandhi to leader of the venerable Congress party is one of the most remarkable stories of recent times. The biography also gives fascinating insight into the inner world of Congress politics and the frustrations and jealousies that ensue as various leaders, powerful in their own right, vie for the honour of being part of the inner circle.

This handbook covers all forms of direct democracy used around the world. It includes indispensible details such as how direct democracy is used to decide issue of public interest, who can initiate the various mechanisms, how the ballot text might be presented, how citizens can get involved, and more.

Democracy has become the norm all over the world. The international community has deepened its cooperation and assistance for the globalization of democracy. Democracy is now recognized as the ideal ruling system for a single state. As a process of integration and unification, globalization does not only mean the globalization of markets but also the globalization of the standards and values of democracy and human rights. It is an urgent appeal to our time to commit to international democracy cooperation for the globalised democracy.

Global geopolitical power is shifting, By 2050 the three most powerful countries on earth will be China, India and the United States. As the world rapidly tilts eastwards, new alliances will be formed and new rules will be set. Only those who have understood the new world order will be equipped to face these new challenges. To explain the rise of the Asian giants, and assess the implications for the rest of the world. The author examines the questions he has heard most often about Asian giants and the book tells us which way the wind is blowing and how it will affect us all.

This is a collection of specially commissioned papers for ICRIER's Silver Jubilee Conference.   The papers address important policy challenges facing India today as the country intensifies its engagement with the global economy.

This book provides insights into how best to meet that challenge, based on evidence from the World Bank's operations supporting decentralized urban infrastructure finance over nearly 30 years around the world. This single most important lesson learned from this review of experience is that any successful model requires careful tailoring to reflect the specific needs of local governments, the state of intergovernmental relations, financial sector development, and the political economic forces at play in local and central government.

This book was prepared for the Commission on growth and development to evaluate the state of knowledge of the relationship between urbanization and economic growth. It examines a variety of topics: the relevance and policy implications of recent advances in urban economics for developing countries, the role of economic geography in global economic trends and trade patterns, the impact of urbanization on spatial inequality within countries, the alternative approaches to financing the substantial infrastructure investments required in developing country cities.

This book assesses the damage caused by the fires and haze and put them in terms that are readily understandable: dollars and cents. The book looks at the damages suffered by Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore during the first outbreak of fires, in 1997.

This book focuses primarily on the basic needs of men and women in rural areas in developing countries. This is where most of the poorest people live and where there is strong evidence, collected over the past two decades, that development itself is gender specific.

The report explores how better policies towards mobility can enhance human development. It first traces the contours of human movement who moves where, when and why before analyzing the wide-ranging impacts of movement on migrants and their families and on places of origin and destination. The report fixes human development firmly on the agenda of policy makers who seek the best outcomes from increasingly complex patterns of human movement worldwide.

The book describes the prevailing conditions and status of irrigation across the globe. It presents the relevant aspects of ground water sanity, plant physiology, uptake of water and minerals by crops and trees.

The Tribune has completed 125 years of its existence, and over time, it has become the staple diet of the discerning public of North India. The newspaper was founded by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, the scion of an aristocratic family belonging to Amritsar district. This anthology, containing excerpts from the newspaper ever since its inception, provides wide-ranging insights into the history of the contemporary world.

This volume includes the remaining poems, plays essays, lectures and addresses, conversations, writings on book and open letters, messages and tributes of Rabindranath Tagore.

This practical memoir reveals what really works in the fiercely competitive game of trying to stick in the consumer's mind. And author shows how anyone can approach marketing problem from a unique angle and hit home runs, not just singles. This is a book about insights in business, how we get them, how we recognize them, how we keep them coming ideas.

The author addresses issues through lives of people like Abraham Lincon, Mahatma Gandhi, Albert Schweitzer, Emperor Ashoka, Vinobha Bhave, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, and Narayana, and Sudha Murthy, among others. The author highlights the difference between ambition and purpose, and indicates how understanding this lies at the core of knowing  oneself.

This book invites us to back to basics, i.e. to revisit the very foundations of political and moral theory, and reconsider in the light of the present global placement the relationship between ends and means, the concept of liberty, the percept of solidarity. Terrorism is a test case of our capacity to look beyond our narrow political options in order to attain the common goal of banning it legally, politically and morally.

The book critically examines the attempts that have been made to reform Bangalore's water supply and situates them in their global and national context and in that of the city's broader development. It looks at how the reforms have entered government policy and how they have been opposed, principally by the many poor in the city. This book also describes how involving private players is not the best way to ensure an equitable water supply and that treating water as a commodity is a dangerous principle to adopt for running any water service, be it public or private.

New Additions in Author's Corner

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The author examines the current situation and the impact of the global economic meltdown on the Indian economy. Although India and China have not been affected by this global economic downturn as much as several other developing countries, it is imperative to analyse the performance of the Indian economy for several reasons. The book provides an opportunity to understand several such dimensions of our economic situation and particularly its management, which played a role in ensuring a relative stability.

New Additions in Delhi Documenta

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This collection deals with the French who lived in India between 1550 and 1857, sharing their know-how and skills with the Indian states they served. The first volume concerns Delhi and Agra, capitals of the Mughal empire and some principalities like Gohad, Bharatpur (Jats), Aligarh (Marathas and Sindhia) and Sardhana (Colonel and Begum Sumroo), which became independent when the empire started disintegrating in the 18th century.

This is a history of the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi, written by the light of the history of India. It was undertaken from the conviction that the Imperial Assemblage was a standing point in Indian annals.   It was also undertaken in the hope that historical sketches might be so interwoven with the descriptive narrative, as to present pictures of Indian past and present, and bring out the contrast between the state of India under Narrative Government and its present condition under British Rule.

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