Alfresco: enterprise content management implementation: how to install, use and customize this powerful, free, open-source Java based enterprise CMS  / Shariff, Munwar. --Mumbai: Packt Publishing, 2008.

This is a powerful open-source enterprise content management system. This book distils the hands-on approach of author's training courses into a concise, practical book. The emphasis is on getting up and running fast and discovering the scope and power of Alfresco incrementally through practical examples.

Mastering Joomla! 1.5 extension and framework development: the professional guide to programming Joomla! / Kennard, James. --Mumbai: Packt Publishing, 2008.

Joomla! is the world's hottest open-source content management system, and the winner of the 2006 Open Source CMS Prize. The true power of Joomla! Lies in its application framework that makes it possible for developers around the world to create powerful add-ons and extensions. Joomla! Offers a powerful application framework that makes it easy for developers to create sophisticated add-ons that extend the power of Joomla! Into virtually unlimited directions.

Global corruption report 2009: corruption and the private sector / Transparency International.-- Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009 (Reference)

This report discusses the most promising tools to tackle corruption in business, identifies pressing areas for reform and outlines how companies, governments, investors, consumers and other stakeholders can contribute to raising corporate integrity and meeting the challenges poses to sustainable economic growth and development.

Dictionaries (for reference only)

The dictionary offers comprehensive coverage of financial and management accounting and also covers financial reporting, direct and indirect taxation, auditing, corporate finance, and accounting bodies and institutions.

The dictionary covers all aspects of finance and banking, from personal investments to international trading and also covers world's important financial centres, reflecting recent changes to financial institutions.

A Dictionary of geography / Mayhew, Susan. --Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009

This dictionary contains entries on all aspects of physical and human geography, including cartography, surveying, metrology, climatology, ecology, population, industry, and development.

A Dictionary of politics / McLean, Iain, ed. --Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009

This dictionary covers all aspects of politics, from absolutism zoning and expanded coverage of political science, international relations, and methodology.

A Dictionary of statistics / Upton, Graham. --Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008

This dictionary covers all aspects of statistics and clearly explains even the most complex statistical terms. Over 2, 000 entries including 200 biographies of key figures in statistics and illustrated with useful figures and diagrams, plus worked examples.

Economics

Reducing global poverty / Hughes, Barry B. --Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, 2009 (Reference)

The book presents the most extensive set of forecasts of global poverty ever made-providing and exploring a massive, multi-issue database and a wide range of scenarios. The forecasts are long-term, looking 50 years into the future, thereby anticipating the need of the global community to think well beyond the MDGs.

History

To Uphold the world: the message of Ashoka and Kautilya for the 21st century / Rich, Bruce.

New Delhi: Penguin Book, 2008

This book is a unique blend of historical and political narrative combined with reflections on contemporary society, the international environment and human rights. The book puts forth a truly original perspective and thinking on our responses to the political, economic and ethical challenges of globalization. The author's search to found a civil and international order on principles that transcend the goals of pure economic efficiency and amoral real politics is inspired by the writings and lives of two of the greatest figures of ancient India-Ashoka and Kautilya.

The War for all the Oceans: from Nelson at the Nile to Napoleon at Waterloo / Adkins, Roy. --London: Little Brown, 2006

The book is a narrative of the Napoleonic naval wars from Bonaparte's campaign in Egypt in 1798 until his final defeat at Waterloo 1815. It begins with a significant focus on Horatio Nelson's defeat of the French fleet off Egypt and Napoleon's subsequent defeat on land. The authors then cover French invasion attempts of England. The book's central argument, is not only that the Royal navy was key to Allied victory in the Naploleonic wars but that it was the instrument of victory.

Information Technology

The long revolution: the birth and growth of India’s IT industry / Sharma, Dinesh. --Noida: HarperCollins, 2009

This is the tale of a great transformation-how country that exported spices and gems became a frontrunner in the technology and knowledge-based sector and turned into the favoured investment destination for US giants. The book discusses the genesis of computers in India; how the initial IBM monopoly was broken; how the innovative use of communication technologies turned pigmy software firms into billion dollar companies; the role of liberalisation in the IT revolution; and finally, whether this miracle can be sustained in the future.

Literature

The Prophet and the art of peace / Gibran, Kahlil. --London: Duncan Baird Publishers, 2008

The book is one of the most highly regarded poems of modern times. Kahlil Gibran achieved lasting eminence and fame as a writer in two disparate cultures. A liberating force in Arabic literature, he also became one of the most widely read authors in English, his adopted tongue. His work possesses a distinctive flavour of ancient wisdom and mysticism

Management

How Toyota became # 1: leadership lessons from the world’s greatest car company / Mage, David. New York: Portfolio, 2007

The author interviewed current and former Toyota executives in the United States and Japan in order to understand the Toyota way straight from the people who live it every day. Toyota leaders such as Jim Press, Gary Convis, Mitsuo Kinoshita, and Koki Konishi spoke freely and honestly author about the leadership philosophies that make Toyota work. Each chapter includes how Toyota has implemented their principles and a direct comparison to companies such as Ford and General Motors. These comparisons illustrate the difference between the companies and the results each achieved.

Negotiation genius: how to overcome obstacles and achieve brilliant results at the bargaining table and beyond / Malhotra, Deepak. --New York: Bantam Books, 2007

The book gives us detailed strategies including talking points that work in the real world even when the other side is hostile, unethical, or more powerful. The book is about how to improve our negotiating skills and confidence.

Memoirs / Travel

In the valley of mist: Kashmir's long war: one family's extraordinary story / Hardy, Justine.--London: Rider, 2009

A personal, moving, and vibrant picture of one of the most beautiful and troubled places in the world and described through the experiences of one family, whose fortunes have changed dramatically with those of the region. The book describes a unique and gentle culture that has been shattered by the impact of insurgency, repression, and Islamic extremism in a place once famous for the warmth between its Hindu and Muslim residents.

Military Science

50 weapons that changed warfare / Weir, William. --New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2008

This book focus on the hardware that served famous battles, from spear to missile. This book describes the effects of these weapons and how and why they changed warfare from the bloody carnage produced by hand weapons throughout history to the never used but universally feared fusion bomb, the sole purpose of which is to destroy millions of people while leaving buildings intact. Each weapon is not only described, but also illustrated to give a clear picture of its usage and effects.

Organisation Studies

Organizing words: a critical thesaurus for social and organization studies / Gabriel, Yiannis. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008

The book presents a series of essays on some 220 widely used and much debated terms in the social sciences and organisation studies. Each essay explores the meanings and uses of the word, as well as some of the controversies that surround it. The book is neither an encyclopaedia nor a dictionary, but a thesaurus. As such, it combines the original sense of a thesaurus as a treasure trove with its more contemporary meaning as of an accessible and practical resource.

Politics and Religion

Indian controversies: essays on religion in politics / Shourie, Arun. --New Delhi: Rupa, 2008

This is a collection of essays and articles which author wrote over the years, on topics ranging from Ayodhya dispute, Salman Rushdie, Shah Bano controversy, etc.. The writings on the Babri Masjid proved to be prophetic, and articulate very cogently the reasons and frustrations that led to the mosque's destruction. The other chapters are present status of Muslim Personal Law, terrorism and Kashmir, true secularism etc.

This book offers precisely the kind of reflection that the epic itself invites-moral, political and public. It shows why the Mahabharata is a classic, because it is ever timely. The author makes an attempt to inform how the great Indian epic might illuminate our present-day moral dilemmas.

Research Methods

The text offers comprehensive coverage of the design and use of the case study method as a valid research tool. This text now covers more than 50 case studies and gives attention to quantitative analysis, discusses more fully the use of mixed methods research designs, and includes new methodological insights.

Travel

India / Sarina Singh. --Australia: Lonely Planet, 2009 (Reference)

This revised edition of travel guide eases us through the spicy diversity of India -from the thrilling bustle of Delhi's bazaar's, to the laid-back beaches of Goa, the serene beauty of Himalayan Sikkim, and the majesty of Jaisalmer's ancient fort.

Wildlife Conservation

The Periyar inheritance / Saghal, Bittu. --Mumbai: Sanctuary Asia, 2008 (Reference)

The Periyar Tiger Reserve nestles in the Cardamom and Pandalam hills and this climax evergreen landscape is one of the richest treasure troves of biodiversity on this planet. The future survival of humankind and the quality of life that they will inherit will depend on the survival of forests like Periyar.

New Additions in Delhi Documenta (For reference only)

This book is on Delhi Legislative Assembly-its creation, evolution, functioning of India's capital. The study also describes the kind of experiments that were earlier made from time to time to provide a democratic set up to Delhi. The book describes Assembly-wise, the kind of men and women who had the privilege to be its members, their socio-economic background including their age, profile, occupation, educational qualifications and so on.

New Addition in Electronic Documents

This report applies a human development approach to the study of migration. It discusses who migrants are, where they come from and go to, and why they move. It looks at the multiple impacts of migration for all who are affected by it—not just those who move, but also those who stay.

Source:  http://hdr.undp.org/en/media/HDR_2009_EN_Complete.pdf

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