Architecture

Minimum space maximum living M2 / Jodidio, Philip.--Victoria: Images publishing, 2006 (Reference) 

This book seeks to give an overview of the ways in which talented architects solve the problems and create original solutions. The difficulties are often compounded by the correspondingly small budgets allotted to limited spaces. A small space is a greater challenge to an architect than larger volumes.

Biography

A life less ordinary / Halder, Baby. --New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2006

This is the story of Baby Halder, a young woman who battled poverty, hardship and violence to make a name for herself as a writer. The story of Baby's life is a lesson in courage and survival. It has been translated into several other Indian languages.

Cities and Towns

100 great cities of the world--Hampshire: A. A.  Publishing, 2005 (Reference)

This is an ideal reference to the world's exotic, historic and modern cities. Divided by continent, it reveals the diversity of urban life and architecture across Europe, the Americas, Australasia and Asia, Africa and the Mid-East. Regional locator maps pinpoint the selected cities for each of the groups and full-colour photographs show each metropolis at its best.

Disaster Management

Introduction to international disaster management / Coppola, Damon P.

Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2007

The book discusses special issues encountered in the management of disasters that overwhelm a nation or a region, and explains the various private, non-governmental, national and international players involved in the fields of disaster management and humanitarian affairs. The book examines the four major phases of emergency management - mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery and deals with such timely topics as Hurricane, the 2004 Asian tsunami, and SARS.

Economics

The Money men: capitalism, democracy, and the hundred years' war over the American dollar / Brands, H. W.--New York: W. W. Norton, 2006

The Money Men is a riveting narrative, a revealing history of the men who fought over the lifeblood of American commerce and power.

Encyclopedias

The Encyclopedia of Mammals / Macdonald, David W., ed.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006(Reference)

This is a leading reference work on the subject, combining unrivalled academic coverage of the world's known mammals with a consistently lively and accessible approach. The definitive encyclopedia on every known mammal in the world.

Health

The Week book of healthy living--New Delhi: Penguin Enterprise, 2007

This manual is a comprehensive guide to better health and happiness in the context of urban life disorders. A fast-paced life, increasing stress, polluted environs and lack of leisure time are all common causes of ill-health in today's world. Though medical research has found cures for many diseases are putting the individual at greater risk.

History

Afghanistan: the challenge / Warikoo, K., ed. --New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2007

This book analyses the post 9/11 developments in Afghanistan, with particular reference to the rebuilding of Afghanistan, challenges to democratization, peace and stability, problem of narcotics trafficking and resurgence of Taliban.

Global Warming

Global warming: understanding the forecast / Archer, David. --USA: Blackwell, 2007

The book examines the processes of climate change and climate stability, from the distant past to the distant future. Examining the greenhouse effect, the carbon   cycle, and what the future may hold for global climate, this text draws from a wide range of disciplines, and not only summarizes scientific evidence, but also economic and policy issues, related to global warming.

Information Technology

Bangalore tiger: how Indian tech upstart Wipro is rewriting the rules of global competition / Hamm, Steve.-- New York: Tata McGraw-Hill, 2006

The book exposes the key principles of Wipro's transnational business model, offering valuable lessons in improving quality, cutting costs, motivating employees, and stream-lining processes.

Journalism

India empowered / Gupta, Shekhar. --New Delhi: Penguin, 2006

This is a landmark book, embodying the spirit of the nation and its hopes and dreams of a future in which each citizen feels truly empowered. Empowerment is one of the chief driving change in India today. This is a compilation of articles published in the Indian Express.

Linguistics

Languages and nations: the Dravidian proof in colonial Madras / Trautmann, Thomas R.

New Delhi: Yoda Press, 2006 

The book examines British rule of India brought together two very different traditions of scholarship about language, whose conjuncture led to several intellectual breakthroughs of lasting value. Two of these were especially important: the conceptualization of the Indo-European language family by Sir William Jones at Calcutta in 1786--proposing that Sanskrit is related to Persian and languages of Europe--and the conceptualization of the Dravidian language family of South India by F.W. Ellis at Madras in 1816--the "Dravidian proof," showing that the languages of South India are related to one another but are not derived from Sanskrit.

Management

Adversity advantage: turning everyday struggles into everyday greatness / Stoltz, Paul G.

New York: A Fireside Book, 2006 

The book offers proven principles and practical tools that teach us how to use adversity as a force for superior achievement, resilience, agility, innovation, energy, and happiness. This also explains how to move past avoiding or simply coping with adversity to harness its true power. Use adversity to pioneer new possibilities in your work and life.

Know-how: the 8 skills that separate people who perform from those who don't / Ram Charan. --London: Random house, 2007

The breakthrough book that links know-how-the skills of people who know what they are doing- with the personal and psychological traits of the successful leader.

Know-How is the missing link of leadership. By showing how the eight know-hows link to, interact with, and reinforce personal and psychological traits, the author provides a holistic and innovative portrait of successful leaders of the twenty-first century.

Information systems strategic management: an integrated approach / Clarke, Steve.

London: Routledge, 2007

This book provides an accessible yet critical analysis of the strategic aspects of information systems. Covering the relevant practical and theoretical material supported by extensive case studies, student activities and problem scenarios. The ISS issues will be fully integrated into current thinking about corporate strategy, addressing the fact that a range of emerging strategic issues are often ill addressed in IS strategy books.

Migration

Since 1947: partition narratives among Punjabi migrants of Delhi / Ravinder Kaur.

New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2007

This study tells the story of Hindus and Sikhs from the Northwest Frontier Province and West Punjab who made Indian's capital their new home. Based on the everyday life of the migrants in three resettlement colonies, the book focuses on the period between 1947 and 1965 from the time of partition till the official closures of resettlement work.

Public Administration

Making government work / Naunihal Singh. --New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 2006

This study tells the story of Hindus and Sikhs from the Northwest Frontier Province and West Punjab who made Indian's capital their new home. Based on the everyday life of the migrants in three resettlement colonies, the book focuses on the period between 1947 and 1965 from the time of partition till the official closures of resettlement work.

Social Psychology

Made to stick: why some ideas survive and others die / Heath, Chip.

New York: Random House, 2007

This book will transform the way we communicate ideas. It's a fast-paced tour of success stories (and failures)-the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who drank a glass of bacteria to prove a point about stomach ulcers; the charities who make use of "the Mother Teresa Effect"; the elementary-school teacher whose simulation actually prevented racial prejudice. Provocative, eye-opening, and often surprisingly funny, Made to Stick shows us the vital principles of winning ideas-and tells us how we can apply these rules to making our own messages stick.

Sociology

Feminism beyond east and west: new gender talk and practice in global Islam / Badran, Margot. --New Delhi: Global Media Publications, 2007

The book discusses Islamic feminism aims to recover and implement the fundamental objectives (maqasid) of Islam; social justice and the equality of all Muslims, including gender equality. There can be no social justice without gender equality. Islamic feminism is about gender, about women and men: their relations and interactions, about gender justice and the struggle to attain it.

Trees

Flowering trees: shrubs and climbers of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal / Khullar, Rupinder. New Delhi: Timeless Books, 2006 (Reference) 

The book is primarily meant for the nature enthusiast and each page unfolds as a visual delight, with a lively and knowledgeable text, which gives details of species, their vernacular names, characteristics and uses as also their importance in landscaping.

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