• The Act of life: Amrish Puri / Amrish Puri. --New Delhi: Stellar, 2006
  
  This book captures poignant moments in the life of terrific performer Amrish Puri with the class act of chameleon, who depicted an era that encountered the most challenging facet of blending art and commerce, seeking triumph over the paradox of playing the negative and positive, to create cinematic history. The industry’s ace villain was credited with bringing the hitherto mundane villainy into strobe light, and lent it a pride of place on the billboard with his unmatched histrionics.

• Tolley's handbook of disaster and emergency management: principles and practice / Lakha, Raj, ed. UK: Lexis Nexis, 2004
  
  Disasters are as old as mankind. However nature is not alone in generating disasters. As a result o recent high-profile disasters the area of Disaster Management is becoming increasingly significant and recognized within both the public and private sectors, spanning the areas of health and safety, occupational health and risk and facilities management. This handbook is focused on ‘human-made’ and industrial disasters. The handbook emphasizes common generic themes that cut across industrial sectors. It includes topics such as crisis planning, business continuity, insurance, fire safety, construction and design, training that affects all organizations.

• India: an investor's guide to the next economic superpower / Chaze, Aaron. New Delhi: John Wiley, 2006

  India’s emergence as an economic powerhouse has captured the world’s attention in a way not seen since the opening of China’s economy. A confluence of favourable factors are now unlocking India’s enormous potential: its superb demographics, the quality of its manpower, the birth of new industries, new consumer aspirations and a radical pro-market shift in the thinking of once introverted, socialist-minded politicians and bureaucrats. This guide is about investing in what could well be the greatest opportunity in the 21st century. It looks at the phenomenal potential that is India from a wealth-creating perspective by analyzing its investment opportunities and charts a course through them. It offers global investors an important insight into where India stands economically and what its market represents in terms of an opportunity for them.

• Right to food: commissioners reports, supreme court orders; NHRC report; articles / Gonsalves, Colin, ed.--New Delhi: Human Rights Law Network, 2005

  This book provides the resources and materials on which the campaign for the Right to food in India must be based. It covers multiple orders of the Supreme court, resulting from the historic case of PUCL-v- UOI and ORS. It also includes the entire collection of reports by the Commissioners to the Supreme Court, assessing the ‘implementation’ of the Orders.

• The Golden calm: an English lady's life in Moghul Delhi/ Kaye, M. M., ed. New York: The Viking Press, 1980 (Reference)

  Emile Annie Theophila Metcalfe, the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas Metcalfe, was born at Meerut in the North West Provinces, India, in 1830. Her earliest recollections were of the family home in Delhi, where she spent most of her childhood until the age of five, when she was sent home to England; she was not to return to India until early in 1848, when she was seventeen. Just over two years later, at the age of nineteen, she married Sir Edward Clive Bayley in Delhi. This book presents her reminiscences edited by M M Kaye, providing a sparkling account of a young lady growing to maturity amid the flamboyant finery of the dying Moghul Empire.

• Scoop!: inside stories from the partition to the present / Nayar, Kuldip. New Delhi: Harper Collins (India), 2006

  In a distinguished career spanning sixty years, veteran journalist, political commentator and author Kuldip Nayar has seen and reported it all. From his vantage point at the forefront of every ground-breaking news event, in close proximity to and in close confidence of the people in power, Kuldip Nayar’s articles are all the more fascinating as they give us a first-hand account of historic political events, along with personal insights into the motives and machinations that conspired to bring them about. This book is a collection of riveting news-stories that brings alive the political history of the Indian subcontinent and the noble and not so noble—men and women who shaped it.

• The Access principle: the case for open access to research and scholarship / Willinsky, John. New Delhi: Viva Books, 2006

  Questions about access to scholarship go back farther than recent debates over subscription prices, rights, and electronic archives suggest. The great libraries of the past—from the fabled collection at Alexandria to the early public libraries of nineteenth-century America—stood as arguments for increasing access. In this book, the author describes the latest chapter in this ongoing story—online open access publishing by scholarly journals—and makes a case for open access as a public good.

• Advanced project management: a complete guide to the key processes models and techniques / Orr, Alan D. London: Kogan Page, 2004

  In today’s competitive market, project management has become one of the most valued skills in business. To thrive, it is essential that companies deliver their projects on time and to do this, they rely heavily on the expertise of skilled project managers with advanced skills. This book explains these skills and sets out the processes, methods and tools that will enable a project manager to handle more complex projects.

• The AMA handbook of project management / Dinsmore, Paul C., ed. New York: AMACOM American Management Association, 2006 (Reference)

  This handbook presents the critical concepts and theories that all project managers must master. It gives practical, how-to-do-it information on everything one needs to succeed in this complex, constantly growing field. Containing definitive models, case studies, advice, and in-depth solutions to specific project management dilemmas, it provides the reader with indispensable guidance on various topics, from passing the Project Management Professional Certification Exam, to thriving in the organization and succeeding in the project management career. The book compiles essays and advice from top professionals with specific expertise on areas such as designing adequate organizational structures, generating and maintaining teamwork, managing the project life cycle, etc.

• Field guide to project management / Cleland, David I., ed. --New Jersey: John Wiley, 2004

  This book provides information on project management in a wide variety of applications; it addresses every aspect of project management with practical explanations and advice. It provides fundamental blueprints for successful project planning and execution. Book is divided in 5 sections: Project management; Project planning techniques; Project leadership; Project oversight; Team management.

• Project management demystified / Kemp, Sid. --New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004

  Project management is all about success. Successful projects deliver value on time and under budget. Value is anything that benefits the company—or the person—that receives it. Project management is the application of all the tools, techniques, and methods people have come with to try to deliver success on unique, one-time efforts. These skills include managing time, money and teams of people to deliver successful results, and a whole lot more. This book helps one gain expertise in project management. It shows the reader how to transform a good idea into a smooth-flowing project; ensure project delivery with the “six keys to success”; analyzes design, development, budgeting and scheduling; bring teams together to come up with solutions.

• Project management: planning and control techniques / Burke, Rory. --Chichester: John Wiley, 1999

  Project management offers a structured approach to managing projects. The purpose of this book is to outline the latest planning and control techniques used by industry and commerce, particularly those used by planning software and referred to in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). This edition includes new chapters on Project Life-Cycle and Project Risk Management; coverage of the latest project management software with explanations of the calculations that happen behind the computer screen.

• Recolonisation: foreign funded NGOs in Sri Lanka / Goonatilake, Susantha. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2006

  This series of omnibus brings together a collection of the great Rabindranath Tagore. The Omnibus I brings six of the Tagore’s acclaimed works under one roof: Gitanjali; The Post Office; Creative Unity; His Hungry Stones & Other Stories; Gora; My Boyhood Days. Omnibus II includes: The Religion of Man; Four Chapters, Red Oleanders; The Hidden Treasure & Other Stories; Shesh Lekha; My Reminiscences. The Omnibus III includes Nationalism; Mashi and other stories; The Home and the World; The Cresecent Moon. The Omnibus IV includes: Two Sisters; Sadhana; Letters to a Friend; The Parrot’s Training and Other Stories; The King of the Dark Chamber; Poems of Kabir.

• Handbook for NGOs: an encyclopaedia for non-government organizations and voluntary agencies / Nabhi. New Delhi: Nabhi, 2005 (Reference)

  As the cold war ended there was a conscious policy shift in Western countries—and, as a consequence, among international agencies—which was directed at supporting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the developing world. As a result, large amounts of foreign funds began to be granted to various NGO groups with the ostensible aim of encouraging pro-people development. This book contributes to the emerging debate, which is questioning the role of foreign funded NGOs. It maintains that focused NGO penetration into the country began in the 1980s, simultaneously with the growth of the authoritarian state. It contends that their subsequent activities in Sri Lanka have had a deep and visible impact on civic life: from restructuring the state, to de-mobilising the armed forces, to privatizing foreign relations, to controlling key segments of academia and media.

• Representing India: ethnic diversity and the governance of public institutions / Jayal, Niraja Gopal. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

  This book is a part of a multi-country study examining how ethnic diversity is represented in public institutions. It provides a broad-brush account of cultural diversity in India; the contentions over identity; the institutions devised to manage and negotiate diversity; and the patterns of representation in public institutions. It provides a comprehensive account of representation along several axes simultaneously—caste, tribe and religion. It emphasizes the overlapping nature of social and economic inequalities in India, and seeks to restore to the debate on ethnic and cultural inequality the central issue of material disadvantage.

• Handbook on new public governance / Shah, Parth J., ed. --New Delhi: Centre for Civil Society, 2006 (Reference)

  New Public Governance (NPG) or managerialism in governance or new public management has had the most significant impact on reshaping public administration to cope with the challenges of globalization. This handbook offers a spectrum of choicest of articles that capture the essence of good governance. It has contributions on New Public Management, decentralization, participation, accountability and e-governance. Illustrative case studies on public-private partnerships exemplify sustainability service delivery models worldwide.

• The Language of God: a scientist presents evidence for belief / Collins, Francis S. New York: Free Press, 2006

  This book makes the case for God and for science. It considers and rejects several positions along the spectrum from atheism to young-earth creationism—including agnosticism and Intelligent Design. It proposes a new synthesis, a new way to think about an active, caring God who created humankind through evolutionary processes. The book treats the relationship of science and religion with reason and reverence. In short, it provides a satisfying solution for the dilemma that haunts everyone who believes in God and respects science.

• River of love in an age of pollution: the Yamuna river of Northern India / Haberman, David L. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006

  Celebrated as an aquatic form of divinity for thousands of years, the Yamuna is one of India’s most sacred rivers. A prominent feature of north Indian culture, the Yamuna is conceptualized as a goddess flowing with liquid love, yet the river is now severely polluted, the victim of fast-paced industrial development. This book investigates the stories, theology, and religious practices connected with the river goddess Yamuna, collected from texts written over several millennia and from talks with pilgrims, priests, and worshippers who frequent the pilgrimage sites and temples on her banks.

• Public perceptions of security in India: Results of a National Survey. Chennai: Centre for Security Analysis, 2006 (Reference)

  The term “Security” has traditionally been perceived and understood from a military perspective and even more so from that of the state. There is however a growing awareness of the need to view other and non-traditional dimensions of security which affect the lives of the citizens. This report presents first analysis in India specifically on public perceptions of security. This study was commenced towards the end of 2003 to interpret and understand the common man’s perceptions on various dimensions of security threats. The sample of the study had 2024 respondents drawn from 4 metros and nine mini metros across four geographic zones and were further categorized by gender (two categories), income levels (four categories), and socio-economic classifications (four categories).. This analysis made its clear that the security of the state and the security of its citizens are inseparable. It indicates that neglecting either would be unacceptable.

• Working futures?: disabled people, policy and social inclusion / Roulstone, Alan, ed. Bristol: Policy Press, 2005

  This book looks at the current effectiveness and future scope for enabling policy in the field of disability and employment. It includes analysis of recent policy initiatives as diverse as the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Draft Disability Bill, the benefits system, New Deal for Disabled People, job retention policy, comparative disability policy, the role of the voluntary sector and ‘new policies for a new workplace’.

• The United Nations, peace and security: from collective security to the responsibility to protect/ Thakur, Ramesh. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006

  Preventing humanitarian atrocities is becoming as important for the United Nations as dealing with interstate war. This book examines the transformation in UN operations, analyzing its changing role and structure. It considers the tension between the United States, with its capacity to use force and project power, and the UN, as the centre of the international law enforcement system. It asserts the central importance of the rule of law and of a rules-based order focused on the UN as the foundation of a civilized system of international relations.

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