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Architecture |
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Imperial conversations:
Indo-Britons and the architecture of South India / Pillai, Shanti
Jayewardene.
New Delhi: Yoda Press, 2007 |
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The author tells the story of the
Indians and British, whom she refers to as the Indo-Britons, as they
developed a mutual exchange of architectural, construction and
design knowledge from the seventeenth century onwards, which
ultimately led to the creation of a distinctive architecture in
southern India in the nineteenth century. The book unveils a complex
and exciting design interface between indigenous engineers and
architects and European soldier-engineers, responsive to the demands
of Indo-British patrons |
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Autobiography |
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Speaking for myself: the autobiography
/ Blair, Cherie.--London, Little, Brown, 2008 |
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The wife of former British Prime
Minister Tony Blair shares her personal and political life in a
talkative, entertaining memoir. The author gives a complete account
of her own life-an astonishing journey for a woman whose
unconventional childhood was full of drama and who grew up with a
fierce sense of justice. In her autobiography she reveals for the
first time what it was like to combine life as a working mother with
life married to the Prime Minister. She writes about her encounters
with scores of foreign leaders and her friendships with Presidents
Clinton and Bush, as well as with Hillary and Laura. And she offers
inside details of her relationships with the royals, including Queen
Elizabeth, Prince Charles, and Princess Diana. |
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Disaster
Management |
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Seeds of disaster, roots of response:
how private action can reduce public vulnerability / Auerswald,
Philip E., ed…[et al.]. --Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
2006 |
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The book calls for a public-private
national infrastructure protection plan to replace the current
disorganized and dysfunctional response to catastrophic threats from
terrorism, natural disasters, and gargantuan operational errors. |
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Economics |
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India: the emerging giant / Panagariya,
Arvind.--New York: Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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The book provides a comprehensive and
panoramic exposition of the twists and turns in India's economic
policy over the last several decades. India is not only the world's
largest and most fiercely independent democracy; it is an emerging
giant economy. Within the democratic structure, it has experimented
with a wide range of economic policies during the past sixty years. |
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India development report 2008 /
Radhakrishna, R., ed.--New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2008
(Reference) |
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The report provides a comprehensive
overview of the performance of the Indian economy in the recent
past. It reviews India's contemporary development and offers useful
suggestions for making growth pr-poor. This report also presents
time-series data on the macro-economy, which is useful for applied
research. |
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Managing development in a global
context / Dwivedi, O P. --New York: Palgrave, 2007 |
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The book examines the history of
development, the current global, regional and national
characteristics of present developmental and managerial dilemmas, as
well as possible future scenarios. This book brings into question
many of the unilinear and unidirectional understanding of
development, management, politics, and globalization. |
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International Resources |
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India's external relations in a
globalized world economy / Chakrabarti, Radharaman. --London: Anthem
Press, 2007 |
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The book seeks to relate India's
current foreign relations to the ongoing transformations in the
domestic economy that are a response to globalization. The post-cold
war period of liberalization saw an operational division between
state capital and private capital. India's foreign policy today is
largely concerned with the externalization of the domestic economy.
The study notes the emergence of a broad national consensus of both
the political establishment and the major conglomerates. |
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Law |
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Settle for more: the why, how and when
of mediation / Panchu, Sriram. --Chennai: East West Books, 2007 |
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This book sees
mediation as an essential part of the legal system, an answer to the
excessive conflict of the adversarial legal system. It does not,
however, view the two methods to be incompatible. We need the
adversarial method: it suits certain cases. This powerfully new
paradigm also widens the dimensions of law practice and the role of
courts.
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Management |
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Doing what matters: how to get results
that make a difference-the revolutionary old-school approach /
Kilts, James M.
New York: Crown Business, 2007 |
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The book provides the practical
idea that get results ranging from a day one action plan for
starting a new job to a chorus of cheers and support to a program of
total innovation that involves everyone in changes from small to big
bang. |
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The
Go-giver: a little story about a powerful business idea / Burg,
Bob.--New York, Portfolio, 2007 |
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The book tells the story of an
ambitious young man named Joe who yearns for success. Joe is a true
go-getter, though sometimes he feels as if the harder and faster he
works, the further away his goals seem to be. And so one day,
desperate to land a key sale at the end of a bad quarter, he seeks
advice from the enigmatic Pindar, a legendary consultant referred to
by his many devotees simply as the Chairman. The book is inspiring
tale that brings new relevance to the old proverb "Give and you
shall receive".
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How to get
to the top / Fox, Jeffrey J. --London: Vermilion, 2007 |
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This is the
guide to on how to get to the top and stay there. The book contains
hard-hitting advice on independence and self-reliance, management
dynamics and problem-solving. This book is based on the life-forming
remembrances of people who made it to the top.
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Winners never cheat: everyday values
we learned as children (But may have forgotten) / Huntsman, John
M.
New Delhi: Wharton School Publishing, 2006 |
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The book is
about ethics, values, and leadership. This book is also about
remembering why we work, and why we were chosen to lead. It's about
finding the bravery to act on what we know is right and building
teams with the same courage.
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Mass
Media |
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The Mediation of power: a critical
introduction / Davis, Aeron. --USA: Routledge, 2007 |
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The book
investigates how those in positions of power use and are influenced
by media in their everyday activities. Each chapter explores this
theme through an exploration of some of the key topic areas and
debates in the field. The book presents a critical dialogues with
the traditional paradigms in the field. These are rethought,
supplemented or discarded altogether. The discussions are
illustrated with original research material from a range of
communication environments and case study examples.
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Motion
Pictures |
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Fingerprinting popular culture: the mythic and the iconic in Indian
cinema / Lal, Vinay, ed.
New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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The book uses Indian popular cinema to
re-examine the relationship between society, politics, and culture.
Popular cinema, in recent times, has become for the middle class
both an ideological phalanx and a major vehicle of self-expression.
The medium has become a new, more powerful language of public
discourse. |
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Security |
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Conceptualizing security for
India in the 21st century / Sen, Gautam, ed. --New Delhi: New
Atlantic, 2007 |
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The present
volume is an anthology of papers presented in the first NISDA
Security Conference 2005 with interdisciplinary contributions from a
variety of professionals from government organisation, academics and
researchers on the common theme of conceptualizing the notion of
security in the 21st century.
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Sociology |
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Rural
development: macro-micro realities / Sisodia, Yatindra Singh, ed. --Jaipur:
Rawat Publications, 2007 |
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The volume is
an attempt to identify, document and comprehend the broad trends
emanating across the states. It is important to understand and
analyse the process and direction of pace and pattern of the present
paradigm shift, which would have a significant impact and critical
lessons for charting out the future course of action for effective
people-centric rural development across the country.
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Spirituality |
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A New earth: awakening to your life's
purpose / Tolle, Eckhart. --London: Penguin Books, 2005 |
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The author
presents the current state of humanity. Humanity now, perhaps more
than in any previous time, has an opportunity to create a new,
saner, more loving world. The author also describes in detail how
our current ego-based state of consciousness operates. Then gently,
and in very practical terms, he leads us into this new
consciousness.
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Water
Resources |
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The World's water 2006-2007: the
Biennial report on freshwater resources / Gleick, Peter H.
Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2006 |
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This is a
comprehensive and up-to-date source of information and analysis on
freshwater resources and the political, economic, scientific, and
technological issues associated with them. It is an essential
reference for water resource professionals in government agencies
and nongovernmental organizations, researchers, students, and anyone
concerned with water and its use.
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Transportation |
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Urban mass
transit: the life story of a technology / Post, Robert C.
--Westport: Greenwood Press, 2007 |
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The book
follows the story of transportation in cities through all stages of
its history. This volume in the Greenwood Technographies series
covers urban mass transit - that is, the technologies that allow
cities to move large numbers of people around. The development of
successive technologies has forever altered the urban landscape.
From horse-drawn omnibuses to subways to current light-rail, this
volume highlights the technological and social struggles that have
accompanied urbanization and the need for an efficient and
cost-effective means of transportation in cities.
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Travelogue |
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India: a
journey through a healing civilization / Shashank Mani. - -New
Delhi: Harper Collins, 2007 |
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The author
organized a train journey across India in 1997, on the fiftieth
anniversary India's Independence. The purpose to get a sense of how
the country had changed in the past fifty years, and what needed to
be accomplished in the future. On this twenty-two day journey, in a
specially chartered train, were 200 Indians from different walks of
life-young men and women whose commitment would help shape the
country's future. As they traveled, they discussed among themselves
the issues that bothered them as citizens, and possible solutions.
They came up with ideas on how best to fight corruption and kindle a
new spirit of entrepreneurship.
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