• Disasters: defining moments / Forty, Sandra.--Rochester: Grange Books, 2005 (Reference)
  
  This book describes some of the worst disasters of the twentieth and twenty-first century—those caused by natural events and those caused by man. The main criteria used to choose the contents of this book are not, however, based on casualty figures or damage costs—although they both play a part—but on impact. The disasters in this book fall into six broad categories: natural phenomenon; human error; ecological disasters; sheer bad luck and human malevolence.

• Built to last: successful habits of visionary companies / Collins, Jim. --London: Random House, 2005
  
  This book provides new insights and gives practical guidance to those who would like to build landmark companies that stand the test of time. It takes into account eighteen truly exceptional and long-lasting companies and studied each company in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. It examines the companies from their very beginnings to the present day—as start-ups, as midsize companies and as large corporations. It goes beyond the incessant barrage of management buzzwords and fads of the day to discover timeless qualities that have consistently distinguished outperforming companies.

• St. Stephen's college: a history / Jaitly, Ashok.--New Delhi: Lotus Collection, 2006 (Reference)

  St. Stephen’s College, which celebrated its 125th Anniversary in 2006, has a special niche amongst educational institutions of excellence, not only in Delhi but also all over India. Apart from its revered internal traditions, the College has also been an integral part of the social and structural changes that have taken place in the nation. This volume traces the history of the College from its original conception by the Cambridge Mission as an institution for higher education in 1881, through the travails of the freedom struggle, Partition, Independence and into the present world of relentless academic pressures, sporting compulsions and ever expanding opportunities.

• The History of Kutb Minar (Delhi) / Munshi, Rustamji Nasarvanji. --New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 2000 (Reference)

  This book provides comprehensive information about the history of Kutb Minar, the highest column in the world. It provides an inquiry into its origin, its Authorship, its Application on the motives that led to the Erection from the Testimony of the Mohammedan Chroniclers and the Inscription on the Minar.

• The beautiful India: Delhi / Rahman, S. A., ed. --New Delhi: Reference, 2005 (Reference)

  India is a federation of states and union territories. As of now, there are 28 states and 7 union territories in the country, all these states have made tremendous progress in almost every sphere since 1947, when the nation had attained freedom. India is a vast country. All states enjoy autonomy to a great extent and flourish in their own manner. Some states are similar to each other while others are quite different from the rest. People of one state have little authentic knowledge about other states. This book covers life and people of Delhi under various heads—Land, People, Heritage, History, Geography, Economy, Polity, Tourism, etc.

• National Geographic visual history of the world / National geographic. --Washington, D.C.: National Geographic, 2005 (Reference)

  This volume brings together world’s social, cultural and military history. Illustrations included illuminate a panoramic narrative that encompasses great empires at their zenith and desperate nations in the depths of world war, powerful rulers whose will shaped whole eras and revered holy men whose teaching still echo through countless lives. A timeline on every page highlights key events, names and dates, and color-coded cross-references make it easy to follow a subject from culture to culture or age to age.

• Project management for modern information systems / Brandon, Dan. --Hershey: IRM Press, 2006

  In the past, Project success has been defined too narrowly as simply meeting time and cost constraints for a given scope of work. However, in order for an IT project to be completely successful that basic definition of success needs to be extended to include meeting return on investment expectations, product quality, stakeholder satisfaction, security, maintainability and adapatability. This book describes and illustrates practices, procedures, methods, and tools or IT project management that address this extended definition o project success for modern times.

• The Oxford history of English / Mugglestone, Lynda, ed. : Oxford University Press, 2006 (Reference)

  This book traces the language from its obscure Indo-European roots to its position as the world’s first language. It describes the history of English in its versions, written and spoken. The book reveals the language’s rich and protean variety over the centuries and charts the progress of all its versions, standard, regional, and international. It also describes the language’s constantly changing sounds, words, meanings, and grammar.

• Rabindranath Tagore Omnibus I-IV/ Tagore, Rabindranath.--New Delhi: Rupa, 2005 (Reference)

  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)

  Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) play an important role in the development of a society. They endeavour for making good living conditions of the neglected, the underprivileged and the destitute people. Ours is a socialist country and our Government thrusts upon the upliftment of the downtrodden and vulnerable sections of the society. But without proper implementing agencies working at the grass roots level, all budgetary allocations, Government grants and aid schemes will go down the drain. This book is compiled to enable NGOs to achieve their objectives more effectively. It provides complete information on formation of NGOs, including various legal formalities, documentation, registration, raising funds from Govt. and other sources both within and outside India, management, meetings, resolutions, minutes, accounts, audit and other day-to-day work.

• Delhi Police: history and heritage / Delhi Police.--New Delhi: Delhi Police, 2006 (Reference)

  Policing is increasingly becoming a daunting task anywhere in the world and it is no different in Delhi, but despite several constraints and difficulties Delhi Police has always risen to the occasion. It has played a very significant role in Indian history. This book includes useful information regarding history and development of the police in Delhi. It provides a visual representation of the glorious history of the Delhi Police over the years and documents the role of Delhi Police in its changing form over the years.

• Another Asia: Rabindranath Tagore and Okakura Tenshin / Bharucha, Rustom. --New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006

  Set against a panoramic background of inter-Asian cultural politics, and drawing on the intersections of the late Meiji period in Japan and the Swadeshi movement in Bengal, this book elaborates on the ideals of Asia catalysed by the meeting of Rabindranath Tagore and the Japanese art historian and curator Okakura Tenshin in Calcutta in 1902. It positions the early modernist tensions of the first decades of the twentieth century within—and against—the spectre of a unified Asia that concealed considerable political differences. In addition to the countering the imperialist subtext of Okakura’s The Ideals of the East and The Awakening of the East against Tagore’s radical critique of Nationalism, it inflects the dominant tropes of postcolonial theory by highlighting the subtleties of beauty and the interstices of homosociality and love.

• Public health, ethics, and equity / Anand, Sudhir, ed. --New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2006

  Health is influenced by a variety of social, economic, and environmental factors and not just by access to health care. Health equity expresses a commitment of public health to social justice, which raises a series of ethical issues, like, what ethical problems arise in evaluating population health and health inequalities?; How sensitive should the pursuit of health equity be to contextual considerations in contrast to universal values?, etc. In addressing these important questions, this volume examines the foundations of health equity. The book centres on five major themes: what is health equity?; health equity and its relation to social justice; health inequalities and responsibilities for health; ethical issues in health evaluation and prioritization; and anthropological perspectives on health equity.

• Hinduism: a Gandhian perspective / Nadkarni, M. V. --New Delhi: Ane Books India, 2006

  This book presents a holistic understanding of Hinduism; it analyzes its dynamics and historical process to remove misunderstandings about Hinduism and to capture the whole process of rediscovery of Hinduism from time to time. The book demolishes several myths that the caste system is intrinsic to Hinduism, that Hinduism is other-worldly and indifferent to economic development, that its assimilative nature is subject to hierarchy, that it is anti-individual, that it is antirational, that it is indifferent to ethics and so on. It goes beyond apologetics and presents the dynamic process of change as well as continuity in Hinduism, and its capacity to rediscover it values from time to time to be in tune with the times.

• Indicators for urban and regional planning: the interplay of policy and methods / Wong, Cecilia. London: Routledge, 2006

  This book focuses on the measurement and utilization of quantitative indicators in the urban and regional planning field. There has been a resurgence of academic and policy interest in using indicators to inform planning, partly in response to the current government’s information intensive approach to decision-making. The first part of the book sets out the wider policy context, and the political and managerial issues, that impinge on the development of indicators and the supporting statistical infrastructure. The second part focuses on examining the latest debates over methodological issues concerning the construction and analysis of quantitative indicators. In the third part, through the case study analysis of three broad groups of indicators, some of the technical and political issues are explored in greater depth, highlighting the political-managerial perspective on the technical process of indicator development.

• Planning twentieth century capital cities / Gordon, David L. A. --London: Routledge, 2006

  The twentieth century witnessed an unprecedented increase in the number of capital cities worldwide—in 1900 there were only about forty, but by 2000 there were more than two hundred. This book is devoted to the planning and development of capital cities in the twentieth century. The focus is not only on recently created capitals. Indeed, the case studies, which make up the core of the book show that, while very different, the development of London or Rome presents as great a challenge to planners and politicians as the design and building of Brasilia or Chandigarh. The book sets out to explore what makes capital cities different from other cities, why their planning is unique, and why there is such variety from one city to another.

• Water resources management: realities and challenges / Rao, Nageswara, ed. New Delhi: New Century Publications, 2006

  Water is a prime natural resource, a basic human need and a precious national asset. Planning, development and management of water resources need to be governed by national perspectives. Ecological concern is not merely an environmental concern but also calls for prudent use of water resources. This book presents views and opinions of experts regarding conservation and effective utilization of water resources that are fast becoming scare in their availability. The articles discuss elaborately the realities in the utilization and challenges for effective allocation of water resources.

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