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Biography |
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Diplomat reveals / Budhwar, Prem K. --Delhi: Pearson
Education, 2007 |
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Over the years spent serving as an
officer in the Indian Foreign Service, author had the rare
opportunity to deal and actively interact with hundreds of
people, many of them prominent public figures. His observations,
full of with and insights, humanize these and other people he
encountered, people from all walks of life who affected and
engaged him. |
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Economics |
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Can India grow without Bharat? / Acharya, Shankar.--New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2007 |
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Can India
grow without Bharat? Can we reap the "demographic dividend" of a
young population? How should we revive industrial employment? Is
the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act affordable? How can
populism be restrained? Can 8% growth be sustained? The author
provides forthright and proactive answers to these key issues
about India's
development. |
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Fiscal policy: developments in India, 1947-2007 / Sury, M. M. --New Delhi: Indian Tax Foundation, 2007 (Reference) |
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This book provides an exhaustive and analytical account of
fiscal developments in India since Independence in 1947 with
focus on post 1991 reforms. The book is organized into 10 parts,
each part containing chapters/information dealing with some
aspects of fiscal policy in India. Fiscal policy is an important
instrument of the general economic policy of a government |
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Sixty years of the Indian Economy: 1947 to 2007 / Prasad, C.S.
--New Delhi: New Century Publication, 2007.
In 2 Volumes (Reference) |
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This book provides a comprehensive description and analysis of
developments in various sectors of the Indian economy since
independence. It particularly focuses on reform measures
undertaken since 1991. The areas covered are: human resources,
five year plans, economic reforms, agriculture, industry,
infrastructure, fiscal policy, money and prices, banking and
finance, employment and labour welfare, social security,
environment and foreign trade. The work puts in year-wise
(1947-48 to 2006-07) review of developments in leading sectors
of the economy is another key feature of the book. It also
provides time-series data on Indian economy |
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Geology |
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Early marine charts of India / Sharma, S.P. --New Delhi: Himalayan Books, 2007 (Reference) |
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This book discusses in brief the history of Marine cartography
of India, evolution of Indian Nautical Charts and contains Atlas
of Early Marine Charts in a geographical sequence alongwith
lists of marine charts prepared by various Hydrographers. A
cartographical appraisal of the marine charts has been included
for the benefit of the readers. |
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History |
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100 wonders of the World: the finest treasures of civilization
and nature on five continents--Lisse: Rebo International, 2007 (Reference) |
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There were Seven Wonders of the World in classical antiquity. Today there
are many more man-made wonders from those of the modern age such
as the skyline of Manhattan, San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge,
and the Eiffel Tower to Medieval wonders such as the Holy Roman
Emperor's palace fortress of El Scorial in Spain, the Taj Mahal
built by a grief-stricken Mogul, the astonishing Great Wall of
China that is the only impression of humankind that can be seen
from space or the remains of the civilizations of the Mayans and
Aztecs. This book reveals one hundred wonders of today's world
and takes us on a journey of discovery through the magnificent
colour photographs of these great treasures of our civilization
and of nature. |
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Dateline: a day-by-day guide to people, place, and events /
Millennium House.
Elanora
Heights: Gordon Cheers, 2006 (Reference) |
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This book is a book of days for our time - an illustrated guide
to every day of the year that can be used as both a reference
and an entertaining beside companion. With one day per page, we
can use Dateline to look up great moments in history, the births
and deaths of famous people, and days to remember as well as
related articles and anecdotes, quotations, and photographs. |
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Forgotten wars: the end of Britain's Asian empire / Bayly, Christopher. --London:
Allen Lane, 2007 |
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This extraordinary book is a vivid, highly original account of
the creation of a new Asia after the Second World War - an
unstoppable wave of nationalism that ultimately swept the
British empire aside. It tells the definitive story of how
India, Pakistan, Burma and Malaysia came into existence and how
British interference in Vietnam and Indonesia fatally shaped
those countries futures |
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International Relations |
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Banning the bomb: the politics of norm creation / Mallavarapu,
Siddharth. --Delhi: Pearson Education, 2007 |
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This book participates in the ongoing debate on international
norm creation between realities and constructivists in
international relations scholarship. While realities argue that
norms merely mirror dominant power interests, constructivists
suggest that the story of norm emergence is more complicated and
dependent on politically contingent configurations of ideational
and material forces. |
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Law |
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Basic documents on human rights / Brownlie, Ian, ed.--New Delhi: OxfordUniversity Press, 2007 |
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The book provides an extensive collection of key documents
covering all elements of the subject, accompanied by
authoritative commentary and bibliographic annotation. The
result is a clear and accurate set of the most important human
rights instruments adopted by the United Nations and its
agencies, by regional organizations, and other actors in the
field. This text contains the essentials for a thorough study of
human rights. |
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Competition law today: concepts, issues, and the law in practice
/ Dhall, Vinod, ed. New Delhi:
Oxford
University Press, 2007 |
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The principal objective of competitive law is to protect the
competitive process. It prohibits activities such as collusive
agreements to fix prices or outputs, abuse of dominance, or
monopolization, and anti-competitive mergers. This unparalleled
volume, with contributions from eminent international, as well
as Indian specialists, offers a comprehensive survey and
analysis of key concepts and issues in competition law. |
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Literature |
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The Time seller: a business satire / Bes, Fernando Trias de. --San Francisco: John Wiley, 2007 |
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This book is more than a brilliant fable. It is telling satire
about life in modern times. This deceptively simply story
reminds us that the system should take from the individual only
the time that is fair and absolutely necessary, and it should,
in turn, provide him or her with the means to express love,
humanity, spirituality, cooperation, solidarity, and helps for
others. |
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Chowringhee / Sankar. --New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2007 (Reference) |
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Chowringhee is a sprawling saga of the intimate lives of
mangers, employees and guests at one of Calcutta's
largest hotels, the Shahjahan. Shankar, the newest recruit,
recounts the stories of several people whose lives come together
in the suites, restaurants, bar and backrooms of the hotel. As
both observer and participant in the events, he inadvertently
peels off the layers of everyday existence to expose the seamy
underbelly of unbidden desires, broken dreams. Callous
manipulation and unbidden tragedy. |
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Management
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The Book of luck: brilliant ideas for creating your own success
and making life go your way / Summers, Heather.
New Delhi: Wiley India, 2006
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This book will appeal to people who want to move up in life,
people who have been made redundant, people who have plateaued
in their careers and people who are ambitious for the next step
or simply people who want to make more of themselves in a
business or personal context. |
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Mental Health
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Defeat depression: tips and techniques for healing a troubled
mind / Dosani, Sabina. --Delhi: Pearson Power, 2007
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Depression is greatly misunderstood. Those who admit to
suffering from it very often feel ashamed. Those who have never
suffered from it think it's all a matter of getting a grip. This
book offers a real insight into the condition with practical,
tried and tested techniques to help people overcome overwhelming
feelings of despair or melancholy. |
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Psychology
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Downshift to the good life: scale it down and live it up /
Huggins-Cooper, Lynn. --Delhi: Pearson Power, 2007 |
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This book is for anyone who dreams of a more peaceful and
relaxing lifestyle and who wants to leap off the treadmill. It's
packed full of inspirational ideas to help readers assess where
they are, where they want to be and how to get there. A daydream
of living and working in the country is a great thing, but
reality can also be harsh. |
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Social Action
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Giving: how each of us can change the world / Clinton, Bill. --New York: Knopf, 2007 |
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This book is an inspiring look at how each of us can change the
world. First, it reveals the extraordinary and innovative
efforts now being made by companies and organizations and by
individuals to solve problems and save lives both down the
street and around the world. Then it urges us to seek out what
each of us, regardless of income, available time, age, and
skills, can do to help, to give people a chance to live out
their dreams. These remarkable stories demonstrate that gifts of
time, skills, things, and ideas are as important and effective
as contributions of money. |
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Sociology |
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A Moral reckoning: Muslim intellectuals in Nineteenth-
century Delhi / Mushirul Hasan.
New Delhi:
Oxford
University Press, 2007 (Reference)
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This book, the first of its kind, illumines the little known
world of men of letters through the speeches and writings of
five significant and influential figures in nineteenth century Delhi:
Mohammad Zakaullah, the historian; Nazir Ahmad, Urdu's first
novelist; Sayyid Ahmad Khan, the great Aligarh reformer. This
unique volume showcases their lives, values, and responses to
the changes around them including the onset of colonial rule,
the 1857 Rebellion, and, above all, the impact of their thinking
and activism on their contemporaries. |
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Occupational choices, networks and transfers: an exegesis based
on micro data from Delhi slums / Mitra, Arup. New Delhi: Manohar, 2003 (Reference) |
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This volume analyses occupation, earning, and standard of living
of the low income households from slum clusters in Delhi, and
lays emphasis on strategies and efforts initiated by the slum
dwellers to cope with uncertainties they face. The role of
informal institutions or networks in accessing information
pertaining to the urban labour market, and in experiencing an
upward mobility, constitutes an important dimension of the
analysis. |
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