• In detail: house design McInturff Architects / McInturff, Mark. --Australia: Images, 2001 (Reference)
  

  McInturff’s architecture reminds all of us that the joy of architecture is in the journey, and in the very parts we can grasp with our hands. Any one of the projects in this book reveals McInturff’s infatuation with details. The beams and columns in the Andrews Viudez residence and studio are an exercise in structure as sculpture. The Bronstein Cohn library suggests the intimately scaled and richly detailed spaces of Wright’s own house and studio in Oak Park, Illinois. The cladding of the Tasker house demonstrates a range of scale and depth that can be achieved with relatively simple, vernacular materials.

• Skyscrapers: structure and design / Wells, Mathew.--London: Lawrence King, 2005 (Reference)
  

  Despite the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001, there is a continuing growth in the size and number of skyscrapers being built around the world. This book looks at 29 of the most recent of these, from the perspective of both their architecture and their engineering. It explains the structural principles behind the creation of tall buildings and the ways in which they are designed to withstand earthquakes, high winds and fire. It explores the reasons behind the continued interest in such buildings—the urge to build skyscrapers springs from an economic basis but is equally driven by a desire to create visually striking landmarks and to build the tallest.

• The Swimming pool: inspiration and style from around the world / Baker, Martha.
  London: Thames and Hudson, 2005 (Reference)
  

  Swimming pools aren’t a modern innovation by any means. On the contrary, man-made water enclosures, once known as baths, have existed in many parts of the world since ancient times. Romans were luxuriating in them in the second century BC, for example, and in India, the Middle East, and elsewhere, archaeologists have unearthed pool structures more than a thousand years older than that. This book explores four popular styles in pool design—Romantic, Modern, Classic and Rustic—and details the key elements that help to create a complete look.

• Universe: a journey from earth to the edge of the cosmos / Cheetham, Nicolas. --London: Smith Davies, 2005 (Reference)
  

  This book contains nearly 200 of the very latest colour images of our cosmic habitat, from near to far. It reveals the solar system as seen through the eyes of a fleet of interplanetary probes and satellites: Cassini, Deep Space 1, Galileo, Magellan, Mariner, Mars Global Surveyor, NEAR Shoemaker, Stardust, SOHO, TRACE, Viking and Voyages I & II. The book leads us into a celestial panorama that extends for 130 billion trillion kilometers (80 billion trillion miles) in every direction. Complementing these up-to-date and spectacular images are enlightening descriptions of the planets, stars, nebulae, white dwarfs, supernovae, black holes and other exotica that populate our universe.

• Indian classical dances; ekam sat viprah bahudaa vadanti / Narayan, Shovana. --Gurgaon: Shubhi, 2005 (Reference)
  

  India is one of the few countries in the world that has a variety of classical dance forms in addition to folk dances. In this Indian garden of classical dances, as on date, we have eight recognized classical dance forms, each so beautiful, distinct and with its own special fragrance. This book attempts to provide a detailed glimpse into all that goes into developing and making the dance form. The book first discusses the history of the region, so that there is a better understanding of the political and social conditions that led to regionalization and development of the various dance styles pertaining to that region.

• Health and economic growth: findings and policy implications / Lopez-Casasnovas, Guillem, ed. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2005
  

  Whereas human capital is a clear determinant of economic growth, it is only recently that health’s role in this process has become a focus of serious academic inquiry. This book explores the explicit mechanisms by which a population’s individual and collective health status affects a nation’s economic development and performance. The book is divided into five different sections which deal with a different aspect of this dynamic. These include: Health, human capital and economic growth; Macroeconomics, development and health; Human capital, health and demography; Productivity, labor markets and health; Quantity of life and the welfare costs of AIDS.

• World development report 2006: equity and development
  Washington, D. C.: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/ The World Bank, 2005 (Reference)
  

  Inequalities in incomes, in health, and in educational outcomes have long been a stark fact of life in many developing countries. When such inequalities in outcomes arise from unequal opportunities, there are both intrinsic and instrumental grounds for concern. Because inequalities in opportunity are often accompanied by profound differences in influences, power, and social status—to an inefficient use of resources and to less effective institutions, inequity is inimical to long-term development. This report presents evidence on the inequality of opportunity, within and across countries, and illustrates the mechanisms through which it impairs development. The report advocates taking explicit account of equity in determining development priorities.

• Environmental science: a self-teaching guide / Murck, Barbara W. --New Jersey: John Wiley, 2005
  
  

  The environment is all around us—the solid Earth, the air, and the water, supporting and sustaining people, plants, and wildlife. It encompasses the parts of the Earth system and all the living organisms that inhabit it, as well as the endless variety of interactions between them. This book focuses primarily on the scientific aspects of the study of the environment. Environmental science is both an interdisciplinary science and an applied science; it draws its fundamental principles from a number of basic scientific disciplines, particularly biology, geology, chemistry and physics. Thus, although the scientific aspects of the environment are foremost in this book; social, political, economic, and philosophic aspects are necessarily interwoven throughout.

• Environmentality: technologies of government and the making of subjects / Agrawal, Arun. Durham: Duke, 2005
  
  

  In Kumaon in northern India, villagers set hundreds of forest fires in the early 1920s, protesting the colonial British state’s regulations to protect the environment. Yet, by the 1990s, they had begun to conserve their forests carefully. This book analyzes this striking transformation. It describes and explains the emergence of environmental identities and changes in state-locality relations and shows how the two are related. In doing so, it demonstrates that scholarship on common property, political ecology, and feminist environmentalism can be combined—in an approach that the author calls environmentality—to better understand changes in conservation efforts.

• Health and human rights: basic international documents/ Marks, Stephen P., ed. Harvard University, 2004
  

  This book provides an access to the most basic instruments of international law and policy that express the values of human rights for advancing health. It includes topics like Professional ethics; Research and experimentation; Treatment of prisoners and detainees; Patients’ rights; Right to health; Right to life; Freedom from torture; War crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide; Health aspects of the right to an adequate standard of living; Occupational health and safety; Protection of the environment, etc.

• China today: an encyclopedia of life in the people’s republic / Luo, Jing, ed.
  Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood press, 2005 (in 2 volumes) (Reference)
  

  This encyclopedia in 2 volumes provides information on the main aspects of communist China. Its goal is to present an analytical view of Chinese communism in transition. The entries are generally comparative in approach, highlighting the broad-based economic reforms and social changes that have occurred in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since 1949, and especially since Deng Xiaoping’s pivotal economic reforms launched in 1978. The encyclopedia contains 239 entries covering different broad themes and topics like: agriculture and rural China; arts and literature; education; ethnic groups and issues; government, law and administration; individuals; intellectuals; social issues, etc.

• Encyclopedia of animals: a complete visual guide/ Bruce, Jenni.--San Francisco: Fog City, 2004 (Reference)
  

  The variety of animal species is staggering. So, too, is the diversity of form, behaviour and adaptation that animals display. Even in seemingly inhospitable areas, such as arid deserts and frozen polar regions, animals have evolved characteristics that enable them to survive and thrive. This book provides an authoritative survey of the intriguing world of animals. The largest portion of the book is devoted to mammals, with somewhat shorter chapters on birds, reptiles, amphibians and fishes, and the briefest on invertebrates; these groupings are further divided into orders and families, and sidebars highlight the species that fall into these categories.

• Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable--London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2005 (Reference)
  

  This dictionary has established itself as one of the great reference classics—the first port of call for tens of thousands of terms, phrases and proper names, and a fund of fascinating, unusual and out-of-the-way information. It includes entries on the meaning and origin of a vast range of words and expressions, from everyday English phrases to Latin tags. Alongside these are articles on people and events in mythology and religion, and on folk customs, superstitions and beliefs. Major events and people in history are also treated, as are movements in art and literature, famous literary characters, and key aspects of popular culture, philosophy, geography, science and magic.

• Dictionary of contemporary slang / Thorne, Tony.--London: A and C Black, 2005 (Reference)
  

  Slang derives much of its power from the fact that it is clandestine, forbidden or generally disapproved of. This edition of the dictionary is a record of the use of slang since the 1950s, concentrating on terms current in the 21st century. It describes racy and unorthodox words and phrases from the 1950s to the present day. It includes more than 15, 000 definitions and 6, 000 expressions. Favourite slang topics such as drugs, sport and bodily functions are covered, plus a vast array of obscure and surprising terms. Apart from the definitions, there is a commentary on the way the word or phrase appears, where it comes from and who typically uses it, with in many cases authentic quotes or examples of usage.

• Relationships jogajog / Tagore, Rabindranath –New Delhi: Oxford University, 2006
  

  This work presents a critical evaluation of the Bengali bourgeoisie, an undertaking in which Tagore’s own emotional and ideological investments are critically involved. Tagore began Jogajog with the intention of writing a kind of family history--of two families (the Ghosals and the Chatterjees) locked in a bitter feud over trivial issues of pride, and larger issues of incompatibility of values. It is set in the nineteenth century; but its analysis of human relations and personalities is still relevant.

• Media ethics and social change / Alia Valerie.--Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2004
  

  This book provides a wealth of evidence for the centrality and the need for ethics across all genres of journalistic and media activity. It brings theory and practice together and considers the potentially beneficial uses of media practice for humanity, addressing questions of inclusivity and diversity. Topics discussed include: ethical theories; social scientific theories; the search for a responsible practice; internationalization of the media; the ethics of interviewing; politicians, power and spin; media, minorities and gender; arts, sports and travel; ethics and images; changing technologies; and codes and principles.

• Painting the Mughal experience / Verma, Som Prakash.--New Delhi: Oxford University, 2005 (Reference)
  

  The relationship between art and the social, cultural, and political institutions that sustain it is an interesting one. Probing this relationship provides insights into the life and times of patrons and artists of any period in history. It illumines the values and concerns that shaped attitudes to creative activity at the time. This book uses rare paintings from galleries across the world and draws on diverse textual sources to delve into the social history of dominant themes, motifs, and styles. It provides a vivid account of the Mughal atelier and of the work of individual artists. Tracing the various influences on this magnificent genre of sixteenth-century narrative art, the book also touches upon parallel artistic traditions.

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