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Maximum City
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 17.00A native of Bombay, Suketu Mehta gives us an insider?s view of this stunning metropolis. He approaches the city from unexpected angles, taking us into the criminal underworld of rival Muslim and Hindu gangs; following the life of a bar dancer raised amid poverty and abuse; opening the door into the inner sanctums of Bollywood; and delving into the... more...
Quarantine
HarperCollins 2011; US$ 12.99?Thestories in Rahul Mehta's Quarantine amplify a surprising new voice: gentle, even tender, but powerful." ?Pankaj Mishra, author of Butter Chicken inLudhiana Reminiscentof Jhumpa Lahiri?s Interpreterof Maladies and the work of Michael Cunningham, Rahul Mehta?s debut shortstory collection is an emotionally arresting exploration of the lives... more...
The Limits to Scarcity
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 34.95Scarcity is considered a ubiquitous feature of the human condition. It underpins much of modern economics and is widely used as an explanation for social organisation, social conflict and the resource crunch confronting humanity's survival on the planet. It is made out to be an all-pervasive fact of our lives - be it of housing, food, water or oil.... more...
Terrorist Financing, Money Laundering, and Tax Evasion
CRC Press 2011; US$ 59.95Using the Balanced Scorecard method for assessment, this book explores the effectiveness of a government's financial intelligence units in combating terrorist financing. It explores the large-scale misuse of funds to commit financial crimes, describes how easy it is for criminals, and reviews the inter-jurisdictional problems involved. Contributions... more...
Concrete in the Marine Environment
Spon Press 1991; US$ 310.00This book reviews the marine environment, the composition and properties of concrete, history of concrete performance in seawater, causes of deterioration of concrete in the marine environment, selection of materials proportions for durable concrete, concrete practice and repair of marine structures. more...
Granular Physics
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 51.00Account of recent developments in granular physics for researchers in statistical and mathematical physics. more...
Television in India
Taylor and Francis 2008; US$ 44.95This book examines the development of television in India since the early 1990s, and its implications for Indian society more widely. Until 1991, India possessed only a single state-owned television channel, but since then there has been a rapid expansion in independent satellite channels which came as a complete break from the statist control of... more...
Pro LINQ Object Relational Mapping with C# 2008
Springer 2008; US$ 49.99It is nearly impossible today to write enterprise software without the use of one or more relational databases. Granted, there are cases when the data is transient and not stored in a database, but for the most part, software needs to consume and manipulate data in a database. It sounds easy, but there are hundreds of ways to connect software systems... more...
I Sold My Soul on eBay
The Doubleday Religious Publishing Group 2009; US$ 13.99Unique insights from an atheist?s Sunday-morning odyssey When Hemant Mehta was a teenager he stopped believing in God, but he never lost his interest in religion. Mehta is ?the eBay atheist,? the nonbeliever who auctioned off the opportunity for the winning bidder to send him to church. The auction winner was Jim Henderson, a former pastor and... more...
Displaced by Development
SAGE India 2008; US$ 49.95This compilation is a rare attempt to apply gender analysis to development-induced-displacement. and resettlement in the Indian context. It brings together leading scholar-activists,. researchers and contributors from peoples movements to critique and draw. attention to the injustices perpetrated during such processes. Facing up to the. need... more...









