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A fire broke out at around 7 pm on 18 July 2012 at Maruti Suzuki India'smanufacturing plant in Manesar. It claimed the life of a manager. Within days, overtwo thousand temporary workers and 546 permanent workers were dismissedby the company, and 13 of them-including...

An authoritative engineering periodical index that captures the year's technical conversation. A scholarly compass for engineers. This engineering reference anthology organises the scattered notices, abstracts and bibliographic entries of 1907 into a single, referenced framework, rendering otherwise hard-to-find material discoverable for modern readers. As...

A living archive of colonial-era enquiry. For naturalists and scholars alike. Volume X of Transactions And Proceedings And Report Of The Royal Society Of South Australia is a rigorous scientific journal collection and a conscientious natural history anthology: an academic proceedings volume that assembles...

An enduring record from the tropics. Rare, precise, and quietly authoritative. The Gardens' Bulletin, Singapore (Volume 49, Part I, June 1997) stands as a focused entry in botanical garden publications and a welcome addition to any botanical journal collection. As a scientific periodical from...

Practical precision, taught with clarity. Measure carefully, record with care. Harold Whiting's A Short Course of Experiments in Physical Measurement (Part III) - Principles and Methods is a compact, field-minded physics laboratory manual born of nineteenth century science. It arranges physical measurement experiments into...

An instruction manual that still rings true. A practical guide for tinkerers. Selimo Romeo Bottone's Electric bells and all about them: A Practical Book of Practical Men is a hands-on vintage electrical engineering guide and a practical bell wiring manual written with refreshingly clear...

When faith collides with empire, destinies are remade. Henrik Ibsen's Emperor and Galilean, A World-Historic Drama (Volume V) stands as a monumental classic theatre piece, exploring the late Roman Empire's shifting sands of belief, power, and identity. In this sweeping historical drama play, Ibsen...

A marriage unravels beneath the gaslight, exposing the raw edges of love and loss in Victorian society. Alan's Wife, a dramatic study in three scenes by Lady Florence Eveleen Eleanore Bell and Elizabeth, invites readers and theatre lovers into the heart of marital conflict...

Author: Immanuel KantISBN-10: 935403733XISBN-13: 9789354037337Publisher: Alpha EditionLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/10/2020Pages: 132Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

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How illegal cash is destroying the fabric of cricket Who killed Hansie Cronje and Bob Woolmer? Have players from the national squad been involved in match-fixing? Is suspending IPL teams punishment enough for erring franchise owners? Should betting be made legal in India as...

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'A compelling story that paints a troubled land in magical colours' - Anees Salim 'Under the shadow of guns, a terrible beauty is born beside the fields of ripe maize and the gurgling mountain streams ...Red Maize chronicles the human tragedy that lies at...

An unflinching look at how India can be governed better GETTING IT RIGHT IN KOLLAMIn his debut book, On a Clear Day You Can See India, C. Balagopal gave an anecdotal account of his early years as a young IAS officer in Manipur. While...

You have a potential bestseller, but you're sick of stumbling around, manuscript in hand, begging publishers to look at it? You're a published writer who has sold exactly three copies of your book, of which two are to your mother? Fear not. From India's...

Do you wake up dreaming of millions screaming your name? Do you fantasize about your face beaming down from hoardings? Do you practise your Oscar thank-you speech in your head? Or see yourself walking the red carpet at Cannes? Is a career in showbiz...

One of India's Finest Actors Talks His Most Iconic RolesSoumitra Chatterjee became internationally famous with his debut in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar. In an era when Uttam Kumar ruled the minds and hearts of Bengali film audiences, Chatterjee carved a niche for himself, emerging...

The book contains the secrets of success, and it applies as much to most forms of life's endeavour as it does to sport When you understand that pressure is part and parcel of your life and that there are things you can do to...

Landscaping projects in GCC countries, particularly the UAE and Saudi Arabia, present unique contractual, technical, and environmental challenges. From design, procurement, and execution to dispute resolution and maintenance, contractors face risks that can impact project timelines, budgets, and quality. This book is a comprehensive...

Based on a true story, "Fatima" is a poignant graphic novel set in the idyllic Palestinian village of Ayn Ghazal in 1948. Fatima and her sister Khadra live a life filled with simple joys and the love of their family, until the brutal winds...

This report explains why women in Asia and the Pacific are more likely to suffer water insecurity, shows how it impacts their lives, and sets out ways to infuse gender into water management, policies, and governance to ensure water security for all.Highlighting how women...

This part of the book series, The Supreme - Universe is the Great-grandmother of All Genesis, offers an in-depth exploration of critical concepts in the formation and development of the Universe. It begins by providing technical clarity on the famous equation, E = mc...

This report shows how the Philippine's Malalison Island pilot hybrid solar photovoltaic project generated reliable 24/7 electricity and could be scaled up to other off-grid communities across the archipelago to improve energy equity and increase resilience.It shows how 188 households and businesses in Malalison...

This remarkable study develops a theoretical critique of contemporary discourses on secularism and assimilation, arguing that the perspective of assimilating distinct religious minorities by incorporating them into a secular and supposedly neutral public sphere may be self-subverting. To flesh out this insight, Jansen draws...

All people are equal, according to Thomas Jefferson, but all migrants are not. This volume looks at how they are distinguished in France, the United States, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark made through history between migrants and how these were justified...

The complexion of labour migration in the European Union (EU) has altered in recent years. Not only has there been a shift in the length of time labour migrants spend abroad, but the nature, scale and direction of the migration flows have also changed...

What are the special problems involved in surveying immigrant populations and ethnic minorities? How can we ensure adequate representation of these growing groups in general population surveys? This book is the first to address these challenges in a systematic way. Experiences from eight Western...

Indonesia's democratic political parties developed rapidly after the end of the New Order era (1966-1998). Based on extensive fieldwork, this book provides a new and necessary perspective on the activities, administration, and membership of the local branches of four large parties. The author also...

Once at the margins of the art world, film now occupies a prominent place in museums and galleries. Exhibiting Cinema in Contemporary Art explores the emergence of cinema as a primary medium of artistic production, offering an in-depth inquiry into its genesis, its defining...

Television as we knew it is irrevocably changing. Some are gleefully announcing the death of television, others have been less sanguine but insist that television is radically changing underneath our eyes. Several excellent publications have dealt with television's uncertain condition, but few have taken...

Borrowing from a range of theories on spacemaking and material religion, and with contributions from anthropologists working in the United Kingdom, Mali, Brazil, Spain, and Italy, this fascinating and comprehensive study develops an anthropological perspective on modern religious architecture including mosques, churches, and synagogues....

The Syntax of Dutch will be published in at least seven volumes in the period 2012-2016 and aims at presenting a synthesis of the currently available syntactic knowledge of Dutch. It is primarily concerned with language description and not with linguistic theory, and provides...

This comprehensive history of the humanities focuses on the modern period (1850-2000). The contributors, including Floris Cohen, Lorraine Daston and Ingrid Rowland, survey the rise of the humanities in interaction with the natural and social sciences, offering new perspectives on the interaction between disciplines...

The artist, at least according to Honoré de Balzac, is at work when he seems to be at rest; his labor is not labor but repose. This observation provides a model for modern artists and their relationship to both their place of work-the studio-and...

Physical safety is a core task of government. It is neither surprising nor unreasonable for government to be held accountable for hazardous substances, for food safety, for flood protection, for the spread of infectious diseases, or for the risks involved in new technologies. In...

This much-awaited second volume investigates the changes in subject, method and institutional context of the humanistic disciplines around 1800, offering a wealth of insights for specialists and students alike. Point of departure is the pivotal question whether there was a paradigm shift in the...

Installation art has become mainstream in artistic practices. However, acquiring and displaying such artworks implies that curators and conservators are challenged to deal with obsolete technologies, ephemeral materials and other issues concerning care and management of these artworks. By analysing three in-depth case studies,...

Receives accolades by the ICAS 8 Committee 2013 Northeast Migrants in Delhi: Race, Refuge and Retail is an ethnographic study of migrants from India's north-east border region living and working in Delhi, the nation's capital, Northeast India borders China, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia....