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      • Vanny Gani

        The Awakening of the Stars, a novel in the mystical fiction category & Aerial Roots a drama and comedy about the author grandmother.

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      • Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press

        Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) is a world-class publishing house founded on international best practices, excellence and innovation. It strives to be a cornerstone of Qatar’s knowledge-based economy by providing a unique local and international platform for literature, discovery and learning. Headquartered in Doha, Qatar, HBKU Press publishes a wide range of texts including fiction and non-fiction titles, children’s books, collections, and annual reports. In addition, HBKU Press publishes peer-reviewed, scholarly research in the natural and social sciences through academic books, open-access reference materials and conference proceedings. HBKU Press consistently follows international best practices in its publishing procedures, ethics and management, ensuring a steadfast quality of production and a dedication to excellence.

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        Picture storybooks
        February 2016

        Raza's Bindu

        by Ritu Khoda, Vanita Pai

        Young Raza started searching for deeper meanings within the Bindu and saw it more than just a Dot. It lingered with him till he started giving creative expression, using Bindu as the focal point. This book delves into the works of famous Indian artist S.H. Raza and takes children on a fantastic visual journey. It directs them to demystify the Bindu and introspect on its meaning and significance. Raza’s world of Bindu - as Universe, Sun, Panchtatva and more – unfolds through brilliant illustrations and a stirring narrative.

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        Picture storybooks
        September 2018

        Ambadas's Dancing Brush

        by Ritu Khoda, Vanita Pai

        Ambadas Khobragade felt utterly free while doodling and painting. His Dancing Brush made time and space, sky and earth quiver with movement. He was like a mystic in a trance when he played with colours on the canvas. Come, immerse yourself in Ambadas’s vibrant art. Let his story remind you that some childhood memories remain with you as powerful sources of inspiration.

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        Picture storybooks
        May 2016

        Eye Spy Indian Art

        by Ritu Khoda, Vanita Pai

        The book introduces young readers to Indian modern art in a fun and engaging manner. This enriching activity-led book traces the development of modern art history from Pre-independence and unfolds in eight sections that feature prominent artists or styles under the various art movements.

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        April 1973

        Erinnern und Vergessen.

        Das Gegenwärtigsein des Vergangenen als Grundproblem historischer Wissenschaft.

        by Kohli-Kunz, Alice

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        January 1993

        Der Zusammenbruch der DDR

        Soziologische Analysen

        by Hans Joas, Martin Kohli

        Werden die neuen Bundesländer gegenwärtig kolonialisiert - oder ist solches Reden nur die resignative Ideologie abgesetzter Eliten? Was entsteht in diesen neuen Ländern zur Zeit: der Kapitalismus oder die Demokratie? -Aber machen diese Begriffe in solcher Allgemeinheit überhaupt einen soziologischen Sinn? War die »Revolution« in der DDR ein Glied in der Geschichte der Revolutionen, oder ist der Zusammenbruch der DDR Vorbote völlig perspektivloser Zusammenbrüche anderer Gesellschaften? Fragen wie diese werden in dem vorliegenden Band aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven diskutiert.

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        Picture storybooks
        May 2018

        People & Places

        by Ritu Khoda, Gopa Trivedi, Meera Kurien, Vanita Pai

        People and Places introduces children to the works of Indian artists from the Mughal era up to contemporary times. They are encouraged to develop a visual understanding of their culture and environment, including people, neighbourhood and workplaces. Games such as Spot the Difference, Sort & Order, Search & Spell, have been imaginatively adapted to make children seek alternative avenues of creativity. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to enhance visual literacy and cognitive skills in early learners.

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        Botany & plant sciences
        December 2011

        Invasive Alien Plants

        An Ecological Appraisal for the Indian subcontinent

        by A S Raghubanshi, A Sathyanarayana, A S Yadav, Aijaz Hassan Ganie, Anzar A Khuroo, B A Wafai, C Muthumperumal, C N Pandey, D Adhikari, Daizy R Batish, G H Dar, G P Sharma, G C. S. Negi, Gurpreet Kaur, H P Singh, Irfan Rashid, Irshad A Hamal, Ishwar Singh, J P N Rai, J K Patterson Edward, Kavitha Sagar, L Arul Pragasan, M L Khan, M Pant, Manzoor A Shah. Edited by J R Bhatt, J S Singh, S P Singh, R S Tripathi, Ravinder K Kohli.

        Invasive alien species are a major threat to biodiversity and ecosystems throughout the world. In India, a country with four of the world's most important 'biodiversity hotspots', the invasion of alien plants means risking a national ecological disaster with major social and economic consequences. Currently, there is insufficient information about invasive alien plants; their distribution, rate of spread and adaptability to new environments. This book reveals existing and potential invaders, evaluates the level of risk they pose to native species and suggests steps to manage spread and limit damage. Invaluable to policy-makers, this book is also required reading for researchers of invasive plants worldwide.

      • Biography & True Stories

        Yayati

        by V.S. Khandekar

        Rightfully hailed as one of the greatest literary works in the history of Marathipublishing, ‘YAYATI’, is an intriguing philosophical portrayal of human life as it flowsfrom attachment to detachment. Yayati, a hedonistic man who has been refused to bebreast-fed by his mother in the fear that it’ll spoil her physical beauty, and experiencingthe crippling power of death when his father Nahusha dies untimely. Yayati goes on aself-destructive spree for eighteen long years wherein he unabashedly indulges in everyimmoral activity possible. His craving for a different woman destroys his relationshipwith Devayani and even Sharmishtha. Unable to bear the pathetic degradation of hisdaughter’s marriage, Sage Shukracharya curses Yayati to a thousand years of old age!Jolted with the thought of losing his virility, Yayati pleads with his young son Puru toexchange their youth with him. Khandekar’s novel makes strong commentary on topicslike the sanctity of marriage, fidelity, loyalty, adultery, hedonism, lack of responsibility,and such other myriad emotional feelings.

      • Yayati

        by V.S.Khandekar

        Rightfully hailed as one of the ggreatest literary works in the history oof Marathi publishing ‘YAYATI’, is an inintriguing philosophical portrayal of human life as it flows from aattachment to detachment. Yayati, a hedonistic man who have been rreefused to be breast-fed by his mother in the fear that it’ll spoil her physical beauty, and experiencing ththhthe crippling power of death when his father Nahusha dies untimely. Yayati goes on a self-destructive spree for eighteen long years wherein he unabashedly indulges inininin every immoral activity possible. His craving for a different woman destroys his relationship with Devayani and even Sharmishtha. Unable to bear the pathetic degradation of his daughter’s marriage, Sage Shukracharya curses Yayati to a thousand years of old age! Jolted with the thought of losing his virility, Yayati pleads with his young son Puru to exchange their youth with him. Khandekar’s novel makes strong commentary on topics like the sanctity of marriage, fidelity, loyalty, adultery, hedonism, lack of responsibility, and such other myriad emotional feelings.

      • Life and Art of Kamala Das New Perspectives

        by Rajan Lal

        There is no denying the fact that no single authority howsoever exploratory he/she may be can explore all the possible aspects, dimensions and perspectives in a work of art. Research always eludes leaving some unknown and unexplored possible domains and avenues in that discipline of art. It is also imperative to say that much work has been done on Kamala Das and her poetry and a couple of books written on her poetry are also available. Books like Kamala Das and Her Poetry by A. N. Dwivedi, Kamala Das: A Critical Spectrum edited by Rajeshwar Mittapalli and Pier Paolo Piciucco, Kamala Das by Devindra Kohli, Expressive Form in the Poetry of Kamala Das by Anisur Rahman, and Endless Female Hungers by Vrinda Nabar are written on Kamala Das’s poetry. Each of the authors has tried his/her level best to explore something new and unique in his/her surveyed work. But something still evades to be explored. Without minimizing the importance of these works and employing their traverses and explorations, the book in hand is unique in the sense that it explores the new perspectives and new dimensions in the poetry of Kamala Das. She has stormed the stereotypical and hackneyed set-up of the Indian mind and yet, has won both, the regard and the interest of the readers who appreciate her genuine spirit. Being an incorrigible optimist and outrageous rebel, she dares to shake and break the mirrors and barriers of orthodox social patterns. No reader dislikes her, including those who attack her openness and extravagance of courage and those who criticize her for appearing what she is. Critically speaking, what was rejected and called indecent and insane under a fake façade of bourgeois morality and respectability by the previous generation comprising Aurobindo, Toru Dutt, Vivekananda, R. N. Tagore and Sarojini Naidu was embraced and hugged by Mrs. Das blurring all traditional and socio-cultural taboos and barriers imposed by hegemonic patriarchy. Along with its new perspectives, this book also examines some select prose works of Kamala Das including My Story, A Doll for the Child Prostitute and Alphabet of Lust, since scanty of attention towards her prose works has been given. Thus, this book is designed for the literary enthusiasts including teachers and the taught, researchers and common readers.

      • Agriculture & farming
        January 2011

        Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Plants

        by Vanitha Jain & P. Ananda Kumar

        Nitrogen fertilizers are necessary to enhance agricultural production and to sustain food security. However, their inefficient use accrues from inherent limitations of the crop plants as well as the manner in which N fertilizers are formulated, applied and managed. The main aim of the book is to assess the various aspects of the fate of fertilizer N in context of the overall N inputs to agricultural systems, with a view to enhance the efficiency of nitrogen use and reduce the negative impacts on environment. The cross cutting issues relate to improvement in nitrogen use by emerging technologies (genetic enhancement, QTL mapping), meeting N needs by understanding its interactions with other nutrients, and mitigation of nitrogen losses caused by environmental factors and management practices. Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Plants develops links between basic and applied research and practical crop production by addressing a wide range of topics relating to nitrogen use efficiency, and to plant and crop responses to applications of nitrogen via fertilizers, including nitrogen acquisition and reduction, molecular approaches, nitrate induction and signaling; and nitrogen use under abiotic stresses. Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Plants is an invaluable classroom aid for academics working in plant physiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, molecular breeding and agronomy, and an essential professional resource for researchers working in plant and crop systems as it provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary description of problems related to the efficient use of nitrogen in agriculture.

      • February 2014

        Les tablettes d'Oxford

        by Wauthier, Jean-Luc

        « Twenty years ago, church historian Martin Marty and his accomplice Jerald C. Brauer, the late dean of the University of Chicago’s Divinity School, wrote a monograph about fictitious theologian Franz Bibfeldt. Entitled The Unrelieved Paradox : Studies in the Theology of Franz Bibfeldt and based on real and fictitious sources, this magnificent hoax was at once comic relief and escapist cover-up ; it allowed its authors to probe issues vexing postmodern theologians, to reflect on the illusory nature of truth, and to safely promote their own beliefs. Les tablettes d’Oxford is built on similar premises. In the preface, Jean-Luc Wauthier recounts his discovery in the Oxford University Library in England of late antiquity tablets purportedly written by the last emperor of the western part of the Roman Empire, Romulus Augustulus. He silences his own doubts by citing Marguerite Yourcenar’s discovery of the “authentic” memoirs of Roman emperor Hadrian, introducing us through this transparent lie to the novel’s picaresque realm. An old man when he wrote his memoirs, Romulus Augustulus borrows Yourcenar’s measured and melancholy classical accents, and yet the very fabric of this literary vanitas throws us back to the present. In an homage to the famed comic books Tintin and Asterix, Wauthier repeatedly refers to the incompetent fifth-century emperor Olybrius, whose name has become a familiar moniker for blustering characters, as in Captain Haddock’s favorite expletive, “olibrius!” ; repeatedly, he echoes the intrepid loyalty of Celtic hero Asterix, forebear of Europe. Even the box containingthe imperial documents (tablets and ostraca) is “sealed” by the virgin tome of a fictitious History of the Celts – an obvious tribute to nineteenth-century scholar Amédée Thierry’s Histoire des Gaulois. Thus, Les tablettes d’Oxford has a deep historical and literary resonance and a proud message. Teetering between historical truth and fiction, the action takes place during the final years of the western Roman Empire, between 475 and 542 c.e. It witnesses the imagined rivalry of Romulus Augustulus, deposed ruler of the West, and his cousin Justinian, rising emperor of the East who became heir to Rome. This momentous and murderous time is appropriately rendered in stylistic counterpoints between the vibrant and poetic tone of youth and the reflective, noble musings of old age on one hand and the almost colloquial, more direct language used to describe historical and political events on the other. Mildness alternates with brutality, happiness with tragedy, darkness with light, dreams with reality, poetry with ribaldry, present with past, Romulus’s formal journaling with his companion Amelia’s informal ostraca, nobility with the plebe, peace with war. This rapid pace of the narrative, these unexpected plot twists and tone changes, draw the reader in. More importantly, they serve as a setting for Wauthier’s own message – namely, Romulus’s plan of founding a new western Christian civilization with the help of the Celts and the Huns, these “noble Barbarians”.

      • Fiction

        Sea Fret

        by Dilys Rose

        Two travelling musicians attempt to come to terms with a nightmare scenario at home; restless teenagers run riot during lockdown, with drastic consequences; Albert Einstein’s reputation grows, as does his absence as a father; a cantankerous ninety-nine year old contributes to the chaos of a night ward....

      • Sociology & anthropology
        January 2021

        Outcaste Bombay

        by Juned Shaikh

        This monograph presents a history of caste and class in the modern city through the experience of Dalits (members of the lowest caste) in twentieth-century Bombay. There, urban life did not dismantle caste, but instead made it robust and insulated it in the garb of modernity. Juned Shaikh demonstrates that the urban built environment and language are two sites for the habitation of caste in Bombay, as they are the spaces where it was concealed and eclipsed by class. The built environment is thus a quintessential marker, in which elements such as housing, tenements, slums, water supply, and drainage systems readily divulge the class of inhabitants. Shaikh explores the intersection and entanglement of caste and class by focusing on a cluster of groups that occupied subordinate positions in both these hierarchies: the Dalits. Their experience is relevant not only to South Asianists, but resonates with that of oppressed populations throughout the world.

      • Agriculture & farming
        January 2011

        Microbial Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture,Horticulture and Forestry

        by D. Joseph Bagyara

        The umbrella of microbial biotechnology in agriculture covers numerous scientific activities, ranging from production of biofertilizers to that of microbial pesticides; from biological nitrogen fixation to ligno-cellulose degradation; from production of biomass and bio-fuels to transgenic plants. The object of this book is to cover comprehensively different groups of microorganisms used for sustained productivity of plants important in agriculture, horticulture and forestry. readers may appreciate the potential and fascination of biotechnological approaches used for utilizing microorganisms in sustainable agriculture, horticulture and forestry. The book is a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the subject. The book will be useful to students, teachers and researchers interested in microbiology, biotechnology, natural resource management, organic farming and sustainable agriculture, horticulture and forestry.

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