Outdoors & Nature

The Philosopher’s Dog is a book of stories about animals and humans as well as a book of philosophy. It looks deeply into the relationships between animals and humans to come to some basic conclusions.... More

The shocking events in the royal palace in Kathmandu on 1 June 2001 left an entire nation bewildered and angry. Neelesh Misra, who covered the tragedy for The Associated Press, offers for the first time the true story behind the massacre. Portrayed in the book is the developing family drama, whic... More

Trails Of The Tiger offers you interesting text and images on selected Tiger reserves in India.This Collection features detailed and thorough information about the jungles along with interesting aspects of the life in the game parks. It showcases rare images of the wild along with different aspects... More

Editorial Review This book is an attempt to reinterpret world history and it presents a diversity of stories concerning the relationship between the forest and human beings from the viewpoint of environmental archaeology. Leading scholars have conducted a fundamental enquiry into our global environ... More

With its easy-to-grasp explanations of the science behind every aspect of our most urgent environmental policy decisions, "Out of Gas" is a handbook for the future of civilization.... More

Edward O. Wilson – University Professor at Harvard, winner of two Pulitzer prizes, eloquent champion of biodiversity – is arguably one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. In Naturalist, he traces the trajectory of his life, detailing how his youthful fascination with nature ... More

Ecological Footprinting is rapidly being adopted as the most effective and practical way to measure our impact on the environment - in both large and small scale planning and development. Government agencies, NGOs, local authorities, planners and managers are all turning to it, since without a way o... More

The present era of staggering scientific and technological innovations, with major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, commerce, and communications, seems to document unparalleled human achievement. Yet when we examine the long-term implications, it becomes clear that an ever-growing number of hu... More

Emphasizing the opportunities for creating a less vulnerable, more secureworld, this book addresses a broad range of needed reforms, including thoserelated to governance, economics, ethics, and education. With easy-to-readcharts and tables, this volume presents a view of our changing world that we,a... More

The world is losing species and biodiversity at a rate unprecedented in history. The causes go deep, and the losses are driven by a complex array of social, economic, political and biological factors at different levels. Immediate causes, such as overharvesting, pollution and habitat change, have be... More

PHOTO-ENCYCLOPEDIC APPROACH Each expertly written entry combines a precise description with annotated photographs to highlight the gemstone's chief characteristics and distinguishing features. Additional colour illustrations and photographs show uncut stones, colour variations and a range of popular... More

The Way of the Tiger was first published in the UK and US as a coffee-table book on tigers. This special South Asia edition carries Dr Karanth’s excellently written text, without the pictures. This book tells you everything you want to know about tigers. It is an outstanding primer on tigers and v... More

* An enormous contribution to the understanding of climate negotiations - the most complex and challenging international regime to date * Explains how governments need to organize ever more demanding multilateral negotiations successfully * Essential reading for those involved in climate negotiation... More

Anderson, more famous for hunting man-eating tigers, finds in a wily panther a real challenger to his hunting acumen. There are thrills, failures, disappointments, and at long last, the elusive success. He tells the real-life adventure story set in the deep jungle, with snakes, bisons and of cours... More

This collection of essays aims at providing a comparative and historical perspective on education in modern India. The essays have been organised in thematic clusters. Such as, the role of the nationalist paradigm and its variants in the educational discourse of the late nineteenth and early twentie... More