Social Sciences

The Press in India has always been at the forefront of national life. This book shows that the tradition of independent journalism is alive and well in India in the sixth decade after independence, and indeed much of what has appeared in Indian newspapers has shaped and affected the course of Indian... More

"David Cortright is a life-long activist and respected scholar. In Gandhi and Beyond, he convincingly shows the power of nonviolence as a philosophy of life, not just a method of social action. His practical analysis of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Dorothy Day, Cesar Chavez, and others brings new ins... More

`With ''The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony'', Calasso turned ancient legends into modern literature and created a postmodern novel out of the ancient myths of classical Greece... in ''Ka'', Calasso attempts to do the same with the far more sprawling and elusive corpus of classical Sanskrit literatur... More

From the internationally acclaimed author of Cadmus and Harmony and Ka: an utterly original, fascinating interpretation of the work of Franz Kafka that is simultaneously an unprecedented exploration into the mystery of Kafka himself. What are Kafka's stories about? Are they dreams? Allegories? Symbo... More

Edward Said takes an unusually sharp and penetrating look at the way in which the experts, the policy-makers and the media have dealt with the crisis in Iran and the Middle East. He shows how our traditional misunderstandings of the outside world have led us to continue to misunderstand events of en... More

In this engaging study, Dr Amina Wadud, an Afro-American Muslim herself, introduces the feminist movement in Islam and delves into its challenges, its textual foundations in the Qur'an and its achievements. Beginning with her own place in the effort for greater justice for women in Islam, Wadud goes... More

Bohm explores the purpose, methods, and meanings of the multi-faceted process he refers to simply as "dialogue." He offers tools that facilitate a true exchange of ideas between people."On Dialogue" is the most comprehensive documentation to date of best-selling author David Bohm's dialogical world ... More

Bestselling author and political pundit Podhoretz reveals Hillary Clintons plan to take over the White House. He offers a detailed blueprint for derailing Hillary and warns that it will succeed only if conservatives begin working now to keep their worst dreams from becoming true.Our Worst Nightmare-... More

A battered snakeskin "shamisen" (a traditional Okinawan musical instrument) left at the scene of a crime leads Mas Arai to a dark mystery that reaches from the islands of Okinawa to the streets of L.A.--a world of heartbreaking memories, deception, and murder.From Summer of the Big Bachi to Gasa-Gas... More

This new work addresses the challenges of electronic publishing and puts issues of collection development into perspective, providing a broad understanding of the collection development process. The book covers all phases of collection development-from needs assessment, policies, and the selection p... More

In Twenty-Five AIDS has killed 25 million, one million for each year of the epidemic, and another 40 million have been infected-A total exceeding the population of Tamil Nadu.But why, when Aids is preventable? Many of these lives could have been saved and millions of infections could have been avert... More

A study of the primordial figure of the Great Goddess and her continued worship through time as shown by the myths, shrines, and sanctuaries around the world that honor this powerful symbol of creation. * A noted historian on pre-Christian societies provides an extensive worldwide listing of sites a... More

This accessible yet challenging introduction to public policy navigates the concepts and methods of the policymaking process,as well as the values influencing policy choices. The authors first cover the basics: How do issues reach the policy agenda? How are policies crafted and implemented? Who pays... More

Toffler argues that while headlines focus on shifts of power at the global level, equally significant shifts are taking place in our everyday world--supermarkets, hospitals, banks, television, and politics. As old antagonisms fade, Toffler identifies where the next, far more important world division... More

Here is a substantial work which reviews India’s nearly half a century of international cricket, and places our test cricketers and their deeds in a historical perspective. Abandoning the traditional approach of other reviewers, each chapter is devoted to a particular specialisation of cricket. Th... More