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An intrepid travel journalist and amateur photographer, Sunita Dwivedi set out to explore the Buddhist cultural legacy with the ardour of a self-guided researcher and a pilgrim. The result is this unique account of travels to the Buddhist sites of India. This multi-focal travelogue takes the tourist... More

Headlines From the Heartland: Reinventing the Hindi Public Sphere is the first in-depth study of the ongoing newspaper revolution in the Hindi-speaking states of India. With improved literacy levels, communications and purchasing power, the circulation of Hindi newspapers has grown rapidly in small ... More

Preface, Stock market terminology, Economic terms, History of stock exchanges, Comparison between Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, Over the counter exchange of India (OTCEI), Price rigging, Mutual funds, Securities and exchanges Board of India and its performance, Development of Fi... More

New Page 1 Getting your message across on paper, and presenting a proposal in a clear and persuasive form are essential skills for any business person. This book provides essential pointers for first time managers who need to impress, convince and persuade their colleagues. This practical g... More

Clueless & Co. is a light-hearted, whimsical, tongue-in-cheek, bitingly irreverent and thoroughly exaggerated romp through corporate Calcutta, in the early '80s. It is narrated from the perspective of two comparative greenhorns: Rahul Banerjee, who, on a sudden impulse, resigns a stable, albeit pred... More

It was the best Christmas gift two children could get— an expedition to Antarctica, the mysterious White Continent!When Suravi and Rishi Thomas got a place on a Chilean navy ship sailing to Antarctica, they couldn’t have imagined the stormy time that lay ahead. Four-storey-high wave... More

This innovative, confidence-building text/workbook presents writing not as a totally new discipline, but merely as a more logical and formal application of an expertise students already have -- talking. A multitude of exercises, assignments, and writing suggestions give students the practice to dev... More

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals in psychology, sociology, business, economics, nursing, social work, and justice administration and for other disciplines in which effective communi... More

Ian Frazier - Janet Evanovich - Dennis Lehane - Elizabeth Berg Madelein L'Engle - Lois Lowry - Robert W. Bly - M. J. Rose Ray Bradbury - Anne Lamott - Rick Bragg - Robert B. Parker John Koethe - Susan Elizabeth Phillips and many more... More

"The finest translation of Homer ever made into the English language."--William Arrowsmith "Certainly the best modern verse translation."--Gilbert Highet "This magnificent translation of Homer's epic poem . . . will appeal to admirers of Homer and the classics, and the multitude who always wanted to... More

Here substantially revised and expanded, Don Gifford's annotations to Joyce's great modern classic comprise a specialized encyclopedia that will inform any reading of "Ulysses," Annotations in this edition are keyed both to the reading text of the new critical edition of "Ulysses" published in 1984 ... More

Want to publish your book? Learn how--it's easier than you think! Charismatic authors and literary agents Jeff Herman and Deborah Levine Herman have successfully sold hundreds of titles and learned--through trial and error--how to write a flawless book proposal that publishers can't resist. Now you ... More

"The Copyeditor's Handbook" is a lively, practical manual for newcomers to publishing and for experienced editors who want to fine-tune their skills or broaden their understanding of the craft. Addressed to copyeditors in book publishing and corporate communications, this thoughtful handbook explain... More

In this companion volume John van Maanen's "Tales of the Field," three scholars reveal how the ethnographer turns direct experience and observation into written fieldnotes upon which an ethnography is based. Drawing on years of teaching and field research experience, the authors develop a series of ... More

For more than three decades, READINGS FOR WRITERS has been the preeminent rhetorical reader for the freshman composition course. This best-seller continues its tradition of providing the most comprehensive coverage of writing, while offering the most selections of any other rhetorical reader- more t... More

This user-friendly, compact text emphasizes the most necessary, useful skills and strategies for successful workplace writing. Based on the successful parent text, Successful Writing at Work, 7/e, the Concise edition maintains a practical approach, an abundance of realistic situations and problems, ... More

The Essentials of Academic Writing is a brief rhetoric that focuses on the process of writing academic essays for college courses. The text provides a complete overview of the writing process, with concise, nuts-and-bolts coverage of researching, planning, drafting, documenting, revising, and proofr... More