# Author: Arvind Panagariya
# Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
# Number Of Pages: 544
# Publication Date: 2008-03-03
# ISBN-10: 0195315030
# ISBN-13 : 9780195315035
India is not only the world’s largest and fiercely independent democracy, but also an emerging economic giant. But to date there has been no comprehensive account of India’s remarkable growth or the role policy has played in fueling this expansion. India: The Emerging Giant fills this gap, shedding light on one of the most successful experiments in economic development in modern history.
Why did the early promise of the Indian economy not materialize and what led to its eventual turnaround? What policy initiatives have been undertaken in the last twenty years and how do they relate to the upward shift in the growth rate? What must be done to push the growth rate to double-digit levels? To answer these crucial questions, Arvind Panagariya offers a brilliant analysis of India’s economy over the last fifty years–from the promising start in the 1950s, to the near debacle of the 1970s (when India came to be regarded as a “basket case”), to the phenomenal about face of the last two decades. The author illuminates the ways that government policies have promoted economic growth (or, in the case of Indira Gandhi’s policies, economic stagnation), and offers insightful discussions of such key topics as poverty and inequality, tax reform, telecommunications (perhaps the single most important success story), agriculture and transportation, and the government’s role in health, education, and sanitation.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
India: The Emerging Giant by Arvind Panagariya
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Modern China: A Very Short Introduction by Rana Mitter
# Author: Rana Mitter
# Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
# Number Of Pages: 144
# Publication Date: 2008-04-07
# ISBN-10: 0199228027
# ISBN-13: 9780199228027
China today is never out of the news: from human rights controversies and the continued legacy of Tiananmen Square, to global coverage of the Beijing Olympics, and the Chinese "economic miracle." It is a country of contradictions and transitions: a peasant society with some of the world's most futuristic cities, an ancient civilization that is modernizing as rapidly as possible, a walled-off nation that is increasingly at the center of world trade.
This Very Short Introduction offers an indispensable starting point for anyone who needs to quickly know the themes and controversies that have shaped modern China. Prize-winning author and scholar Rana Mitter examines the modern history, politics, economy, and thriving cultural scene of contemporary China, and its relations with the wider world. This lively guide covers a range of social issues from the decline of footbinding and the position of women in society, to the influence of television and film, and the role of the overseas Chinese diaspora. It covers many prominent figures as well, such as the Communist leaders, the last emperors, and prominent writers and artists throughout China's history.
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Saturday, July 26, 2008
Cities Of The United States by Thomson Gale Editors
# Author: Thomson Gale Editors
# Publisher: Gale Cengage
# Publication Date: 2005-12-09
# ISBN-10: 0787673692
# ISBN-13: 9780787673697
# Format: PDF | 48MB
Cities of the United States (CUS) provides a one-stop source for all the vital information you need on 189 of America’s top cities—those fastest-growing, as well as those with a particular historical, political, industrial, and/or commercial significance. Spanning the entire country, from Anaheim to Virginia Beach, each geographically-arranged volume of CUS brings together a wide range of comprehensive data.
The volumes include: The South; The West; The Midwest; and The Northeast. Within each volume, the city-specific profiles organize pertinent facts, data, and figures related to demographic, economic, cultural, geographic, social, and recreational conditions. Assembling a myriad of sources, CUS offers researchers, travelers, students, and media professionals a convenient resource for discovering each city’s past, present, and future.
For this completely updated fifth edition, eleven new cities have been added, providing even greater access to the country’s growing urban centers.
The new city profiles include:
• Akron, OH • Aurora, IL • Casper, WY • El Paso, TX • Fort Smith, AR • Henderson, NV • Huntington, WV • Mesa, AZ • Nampa, ID • Overland Park, KS • Warwick, RI
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Friday, July 25, 2008
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
# Hardcover: 560 pages
# Publisher: Broadway; 1 edition (May 6, 2003)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0767908171
# ISBN-13: 978-0767908177
# Format: PDF | 1.1MB
As the title suggests, bestselling author Bryson (In a Sunburned Country) sets out to put his irrepressible stamp on all things under the sun. As he states at the outset, this is a book about life, the universe and everything, from the Big Bang to the ascendancy of Homo sapiens. "This is a book about how it happened," the author writes. "In particular how we went from there being nothing at all to there being something, and then how a little of that something turned into us, and also what happened in between and since." What follows is a brick of a volume summarizing moments both great and curious in the history of science, covering already well-trod territory in the fields of cosmology, astronomy, paleontology, geology, chemistry, physics and so on. Bryson relies on some of the best material in the history of science to have come out in recent years.
This is great for Bryson fans, who can encounter this material in its barest essence with the bonus of having it served up in Bryson's distinctive voice. But readers in the field will already have studied this information more in-depth in the originals and may find themselves questioning the point of a breakneck tour of the sciences that contributes nothing novel. Nevertheless, to read Bryson is to travel with a memoirist gifted with wry observation and keen insight that shed new light on things we mistake for commonplace. To accompany the author as he travels with the likes of Charles Darwin on the Beagle, Albert Einstein or Isaac Newton is a trip worth taking for most readers.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
A Book of Remarkable Criminals by H. B. Irving
H. B. Irving | English | ASIN: B0013RGYWM | EXE | 736KB
"This is a book on some criminals that the author found interesting. It is a study of human nature. Each section is set up by telling of their life, the crimes and the fatal ending. It makes for an incredibly fascinating read. Some of the criminals included with this volume are: Charles Peace, Robert Butler, Dr. Castaing and several more. Please Note: This book is easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. "
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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Microfilms by Serge Daney
French | 7:04:05 + 1:30:12 (bonus) | AAC (m4a) 64kbps mono VBR | 236 MB
Sélection de 12 Microfilms, ces conversations hebdomadaires que Serge Daney animait avec une intelligence rare sur France Culture entre 1985 et 1990 avec des réalisateurs, des acteurs, des critiques...
Daney est aimé par beaucoup de gens qui n’ont pas lu une seule ligne de lui : car Serge Daney était avant tout une voix, un ton, toujours inspirés, qui reflétaient une intelligence en constant mouvement, en constante recherche. Cette voix, certains l’ont connue à la télévision où l’"Itinéraire d’un ciné-fils", devenu un grand succès en DVD avait d’abord été diffusé sur la défunte et regrettée émission Océaniques de FR3. Mais C’est à la radio que beaucoup l’ont entendue pour la première fois : Microfilms, entre 1985 et 1990 où, en lieu et place d’interviews traditionnelles, Serge Daney conversait de façon totalement inspirante avec ses invités. Loin du bruit habituel des émissions de cinéma, un lieu où la parole coulait à flots, pour mieux comprendre, mieux sentir, mieux rêver. Abeille Musique
Invités des 12 Microfilms:
Claude Dityvon
Jane Birkin
Alain Cavalier
Jacques Demy
Marguerite Duras
Humbert Balsan
Jean-Claude Biette
Olivier Assayas
Johann van der Keuken
Eric Rohmer
+ 2 Microfilms bonus:
Wim Wenders
Elisabeth Roudinesco (autour du Batman de Tim Burton)
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