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(21 – 27, January 2019)

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 34149Call No : 005.82 XIO-H

As an intermediate model between conventional PKCand ID-PKC, CL-PKC can avoid the heavy overhead ofcertificate management in traditional PKC as well as thekey escrow problem in ID-PKC altogether. Since theintroduction of CL-PKC, many concrete constructions,security models, and applications have been proposedduring the last decade. Differing from the other bookson the market, this one provides rigorous treatment ofCL-PKC. Definitions, precise assumptions, and rigorousproofs of security are…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 34218Call No : 006.3 CHO-B

Soft computing techniques are emerging as animportant tool in solving design, performanceand optimisation problems in electromagnetics.Soft Computing in Electromagnetics offersdetailed discussion on the application of softcomputing concepts in the field of metamaterialantennas, radar absorbers, transmission linecharacterisation and optimised radar absorbingmaterial (RAM) and introduces implementation ofsoft computing tools in a relatively…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 37141Call No : 158.2 STA-J

Conversations can be critical and destructive or they canbe generative and productive. This book shows how toguarantee your conversations will help peopleorganizations and communities flourish. Conversationsare at the core of how we interact. We all know thatconversations influence us, but we rarely stop to thinkabout how much impact they have on our well-beingand our ability to thrive. This book shows howAppreciative Inquiry (AI)—one of the most widely usednew approaches for fostering positive change forindividuals, groups organizations and…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 35169Call No : 158.3 PEL-G

This book explores that which is at the veryheart of coaching: the coach-coacheerelationship. Considering the relationship ateach stage of the coaching process, it will equipyour trainees with the necessary skills andknowledge for building and maintainingsuccessful coaching relationships every step ofthe way. In clear and friendly terms the booksimplifies complex issues including thepracticalities of getting started, the intricacies ofcoaching across…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 35206Call No : 241.4 STR-O

The Name of God is Mercy, Pope Francis' exploration onthe universal theme of mercy, is a spiritual inspiration toboth followers of Christianity and non-Christians aroundthe world. Drawing on his own experience as a priest andshepherd, Pope Francis discusses mercy, a subject ofcentral importance in his religious teaching andtestimony, and in addition sums up other ideas –reconciliation, the closeness of God – that comprise theheart of his papacy. Written in conversation with Vaticanexpert and La Stampa journalist Andrea Tornielli, TheName of God is Mercy is directed at everyone, inside oroutside of …

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 36028Call No : 307.76 MUR-M

This book challenges the conventional (modernist-inspired) understanding of urbanization as a universalprocess tied to the ideal-typical model of the modernmetropolis with its origins in the grand Westernexperience of city-building. At the start of the twenty-first century, the familiar idea of the 'city' - or 'urbanism'as we know it - has experienced such profoundmutations in both structure and form that thecustomary epistemological categories and prevailingconceptual frameworks that predominate inconventional urban theory are no longer capable ofexplaining the evolving patterns of city-making. Globalurbanism has increasingly…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 34973Call No : 325 BUL-D

In 2014, the ethics and politics of hospitality werebrought into stark relief. Three years into the Syrianconflict, which had already created nearly 2.5 millionrefugees and internally displaced 6.5 million, the UNcalled on industrialised countries to share the burden ofoffering hospitality through a fixed quota system. TheUK opted out of the system whilst hailing theiracceptance of a moral responsibility by welcoming only500 of the ‘most vulnerable’ Syrians. Given the state’sexclusionary character, what opportunities do otherspaces in international politics offer by way ofhospitality to migrants…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 35836Call No : 338.91 LIN-J

Developing countries have for decades been trying tocatch up with the industrialized high-income countries,but only a few have succeeded. Historically, structuraltransformation has been a powerful engine of growthand job creation. Traditional development aid isinadequate to address the bottlenecks for structuraltransformation, and is hence ineffective. In this book,Justin Yifu Lin and Yan Wang use the theoreticalfoundations of New Structural Economics to examineSouth-South development aid and cooperation from theangle of structural transformation. By studying thesuccessful economic transformation of countries such asChina and South Korea through…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 36170Call No : 338.954 GAY-K

This edited volume provides a compilation of debates whichdeliberate how a development model should be designed andhow it can produce socially just, sustainable and dynamicgrowth. The contributors focus on the best socioeconomicdevelopment path in Asia and beyond. The book has a topicalsignificance in the current socioeconomic scenario. The hugeinfrastructure inadequacies and social development concernsarising in the context of ill-designed public investmentscompensated by private investments is a major challenge thatIndia would face in achieving higher rates of economicgrowth…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 37207Call No : 371.207 SHI-N

Real careers are not perfect. Professional success is notabsolute. People shape careers and then over time,careers shape people. Feb 1999. The batch of 1999steps out from one of India’s leading business schools—Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata—into the realworld of careers, not unlike many other professionalsbefore and after. Eighteen years later—in the middleof their working lives—32 of these professionals pauseand take stock. They look back on their careers, on thechoices they made, their successes and their failures,their highs and their lows. They reflect on what theyassumed when they graduated from…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 35272Call No : 381.142 EZR-A

Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-huntingimpulse can find auniverse of products at their fingertips.In this thought-provoking exposé, ArielEzrachi andMaurice Stucke invite us to take a harder look attoday’sapp-assisted paradise of digital shopping. Whileconsumers reap manybenefits from online purchasing,the sophisticated algorithms anddata-crunching thatmake browsing so convenient are also changing thenatureof market competition and not always for thebetter.Computers colluding is one danger. Although long-standing laws preventcompanies from fixing prices, data-driven algorithms can now quickly…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 35982Call No : 516.35 BEL-G

There are many interactions between noncommutativealgebra and representation theory on the one handand classical algebraic geometry on the other, withimportant applications in both directions. The aim ofthis book is to provide a comprehensive introduction tosome of the most significant topics in this area,including noncommutative projective algebraicgeometry, deformation theory, symplectic reflectionalgebras, and noncommutative resolutions ofsingularities. The book is based on lecture courses innoncommutative algebraic geometry given by theauthors at…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 36646Call No : 519.2 EVA-L

This book provides a quick, but very readable introduction tostochastic differential equations-that is, to differentialequations subject to additive "white noise" and relatedrandom disturbances. The exposition is strongly focused uponthe interplay between probabilistic intuition andmathematical rigour. Topics include a quick survey of measuretheoretic probability theory, followed by an introduction toBrownian motion and the Ito stochastic calculus, and finallythe theory of stochastic differential equations. The text alsoincludes applications to partial differential equations, optimalstopping problems and…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 36646Call No : 519.2 EVA-L

This book provides a quick, but very readableintroduction to stochastic differential equations-that is,to differential equations subject to additive "whitenoise" and related random disturbances. The expositionis strongly focused upon the interplay betweenprobabilistic intuition and mathematical rigour. Topicsinclude a quick survey of measure theoretic probabilitytheory, followed by an introduction to Brownian motionand the Ito stochastic calculus, and finally the theory ofstochastic differential equations. The text also includesapplications to partial differential equations, optimalstopping problems and options pricing. This book canbe used as a…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 36958Call No : 616.891425 DEG-J

Popular understanding holds that genetic changes createcancer. James DeGregori uses evolutionary principles topropose a new way of thinking about cancer's occurrence.Cancer is as much a disease of evolution as it is of mutation,one in which mutated cells outcompete healthy cells in theecosystem of the body's tissues. His theory ties cancer'sprogression, or lack thereof, to evolved strategies to maximizereproductive success. Through natural selection, humansevolved genetic programs to maintain bodily health for as longas necessary to increase the odds of passing on our genes--butnot much longer. These mechanisms engender a tissueenvironment that…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 35027Call No : 620.5 MOH-G

Nanomaterials and Nanodevices comprehensivelydeals with the divergent applications of nanomaterialsin areas such as materials manufacturing, electronics,energy, biotechnology and medicinal healthcare.Itprovides its readers a simplified essence on theimportance of nanotechnology derived products andallows them to further appreciate the potential behindnanoscaled materials. The primary objective of thisbook is to offer an in-depth understanding of thediversified experimental and characterization strategiesinvolved in the fabrication of nanotechnology relatedproducts for commercial applications. The design andmethodology involved in…

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Although many textbooks cover the topic oftransformers as required of the curriculum, engineersafter graduation generally learn about the practicalapplications of transformers either by trial and error orunder the guidance of senior experienced engineers. Theneed for practical usage information is generally felt inpower system utilities by professionals, buddingconsultants, electrical contractors, and to a larger extentby manufacturers too. This book fulfils the need of ahandbook and provides a complete solution to thepractical aspects of power transformers—construction,erection, and maintenance—to augment curriculumlearning and…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 34405Call No : 621.8 MAC-R

Originally published in 1951 and the first English bookon the subject, this textbook is aimed at both thespecialist and non-specialist alike and provides athorough and detailed introduction on the principlesthat underlie the action of automatic controls, servo-mechanisms and regulators. The early chapters providea solid foundation to the theory of control and are inthe most part descriptive, introducing fundamentalterminology and explaining the principles, whichunderlie the operation of all control systems, whilst inthe last three chapters more advanced techniques areused to give an account of…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 35985Call No : 649.1 LAN-D

Why in some parts of the world do parents rarely playwith their babies and never with toddlers? Why in somecultures are children not fully recognized as individualsuntil they are older? How are routine habits of etiquetteand hygiene taught - or not - to children in othersocieties? Drawing on a lifetime's experience as ananthropologist, David F. Lancy takes us on a journeyacross the globe to show how children are raiseddifferently in different cultures. Intriguing, andsometimes shocking, his discoveries demonstrate thatour ideas about children are recent, untested, and oftencontrast starkly with those…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 36645Call No : 658.4 BHA-S

Introduction to Organization Theory is a textbookfor students and scholars of businessmanagement, aspiring to be practicing managersin the corporate world. It introduces them to theconcept of organization theory, structure anddesign. The focus is on the structure and design oforganizations, the theories underlying the designof structures, the effectiveness of organizationaldesign in ensuring organizational survival andgrowth and the management of organizationalrestructuring and change to prevent corporatedecline and failure. Most standard textbooks onorganizational theory currently…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 29977Call No : 658.4038 HAL-J

An up-to-the-minute look at delivering function andvalue in IT projects. Get the help you need with thesecond edition of information systems projectmanagement, the most complete, practical, how-to-do-it guidebook available for managing complex IT projects.Now fully updated, the book shows you step-by-stephow to plan, implement, and complete projects that areon time, on budget, and fully functional. And it givesyou the tips and tools you need to solve unexpectedproblems and sidestep app-too-common pitfalls-including dozens of action plans for real-life "what-if"scenarios. You"ll find crucial information on topicsincluding…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 36627Call No : 664 MAT-P

Food is one of our most basic requirements. Access tosafe, healthy food is now considered a right, not aprivilege. To that effect, several national andinternational committees have been constituted toensure food safety. Globalisation has given us access tovarious kinds of food; however, the increasing use ofchemical fertilizers and pesticides, increase in theproduction and consumption of processed foods andpollution in the environment have impacted the qualityof the food we consume. Food Safety and QualityControl presents…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 35839Call No : 780 MCC-L

Although competitions in classical music have a longhistory, the number of contests has risen dramaticallysince the Second World War, all of them aiming tolaunch young artists' careers. This is not the symptomof marketization that it might appear to be. Despite theestablishment of an international governing body,competitions are plagued by rumors of corruption, andeven the most mathematically sophisticated votingsystem cannot quell accusations that the best talent isoverlooked. Why do musicians take part? Why doaudiences care so much about who wins? PerformingCivility is the first book to address these questions. Inthis ground breaking…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 36746Call No : 808.0666 DAS-M

Writing Today provides an introduction to the standardforms of written English used in academic, social andworkplace settings. It covers a wide gamut of academicand professional writing—from the fundamentals ofwriting to the essentials of paragraph and essay writingand specific forms such as letters, e-mails, memos,reports and précis. It also explores the skills required forwriting for the media and presentation skills that areessential in…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 37071Call No : 813.54 STR-E

Recalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, andcomplexity, Anything Is Possible explores the wholerange of human emotion through the intimate dramas ofpeople struggling to understand themselves and others.Anything is Possible tells the story of the inhabitants ofrural, dusty Amgash, Illinois, the hometown of LucyBarton, a successful New York writer who finally returns,after seventeen years of absence, to visit the siblings sheleft behind. Reverberating with the deep bonds offamily, and the hope that comes with…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 35393Call No : Biography HUS-Z

Tabla virtuoso, composer and percussionist ZakirHussain is an international music phenomenon. Theeldest son of the legendary Ustad Allarakha, Zakir gavehis first public concert at the age of seven and wasimmediately hailed a child prodigy. In later years, hismasterful dexterity and creative genius led to hisbecoming one of the most sought-after accompanists tothe very best of Hindustani classical musicians anddancers. Zakir Hussain is equally recognized as one ofthe foremost contemporary jazz and world musicpercussionists; he has performed at innumerableconcerts both as a…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 37072Call No : Fiction NEU-S

We always thought the biggest threat to humanitywould come from the outside. We were wrong. As thehuman race picks up the pieces of destruction leftbehind, a new world order emerges. New alliances areformed. Old divisions are strengthened. And, with apower struggle fuelled by the threat of mutuallyassured destruction, nothing is certain. At a time whenthe world's nations should have been coming together,they have never been more divided. With the humanrace teetering on the brink of total war, Rose, Vincentand Eva must…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 36799Call No : Fiction THO-R

Aslan Kennedy has an idyllic life: leader of a spiritualretreat for wealthy holidaymakers on one of theCaribbean’s most unspoilt islands, Saint Marie. Untilhe’s murdered, that is. The case seems open and shut:when Aslan was killed he was inside a locked roomwith only five other people, one of whom has alreadyconfessed to the murder. Detective Inspector RichardPoole is hot, bothered, and fed up with talking towitnesses who’d rather discuss his ‘aura’ than theirwhereabouts at the time of the murder. But he alsoknows that the facts of the case don’t quite stack up. Infact, he’s convinced that the person who’s justconfessed to…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 35869Call No : Fiction AUS-J

Within the insular world of the English countryside,among struggling clerical families, husband-huntingmothers and daughters, country fools and snobs, JaneAusten found the raw material she needed to writebrilliant novels widely admired for their satiric wit,subtlety and perfection of style. Sense and Sensibility isone of the best of these. It is the story of two sisters,Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, who represent senseand sensibility, respectively. When both appear to bedeserted by the young men they had intended to marry,the stage is set for a delicious comedy of manners thatnot only showcases Austen's…

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 37164Call No : Fiction BON-R

Fifteen-year-old Aladdin is befriended by a stranger whosays he is Aladdin’s uncle. Charmed by his generosityand friendliness, Aladdin accompanies the man to a cavesomewhere in the wilderness outside the city. From thecave, Aladdin gathers all kinds of astonishing jewels—and a lamp that looks old and ordinary. But when thestranger reveals himself as a magician, and locks Aladdinin the cave, the boy discovers there is magic everywhere,including in the old ring he is wearing on his finger. Fromhere start the extraordinary exploits of Aladdin. Will hebe able to become a…