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    The basic objective of the book is to define and review the recent advances in our understand on the biological mechanisms in the biodegradation and detoxification of various environmental pollutants. The book encompasses recent studies on the mode of detoxication of such mercurial compounds by various microorganisms ... Read more

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  • Provincializing Europe

    Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference - New Edition

    Series series Princeton Studies in Culture/Power/History
    First published in 2000, Dipesh Chakrabarty's influential Provincializing Europe addresses the mythical figure of Europe that is often taken to be the original site of modernity in many histories of capitalist transition in non-Western countries. This imaginary Europe, Dipesh Chakrabarty argues, is built into the social sciences. The very idea of historicizing carries with it some peculiarly ... Read more

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  • Explaining Life through Evolution

    Discover the origin story of life on this planet in this fascinating exploration of the science of evolution—and why it matters to our future.Prosanta Chakrabarty explains evolution in a concise, accessible, and engaging way, emphasizing the importance of understanding evolution in everyday contemporary life. Weaving his own lived experience among discussions of Darwin and the origins of ... Read more

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  • Finding Belle

    *Chosen by Her Majesty as part of The Queen's Reading Room 2026*'A gripping story of family betrayal, full of passion and anger … moving and memorable' Rose Tremain‘Harrowing, poignant and ambitious … a definite for book clubs’ Nina BhadreshwarWhat will it take to uncover her past?A lost child.When Mivvi is young, her mother Belle is a puzzle: beautiful, troubled, and, terrifyingly, increasingly ... Read more

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  • An Impossible Woman

    Her charisma changed lives.Her art changed history.Paris, 1930. Amrita Sher-Gil arrives at the École des Beaux-Arts – its youngest student, its first Indian – and begins painting canvases that will change art history. Brilliant, vivacious and utterly ungovernable, she tears through Paris society, leaving a trail of lovers, masterpieces and scandals in her wake.But when she returns home to India, ... Read more

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  • The Ai Choice

    As artificial intelligence becomes a trusted companion in professional work, knowing when not to trust it may be our most important skill.In The AI Choice: Volume 1 - The Practitioner, Uttaran Chakrabarti explores one of the defining questions of the AI age: How can professionals benefit from increasingly intelligent systems without surrendering the judgment, expertise, and responsibility that ... Read more

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  • Human Rights

    The Case for the Defence

    A powerful and urgent explanation and vindication of our human rights and freedomsOur human rights are endangered. After the devastation of World War Two the international community united to enshrine fundamental rights to refuge, health, education and living standards. They protected privacy, fair trials and free speech and outlawed torture, slavery and discrimination. Their goal was greater ... Read more

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  • Public Administration

    This textbook is a comprehensive, student-friendly guide to understanding the fundamentals of public administration. It examines the recent developments and relevant theoretical underpinnings in an accessible manner.Public Administration:Helps students grasp key dialectical interconnections between theoretical conceptualizations and prevalent socio-economic and political circumstancesProvides ... Read more

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  • Transition and Development in India

    According to Nehru, the transition from a backward agricultural society to a modern industrialized society was the only road for India to progress. So, for the past few decades, India has focused its transitional development around movement away from a state-controlled economy toward that of a free market economy. Transition and Development in India challenges the current basis of this theory of ... Read more

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  • The Climate of History in a Planetary Age

    For the past decade, historian Dipesh Chakrabarty has been one of the most influential scholars addressing the meaning of climate change. Climate change, he argues, upends long-standing ideas of history, modernity, and globalization. The burden of The Climate of History in a Planetary Age is to grapple with what this means and to confront humanities scholars with ideas they have been reluctant to ... Read more

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  • Fighting for Women's Rights

    The Extraordinary Adventures of Anna Leonowens

    Series series Amazing Stories
    From her time growing up in India and the Royal Court of Siam, Anna (made famous as the "I" in the movie The King and I) developed a fiercely independent nature that she brought with her to North America. As a well-known author, Anna toured America landing in Halifax where she single-handedly created an art school for girls - later to become the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She devoted ... Read more

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  • On Liberty

    On Liberty is the story of today's threats to our freedoms and a highly personal, impassioned plea in defence of fundamental rights, from Shami Chakrabarti, Britain's leading human rights campaignerOn 11 September 2001, our world changed. The West's response to 9/11 has morphed into a period of exception. Governments have decided that the rule of law and human rights are often too costly. In On ... Read more

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