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  • Turn of the Tortoise

    The Challenge and Promise of India's Future

    by T N Ninan ...
    In The Turn of the Tortoise, T N Ninan explores the paradox of a "premature superpower" (as Martin Wolf once described India in the Financial Times). India has grown from the 12th largest economy in 2008 to what IMF reckons is the 7th largest in 2015, even as its people are poorer than those in Laos and Sudan. Ninan assesses India's position as a natural counter-weight to China, though ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • The Economics of Biodiversity Conservation

    Valuation in Tropical Forest Ecosystems

    by K.N Ninan ...
    Economic valuation of biodiversity and ecosystem services is possibly the most powerful tool for halting the loss of biodiversity while maintaining incomes and livelihoods. Yet rarely have such approaches been applied to tropical forest ?hotspots?, which house the vast majority of the planets plant and animal species. This ground-breaking work is the most comprehensive and detailed examination of ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • External Stakeholder Management in Projects

    Edited by Johan Ninan ...
    Series series Spon Research
    External stakeholders in projects across sectors, such as infrastructure, policy, healthcare, and communication, are the set of users, special interest groups, and actors that are not a party to the contract but are socially or economically affected by the outcomes of the project. Since these projects create environmental, social, and political disruptions in their environment, these external ... Read more

    $89.31 CAD

  • Social Media for Project Management

    Edited by Johan Ninan ...
    The number of projects is increasing worldwide as traditional and repetitive tasks are carried out through automation. Projects being temporary and unique while being adopted globally across sectors presents a challenge for the effective management of environmental, economic, and social parameters. Projects are people centric and require the effective management of internal and external ... Read more

    $97.55 CAD

  • Conserving and Valuing Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity

    Economic, Institutional and Social Challenges

    Edited by K N Ninan ...
    This book comprehensively addresses the economic, social and institutional difficulties in conserving biodiversity and the ecosystem services that it provides. It covers a wide range of issues such as biodiversity, ecosystem services and valuation in the context of diverse ecosystems such as tropical forests, marine areas, wetlands and agricultural landscapes, non-timber forest products, ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Mind Master

    Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life

    by Viswanathan Anand, Susan Ninan ...
    'Doing everything admirably well matters very little if you can't finish the job.'Few people know better than Viswanathan Anand how to think strategically at lightning speed and work under immense pressure to overcome the toughest odds. From the time he learnt to move pieces on a chessboard as a six-year-old, Vishy - as Anand is fondly called - has racked up innumerable accolades. With five World ... Read more

    $10.47 CAD

  • Nanotechnology Applications for Tissue Engineering

    Edited by Sabu Thomas, Yves Grohens, Neethu Ninan ...
    Series series Micro and Nano Technologies
    Tissue engineering involves seeding of cells on bio-mimicked scaffolds providing adhesive surfaces. Researchers though face a range of problems in generating tissue which can be circumvented by employing nanotechnology. It provides substrates for cell adhesion and proliferation and agents for cell growth and can be used to create nanostructures and nanoparticles to aid the engineering of different ... Read more

    $131.99 CAD

  • Cluster Headache

    Edited by Ninan T. Mathew ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book constitutes a compilation and integration of the latest advances in the management of cluster headaches. It encompasses the work of nine experts in the field of headache in the U.S. and presents a thorough and comprehensive view of the subject. Most of the participants at the symposium have spent years studying cluster headache and its variants. They present a variety of conceptions in a ... Read more

    $64.09 CAD

  • Lightning Kid

    64 Winning Lessons from the Boy Who Became Five-Time World Chess Champion

    by Viswanathan Anand, Susan Ninan ...
    THIS IS VISHY'S STORY.Smart ideas. Sharp moves. Sheer grit.India's first chess Grandmaster and five-time World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand has wowed the world with his brilliant mind and fearless play.From growing up as a young prodigy in Chennai, known as 'Lightning Kid' for his blazing-fast moves, to becoming a global legend by taking on the toughest chess players, Vishy's journey is ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • Arts, Culture and Community Development

    by Nilanjana Premaratna, Jennifer Beth Spiegel, Fiona Whelan, Samson Kei Shun Wong, Miikka Pyykkönen, Pradip Ninan Thomas, Ruth Pearce, Kirsty Lohman, Daniel Mutibwa, Apoena Mano, Palloma Menezes, Alexis Cortes, Sarah Shmaitilly, Célia Hassani, Arek Dakessian, Leon Rosselson, Sharon Cronin, Antonia Darder ...
    Series series Rethinking Community Development
    How and why are arts and cultural practices meaningful to communities?Highlighting examples from Lebanon, Latin America, China, Ireland, India, Sri Lanka and beyond, this exciting book explores the relationship between the arts, culture and community development.Academics and practitioners from six continents discuss how diverse communities understand, re-imagine or seek to change personal, ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • Narratives in Megaprojects

    by Natalya Sergeeva, Johan Ninan ...
    This book is a novel contribution to a field dominated by conventional approaches to project management; it is about narratives in megaprojects. Among the questions examined in this original new book are:What are narratives?Why are they important in megaprojects?How are they formed and used in megaprojects?How do promotors of and protestors against megaprojects craft narratives to their advantage ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Facing Forward

    Schooling for Learning in Africa

    by Sajitha Bashir, Marlaine Lockheed, Elizabeth Ninan, Tan ...
    Series series Africa Development Forum
    While everybody recognizes the development challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa, few have put together coherent plans that offer real hope for any feasible and general improvement. Facing Forward combines an evidence-based plan that not only recognizes the deep problems but provides specific prescriptions for dealing with the problems. In the simplest version, focus on the skills of the people and ... Read more

    $54.99 CAD