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September 2010

Philosophy, Religion, Sociology, Political Science, Economics

113.8/ P8 Ashvin Desai Between eternities: ideas on life and the cosmos. - Penguin, 2008181.452/ P81 Patanjali Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra. - Penguin, 2008181.452 09/ P3 Osho The essence of yoga. - Penguin, 2003294.382 322/ N6 Eknath Eswaran, Tr The Dhammapada. - Penguin, 1996294.592 18/ P0 Roebuck, Valerie J, Tr The Upanishads. - Penguin, 2000294.592 2/ N5;1 Narayan, R K The Indian epics retold. - Penguin, 2000294.5922045/ P2 Sundaram, P S, Tr Kamba Ramayana. - Penguin, 2002294.5922046/ P8 Devdutt Pattanaik The book of Ram. - Penguin, 2008294.5923045/ P92 Namita Gokhale The Puffin Mahabharata. - Puffin Books, 2009294.5926/ 111N1;1 Manu The laws of Manu. - Penguin, 2000294.638/ P8 Khushwant Singh Songs of the Gurus: from Nanak to Gobind Singh. - Penguin, 2008297.095 4/ P8 Gill, S S Islam and the Muslims of India. - Penguin, 2008297.122/ P6 Dawood, N J, Tr The Koran. - Penguin, 2006297.409/ P81 Osho Just like that: talk on Sufi stories. - Penguin, 2008301.095 4/ P61 Sudha Murty The old man and his God. - Penguin, 2006305.8924095483/ P8 Fernandes, Edna The last Jews of Kerala. - Penguin, 2008320.9540905/ P9 Mani Shankar Aiyar A time of transition: Rajiv Gandhi to the 21st century. - Penguin, 2008320.954 91/ P8 Zahid Hussain Frontline Pakistan: the path to catastrophe and the killing of

Benazir Bhutto. - Penguin, 2008330/ P9 Levitt, Steven D Freakonomics. - Penguin, 2009338.954/ P5 Abdul Kalam, A P J Mission India: a vision for Indian youth. - Penguin, 2005363.738 74/ P91 Walker, Gabrielle The hot topic: how to tackle global warming and still keep the

lights on. - Bloomsbury, 2009398.245 4/ P8 Bibek Debroy Sarama and her children: the dog in Indian myth. - Penguin, 2008

Astronomy, Zoology, Medicine, Management, Arts

523.1/ P82 Mani Bhaumik The cosmic detective. - Puffin Books, 2008590/ P8 Ranjit Lal Wild city: nature wonders next door. - Penguin, 2008615.538/ P1;1 Wujastyk, Dominik, Tr The roots of Ayurveda: selections from Sanskrit medical

writings. - Penguin, 2001658.4/ P7 Handy, Charles Gods of management. - Penguin, 2007

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Plain Tales for the British Empire: images of British India,

Africa and South East- Asia by Charles Allen, Ed.

Plain Tales from the British Empire gathers together Charles Allen’s best loved books: Plain Tales from the Raj, Tales from the South China Seas and Tales from the Dark Continent. They are first hand recollections from taped reminiscences broadcast by BBC. At the start of the Second World War, British empire was the most extensive the world have ever known, with approximately a quarter of the world’s population under its sway. Within three decades that empire had been almost totally dismembered. As newly decolonized countries set out to recover their national identities or to construct new ones, beginning with Indian and Pakistan in 1947, it was inevitable that those who had been associated with colonial rule took on the role of scapegoats, to be vilified as oppressors or mocked as stock figures of fun. The book challenges these simplistic attitudes – not by glorifying or mythologizing the Raj but by humanizing the colonial experience. British rule was made up of many constituent parts, some negative and damaging, others positive and beneficial. It was a self serving exercise in throwing national weight about, but it was also about people and the gambles they took with their lives, their interaction with other cultures and its results that continues to affect both sides to this day. The book gives an evocative and unique glimpse into the lost days of the Empire across India, Africa and the territories fringing the South China Sea. It is a highly valuable record of colonial life in the east. The content is intimate, vivid and immensely enjoyable'. London, Abacus, 2009. (Location: MG University Central Library, First floor, Shelf No. 909.09712141 P8)

658.406 3/ P8 Lafley, A G The game-changer: how every leader can drive everything innovation. - Penguin, 2008

741.5/ P8 Amruta Patil Kari: graphic novel. - HarperCollins, 2008745.67/ P7 Mamta Dalal Mangaldas The kidnapping of Amir Hamza. - HarperCollins, 2007

Literature

808.068:294 5922/ N8 Milly Acharya The Ramayana for young readers. - HarperCollins, 2004808.0683 ROW/H5/ P7 Rowling, J K Harry Potter and the order of phoenix. - Bloomsbury, 2007808.068 31/ N8 Aesop The complete fables. - Penguin, 1998808.068 31/ P8 Kipling, Rudyard Just so stories. - Puffin Books, 2008808.803254147/ P8 Amit Chaudhuri, Ed Memory’s gold: writings on Calcutta. - Penguin, 2008In 820.8/ P5.4 First proof: the Penguin book of new writing from India 4. -

Penguin, 2008In 821 KAM/S/ P4 Kamala Das Summer in Calcutta. - D C Books, 2009In 823 AMI/G/ P0 Amitav Ghosh The glass palace. - HarperCollins, 2009In 823 AMI/H/ P0 Amitav Ghosh The hungry tide. - HarperCollins, 2009In 823 ANI/VI/ M4 Anita Desai The village by the sea. - Puffin Books, 1984In 823 DEV/P/ P8 Devdutt Pattanaik The pregnant king. - Penguin, 2008In 823 KAM/H/ P8 Kamala Markandaya A handful of rice. - Penguin, 2008In 823 KEK/F/ P9 Keki N Daruwalla For pepper and Christ. - Penguin, 2009In 823 MEE/Y/ P8 Meenakshi Reddy

MadhavanYou are here. - Penguin, 2008

In 823 MUL/P/ P8 Mulk Raj Anand Private life of an Indian Prince. - HarperCollins, 2008In 823 NAR/MAL/ P6 Narayan, R K Malgudi days. - Penguin, 2006In 823 NAR/S/ P2 Narayan, R K Malgudi school days. - Puffin Books, 2002In 823 TIM/I/ P9 Timeri N Murari The imperial agent. - Penguin, 2009In 824 ARU/A/ P2 Arundhati Roy The algebra of infinite justice. - Penguin, 2002813 PUZ/S/ P9 Puzo, Mario Six graves to Munich. -Maclehose Press, 2009823 CHR1/B/ P2 Christie, Agatha The big four. - HarperCollins, 2002823 CHR1/DEA/ P1 Christie, Agatha Death in the clouds. - HarperCollins, 2001823 CHR1/DU/ P2 Christie, Agatha Dumb witness. - HarperCollins, 2002823 CHR1/O/ P2 Christie, Agatha One, two, buckle my shoe. - HarperCollins, 2002823 CHR1/PA/ P3 Christie, Agatha Parker pyne investigates. - HarperCollins, 2003823 CHR1/SA/ P1 Christie, Agatha Sad cypress. - HarperCollins, 2001823 CHR1/TA/ P2 Christie, Agatha Taken at the flood. - HarperCollins, 2002823 DIC/MY/ P2 Dickens, Charles The mystery of Edwin Drood. - Penguin, 2002823 DIC/PI/ N8 Dickens, Charles Pictures from Italy. - Penguin, 1998823 FIE/H/ P5 Fielding, Henry The history of Tom Jones, a foundling. - Penguin, 2005823 KIP/A/ P9 Kipling, Rudyard The adventures of Mowgli. - Puffin Books, 2009823 RAT/M/ P8 Rathbone, Julian The mutiny: novel. - Abacus, 2008823.01 STO/D/ P3 Stoker, Bram Dracula. - Penguin, 2003823.0872 DOY/A/ P9 Doyle, Arthur Conan The adventures of Sherlock Holmes. - Penguin, 2009843 HUG/L/ 111M2 Hugo, Victor Les miserables. - Penguin, 1982843 LEC/F/ 111P8 Le Clezio, J M G The flood; tr by Peter Green. - Penguin, 2008843 LEC/FE/ 111P8 Le Clezio, J M G Fever; tr by Daphne Woodward. - Penguin, 2008843 LEC/T/ 111P8 Le Clezio, J M G Terra Amata; tr by Barbara Bray. - Penguin, 2008863 MAR/C/ 111N6 Marquez, Gabriel Garcia Chronicle of a death foretold. - Penguin, 1996863 MAR/LO/ 111M8;1 Marquez, Gabriel Garcia Love in the time of cholera. - Penguin, 1988863 MAR/ON/ 111N6;1 Marquez, Gabriel Garcia One hundred years of solitude. - Penguin, 1996869.3 COE/A/ 111N8;1 Coelho, Paulo The alchemists. - HarperCollins, 2009869.3 COE/L/ 111P6 Coelho, Paulo Like the flowing river. - HarperCollins, 2006869.3 COE/P/ 111N8;1 Coelho, Paulo The pilgrimage. - HarperCollins, 2008869.3 COE/V/ 111N8;1 Coelho, Paulo The valkyries. - HarperCollins, 2010869.3 COE/W/ 111P7 Coelho, Paulo The witch of Portobello. - HarperCollins, 2007891.21 KAL 08/ 111M9

Kalidasa The loom of time: selections of his plays and poems; tr by Chandra Rajan. - Penguin, 1999

891.23 DAN/D/ 111P8 Dandi Tales of the ten Princes; tr by A N D Haksar. -Penguin,2008891.230 1 NAR/H/ 111N8

Narayana The hitopadesa; tr by A N D Haksar. - Penguin, 1998

891.230 1 SIV/V/ 111N5

Sivadasa The five and twenty tales of the genie. - Penguin, 1995

891.230 1 SOM/K/ 111N4

Somadeva Tales from the Kathasaritsagara. - Penguin, 1994

891.230 1 VIS/P/ 111N3

Vishnusarma The panchatantra; tr by Chandra Rajan. - Penguin, 1993

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891.304 1 SAT/G/ 111P8

Satavahana Hala The absent traveler: Prakrit love story. - Penguin, 2008

891.40430108/ 111P31 Khushwant Singh, Ed Best Indian short stories (v. 2). - HarperCollins, 2008891.431 KAB/W/ 111P3 Kabir The weaver’s songs. - Penguin, 2003891.433 DEV/C/111P8 Devakinandan Khatri Chandrakanta; tr by Deepa Agarwal. - Puffin Books, 2008891.433 KAM/K/ 111P6 Kamaleshwar Partitions: novel; tr by Ameena Kazi Ansari. - Penguin, 2006891.433 RAH/A/ 111P3 Rahi Masoom Reza A village divided. - Penguin, 2003891.433 01 PRE/C/ 111P8

Premchand The co-wife and other stories. - Penguin, 2006

891.439 3 MIR1/B/ 111N4

Mir Amman A tale of four dervishes. - Penguin, 1994

891.441 JIB/S/ 111P6 Jibanananda Das Selected poems; tr by Chidananda Das. - Penguin, 2006891.443 ROK/S/ 111P5 Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain Sultana’s dream and Padmarag. - Penguin, 2005891.443 SUK/A/ 111P8 Sukumar Ray Wordyguardyboom. - Puffin Books, 2008891.443 TAG/G/ 111P5 Tagore, Rabindranath Home and the world. - Penguin, 2005891.443 TAG/S/ 111P7 Tagore, Rabindranath He; tr by Aparna Chaudhuri. - Penguin, 2006891.443 01 PAR/S/ 111P6

Parashuram Selected stories; tr by Sukanta Chaudhuri. - Penguin, 2006

891.443 01 SAT/D/ 111P8

Satyajit Ray The diary of a space traveller and other stories. -Penguin, 2008

891.443 01 SAT/O/ 111P8

Satyajit Ray One dozen stories. - Puffin Books, 2008

891.479 301 VIJ/N/ 111P8

Vijai Dan Detha New life: selected stories. - Penguin, 2008

891.73 DOS/C/ 111P3 Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Crime and punishment. - Penguin, 2003891.730 1 TOL/CO/ 111P6

Tolstoy, Leo The cossacks and other stories. - Penguin, 2006

894.811 105 NAM/H/ 111N3

Nammalvar Hymns for the drowning: poems for Visnu. - Penguin, 1993

894.811 105 08/ 111P8

Richman, Paula, Tr Extraordinary child: poems from a south Indian devotional genre. - Penguin, 2008

894.8121008/ 111P9 Poonthanam Two measures of bhakti. - Penguin, 2009

Travelogue, Biography, History

909.097 124 1/ P8 Allen, Charles, Ed Plain tales from the British Empire. - Abacus, 2008915.404/ P9 Vassanji, M G A place within: rediscovering India. - Penguin, 2008915.420 4/ P8 Vikramajit Ram Dreaming Vishnus: a journey through central India. -Penguin, 2008915.483 04/ P9 Dominique-Sila Khan Sacred Kerala: a spiritual pilgrimage. - Penguin, 2009915.496 04/ P8 Timeri N Murari Limping to the centre of the world. - Penguin, 2008920 GAN/ P9 Fischer, Louis The life of Mahatma Gandhi. - HarperCollins, 2009920.054/ P9 Dalrymple, William Nine lives: in search of the sacred in modern India. -

Bloomsbury, 2009923.036 25 BIN/ P9 Cool, Steve The Bin Ladens: oil, money, terrorism and the secret

Saudi world. - Penguin, 2008923.1 RAN/ P8 Khushwant Singh Ranjit Singh: Maharaja of the Punjab. - Penguin, 2008923.2 KHA/ P8 Rajmohan Gandhi Ghaffar Khan. - Penguin, 2008923.2 KRI1/ P8 Krishna Bose An outsider in politics. - Penguin, 2008923.2 MAD/ P9 Vir Sanghvi Madhavrao Scindia. - Penguin, 2009923.4 SHA/ P8 Shanti Bhushan Courting destiny. - Penguin, 2008923.6 AMB/ P8 Gail Omvedt Ambedkar: towards an enlightened India. - Penguin, 2008924 CHO/ P8 Chomsky, Noam The essential Chomsky; ed by Anthony Amove. - Penguin, 2008926.1 ATU/ P7 Atul Gawande Better: a Surgeon’s notes on performance. - Penguin, 2007927.914 3 ROS/ P8 Dileep Padgaokar Under her spell: Roberto Rosselini in India. - Penguin, 2008928 BAN2/ P9 Banarasidas Ardhakathanak. - Penguin, 2009928 KAM/ 111P3;1 Kamala Das A childhood in Malabar. - Penguin, 2003928 MUL/ P5 Mulk Raj Anand Seven summers. - Penguin, 2005928 SHA1/ P7 Bryson, Bill Shakespeare: the world as a stage. - HarperCollins, 2007938.03/ P3 Herodotus The histories. - Penguin, 2003945.632/ N6 Tacitus, Cornelius The annals of imperial Rome. - Penguin, 1996954.035/ P8 (R) Pavan K Varma, Ed The illustrated history of the freedom struggle. -Penguin,2008954.04/ P01 Bipan Chandra India since independence. - Penguin, 2008954.051/ P9 Khushwant Singh Why I supported the emergency. - Penguin, 2009954.2/ P8 Tillotson, Giles Taj Mahal. - Penguin, 2008954.56/ P7 Ranjana Sengupta Delhi metropolitan. - Penguin, 2007954.83/ P71 Sreedhara Menon, A A survey of Kerala. - D C Books, 2008

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Theses awarded by M G University

006.693/ Q0 Bindu, K Improved methods for computer generation of realistic images of three dimensional scenes

332.672 52/ Q0 Johnson Varghese Investments of state governments: a study with reference to Government of Kerala

338.479 109 548 3/ Q0 Preemy P Thachil The economic impact of CIAL in the development of tourism in Kerala with special reference to Cochin

370.711/ Q0 Anita Mathai Effect of reflective teaching strategies on communicative competence of teacher educands at primary level

371.07115095483/ Q0 Elizabeth Kuruvilla Educational activities of the Mar Thoma Syrian church of Malabar in Kerala

372.708 694/ Q0 Gokuladasan Pillai, C A study of effectiveness of remedial programmes in mathematics for the disadvantaged children of primary schools

373.246 095 483/ Q0 Reene Kuncheria A study on the educational and vocational problems and needs of students in the vocational higher secondary schools of Kerala

381.41383095483/ Q0 Thomas, T P Problems and prospects of the spices trade in Kerala519.24/ Q01 Uma, P Ramifications and applications of generalized Alpha-Laplace

distributions and process530.413/ P3 Isaac Paul Invitro studies on the growth and properties of urinary crystals539.752/ Q0 Jose P Abraham Studies on environmental impact of atomic minerals processing in

Cochin backwaters571.962 96/ Q0 Meera, C R Studies on the antineoplastic properties of polysaccharides isolated

from a wood rotting macrofungus Phellinus Rimosus (BERK) Pilat578.755 275 3/ Q0 Jojo George Roadside vegetation in relation to heavy metal contamination in

Kottayam district, Kerala616.9940610724/ Q0 Manu, K A Effect of natural products on the activation of NF-kB and expression of

inducible nitric oxide synthase gene during tumor specific angiogenesis and metastasis

660.284 24/ Q0 Jissy Mathew Development and pressure driven transport studies of polyelectrolyte membranes

In 823 NAR 09/ Q0 Dominic, K V East-west conflict in the novels of R K Narayan with special reference to The vendor of sweets, Waiting for the Mahatma, The painter of signs and The guide

821 THO 09/ Q0 Mary Paul Chakachamparambil

Ambivalent contours in the poetry of R S Thomas

823 BRO 09/ Q0 Lata Marina Varghese The storm and the calm: Emily Bronte’s Wuthering heights and Arundhati Roy’s The God of small things- a thematic and stylistic study

891.433 010 9/ Q0 Soosy Joseph Dalit saahithya: ek sarvekshan- Hindi katha saahithya ke vishesh sandarbh mem

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