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003 SYSTEMS

 

170 ETHICS

 

305 SOCIAL GROUPS

 

306 CULTURE and INSTITUTIONS

 

307 COMMUNITIES

 

327 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

 

330 ECONOMICS

 

332 FINANCIAL ECONOMICS

 

333 ECONOMICS OF LAND and ENERGY

 

338 PRODUCTION

 

343 MILITARY,TAX,TRADE and INDUSTRIAL LAW

 

364 CRIMINOLOGY

 

370 EDUCATION

 

378 HIGHER EDUCATION

 

519 PROBABILITIES and APPLIED MATHEMATICS

 

610 MEDICINE and HEALTH

 

657 ACCOUNTING

 

658 GENERAL MANAGEMENT

 

700 ARTS

 

810 AMERICAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

 

820 ENGLISH and OLD ENGLISH LITERATURES

 

830 GERMAN and RELATED LITERATURES

 

950 HISTORY OF ASIA

 


 003   SYSTEMS  
   1 Bronson, Richard
Schaum-s outline of theory and problems of operations
research / Richard Bronson and Govindasami Naadimuthu.--
2nd ed-- New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill, 2008
vii, 456p. 27cm.
ISBN : 9780070584006.
003 BRO 137718
** Operations research -- Outlines, syllabi, etc ,
Operations research -- Problems, exercises, etc ,
Operations research
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 170   ETHICS  
   2 Sethi, S Prakash (ed)
Globalization and the good corporation / S Prakash Sethi.
-- New York: Springer, 2011.
365p. 28cm.
ISBN : 9789400702394.
174.4 SET 137781
The emerging global economic order has brought capitalism
and the large multinational corporation to the apex of
social institutions. The book emphasizes a search for
feasible solutions in the context of real world problems,
resource constraints, and human frailties.

** Corporations -- Congresses , Business ethics --
Congresses , Globalization -- Congresses.
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 305   SOCIAL GROUPS  
   3 Norton, Anne
On the Muslim question / Anne Norton.-- Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 2013.
xi, 265p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780691157047.
305.697 NOR 137767
In this book the author provides a new vision of a richer
and more diverse democratic life in the West, one that
makes room for Muslims rather than scapegoat them for
the West-s own anxieties.

** Islamic sociology, Islam -- Social aspects, Islam --
Economic aspects.
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 306   CULTURE and INSTITUTIONS  
   4 Sherry, John F (ed)
Explorations in consumer culture theory / John F Sherry
and Eileen Fischer.-- New York: Routledge, 2011.
xvi,224p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780415620406.
306.3 SHE 137762
It explores in detail and theoretical depth the
relationships that the consumer has developed both with
goods and services and with the stakeholders that animate
markets. Beginning with an examination of the
underpinnings of cultural inquiry, this book focuses on
specific consumption venues.

** Consumer behavior -- Congresses , Consumption
(Economics) -- Congresses.
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 307   COMMUNITIES  
   5 Sanyal, Bishwapriya (ed)
Planning ideas that matter : livability, territoriality,
governance, and reflective practice / Bishwapriya Sanyal,
Lawrence J Vale and Christina D Rosan.-- Cambridge: The
MIT Press, 2012.
ix, 422p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780262517683.
307.1216 SAN 137770
Over the past hundred years of urbanization and
suburbanization, four key themes have shaped urban and
regional planning in both theory and practice:
livability, territoriality, governance, and reflective
professional practice. This book charts the trajectories
of these powerful planning ideas in an increasingly
interconnected world.

** City planning -- Social aspects.

6 Humphrey, Caroline (ed)
Post-cosmopolitan cities : explorations of urban
coexistence / Caroline Humphrey and Vera Skvirskaja.--
New York: Berghahn Books, 2012.
ix, 250p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780857455109.
307.76 HUM 137782
This book explores the post-cosmopolitan city. The
contributors consider the effects of migration, national,
and religious revivals (with their new aesthetic
sensibilities), the dispositions of marginalized economic
actors, and globalized tourism on urban sociality. The
case studies here share the situation of having been
incorporated in previous political regimes (imperial,
colonial, socialist) that one way or another created
their own kind of cosmopolitanism, and now these cities
are experiencing the aftermath of these regimes while
being exposed to new national politics and migratory
flows of people.

** Sociology, Urban , Cosmopolitanism , Urbanization --
Social aspects.

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 327   INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS  
   7 Weitzman, Hal
Latin lessons : how South America stopped listening to
the United States and started prospering / Hal Weitzman.-
Hoboken: John Wiley, 2012.
xii, 275p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780470481912.
327.8073 WEI 137783
The mistakes the U.S. has made in Latin America - and the
high price it will pay for them Washington has long told
Latin American countries how to run their economies:
bring in multinationals, eliminate the social safety net,
keep government debt low, court U.S. politicians, and
sign free trade agreements.

** Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States ,
United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America ,
Latin America -- Foreign economic relations -- United
States , United States -- Foreign economic relations --
Latin America ,
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 330   ECONOMICS  
   8 McKenzie, Richard B
The New world of economics : a remake of a classic for
new generations of economics students / Richard B
McKenzie and Gordon Tullock.--6th ed-- Heidelberg:
Springer, 2012.
xviii,559p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9783642273636.
330 MAC 137754
This text continues the tradition of taking contrarian
stands on important economic issues, bringing fresh
insight to established economic concepts and principles
and to many topics that are new to this edition.

** Economics , Social sciences , Economics - Methodology
Social sciences - Methodology

9 Kapila, Uma (ed)
Indian economy since independence / Uma Kapila.--23rd ed-
New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2012.
1024p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9788171889723.
330.95404 KAP 137705
This book is well supported by editorial notes and
excerpts from plan documents, that together present a
comprehensive and critical analysis of Indian economy
since independence:1947-2012.

** India -- Economic conditions -- 21st century , India -
Economic policy -- 21st century ,

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 332   FINANCIAL ECONOMICS  
   10 Admati, Anat
The Bankers- new clothes : what-s wrong with banking and
what to do about it / Anat Admati and Martin Hellwig.--
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013.
xv, 398p.
23cm.
ISBN : 9780691156842.
332.1 ADM 137760
What is wrong with today-s banking system? The past few
years have shown that risks in banking can impose
significant costs on the economy. Many claim, however,
that a safer banking system would require sacrificing
lending and economic growth. "The Bankers- New Clothes"
examines this claim and the narratives used by bankers,
politicians, and regulators to rationalize the lack of
reform, exposing them as invalid.

** Banks and banking, Financial institutions --
Government policy, Financial crises -- Prevention.
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 333   ECONOMICS OF LAND and ENERGY  
   11 Mishra, Ram Kumar
India-s energy transition : possibilities and prospects /
Ram Kumar Mishra and V Balaji Nagendra Kumar.-- New Delhi
: Academic Foundation, 2012.
401p,24cm.
ISBN : 9788171889730.
333.790954 MIS 137704
This book discusses India-s complex and multidimensional
energy problems in general, and the complex challenges
faced by India-s energy sector and power sector in
particular. It presents possibilities and prospects for
India-s energy transition in the context of the policy
environment and the ground realities.

** Energy development -- India , Energy policy -- India ,
Energy security -- India

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 338   PRODUCTION  
   12 Biyani, Kishore
It happened in India : the story of Pantaloons, Big
Bazar, Central and the Indian consumer / Kishore Biyani.-
New Delhi: Rupa, 2007.
xii, 268p. 20cm.
ISBN : 9788129111371.
338.04092 BIY 137723
Autobiography of an Indian entrepreneur who
revolutionized retail trade in India.

** Biyani, Kishore 2. Businesspeople -- India --
Biography 3. Entrepreneurship

13 Bisaliah, S
Investment in Indian agriculture : macro and micro
evidences / S Bisaliah, S Mahendra Dev and Syed Saifullah
-- New Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2012.
229p,24cm.
ISBN : 9788171889549.
338.130954 BIS 137706
The book analyzes macro evidences on investment behavior
in Indian agriculture, shifting composition of public and
private sector investment in agriculture, and the
relationship among capital formation, agriculture growth,
and poverty alleviation. It also provides comprehensive
micro (field) level evidences on capital structure,
growth, composition, capital intensity, the impact of
capital stock on productivity of labor and land, and
determinants of farm-level capital formation.

** Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- India , Saving and
investment -- India

14 Salvatore, Dominick
Schaum-s outline of theory and problems of microeconomic
theory / Dominick Salvatore.--3rd ed-- New Delhi: Tata
McGraw-Hill, 2008.
viii, 364p. 27cm.
ISBN : 9780070589384.
338.501 SAL 137719
The learn-by-doing approach of this book helps students
one of the most difficult courses required in most
colleges and universities--traditionally one of the most
important courses in all economics and business
curricula.

** Microeconomics

15 Besley, Timothy
Pillars of prosperity : the political economics of
development clusters / Timothy Besley and Torsten Persson
-- Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011.
xiv,375p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780691158150.
338.87 BES 137768
To achieve peace, the authors stress the avoidance of
repressive government and civil conflict. They show that
countries tend to enjoy all three pillars of prosperity
when they have evolved cohesive political institutions
that promote common interests, guaranteeing the provision
of public goods. In line with much historical research,
international conflict has also been an important force
behind effective states by fostering common interests.
The absence of common interests and/or cohesive political
institutions can explain the existence of very different
development clusters in fragile states that are plagued
by poverty, violence, and weak state capacity.

** Economic policy , Economic development , Business
incubators.


16 Jha, Veena
India emerging : the reality checks / Veena Jha.-- New
Delhi: Academic Foundation, 2012.
374p, 24cm.
ISBN : 9788171889525.
338.954 JHA 137703
A modern approach to understanding the dichotomy between
growth and development, this book explores the links
between growth and inequality and debates whether or not
growth has been inclusive in recent experience.
Suggesting unusual solutions to India-s development
problems, this account which also investigates issues
such as philanthropy and migration will be beneficial to
development economists.

** Economic development -- India , India -- Economic
policy -- 1991-
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 343   MILITARY,TAX,TRADE and INDUSTRIAL LAW  
   17 Roberts, Peter
Joint operating agreements : a practical guide / Peter
Roberts.--2nd ed-- London: Globe Business Publishing,
2012.
310p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9781905783885.
343.420772 ROB 137769
The joint operating agreement (JOA) is one of the
cornerstone contracts in the petroleum projects world.
This book provides an examination of the provisions of a
typical JOA in the order that they appear, with focus on
the critical issues of scope, the operator-s role, joint
and exclusive operations, default, transfers and
decommissioning. .

** Petroleum industry and trade, Oil and gas leases,
Petroleum law and legislation -- Great Britain.
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 364   CRIMINOLOGY  
   18 Varese, Federico
Mafias on the move : how organized crime conquers new
territories / Federico Varese.-- Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 2011.
x, 278p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780691158013.
364.106 VAR 137764
Organized crime is spreading like a global virus as mobs
take advantage of open borders to establish local
franchises at will. This book argues that Mafiosi often
find themselves abroad against their will, rather than
through a strategic plan to colonize the territories.

** Mafia -- History, Organized crime -- History,
Transnational crime -- History.

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 370   EDUCATION  
   19 Johnson, Tony W
Philosophical documents in education / Tony W Johnson and
Ronald F Reed.--4th ed-- Boston: Pearson, 2012.
xvii,284p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780137080380.
370.1 JOH 137699
The introduction of Philosophical Documents in Education
asks the simple question, what does it mean to be
educated? That simple but profound inquiry is answered
throughout the anthology-s 16 chapters by both classical
and contemporary educators, progressives, and
philosophers. Driven by the idea that students can better
understand and practice their profession by reading,
contemplating, and discussing philosophical and
historical literature, this collection of primary sources
exposes readers to a wealth of ideas regarding teaching,
learning, schooling, and instruction - from ancient texts
to modern selections.

** Education -- Philosophy
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 378   HIGHER EDUCATION  
   20 Bowen, William G
Higher education in the digital age / William G Bowen and
Kelly A Lack.-- Princeton: Princeton University Press,
2013.
xvii,172p. 22cm.
ISBN : 9780691159300.
378.00285 BOW 137784
Surveying the dizzying array of new technology-based
teaching and learning initiatives, this title argues that
such technologies could transform traditional higher
education - allowing it at last to curb rising costs by
increasing productivity, while preserving quality and
protecting core values.

** Education, Higher -- Computer network resources ,
Education, Higher -- Effect of technological innovations
on , Internet in higher education.
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 519   PROBABILITIES and APPLIED MATHEMATICS  
   21 Gassmann, Horand I
Stochastic programming : application in finance, energy,
planning and logistics / Horand I Gassmann and William T
Ziemba.-- New Jersey: World Scientific, 2013.
xxix,518p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9789814407502.
519.7 GAS 137773
This book shows the breadth and depth of stochastic programming
applications. This title features papers that discuss
such diverse problems as longevity risk management of
individual investors, personal financial planning,
inter-temporal surplus management, asset management with
benchmarks, dynamic portfolio management, and more.

** Mathematical optimization, Mathematical optimization -
Industrial applications, Stochastic processes --
Econometric models.
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 610   MEDICINE and HEALTH  
   22 Rose, Nikolas
Neuro : the new brain sciences and the management of the
mind / Nikolas Rose and Joelle M Abi-Rached.-- Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 2013.
xii, 335p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780691149615.
612.8 ROS 137766
This book describes the key developments--theoretical,
technological, economic, and bio- political--that have
enabled the neurosciences to gain such traction outside
the laboratory. It explores the ways neurobiological
conceptions of personhood are influencing everything from
child rearing to criminal justice, and are transforming
the ways we "know ourselves" as human beings.

** Neuropsychology, Neuropsychology -- methods, Brain --
physiopathology, View all subjects
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 657   ACCOUNTING  
   23 Banerjee, Ashok
Financial accounting : a managerial emphasis / Ashok
Banerjee.--3rd ed-- New Delhi: Excel Books, 2009.
793p.24cm.
ISBN : 9788174467430.
657 BAN 137720
This book covers the first aspect of management
accounting. It seeks to delve deep into all the aspects
of Financial Accounting from a manager-s perspective. The
objective is to present the concepts, applications and
practices of Financial Accounting in such a manner that
even those readers having no prior exposure to the
subject can understand its theory and practice.

** Accounting , Financial accounting

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 658   GENERAL MANAGEMENT  
   24 Devenport, Thomas H
Competing on analytics : the new science of winning /
Thomas H Davenport and Jeanne G Harris.-- Boston: Harvard
Business School Press, 2007.
xv, 218p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781422103326.
658.4013 DAV 137709
This book puts forward an argument that the frontier for
using data to make decisions has shifted. It uses
analytics which is a sophisticated quantitative and
statistical analysis and predictive modeling.

** Business intelligence , Data mining.

25 Davis, Glyn
Quantitative methods for decision making using excel /
Glyn Davis and Branko Pecar.-- Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 2013.
xxii, 629p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780199694068.
658.4030072 DAV 137772
This book provides students with the key techniques and
methodology they will need to successfully engage with
all aspects of quantitative analysis and decision making,
both on their undergraduate course, and in the larger
context of their future business environments.

** Microsoft Excel (Computer file), Decision making --
Research -- Methodology -- Textbooks, Decision making --
Data processing -- Textbooks.

26 Winston, Wayne L
Microsoft excel 2010 : data analysis and business
modeling / Wayne L Winston.-- New Delhi: PHI Learning,
2010.
xii, 700p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9788120342590.
658.4030028555 WIN 137724
Master the techniques that business analysts at leading
companies use to transform data into bottom-line results.
Each chapter advances data analysis and modeling
expertise using real-world examples and learn-by-doing
exercises.

** Microsoft Excel (Computer file) , Industrial
management -- Statistical methods -- Computer programs ,
Decision making -- Computer programs.

27 Evans, James R
Statistics, data analysis and decision modeling / James R
Evans.--5th ed-- Boston: Pearson, 2013.
xxiii, 528p. 25cm.
ISBN : 9780132744287.
658.4033 EVA 137774
This book focuses on the practical understanding of its
topics, allowing readers to develop conceptual insight on
fundamental techniques and theories. Evans dedication to
present material in a simple and straightforward fashion
is ideal for comprehension.

** Industrial management -- Statistical methods,
Statistical decision.

28 Goyal, D P
Management information systems : managerial perspectives
/ D P Goyal.-- New Delhi: Macmillan India, 2000.
xxi, 426p. 23cm.
ISBN : 0333933885.
658.4038011 GOY 137722
The book attempts to balance the two disciplines of
management and computer science to understand the modern
approach to computer-based information systems. It also
demonstrates application of analysis and design
techniques for implementing new information systems.

** Management information systems

29 Moutinho, Luiz (ed)
Quantitative modelling in marketing management / Luiz
Moutinho and Kun-Huang Huarng.-- New Jersey: World
Scientific, 2013.
xxvi, 503p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9789814407717.
658.800727 MOU 137771
This book focuses on the description and applications of
many quantitative modelling approaches applied to
marketing and management. The structure encompasses
statistical, computer and mathematical as well as other
models.

** Management -- Mathematical models, Marketing --
Mathematical models.

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 700   ARTS  
   30 Holly, Michael Ann
The Melancholy art / Michael Ann Holly.-- Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 2013.
xxv,194p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9780691139340.
709.22 HOL 137765
This book explores the unique connections between
melancholy and the art historian-s craft. Though the
objects art historians study are materially present in
our world, the worlds from which they come are forever
lost to time. The book looks at how melancholy suffuses
the work of some of the twentieth century-s most powerful
and poetic writers on the history of art, including Alois
Riegl, Franz Wickhoff, Adrian Stokes, Michael Baxandall,
Meyer Schapiro, and Jacques Derrida.

** Art -- Historiography, Melancholy.
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 810   AMERICAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH  
   31 Picoult, Jodi
Keeping faith : a novel / Jodi Picoult.-- New York:
Harper Perennial, 2010.
422p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9780061991547.
813.54 PIC 137787
A New Hampshire girl effects miraculous cures, becoming
the center of a controversy involving doctors, priests
and the media. The divorced father who blames the mother
sues for custody and the result is a trial, pitting
believers against skeptics.

** Custody of children -- Fiction , Mothers and daughters
-- Fiction , Stigmatization -- Fiction.

32 Picoult, Jodi
Salem falls / Jodi Picoult.-- New York: Washington Square
Press, 2002.
434p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9780743418713.
813.54 PIC 137786
Jack St. Bride was a popular teacher and soccer coach at
a girls- prep school when he was falsely accused of
statutory rape. Released after eight months behind bars,
he arrives in Salem Falls hoping to start fresh. He lands
a job washing dishes at the local diner and even falls in
love with the owner, Addie. But then a spoiled local girl
accuses Jack of assault, forcing his past into the open
and turning the town against him.

** Preparatory school teachers -- Fiction , Diners
(Restaurants) -- Fiction , Statutory rape -- Fiction.

33 Picoult, Jodi
The Storyteller : a novel / Jodi Picoult.-- New York:
Emily Bestler Books, 2013.
ix,460p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781439102763.
813.54 PIC 137756
In grief support groups, women and men gain strength by
sharing their stories with others who have felt the same
pain. For baker Sage Singer, mourning the death of her
mother, that sharing brought not only healing, but also
an unexpected friend. Josef Weber is everyone-s favorite
retired teacher and Little League coach. One day, he asks
Sage for a favor. He wants her to kill him, and he tells
his story to explain why. Sage then wonders, could he be
right? Could he deserve to die? Can someone who-s
committed a truly heinous act ever redeem themselves with
good behavior? And if Sage even considers his request, is
it murder, or justice?

** Bakers -- Fiction , Friendship -- Fiction , Good and
evil -- Fiction.

34 Hosseini, Khaled
And the Mountains echoed / Khaled Hosseini.-- New York:
Riverhead, 2013.
404p. 24cm.
ISBN : 9781594631764.
813.6 HOS 137758
This book presents a story inspired by human love, how
people take care of one another, and how choices resonate
through subsequent generations. In this multigenerational
novel revolving around parents and children, brothers and
sisters, cousins and caretakers, the author explores the
many ways in which family members love, wound, betray,
honor, and sacrifice for one another.

** Families -- Fiction, Interpersonal relations --
Fiction Brothers and sisters -- Fiction.

35 Picoult, Jodi
My sister-s keeper : a novel / Jodi Picoult.-- New York:
Washington Square Press, 2005.
x, 423p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9780743454537.
813.6 PIC 137759
This book examines what it means to be a good parent, a
good sister, a good person. Is it morally correct to do
whatever it takes to save a child-s life, even if that
means infringing upon the rights of another? Is it worth
trying to discover who you really are, if that quest
makes you like yourself less? Should you follow your own
heart, or let others lead you? In this book, the author
tackles a controversial real-life subject with grace,
wisdom, and sensitivity.

** Sisters -- Fiction, Teenage girls -- Fiction.

36 Picoult, Jodi
Nineteen minutes : a novel / Jodi Picoult.-- New York:
Pocket Books, 2013.
ix, 642p.17cm.
ISBN : 9781476729718.
813.6 PIC 137757
This is a riveting, poignant, and thought-provoking novel
that has at its center a haunting question-whether we ever
really know someone.

** School shootings -- Fiction, High school students --
Crimes against -- Fiction, Women judges -- Fiction.

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 820   ENGLISH and OLD ENGLISH LITERATURES  
   37 Harris, Robert
Imperium : a novel of ancient Rome / Robert Harris.-- New
York: Pocket books, 2007.
305p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9780743498661.
823.914 HAR 137788
A tale inspired by the writings of Tiro, Cicero-s
confidential secretary, traces the life of the ancient
Roman orator from his beginnings as a young lawyer
through his competitions with Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus
in the political arena.

** Tiro, M. Tullius - (Marcus Tullius), - 104 B.C. or 103
B.C.- - Fiction , Cicero, Marcus Tullius - Fiction , Rome
- History - Republic, 265-30 B.C. - Fiction.

38 Harris, Robert
Pompeii : a novel / Robert Harris.-- New York: Random
House, 2009.
278p. 20cm.
ISBN : 9780099527947.
823.914 HAR 137755
When the aqueduct that brings fresh water to thousands of
people around the bay of Naples fails, Roman engineer
Marius Primus heads to the slopes of Mount Vesuvius to
investigate, only to come face to face with an impending
catastrophe. Water-supply -- Fiction.

** Vesuvius (Italy) -- Eruption, 79 -- Fiction, Pompeii
(Extinct city) -- Fiction.

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 830   GERMAN and RELATED LITERATURES  
   39 Mann, Thomas
Doctor Faustus : the life of the German composer Adrian
Leverkuhn as told by a friend / Thomas Mann.-- New York:
Random House, 2011.
xxxv, 523p. 21cm.
ISBN : 9780679409960.
833.912 LEV 137761
Just as "Macbeth" is synonymous with the tragedy of
ambition and "Othello" with that of sexual jealousy, the
name of Thomas Mann-s protagonist, Adrian Leverkuhn,
symbolizes the tragedy of Germany-s seduction by evil.
Here is a new translation of Mann-s 1948 masterpiece--his
modern reworking of the Faust legend, in which 20th-
century Germany sells its soul to the devil.

** Germany -- History -- 1789-1900 -- Fiction, Germany --
History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

40 Mann, Thomas
The Holy sinner / Thomas Mann.-- California: University
of California Press, 1992.
xxi,336p.20cm.
ISBN : 9780749386429.
833.912 MAN 137763
This book explores a subject that fascinated Thomas Mann
to the end of his life--the origins of evil and evil-s
connection with magic. Here Mann uses a medieval legend
about -the exceeding mercy of God and the birth of the
blessed Pope Gregory- as he used the Biblical account of
Joseph as the basis for Joseph and His Brothers--
illuminating with his ironic sensibility the notion of
original sin and transcendence of evil.

** Incest -- Fiction, Oedipus complex -- Fiction, Penance
-- Fiction.
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 950   HISTORY OF ASIA  
   41 Dawisha, Adeed
Iraq : a political history / Adeed Dawisha.-- Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 2013.
393p. 23cm.
ISBN : 9780691157931.
956.704 DAW 137785
This book traces the history of the Iraqi state from its
inception in 1921 following the collapse of the Ottoman
Empire and up to the present day.

** Iraq -- Politics and government -- 1921-1958 , Iraq --
Politics and government -- 1958-
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