ikra - Social & Cultural Studies 1

All you wanted to know about The Bollywood Super Star Salman Khan. From images to history, from filmography to awards won, from personal life to controversies. This book is for those who are fans of……続きを見る

This book provides an introduction to one of the greatest civilizations of all time – ancient Egypt. Beginning with a geographical overview that explains the development of Egyptian belief systems a……続きを見る

In many African countries, mental health issues, including the burden of serious mental illness and trauma, have not been adequately addressed. These essays shed light on the treatment of common and……続きを見る

This book by the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI) presents the inaugural regional competitiveness analysis for the five regions of India as a basis for the Master Plan on Strategic Regional Econ……続きを見る

Sweta Srivastava Vikram is an award-winning writer, poet, novelist, author, essayist, columnist, blogger, and educator whose musings have translated into four chapbooks of poetry, two collaborative ……続きを見る

About the Author Sweta Srivastava Vikram is a multi-genre writer and marketing professional living in New York City. She is the author of Because All Is Not Lost from Modern History Press and the co……続きを見る

Intensive Wertediskussionen flackern überall dort auf, wo überkommene Haltungen vor dem Hintergrund gesellschaftlicher Veränderungen in Frage gestellt werden. Angesichts einer zunehmenden Beschleuni……続きを見る

What are the reasons behind, and trajectories of, the rapid cultural changes in Ukraine since 2013? This volume highlights: the role of the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian war in the……続きを見る

As the pace of economic change seems to only quicken, including rapid technological advance, today’s advanced economies face uncertainty from a number of directions, most of which have the potential……続きを見る

Human history has produced hundreds of epic writers, poets, novelists, and historians to narrate what’s occurred in the past 5,000 years of human beings’ cultural history. There’s abundant informati……続きを見る

The Hidden Russia, first published in 1960, is a detailed recounting of the author’s ten-years as a political prisoner inside the prisons and slave labor camps of the former Soviet Union. From the m……続きを見る

Why has India's astonishing economic growth not reached the people at the bottom of its social and economic hierarchy? Travelling the length and breadth of the subcontinent, this book shows how Indi……続きを見る

In The Ultimate Goal, Vikram Sood, former chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), explains 'the narrative' and how a country's ability to construct, sus……続きを見る

Biomaterials as a research theme is highly socially relevant with impactful applications in human healthcare. In this context, this book provides a state-of-the-art perspective on biomaterials resea……続きを見る

The Shudras echoes Dr Ambedkar's question in Who Were the Shudras? that he asked in 1946. More than 70 years later, Kancha Ilaiah and his team of authors revisit this issue to give Shudras a voice a……続きを見る

Den franske nobelpristager ANDRÉ GIDE var en af de vigtigste forfattere i det 20. århundrede. På modernistisk vis udfordrede han tidens moralske, politiske og litterære dogmer, og gennem sit forfatt……続きを見る

A graphic novel featuring uplifting stories of combattingーand beatingーcalls for their eviction in Detroit, showing how everyday people are fighting to stay in their homes, organizing with their co……続きを見る

Humans are in danger of crossing a divide where their foothold on an earth once abundant in self-willed otherness is slipping away. This is apparent with the sixth mass extinction, climate change, a……続きを見る

The author tears into the false narrative of India’s progress since independence and the mirage of a glorious future, created by the political class and the bureaucracy. With facts, data, and a touc……続きを見る

Una reflexión sobre la vida civil y los avances democráticos, motivada por un profundo humanismo y alumbrada por un agudo pensamiento crítico. >Dimos lugar y respeto al trabajo, y entendimos que el ……続きを見る

With its reputation as one of the most stunning and diverse tourist destinations in Asia, Bali attracts nearly 1,000,000 visitors from around the world each year. Geographically situated between the……続きを見る

This book provides an accessible introduction to causal inference and data analysis with R, specifically for a public policy audience. It aims to demystify these topics by presenting them through pr……続きを見る

This book provides a contemporary treatment of quantitative economics, with a focus on data science. The book introduces the reader to R and RStudio, and uses expert Hadley Wickham’s tidyverse packa……続きを見る

Interviews with former Prime Ministers and Cabinet Ministers along with previously unpublished analysis by the World Bank, IMF and USAID provide entertaining and interesting insights into Egypt's ec……続きを見る

Energy is truly the world's most vital commodity. It makes modern societies possible, and the decisions made regarding it have far-reaching repercussions. Every day stories about the price of oil, t……続きを見る

This booklet exposes the activities of one who has been conferred the fourth highest civilian honour of the Republic of India, the Padma Shree, by the UPA Government for contribution in the field of……続きを見る

L'informatique est un langage, au même titre que la musique, la danse ou la littérature. Pour le romancier Vikram Chandra, un bon codage devrait avoir autant d'élégance qu'un poème. Tout en revenant……続きを見る

'[Vikram Soni] has for many years been a leader in the fight against the destruction of the natural environment in his home country, India, and elsewhere throughout the planet. In this book he descr……続きを見る

Sweta Srivastava Vikram is a multi-genre writer living in New York City. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in literary journals, online publications, and anthologies across six countries and t……続きを見る

Brave New Collection Honors Women's Spirit Worldwide No Ocean Here bears moving accounts of women and girls in certain developing and underdeveloped countries. The book raises concern, and chronicle……続きを見る