BITS PILANI HYDERABAD CAMPUS LIBRARY (12 to 18 November … 2014-15/Lib/16... · BITS Pilani,...

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(12 to 18 November 2018)

BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

Acc. No : 35707Call No : 004.165 LIU-Y

Overview of Microcomputer Systems: The 8086/8088Fami Book… A comprehensive exploration of both thesoftware and hardware for 6-bit microprocessors usingthe Intel 8086/8088 family - and their supportingdevices… A comprehensive exploration of both thesoftware and hardware for 6-bit microprocessors usingthe Intel 8086 / 8088 family - and their supportingdevices…


Acc. No : 35617Call No : 005.42 GOR-S

Analysis and design of management informationsystems has come a long way and have become anessential part of our daily lives in different ways. Thetheory of information system analysis and design isessential for understanding how to build and analyze agood information system. This book attempts tocombine the features of management of informationsystem analysis and design and helps students tounderstand the various tools and techniques enablingthem to design their own management informationsystems…


Acc. No : 36846Call No : 100 GEU-R

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: A game of chess in times of plague --Socrates -- Plato -- Lucretius -- Augustine -- Montaigne --Hobbes -- Hegel -- Nietzsche -- Lukacs -- Heidegger --Wittgenstein -- Adorno -- Conclusion: The end and thefuture. Ask a question and it is reasonable to expect ananswer or a confession of ignorance. But a philosophermay defy expectations…


Acc. No : 37148Call No : 152.43 KAT-M

BBC and Google have used it in their offices… OprahWinfrey promoted it on her show… Aamir Khan loved iton Satyamev Jayate… Mira Nair filmed a documentary,The Laughing Club of India, on itLaughter yoga is arevolutionary idea: simple and profound. A practiceinvolving prolonged voluntary laughter, it is based onscientific studies that have concluded that such laughteroffers the same physiological and psychological benefitsas spontaneous laughter…


Acc. No : 34621Call No : 158.1 COV-S

Stephen R. Covey s First Things First has inspiredmillions. Today s generation will be newly inspired bythis collection of motivating and inspirationalphilosophy from one of the greatest teachers of all time.A Time Conscious Life shares classic and universalperspectives on utilizing the time we have to live, love,learn and leave a legacy…


Acc. No : 37170Call No : 307 NEP-M

I would follow this man anywhere' Elizabeth Gilbert,author of Eat, Pray, Love. The 1 New York Timesbestselling author of The Book of Awakening, MarkNepo, presents an empowering guide to the power ofcommunity and why it’s essential in our lives, now morethan ever. He investigates what brings us together andwhat throws us apart…


Acc. No : 36023Call No : 324.954 THA-T

Why do poor people often vote against their materialinterests? This puzzle has been famously studied withinwealthy Western democracies, yet the fact that the poorvoter paradox also routinely manifests within poorcountries has remained unexplored. This book studieshow this paradox emerged in India, the world's largestdemocracy…


Acc. No : 35900Call No : 371.1024 PHE-T

"If you only have time to read one book about managingstudent behavior, make it this one.“ "This book is a greatresource for new teachers and veteran teachers.“ Thefastest way to get back to what you love--teaching!Being a teacher can be one of the most rewardingprofessions, but also one of the most frustrating. Manyteachers feel very prepared to instruct students in theirchosen subjects…


Acc. No : 36821Call No : 372.6 PAL-B

Featuring a collection of newly commissioned essays,edited by twoleading scholars, this Handbook surveysthe key researchfindings in the field of English forSpecific Purposes (ESP). - Provides a state-of-the-artoverview of the originsand evolution, current research,and future directions in ESP - Features newly-commissioned contributions from aglobal team ofleading scholars…


Acc. No : 36663Call No : 510 KAN-I

Mathematics++ is a concise introduction to six selectedareas of 20th century mathematics providing numerousmodern mathematical tools used in contemporaryresearch in computer science, engineering, and otherfields. The areas are: measure theory, high-dimensionalgeometry, Fourier analysis, representations of groups,multivariate polynomials, and topology. For each of theareas, the authors introduce basic notions, examples,and results…


Acc. No : 36581Call No : 519.3 STA-S

The mathematical theory of games was first developedas a model for situations of conflict, whether actual orrecreational. It gained widespread recognition when itwas applied to the theoretical study of economics byvon Neumann and Morgenstern in Theory of Games andEconomic Behavior in the 1940s. The later bestowal in1994 of the Nobel Prize in economics on Nashunderscores the important role this theory has played inthe intellectual life of the twentieth century...


Acc. No : 37289Call No : 523.1 HAW-S

The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling authorof A Brief History of Time leaves us with his finalthoughts on the universe's biggest questions in thisbrilliant posthumous work. How did the universe begin?Will humanity survive on Earth? Is there intelligent lifebeyond our solar system? Could artificial intelligenceever outsmart us? Throughout his extraordinary career,Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding…


Acc. No : 36587Call No : 523.2 ABH-K

This book attempts to broadly deal with the mechanicsand dynamics of the Solar System with additionalemphasis on celestial mechanics. Important planetarylaws and theories like the Geocentric Theory, Kepler’sLaws, Newton’s law of gravitation, the catastrophictheories of Moulten, Russel and Schmidt and thenebular hypothesis of Kant and Laplace are clearlyexplained. The book also deals with space dynamics androcket propulsion, solar activities, lunar studies, smallbodies and extraterrestrial life…


Acc. No : 36585Call No : 543.1905 GOP-R

The main topics in analytical chemistry are dealt withgravimetric analysis, volumetric analysis, separation andpurification techniques, data analysis, thermoanalyticalmethods and various types of spectroscopy. Detaileddiscussions on new spectro analytical techniques,polarimetry, laser techniques, Mossbauer spectroscopyand fluorescence spectroscopy are presented. The mainobjective is to introduce students to existing methods ofanalysis, new techniques…


Acc. No : 36644Call No : 551.4 KAL-V

This book is an introductory text on geomorphology, thescience of landforms. The purpose of this book is tointroduce modern geomorphology to students in India.The authors have explained state-of-the-art conceptsand methodology using, as far as possible, case studiesfrom India. In that sense this book is probably unique,being a departure from the other available textbooksthat use examples from outside the tropics, mostly fromNorth America and Western Europe…


Acc. No : 35189Call No : 614.44 BAR-K

No one will ever again die from smallpox. With thebattle against that ‘most terrible of the ministers ofdeath' won, an unprecedented humanitarian coalitionhas now turned its attention to polio, malaria andmeasles. While recent outbreaks of Ebola and Zika mightsuggest that the idea of an end to epidemic disease isnothing more than a pipe-dream, this brave new worldmay actually be a future within our grasp. In The Healthof Nations Karen Bartlett provides a dramatic account ofthe history of eradication and takes us to the front…


Acc. No : 36592Call No : 621.31 SIN-T

Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering covers thetopics prescribed in the first-year syllabus ofundergraduate engineering courses in the subject.Precise in detail and replete with solved examples, thebook provides an overview of the fundamental aspectsof electrical and electronics engineering beforeexamining the core concepts in lucid language for thebenefit of new learners as well as those appearing forGATE and other competitive examinations…


Acc. No : 32273Call No : 621.31921 ARR-J

"Following the successful first edition, this secondedition of Power System Harmonics maintains thepractical approach to the subject and discusses theimpact of advanced power electronic technology oninstrumentation, simulation, standards and activeharmonic elimination techniques." "Offering acomprehensive understanding of power systems, thisbook is an asset to power engineers involved in theplanning, design and operation of power systemgeneration, transmission and distribution. Researchers…


Acc. No : 36731Call No : 621.3822 RED-M

provide a firm understanding of the concepts, theories,processes and mathematical tools necessary for dealingwith various kinds of signals and their interaction withsystems. This knowledge forms the basis for the study ofother engineering subjects such as circuit design, powersystems, automatic control, communications and signalprocessing. Although the contents have been structuredkeeping in view the requirements of JNTUH’s electronicsand communication engineering…


Acc. No : 35601Call No : 629.23 VAS-D

Automobile Engineering deals with the basic principleson which modern automobiles function. The bookprovides minute details of the components, theirworking principles and their importance in theautomobile industry. The language of the book is keptsimple so that any student/automobile enthusiast caneasily understand the basic concepts of the componentsutilized in the manufacturing of vehicles. The bookincludes, clutches, transmission, drive line suspension,steering, brakes, wheels, tyres, emission control…


Acc. No : 34856Call No : 658.4063 COL-P

Use creative thinking to maintain a happier and moreproductive workplace. Are you hungry to increaseproductivity in your workplace? Do you want to solveproblems and enhance working relationships? A creativedirector with more than 25 years' experience, PatrickCollister introduces new ways to get the creative juicesflowing. Whatever your career, how to: use innovationand creativity in the workplace…


Acc. No : 37286Call No : 745.2001 NOR-D

Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail tofigure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on,or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault,argues this ingenious-even liberating-book, lies not inourselves, but in product design that ignores the needsof users and the principles of cognitive psychology. Theproblems range from ambiguous and hidden controls toarbitrary relationships between controls and functions,coupled with a lack of feedback or other assistance andunreasonable demands on memorization…


Acc. No : 37166Call No : 894.3534 KUl-A

Ayse Kulin is a clever writer. She draws the reader intothe story of the life and loves of a Turkish family inwartime, and by the time the reader realizes that shehas also cranked up the tension with a rescue plot, it istoo late to put the book down unfinished. Foraficionados of wartime novels, as well as for anyoneglued to his or her seat watching the film Argo, this is amust read…


Acc. No : 36056Call No : 954.03 CHA-S

‘It was a grisly sight. The zeal and fervour with which thekarsevaks were taking part in the demolition job sent achill down our spines. Those who had no tools to usewere scratching away like madmen with their fingernailson the domes. A few young men tied a noose aroundthe domes and were trying to pull them down.’When the CPI(M)-led Left Front was swept to power in1977, Suman was twenty years old. His upbringing in aneducated middle-class family…


Acc. No : 37153Call No : 973.9330 OBO-P

The most unusual feature of Donald Trump's nationalistand populist campaign for the presidency of the USAwas his obsessive use of Twitter. Like other social media,this form of communication has often been assumed toencourage the dissemination of liberal values and thecirculation of facts. Trump's tweets, by contrast, formeda constant stream of provocations, insults, conspiracytheories, 'alternative facts' and outright lies. And theyhelped him win power…


Acc. No : 36880Call No : Biography BEN-J

Based on three years of extensive research andreporting, two of today’s most acclaimed investigativejournalists, jeff benedict of sports illustrated and eleven-time emmy award winner armen keteyian, deliver thefirst major biography of tiger woods - sweeping in scopeand packed with ground-breaking, behind-the-scenesdetails of the Shakespearean rise and epic fall of a globalicon. In 2009, tiger woods was the most famous…


Acc. No : 35872 (Young Learners)Call No : Fiction BUR-F

This story is about a small girl named Sara Crewe who isborn and brought up by her father in all the luxuries onecan possibly think of. She lives in India with her father asher mother had died when she was born. Crewe is acaptain and is very rich. Sara lives with maids andservants all around and wears exclusive and expensiveclothes. She has many toys and things that a girl candream of. When she grows older, she is taken to aseminary in London by the Captain for her academics.The owner of the seminary, Miss Minchin is however avery materialistic woman who always thinks of moneyand herself…


Acc. No : 35447 (Young Learners)Call No : Fiction COL-C

Conner Bailey thinks his fairy-tale adventures are behindhim - until he discovers a mysterious clue left by thefamous Brothers Grimm. With help from his classmateBree and the outlandish Mother Goose, Conner sets offon a mission across Europe to crack a two-hundred-year-old code. Meanwhile, Alex Bailey is training to becomethe next Fairy Godmother . . . but her attempts atgranting wishes never go as planned. Will she ever betruly ready to lead the Fairy Council?...


Acc. No : 37145Call No : Fiction HIL-J

Four short novels from the author of the Fireman andHorns, ranging from creepy horror to powerfulexplorations of our modern society. One autumnal dayin Boulder, Colorado, the clouds open up in a downpourof nails, splinters of bright crystal that tear apart anyonewho isn't safely under cover. 'Rain' explores thisescalating apocalyptic event, as clouds of nails spreadout across the country and the world. Amidst the chaos,a girl studying law enforcement takes it upon herself…


Acc. No : 36107Call No : Fiction PER-T

A bomb is more than a weapon. A bomb is an expressionof the bomber’s predictions of human behavior—aperformance designed to fool you into making onefatally wrong move. In The Bomb Maker, Thomas Perryintroduces us to the dark corners of a mind intent ontransforming a simple machine into an act of murder—andto those committed to preventing that outcome at anycost. A threat is called into the LAPD Bomb Squad andwhen tragedy ensues, the fragmented unit turns to DickStahl, a former Bomb Squad commander who nowoperates…

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