Krishna: 301 books

This text works to establish essential foundations and guidelines in the current process of providing strategies, mechanisms and resources for mitigating loss and damage from the adverse impacts of climate change and climate variability. This builds on the groundwork done by the UNFCCC and other entities...

Summarises latest research on IWM principles and methods  Assesses current challenges facing herbicide use  Detailed review of the range of cultural, physical and biological methods of control available for IWM.

Wheat is the most widely cultivated cereal in the world and a staple food for around 3 billion people. It has been estimated that demand for wheat could increase by up to 560% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and...

Biomonitoring of water quality is very much essential for assessing the overall health of water bodies and safe supply of drinking water. The chemical nature of toxicant is highly dynamic in environment with time and space whereas biological system can integrate all environmental variables over a...

This book explores and analyses funerary rite struggles in a nation where Christianity is a comparatively recent phenomenon, and many families have Christian and Hindu, Buddhist and Traditionalist (kiranti) members, who go through traumatic experiences at the death of their family members. The context...

After a hasty escape to Egypt to avoid punishment for his partner, Lord Greenwich's vast financial crimes, former Mombasa solicitor and gigolo, Manik Mudigonda, is forced to adapt to a life without parties and without company in pre-World War I Cairo. Once again, the rejected Brahmin prince from Benares...

Alia, a abandoned girl child from the slum was raised in the family of sex worker. Poor, prostitution, disgraceful society around her nothing pinned her live life like others in the slum. Her thoughts were different and out of box which made her desire towards writing. She thought her writings should...

Rediscovering Guwahati and its five dynasties, all built on the platform of truth and righteousness, The journey unforgettable through the overgrown, old pages of history – A journey surrounding happenings, persona and whereabouts – Many persistent and many turned to grime. A golden thread of...

Three mavericks Aditya, an IAS topper, Siddhanta, a Harvard drop-out and Devanjali, a top-notch media-woman, by a combination of circumstances, come to a remote village and set up ‘The Ara Club’, the secret meeting place that attracts some of the best young professionals of India who nurture similar...

Gabby is a hippo who has a dream to go to outer space. Hippos in space, hmmm. . . Gabby is very determined, smart and always willing to learn. She has faced many challenges but nothing will stop her from achieving her ultimate goal, going to outer-space! Never let anyone tell you, you can't do it!...

This book has it all, everything you need to know to manifest your goals.  You can have anything you want.  Create your own reality; be the person you respect and live a happy, healthy, fulfilling life.  This book is designed to help you help yourself; it shows you what you need to...

Delve into the principles of ITIL® and DevOps and examine the similarities and differences. This book re-engineers the ITIL framework to work in DevOps projects without changing its meaning and its original objectives, making it fit for purpose for use in DevOps projects. Reinventing ITIL® in...

In the wake of the 2008–09 global financial crisis, central banking and monetary policy in many corners of the world came under intense pressure and entered unchartered waters. The breadth and scale of central bank operations have been modified or expanded in unprecedented and even unimaginable ways...

We are educated to understand the world around us but not ourselves, and this is responsible for many of our problems. This book enables you to understand yourself clearly, and with this clarity of insight, problems can dissolve.  Understanding ourselves helps us to understand others...