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Shakti M. Gupta |
Plant Myths and Traditions in India |
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| Trees and plants play an important part in the myths and customs of India. Many are considered holy, often for reasons that are lost in the mists of antiquity - they are associated and identified with Gods, planets, months, etc. - certain plants are used as protection against witchcraft and the evil eye - some plants bring luck and are offered in the temples - and others play an important part in other religious rites. These traditions and myths form an important aspect of the Indian’s... |
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Peter Matthiessen |
The Snow Leopard |
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| When Matthiessen went to Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and, possibly, to glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard, he undertook his five-week trek as winter snows were sweeping into the high passes. This is a radiant and deeply moving account of a "true pilgrimage, a journey of the heart."
In the autumn of 1973, the writer Peter Matthiessen set out in the company of zoologist George Schaller on a hike that would take them 250 miles into the heart of the Himalayan region of Dolpo,... |
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J. Lindely |
Medical and Economical Botany |
$28.49 $19.94 |
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| Focuses on Services life-administration of Rural Hospitals, Health Care Policy, Slums, Primary Health Care, Indian System of Medicine, Homeopathy, Child Care etc. |
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J.L. Stewart |
Punjab Plants: Comprising Botanical and Vernacular Names and Uses |
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Gyanendra Pandey |
System of Plant Nomenclature in Ayurveda |
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| This is a painstaing, extensive and comprehensive work first of its kind in the field of its kinds in the field of Indian medicine scince; specially dealing with basic subject of nomanclature of drugs from vegetable origin, as the outcome of years long thinking, collation of data, scrutiny of material and recording of observations that make the contribution unique and pioneering in the era of studies of medicinal plants with special, reference to indigenous medicine, the immense source of... |
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Dr. Gadepalli Ravi Kiran Sastry |
Bio-diesel: Bio-degradable Alternative Fuel for Diesel Engines |
$29.49 $20.64 |
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| This is a well known fact that the resources of mineral oils are depleting day-by-day, and the cost of exploration of the remaining reserves is bound to escalate. Moreover, the burning of fossil fuels increases the level of carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere causing the 'Green House' effect.
In this context, available and sustainable alternative fuel is necessary to cater to a large fleet of automobiles across the world. The advent of biodiesel has come to the rescue in such a warranting... |
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Lalitkumar Rai |
Medicinal Plants of the Sikkim Himalaya : Status, Usage and Potential |
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| Himalaya harbours about 500 species of medicinal plants and these are used for curing illness from time immemorial. Anthology reveals that the life saving drug "Sanjivani" was taken from the Himalayan by 'Hanuman' on the direction of a celestial physician "Dhanvantari' and saved the life of a prince as narrated in the epic Ramayana which dates about 3000 years back.
The ethno-cultural diversity in the Himalaya is quite pronounced and folk medicinal practices of each group are expected to have... |
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Urvashi Dhamija |
Sustainable Solid Waste Management |
$33.49 $23.44 |
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| Fast public transport, fancy shopping malls, fusion food joints... Delhi has them all. But, what about a disposal system for its filth ? 7000 tonnes of garbage gets generated every day !
There is much media coverage about workshops for awareness building among citizen groups, designer bins in lieu of dhalaos and hi-tech self-loading systems for periodically heaving the containers for final dumping under expert foreign supervision. The reality, however, is that waste in public places is... |
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D.R. Khanna |
Science in Veda |
$35.49 $24.84 |
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| Vedas are considered as an ocean of knowledge. Every bit of Vedas is very important each stanza, each line, each word has a significant meaning to it. For the language also supports its purpose. It is said that Sanskrit is the only nearest language which could be used to explain or describe anything clearly and specifically. It is the only Vedic Dharma where religion and Science go in hand to hand. The Vedas contain in them the gems of all true sciences.
The book science in Veda deals with... |
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Oakes Ames |
Orchids of Guatemala (In 2 Volumes) |
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Khadi: The Fabric of Freedom |
$37.49 $26.24 |
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| Contents:
Foreword/Andreas Reinhart.
Reflections on Khadi/Asha Sarabhai
From a different cloth/Rudrangshu Mukherjee
Khadi – the thread of inner silence/Rta Kapur-Chishti
Photo essay/Manuel Bauer/Lookat
Hand-spun and hand-woven : cotton Khadi in the new millennium/Rahul Jain
Introduction
Cotton Species and cultivation :
Cotton cultivation in India
Cotton varieties in India
The structure and properties of cotton fibre :
Chemical composition... |
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A.K. Dahama |
Organic Farming for Sustainable Agriculture |
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| A fairly competent book on the subject by a professor of agronomy from Bikaner. The perspective is that of an agricultural scientist. He therefore quotes Swaminathan but does not refer to Fukuoka or Howard or any other organic farming greats. Contents of the book:
Introduction--organic farming : an overview.
Sustainable agricultural system: the world scenario.
Management of agricultural pollution : soil pollution.
Management of agricultural pollution:... |
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G.K. Ghosh |
Bio-Pesticide & Integrated Pest Management |
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| While analysing how the use of chemical pesticides led to environmental disaster, this book suggests many alternative bio-pesticides which can help to increase food production without environmental damage. |
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Gyanendra Pandey |
Medicinal Plants of Himalaya - Vol. 2 |
$37.99 $26.59 |
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| Contents:
Prelude
Major plants
Plants enumeration
Selected bibliography
Index.
Vol II: Major plants described in this Book:
Aesculus indica Colebr: A. hippocastanum Linn. Castanea sativa Mill.
Bergenia ciliata Royle.: B. ligulata (Wall.) Engler. B. stracheyi (Hook. f. & Thoms.) Engler. B. purpurascens (Hook f. & Thoms.) Engler. Didymocarpus pedicellata Br. D. oblongum Wallich ex D. Don. D. primulifolius D. Don. D. aromaticus Wallich ex D. Don.... |
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Third World Network |
Return to the Good Earth |
$37.99 $26.59 |
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| A most interesting and comprehensive compilation on ecological farming techniques and other related information. Agriculture as if the earth mattered.
Modern agriculture is in a state of crisis today. The use of farming practices harmful to the environment has caused serious damage to the environment. Ecologists and organic farmers throughout the world are advocating a return to natural farming systems, to save and regenerate our soils, to clean up our waters, and to protect the health of... |
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Gyanendra Pandey |
Medicinal Plants of Himalayas (Vol.II) |
$38.49 $26.94 |
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| Table of Contents:
Abies spectabilis (D. Don.) Spach
Atropa acuminata royle
Berberis aristata DC.
Cedrus deodara (Rosb.) loud
Cinnamomum zeylanicum nees
Digitalis purpurea linn
Ephedra gerardiana wall
Heracleum candicans wall
Hippophae rhamnoides linn
Hyoscyamus niger linn
Hypericum japonicum thumb
Juniperus communis linn
Jurinea dolomiaca boiss
Pinus roxburghii sargent
Rhododendron arboreum sm
Rubus ellipticus smith
Saussurea costus (fale.) lipsch
Skimmia... |
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Masanobu Fukuoka |
The Natural Way of Farming |
$38.49 $26.94 |
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| Here in one volume are the secrets of Fukuoka's approach to farming the natural way. Natural farming is based on the observation of nature and allowing it to do what it naturally does best. Born in a small farming village on the island of Shikoku in Southern Japan in 1914, Masanobu Fukuoka was trained in microbiology as a plant pathologist. His career began as an agriculture customs inspector running tests on incoming and outgoing plants at the port of Yokohama. At twenty-five, he started to... |
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Engineers India Research Institute, Delhi |
Hand Book of Herbs, Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Cultivation : With Directory of Manufacturers/Suppliers of Plant, Equipments & Machineries |
$40.99 $28.69 |
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| Contents:
Aloe vera
Ashwagandha
Babchi
Belladonna
Buckwheat
Coleus
Costus
Cowhedge
Datura
Digitalis
Dioscorea
Duboisa
Foxglove
Geranium
Guggal
Honey plant
Hop
Henna
Isabgol
Jasmine
Kalmegh
Liquorice
Lemon grass
Long pepper
Mint
Neem
Parrot tree
Periwinkle
Primrose
Pyrethrum
Rauvolfia
Roselle
Rutin bearing eucalyptus
Rose
Senna
Steroid bearing solanum
Sweet flag
Sweet worm wood
Valerian
Tuberrose... |
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M.B. Raizada |
Supplement to Duthie's Flora of the Upper Gangetic Plain and of the Adjacent Siwalik & Sub-Himalyan Tracts |
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Geetanjali Krishna |
Whispers from the wild |
$41.99 $29.39 |
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| They say that the current rate of extinction of species on our planet is well over the historical norm. Estimates suggest that the very survival of one in eight species of birds, one in three of amphibians and one in four of mammals is under threat today. Blame it on over-exploitation of natural resources, the degradation of forests or on the poaching of animals for their meat, skin and body parts – the fact is that soon a day may come when the Tiger may leave his jungle forever, and the Blue... |
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Anil Kumar Dhiman |
Sacred Plants and Their Medicinal Uses |
$43.49 $30.44 |
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| Tree or Plant worship or the worship using plant’s parts is one of the earliest forms of religions in ancient world. It was through the worship of the plants or trees that man attempted to approach and propitiate the God. Before man developed agriculture, he lived mostly on fruits and nuts of the plants. He used their implements for peace and war. It was from wood that he obtained fire to cook his food and to warm his cave dwellings apart from the beauty of their flowers, which excited his... |
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C.R. Karnick |
Pharmacopoeial Standards of Herbal Plants (In 2 Volumes) |
$43.99 $30.79 |
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| The available information concerning drugs and medicinal plants in Europe and India are scattered through a large number of books and periodicals in various languages as well as official documents, which have only a very limited circulation.
The author now presented to the public, have endeavoured to collect and verify this information. British flora and Indian floras have been scrutinised and common plants in usage in Ayurvedic Medicine is recorded. Plant species had been confirmed from... |
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Henryk Skolimowski |
Philosophy for a New Civilisation |
$44.40 $31.08 |
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| This book is an invitation to another kind of philosophy - not abstract, dry and indifferent to life, but compassionate, holistic, caring and guiding life. Basically, it is a book about a philosophy which may change your life, if you take it seriously.
We don't have to follow the dictates of the stupefying technological system. We are free people. The human race is not forlorn and doomed. We can make the world a fair place to live, for all of us. But we need to think deeper, with... |
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Biksham gujja |
Perspectives on Polavaram |
$44.49 $31.14 |
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| Water resource is increasingly becoming scarce and polluted. Using less water to produce more crops is going to be the new way for Indian agriculture. The debate is not on whether to build the dams or not, but on whether to build projects that benefit people without imposing unacceptably high costs for proper rehabilitation of displaced people and degradation of our ecosystem.
This book 'Perspectives on Polavaram,' is an extremely useful contribution to this debate on large irrigation... |
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A.C. Sinha |
Sikkim: Feudal and Democratic |
$44.99 $31.49 |
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| The book divided into three parts and twelve chapters, tells the story of Sikkim from its hoary past to the present and reports as to how the Tibetans, Nepalese, and the British dealt with Sikkim leading to eclipse of its autonomous entity.
Part one provides with the back ground and social history indicating the emergence of ethnic plurality and indeterminate political status.
Part two deals with the feudal and democratic elite and shows how they fashioned its destiny during two critical... |
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