From the blurbs

MODERN ARCHITECTURE IN INDIA Jon Lang, Permanent Black Rs 696

In this lavishly illustrated volume, Jon Lang examines the influences on Indian architecture, both of movements like the Bauhaus and of individuals such as Habib Rehman and Le Corbusier.

MANAGING WATER IN RIVER BASINS, HYDROLOGY, ECONOMICS AND INSTITUTIONS M Dinesh Kumar, OUP Rs 795

This book puts forward alternative strategies to ‘quick fix’ engineering solutions in water management.

NETWORKS, CROWDS AND MARKETS, REASONING ABOUT A HIGHLY-CONNECTED WORLD David Easley and John Kleinberg, Cambridge University Press US $50

Awareness of the complex networks of modern society is growing. Our decisions affect people living far from us. This book uses economics, sociology, information science and applied mathematics to address fundamental questions about the networks that connect us and the ways our decisions can have consequences for others.