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[break]Protection of Himalayan Biodiversity: International Environmental Law and a Regional Legal Framework

By Ananda Mohan Bhattarai
Rs 1760

Beginning with the ecological, economic, social and legal facets of biodiversity issues and challenges facing the Himalayan region, the book discusses the Convention on Biological Diversity and subsequent developments. A pioneering work on the protection of the Himalayan biodiversity, it uses tools upheld by international environmental law and examines exhaustively the possibility of evolving regional partnerships for the protection of the Himalayas. The debate between the technology-rich First World and the bio-rich Third World is studied in detail, with a focus on issues of access and benefit-sharing. The book also examines the gaps in existing and evolving national laws and policies on the protection of biodiversity, and in doing so, envisages a framework of regional laws on the subject.

An Introduction to Qualitative Research

By Uwe Flick Edition 4
Rs 880

‘The fourth edition of Uwe Flick’s Introduction to Qualitative Research remains the most comprehensive and thorough text in qualitative research. It is student-and user-friendly, thoroughly up-to-date in terms of the latest developments in the field, imminently practical. It is the single most important introductory book on qualitative inquiry in the social sciences today’ the new edition of Uwe Flick’s bestselling textbook has been fully revised, expanded and updated. An Introduction to Qualitative Research guides the student step-by-step through the research process of qualitative research. This classic text covers all of the main theoretical approaches to qualitative research, and provides unmatched coverage of the full range of different qualitative methods and approaches now available to researchers.

Shopaholic & Sister
By Sophie Kinsella
Rs 520

Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) returns with a vengeance in bestseller Kinsella’s fourth Shopaholic novel. Her 10-month globe-trot with hubby Luke was a shopping spree disguised as a honeymoon—heck, Becky will walk across hot coals for an aquamarine necklace but the problems of the real world surface once the happy couple lands back in London. Even lovely Luke’s patience is supremely tried when those two truckloads of purchases show up. What’s worse: Becky’s best friend, Suze, has found a new best friend, and her parents have discovered another daughter. Seems Dad had a fling with a train stewardess back in the 1970s—and Jessica was the result. Becky is over the moon, picturing heart-to-heart talks, shopping excursions, sisters’ nights out and so forth—so she’s totally unprepared for the actual Jessica, a frugal environmentalist who (gasp!) actually hates shopping.

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