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Oxford University Press: Bose, Sugata and Ayesha Jalal (eds.), Nationalism, Democracy and Development; Bhattacharya, Hrishikes, Credit Appraisal and Lending Decisions. Allied Publishers (college textbooks division): Kapoor, V. and M. Tatke, Telecom Today; Pathak, J., Auditing in Computerised Environments; Chakravarty, Satya, Microeconomics. India Book House (Mumbai): Nayyar, Vice Adm K. K., Amar Jawan: A Book of Remembrance. Lancer Publishers: Singh, Jaswant, National Security; Kamaluddin, Gp Capt K., 100 F-16s and Agni; Chadha, Vivek, Company Commander in Counter-Insurgency; Sandhu, Maj Gen S. S., 69 Armoured Regiment; Indian Defence Review, Oct–Dec 1996. Manohar Publishers: Anwar, Firdos, Nobility Under the Mughals; Nehru Museum, Selected Works of Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan; Chari, P. R. and P. I. Cheema The Simla Agreement. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses: Matsunaga, Nobuo and Jasjit Singh (eds.), Enhancing Peace and Cooperation in Asia; Strategic Analysis, several issues; Strategic Digest, several issues. Forum for Strategic and Security Studies Aakrosh: Asian Journal on Terrorism and Internal Conflicts, Oct 1998–Sep 2001. Prentice-Hall of India: Mukherjee, Subrata and Sushila Ramaswamy, A History of Political Thought; Satya Raju, R. and A. Parthasarathy, Management: Text and Cases. Indian Council for Social Science Research: Indian Social Science Review, 1 (1), May 1999. Tata McGraw-Hill: Xavier, C., World Wide Web Design with HTML; Centre for the Development of Advanced Computing, Win 32 Programming; Centre for the Development of Advanced Computing, VC++. Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (Colombo): Bhanot, Monica, Order, Welfare and Legitimacy in the Regional Context of South Asia: An Ultima Thule; Sahadevan, P., Coping with Disorder: Strategies to End Internal Wars in South Asia; Banerjee, Dipankar and Gert Kueck (eds.), South Asia and the War on Terrorism. University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India: Arora, Balveer and Beryl Radin (eds.), The Changing Role of the All-India Services. Beard Books (Washington,
D.C.): Wickouski, Stephanie, Bankruptcy Crimes. Wordsru (Melbourne): Gemmill, Stewart, Valentino’s Redress. Sage Publications: Kazmi, Fareed, The Politics of India’s Conventional Cinema; Singh, Katar, Rural Development: Principles, Policies and Management; Manimala, Mathew, Entrepreneurial Policies and Strategies; Mitra, Subrata K. and V. B. Singh, Democracy and Social Change in India; Khan, Javed Ahmad, India and West Asia; Hasan, Zoya (ed.), The State in Indian Politics. Also, medical texts like the American Journal of Cardiac Surgery, American Journal of Gastroenterology, Neural Enggineering, Animal Behaviour, theses/dissertations/articles/papers on specializations/superspecializations in medicine, psychology, psychiatry, sociology, law, terrorism, NBC warfare, international affairs, economics, finance/financial analyses, business reports, etc.
Conceptualization, design and content development of school textbooks in interactive game format for stimulative learning, e.g., for NIIT LEDA Family Clubs, NIIT’s software development programme, and for the Shell Group in India’s e-learning software development programme, for software developed on CD-ROMs.
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1. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English, 11th edn, Oxford University Press, 2004. For UK spellings. A comprehensive dictionary of the most common words. Search their free online dictionary.
2. The New Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford University Press. For UK spellings. A comprehensive dictionary for advanced users. Subscribe to their 'Word of the Day' sent by email. At the AskOxford website, ask common language queries, or try their Word Challenge or Crosswords.
3. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford University Press.
4. The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms, Oxford University Press.
5. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, 3rd edn, ed. R. W. Burchfield, Oxford University Press, 1996. The definitive and comprehensive guide for UK English usage.
6. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edn, Merriam-Webster. For US spellings.
7. Merriam-Webster Online dictionary and thesaurus for US spellings.
8. The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edn, Prentice-Hall. The definitive and comprehensive guide for US English style.
9. The Chicago Manual of Style website: includes a searchable archive of questions and answers about style and usage where you can find answers to your questions; register free to receive newsletters and ask clarifications on usage from other members.
10. Hart's Rules for Compositors and Readers at the University Press Oxford, 39th edn, Oxford University Press, the all-too-concise bible for UK English style, now out of print. It was replaced by the Oxford Guide to Style by Robert Ritter, which has been replaced by The Oxford Style Manual, ed. Robert Ritter, Oxford University Press, 2003.
11. Copy-editing, Judith Butcher, Cambridge University Press. For current UK style.
12. Thesaurus.com: website with dictionary and thesaurus; you can check or subscribe to their free daily 'Word of the Day' email.
13. Encyclopædia Britannica Online: website on which you can search for information from three encyclopedias, images, magazines, websites, and also Merriam-Webster's dictionary and thesaurus.
14. The Elements of Style, 4th edn, William Strunk Jr, E. B. White and Roger Angell, Pearson Higher Education.
15. Copyediting: A Practical Guide, 3rd edn, Karen Judd, Crisp Publications. For current US style.
16. Join (free) LANGline, the Electric Editors' forum for modern-language discussions where you can query usage doubts.
17.The Oxford Style Manual, ed. Robert Ritter, Oxford University Press, 2003.
18. The Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors, Robert Ritter, Oxford University Press, 2000.
19. YourDictionary.com: a website with dictionaries in 292 languages and five translation dictionaries (English to French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and vice versa).
20. Usage, Bartleby.com: a website on which you can check and search for your queries on 'English Usage, Style & Composition' in numerous style guides like Fowler's, Strunk's, etc. ('contemporary and classic usage guides to form the best full-text searchable resource on the web').
21. The Alt.Usage.English FAQ File: another website on which you can check and search for your queries on English usage.
22. Wikipedia: a free-content encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
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