1. Some thoughts on the power of focused, principled hatred.

2. An unprepared and ignorant lunge to defeat--the United States in Afghanistan.

3. Not down, not out: Al Qaeda's resiliency, expansion, and momentum.

4. The world's view of Bin Laden: a Muslim leader and Hero coming into focus? 5.

Bin Laden views the world: some old, some new, and a twist. 6.

Blinding Hubris aboundings: inflicting defeat on ourselves--non-war, leaks, and missionary democracy. 7.

When the enemy sets the stage: how America's Stubborn Obtuseness aids its foes. 8.

The way ahead: a few suggestions for debate. Epilogue: no basis for optimism.

Notes. Select bibliography.

Index. "Though U.

S. Leaders try to convince the world of their success in fighting Al Qaeda, one senior member of the U.

S. intelligence community would like to inform the public that the United States and its allies are, in fact, losing the war on (less)

2. Darjeeling Coalfield: a.

Introduction. b.

Geology. c.

Coal. 2.

Birbhum coalfield: a. Introduction.

b. Geology.

c. Coal.

3. Raniganj coalfield: a.

Introduction. b.

Geology. c.

Coal. 4.

Barjora coalfield. References.

Locality index. From the foreword: "In West Bengal, a number of significant finds have taken place during the last three decades.

A new concealed coalfield, with huge resource potentiality, has been discovered in the west-central part of Birbhum district. The eastern limit of Raniganj coalfield, which so long remained undefined, has been delineated by exploration.

The occurrence of Rajmahal volcanics, which was hitherto unreported from this coalfield, has been proved. Coal development pattern of the two coal-bearing formations and overall potentiality of the coalfield have been established comprehensively.

The entire stretch of Darjeeling coalfield has been geologically examined in greater detail. Barjora outlier, located on the southeastern fringe of Raniganj coalfield, has been explored for its potential.

This document embodies all (less)

The Sikh scriptures and history. 2.

History of Sikh scriptures' translations : idea upto Trumpp. 3.

The idea under Trumpp. 4.

The making of Sikh scriptures--an early western view. 5.

From Trumpp to Macauliffe. 6.

Understanding the Sikhs through Bani--some early western ways. Appendices.

Bibliography. Index.

"This small book of articles deals with the British discovery of Sikhs, their literature and history. Enquiry was diplomatic and military during the 18 century.

However, the Anglo-Sikh relations after the fall of Delhi and Hansi into the hands of company in 1803 and more so the Sikh treaties of January 1806 and April 1809 with the British widened the scope of the enquiry. With Malcolm's work published in 1810, the Punjabi and Sikh writings especially the Bani of the Gurus or its elaborations by the Bhai's such as Gurdass and Mani Singh entered the field under investigation.

Sikh history and religion emerged as a common (less)

About the Author : Salman Rushdie has contributed to East, West as an author. Salman Rushdie's books, from "Midnight's Children" to "The Satanic Verses", have been read around the world.

His recent book--"Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Imaginary Homelands 1981-90 ", and "The Moor's Last Sigh"--have enhanced his reputation as one of our most important contemporary writers (less)

The route to India. 2.

Frontier Panorama. 3.

Wars across the frontier. 4.

Amongst the tribesmen. 5.

Frontier forces. 6.

Women with different frontiers. 7.

War and Independence. 8.

Guests on the frontier. 9.

The fight goes on. Glossary.

Bibliography and sources. Index.

"There is a strange magic about the lands of the North-West Frontier and Afghanistan, a magic which over many centuries has captured the hearts and minds of all who have been there, and the imaginations of many who have not. Visions are conjured up of lean hawk-nosed tribesmen, craggy defiles, struggling British soldiers, near cantonments, bitter battles, memsahibs at tea—and of the most famous mountain gateway in the world, the Khyber pass.

It is a region of contrasts: barren hills which rise to snowy peaks; inimical passes which open into fertile plains; dry river-beds which become raging torrents. And these contrasts are reflected in the people—hostile and vengeful they (less)

Islamic feminism: what's in a name? 2. Islamic feminism revisited.

3. Who's afraid of Islamic feminism.

4. Islamic Feminism in and beyond East and West.

5. The gender of Islam (India).

6. Liberties of the Faithful (Nigeria).

7. Gender and identity (Tajikistan).

8. Finding Islam (Bulgaria).

9. Re/turning to Islam, finding feminism (Bosnia).

10. Feminism in a nationalist century (Egypt).

11. Gendering the Islamist Globalisation Offensive (Sudan).

12. The religious face of Secularism (Turkey).

13. Two heads are better than one (Turkey).

14. Reflections on the New Family Law (Morocco).

15. Going West 1923.

16. Going West Post-9/11.

17. Rites and rights: the Mosque Movement from Mecca to Main Street.

18. Re-defining feminism/s, Re-imagining faith? Index.

"Islamic Feminism. What is it? Where did it arise? From within or from without? Is it "Legitimate"? What are its aims? Muslims often label feminism as "Western" by Muslims and thereby discredit it.

Or they claim (less)

Meeting the Mahatma. 2.

Gandhism in action. 3.

At war over words. 4.

Waiting for the peace train. 5.

The experimenters. 6.

An idea whose time has come? 7. Transformations unforeseen.

Conclusion. The non-violent protests of civil rights activists and anti-nuclear campaigners during the 1960s helped to redefine Western politics.

But where did they come from? Sean Scalmer uncovers their history in an earlier generation's intense struggles to understand and emulate the activities of Mahatma Gandhi. He shows how Gandhi's non-violent protests were the subject of widespread discussion and debate in the USA and UK for several decades.

Though at first misrepresented by Western newspapers, they were patiently described and clarified by a devoted group of cosmopolitan advocates. Small groups of Westerners experimented with Gandhian techniques in virtual anonymity and then, on the cusp of the 1960s, brought these methods to a wider audience.

The swelling protests of later years increasingly abandoned (less)

P. Nathan, S.

Ghosh and C. Shrikantappa.

2. Field character and geochronology of Punjaipuliyampatti, Sirumugai and Karamadai stocks of Central Tamil Nadu/S.

Raju, K. Basak, R.

Vijaykumar and J. Prabhakar.

3. UHT Granulites from Madurai Block, Southern India : distribution, petrology and quantitative P-T Paths/D.

Prakash and S.N.

Lal. 4.

Metamorphic evolution of granulites around Rajapalayam Area, Madurai Block, Southern Granulite Terrain, Tamil Nadu/P. Rajesh Durai, V.

Srinivasan and A.K.

Swain. 5.

Varsha Nadu granite of the Pan-African Southern Granulite Terrain of Tamil Nadu: implications on genesis/K.G.

Asha Manjari and Sharana Basava. 6.

Pan-African Mandi Granite in the Lesser Himalaya : its field relationship and SHRIMP U-Pb Zircon dating/Sandeep Singh and A.K.

Jain. 7.

Mineral chemistry of major and accessory phases of Mandi Granite: response of a Pan-African Granite of Lesser Himalaya to the influence of Himalayan Metamorphism/Amitava Kundu, S. Sundararaman, N.

C. Pant (less)

V. Subba Rao.

2. Medusae : Cnidaria/Badri Prasad Haldar and Amalesh Choudhury.

3. Echiura and Sipuncula/Badri Prasad Haldar.

4. Molluscs/N.

V. Subba Rao, A.

Dey and S. Barua.

5. Polychaetes/A.

Misra. 6.

The structure and dynamics of planktonic copepods/Rashid A. Khan.

7. Stomatopoda : Crustacea/H.

C. Ghosh.

8. Isopoda : Crustacea/S.

S. Ghatak.

9. Hermit Crabs (Crustacea : Decapoda)/K.

Narapu Reddy. 10.

Crustacea : Xanthidae/Maya Deb. 11.

Crustacea : Decapoda : Grapsidae/Sunil Kumar Ghosh. 12.

Portunidae : Decapoda : Crustacea/Sipra Bhadra. 13.

Ocypodidae : Decapoda : Crustacea/N. Bairagi.

14. Prawns and Shrimps (Crustacea : Decapoda)/K.

Narapu Reddy. 15.

Spider/B.K.

Biswas. 16.

Chaetognatha/Badri Prasad Haldar. 17.

Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea and Ehinoidea (Echinodermata)/D.R.

K. Sastry.

18. Holothuroidea : Echinodermata/S.

K. Mukhopadhyaya.

19. Intertidal fishes/P.

Mukherjee. 20.

Anura : Amphibia/S.K.

Chanda. 21.

Reptilia/D.P.

Sanyal, B. Dattagupta and S.

Sur. 22.

Ecology of the Hugli-Matla Estuarine system/A. Rashid Khan.

23. Ecology of Kulti Estuary with reference to (less)

About the Author : Salman Rushdie has contributed to East, West as an author. Salman Rushdie's books, from "Midnight's Children" to "The Satanic Verses", have been read around the world.

His recent book--"Haroun and the Sea of Stories, Imaginary Homelands 1981-90 ", and "The Moor's Last Sigh"--have enhanced his reputation as one of our most important contemporary writers (less)

Introduction. Acknowledgements.

Arrangement of families in the present work. Classification followed.

Families: 1. Botrychiaceae.

2. Helminthostachyaceae.

3. Ophioglossaceae.

4. Angiopteridaceae.

5. Osmundaceae.

6. Plagiogyriaceae.

7. Gleicheniaceae.

8. Grammitidaceae.

9. Loxogrammaceae.

10. Polypodiaceae.

11. Lygodiaceae.

12. Sinopteridaceae.

13. Cryptogrammaceae.

14. Actiniopteridaceae.

15. Hypolepidaceae.

16. Pteridiaceae.

17. Pteridaceae.

18. Adiantaceae.

19. Hemionitidaceae.

20. Vittariaceae.

21. Parkeriaceae.

22. Marsileaceae.

23. Hymenophyllaceae.

24. Cyatheaceae.

25. Monachosoraceae.

26. Dennstaedtiaceae.

27. Lindsaeaceae.

28. Aspleniaceae.

Bibliography. Index.

Vol. II: Families: 1.

Onocleaceae. 2.

Woodsiaceae. 3.

Athyriaceae. 4.

Hypodematiaceae. 5.

Thelypteridaceae. 6.

Peranemataceae. 7.

Dryopteridaceae. 8.

Bolbitidaceae. 9.

Tectariaceae. 10.

Elaphoglossaceae. 11.

Nephrolepidaceae. 12.

Oleandraceae. 13.

Davalliaceae. 14.

Blechnaceae. 15.

Azollaceae. 16.

Salviniaceae. Bibliography.

Index. Appendices.

"This is the first illustrated account of the West Himalayan ferns. It is the result of over 25 years of fern collection (and research) by the author from various parts of the West Himalaya.

To aid easy identification, field keys to the various (less)

From the largest to the smallest, the book captures the complex web of life: the big and awe-inspiring (lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, rhinoceros) to 'smaller wonders' (black-backed jackal, bat-eared fox) to birds of all feathers (ostrich, lilac-breasted roller, black-headed oriole, yellow bee-eater) to reptiles, and much more. The book also records the author's experiences in Ol Ari Nyiro, a sprawling wildlife paradise in Northern Kenya.

The Afterword ("The Guardians of Eden') by Kuki Gallmann, (less)