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1. Title: Artificial Intelligence: Evolution, Ethics and Public Policy
Author: Saswat Sarangi

Synopsis: “This book traces the evolution of AI in contemporary history. It

analyses how AI is primarily being driven by "capital" as the only "factor of
production" and its consequences for the global political economy. It further
explores the dystopian prospect of mass unemployment by AI and takes up the
ethical aspects of AI and its possible use in undermining natural and
fundamental rights.”

Keywords: Public Policy, Political Intelligence, Sociology

Call No.: 006.3 SAS
2. Title: Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era
Author: Daniel J. Levitin

Synopsis: “Investigating numerical misinformation, Daniel Levitin shows how

mishandled statistics and graphs can give a grossly distorted perspective and
lead us to terrible decisions. Wordy arguments on the other hand can easily be
persuasive as they drift away from the facts in an appealing yet misguided way”

Keywords: Business Statistics, Media Studies

Call No.: 153.42 LEV

3. Title: The Lucifer Effect

Author: Alexander O'Connor

Synopsis: “Zimbardo’s book The Lucifer Effect is an extended analysis that aims
to find solutions to the problem of how good people can commit evil acts.
Zimbardo used his problem-solving skills to locate the solution to this question
in an understanding of two conditions.”

Keywords: Criminology, Behaviorism Psychology

Call No.: 155.232 OCO
 4. Title: Redefining the Modern Military: The Intersection of Profession
and Ethics
Author: Nathan K. Finney

Synopsis: “The authors delve into whether Samuel Huntington and Morris
Janowitz still ring true in the 21st century; whether training and continuing
education play a role in defining a profession; and if there is a universal code of
ethics required for the military as a profession.”

Keywords: Military Policy, Philosophy of Ethics & Morality, Business

Ethics
Call No.: 174.9355 FIN
5. Title: Islam, Humanity and Indonesian Identity : Reflections on History
Author: Ahmad Syafii Maarif

Synopsis: “Islam exists in global history with its richly variegated cultural and
social realities. When these specific cultural contexts are marginalized, Islam is
reduced to an ahistorical religion without the ability to contribute to humanity.”

Keywords: Humanity, Social

Call No.: 297.09598 HAM

Call No: 327 Subject : International Relations & Social

Sciences

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6. Title: A Casebook of Transformation and Transactional Leadership
Author: Fil J. Arenas

Synopsis: “The subsequent chapters examine influential figures from various

organizational environments to provide readers with examples that connect with
core full range leadership concepts. Finally, each chapter ends with a discussion
question, helping to engage students with the material and encouraging further
reflection and study.”

Keywords: Medical Occupational & Organizational Psychology,

Occupational & Organizational Psychology, Business Leadership
Call No.: 303.34 ARE
7. Title: Extremism
Author: J. M. Berger

Synopsis: “What extremism is, how extremist ideologies are constructed, and why
extremism can escalate into violence.”

Keywords: Political Ideologies, Radical Political Thought, Sociology

Call No.: 303.484 BER

8. Title: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at
the New Frontier of Power
Author: Shoshana Zuboff

Synopsis: “In this masterwork of original thinking and research, Shoshana Zuboff
provides startling insights into the phenomenon that she has named surveillance
capitalism. The stakes could not be higher: a global architecture of behavior
modification threatens human nature in the twenty-first century just as industrial
capitalism disfigured the natural world in the twentieth.”

Keywords: Information Theory, Free Enterprise, Privacy & Surveillance in

Society
Call No.: 303.4833306 ZUB
9. Title: Islamophobia, Race and Global Politics
Author: Vedica Kant

Synopsis: “Islamophobia, Race, and Global Politics is a powerful introduction to the

scope of Islamophobia in the U.S. Drawing on examples such as the legacy of Barack
Obama, the mainstream media’s portrayal of Muslims, and the justifications given
for some of America’s most recent military endeavors, author Nazia Kazi highlights
the vast impact of Islamophobia, connecting this to a long history of US racism.”

Keywords: Sociology & Religion, Religious Intolerance & Persecution,

Terrorism
Call No.: 305.697073 KAZ
10. Title: Leadership and the Unmasking of Authenticity: The Philosophy of
Self-knowledge and Deception (New Horizons in Leadership series)
Author: Brent Edwin Cusher

Synopsis: “Leadership and the Unmasking of Authenticity presents a philosophic

treatment of the core concept of authentic leadership theory, with a view toward
illuminating how authors in the history of philosophy have understood authenticity
as an ideal for humanity.”

Keywords: Political History, Political Philosophy, Humanist Philosophy

Call No.: 320 CUS

11. Title: The Psychology Of Political Communicators How Politicians,

Culture and The Media Constrict and Shape Public Discourse
Author: Sonja Zmerli

Synopsis: “Collectively, the essays form a solid foundation on which to understand

the different roles language plays in the conduct of politics, the way in which these
roles are performed in various situations in different societies and cultures, and the
political outcomes of verbal behavior.”

Keywords: Social Sciences Reference, Political Philosophy

Call No.: 320.014 FEL

12. Title: The Rise of Duterte : A Populist Revolt Against Elite Democracy
Author: Richard Javad Heydarian

Synopsis: “This book draws on the extensive literature on populism, democracy,

and emerging markets as well as interviews with senior government officials,
experts, and journalists in the Philippines and beyond, This book is the first to
analyze the significance and implications of the rise of Filipino president Rodrigo
Duterte within a rapidly-changing Asia Pacific region.”

Keywords: Asian Politics, Public Affairs & Policy Politics

Call No.: 320.95 HEY
13. Title: After the Coup: The National Council for Peace and Order Era and
the Future of Thailand
Author: Michael J. Montesano

Synopsis: “After the Coup brings together the work of a group of leading Thai
intellectuals of several generations to equip readers to anticipate and understand
the developments that lie ahead for Thailand. Contributors offer findings and
perspectives both on the disorienting period following the Thai coup of May 2014
and on fundamental challenges to the country and its institutions”

Keywords: Human Geography, Asian Politics,

Call No.: 320.959309049 MON
14. Title: Distributive Politics in Malaysia: Maintaining Authoritarian Party
Dominance (Politics in Asia)
Author: Hidekuni Washida

Synopsis: “The election on 9 May 2018 ended six decades of rule by the ruling
coalition in Malaysia (Barisan Nasional or BN, formerly the Alliance). Despite this
result, the BN’s longevity and resilience to competition is remarkable. This book
explores the mechanisms behind the emergence, endurance, fight for survival and
decline of the party’s dominance.”

Keywords: Ethnic Demographic Studies, General Elections & Political

Process, Asian Politics
Call No.: 320.9595 WAS
15. Title: Moral Politics in the Philippines : Inequality, Democracy, and the
Urban Poor
Author: Wataru Kusaka

Synopsis: “Moral Politics in the Philippines offers an in-depth examination of the

political participation and discourse of the urban poor in Manila. After the ousting
of Ferdinando Marcos in 1986, society in the Philippines fractured along
socioeconomic lines.”

Keywords: Asian Politics, Philippines History, Southeast Asia History

Call No.: 320.9599 WAT
16. Title: Myanmar’s Enemy within : Buddist Violence and the making of a
Muslim ‘Other’ (Asian Arguments)
Author: Francis Wade

Synopsis: “In 2017, Myanmar’s military launched a campaign of violence against the
Rohingya minority that UN experts later said amounted to a genocide. More than
seven hundred thousand civilians fled to Bangladesh in what became the most
concentrated flight of refugees since the Rwanda genocide of 1994.”

Keywords: Buddhism, Religious Intolerance & Persecution, Islam

Call No.: 322.109591 WAD
17. Title: Electoral Dynamics in The Philippines : Money Politics, Patronage
and the Clientalism at the Grassroots
Author: Allen Hicken

Synopsis: “The role of clientism, political machines, and money in grassroots

electioneering in the Philippines has been much analyzed by those who study the
subject, but never as extensively as Allen Hicken, Edward Aspinall, and Meredith
Weiss do in Electoral Dynamics in the Philippines.”

Keywords: Asian Politics, Business & Money, Philippines History

Call No.: 324.709599 HIC

18. Title: Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You
Need to Know About Global Politics
Author: Tim Marshall

Synopsis: “Prisoners of Geography (2015) by Tim Marshall is a modern book on

geopolitics that looks at why various regions around the world are the way they are
and offers motives for why many states act as they do.”

Keywords: Political, Countries

Call No.: 327 MAR

19. Title: Leadership and The Rise Of Great Power

Author: Xuetong Yan

Synopsis: “While work in international relations has closely examined the decline of
great powers, not much attention has been paid to the question of their rise. The
upward trajectory of China is a particularly puzzling case. How has it grown
increasingly important in the world arena while lagging behind the United States
and its allies across certain sectors?”

Keywords: General Elections & Political Process, Asian Politics, History &
Theory of Politics
Call No.: 355.033573 OHA
20. Title: China’s Footprints in Southeast Asia
Author: Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao

Synopsis: “The countries that make up Southeast Asia are seeing an incredible
resurgence in their economic power. Over the past fifty years, their combined
wealth has reached the same level as the United Kingdom and, taken together, they
are on track to become the fifth-largest world economy.”

Keywords: Economics, Asian Politics, International Economics

Call No.: 327.5105 DIO
21. Title: The Post-Colonial Security Dilemma: Timor-Leste and the
International Community
Author: Rebecca Strating

Synopsis: “This book examines the development of Timor-Leste’s foreign policy

since achieving political independence in 2002. It considers the influence of Timor-
Leste’s historical experiences with foreign intervention on how the small, new state
has pursued security.”

Keywords: Foreign Policy, Diplomatic Relations

Call No.: 327.5987 STR

22. Title: Beyond Debt : Islamic Experiments in Global Finance

Author: Daromir Rudnyckyj

Synopsis: “Rudnyckyj shows how Islamic financial experts have undertaken

ambitious experiments to create more stable economies and stronger social
solidarities by facilitating risk- and profit-sharing, enhanced entrepreneurial skills,
and more collaborative economic action. Building on scholarship that reveals the
impact of financial devices on human activity, he illustrates how Islamic finance is
deployed to fashion subjects who are at once more pious Muslims and more
ambitious entrepreneurs.”

Keywords: Business Law Reference, Franchising Law, Science &

Technology Law
Call No.: 332.042091767 RUD
Call No: 335 Subject : Military Science Sciences
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23. Title: The Senkaku Paradox : Risking Great Power Over Small Stakes
Author: Michael E. O'Hanlon

Synopsis: “The book examines how a local crisis could escalate into a broader and
much more dangerous threat to peace. What if, for example, Russia's “little green
men” seized control of a community, like Narva or an even smaller town in Estonia,
now a NATO ally? Or, what if China seized one of the uninhabited Senkaku islands
now claimed and administered by Japan, or imposed a partial blockade of Taiwan?”

Keywords: Military Policy, International Diplomacy, National &

International Security
Call No.: 355.033573 OHA

24. Title: Social Media Warfare: Equal Weapons for All

Author: Michael Erbschloe

Synopsis: “Social media applications can be weaponized with very little skill. Social
media warfare has become a burden that nation states, government agencies, and
corporations need to face. To address the social media warfare threat in a
reasonable manner that reduces uncertainty requires dedication and attention over
a very long-term.”

Keywords: Security & Encryption, Terrorism, Information Technology

Call No.: 355.343 ERB

25. Title: Aristocracy of Armed Talent : The Military Elite in Singapore

Author: Samuel Ling Wei Chan

Synopsis: “This book is based on interviews with twenty-eight flag officers, offering
a firsthand look at Singapore’s military from the very leaders who helped shape it. It
addresses the challenges Singapore faced in building its officer corps and
encouraging individuals to stay and make a career out of military service.”

Keywords: Military Policy, Asian Politics, Southeast Asia History

Call No.: 355.5095957 CHA
Call No: 363-658 Subject : Leadership & Management

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26. Title: Environmental Policy: New Directions for the Twenty-First Century
Author: Norman J. Vig

Synopsis: “Students will also develop a deeper understanding of global issues such
as climate change governance, the implications of the Paris Agreement, and the
role of environmental policy in the developing world. Students walk away with a
measured yet hopeful evaluation of the future challenges policymakers will
confront as the American environmental movement continues to affect the political
process.”

Keywords: Environmental Studies, Environmental Policy, Public Policy

Call No.: 363.7 VIG

27. Title: Ally No More : Erdogan’s New Turkish Caliphate and the Rising
Jihadist Threat to The West
Author: Clare Lopez

Synopsis: “Whither Turkey?” is a question that has become one of the most
pressing national security topics of our time. The available evidence – including
notably the increasingly overt ambition of Recep Tayyip Erdogan to become the
Caliph of a neo-Ottoman empire, his naked hostility toward the United States and
the damage being done by Turkey to America’s vital interests and those of the rest
of NATO and other allies like Israel and the Kurds – suggests the answer is
alarming.”
Keywords: International & World Politics
Call No.: 363.325 CSP
28. Title: Every Teacher a Leader: Developing the Needed Dispositions,
Knowledge, and Skills for Teacher Leadership (Corwin Teaching Essentials)
Author: Barbara B. Levin

Synopsis: “Whether you’re a teacher who’s ready to take on new roles or an

administrator looking to develop strong leaders, this content-driven handbook is
here to help you make distributed school leadership a reality. Inside you’ll find
specific how-tos for the essential skills teacher leaders need most: running
meetings, teaching colleagues, providing feedback, conducting needs assessments,
delivering effective professional development, resolving conflicts, employing
technology, and more.”

Keywords: Instruction Methods, Educational Certification & Development,

Education Theory
Call No.: 371.2 LEV
29. Title: Mastering Executive Couching
Author: Jonathan Passmore

Synopsis: “Mastering Executive Coaching will be essential reading for executive

coaches, consultants and trainers who are looking to develop their practice. It will
also be highly relevant for Masters-level students of coaching and coaching
psychology.”

Keywords: Human Resources, Business Leadership, Human Resources & Personnel

Management
Call No.: 658.4 PAS

30. Title: Project: Strategy

Author: Helgi Thor Ingason

Synopsis: “Strategic planning is the starting point for projects and often the
primary reason for a project’s success or failure. It has the potential to enable every
organisation to realise its ideals and actualise its values, whether it be a small start-
up business, a large international company or even an entire society.”

Keywords: Business Project Management, Production & Operations,

Strategic Business Planning
Call No.: 658.4012 ING

31. Title: “If I die here, who will remember me?’ India and the First World
War
Author: Vedica Kant

Synopsis: “The Indian National Congress believed that supporting Britain s war
efforts would benefit India's move towards independence. As a result, over a
million Indian men were deployed to fight for the British. Post the war, Britain's
refusal to grant India home rule created hostility among the Indians towards them.
This dissent eventually paved way for the Indian independence movement, which
was to emerge later.”

Keywords: Military History Pictorials, World War I History, India History

Call No.: 355.033573 OHA
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32. Title: Can Singapore Fall? : Making The Future for Singapore
Author: Lim Siong Guan

Synopsis: “Lim addresses the question, "Can Singapore Fall?", by examining the
state of Singapore today and proposing what Singapore and Singaporeans must do
in order to prevent economic and social decline. Taking inspiration from Sir John
Glubb's essay, The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival, Lim urges Singaporeans
to counter decline by observing the "three legs of honour": Trust, Diversity, and
Excellence.”

Keywords: Asian Politics, Public Policy,

Call No.: 940.5425957 LIM

33. Title: The Putin Interviews (Showtime Documentary Films)

Author: Oliver Stone

Synopsis: “The Putin Interviews are culled from more than a dozen interviews with
Putin over a two-year span—never before has the Russian leader spoken in such
depth or at such length with a Western interviewer. No topics are off limits in the
interviews, which first occurred during Stone’s trips to meet with NSA
whistleblower Edward Snowden in Moscow and most recently after the election of
President Donald Trump.”

Keywords: Political Corruption & Misconduct, National & International

Security, Russian & Former Soviet Union Politics
Call No.: 947.0864 STO
34. Title: Israel (The Contemporary Middle East)
Author: Ilan Pappé

Synopsis: “Israel is not the only ‘new’ state around, but it is one of the few states
whose legitimacy is still questioned, and its future affects the future of the Middle
East as a whole and probably the stability of the international system. The reasons
for this unique reality lie in its past and the particular historical circumstances of its
birth.”

Keywords: Stability, Historical

Call No.: 956.94 PAP
35. Title: The People's Struggle: Cambodia Reborn
Author: Heng Samrin

Synopsis: “Khmer People’s Revolutionary Party. He led a double life – both as a

member of the government militia and working for the party. In due course he went
fully underground. He describes in detail the experience of coming under attack by
US and South Vietnamese aircraft. There followed the guerrilla conflict against
military leader Lon Nol, who after a coup declared a republic and allied the country
with the US at war with Vietnam.”

Keywords: Artist & Architect Biographies

Call No.: 959.604 SAM

36. Title: The Conquest of Andalusia (Novels of Islamic History in Translation)

Author: Jurji Zaidan

Synopsis: “It is Christmas Day in the year 710 AD in Toledo, capital of Visigoth
Spain. King Wittiza has been dethroned, and the impulsive and tyrannical Roderic
has been installed as monarch of Spain with the help of the Catholic clergy. Even
so, Bishop Oppas, the deposed king’s brother, is to remain as the senior
ecclesiastical figure in Spain during King Roderic’s reign.”

Keywords: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction

Call No.: F ZAI

Total Books: 36 PCS