<i>At a glance</i>


Emergence of a New Nation in a Multi-Polar World: Bangladesh
Mizanur Rahman Shelley
Academic Press and Publishers Library

The book is the fourth expanded edition of Mizanur Rahman Shelley's earlier work. It explores the particular niche Bangladesh occupies in relation to the rest of the world and provides an insight into the difficulties a small country is confronted with in international relations. There is a fundamental scholarly approach the writer takes here. Chhinno Papyrus
Taufiq Joardar
Ankur Prakashani

This is a work of intensity from a young poet. The poetry is largely romantic and deals with the relationship of man and woman. Waiting, separation, loneliness are all essential ingredients of the work here. The imagery employed is remarkable and gives signs of the rich promise Joardar holds for the future. Massenmedien in Bangladesch
und deren Pressfreiheit
Monowara Begum Moni
Publikations Service

The writer, formerly a journalist in Bangladesh, has prepared this little book on the nature and extent of press freedom in her native country. Now resident in Germany, she has opted to present the work in German, which might make matters a little hard for readers here. Even so, here it is. World Famous Royal Scandals
Rowan Wilson
Parragon

For anyone interested in tales of royal peccadilloes, this is one book that will be enjoyed at leisure. In it you have such scandals as those involving Queen Victoria and John Brown and the ruckus that erupted in Serbia. Of course, there is the King and Mrs. Simpson. And annus horribilis? That is here as well.