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  • Sri Lanka in the Modern Age

    A History

    by Nira Wickramasinghe ...
    Sri Lanka in the Modern Age recounts the modern history of the island in an accessible yet unconventional manner. Where other histories have tended to focus on the state's failure to accommodate the needs and demands of minority communities, Wickramasinghe places their claims alongside the political, social and economic demands of other communities, parties, associations and groups, tracing their ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Unnatural Order

    Edited by Lyss Wickramasinghe, Alis Franklin ...
    The dragon on her hoard. The horror in its void. The word-spanning AI. The demon reaping souls. Too often fiction portrays the non-human as Other; as a threat to be destroyed, to be conquered... or to be "saved", assimilated back into the teeming throngs of humanity.Not this time. This time, it's the non-humans' turn. What is life like, to be imperfect. To observe humanity from without? What does ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Responsible Analytics for Superior Health Quality Outcomes

    Edited by Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Rima Gibbings ...
    Responsible analytics in healthcare achieves superior health quality outcomes by ensuring data-driven decisions are ethical, transparent, and patient-centered. As healthcare systems rely on big data, AI, and predictive modeling, the importance of responsible data governance, bias mitigation, and privacy protection has become critical. Responsible analytics involves accountability in data ... Read more

    $220.49 USD

  • Design Thinking Applications and Challenges for Modern Business

    Edited by K.S. Chandrasekar, Ananda Wickramasinghe ...
    Design thinking emerges as a powerful approach to problem-solving in today’s fast-paced and complex business environment. By emphasizing empathy and creative learning, it enables organizations to better understand customer needs and remain agile in a rapidly evolving marketplace. However, while the applications of design thinking span product development, service design, and organizational ... Read more

    $211.49 USD

  • Our Cosmic Ancestry in the Stars

    The Panspermia Revolution and the Origins of Humanity

    by Chandra Wickramasinghe, Ph.D., Kamala Wickramasinghe, Gensuke Tokoro ...
    An exploration of how acceptance of panspermia will soon change history• Offers extensive scientific proof of panspermia--that life arose on Earth via comets and that evolution is seeded by viruses arriving via comets and interstellar dust• Explores the major philosophical, psychological, cultural, religious, and environmental ramifications of the acceptance of this new scientific ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Digital Convergence

    Better Solutions for People with Dementia

    Edited by Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Thu Ha Dang, Tuan Anh Nguyen, Sasan Adibi ...
    Series series Analytics and AI for Healthcare
    This book focuses on using analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to offer a high-quality value proposition to address dementia, a growing and concerning global healthcare problem. By enabling better decision-making support, minimizing medical errors and use of specific treatment strategies, digital technologies are key to effective care for People Living with Dementia (PLWD). By taking a ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions

    25th International Conference, ICTer 2025, Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 19–20, 2025, Proceedings

    Edited by Roshan N. Rajapakse, Yohani S. Ranasinghe, Randil Pushpananda, Manjusri Wickramasinghe, Thiemo Voigt ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    This book constitutes the proceedings of the 25th International Conference, ICTer 2025, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on November 19–20, 2025.The 21 full papers and 10 posters included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 146 submissions. These contributions highlight advances in ICT aimed at addressing the key challenges and opportunities facing emerging regions. ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Cinnamon

    A History of Taste and Empire

    by Nira Wickramasinghe ...
    The sweeping cultural history of a spice so coveted it launched empires across oceans, reshaped global trade, and bound generations of Sri Lankans to colonial rule.For millennia, cinnamon has been treasured for its healing powers and warm unmistakable aroma. But behind its familiar scent lies a tumultuous past steeped in conquest and rebellion.In Cinnamon, acclaimed historian Nira Wickramasinghe ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Life Comes from Space

    The Decisive Evidence

    by Milton Wainwright, N Chandra Wickramasinghe ...
    With the rapid growth of new evidence from astronomy, space science and biology that supports the theory of life as a cosmic rather than terrestrial phenomenon, this book discusses a set of crucial data and pictures showing that life is still arriving at our planet. Although it could spark controversy among the most hardened sceptics this book will have an important role in shaping future science ... Read more

    $41.39 USD

  • Slave in a Palanquin

    Colonial Servitude and Resistance in Sri Lanka

    by Nira Wickramasinghe, Professor of Modern South Asian Studies ...
    For hundreds of years, the island of Sri Lanka was a crucial stopover for people and goods in the Indian Ocean. For the Dutch East India Company, it was also a crossroads in the Indian Ocean slave trade. Slavery was present in multiple forms in Sri Lanka—then Ceylon—when the British conquered the island in the late eighteenth century and began to gradually abolish slavery. Yet the continued ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Handbook of Membrane Separations

    Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Food, and Biotechnological Applications

    Edited by Anil K. Pabby, S. Ranil Wickramasinghe, Ana-Maria Sastre ...
    The third edition of the Handbook of Membrane Separations: Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Food, and Biotechnological Applications provides a comprehensive discussion of membrane applications. Fully updated to include the latest advancements in membrane science and technology, it is a one-of-its-kind overview of the existing literature. This fully illustrated handbook is written by experts and ... Read more

    $159.99 USD

  • Digitalization and the Transformation of the Healthcare Sector

    Edited by Nilmini Wickramasinghe ...
    Healthcare delivery today is plagued with numerous challenges such as escalating costs, an aging population with a longer life expectancy, rapid increases in chronic conditions, and more. To address this and deliver a healthcare value proposition of better quality, access, and value to all, it is vital to look to advances in digital solutions. Rapid advances in technology enable the possibility of ... Read more

    $404.99 USD